How to Judge a Horoscope (2 Volumes in Set)

How to Judge a Horoscope is a departure from the conventional method of treatment of astrology. It is a study of the use of the Horoscope in every man’s daily life. The book is divided into twelve houses. The twelve houses have reference to the material relation of the soul (jeeva) in its journey from the cradle to the grave. The study of illustrations (charts) makes every point—even the omitted rudimentary principles and rules—very clear and graspable.

Volume I deals with houses I to VI. First House deals with the beginning of life, childhood, health, physical body, and character. The Second House represents family, face, right eye, food, manners, and source of death. The Third House rules brothers and sisters, intelligence, and other immediate relations. Fourth House indicates peace of mind, home life, land and ancestral properties, education, neck, and shoulders. Fifth House indicates children, intelligence, emotion, and fame. The Sixth House rules over debts, enemies, miseries, sorrows, illness, and disappointments. 

About the Book Vol 2

How to Judge a Horoscope is a departure from the conventional method of treatment of astrology. It is a study of the use of the Horoscope in every man’s daily life. The book is divided into twelve houses. The twelve houses have reference to the material relation of the soul (jeeva) in its journey from the cradle to the grave. The study of illustrations (charts) makes every point—even the omitted rudimentary principles and rules—very clear and graspable.
Volume II deals with houses VII to XII. The Seventh House represents the wife, husband, marriage, sexual diseases, business partner, diplomacy, talent, and general happiness. The Eighth House indicates longevity, legacies, disgrace, degradation, and details pertaining to death. The Ninth rules father, righteousness, religion, fame, leadership, journeys, and communications with spirits. The Tenth indicates occupations, professions, honors, foreign travels and means of gains, elder brother, and freedom from misery. The Twelfth rules losses, expenditure, sympathy, divine knowledge, moksha, and the state after death.

About the Author

Bangalore Venkata Raman (8 August 1912 – 20 December 1998) was an Indian astrologer in modern India and an author of numerous books and articles. He was instrumental in making Vedic or Hindu astrology known and respected throughout India and the world. With the help of his sons Niranjan Babu and Sachidananda Babu, he also started the Raman & Rajeswari Research Foundation to promote the knowledge of Astrology and Vastu Shastra.

The third edition (wrongly printed as the Second edition) of the Second Volume of HOW TO JUDGE A HOROSCOPE, dealing with Houses 7 to 12 was sold out within hardly a year after its publication, thanks to the keen interest evinced by the educated public in my writings on astrology.

The fourth edition herewith presented has been thoroughly revised and some paragraphs re-written. Credit goes to Motilal Banarsidass for printing out this edition attractively in short time.

It is my hope that the educated public will continue to evince the same interest in my astrological writings, as they have been doing for the past half a century.