Now as I look back, I think of him as a messiah, one sent by God to help me learn

astrology, though alas, my ill fate did not allow it. He was the unknown master,
not well known in astrology literary circles, but one whom clients could swear by.
Today, just a few of his books remain, but they are virtually useless as the master keys of
each of the aphorisms were lost when the master passed on. If, after reading this article,
some of you are inspired to write back with your own experiences of a similar master, please
know that Saptarishis Astrology would be deeply grateful.
Studying the way of the ancients and elders teaches us not just what a successful
astrologer should do, but also what he should not do. This article constitutes a path of
learning for this writer, who had swayed from the path and wished to re-learn the proper
attitude toward astrology, especially how to avoid certain pitfalls. There will be two
responses to this article: the young uncorrupted lot will appreciate it, whereas the more
corrupted lot will disagree with it; hence we had not earlier mentioned The One about
whom we are now writing, except in hushed tones or mysterious one-liners. 1 What is being
written here was due to the influences of The One long before he shed his mortal coil; his
clients gave him his due respect and honor, but the astrological community did not do so. It
is this debt that we wish to pay here in this article.
Prepare your coffee and take this articles print-out, and cuddle up on the patio for
what we hope will be a pleasant read. Also note that this is not a technical write-up, hence
charts and technical details of Indian astrology are not given. This way, even the Western
astrologer can enjoy it. Usually, publishers cannot praise an astrologer since other writers of
his magazine may become jealous, but The One is no longer alive, so nobodys business
will be affected. Each astrologer contributes something toward the science, so we must bow
to each other. Astrology is not a race to achieve the throne; otherwise it would negate the
very purpose of a spiritual science that was advocated by the ancient sages. The result of my
writing this piece may be that important astrologers may wish to stop writing for this
magazine, or possibly, no important astrologer will want to join the board of writers, and
there may be some vengeance in business resulting in monetary loss. Maybe thats the fate
of SA (Saptarishis Astrology), but then we have never run this magazine with a business
mentality. Rather, we have run it like a family, and the entire astrological community is our
family, which we must serve. If you as an astrologer feel jealousy or dislike toward the man
whom we are going to describe, then we are sorry to inspire these harsh feelings. It only
1
We had referred to him in one of our past articles BSP-2 which mentioned a BSP-2 rule that similarly
corresponded to one of
his techniques, which is that Saturn destroys one signification of the house 2 nd from it, and this is how
Saturn gives results. That is the
aspect of Saturn that Indian astrology has missed, which the BSPs have been able to unravel and which
The One had also
unraveled, though he took it to a far superior extent than BSP.