Saptarishis Astrology’s Update
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t has been a journey of thrills and adventure since we launched Saptarishis Astrology. Some of our aims and missions have been fulfilled with the favorable response received so far by you all while many remain yet to be achieved.
Saptarishis Astrology was started after years of frustration to improve few shortcomings in the astrological research, knowledge: mining as well as practice of astrology that have been observed over the time. Glaring shortcomings were observed in the areas of manuscripts translation, lack of good software and importantly for rare and hidden knowledge to come out. We started off as a business website but unfortunately have not been able to concentrate on the business aspect in spite of 1.5 years of SA. This business aspect along with the dream & mission of helping old astrologers monetarily was mentioned in the first editorial and it was not just lip service but is still a burning mandate that has yet to be fulfilled. We have not been able to focus on it due to more love & concern for content. The business model is based around the Google model of business and can be a successful one at the same time serving the astro community. The magazine’s size has grown from 96 pages of Vol 1 to 634 pages of current issue and beyond. The number of emails that we receive consumes our time and while we cannot respond satisfactorily, we are also improving in our ability to concentrate on our specific goals that would improve the quality of astrology globally. Some emails of appreciation have come in highlighting that we have been doing a great divine service but let us also understand that for us, this magazine is also creating a library of articles for our own learning. We wish to re-emphasize, as stated in our Vol 1 editorial, that we are very much a commercial business website and the magazine, along with manuscripts and some other services, are given under our mission of promoting astrology for the benefit of humanity. The mission of Saptarishis Astrology is to get rare knowledge out which costs money and asking for huge discounts from our book shop is a bit tough on us especially when we are donating 10% of our profits to charity in your name. Most important is mother & Vidya is 4H, one never asks for discounts in vidya like one never asks for discount in mothers love. As they say without mothers blessings no one can learn this vidya properly. This mistake of asking discounts from book shops we ourselves did for many years until a few years back we realized the reality of the situation. Also there are hardly any profits in the book business and it should be understood that Saptarishis Astrology is a 14 to 15 hours, 365 day job. Apart from this would like to thank few kind souls who sent us donations which we had to return, since as a commercial venture we do not accept donations as a policy. Trinal Issues In the current 12 months there are few goals to be achieved. However, considering the limited resources presently at hand, we have decided to reduce the status of the magazine from a Quarterly to Trinal Issues for at least a year. This means instead of 4 volumes every 3 months it would be 3 volumes every 4 months thereby giving us some space to travel and search for more hidden astrologers. This can be facilitated by if more volunteers come out and do service to the astrological community. As we write this piece, it is mid-June and by Oct end, we will be pleased to release Vol 7 which would be the C S Patel Memorial Issue. We would like to request more editors to come on board especially from the West and from Indians whose command of English language and more importantly dormant editorial 177
skills would be welcomed. Editors have a great role to play in any good publication since they can spell things out with clarity in thoughts, avoiding roundabout ways of writing – a good article is one where after reading the article, the reader does not have any queries since the author has communicated clearly from all angles. One experience which our editors have shared with us so far is that when they edit any article, they learn more from that article than if they were to just read that article. Thus editing also helps you in becoming a better astrologer & also a writer, should you aim to take up astrological writing in the future. Also the need of the hour is to do service by burning a CD of the magazine and giving it to your neighborhood astrologer who does not have good internet access; or still, printing some good articles from Saptarishis Astrology and sharing it with your astro colleagues. If there is one secret of secrets that we have learnt in past few years, it is that by sharing knowledge in whatever form, our own knowledge is increased at least tenfold – this is the truth of the secret of gaining more knowledge and it should be done with an attitude of not expecting anything from the Universe in return – then knowledge flows in automatically a la Brighu Saral Paddathi Series type.
Problems & Solutions here is a huge bunch of mails that is received regularly by readers seeking solutions for their problems. We feel really bad that we, so far, were unable to help. We have not replied to such mails and hence we do apologize to all for this. The reason for not replying to them is that we do not have a section yet dedicated to corrective and propitiatory measures. We actually did not want to do what most magazines do which is to run columns where readers write with their problems and ask for solutions – but now the time is ripe and we realize that, to be of better assistance to our human folks, such a column needs to be started. Remedial measures are the best part of Indian astrology and in that field; the Lal Kitab stands with non second. Unfortunately there are very few real practitioners of it and to be a real practitioner, one needs to know palmistry coupled with astrology since the Red Book stressed on using palmistry along with astrology. In our years of search, we found one honest and capable such practitioner by the name of Rabinder Bhandhari from the interiors of India. We have seen that his results on many charts have been very effective. He will be answering the questions raised by readers concerning solutions to their problems. Readers would be required to send in their birth details along with both hand palm prints taken by any digital camera to remedies@saptarishisastrology.com . Kindly see that the email size is not more than 2 MB & kindly adhere to the form below:
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Name: __________________________________ Male/Female:_____________________________ Date of Birth: _____________e.g. 1st July 1976 (not as 01-07-1976) Time of Birth: ____________________________ Place of Birth:* ____________________________ State Of Birth: ____________________________ Country Of Birth: __________________________ * quote some big city falling nearby birth place also. (If possible, quote Longitude, Latitude of place, along with Time Zone & Asc Degree if known.) One question quoting problem for which solution is required in not more than 7 lines:
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_________________________________________________ Only few cases will be selected and published in the next issue. We would like to request the assistance of a volunteer who could man those mails received and replies to readers. A practice that is common among internet forums is asking the remedy for oneself in 20 forums. Those who are found doing that and also writing to us would be discouraged since we should approach the astrologer with sincerity & not approach 20 at the same time – the reason being that everyone should know that remedies work more when you have faith in whom you approached. Ancient texts say an astrologer is akin to God’s representative & one cannot go to 20 Gods at the same time – guess they like faithfulness in us. Burning Midnight Oil he need of the hour is not to wait till you are 20 years old in astrology but to take verses & small techniques which are easy to decipher and test them aggressively. Every successful astrologer knows that this is the only way he has come up in his astrological journey. So if you are just few years old and understand basics of astrology, just take few verses, collect data from internet forums and test it aggressively. You can also use the verses and techniques mentioned in the palm leaf notes at the end of each article and test it on 10 charts. The aim is not only to come up with a technique that works but also to write articles on techniques that don’t work. For example for a Gemini Asc when Transit Jupiter the 7th lord aspects Venus or the 7th lord from Jupiter of the natal chart, then marriage happens but does this work on all Gemini ascendant charts, it can only be confirmed when someone uses 20 to 50 charts and tests it statistically produces an article and gives the technique some credence, though blindly going on statistical results is also not prudent which every experienced astrologer has realized. But such kind of articles helps in focusing the attention of an erudite astrologer who can further refine it. This way you can help save time of other astro-students who would waste years on fruitless techniques due to nonstatistical testing & create good karma. This is a useful service you could render to the astrological society. We would be happy to publish any such researchers provided the data you use is authentic enough. If you need any assistance or need some research techniques to work on we will be happy to assist provided you are a serious student of this science.
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Lastly Saptarishis Astrology Team appreciates the love showered on us by the astrological community and hope that, with their blessings and affection, we can make astrology a better place to evolve in. With folded hands we bow to you all. May The Force Be With Every One.
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