Astrology is a legitimate Vedic mathematical science, not superstition, requiring proper understanding and expert knowledge.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — December 29, 1973, Los Angeles 731229MW-LOS ANGELES [08:10 Minutes] Walk_731229MW-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: ... [indistinct] not come? Karandhara: He's coming Prabhupāda. He just pulled up.
Prabhupāda: Oh. Jaya-hari: Prabhupāda?, this morning you talked about astrology in your lecture. Is this accepted in the Vedic scripture and by the gurus?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. Astrology means... That is also Vedic. Jyotir-veda.
Jyotir-veda. That is also part of the Vedas. [break] The brāhmaṇas, they learn these three things: astrology and medicine. These two things.
A brāhmaṇa is supposed to go to every householder's place, and he will inform, "Today is such-and-such tithi. The such-and-such thing should be done." And if required, if somebody inquires about "Now I am going to that place. What will happen? Just find out the auspicious moment," so they will give him.
Still it is current. It may be wrongly done or rightly, but the system is still there, astrologer. The king should be always accompanied by a first-class astrologer. [break] ...there is a whole street, both sides simply astrology.
Prabhupāda: Where is our scientist? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Here, Śrīla Prabhupāda.