Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: B V RamanPublisher: Motilal BanarsidassYear: 2004Language: EnglishPages: 439ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120809017 DescriptionA most reliable guide to practical astrology, this book does not contain startling predictions and amazing forecasts. But it is the product of investigations and studies by the author presented here in an orderly and scientific form but in simple language easily understandable by the average reader.The book analyses the various combinations which have produced personages like Lord Krishna, the Buddha, Adi Sankara, Jesus Christ, Prophet Mohammad, Einstein, Akbar, Aurangzeb, Tippu Sultan, Vidyaranya, Tagore, Hitler, Suryanarain Rao, Abraham Lincoln, Subhas Bose, Aurobindo, Thyagaraja, Bernard Shah, Godse, etc.In fine it is excellent for study and for research work. No other existing book contains such a collection of valuable data and horoscopes.EXCEPTS FROM REVIEWS AND OPINIONSContains a seriously conducted scientific study of seventy-seven horoscopes and is bound to make a valuable addition to the stock of literature on predictive astrology devoted to pursuit of research, on critical and constructive lines. Prof Raman has pointed out in his well-reasoned Introduction the application of astrological theories of reading of the future significance of given charts.-The Hindu, MadrasAn unusual book in this field for it discusses the horoscopes of 77 men and women, past and present who became either famous or notorious. The book’s main value lies in its attempt to explain the co-relation between the main events in a person’s life and the astrological influences in his horoscopes.-Free Press Journal, BombayDr Raman, who has spent a life-time in Bangalore publishing The Astrological Magazine, brings to bear the wide experience of his research on his masterly analysis of each birth chart.Even a lay student of astrology can understand the simple way each horoscope has been analysed.-Times of Ceylon, ColomboContentsPREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITIONPREFACE TO FIFTH EDITIONPREFACE TO FIRST EDITIONINTRODUCTIONSri KrishnaSri Gautama BuddhaAlexander the GreatAugustus CaesarSri Adi SankaracharyaJesus ChristEmperor NeroProphet MahamudSri Rama VidyaranyaGuru NanakSri ChaitanyaAkbar the GreatSri ThyagarajaLord TennysonKarl MarxQueen VictoriaBala Gangadhara TilakGeorge Bernard ShawMohandas Karamchand GandhiAlbert EinsteinRajendra PrasadM N TantriThe Nizam of HyderabadMeher BabaAn Example for Scientific EminenceNathuram vinayak godseAn Example for PovertyBangalore Venkata RamanINDEX OF HOROSCOPESTABLE OF PLANETARY POSITIONSINDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS