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PLANETARY INFLUENCES ON HUMAN AFFAIRS (Revised and enlarged edition of the book previously published as Astrology and Modem Thought) BANGALORE VENKATA RAMAN Editor: THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE  CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Preface to the First Edition vii Preface to the Twelfth Edition ix I Introductory 1 II Astrology and Karma 23 III What is Astrology? 43 IV Planets and Man 54 V Astrology and Superstition 84 VI Statistical Proof 100 VII Astrology and History 119 VIII Futility of Fatalistic Doctrine 140 IX Can Astrology Predict Earthquakes? 157 X Astrology and Weather Forecasting 172 XI Astrology as an Aid to Medical Science 192 XII Astrology vs. Futurology 210 Appendix 225 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION In this book I have tried to present a case for astrology, and to refute the charge that a belief in astrology implies a belief in fatalism which in its turn paralyses human endeavor and retards human progress. Fate and Freewill are relative terms. Science cannot leave things in nature to blind chance and so-called necessity. There is a good deal of misunderstanding and wrong notions about astrology, Karma etc., due partly to ignorance, partly to indifference and mainly to preconceived opinions. The philosophy of astrology has as its strongest weapon relativity, and is based on the truth that ethereal vibrations extend from the Sun to the great planets and from planet to planet. All space is a network of interacting forces. I have tried to prove that the concept of Karma Theory is not a wishful imagination but a product of daring thinking based upon cause-effect relationship so clearly discernible in physical phenomena. Bertrand Russell, Jung, Plank, Heisenberg, Bohr and Eddington have all been quoted to show that Modern Thought has been approaching the fringe of Reality realized by the Maharshis of India thousands of years ago. In fact, I have tried to link up traditional philosophy with modern scientific thought. The new con