Friday - July 20, 2007

Astrology: Eastern or Western

On your Website you discuss some benefits of astrology for spiritual life. Do you recommend Vedic astrology over Western astrology? Can you recommend an astrologer to consult?

It is our experience that although Indian astrology is more complex and the most fully developed, still Western astrology can be as beneficial in most instances. The crux of the matter is finding a good astrologer. A good astrologer is invaluable, whichever type of astrologer is employed.

We hesitate to recommend astrologers because for some reason different people can have differing experiences with the same astrologer.

What we do recommend is that when you find an astrologer you do not entrust them with many questions or extremely important ones, either. First you should do a “test” consultation on a matter of moderate importance and see how they perform. Only when they prove themselves should you have them do more complex (and therefore more expensive) work.

It is our practice to consult at least two astrologers on the same question to compare their analysis. (We actually ask one Indian astrologer and one Western astrologer.)

Be cautious and realize that you may not easily find a skilled astrologer right away. But the search will be worth it when you do.