I came across a rare book on Lal Kitaab and would like all of you here to benefit from it. I will also appreciate your views - I am basically a firm believer of BPHS-based vedic astrology...
I will be uploading the book in parts. Here is Part I
PREFACE (SECOND EDITION)
Some people shall say who can change whatever is written in fate. But if we read carefully the incidents that are written in history and shastras then it is proved that even God too was forced to change his own writing. There is need to build a method and to act after thinking and with an understanding i.e. the methods that are done after thinking and with an understanding can change the bad effects of planets. There is no doubt about it.
The person who wait for the time when orbiting planets shall come into a favourable position are like a hunter who fixes up the angle of his rifle and waits when a bird shall come in line with the fixed angle in front of his rifle so that he can shoot. A sane hunter shall not wait the bird to come in front of the barrel of his rifle but would turn it towards the bird and shoot the target. He would save himself the agony of suffering for a long time.
In 1966 due to an accident, the karma and religion, religiousness, faith towards God – all these started appearing like a delusion. Whatever astrologers had told me that also did not come true. During those days the famous person of Kalka Lala Panna Lal came to my house to express his condolences for demise of my son. And during the conversation he said that there was a possibility of being such and such planet in such and such house of the horoscope of departed heavenly soul due to which this child has died at an early age. While I kept on sitting I took out the horoscope of that child and shown it to Shri Panna Lal Jee. At that time Lala Panna Lal Jee also told me one or two more things and after listening to those I started feeling that Red Bood in astrology has some peculiarity.
Prior to that renowned Pratap Singh Jee used to see horoscope in Kalka. My interest in Red Book increased. This book was lying with my friend Lal Prem Chand Jee, a grosser, who had kept this book in a corner thinking it to be useless. I brought this book from him. Since I had read urdu and Persian upto 10th standard there was no difficulty felt to read this. Slowly and slowly I kept on reading this book and whatever horoscope came before me I kept seeing it.
Lala Panna Lal Jee and Giani Pratap Singh Jee both helped me to understand this book in the right perceptive. I am thankful to both of them.
Till today, after studying Red Book in astrology, I feel that Red Book has been written based on the scientific principles of astrology. The writer of this book Pandit Roop Chand Jee was an accountant in Defence Accounts and therefore was a good scholar of English and Urdu. Many times could get opportunity to talk to him for hours and hours about astrology. This also was made possible with the co-operation of Lala Panna Lal Jee. Pt. Roop Chand Jee was a good scholar and especially a man of principles. His astrology book Red Book showed a new way to society with respect to astrology. The simple and ordinary methods were explained to get out of perplexities – a thing that was very well needed by scoeity. As per the old astrology very few and only rich persons can perform paths (the reading of holy books) and recitals of hymns millions time. The person entangled in troubles and difficulties only search for methods that are simple to remove the difficulties and all this is available in Red Book astrology. Due to this reason only the knower of old Indian astrology also praise Red Book astrology.
Some people call Red Book methods as totka (the unscientific hit and trial method) – to do something without thinking is called totka and doing which benefit or harm both can happen. The more I have read this book the more scientific base I have found in this. If some principles of some known information are there, these cannot be termed as totka. For the information of you people I am presenting the principles of Red Book astrology that are of making a planet meet with other or to keep two meeting planets separate or to covert the bad effect of a planet into good effect.
The purpose of writing this book is only this that whatever information I could get out of Red Book astrology that should reach to more and more people and society should be able to take full advantage of this information. Lot may scholars have left behind their information in the shape of books that benefited society. Vidya daan (to impart knowledge for free) is the supreme charity. With this purpose I am presenting this book that I hope to complete with the God given intellect and strength because the intention is niskam (without any ulterior motto)
12.12.2002
