Monday, February 22, 2010

Can you predict my future? - continued...(an interview)

Me:  What do you have to say about my education?

astrologer:  You will study a lot. There is still lot of education left for you. You will also soon get a chance to go abroad for education. (That was indeed true, i thought.)

Me:  Money in my life??.

astrologer: You will not have finacial problems in your life.Money will keep coming.You will have the financial backup of your father and also from your husband. You will also earn on your own. Money wont be a problem. However you might have some health problems every now and then.

Me:  I want to ask you some other questions too.

astrologer: Please go ahead and ask.

Me:  You have a stick in your hand, shells and idols of some deity's. What are the significance of these things?

astrologer:
Women like me have got the blessings of our deity "Jakkamma". It is inherited from my maternal side. When the women in my family are around 14 or 15 years, old, we get the word of jakkamma. The elders give us the stick in our hand and we do a pooja.After that we become an astrologer. It is just a plain wooden stick, but we decorate it with strips of silver.

Me: How do you predict about people? How do you give details about the person?

astrologer: As i told you, we get the word of Jakkamma. We have her blessings.When you tell your name or someother details,we suddenly get her word. We tell things which comes to us naturally in a flow because she instructs us.It comes automatically to us. I have got this power since the age of 15. Some men who are not married at the age of 35 or more would be having some marriage oriented defects in their horoscope(thirumangalyam dosham). In case of women, some might have some problems in their horoscope because the time they came of age was not good (poothagraham dosham).Some dont have kids also because of defective horoscope.So when we meet such people, we know about these defects and we know what can be done to rectify it.Jakkamma tells us.

Me: Is it that only women get this power, as i have seen only women in several public places who have the similar stick in their hands and do palm reading?

astrologer: yes, only women get these powers.It passes on from the mother to the daughters. Every women in our family will have these powers. But the girls these days dont want to take up astrology. They want to study and go for other jobs. So they dont take up the stick. But they will also have the powers. Once we have taken this stick in our hand, we cannot do anything else. We cannot take up any other proffession.

Me: In several public places i have seen women with similar stick in their hands. They call out to you and ask you to show your hand to them.  They say they can predict your future. It is quite common in several public places in Tamil Nadu. How do we know whether they are genuine astrologers? Can we take their word?

astrologer:
Nowadays, people from many caste's claim that they can read your hand. Some can be genuine, but some just observe people like me and think they can also do the same. Not all can be trusted. Not everyone will have the word of Jakkamma. For instance, Powers i have are inherited. Women in my family have this power for generations. I am 69 now. I have been an astrologer and a palm reader since the age of 15.This is what i do.

Me: Does what you predict involve face reading?

astrologer: No, we dont read faces. We have the grace of God. When you tell your name and age, we tell you the things which come to our mind. It is more like a sixth sense. We can say, because it comes automatically to us because of God.

Me: I have heard that the lines in our hands keep changing with time. Is that true?

astrologer: Yes it is true. It changes once in six months or once a year. But it is the small small lines in our hands which change. The three main lines will be the same. The heart line, the head line and the life line. It is something which forms when we are born itself. The rest of the lines surrounding it will keep changing. There are specialist palm readers. We are not palm readers, but we also know palmistry.We also read palms a bit while predicting.


Me: Which is your native place? Who is your family deity?

astrologer: My native place is Panchalankurichi. Do you know the freedom fighter Veerapandia Kattabomman?

Me: Yes, ofcourse.

astrologer: He was from Panchalankurichi. And his deity was Jakkamma. Same as ours.

Me: You asked me to tell a number in the beginning. After that you shook the shells and threw it and got a number. What is the significance of this?

astrologer: The 12 shells represent the 12 zodiac signs. What we do is match the number you say with the number we get after throwing the shells. If the number you say and the number you get are the same, then that number will basically be good for you. We ask this to tell you which number will be lucky for you.

Me: You said that if people have some defects in their horoscope, you know the means to rectify it. Either by some pooja or doing some deeds.How much can one rely on it?

astrology: Belief is the key for anything you do. If one has belief in the things we tell them.If they truly have faith in our word, then they will definitely have their benefit. If you follow something without truly believing in it, then it wont have any effect. I was living in Bombay for 20 years. People who believe in our word call us. There has been times when some people have come searching for us to gift us something, because what we predicted happened. It depends on the trust and the faith. If you dont believe in this kind of astrology, you should not follow it half heartedly.

Me: That is basically the questions i wanted to ask you. Thanks a lot for answering my questions patiently. I do believe in God, but i am not a very religious person. But the way you predict things and your profession intrigued me. I wanted to find out more about you. I believe some people have sixth sense.Some of the things you told about my family and about my character surprised me. Once you also told me what i had in my mind.I was shocked.If i ever get belief in the religious rituals you ask people to perform, i will definitely come to you. Till then i will live life as i believe it, Do good, be good. Live and let live.

astrologer: Sure, i would never force anyone to believe in things. You are welcome to come back when you believe. You will have God's grace. Do well!

Me: Thankyou!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Can you predict my future??

"You should have been born as a male, but were born as a female", she said." If you had been born a male, you would have been living life like a king. But you were born as a female, hence you will bring luck to the place you were born and the place you marry into".

This was the first statement the women told me when i told her what my name was. I was wandering around in a tourist place when i first saw her. she was seated in a shaded place in the entrace of the house which was a reconstruction of a traditional Chettinad house of Tamil Nadu. She had a short wooden stick in her hand decorated with strips of silver on the borders. She also had 12 small shells in her hand and a box with small gold idols of some Gods with her. The board read that she is an astrologer.She was a stout, short women with heavy diamond nose studs on either side of her nose and a big red cicular blotch of kumkum on the center of her forehead. I was intrigued by her very appearance and curious to know what she would tell about me.She asked me to tell a number and a name of a flower. She then shook the shells in her hand and threw it on the floor.

"You said 7. the number you have got is 6 which represents the astrological sign of virgo.You have also the luck, good will etc associated with that sign. Wherever you go, you will do well. You will generally never give a word to anyone. But if you do, you will make sure that you keep it. You will travel a lot. Wherever you go you will have good money and property. You will get wealth from the family of your birth as well as the family you marry into. But you will still want to stand on your own legs and earn.Moreover you have interest in one art. In the future you will get a lot of recognition because of that.It will not be your livelihood, but will make you popular.".... Wow i thought. life suddenly seemed so good.

" The current period is not a very good period for you. There will be some hindrances and issues till the month of april. But you have a strong will and mind to live through the period and face the problems which you encounter. Right now you have the ill sight, jealousy and resistance of some people, which will combine with some hindrances in your horoscope to give you problems. If these issues can be solved then life will be better and prosperous for you. Do not say what you have in your mind to anybody. They will steal your idea and benefit from it while you will be at loss."
"But like oasis in a desert, there will be an outsider who will come forward to help you without any fear or hesitation when you have problems. You might be confused whether to believe in him or not. You should believe in him as he will genuinely help you. But till april the time is not very good for you.", she said. Life is afterall not so rosy!

Suddenly she took the topic of my marriage. She said," You should have been married by the age of 26. But because of some hindrances in your horoscope and some bad times, it did not take place.You will get married between the age of 27 and 29.You are confused whether you want to marry a guy chosen by your parents or to find someone yourself. Whichever way, He will be an outsider". "Outsider? what does that mean?", i interrupted her.  "It means that you will not marry someone related either to your mother's side or your father's side of the family. He will not be related to you. Outsider can mean anything.", she said and continued, " You will have a good marriage. You will be well respected in the family you go into. Your word will be valued there. You will bring luck and wealth into the family you marry into. You can have three kids, two girls and one boy. Depends on how many you want to have".

" You will do good for everyone, but would not gain fame from it.Even people who generally dont trust anyone will trust you. People who dont mix too well with anyone will really like your company. You have such a horoscope.But right now the time is such that people whom you trust will break your trust. You will have some mental tensions and losses due to this. Dont give anything from your hands on tuesdays and fridays. If you do, the people who take from you will benefit while you will be at loss. You can lend money or help to people on the rest of the days."

" You have good grace of God.You have extreme belief in God at some times and at times you think 'What has he done for me? should i really believe in him?'. You are confused about to what extent you can have faith in him. But dont worry you will have the blessings of God always.You think good and do good for people. You will have God's grace to have a prosperous life. But currently it is not the best of times. Let it pass. You will do well." she completed what she had to say." If you have any other questions in mind you can ask me", she ended...........(Click her for the continuation.. http://i-believe-in-simplicity.blogspot.in/2010/02/can-you-predict-my-future-continuedan.html)