Is ancient Astrology a true Science?

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So ancient astrology is a proven science Swamiji?

This is what I was afraid of! The moment I say yes, you will all start running behind astrology! Tomorrow morning I will see a long queue before me carrying horoscopes, saying "Swamiji, please, just see this and predict my future!"

I tell you: Don't worry so much about astrology!

Vivekananda gave a befitting answer to someone who questioned him about astrology. He told him, "Go, eat well, exercise well, sleep well. You will become strong, physically and mentally. Then you won't worry about all these things!"

Only a person who is mentally weak depends so much on astrology.

Swamiji, does that mean that all the people who follow astrology are weak-minded?

No, you can't say that. But the majority is weak-minded. Even people who are normally intelligent sometimes behave foolishly in these matters. They come and ask me, "Swamiji, if I wear such and such a stone or gem, will it be lucky for me?" How can you depend on a stone! You are Live Consciousness; you are nothing but God! I can't imagine – I am teaching you the science by which you can harness this whole Cosmic Energy, and you ask me about stones!

You might have heard about Swami Yateeshwarananda. He was a great man, an enlightened person. When he traveled abroad for the first time, he started out during rahukala - an inauspicious hour of the day, calculated by using the positions of the planets.

Someone asked him, "Swamiji, how can you start during rahukala?"

He answered, "You fool! I am the energy that guides the planets! How can they control me?"

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