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The Tragedy of Kala Sarpa Yoga 
January 25, 2007 |
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By K.N.
Rao, from his website www.journalofastrology.com
(Written on November 26, 2006)
Human life has enough tragedies, enigmatic turns and twists
which come in most unexpected and unanticipated ways. When someone
goes to an astrologer he is already 'half dead' and wants to
know if some relief is promised. Instead, if he is frightened
and asked to spend a huge amount on shantis (remedial measures)
of various types, to prevent the ill effects of kala sarpa yoga
(all planets positioned between Rahu and Ketu) what is you opinion
of the moral character of the astrologer? Or if the astrologer
is pretending to be a religious man and prescribes worship find
out how much money he is making through astrology in devious
ways. He is again less of a JYOTISHACHARYA (teacher of Jyotish)
and more of an UPAYACHARYA (teacher of remedial measures).
Some years before my retirement, a rich Marwari woman, to whom
I had given a good prediction about her daughter in Calcutta,
came to meet me in Delhi where she had moved with her husband.
She took me one day to her house to meet a ninety six years
old astrologer and introduced me to him as an astrologer. This
aroused the ire of the very old man because he called astrologers
“thugs” and asked me why had I decided to become
one! The lady explained to him that I did astrology academically
and gave consultations for free. The old man quietened down.
He had some very novel methods of predicting and appeared outdated
to me, not in tune with the changed times in which we live.
But the word “thug” rang in my ears for many years
and still a feeble echo of it is left in my memory.
The Thuggery of Astrologers
The thuggery of astrologers can be seen in the upayas or remedies
they prescribe - upayas for anything and everything, even for
cancer patients in the terminal stages, for AIDS patients, for
most unscrupulous men and for totally unscrupulous purposes
involving sex, money and crime. Reading of sage Varahamihira
convinces us that this tendency to become a thug among astrologers
must have existed earlier also.
One fellow who has made a fortune from kala sarpa yoga (I came
to know later) asked me why was I depriving some poor Brahmins
of their livelihood! These fellows who were frightening people
and making money through fraudulent means had no iota of Brahmanism
in them. (There is no basis for kala sarpa yoga in the classic
texts). They were no better than muggers of US streets or the
goondas who show knives and deprive you of your money in Indian
streets or buses. He kept quiet but he continues to make money
from kala sarpa yoga.
Astrologers are Backward Classes
Astrologers as a backward class should be seen against the historical
background of the British rule during which the Indian literacy
had dropped to less than ten percent for males and half percent
for females in 1901.
Brahmins who lost patronage forgot their traditional knowledge
and had no paramparas (traditional lineage) in any branch. Some
families had a smattering of astrology and karmakanda (ceremonial
acts) left. They were almost illiterates and no wonder even
after independence, in two backward classes reports of 1955
and 1980, astrologers were classified as a backward class!!
But vain Brahmins gloriously regarded themselves as heaven's
ordained class!! The old controversy got revived---is one
a Brahmin by birth or through karmas?
As the society grew prosperous men became more and more immoral,
with marriages breaking down, sexual morality becoming an outdated
concept for some rich and some prosperous upper and even lower
middle class men and women, even girls now. Then there is job
tension and there is the worry of a traditional Hindu mother
to seek a right husband for her daughter within her caste! The
tensions are enormous and people are in search for quick solutions
to their problems.
Here the astrologer, ever ready with a remedy, is in demand.
This astrologer must first create fright in the minds of his
clients and it is done most easily by pointing out kala sarpa
yoga or even 'half' kala sarpa yoga. Here he promises to perform
a yagna at a cost of some thousands of rupees for shantis. This
is the prerogative of the Brahmins. So kala sarpa yoga
is a big and newly discovered source of income for Brahmins
which is pitiable. Brahmins were meant to be the beacon
lights of dharma and spirituality if they themselves reached
higher stages of sadhana. But so many of them have become kala
sarpa yogis! But such is their miserable plight that they
need kala sarpa yoga to survive!! They would keep kala sarpa
yoga alive somehow.
Here is an instance. A fraudulent astrologer runs his paid advertisements
on a religious TV channel and advertises himself aggressively
to earn fabulously through kala sarpa yoga. He gets yagyas (fire
ceremony) done at his house for those people with horoscopes
which have the fraudulent kala sarpa yoga. He gets Brahmin priests
and has it done at the cost of twenty five thousand rupees per
person. In a rich city like Delhi, the richest city of India,
he is never short of clientele.
One girl had come to Delhi from Jabalpur, shown her horoscope
to him and since he was getting kala sarpa yoga shanti done
at his house, he asked her also to pay for it as her horoscope
too suffered from this “defect”! She fell into the
trap.
Natal chart of a girl with no kala sarpa yoga
Later, she came to me and narrated the story. I asked her to
go to other astrologers and ask them if her horoscope had this
kala sarpa yoga. She told me that she was assured that her horoscope
had none. But then she had already been a victim of a double
fraud. Is that what Brahmins are supposed to do for our society?
Remember, I am a Brahmin myself (by birth).
Ignore Kala Sarpa Yoga
If someone tells you that a particular horoscope suffers
from kala sarpa yoga, do not be carried away by it. It is for
you to examine the motives and knowledge of the astrologer pointing
it out. In these days of commercialism invading all fields and
astrology in a very big way do not fall into the traps of these
astrologers. And the flood you see on the internet to which
most are getting addicted can be further danger of spreading
wrong astrology as has been happening for more than a decade
now.
What must be done is to examine the horoscope on its merits
and demerits which means the achievements shown on the positive
side and the obstacles coming because every horoscope has it.
Ariel Sharon's natal chart with 'kala sarpa yoga'
Those who still argue, and those frauds who would not budge
an inch on this subject because their earnings will drop, cannot
answer a question of mine when I show this horoscope among many
(of Ariel Sharon), and without disclosing his identity ask them
to tell about his life. These frauds reel off many gloomy predictions.
(But they can not explain how he attained such a high position,
as the former prime minister of Israel, even with the so-called
kala sarpa yoga in his chart.)
Letter from a Reader to K.N. Rao
From: R P <r2004@hotmail.com>
Subject: Kala Sarpa Yoga
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:33:59 IST
Dear respected Sir,
What a great piece of writing! You are indeed a social reformer
for the betterment of the society.
The sad thing is even in Sri Lanka 99.999% of the astrologers
make kala sarpa yoga a living for themselves. I wish I could
get your articles published in a local newspaper!
You have written on fraudulent astrologers and Brahmins. Let
me tell you sir, that even Lord Buddha once said, that a
person would become a Brahmin only by his action and not by
his birth. May you live long to make more and more people
understand and love the divine subject of Astrology, which you
make look absolutely scientific without destroying its spirituality.
Blessings,
R. P.
reprinted with permission
Copyright 2006. Vaughn Paul
Manley. All Rights Reserved. |
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