Lal
Kitab and Astrology
Lal Kitab and astrology differ
on one major basis that is the kundli prepared and
the postion of planets in both the kundli. Lal
Kitab do not consider the planet is in which house
number rather than it consider in which house it
is positioned. One peculiarity of Lal Kitab
is that the Rasis are not taken into account. The
numbers of Rasis which are taken to be
identical with house numbers are only important.
The
difference between Lal Kitab
and Astrology
a) While the conventional Hindu school of
astrology is based on many voluminous works by our
rishis and
munis ;
the Lal Kitaab is
a single treatise written in old Urdu , with no
mention of authorship. There are many theories on
the reasons behind the author choosing to stay
anonymous. The most popular of these theories
being that perhaps due to Divine instruction, the
author was not interested in taking credit for the
work.
Coming back to astrology, the most famous and
perhaps the most respected of the works it is
based on is the Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra , written by the
great sage Maharishi Parashara. In view of this,
the conventional Hindu school of astrology is
frequently and justifiably referred to as the Parashari
system of astrology.
b) The Parashari system
is one of pure astrology and refrains from even
mentioning other methods of divination
(foretelling) such as numerology and palmistry.
This could be understood in light of the fact that
astrology, palmistry and numerology have
progressed in Indian sub-continent as independent,
unrelated and hence competitive sciences.
In contrast, the Lal
Kitaab is a treatise on astro-palmistry ;
astrology and palmistry complement and supplement
each other instead of competing and deleting each
other.
For example, in Lal
Kitaab , if the sun is in the second house
of a native’s horoscope, he must possess a
certain kind of sun-line in his palm. Since the
hand is always available, the horoscope can be
verified and even cast on the basis of the hand’s
print, called a palmoscope, for brevity.
c)
In Parashar Hora ,
the determining inputs for prediction are the the
birth chart, the influencing periods or dasas
as they are called and the transit movement
of planets called the gochar
. Indian astrology is unique in having the dasa
system, the most popular of them being the Vimsottari
dasa system.
The Lal Kitaab refers
only to the birth chart, and its own unique number
chart to cast the Lal
Kitaab varshphal (literally means yearly
fruit) or yearly chart of the native. Predictions
are made on the basis of the birth and the yearly
chart cast. Needless to mention, Lal
Kitaab does not believe in the dasas
and the gochar.
d) While in the Parashari
method, the Sun is regarded as the king of
all planets and hence the most important factor in
the horoscope, in the Lal
Kitaab , Jupiter or Deva
Guru Bhrispati (the preceptor of all gods,
including the Sun ) is given the supreme status.
e) Interpretations of placement of planets in rashis
and houses vary greatly in both. For
example Jupiter in Cancer in the first house is
regarded as excellent by Parashar
pundits while the Lal
Kitaab considers this placement as average.
Instead the best house for Jupiter is second and
not the first, and Cancer is not the best sign for
it. Similarly Pisces for moon is bad and Scorpio
for moon is good in Lal
Kitaab ; the last part will amaze many
because in Parashari
school moon is debilitated in Scorpio.
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