[dattaswami]

Can you please give a comparative study of spiritual knowledge and astrology?

Swami Replied: Both are exactly one and the same. In spiritual knowledge, we say that the unimaginable God punishes you for your sins and rewards you with good fruits for your good deeds. These fruits are given by the unimaginable power of God in unimaginable ways.

Similarly, in astrology, we say that the planets give good and bad fruits for your deeds in unimaginable ways. The main concept here is that you cannot escape the punishment of sins by escaping the law of this world. You can call these planets as the unimaginable powers of unimaginable God giving corresponding fruits for your deeds.

The word ‘planet’ means the deity existing on the physical planet. These deities are unimaginable and should not be mistaken with their physical planets. The subject dealing with the physical planet is astronomy. The subject dealing with deities of the planets in giving the fruits of corresponding deeds to souls is astrology. Eclipse of sun and moon are concepts of astronomy and you should not rub the miraculous concept on this scientific aspect. The rules imposed in the time of eclipse are not valid since they are not accepted by astronomy. But, the planets giving the fruits of deeds in the scheduled times is dealt by astrology and science cannot poke its nose in this unimaginable domain.
‘Jyautisha Shastram’ means both astronomy and astrology. In astronomy, we deal with the physical planet and in astrology we deal with super natural deities of the planets, which catch you in any place to give the result of your deed. Graha means that which catches you in the right place in the right time to pass on the right result of your deed (gruhnaati iti grahah).

Philosophers over extend the spiritual knowledge on the astronomy, which should be refused. Scientists extend their knowledge in the super natural administration of the deities of the planets or the unimaginable powers of God. Both astronomy and astrology should be maintained separately so that the innocent public is not exploited by either the philosopher or scientist. Mixing both these domains leads to fooling the public in both the fields.

-By Shri Datta Swami
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[TMR]

You are absolutely right. Astrology has no connection with astronomy. For details, read my book given in my profile.

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