For every unsuitable match there could be a so-called perfect match that ended up in divorce. And these are marriages that happened post checking of horoscope checking and validating that the jodi is that of Ram and Sita. Before you know there are issues like lack of understanding between the couple leading on to a separation. Somehow while going over the couple's horoscope, the astrologer missed out on that bit.

Where There Is a Will…

There is an upaay…a remedy that can ward of the evil. What beats me is how can the effects of the planets and stars change with the various remedies or upaays. There are these ingenious remedies to counter the so-called planetary clashes. Right from getting the girl married off to a tree before she can tie the knot with her beloved to asking the couple to get married in some godforsaken temple. They just seem like remedies churned out for convenience sake. However, was it not the position of the planets and stars that made it inauspicious in the first place?

A Matter of Time

Agreed, that it is on the basis of rational aspects like the exact time of birth that determines the position of planets. Now ask any ten people around you for the exact time and eight of them will have their watch set differently. So, how do you determine the right time? How do you tell which one of the two times that of the hospital clock that showed 3:45 pm or your fathers watch that showed 3:47 pm, is exact. When the basis itself is so dicey, on what basis do you rely on it so blindly?

Serendipitously Yours

Today, sitting on my swivel chair I predict that of the 100 people on my floor, at least one would get into a fight with his/her better spouse. I think I am no different from the hallowed astrologer. Of the ten things he predicts about a couple, at least one of them is bound to come true. I guess the root of all superstitions is that men observe when a thing hits but not when it misses.