How Vedic is Vedic Astrology?

Vorala,
Vikram V
Pancholi

vikram
Vikram Pancholi
My views on Misnomer of Vedic Astrology

 Most people erroneously call it Vedic Astrology whereas it has

nothing to do with Veda. Astrology has seldom been discussed in
Veda as a predictive tool. There are of course, references of
astronomical value e.g., eclipse, seasons, constellations etc.

 The most books of predictive astrology, that the so called pandits

refer to be Vedic, were created in India during the time of foreign
cultural and political invasion.

 The usage of ‘Vedic’ with Astrological books was promoted by

publishers to create an impression of being ancient text dating
back to the beginning of Kali-yuga (3102 B.C.). This has been
guided by apparent commercial interest equally echoed by the
professional astrologers and due to ignorance of armature
astrologers.

 One of the highest valued books, Brihat Parashara Hora Sastra

itself has an indication to the fact that the same dates back to 7th
and early 8th century era. Do we think Vedanta originated during
7–8th Century?

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  The authors of such books were largely Yavanas (Indo-greek) who
used the pseudo names similar to Rishis of Vedic times to get
larger acceptance with supremacy.

 The kings of ancient India used to patronage persons possessing

skills and talents in the areas believed to be advantageous to the
kingdom. When we analyze various yogas of classical works, we
may verify the royal interest.

 Similar to what happened with many other subjects, with the

passage of time, the predictive astrology got transformed into
form that can serve to the curiosity and interests of masses. From
spiritual and royal interest to areas of mundane subjects.

 The BPHS has surfaced only in recent past with different sources
claiming to be authentic but include different number of chapters
etc.

With all said against its claim about being part of Vedanta, I do not
undermine its value and utility by any means. I just mean that it is not fair
to call it Vedic. Instead, it would be fair to call it Indian Astrology.

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