5. Limitation of the Research

From time immemorial Astrology has been extensively applied for furtherance numerous social and religious benefits in almost all organized societies. As the civilizations developed in different parts of the world and flourished over centuries astrology too took shape in varying manners but in spite of ethnological differences, the pattern of synchronizing planetary movements with happenings in the society where the pattern of planetary movement and the effects of such movements on human life had many things in common. So, in short, every society could find some foretelling patterns through astrological observations devised by them. However no clear-cut and verifiable correlation of either the movement of the moon or for that matter any other celestial body with the exact corresponding incident or episode in human affair could ever be precisely established. There is always an element of probability, an uncertainty. The evaluation of credibility versus lack of credibility in matters of astrological foretelling is always fraught with uncertainty.

Astrology and its prognosis is enmeshed in complicated patterns with religion, belief, faith, facts, astronomical and scientific theories and various other disciplines, and since these disciplines are hardly compatible with one another, it would be impossible to present the theories from the viewpoints of such disparate disciplines and arrive at a conclusion acceptable from all angle. Considering such conflicting background in theory and research methodologies, we are faced with almost insurmountable roadblocks and so it is too simplistic to expect that anyone could put to verification the validity of any astrological finding applying the methodologies of modern sciences and succeed in that. Application of scientific methods on Astrology became unrealistic for the very reason that it transcends the area of study covered by modern science alone. By the very nature of the subject mapping, the astral movements with great accuracy over very long periods spanning thousands of years, and evaluating the influence from various angles like belief, spirituality, general forecast and with reference to particular cases, accurate testing, applying the methodology of modern science and drawing conclusions amenable to modern technological standards become not only a lengthy but practically impossible to exercise.

While asking precise scientific explanation for everything, we have to be realistic about human limitations too. The subject of astrology is based on evaluation of planetary movements and observation of the effect of such movements in human affairs, as recoded as experiences by various authors and authorities who lived in different eons of time spanning millennium. Therefore to ask for a generalization based on scientific experimental results is not to be expected. Often, we may have to accept the findings in fundamental texts as authoritative, even if scientific validation may not be easy. New generation could not crate or compile such types of texts with ample coherence or fitness whereas extended the traditional knowledge with own translation and portrayal.