Horoscope
In ‘Jyotish1 Astrology is called as the controller of time and a person, knowing astrology, knows (or is supposed to know). ‘Yagya* (Sacrifice) also. In a way it is like a serpent’s gem and tail of a peacock, and has been accorded top slot among six disciplines of’Veda1.
According to Sayanacharya the main purpose of Astrology is to determine exact time of sacrifice (Yagya) performance. (Reference: ‘Rigveda Bhashya Bhoomika’). Varahmihir maintains that, but for astrology, details about date, asterism, seasons, solstice, inaugural timing etc. would never have been known to the people.
It is only through Astrology that a person can know scintillating events occurring in the sky. It also guides about rainfall or drought conditions, various conditions of changes in seasons, tides, floods, sudden changes in seasons, time of sunset and sunrise, moon phases, sowing seasons, agriculture and agricultural produce, famine etc. Hence Astrology not only predicts future of an inmate, it also touches and provides details about various aspects of life. In a way, Astrology is an indispensable science, though only very few persons are lucky enough to have this expertise.
Maharishi Vashishtha has said that each Brahman should deeply study Astrology, as it yields multiple benefits. Not only this, you know about righteousness, materialism, salvation etc. It is not easy to tread the difficult path of complex and inaccessible time circle. But one, who knows and studies all the relevant facets and phases, (he) attains prosperity, leisure, pleasures and fame and, after death, occupies a vantage position in the heaven.
As light dispels or removes darkness, so does astrology unravel the balance sheet of a native’s good or bad deeds, performed in his previous life. According to Varahmihir an astrologer, who can ably predict various good/bad phases of a native’s life, is a true and adorable person and his expertise and capability cannot be matched, even by the mighty horses and elephants. Hence, it is necessary to engage an able astrologer, who is true in word, deed and thought because, without the guidance and timely revelation of an astrologer, a king’s hie is like a dark night, whose darkness can only be dispelled by sunlight (Astrology) only. He is like a blind person who gropes in a thick forest and makes an abortive attempt to find or carve out a path for himself.
In fact, astrology is a science that imparts various information and probabilities. Its knowledge guides about the appropriate time, when he can earn money, that is, if the native’s time period is favorable and auspicious, he can turn even dust into gold but, when the stars are unfavorable, he will lose whatever he has in his possession. Astrology extricates you from the ocean of adversities and misfortunes or it, at least, guides a person about his ood or bad time phases. It is a science, which can help you cy with unknown people, and also when you will ra friends, family members, relatives, colleagues i earn name, fame, reputation and money. It will prove as your true guide and motivate to do a act, but at the appropriate and auspicious time only. It is like a boat, that helps you each the shore, even if the river is turbulent.