{"id":5863,"date":"2007-03-03T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-03T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2007-03-03T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-03T12:20:00","slug":"astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrologers, dead men and the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Times of India<\/i> on astrologer getting into trouble”>The Times of India<\/i> reports<\/a> that an astrologer in Tamil Nadu has gotten himself into trouble by “allegedly predicting a long life for a dead man.” No, it isn’t the dead man protesting, but someone else. Joy.<\/p>\n

Also, giants such as Bejan Daruwalla and Sanjay B Jumaaaaaaani have given their predictions<\/a> for the World Cup. Daruwalla says:<\/p>\n

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In 1983, the combination in the Indian team was that of Capricorn (Kapil Dev), Cancer (Sunil Gavaskar) and Libra (Mohinder Amarnath), which worked wonders. Even this time, captain Rahul Dravid (Capricorn), Sourav Ganguly (Cancerian) and Virender Sehwag (Libran), may repeat the success story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With 15 guys in each squad, you can probably get any combination of sun signs that you desire, and it is not unlikely that all the squads may contain a Capricorn, Cancer and Libra. Note that both gentlemen are being cautious, though Jumaaaaaaani more or less counts Australia out of the running. No matter what happens, though, I’m sure believers will note only the parts of their prediction where they seemed to have got it right. Always, the confirmation bias<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Some earlier posts on astrology etc: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>, 6<\/a>, 7<\/a>, 8<\/a>, 9<\/a>, 10<\/a>, 11<\/a>, 12<\/a>, 13<\/a>, 14<\/a>, 15<\/a>, 16<\/a>, 17<\/a>, 18<\/a>, 19<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

My take on the World Cup<\/b>: After a close perusal of some fine coffee beans (followed by their consumption, as is necessary for the ritual to be successful), I have come to the conclusion that my earlier post<\/a> on this subject, written months ago, was somewhat off target. To my list of seven favourites, I add an eighth: New Zealand. I don’t think I can get any more precise than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Times of India<\/i> on astrologer getting into trouble”>The Times of India<\/i> reports<\/a> that an astrologer in Tamil Nadu has gotten himself into trouble by “allegedly predicting a long life for a dead man.” No, it isn’t the dead man protesting, but someone else. Joy.<\/p>\n

Also, giants such as Bejan Daruwalla and Sanjay B Jumaaaaaaani have given their predictions<\/a> for the World Cup. Daruwalla says:<\/p>\n

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In 1983, the combination in the Indian team was that of Capricorn (Kapil Dev), Cancer (Sunil Gavaskar) and Libra (Mohinder Amarnath), which worked wonders. Even this time, captain Rahul Dravid (Capricorn), Sourav Ganguly (Cancerian) and Virender Sehwag (Libran), may repeat the success story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With 15 guys in each squad, you can probably get any combination of sun signs that you desire, and it is not unlikely that all the squads may contain a Capricorn, Cancer and Libra. Note that both gentlemen are being cautious, though Jumaaaaaaani more or less counts Australia out of the running. No matter what happens, though, I’m sure believers will note only the parts of their prediction where they seemed to have got it right. Always, the confirmation bias<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Some earlier posts on astrology etc: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>, 6<\/a>, 7<\/a>, 8<\/a>, 9<\/a>, 10<\/a>, 11<\/a>, 12<\/a>, 13<\/a>, 14<\/a>, 15<\/a>, 16<\/a>, 17<\/a>, 18<\/a>, 19<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

My take on the World Cup<\/b>: After a close perusal of some fine coffee beans (followed by their consumption, as is necessary for the ritual to be successful), I have come to the conclusion that my earlier post<\/a> on this subject, written months ago, was somewhat off target. To my list of seven favourites, I add an eighth: New Zealand. I don’t think I can get any more precise than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,24,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAstrologers, dead men and the World Cup - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Astrologers, dead men and the World Cup - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-03-03T12:20:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/iu-placeholder4.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"822\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amit Varma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amit Varma\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amit Varma\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c\"},\"headline\":\"Astrologers, dead men and the World Cup\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-03-03T12:20:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-03-03T12:20:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/\"},\"wordCount\":7,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/#\/schema\/person\/890a3d673b0c90c97d76c45a1754ac3c\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Astrology etc\",\"India\",\"Old memes\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/astrologers-dead-men-and-the-world-cup\/\",\"name\":\"Astrologers, dead men and the World Cup - 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