Indian court considers astrology a science

17:30 4 February 2011
Science In Society
Priya Shetty, correspondent, Mumbai

Go on, admit it, you probably take a sneaky peak at your horoscope in the newspaper now and then, out of idle curiosity of course.

In India, a country legendarily associated with mysticism, millions live their daily life by what the stars dictate. Rituals to commemorate births and deaths - the bookmarks of our lives - only take place at auspicious times of the day and month. Marriages are often nixed, no matter how in love a couple may be, if the horoscopes don't match.

Even so, the news that on February 3, the Bombay High Court threw out a case questioning the validity of astrology and related practices such as reiki, feng shui, and tarot cards, is worrying.

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http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/02/astrology-is-science---in-indi.html

"So far as prayer related to astrology is concerned, the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is a science. The Court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The decision of the apex court is binding on this court"

Why do all of them say different things for the same sign?

When the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars....

We can't laugh at the "backward" people of other nations any more.

Fortunately, creationism is anything BUT science.

That is the critical difference here.

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