Astrology is not meant for Devotees

Shrila Prabhupada's Letter. 9th January, 1975, London.
My dear Devamaya devi dasi,

.Regarding astrology, you should not listen to any of these so-called astrologers--strictly avoid. Don't even see them. What is the use of seeing them? Astrology is meant for the
materialist, but a spiritualist does not care for the future. Everything is dependant upon Krishna. So where is the necessity of astrology? The devotees' principle is, let there happen anything as Krishna desires. Let me remain sincere devotee, that's all. Pure devotee is never interested in this astrology...

I hope this meets you in good health.
Your ever well-wisher,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami

Letter to: Sanatana
Honolulu10 June, 1975

No, you should not bother with all this nonsense. Astrology will not save you at the time of death. My Guru Maharaja was a great astrologer and astronomer, but he gave it all up. It is meant for the karmis. We have no interest in such things. I hope this meets you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Krsna Consciousness is Beyond Astrology

Visala dasa wanted to find an astrologer in Vrindavana. Without consulting Srila Prabhupada, he found one who was wearing tilaka and chanting Hare Krsna. Visala wanted to get something he had seen other residents of Vrindavana wearing, a charm you wear around your neck that has on it all the mantras of the demigods.It was supposed to counteract all the bad influence of the planets. The astrologer sold him one of these neckpieces, and it all sounded very nice. He told Visala to dip it into the Yamuna and to have an arati at twelve noon.

Soon after this, Brahmananda Maharaj noticed Visala�s new ornament. �Visala,� said Brahmananda Swami, �what�s that you have around your neck?� When Visala told him, Brahmananda Swami replied, �Prabhupada says we don�t have to add anything to this process.� At these words Visala became disturbed. He thought that Brahmananda Swami was right and he also felt embarrassed. �Why are you wearing this?� Brahmananda Swami demanded. Visala replied that he would like to talk to Prabhupada and he asked if he could have an appointment.

When Visala went to see Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada asked him how much he had paid the astrologer and what he had said. Visala said the astrologer had claimed the charm would ward off the ill effects of the planets. �Krsna consciousness is beyond astrology,� said Prabhupada. �If you surrender to Krsna, with a slight kick Krsna can annihilate 00,000 Rahu planets.� So Visala put aside his astrological neckpiece and just depended on Prabhupada and K���a.

Soon after, a Godbrother showed Visala a letter he had received from Prabhupada about the same subject matter:
�Astrology will not save you at the time of death. My Guru Maharaja was a great astrologer and astronomer, but he gave it all up. It is meant for the karmis. We have no interest in such things.� Visalini-devi dasi, interview; letter to Sanatana das, June 3, 1975.

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I was told (lowerthanarat) when I joined iskcon in 1973 that subtle arts (black magic, astrology, tarot cards, witchcraft) have no place in krsna consciousness. When you chant the maha mantra it connects to the spiritual world. But the subtle art only live in the subtle plain nowhere near the spiritual world. So you practitioners in krsna consciousness don�t waste your time and money with these things.

If you have full faith in Sri Guru Gauranga. Bhagavad Gita 18.66 Totally abandoning all kinds of religion, surrender exclusively unto Me. I will liberate you from all kinds of sins, so do not despair.

We have to realize what ever happens to us is because of our karma. ( I am born in this country, in a family, with this amount of wealth, and suffering; no one else is to blame only myself. So don�t quarrel with no one.

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SB 11.23.40-42
The brahmana understood that all his suffering�from other living beings, from the higher forces of nature and from his own body�was unavoidable, being allotted to him by providence.

The brahmana said: These people are not the cause of my happiness and distress. Neither are the demigods, my own body, the planets, my past work, or time. Rather, it is the mind alone that causes happiness and distress and perpetuates the rotation of material life.

Inner Fulfilment chapter 2 by
Srila Sridhar Maharaj

Tat te-nukampam susamiksamano bhunjana evatmakrtam vipakam:

�Whatever undesirable I find here is the result of my previous karmma, and by the good will of the Supreme, that previous karma is going to be finished. I will be relieved. I will be made fit for higher service to Him, so this has come.� That is the advice in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Don�t quarrel with the environment. Try to be adjusted with it; correct your own ego. Everything is alright.

SB 10.14.8
Tat te-nukampam susamiksamano
bhunjana evatmakrtam vipakam:

TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart, words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.

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