All in the stars?
Astrology, some people say, is pure science. For the others, it is a money minting business. I do not really know what it is. What I do know is that I want to stay away from it. And I have always made a conscious effort to keep myself away from any kind of fortune tellers. But not everybody is same. One of my friends consulted an astrologer yesterday. Let me give you a little background about her first. She is a strong, independent, witty, intelligent, compassionate person. The only mistake she made in her life was falling in love with a narcissist. So now, even after a decade of marriage and two kids, she seldom gets any peace as far as her marital life is concerned. I have seen her breaking down completely, crying inconsolably, contemplating ending her life- and then putting herself together, with new determination, to make things better. The cycle is never ending. It breaks my heart to see her like this. I often ask her why she tolerates all this? Why doesn’t she take a stan...