Most Indian politicians wear rings with stones tailored to specific planetary conjunctions that are providential for them, or designed to ward off malefic influences from planets unfavorably situated on their birth charts. Many swear it works for them; others take the agnostic view that one has nothing to lose by indulging such beliefs, except the price of the ring – a sort of Hindu version of Pascal’s famous wager.
多数印度政客佩戴镶有各自幸运星座宝石的订制戒指，还有些意在抵御出生图上不利星座造成的影响。很多人信誓旦旦认为这非常有效；还有些不可知论者认为相信这些除了花个戒指钱以外并没有什么坏处——就像是印度教版本的著名的帕斯卡赌注。