Horoscope, Tarot, Astrology – Should I believe or they are just “guess work”?

All those readings and forecast, why someone go for it? Should you trust them? Here are my reasons

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This morning as I opened a newsletter from Spirituality and Health, one of the article read – Whats your animal sign? Curious by nature I clicked and started reading the article. That’s when I was stuck to this question of whether these Sun Sign, Moon Sign, Animal Sign etc make sense or they are more like guess work?

As I remember

As I recollect I was introduced to the reading at an early age. We had a Hindu calendar that had a column as “Rashifal” or you can say  Monthly Forecast based on your moon sign, my aunt every month used to read out loudly her horoscope and mine. I hardly understood the meaning of it, but as a kid you enjoy these new learnings.

Later with the chit-chat sessions among my friends I got a chance to widen my horizons on these readings. What they mean? Who is Linda Goodman? Palm reading and weekly/daily horoscope in newspapers. One of my aunty also had palm reading book, and I used to read and decipher the meaning of each lines I had in my hands.

In fact, within my family and friends if I ever came to know, he/she can read hands [palm reading], I used to spread my bulky hand to know insights. It was really a fun thing to know how the timing, lines on your palm and feet can tell things about you.

I also remember in my teens, when Hindustan times [one of the leading newspaper in India] used to publish almost a half-page weekly horoscope, and I use to eagerly wait for it. Do not recollect any of it was true, but reading it was fun.

Later as I moved out of my home for college and started living in an hostel, horoscope was focused on “Love”. I remember how “Love is in the air” was the most searchable statement for us. And then the “leg-pulling” with other hostel inmates. [Ahhh feeling nostalgic]

But as I stepped into real world, once I gained financial independence all of this was sidelined. Working in a software industry it was more about SDLC’s, deliverables,, bugs and development.In fact during this time, I went abroad, roamed a lot, made friends, fell in love and got married. This all was without the horoscope in picture.

Later, as I was about to be a mother, again horoscope was not in picture! My job was running well, I started my consultancy business and things were smooth.

What I learnt?

But since last few months, again the horoscope started gaining my attention. Is it the fear or a hope I wonder! And then I meditated on it, here is what I experienced –

Most of us [read as humans] find horoscopes or forecast interesting when there is

A Curious Desire

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Lets face it, we all desire something or the other! To marry perfect someone, to get a dream house, to land a dream job or to have a perfect partner.

And then also we have some daily desires – when you get up late, just a wish that meeting gets rescheduled. Or when your mother is cooking , you wish its your favourite food!

So we all wish and dream for somethings, these desires at times makes you curious and look for answers instantly, so even though these horoscopes might not be exact match they give a relief of “all good” vibes.

In fact curiosity can only be ended by finding an answer, unfortunately we do not have a time machine that can help what is in store for suture but with these daily readings we tend to look into future and get an answer, and relieve ourself.

And most of the readings actually are written in that ways – they would cover your love/relationship, your responsibility as a parent/kid and then come sin your career/student role.

So in short it’s the curiosity that lands you onto those pages and absorb the information.

A fear of Unknown

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Another trigger that leads to goto this path is fear of loosing something or a very difficult situation that seem to be unmanageable like a life-threatening disease to one of your family member or a bad relationship. These condition again want you to know “what your future holds” and you look for an answer. The best bet seems to be get a reading, Would things be fine? Would there be an improvement? By When?

Again these directions offer the individual a ray of hope, and bit of positivity to continue the path and things would be fine.

As I can put it is a mental game where a person is believed to keep working and he would win and come out of this hard times.

So, it’s the fear of unknown that leads you to get a spark of optimism!

But is this all guess work?

I do not have facts/data to support the argument of for and against these readings, but being an energy believer I feel if you believe in something and put your energy to it, it would have an impact on you.

I usually do an experiment when I am looking for an answer, I mentioned about this in 2009 in my personal blog here. So here it goes

Try this, when you are in library/bookstore. Think about a problem that concerns you. Close your eyes, and suggest silently to your Inner Guide that you are seeking advice. Ask it to help you learn what you need to know.

Now, wander freely through the aisles. Avoid noticing where you are; just trust your inner promptings to guide you. When you feel ready, pick up a book and open to a page. Read the entire page, and try to relate what is there to your problem. You may be surprised to find just what you needed. If the information doesn't seem related, pretend the message is in a code that you must decipher. Look for a subtle meaning.

Meaning is everywhere - literally at your fingertips - but you must seek it out.

Or have you noticed when you are on crossroads in a car, not sure which direction to go, you do trust your instincts? Why or How is something which you cannot explain but just trust it!

That’s similar to what even the readings mean.

It all depends upon your thought process, if you trust them, they will direct you if you doubt them – they would confuse you 😊

So no matter if you believe in a horoscope or Zodiac Sign, what you need is to believe in yourself.

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