- NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Surveys
in the United States may be showing the race for president as too close
to call but top Indian astrologers say the planets have clearly made up
their mind: John Kerry will win.
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- Planets governing President Bush are eclipsed and in
an uncomfortable position, making his tenure controversial and his re-election
bid unsuccessful, the soothsayers said on Friday, four days before the
vote.
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- On the other hand, the planets of Democratic challenger
Senator John Kerry were in the ascendant, ensuring him success in competitions.
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- "Saturn, which is the lord of health and fortune
for President Bush, has been eclipsed by the Sun, which is unfortunate
and gives him a clear defeat," Lachhman Das Madan, editor of a popular
astrology magazine, told Reuters.
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- "Kerry will win," said Madan, who is also known
as "the emperor of astrologers." "It is cosmic writ that
George W. Bush cannot become president of United States again."
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- Ajai Bhambi, a senior astrologer and author of several
books on the science of predictions, agreed.
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- "Kerry is likely to beat Bush in the final verdict,"
he told the New Indian Express newspaper.
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- Bejan Daruwalla, another top astrologer, told Reuters
he had yet to calculate who would win Tuesday's election. But Bush, even
if he won, would not be allowed by his planets to complete a full term,
he said.
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- Astrology is extremely popular in India and many top
politicians, businessmen and movie stars consult astrologers before taking
important decisions.
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- Tuesday's vote is forecast to be one of the closest in
American history. A Reuters/Zogby poll showed on Thursday that Bush was
leading Kerry by 48 to 46 percent but the lead was well within the poll's
margin of error.
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