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STARS MADE ME DO IT

Outsourcing decision-making to astrology apps is the new norm, where accountability takes a backseat and planetary excuses prevail.

By Prerna Arora

If you are in India and have not downloaded an astrology app, are you even making life choices? Astrology apps like Astrotalk, Astrology Zone, and Time Nomad are the new therapists, career advisors or consultants, all rolled into one, minus the expensive degree, of course.

**Astrology apps used by people around India.| Sourced from The ARC, X.com and Business Standard.**

From daily horoscopes to full-blown Kundali match-making, these apps promise to decode your life in five minutes. Got ghosted—Saturn’s fault. Lost money in crypto—Ketu’s playing games. Can’t get a job—Mars is in the wrong house, obviously not your lack of effort.

And the best part is you no longer need to visit an astrologer anymore. Just log in on astrotalk, pick a “verified astrologer” and pay Rs 18 per minute to hear things like, “Beta 2025 is your year! ”(it is not).

Jigyasa Aggarwal, a 26-year-old Career Development Specialist at Boston Consulting Group, residing in Delhi, says, “I usually connect with my astrologer twice a week on Astrotalk, but when things get serious, it turns into a daily ritual.” People’s reliance on astrology reflects a growing trend, where major life decisions like what career to choose, or who to marry are being outsourced to astrological justifications rather than personal judgment.

**In orbit with her thoughts**.
**In frame: Yakshi Awana | Photo credits: Prerna Arora**

**Accountability fades and astrology apps take control**.
**In frame: Yakshi Awana | Photo credits: Prerna Arora**

At this point, they are just guiding people, giving them a full-fledged excuse manual for life. Instead of taking responsibility, people are handing over control of their choices to an app that probably has a back-end algorithm generating these vague predictions.

People are spending thousands on consultations, karma-cleansing remedies and gemstone recommendations and blindly follow whatever their astrologer asks them to do. They say things like, “Wear a cat’s eye, and your Rahu dasha will end”. Who knew bad decisions could get fixed by wearing a ring?

“It’s like, if something goes wrong, it is not because of my own mistakes, but because of some planetary alignment,” says Deepansh Bedi, a 21-year-old Central Logistics Associate at Zomato, residing in Delhi. Rather than acknowledging poor decisions or lack of effort people are questioning their birth charts.

Reading your daily horoscope for fun gives you comfort, no judgment. But if you are blaming a planet for your bad decision instead of learning from it, bestie, maybe it is time to uninstall.