LUCKNOW, Feb. 7 -- It seems the 'cash-starved' Lucknow University is banking heavily on the stars to shore up its finances and has approved a plan to charge fees ranging from Rs.500 to Rs.3100 for consultation to be provided by its astrology consultancy centre (Jyotish Paramarsh Kendra) that is all set to get going full throttle on the campus.

The move comes about 25 years after Lucknow University was among the first universities to start the Jyotir Vigyan course as a 'modern science', drawing flak then, and less than a year after the kendra was launched as a test-project. The university has now decided to make it fully accessible to the public, albeit for a fee.

The university's finance committee on Friday approved the detailed fee str...