Astrology and Idealism

Copyright © Kedar Joshi 2007

This work attempts to argue that astrological phenomena (i.e. things happening in
accordance with astrological predictions) can only be explained by (philosophy of mind)
idealism. In other words, astrological phenomena happen because of some non-spatial
mechanism. Astrology, in particular Indian (Vedic) astrology, is empirically convincing
and thus true/valid. However, its conventional spatial mechanistic explanation (that the
astrological phenomena are caused by some rays emitted by the planets) is flawed.
Further, it can be conjectured that no valid spatial mechanistic explanation can be
provided. Therefore, in such case, only a (valid) non-spatial mechanistic (i.e. idealistic)
explanation can be given. And one such explanation is the NSTP (Non Spatial Thinking
Process) theory, which also explains phenomena like quantum non-locality. Then, finally,
the planets (more accurately, the astrological planets) stand as mere conceptual indicators
in the non-spatial universal program.