I Have got my Bharanyasam done 11 years ago when i was a kid, I Feel Srivaishnavas should not follow Astrology

Answer: No doubt, Sriman NaarayaNa is the supreme soul. But He Himself never forebid these practices. When a person is sick why one should take him to the Doctor or to a Hospital? We can surely pray and get the relief from the supreme soul – NarayaNa Himself!

When such is the fact, why one should consult the Astrologer to find and fix a Muhurtham for marriage and other auspicious functions?  When all the days and timings are good, why a disciple who has taken the Bharanyaasam should fix his daughters or sons marriage only on a specific Muhurtham fixed by the sooth sayers? Cant it be a Saturday or Tuesday during Rahu Kaalam or Yamagandam or on a Krishna paksha Ashtami or Navami? What is essential, that ought to be taken per circumstances.

Astrology is part and parcel of our system; why, even to do the sankalpam, you have to refer the panchangam to pronounce the thithi, vaara, nakshatra of the day etc.  There is no sin or harm if you needed some sort of guidance when in trouble. In such conditions, whether you have taken BharNyaasam or not, you can surely consult the planetary alignments for some remedial measures. Even in RamayaNa, it is stated, that the auspicious Muhurtham was fixed after consulting many astronomers and astrologers of that Saga, for the Lord Ramas own marriage! We are humans.