What is the use of Astrology?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Astrology only points the direction for you. In astrology, they will tell you - you may come across these problems, so take precaution. It is like a doctor who says, "You have high cholesterol, you should take care and work out". Similarly, if you have diabetes, you should be careful. So, their predictions are according to what medical problem you have and then they give you some remedies – if you do these things, you will have no problem. In the same way, astrologers also say, "Oh, you are going to have Jupiter coming into the eighth house and so your mind will go topsy turvy. All the faith will go. You will have no confidence in yourself, no faith in anybody, no faith in the work you do and you will be worried. This will continue for one whole year, but it will be too much during these four to five months. So, do your meditation, pranayama, prayers regularly and you can pass that stage. Also, don’t take any decision at this time." So, these are little predictions about the tendency of the mind and how it goes.