Superstitions Indian Style

I just chatting about superstitions with my co-worker who is from India. She was telling me how the entire village where she is from uses astrology and other calculations for nearly every aspect of their lives.

When building a house, they calculate the longitude and latitude to determine the layout of each room. Every house is built facing the east to catch the morning sun.

The families of the bride and groom do the astrological calculations to determine capatibility. They also use this to determine what type of children they will have. They even calculate when the best time is for them to make nooky on their honeymoon night. All's I could think of is what happens if he sets things off earlier than expected. I was then told they're given a time frame so it's not down to the minute or anything. How funny is it if he can't get it in ...err... get it out. Yikes, let's try that again. How funny is it if he can't get it done in time?

I find Indian culture to be fascinating. They have a natural remedy for nearly everything. I always tell me co-worker she needs to write a book. If it got a decent amount of publicity, it'd be a best-seller, I'm sure.