I was curious whether anyone predicted YS Reddy's unfortunate accident and death. I logged on to the Cyberworld and searched. No one had predicted his death or any kind of suffering in the near future. However, one gentleman from Agra, a hi-tech astrologer had predicted his death some 19 hrs before Sonia came to know. (Sonia herself said that around 8.30 am on Friday she came to know Y S Rajasekhar Reddy had died, and incidentally this was the earliest time anyone mentioned). We guessed the inevitable, at around 10.00 am when a meeting of PM, Sonia, Chidambaram and Anthony was reported by NDTV on Twitter.
One question i would like to ask Shri. Punit Pandey, is how could he predict Shri. Rajasekhar Reddy's death when the Helicopter was carrying 4 more people. After all, were all their horoscopes irrelevant ? Would they all have died at the same time if YS Reddy had died normally?
On Sunday i watched an interview by Deepak Thimaya of Ganesh Venkataramaiah. I found that there were no convincing answers coming forth. What came out was that an astrologer needs to know the person before predicting ! If an astrologer has to know the person in detail before predicting, then the whole process of prediction carries a ring of doubt around it.
People with a curiosity of knowing why predictions are a good pastime and predictions by Astrologers is pastime and misleading to say the least. In fact, it can give a sense of legitimacy to unscruplus polictians who can take Astrologers predictions as a vindication of their efforts.
This article on Astrology Astrology fraud or superstition is a must for every person who wishes to understand the one dimension of our thinking.
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