The Allotted share: Managing fortune in astrological counseling in contemporary India

Social Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 39-55

  Guenzi, Caterina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3   (France)

Author keywords

Astrology; Auspiciousness; Banaras; Causality; Destiny; Fortune; Karma theory; Luck

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864095945     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2012.560204     Document Type: Article

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