Matching
horoscopes for Matrimony
By
P.R.Ramachander
Though this subject is not
described either in Ramayana , Mahabharatha or Bhagawatha , the system of matching horoscopes of the bride and groom plays an
important role in arranged marriages in India.
With the steep
falling of sex ratio possibly because of the steep
reduction in the average
family size, Matching of horoscopes is
considered as the chief hindrance
in arranging marriages..Here
are the problems people face:-
1.No two astrologers
agree.
2.The procedure for
matching of horoscopes not only changes from state to state
but also from person to person.
3.Most of the people
do not believe that matching
of horoscopes have any
thing to with success in marriage.
4,.To the common man it appears that
the chance of marriage
failing is same both
in arranged marriages
and love marriages
5.There is a common
feeling that the astrologers keep on telling horoscopes do
not match till the person becomes desperate and then make him spend
lots of money on Pariharams, Gems
, Homams and visit of temples,
6.Due to this most of the parents do not match horoscopes but use it as a convenient tool to reject
marriage proposals which they do not like
I am a statistician by profession and had been engaged in matching
of horoscopes as a service
and after doing it for 20 years, I have concluded
that the probability of happy marriage is slightly
higher (60-70%) if the horoscopes are matched.
What do you all think ? If you all think
that this is the greatest
hindrance for people getting married, then we will have to
think of how to get rid
of this procedure.
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