Following is an example of the heading of this article
why I say Common man minus commonsense = Author of books of astrology.
I went through following sloka and its translation
स्त्रीजातक / Female Astrology
स्वल्पं पयः भानुकुजः चतुर्थे, सौभाग्यशीलरहितां कुरुते शशांक।
Translation – If Sun and or Mars is posited in 4th house of a female’s horoscope; lady will develop lesser milk in her breasts. Moon in 4th house will lead to reduction in her prosperity and modesty.
A student of astrology goes through many such Slokas written in Astrological texts. He believes it is correct as he is student and he can not equate his level of knowledge to an author of astrology. However when you will apply commonsense to above sloka you will easily understand that the sloka is bogus.
Reason – how come a person can reach to the above conclusion? How can one measure the milk ?
Second part of sloka is also beyond commonsense as just placement of Moon is taken into consideration and consideration of other planets have been forgotton.
It is an advise to all the students of astrology believe in your self and judge statements and slokas in astrological books by general commonsense as majority books written in Astrology are bogus and majority authors in this field are devoid of commonsense.
Umang Taneja