Astrology & Horoscopes
Horoscope, is the word belongs to Greek language. But for Srilanka Tamil people call it "sathiram", when a child is born they try to mark the correct birth time up to the seconds. Traditionally Tamil elders used to say, that a person's life and happenings will be written on the persons head, means every thing is decided by the God.
That means our saints like Agasthiyar have written all the future of the world. And every persons life, what is going to happen and if there is any thing going to be wrong, what remedies like which god you have to pray for the bad stars look not to attack deeper. Like "Markkandeyar" history, when he was born it was written, as for his time of birth, he will live only 16 years.
He was told about this on the last days of his 15th year by his crying parents. What he did he straight away went to the Lord Shiva's temple and start to worship, Chithirakupthan calculated and told to Yamatharmarajah it's time to bring Markkandeyan life to Yamalogam for the calculation of his life's good and bad habits conduct, to decide weather he was going to sorgalogam or naragalokam. Yamatharmarajah went on his buffalo to take his life, but he was holding by both hands the Sivalingam, Yamatharmarajah throwed his "pasakayeru" around his neck, same time Lord Shiva presented him in front of this people because of the poojas Markandeyan did. And he prevented His life to going with Yamatharmarajah. When Yamatharmarajah argued about this, lord Shiva made Markandeyan's age to be 16 every day till he wished to increase it.
So, like this our astrology is correct, if calculated correct time of the birth of the person. It's already written, by the positions of the stars. No body can make new calculations. It's Thousands of years back discovered by our Saints. This Astrology plays a big part in our Marriage and married life.