Vedic Astrology books by L.R. Chawdhri

The author is a retired Superintending Engineer who, as of a note published in 1985, had been studying the occult for 33 years, the last eight years also practicing Yantra, Tantra & Mantra. According to another note, he was born October 14, 1928 at Multan in what is now Pakistan. A third note says he has written some 17 books. Aside from astrology & mantras, he is also noted for his books on palmistry (a subject outside the scope of this website, apologies). As an engineer, it is said he has a more "scientific" (eg, accurate) view of astrology & other occult subjects. In addition to astrology & palmistry, he is also a fan of tantra, mantra & yantra.

	SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF HOROSCOPE - L.R. Chawdhri, $30.00 Contents: Preface; Preface to 2nd edition; Part 1: 1. Constituents of astrology; 2. Division of the zodiac; 3. Twelve houses of the horoscope; 4. Characteristics of the twelve signs; 5. The planets, elements & significations of; 6. Effects of planets in house; 7. Influence of planets in signs & their upayes; 8. The asterism or nakshatras; 9. Aspects of the planets; Part 2: 10. Delineation of planets through twelve houses for each ascendant; 11. Yogas; 12. Transit of planets; 13. Planetary periods & effects; 14. Female horoscopy. Comment: A solid, well-written book on the essentials of Vedic astrology. Sagar, 687 pages.

	WOMEN & ASTROLOGY - L.R. Chawdhri, $28.00 Synopsis: The largest, most comprehensive of all the books on female astrology. Content, comments. Sagar, 550 pages.

	CONJUNCTION OF PLANETS - L.R. Chawdhri, $12.00 Contents: Preface; 1. Combustion & retrogradation; 2. Conjunction of planets (2 planets, 3 planets, 4 planets, 5 planets, 6 planets, 7 planets, conjunction of Rahu & Ketu with other planets); 3. Favorable & unfavorable conjunctions; 4. Aspects & transit of planets; 5. Planets & houses; 6. Propitiations of planets; 7. Practical examples. Comment: In western astrology a lot is written about simple planet-to-planet conjunctions. Chawdhri gives an in-depth look at those, as well as conjunctions involving up to seven plants. Conjunctions that vary according to the house the planets are in, vary according to aspects made by other planets elsewhere in the chart, etc. He lists the differences between western & Hindu aspects: Conjunctions are aspects in western astrology, but not Hindu. Westerns compute aspects by degree, Hindus by sign. In western astrology trines & sextiles are always easy, squares & oppositions always stressful. Hindu astrology has no such classification. In Hindu astrology, aspects of benefic planets are always good, malefic planets always bad. Whether benefic or malefic, if a planet aspects its own house, he strengthens it & does no harm. Aspects of lords of good houses (5, 9 & kendras) are good, whereas aspects from lords of evil houses (6, 8, 12) are evil. Sagar, 182 pages.

	TRANSIT OF PLANETS: Untold effects of transits on natal planets - L.R. Chawdhri, $18.00 Contents: Preface 1. Transits & aspects: Hindu vs: western astrology, types of transit, method to find & use transit, terms explained, table of aspects. 2. Timing of transit: Rule for the transit, Vedha, strength of planets, Dasa & Bhukti, triple transits, eclipses & its effect. 3. Transit of planets in houses: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Retrograde planets, Rahu/Ketu, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Through Nakshatras. 4. Aspects in transit. 5. Transit of planets in ascendant & 10th house, in ascendant all planets, in 10th house all planets. 6. Transit of planets over natal planet: 1. The Sun, 2. The Moon, 3. The Mercury, 4. The Mars, 5. The Venus, 6. The Jupiter, 7. The Saturn, 8. Rahu & Ketu, 9. The Uranus, 10. The Neptune, 11. The Pluto. 7. Transit of planets to ascendant & midheaven. 8. Eclipses. Eclipses on decanates, on houses of horoscopes, and in mundane astrology. 9. Just off the beat. Mutual relations of various signs, linking the signs, how opposite signs attract? Comment: A blend of western & Hindu astrologies. In the preface, the author credits both Robert Hand's Planets in Transit, as well as Grant Lewi's Astrology for the Millions (the original edition, not the hash Llewellyn later made of it). Unlike Hand's delineations, Chawdhri's are more practical, less psychological. Chawdhri has numerous sections that are not found in any western book on transits. He quotes Ptolemy. The section on eclipses is based on the work of Raphael. I like seeing this in a book as it means the author is well-read. Many Vedic astrologers are well-read, it's one of the things that makes Vedic astrology, as a body, so satisfying. Sagar, 420 pages.

	YOUR FORTUNE THROUGH HORA - L.R. Chawdhri, $10.00 Contents: Preface; Foreword by P.S. Sastri; 1. Hora & its use, right thinking & right actions, planetary influences, weekdays, hora definition, the right-thing for doing a job, rules for analysing hora, hora tables explained. 2. How to find lagna, signs or rasis, planets & their mutual relations, Lagna tables & method, how to use them. 3. What you have to do rightly now?, portfolios & assignments of different horas explained for Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn, with cautions, particulars, opportunities, special important hours, whom to contact, what to use & wear for every hora explainedin detail, advice. 4. Hora through predictive astrology, table of casting hora chakra as per birth, hora chakra explained through example, delineation of hora in birth chart. 5. Hora & horary astrology. Tables: 1. The planetary period; 2. Planets showing their signs, mooltrikona, exaltation & debilitation points & their friends, neutral & enemies; 3. Hora tables for each day & every year; 4. The conversion guide: time adjustments for various cities in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh; 5. Tables for finding out lagna at any time, on any date & at any place; 6. Local time of places (from Lahiri's Indian Ephemeris). Comment: Hora are planetary hours. The Indian word is derived from the division of the individual signs of the zodiac into two equal halves, or hora. As signs cross the ascendant at an average speed of one sign in two hours, one half that, or one hora, equals about one hour (yes, I know, signs of long & short ascension, etc.) In addition to finding the right hour, Chawdhri says you should also check the sign & degree ascending, that day's planetary positions, the planet ruling the job in question (aka horary significator), the natal chart, its current dasa & antardasa, the relation between the ruler of the day & the hora lord (should not be enemies), check for compatibility to the 10th house, check for planetary conjunctions. Chawdhri says each hora, or hour, can be further divided by seven & the parts assigned to the various planets, for precise timing. Table 3 are precisely timed planetary hours, for every 15 days of the year, for Delhi. Table 5 are the precise times precise degrees appear on the ascendant for precisely 82 degrees, 30 minutes East longitude (the Indian time standard). Instructions are given for converting both to other places. It occurs to me that Table 5 is only accurate at one single latitude (eg, north/south) of the equator. It is presumably set for Deli, at 28 N 40. It would have been better to have made the table for the midheaven, which does not vary with latitude. The Krishnamurti folks could further supercharge hours, and probably have. Sagar, 97 pages.

	MARS & ASTROLOGY - L.R. Chawdhri, $15.00 Contents: Preface; 1. Astronomy of Mars, traits of Mars & significator; 2. Aspects, retrogression & combustion of Mars; 3. Mars for each ascendant; 4. Mars in signs & houses; 5. Conjunction of Mars, with 2 to 7 planets; 7. Transit of Mars over natal planets; 8. Mars & Marriage - Kuja dosha, Mars in 7th & other houses, More about Mars in marriage, death of wife or husband, Kuja dosha for all ascendants, Mars, the killer of wife, Venus, the killer of wife, widowhood, matching of horoscopes; 9. Mars in professions - principles for judgement, combination of planets, examples, occupation-Mars-constellations; 10. Mars Venus in female charts: Sex sign details, Mars in female charts, Mars with other planets, Venus in female charts, in house, in signs, conjunction or aspects of Venus, love marriage & love at first sight, love or instant attraction, loose sex life; 11. Mars & yoga, Kala Sarpa yoga, other yogas; 12. Mars & dasa system: Principles for judgement, mahadasa effects, bhukti or antra dasa, modification of results; 13. Mars & remedial measures: Upayas for Mars in houses, Propitiations through gems, Colours, Prayer & meditation, Charity, fast for all planets, Tantrik upayes for malefic Mars; 14. Practical examples. Comment: A comprehensive look at Mars. Sagar, 271 pages.

	THE FASCINATING JUPITER - L.R. Chawdhri, $11.00 Contents: Preface; Forword by B.V. Raman; 1. Astronomy, traits, Jupiter as significator, aspects with planets, Jupiter in combustion; 2. Effects of Jupiter for each ascendant; 3. Jupiter's influence in signs & houses; 4. Jupiter's conjunction with other planets; 5. Transit Jupiter, rules of transit, through the stars, Vedha points, transit through Ashtakavarga, aspects, transit through Moon sign & houses, Jupiter in aspect to natal planets; 6. Retrograde Jupiter; 7. Evil Jupiter & Propitiations; 8. Jupiter in Nakshatra, results of Jupiter, Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Rahu & Ketu in their Nakshatras in different houses; 9. Jupiter & yogas, rare yogas not found in common books, detailed methods of calculating longevity, housewise yogas; 10. Jupiter in female horoscopes, specific role of Jupiter in women's charts, love marriage, mutual harmony, compatibility of sun sign table, matching of horoscopes of couple, Kuja dosha for all ascendants; 11. Jupiter in dasa system & modification of dasa effects; 12. Practical examples, rare & useful examples with details & hints. Comment: This was a sequel to his book on Saturn (below). A comprehensive astrological look at the planet Jupiter. Sagar, 422 pages.

	SATURN: A Friend or Foe? - L.R. Chawdhri, $16.00 Contents: Preface to the 1st edition; Preface to the 2nd edition; Foreword; 1. Saturn's role in astrology; 2. Saturn & aspects; 3. Influence of Saturn in Zodiacal signs & houses; 4. Effect of planets for each ascendant; 5. Saturn's influence on different houses for various ascendants; 6. Saturn & conjunction of planets; 7. Saturn as signficator; 8. Saturn & transit, progression & Sadesati; 9. Rahu & Ketu; 10. Saturn & Krishnamurti Padhdhati; 11. Retrogression & Saturn; 12. Saturn & Vimshottari Dasa; 13. Saturn & yogas; 14. Married life & astrology; 15. Children & astrology; 16. Saturn & diseases; 17. Propitiation of planets; 18. Off the beat Useful tables: 1. Ascendant tables; 2. Dasa, Bhukti, Antra periods, sub-periods, and sub-sub periods; 3. Features of rising signs, including lucky colors & lucky days; 4. Permanent chart for strength of planets in transit; 5. Conversion table of Ghatis, hours, etc.; 6. Nakshatras; 7. Shadvarga Tables; 8. Results of transit of planets in nutshell from moon sign; 9. Time of sunrise & sunset for latitudes 0 to 60 north; 9a. Correction table for sunrise & sunset; 10. Zodiacal signs & their elements; 11. Planets & their elements; 12. Hora tables; 13. Calendar to find any day of the week, between 1600-3100 AD; 14. Relation of numbers with your birth number; 15. Tithi, nakshatras & yogas; 16. Krishnamurti: Table of numbers, sign lord, star lord & sub lord. Errata. Comment: Subtitled, An exhaustive study & new look at an old devil, who being a mark of sorrow, which, when removed, reveals the face of the initiator whose price is honesty, whose gift is truth & prosperity. Of interest are the notes on Saturn & Krishnamurti's Padhdhatis. Chapters 14 & 15, while of interest, are not otherwise related to the book. The final chapter is a non-astrological hodge-podge. The subtitle to it: What moles indicate on different body parts, Dreams, Testimony of dreams, Meanings of dreams, Omens, Twitching of different body parts & results thereof, Handwriting - judgment of character therefrom. The many useful tables in the back comprise some 58 pages. Sagar, 338 pages.

	PRACTICAL REMEDIAL MEASURES (based on astrology) - L.R. Chawdhri, $11.00 Contents: Preface; 1. Elementary astrology explained; Planets, houses, their traits & afflictions; 3. Propitiation of planets in general way; 4. Propitiation through color therapy; 5. Remedies through gem therapy; 6. Remedies through mantra shakti; 7. Propitiation through yantras; 8. Propitiation through tantras; 9. Remedial measures from "Lal Kitab". Comment: All manner of remedies: recipes, charitable donations, gems, colors, mantras (prayers/meditation, generally given in Sanskrit only), yantras (inscribed thin metal plaques), tantra (ritual/spell-casting). Lal Kitab is a recent treatise on astro-palmistry in Urdu by one Pt. Girdhari Lal Ji. It has become popular in the Punjab. Sagar, 198 pages.

	PRACTICALS OF MANTRAS & TANTRAS - L.R. Chawdhri, $17.00 Contents: Part 1: Mantra: A few words; 1. Mantra; 2. Practical methods; 3. Ladies vashi karan sabri mantras; 4. Miscellaneous mantras; 5. Some important points; 6. Specific mantras for birth of children. Part 2: Tantra: 1. Tantra; 2. Tantra materials; 3. Practicals in tantra; 4. Sadhanas in tantras; 5. Rules & methods for worship of different gods & goddesses; A special request. Sagar, 260 pages, hardcover.

	SECRETS OF YANTRA, MANTRA & TANTRA - L.R. Chawdhri, $14.00 Contents: Preface; Part 1: Yantras: 1. Yantra; 2. Yantras in practice; 3. Pratical yantras for daily life; 4. Charms, crystal gazing & mystic eye; Part 2: Mantras: 5. How to worship mantras?; 6. Rosary, Beej mantra & samput; 7. Division of mantras & their use; 8. Specific mantras; 9. Articles used for Puja; Part 3: Tantras: 10. The tantra & its divisions; 11. Yoga & tantra; 12. Practical uses of tantra; 13. Herbal plants in tantra; 14. Tantric articles & their use. Sterling, 196 pages.

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