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Do We Need to Scrap Core Textbooks of Astrology? A Critical Examination
1. The Present Scenario: A Commercialised, Compressed Information Age
We are currently living in an era where astrology is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Information is being compressed, packaged, and sold—minute by minute. The demand for rapid, result-oriented forecasts has created an ecosystem where performance-based astrology is being aggressively marketed. This raises a vital question:
Has astrology shifted from being a sacred, reflective science to becoming a customer-driven, behavioural tool tailored for quick answers and psychological appeasement?
This phenomenon is perhaps the byproduct of astrology’s unregulated, unorganised status in the modern world. However, to assess this properly, we must examine both sides:
- The growing market demand for instant answers,
- And the depth of information encoded in the classical astrological scriptures.
2. The Nature of the Delivery System: Horary’s Rise and Its Limitations
Much of today’s astrological predictions revolve around horary systems—especially those with influences from intercontinental theories. But herein lies the paradox. These systems are often built on a single-point information source—the question or query moment—without fully accounting for the complex preconditioning environment.
While systems like Swar Shastra, Omens, Tajik, and Nadi offer rich multidimensional inputs, the modern use has narrowed it down to probabilistic end results, which frequently fail in accuracy. And so we must ask:
- Is this over-reliance on outcome a betrayal of the true spirit of astrology?
- Are we ignoring the primary information source’s credibility and its supporting environment?
With AI now entering the space, even these prediction models based on limited variables face existential threats—unless re-rooted in deeper logics.
3. Precondition, Process, and Result: The Lost Soul of Astrology
In its original essence, astrology is not just a mechanical decoding of a chart. It is an interaction between a static precoded horoscope and the dynamic atmospheric condition in which it operates.
Thus, any result is a product of three elements:
- The pre-coded horoscope (static potential)
- The conditioning environment (dynamic forces)
- The psychological and karmic readiness of the native (free will and maturity)
This dynamic integration—this process—is the real soul of astrology. But it’s largely missing in most new-age approaches and digital tools.
4. Do Core Textbooks Reveal This Framework?
A question of serious concern:
- Are classical texts like Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Jaimini Sutras, or Phaladeepika explaining this sequence of Precondition → Process → Outcome?
- Or do they simply offer verses in a seemingly straightforward tone that actually demand a multilayered decoding?
What appears as straightforward results in these texts are, in reality, coded theorems—not literal statements.
5. The Real Nature of Core Texts: Not Straightforward, But Layered
Every verse in core texts seems, at first glance, to be offering a direct statement. But if we pause and think, they are actually inviting us to explore:
- The conditional logic behind planetary relationships
- The environmental or contextual triggers for any outcome
- The maturity state of planets, houses, and the native’s consciousness
Thus, these texts are not obsolete; they are underexplored with the right lens.
6. Towards Conditional Formulations: The Path Ahead
If we acknowledge that verses hint at conditional formulations, we must also admit that most of us have never approached core texts with this mindset.
So the question arises:
- Have we tried to decode the ecosystem that supports or negates a result mentioned in a verse?
- Have we tried to trace patterns of precondition that activate embedded planetary codes?
7. Call to the Community: Rethinking Our Approach
We must ask ourselves honestly:
Have we truly approached classical texts with the intention to decode conditioning patterns, inter-relational dynamics, and time-sensitive processes?
If yes, then we should begin compiling and documenting those information patterns—so the next generation can see that the core texts still carry the eternal algorithms of cosmic truth.
