About the Book
Great savants of astrology have enunciated various rules theories & hypothesis about various permutation & combinations of planets in a native’s chart. The 12 houses represent the journey of a native from the cradle to the grave. No two natives are identical even the twins differ. Why & how it happens is to be understood & explained by an astrologer. The basic rule is to proceed from known to unknown to understand the highly complex treatises. This necessitates the availability of a large number of horoscopes on which the various tools of astrology can be tested & understood.
The book provides this basic necessity of large number of keen students & research scholars of astrology. This book provides horoscopes of nine divine deities of different religions and 756 horoscopes of different natives of different nations. 415 native out of them are alive as on date. To facilitate proper identification the charts of natives are given in alphabetical order. To facilitate further separate index have been given Lagna wise and profession wise. Total numbers of vocations have been identified as 27. Each horoscope gives longitudes in degree & minutes birth details of the native balance dasha at birth date & mode of death where applicable & available and few important events of each native. The scholars can derive much more useful information from the data given in the book. It is expected that large astrological fratemity will welcome the book in its present form.
The author is a mining engineer from Indian School of mines now known as IIT Dhanbad. He has put in 28 years of service in the army as an engineers officer. He is a Jyotish Acharya from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. For a long time he has been pursuing astrological studies as a keen student. His researches reflect his analytical approach to go into the details as an engineer and then he put them across frankly as an Army officer.
The author has earlier written books on Prashna: A Vedic Approach Vargas: A Vedic Approach, Charisma of Trika Houses, Astro Remedies: A Vedic Approach, Finance & Profession: A Vedic Approach, Longevity: A Vedic Approach and Charisma of Upshya Houses which have been received well by the astrological fratemity.
Astrology has two main spheres of activities. The theoretical aspect covers various rules, hypothesis, yogas etc. as propounded by great savants of astrology over the ages. The practical aspect covers astrology as applied to analysis of natives' horoscope to convince & substantiate individuals about the efficacy of various tools of astrology as known to them. So the proficiency of predictive astrology is not complete without reference to both the above aspects. A keen student/ researcher of astrology will require a large number of horoscopes to test and apply various principles of astrology to ascertain their utility. This book provides this essential aspect for the benefit of keen students/ researchers and also for interest of general readers.
Every individual, society or nation respects celebrities. Only some persons are gifted such qualities by nature which make them attractive/ repulsive to others. Then there are persons who find their way to success/ failure passing through unusual events. The analysis of their horoscopes makes an interesting study. Cartyle wrote," The history of the world is nothing but the study of great men". Therefore this makes them useful for general readers as well.
This book is a compilation of over 750 horoscopes that have excelled in various fields of life in different countries at different times. This has been a gigantic task with various problems attached. Firstly there is a definite lack of exact & authentic birth details available. Secondly in many cases, more than one set of birth details of celebrities are in circulation. Thirdly, at least in India, people are averse to their name & details being mentioned in any book (this has forced me to change the original names in some cases but keeping birth details intact). Fourthly, due to different Ayanamsa being used in various cases, there could be some difference in longitudes of planets/ Lagna. Lastly I have not met most of the natives personally and have compiled details based on various books, magazines or Internet. In view of the above, I will request the readers to bear with me any variation, if & when they notice and I will leave it to the readers to judge the truth for themselves.
In this book the birth chart of important natives are given in alphabetical order giving date, time & place of birth with balance of Vimshotri dasha at birth in year- month-days: date & mode of death where applicable& available alongwith some important characteristics/ events of the native. This will facilitate correlation of the astrological principles and significations of characteristics/ events that occurred in a native's life on account of planetary positions. The birth chart indicates planets& Lagna (written in brief) alongwith their longitude in degree & minutes. The divisional charts like Navarnsha/ Dashamasha are not given to ensure brevity. However it is presumed that with the help of longitudes indicated, a student of astrology can work out relevant divisional chart where needed.
In our mythology, great importance is given to the figure of 9. The human body is conceived as temple of God. There are nine ways to obtain God's grace through Navadha Bhakti. There are nine gateways to this body temple through which nine planets hurl down various aspects of life. The wise ancient sages observed that the above nine planets are related/ controlled by 27 constellations. Every one of us is subjected to constant electro-magnetic bombardment from these 27 constellations & nine planets, while we live in the sea of electro-magnetic waves.27 can be brought to single digit 9, which correspond to nine human systems- cardio- vascular, skeletal, muscular, nervous, respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine and reproductive systems. There are nine aspects of life (Nava Rasa) as propounded in literature. Nine is also represented by seven primary colours(VIBGYOR) and infra-red & ultra-violet. In Vedic culture 108 (12X9) also has a great importance as the rosary for worship has 108 beads. Therefore in the beginning of the book I have mentioned nine divine horoscopes. These are not normal horoscopes but are powerhouses of energy that control Kaal (Time) and have provided guidance /inspiration to millions of their devotees in their time of distress/ need. I salute each one of the nine divine deity with great reverence & faith with the humble request to always bless me and all readers of my books. For the same reason, I have included a total of 756 Horoscope which not only works to single digit 9 (756 = 7 + 5 + 6 = 18 = 9) but is also a multiple of 108 (756 = 108 x 7).
Apart from the alphabetical index, the book also provides the profession wise (As per their fields of main activity) and Lagna wise index to facilitate the readers for futuristic study. The author is grateful to Dr Sanjeev Singhal who gave the idea to write this book and to my granddaughters Monil & Ishita singhal for their constant inspiration & for providing help of Internet. I would have loved to include the bibliography, but the sources of compilations are so many that it makes it very difficult. However I do appreciate the help provided by my friends-Mr Krishna Kumar & Col AK Singhal for their valuable contributions. I do admit that there is nothing original in this book; I have simply compiled the relevant data. I also acknowledge the help & support of Mr Narendra & Saurabh Sagar in timely bringing out this book.
Let the "Vighna Vinayak" energise the contents herein and remove all the obstacles/ problems of the readers. I do hope that my present submission will be useful to keen students & researchers and will be appreciated by august readers and astrological fraternity, as has been the case of my earlier writings. I will request the august readers to let me know about their views and my mistakes/ omissions so that I can correct them in next edition.
A most reliable guide to practical astrology, Notable Horoscopes 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.
About the Author:
DR. B. V. RAMAN was the renowned astrologer and author. He was the Chief Editor of The Astrological Magazine. He had number of titles to his credit. He held a string of titles such as Abhinava Varahamihira, Jyotisha Bhanu, Jyotisha Vignana Marthanda, Jyotisha Bhooshana etc. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, London and a Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. Dr. Raman had influenced the educated public and made them astrology-conscious. His special fields of research were Hindu Astronomy, Astro-psychology, weather, political forecasts and disease-diagnosis. He was widely travelled man and addressed the elite audience almost throughout the world.
Excerpts from Review:
"Contains 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, Madras
"An 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, Bombay
"Dr. 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."
For some years I dealt with prominent horoscopes in THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE under the caption Horoscope of the Month. This feature was immensely liked. But it had to be given up for obvious reasons.
During the last three or four years repeated requests reached me from several of my readers that I should bring out a book, solely dealing with horoscopes containing notable astrological features. In response to these requests this book has been prepared. Some of the horoscopes given in this treatise have appeared in THE ASTROLOGICAL MAGAZINE. but this cannot lessen the worth of the book inasmuch as, such horoscopes have either been revised or re-written.
In the recent times, there appears to have been a great spur in astrological activity both in India and abroad and this necessarily calls for the publication of new astrological books dealing with the subject more systematically and comprehensively.
It is this fascinating quest for astrology that has made me bring out Notable Horoscopes and if by my humble labour I could make others take a more lively interest in this sublime science, my labours will not be in vain.
It has not been found possible to obtain the permission of all living presons whose horoscopes have been published in this book. I request them not to take offence at the comments made about them, as the discussions are essentially objective and scientific.
In the fifth edition of NOTABLE HOROSCOPES herewith presented, some of the horoscopes have been revised and re-written taking into consideration happenings in their lives subsquent to the publication of the previous edition. The whole book has been revised and some of the errors found in the previous editions corrected.
It is hoped that this new edition of NOTABLE HORO- SCOPES will aid both the students and savants of astrology to a better appreciation of the practical aspect of the subject.
NOTABLE HOROSCOPES Volume II is under preparation. It will cover the horoscopes of Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kennedy, De Gualle, Nixon, Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai and other notables.
Thanks are due to IBH Prakashana, Gandhinagar, Bangalore-560 009 for having brought out this edition attrac- tively.
Preface to The Sixth Edition:
This edition has been revised and some of the errors found in the previous editions corrected. The horoscopes have been revised and at places rewritten taking into account events that have occurred subsequent to the publication of the earlier editions.
Of late a doubt is being expressed in some quarters as to whether the planetary positions given in this book in respect of very ancient horoscopes, would stand the scrutiny of computer calculations.
Computers take into account astronomical formulae based upon modern observations, but the criteria for the accuracy of the planetary longitudes in respect of very ancient horoscopes cannot be the assumptions of the computer-programmes. It is essential to note the limitations of the analytical methods as well as the restricted applicability of computers when long-time effects are to be evaluated.
Suffice to say that the castings given in the book have been calculated noted astronomers like Cyril Fagan, F.C. Dutt and L. Narain Rao both on the basis of Brown's tables an Suryasiddhanta..
I hope this edition of NOTABLE HOROSCOPES will be of much use to both students and savants of Astrology leading to a better appreciation of the practical aspect of Astrology.
I thank the publishers Messrs Motilal Banarsidass for bringing out this edition in an attractive form.
Thare is an unfortunate taboo amongst a section of the so- called thinkers against discussion of beliefs concerning man's relationship with the cosmos. As a result, even in the more liberal platforms the question of planets and men seldom comes out in open. Enquiring minds who challenge established scienti- fic beliefs mostly western oriented are viewed with suspicion. Amongst themselves astrologers are used to propound hypo- theses which must run the gamut of criticism. Astrologers are not politicians whose words spoken today are gospel tomorrow and forgotten the day after. It takes time for the acceptance of astrological advances-advances made in the face of rabid destructive and damaging criticisms of the Press and the Politi- clan. It was thirty-five years before Newton's Principia was taught in his own University. Mendel, who published his theory in 1865, died in 1884 a disappointed man whose work had gone unrecognised. No wonder therefore that astrological theories, even when commonly accepted, are sometimes "chal- lenged" by ill-informed and half-informed critics.
Astrology or Jyotisha Sastra, as developed by the Mahar- shis, makes a precise study of the position and inter-relation of the stars and planets. It has perceived by intuition certain tacts which western science can barely demonstrate. Astrology may be considered a science of sciences in as much as it tends to give objective form to man's desire for a better knowledge of his future. As Dr. Castiglini observes in his great work Adven- tures of the Mind "modern research in radiations emitted by sub- stances contained in the stars and revealed by the spectrurm the hypotheses that have been recently advanced concerning the relations between solar spots and extraordinary historical events, the publications by Swaboda and Fliess on the laws of septennial periods, all these lead us to think that the intuitive and profoundly human conception, deriving directly from man's immediate sensitivity to the action of the stars may have a vaster and deeper foundation of truth than was realised when this primitive idea of intercosmic solidarity seemed to be for- gotten".
One cannot dismiss astrology with a contemptuous ges- ture by calling it a superstition. Truth, as the history of science shows, cannot be killed by giving it a bad name. On the face of it, prediction of a future event, which has not yet occurred, may appear to be impossible. As astrology has shown that 'foreknowledge' of things is possible, science must find a place for it in its purview of universe. Astrology is based upon scien- tific data for the horoscope is a picture of the heavens, i.e., the astronomical positions of the planets with reference to the moment and the locality of one's birth. I would refer my readers to my book, "Planetary Influences on Human Affairs" for a more detailed understanding of the rationale of Astrology.
According to the sages, the horoscope indicates our past Karma-the Prarabdha portion of the Karma being our destiny in this life and that astrological predictions are only tendencies of nature on their way towards fulfilment or manifestation and one can either augment or lessen their momentum in the parti- cular direction desired by recourse to remedial measures. Hence astrology has been fulfilling a very desirable social function. In the study of astrology there are two factors to be consi- dered, viz., theory and practice. The theory of astrology can be studied with the aid of any standard book on the subject. In studying horoscopes, we arrive at certain inferences. And the inferences can be valid when they are justfied by the evi- dence given in support of them. For instance. in a given horo- scope, an inference is drawn regarding longevity-this inference being justified by the evidence (combinations) given in support of it. But sometimes we may make inferences which turn out to be true though they may not be valid, i.e., are not justified by the available evidence. In astrology the inference must not only be valid but also true. The study of the conditions of true inference would mean, an investigation into the truth 'of all possible premises-an obviously impossible task and hence the limitation of a strictly logical approach in regard to astrological prediction. Here comes the importance of intuition or judgment power in predictive astrology. Prediction implies first an ana- lysis of the various combinations in the horoscope and second, a synthesis of a given or required event. on the basis of the analysed evidence. It is therefore no child's play to weigh and balance the relative strength of each factor and then synthe- sise the chart as to form a reasonable judgment of the whole. According to the great Satyacharya the astrologer must be well versed in the different branches of the subject and an adept in weighing the pros and cons of the horoscope. He must have the creative or inferential ability to interpret horoscopes and above all he must have spiritual equipment. It must be noted that in the matter of interpretation, each branch of astrology calls for its own particular technique. While the concepts of the ancient Rishis continue to form the basis, ancient. medieval and modern conditions-political, economic and social-neces- sitate certain modifications in judgment and application.
In the light of these introductory remarks, the indulgent readers must view my interpretation of the seventy-six charts given in Notable Horoscopes, It may be that some of my readers may not be inclined to agree with my interpretation of a given combination in a given chart. It does not mean, however, that my interpretation is necessarily incorrect. Taking the chart as a whole, I have endeavoured to construct the life-history of the individual in the light of the planetary patterns present in the chart thus enabling the astrological student to sort out the distinguishing or notable features of the horoscope. By the expression 'notable', as applied to this book, I mean not only noteworthy people but also horoscopes which are noteworthy in themselves as illustrating certain rare and definite combina- tions such as Raja Yogas (combinations for political power), Parivraja Yogos (combinations for renunciation), Dhana Yogas . (combinations for immense wealth) and combinations which render a man great not necessarily in the public eye but by virtue of certain special qualities of head and heart, selflessness and religious discipline. The usefulness of such a discussion will not be disputed if we remember that each horoscope is illustrative of certain fundamental astrological principles which can be easily recognised thus fixing the attention of the reader and stimulating his mind for research and deep study.
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