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I don\u2019t know of too many astrologers in the US who are even able to make a living as an astrologer, much less become a multi-millionaire. \u00a0But in India, where astrologers are highly sought after and given comparable status to physicians, a \u201cleading Indian astrologer\u201d who has evidently made millions in his astrological practice is accused of\u00a0hiring a contract killer to murder a competing family of astrologers, who apparently had hired someone to kill HIS brother. \u00a0It\u2019s very convoluted and confusing and you can read more about it here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a> are additional facts of the case. \u00a0Apparently the feud was over Butham Govindu\u2019s daughter to a son of the rival family and many additional gripes and grievances.<\/p>\n

This kind of gangland murder is appalling on many levels, but most so because astrology is involved.\u00a0\u00a0I was unable to discover more about the \u201cpractice\u201d of Mr. Govindu, but in India the practice of astrology is practically universal.<\/p>\n

In India, the former director general of India\u2019s Comptroller and Auditor General\u2019s office is an astrologer. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a superscience, not an ordinary science, because it is extraterrestrial. It is extraphysical, it is superphysical, therefore supernormal. Right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rao offers tea and a discourse on the 12 houses of the zodiac, the alignment of the planets, and the complexities of mathematics in his chosen profession.\u00a0Rao has gone from a button-down bureaucracy to one of India\u2019s premier schools of astrology. He now directs the Institute of Astrology at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a charitable public trust, with as much rigor as his earlier accounting career. \u2026<\/p>\n

[Rao] says\u00a0you go to an astrologer \u201cto take intelligent advice. That is good.\u201d But \u201cif you go out of morbid fear,\u201d he adds, \u201cthe astrologer will exploit you, cheat you, make money out of you. That\u2019s what is happening all over India.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

read more here\u2026<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Indian astrologers generally are unabashedly forthright in their claim to predict the future, whereas in the West (and certainly here on this blog) there is more of a view that free will plays a large part in how our future unfolds. \u00a0In traditional Indian astrology one can \u201ccure\u201d a \u201cbad horoscope\u201d using gems, amulets and rituals. \u00a0With so many people desperate to try to know their future, rather than create it,\u00a0I can see where the idea that a life can be transformed simply by applying the right gem or amulet would be an attractive one.<\/p>\n

Certainly there are plenty of scammers in the US as well, like this guy<\/a> who calls himself an \u201castrologist\u201d and mind reader (watch the video, it is hilarious).<\/p>\n

To me the practice of counseling humans using astrological tools is a sacred trust and the idea that a practicing astrologer could be involved in this kind of behavior is shocking and sad. \u00a0Fortunately it\u2019s a rare thing and not something that is encountered very often.<\/p>\n

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