Is it all in the Stars?

Arvind Narvekar says he would rather let actions decide his future than credit or blame destiny for what happens.

- Arvind Narvekar

Astrology or ‘for-tune-telling’ is one of the oldest professions in the world, and it plays a central role in India, in particular. It is a human weakness that has led interest in astrology to always persist and we find that there are practitioners of this ‘art’ in every country! The reason for its popularity is simple – people, irrespective of gender, age, faith or geographical affinity, feel anxious to take a sneak peek into the uncharted future. This, I feel, is okay for psychological gratification. But, why do we hesitate to accept the fact that the future is unknowable? What happens in life surely cannot be attributed to the whims of luck or destiny.

Our destiny is what we choose it to be. It is all down to us! We have been given free will and intelligence. Harness these powers; make the right choices; live a good life in the ‘now’. No astrologer can give more than that. life is not happening to us from somewhere else. Destiny or what we call ‘karma’ is not what is pre-decided but what we create for ourselves. Our karma is the natural consequence of our thoughts and actions. People who believe in destiny are obviously fanatics of the theory of astrology.