Planning the birth of a child by opting for a caesarean section to match a particular shubh muhurat is passé. Don’t be surprised if your spouse asks you to check the stars before planning to conceive. The latest astrological buzz is to program a child by planning conception in a particular muhurat.
The idea may seem farfetched in the 21 st century, but there are more than 1,000 astrologers coming to the city from the US, UK, South Africa, Australia, Dubai, New Zealand, Canada and Nepal and different parts of the country to attend a first-of-its-kind International Symposium on Astrological Sciences 2011.
It will be conducted on the theme of ‘programming the birth of a child astrologically.’ All India Federation of Astrologers’ Society and Academy of Vedic Astrology has planned the meet on December 26 and 27. The astrologers now give ‘right’ date and time for possible conception by referring to birth charts of couples.
Many may hesitate before performing caesarean sections on dates like 11.11.11 or 13.12.11. But these astrologers go a step further and say the craze is building up to choose an auspicious time for conception. “Due to rising queries from young couples, we did a three-year research on the subject,” says S R Swamy, organizer of the symposium. The astrologers claim that by choosing to conceive under right stars, parents can plan a the healthy baby.
Rationalists, however, oppose the trend. Jayant Pandya of Jan Vigyan Jatha, said that astrology is not science and people, especially youngsters, should take it with a pinch of salt. “In the 21 st century, following trends of astrology is nothing but superstition. Who would guarantee that if one follows their advice to the hilt, nothing would go wrong?” he said.
