A Scientific Test of Indian Astrology (Vedic Astrology) 

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An Astrologer told me that I would be an astronaut, the highest point from earth's surface that I have reached was when I had a pot brownie.

While I never trust nor like astrology, I often used to lean towards it earlier. But the nail in the coffin came when I had applied for universities for masters and I got back to back rejects and had lost hopes. Then our neighbors came to us. He is an astrologer. He said stars are not with me and I won't be able to do master's yet. It not only pissed me off but given the state I was in, it completely broke me. Cannot forget how pissed I was at my parents for calling him. Fortunately one university accepted me and now I have completed my master's degree. That day onwards, whenever someone speaks about astrology to me, I shut him up. Had I believed in that shit, I would have never grown to be what I am today.

"If a star disturbs my life, it would not be worth a cent." ~ Swami Vivekananda

I was in relationship with my girlfriend for 3years. Parents checked with 6 different astrologers and all of them predicted that I would die within 3-6 months of marriage. Also, I would lose wealth. Back then I used to be a believer and I too was scared. I started to learn more about my religion and at some point I felt it was illogical and cringe. I started my journey as an atheist. 15 months after marriage, our net worth grew and I'm still alive 🥂 P.s. I didn't do any remedies the astrologer asked to do.

The biggest prediction fails of astrology was when an astrologer told me that there's a danger of my life getting ruined by a girl in my higher secondary years.. Guess what, I'm a second year college student and am still looking for that girl who'd ruin my life. There's no sign of her yet...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

To a believer, any attack on Astrology doesn't make sense because their personal astrologer is supposed to surpass all boundaries of common sense itself. If you finally debunk a particular Astrologer as well, then they'll just find another one. But anyways, astrology was a topic I had been waiting for, and this is the best video debunking it from an Indian perspective. I addition to all that you said, you could've added the fact that the position of stars in the night sky also changes very slowly over time which means that Astrology can never be a universal law. Lastly, I really get a lot of Vsauce vibes from this channel and you're doing a great job, just keep making quality content that you enjoy yourself.

Ha ha.. When I got engaged most of the pundits said that our horoscopes didn't match. One of the guys even challenged that my marriage would break before my first anniversary. Last year went searching for that guy and found him long dead. I just to give him some sweets on the occasion of my 10th anniversary.

Once a astrologer told me I am gonna be a doctor and luckily I am studying medicine but now the same guy tells me I am gonna be engineer and he specified “software”

According to my Astrologer, this channel is going to blow up by the end of 2020. 😉

great work on the research! only one recommendation, avoid calling people 'dumb' who fall for pseudo-science. They are driven by fear, so we need to alleviate that fear with a better alternative. Caaling them dumb or stupid would just shut them out completely, hence making no difference in their belief system.

Keep doing good work bro... Astrology is indeed very very dangerous... People Reject Good Partner just because their stars didn't match that's how stupid people are! People become obsessed with stars and leave hard work .. Which ultimately leads to their ruin. I am an example of that... I spent thousands of ruppes on this fake nonsense and wasted precious precious time of mine! For what? For nothing but deluding Myself... Now I have woke up and looking at how much shit I was doing just Makes me Thank God hundreds of times.

I want to thank you for making this video. Even though I love science I made the mistake of delving deeply into both schools of astrology when I was young and it made some deep impression on me that I haven't been entirely successful in removing. I especially haven't been able to find vedic astrology debunked. There just don't seem to be that many people who have addressed this. I am 71 and freaking out because soon I am entering a long bad period, supposedly. I know rationally that this is garbage but I still am subconsciously affected by it. SO. I'm really grateful to you for this video. You're really funny also. Made me laugh. So thumbs up and keep it up for all of us brainwashed individuals.

I know this type of content is hard to make in a pseudoscience filled society and you might get hatred sometimes so if there is channel membership or some Patreon link to financially support you, I will definitely do my part. Keep going.

Heisenberg's Uncertainty states "An act of observation changes the observed". The video completely illustrates this point - if someone goes one making general statements about one's future, that person will for sure start thinking about those statements and in some random way connect them to his/her life, meaning higher accuracy on Barnum statements. :D Really a standout video !!!! Loved the end beat :P

This is a life saving video. I too was severely affected by a computerized prediction that I won't be able to have higher education. But coming across this video made me realise it wasn't the prediction but the power of my belief that I gave away to the thing that doesn't cost a cent. Keep up the good work, we're with you❤️

One of my friend’s astrologer predicted that he would fail in the exam. So he stopped studying and failed the exams. Astrologers -1, students -0

Nice Video. I can illustrate another example of how flawed vedic astrology is. Vedic Astrology goes by Date of Birth, Place of Birth and Time of Birth and the horoscope changes drastically for every 15 minutes. I tested it with an astro software. So if you take the case of twins, who are born with a few seconds, minutes difference, accordingly they should have similar lives or at least similar timelines but we know that twins don't have similar lives or similar timelines. Vedic Astrology goes by a lot of general predictions, like Mars in 7th house is cursed for matrimony; when it coincides, you feel it's right. Therefore creating some kind of illusion in your mind to corroborate. I think all of us need to be extremely careful with this destiny changing business, it's dangerous and psychologically damaging. Best way to predict the future is to invent it :)

Really appreciate the effort put into churning out such content Fact-checking is tedious, so believing what you're told is easy You went through the effort to logically analyse the craft and debunk the myths A wholesome take on this topic

I found your channel today and trust me I have watched almost all of your videos back to back. So informative 🤗 keep up your work...

That's some really good content Pranav. Really good work. And I was born on Dec 4th and I'm not adopted😅

Hi pranav, great job as always bro. small request if possible try to do dubbed versions of the same videos in other local languages so that ur reach will increase also increase awareness in common people.

Pranav your videos are so on point in cutting through the BS. Keep doing the good work, thank you!!!!

I appreciate your boldness & effort in creating this video. It's vital for humanity to be aware of how this can have a dangerous effect. Many people around the world use this base as a guide to important life decisions and end up in darkness. I support you, Sir. Keep SHINING the LIGHT. Please people, have an open mind - Himmat se, Pass it on.

Pranav... Man... I have been searching for the answers you told for so long now.. Thanks a lot. Thanks again.... I will send this video to my family..especially my mother who is modern enough to understand and follow me but just needs proper proof first... Your video is THE PROOF

You are literally a life saver Pranav !! Thanks for these debunking stuff 🥳

I have found your channel just a week back. And i became obsessed with your contents. Those all are what i was looking for from my college days. Thanks a lot man.... I really really admire you.. Keep it up🙏

There are apps like Astroyogi, Astrotalk etc with their annoyingly cringe worthy ads on RU-vid endorsed by influential personalities and bollywood celebs . Please make a videos on them too. Looking forward to it

I had a discussion with my friends who are all my batchmate doctors, on astrology. Most of them were surprised by me calling Astrology pseudoscience. I just put 3 questions in front of them. 1. Why are navgrahas given so much importance in astrology. 2. What is the nature of this energy that connects planets to human bodies and has such a massive impact on our lives. 3. What should be considered the time of birth in case of C-sections, which are manipulable. Why is the time of conception and formation of zygote not considered for astronomy. 4. I asked them to show me any prediction that went right. No satisfactory answer from any of them and i was kind of dismissed for my grilling of the supposed ancient wisdom.

its sad that your videos dont hv the number of views that it deserves...its obvious that you have invested hours researching n making this video....its a direct reflection of our mindset/.... awesome work man

You are saving lives in ways, even you are not aware of. Keep doing the good work

Good points! No matter how hard you try to explain but the belifs that are embeded in our senior generation and those that are passed from Generation to generation will take a lot of years to believe in the points that you make in this video ( btw I do agree that your points are relatively true!) I have found a person finally who thinks like me. The diff. is you are putting efforts to explain the world, I am not! Love your videos.. Keep up the good work 😊

Great quality of video boss, had to subscribe

I like your videos man. Indian society is extremely superstitious.. And as an Indian it's very frustrating

Funny though to believe that the planets which cannot even decide their own path are actually deciding our future

Boss, excellent channel, keep it up

My Zodiac sign is Leo (Lion) But in reality - I am introvert, shy, soft spoken, peaceful person.

Great video!! Would you consider doing a similar video on palmistry? Keep up the great work.

This is a great one so far Pranav! Thanks for putting so much effort in getting into this crap and showcasing in what extent Pseudoscience is being deliberately affecting us. I can suggest you to make a video on the recent AYUSH ministry that the government of India has vested upon and how their basis is mostly from Pseudoscientific fields. Keep making them! Will wait for the next one.

The Simpsons writers are the only qualified astrologers. 😅

One of my good friends in IIT did his first job as a software developer in an astrology start up. He said there were very smart people working in that start up and the company was making very good money. Although he makes fun of astrology in person, he was getting very good salary and it is a booming industry in India.

I always knew it's all about smart psychology. Someone told me that my husband will dominate me after marriage. But he had no idea that I m A level manipulator 😂😂😂

Brilliant....was here and was waitting for u to talk about this as its very famous in subcontinent

Dude, thank you SO MUCH! I have been trying to convince my parents that Astrology is a scam. This video will help me and people like me immensely. Thank you once again!

It’s great that you are debunking the myth and I appreciate it. But you cannot tell dumb to people who believe on Astrology. It’s someone’s belief. Once again I do appreciate for your work.

We need more people like you

Back in 1991 , some days before Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated , a lot of famous astrologers were invited by the magazine "The Illustrated weekly of India" to make their predictions about his future, and without exception ALL of them predicted that he was going to become India's next prime minister. Several of them even said that Rajiv had a "raj yog" and so would remain the prime minister of India for a long time to come. None of them predicted his assassination or even a threat to his life. A few days later , Rajiv was dead and after some time had passed , some of them started to claim that they had seen a threat to his life and had warned about it. If someone can access the archives of May 1991 editions of the illulstrated weekly of India they can verify the same. I have personally read it and the magazine's then editor Kushwant Singh had pointed it out as well.

Believe in highest power who control the universe rather than wasting money on astrologer. Good explanation.

Hey man, you kept your word😅. Brilliant content, but try to keep it shorter in the future (just a suggestion,I'll watch it anyway). Keep smashing superstitions...Your channel is super Dope

Along with gender, colour of skin, you can mention caste as well, that is the most prominent and characteristic differentiation in indian society.

It's so crazy and dumb that people are so ignorant that they believe stars and planets millions of miles away affects thier future or day to day life and actually pay money for it. It's beyond my understanding.

sir i am also an youtuber having channel named mad science duo . my ambition is to become an astronomer . i love ur videos i actually like debunking pseudoscience the 3 most common replies whenever i argue about astrology to my parents are we r ur parents we will say for ur well being, dont act over smart , and we dint question our parents like u do . they cant even understand the harm due to it. as an astonomy aspirant i feel very bad that india doest even have a single bsc in astronomy but 18 in astrology until these stupid things go off india will never become great \

I was laughing hard through out the video. I didn't actually know that there is a 13th zodiac too, apparently my brother falls into that house, I will break that to him now🤣🤣🤣. Also the ending song was dope!!

Lol i had one girl in my hostel who always asked me to read and explain her Libra horoscope tips, she said it was very accurate and helpful. After a few months she asked again and I started by pointing at the print for Libra, she said that was not her horoscope, she found out her zodiac was different.

It's great content .. the kind we need in India right now. I wish it was in Hindi so that it was easier for my parents to understand it... Great job...!!!! Thank you.

Very interesting and insightful video. 👍

Kudos Pranav! you have known your audience. I like how you are concentrating on Indian version of astrology. And this is clearly beneficial as you could not have surpassed Dr. Tyson. So now even if anyone searches neutal words (neutral adjective + object) like Indian astrology you are at #2 with other debunks, except if we search vedic astrology this video is nowhere to be seen along with other debunks😔. Next time you should target that! If we search for phrase (negative/doubt type) you are always #1!🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊

An astrologer told me I will have 3 wife , I am in my 20s and not even have a girlfriend 😭

Dope as usual Pranav 👌👌.

Nice compilation bro😇 Subscribed💗

Finally someone who is brave enough to call out this BS

Let me tell you the future: I'm going to subscribe to your channel within a minute.

Very nice presentation bro❤️ .

Hey man thanks 4 the time stamps 👍 Though I watched it full

great video man, but i had instances when some predictions about me, my nature were pretty accurate.I don't know how, and those predictions were not generic, honestly i was expecting more research from your side, anyways good video

That awkward moment you realize that your life has been a lie. Hey Pranav, how about a video on high rates of existential crises among Millenials?

Pranab thank u for the info

Much awaited video.

Nicely researched video man. Btw, make that music as your permanent intro or outro. Boy that tune is catchy!😆😆

I love love love your informative content 💯 Excellent work🔥 Please keep enlightening people with your scientific knowledge 🌻💕

Dude your channel is gold.

Awesome work bro .

THIS needs more view!!! Please like the video everyone!

This guy is doing best thing on internet

Nadi babu’s musical skills are amazing !! Hahahaha .. as usual love watching your videos ❤ Keep up the great work Pranav !

Good job mate! Hope logic prevails.

I appreciate ur efforts for debunking Indian psuedoscience practices,but I would like express my disagreement on indian astrology coming from Greece.The reason being some ancient scriptures like Ramayan and Mahabharat (just to name a few)gave the celestial positions for various events.It would be very nice of you to enlighten me on this.Nice and Informative video btw🤗🤗

Hello Sir!! I really liked the video you have made..... The myths and superstitions regarding astrology and business goons in the name of astrology needs to be stopped.... But a big lot of Hindi speaking people may not understand it completely .So plz do present it's Hindi version.....

Bro hoping you'll reach 5 mil soon. I believe it's possible. Keep the faith.

Hi Pranav, i like your content... Keep up the good work. I posted a comment yesterday about Aevytv making a video on astrology and it felt like i was watching your video.. i like their content too... I had shared a link of that video too.. surprisingly that comment of mine is missing

I'm not an atheist , I do worship God, but I don't believe in astrology, yet people think I'm an atheist . Associating a pseudoscience with religion is a wrong thing .

oh man, this is awesome content. Please keep doing it. I couldn't convince my parents that astrology is BS but now I have few more points to persuade. thanks

Hey Man, I think you are doing great and nobel work of this time where the whole India and some part of world is addited to filthy superstitions to exploit ignorant people. Science and Rational Thinking is the torch of hope to the civilization and you and your content is the torch bearer of hope. I like this video and the content of bursting all the "so called" "GURU"s and logical approach to ayurveda medicine. Those are awesome eye opener. I love your witty style and logical approach to the topics.

The thing you told about 12 constilations 👌 eye opener. Thanks Pranav.

Nice work please make a short video on numerology, palm reading, vastu useless techniques of reading future is taking over human being confidence.

If Vedic astrology was borrowed from Greece then does that mean the Vedic people enhanced or complicated the existing astrological model by adding Moon positions also in the model?

Super explanation ! ♥️...

Excellent...u knowledge is dope....❤️

Love the genre of this channel !!

I got a kundli made for me and its hilarious how events mentioned were completely different from my life till now well most of that were general things that happens to almost everyone.

Subscribed to your channel. I wanted to support an Indian science channel.❤️

Uff, this channel is so underrated!

Some nice points made, but! I gotta disagree here. You know, I was just an atheist/agnostic/skeptical like you and then I got introduced to astrology. Instead of listening to what the science and logic has to say about it I decided to jump into it, learn about it, and try to see if it can predict anything about myself. Remember, all the logic, all the proof are nothing against practical experiment and results. If it's working, it is working, the Universe is not compelled to make sense to you. And no points for guessing, it actually worked for me. After learning to read the chart properly I found out that it can actually predict many things about my personality. And NO! They were not barnum statements, I know cause I was aware of them before I dove into astrology. I hope you will agree that "You will be a good singer" "You will be an atheist/skeptic" are not barnum statements. Now, you must be thinking that oh, he doesnt seem to be an atheist. Well, astrology predicted that as well, my kundali said that I will change my opinions about God/Spiritualism frequently. Which I do.... Also, predicting the future is very hard and only expert astrologers can do it. If doctors fail to save a patient do you say that oh! the medical science doesnt work! NO! You don't say that you say that maybe doctor wasnt good enough or the case was very hard. In the same manner, sometimes astrologers do make wrong predictions but they are not always wrong. For example, when I started digging into astrology my mom told me that once she went to an astrologer and the first thing he said after looking at my dad's kundali was - "DID U BUY ANY PROPERTY IN 2004?" I was shocked because it did actually happen.... She also told me that he predicted a child's death correctly (gave the exact date). Please consider these points and tell me what do you think... Trust me, I want astrology to be proven wrong more than anyone else in this world, because it challenges my atheism. But it just keeps on proving that it has got some substance... EDIT: I also, asked one of my friend to give me his dob, time, and place (remember time of birth is very important) and I tried to predict something about him from my limited knowledge of astrology. The first thing I said about him was "You don't have good relations with your dad" (funny thing is I was afraid of getting ridiculed coz I always thought that he had good relations with his father) but to my surprise he agreed and said you are right me and my dad always fight, argue about something and our view points dont match....

27:05 my new ringtone😀

wanna meet you some day brother, really appreciating your work and follow along...

This is a spectacular video! Please also make a video on how to explain this to people who are neck deep in astrology. They actually believe Venus is the reason why they'll get stuck in traffic

Found your channel by chance. Someone recommended me Autobiography of Yogi,I started reading it and I was wondering how the hell people believe this shit. Then I started searching "paramhansa fraud" sadhuguru fraud and I came to your channel😜. It looks my confirmation bias and Google's algorithm says Science is dope.

Can u give me any link or any resources which conclusively prove that indian astrology came from Greek astrology

great work ... :)

I have also learnt many english words by watching your video's...Thank You BrUh