Posted on: 06 Oct 2022
[Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Padanamskaram Swami, In my native place, people hardly believe in Astrology (Jyothisyam). When parents look for matches for their children for the sake of marriages, they don't check Horoscope. They say that just if the time of birth change by 1min, Horoscope changes and if the time wasn't noted accurately during birth, predictions go wrong. One more reason why they don't check the Horoscope is because if any defects (doshas) are seen, the word will spread across and no one will marry such person.
I got to know about these things recently. So I would like to know from You about how important it is to check for Horoscope match before marriage and is it compulsory? As per Your earlier discourses choosing a devotee as life partner is important. But from my practical experience I realized that by just talking to a person it is not easy to find if some person is a true devotee or not. How to find a devotee if Horoscope is not seen? Kindly answer my above question Swami. Your servant, Bharath Krishna.]
Swami replied:- You select the devotee not through horoscopes, but, through close association through debates and discussions on spiritual lines. You can easily find out the nature. The predictions of horoscope are not affected by one minute change of time. That is totally wrong. The Lagna stays for two hours. Even if there is change of time by one or two hours, we can fix the lagna by verifying the past incidents. Even if there are defects in horoscopes, remedies are mentioned by the astrological scriptures.