Astrology is pseudoscience. Always was, always will be (especially in the modern world). It works on plain and simple coincidence, i.e., it may work, it may not.
However, it gives hope to many and gives purpose to many more. As long as there's peace because of it (even though it's hokum), it's fine.
My mother also blindly believes in it and pays a small fortune to some baba who spouts some nonsense about good times, bad times, etc. I don't fight her about it, because you can't easily change something that is ingrained in someone from a very young age. As long as she's happy and at peace, it's all good.
This AtroTalk trend has really taken off, being endorsed by celebrities and whatnot (even though it's obvious they're paid off significantly well and don't actually believe in any of it as much as they say they do). It's become akin to those gambling apps.
lol, couple of months back my mother started praising a pandit ji a lot, The pandit ji was from Delhi, and my previous landlord and one of mother's friend actually used to invite him to stay at their house and do prayers and all for 4-5 days the cost of these days were more than 50k with all the stuff they had to buy and pandit ji's fees.
Now it comes to me, none of my business ideas worked and i was in some debt so mother started to seek advices from pandit ji.
Couple of main things about the situation and me -
1. I had lent an old colleague 2 Lac 2 years back which i took from my uncle on interest which he haven't paid back till now, not even interest.
2. I was doing a part time accountant job so i was always back home before 2PM.
3. I used to spend a lot of time playing games like COD and GTA
4. I also spent a lot of time just browsing online coz had too much free time.
Note- My mother has already told all these things to Pandit ji
Pandit ji asked my mother to give them the number of the person whom i lent the money, saying once he hears his voice he will make him pay the amount asap.
Mother asked me for the number i humbly declined. Once she called on speaker while standing next to pandit ji and asked for a conference call and i declined again saying this is my issue i will handle it myself.
After this Pandit ji declared that i haven't given any money to anyone , I have lost all that money in gambling online
why else would i refuse to let anyone talk to the guy ( whom i gave the money to)
Basically I'm a person who lost money and can't be trusted for money.
After a couple of days my mother went to pandit ji again to ask about my sister's future if she will be able to go abroad.
My mom called and asked me and my sis to come meet them , I was already pissed at the previous incident to i asked my cousin to take sis and meet them.
Later that evening my cousin and sis told me that pandit ji said today that you don't even have a job,
You are financially dead ( don't know the right term ), You just go out of the house to do some awaragardi and then come back after 3-4 hours to show everyone that you are working,
Even the EMI's you have been paying either comes from more loan or you are doing some bad things gangster type shit.
I was furious. But didn't do anything .
Even my cousin told them how could i be lying about my job when for 4 months he used to drop me at the office and sometimes he used to come inside and wait for me in there.
But all hail the all knowing pandit ji , Neighbor aunty who was hosting Pandit ji at the time said you should ask someone to follow him a couple of days and see what he does.
My cousin said on the spot if you are so worried about Nikhil why don't you go and follow him yourself for couple of days .
After that a lot happened , some arguments at home , but mother kept defending pandit ji
Till some weeks later pandit ji said my sister won't be able to go abroad. ( well she has been in UK for past 4 Months ).
After that mother doesn't talk too much about pandit ji at home but still sometimes,
when I tease her about past incidents she defends him saying , then why does everything he says to previous landlord and aunty ji comes true ( most of it does by pure coincidence )
Took a lot of efforts too , to convince her he might be a god to everyone but in this house or about me every word he says is always gonna be a lie.
