Introduction to Astrology

For thousands of years the Hindu Astrologers
have by their knowledge of the solar system been
enabled to formulate a system of Astrology which
enables them to speak with scientific authority and
certainty with respect to the planetary influences
upon mankind.

Each person is born in or under one of the twelve
signs of the Zodiac and is thus influenced more or
less throughout life by the planetary conditions at
time of birth.

In this work I propose to state the natural tend-
encies of each person and in a certain way indicate
what they should do and what they should not do
to make their life a success.

By referring to your sign, which is indicated by
the date and month when you were born, you will
see what your natural tendencies are, and what it
is best for you to do to attract and use unseen
forces and powers which are your birthright, and
which will aid you to make your future bright.

Each and every person is naturally endowed
with peculiar and great powers which make for
good, and also are born with tendencies which must
be corrected in order that the higher and good
i, powers and forces may be able to work to advan-
\J tage. No matter how bad your lot may seem to
you, and how difficult it is for you to get along in
the world, you can readily change all darkness to
the brightest sunshine if you only go about it in
the right spirit.

The first step to take is to fix in your mind a
strong desire for what you wish, and persistently
and patiently hold this desire until you get it ful-
filled. In India, men, through the advice of emi-
nent astrologers, will have an aspiration to accom-
plish a certain thing, and will persistently hold and
believe they will be successful in attaining what
they desire until they get their aspiration satisfied.

There are three things absolutely essential to
happiness and which will always bring success;
viz., hope, patience and determination - persistent
determination to reach success. When we learn to
exercise our mind and will on hope, patience and
determination, we find a wide door open to per-
manent health, wealth, honor and happiness. One
who grumbles and complains and whines and mur-
murs because others are successful will never have
fair Fortune's smile ; the unseen powers cannot and
will not help any soul who whines, complains and
murmurs in a world that is filled with health,
wealth and happiness. The grumbler and corn-
plainer is never loved ; no one desires to help such
a being. Indeed, the world has no use for such
persons, as they are repulsive. Their natures are
poisoned with pessimism and they repel and drive
from them constantly millions of good things.

The Devas (angels) can and do help the bright
and cheerful ones who are full of hope, and aspire
to great and good things; while the lazy, indolent
and whining beings are surrounded by low and de-
grading forces, which keep them always from
everything that is good in this world of good
things.

There is a cause for every effect. There is a
reason why some men and women are successful,
and a reason why others are sick and worried and
poverty-stricken, miserable and unhappy.

No one can reach success or happiness until he
or she first calmly, yet with grim determination,
says : I WILL BE WHAT I WILL TO BE. MY LIFE
MUST BE ONE OF SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS. MY
MISTAKES AND ERRORS WILL NOT DISCOURAGE
ME; BUT I WILL PROFIT BY THEM AND MAKE
THEM SERVE As STEPPING STONES TO TRUTH AND
SUCCESS.

It is always wise to calmly reflect upon the past ;
but very unwise and exceedingly foolish and weak-
ening to brood or worry about the missteps we have
taken. No matter what happens to you keep a
cheerful and hopeful mind and you will eventually
succeed beyond all your fondest expectations.
Health, success and happiness is always abundantly
measured out by the higher and unseen powers to
those who are persistently patient, hopeful and
courageous.

No matter what one of the twelve signs of the
Zodiac you are born under, you can develop into a
good and successful person if you will pay strict
attention to the golden truths printed in this book.
Scarcely one person of the large and growing hu-
man family pay enough attention to questions bear-
ing upon individual happiness, prosperity, har-
mony and health. This book should be read many
times and carefully studied because it contains
vital truths respecting our well-being. It suggests
to an open and aspiring mind the TEEMENDOUS
POWEB OF THE WILL, which, if intelligently exer-
cised, can do wonders. Anyone, with a little
mental effort, can train and develop the will just
as easy as we can train and develop the muscles by
persistent physical exercise. "The moment we
fully and vitally realize who and what we are, we
then begin to build our own world even as God
builds His."

As long as one thinks he is weak; that he is a
poor worm of the dust ; that he has no chance ; that
his fate is to be whirled hither and thither by forces
over which he has no control, just that long he will
be at the mercy of such forces. But, I tell you,
everyone can control these forces and powers and
can accomplish grand results the very moment
he cleanses his mind of fear and doubt about his
ability to succeed. As A MAN THINKS So HE
WILL BE. Continually think disease and you will
continually be weak and sick; continually think
poverty and you will continually be poverty-
stricken. These are truths, absolute truths.

We must strenuously strive to be SOUND, HELP-
FUL and SENSIBLE ; we must be strong, self-reliant,
self-supporting and not dependent. Servile de-
pendence in money Inatters is no longer deemed
honorable. Poverty cannot bring happiness. To
 poverty we must work with faith and hope,
and banish once and for all time any and all fears
of failure, worry about the past, or apprehension
about the future. We must live intensely in the
present, let go the past, and the future will take
care of itself. WE ABE ALL MASTERS OF OUR
OWN FATE. FOOLS BELIEVE IN LUCK AND
CHANCE.

Each one occupies a good place in the Universal
Zodiac, and all our sufferings are due entirely to a
lack of knowledge and wisdom. Now, my sole aim
in writing this book, is to wake people up out of
the delusions in which they live. I tell you all, you
are greater beings than you imagine you are ; that
your dormant or latent powers and forces are great
and wonderful; that YOU and YOU alone limit
yourself and suffer because you will not rouse your-
self to the grand truths which wise and good men
have taught for thousands of years, namely, that
you are all the children of ONE great loving
Father, who is ever trying to point you the way
to Eternal happiness through the YOGIS, ADEPTS
AND MASTERS who are the mediums through whom
God the Blessed Father works to help His children.
There is a good time coming for all of us, and we
can hasten that time by a little thought.

Blessed be all the Yogis, Sankaras, Vidyaranya,
 King Sudhcwiva, and blessed be all the readers
of my books, and may joy, peace, health, prosperity
and happiness come to all beings on this planet