Since the primitive age, humans have been curious to know their future. Whether the future can be known? If yes, then through which medium? Many scholars opine that the future can be known through Astrology. Astrology is the study of the movements and relative position of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.
Astrology is made of two words-Astral plus logy (logic). Astral (light) means 'Sanskara' (italics) and logic means the capacity to know the Sanskara. In the Hindi language, we can explain Jyoti + Sh. Who knows astrology is known as Astrologer.
According to some other learned persons, the knowledge of prediction of the sun, etc. planets, astral and celestial is called Astrology. According to Rishi Varah Mihir, the body cycle is the orbit of the planets. The forehead, mouth, chest, heart, stomach, belly, hips, organ, thigh, knee, legs, and feet are twelve parts of the human body which are respectively represented by the twelve Zodiac Signs-Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Amongst planets Soul-Sun, Innerself-Moon, Patience-Mars, Speech-Mercury, Discretion-Jupiter, Semen-Venus, and Sensitivity-Saturn are the significators. The solar cycle is a human body that functions like the solar--system. The planets have their influence on humans positively or negatively according to the actions of humans. The nature of the influence is what circumstance shall be effective is foretold by Astrology. Not only human beings but the fate of even other animals, living beings and plants, trees, etc. can be known through Astrology.
Chiero, John Dicson, Dr. Jule Burn, Prof. Harrar, G. Begiloton, Peter Harcous, Nasturdamus, Smt. Jean Dicson is some of the great astrologers, whose many predictions have been proven to be correct. Amongst other famous foresight, the names of Romea Rolla, Annea Beasant, Vivekanand and Shri Aribindo are well known.
During the freedom struggle of Indians against Britishers, the Cheiro forecasted that the planet sun is strongly favorable for Indians as the same is in the Acquarius sign. The emergence of India cannot be stalled by any force. Cheiro also predicted that England would liberate India but due to religious quarrels there shall certainly be a partition of India.
An astrologer's prediction can be true only if the astrologer has adequate knowledge of the movements of planets and constellations and he possesses scientific knowledge of time and its analysis. The knowledge of houses of planets, the distances between different planets, the positions and change of positions of planets, the influence of one planet on the other planets, signs, and their lords are essential for a competent astrologer.
Some astrologers make predictions based on numerology and palmistry. It is said that the lines and signs on a palm give the complete description of human beings. For example, the unsymmetrical line crosses are formed before the six months of death on the nail of the middle figure.
In fact from the various symptoms of parts of the body, 811 can know about diseases, death, etc., but knowing correctly the details of other incidents of life are not scien fiscally possible. Because astrology makes this possible hence it can be called as a science.
Grant Lewi in the present book has raised so questions about astrology and has also given sui solutions. Along with this, he has minutely visualized astrological principles of predictions and has attempted to say astrology is a cosmic science.
According to Indian mythology, there may be other worlds in the universe. All events first occur in the supreme minute world and thereafter they reoccur similarly in our present physical world. Through different processes, such events occur in peculiar forms in the super minute worlds. Such visualizers can only be the true forecasters, who can be called the minute visualizers Mahatma Buddha, Mahavira Swami, Mahatma Valmiki, Mahatma Vyas, Varah Mihir, Rishi Bhragu, etc. were such minute visualizers of the events and occurrences in the supreme minute worlds.
