It was BA who actually started the topic, unknowingly when she mentioned she had cleared her second paper of “Jyotish Shastra”. Then began the discussion, we now had a fodder to feed us at least for a couple of hours. We had BA, who is into Astrology, and we had HK, who is into Astronomy. OK and I were pretty excited to get our kundalis read by BA; thanks to HK’s mobile astronomy software, we immediately had the positions of stars, planets, zodiac and what not on a small piece of paper.
“Shani chi dasha vakra aahe”, “Mangal varchya gharat aahe”..BA began…”Aga samjel asha bhashet bol…paisa kiti aahe???”- OK said, making his interests clear :-). “Ahe bharpur, pan baki pan aik na..sarkha kay paise..” BA was quick to reply.
While OK was having fun knowing his future, HK was getting the celestial positions during my birth time on a rough chit of paper. “Are tuzi patrika mast aahe…Shani ani Mangal doghehi varchya gharat aahet…Shanichi krupa aahe..” I felt excited :), still wanted our astrologer to comment. It was then that my right hand started itching when she said- “Near future madhe bharpur paise milnaar ahet..” ;). “Aga pan Rashit Mangal aahe...mhantat na changla nasto” I said getting things clearer about these matters which may be of help in near future for obvious reasons :). “Aahe pan varchya gharat, so don’t worry- Kalyankari asto”- BA’s reply.
Meanwhile SS arrived, although my watch said 8 pm, she was at the right time- 6:30 pm (No matter if it was 6:30 in Dubai then..who cares??). SS has something to discuss on everything, and that means- everything. Do you really believe in astrology, how far can it be true, is it reliable, what is the basis? OK had begun “discussing” the matter. HK, as always, was playing safe- “Whatever I say is based on astronomy- I only speak of the celestial positions at the birth time…its interpretation may differ from astrologer to astrologer, and astronomy has a scientific base.”, I agreed. “Whatever normal astrologers say is based on ‘Statistical data’”, and then we had to hear HK say “Statistical data” at least 10 times in the next 30 minutes :-). “But science itself to an extent is based on hypothesis”- aamchya SS was quick in posting a comment that required no moderation.
This discussion was getting juicier with additions from everyone. From regular hear-say to genuine experience, from Nostradamus to Narendra Dabholkar (Andhashradhha Nirmulan Samiti)- we had a comment on everything. OK went on- “There’s nothing called Luck- the harder we work, the luckier we get”..this time it was me to reply “Agreed, but why were you and I not born to some Bachhans or Kapoors, what hard work did Abhishek Bachchan do to be born with a silver spoon?” unlike the trend, we had a question for every answer :).
“Abhishek was born under the influence of certain heavenly bodies who had some silver spoons ready, this is as per ‘Statistical Data’”- SS cha Puneri chimta.
It was sheer fun and some info as well. But on a serious note- do you believe in Astrology? Do you think positions of heavenly bodies can influence our lives? Do you think good deeds of present life act as good investments to reap benefits in the next life?
For me personally, it is a thing I do not believe, maybe I never will, but a recent experience was shocking (whatever experience I had was not something one can ignore or deny). More so now- I want to believe on the correct interpretation of these celestial positions (if at all astrology is purely based on it) but I don’t want to make it a base to my future decisions in the farthest way. I do believe in reincarnation, and maybe my good deeds in past life have resulted in a good life for me this time…where I have such great friends ;).
