A book on Mathematical Astrology needs no prefatory remarks. It is an admitted fact that without proper calculations it would be difficult to make correct predictions. Bhaskaracharya, the great Hindu Astronomer, goes so far as to emphasize the need for a clear knowledge of spherical astronomy and a comprehension of the doctrine of spherical projection and allied theories for locating the true positions of planets for one who wishes to be an astrologer.
By the constant pressure brought to bear upon me by a large section of the readers of The Astrological Magazine I realised the need for a book of this type. And the main object in issuing this publication has been to enable the students of astrology to work out precisely the strengths of planets and houses which are absolutely essential for correctly interpreting birth charts. I must warn the zealous reader, that whilst mathematical astrology is important in its own way up to a certain stage as an aid to successful predictions, too much indulgence in it is harmful, as it may impair one's power of intuition, the proper development of which is absolutely necessary. Hence, I have given in this book only such principles of astrological mathematics as would really help one to venture predictions with confidence. All superfluous material has been omitted.
The general scheme I have followed is mainly that of Sripathi. I am fully convinced that Hindu astronomical-Astrological methods yield satisfactory results when properly studied and applied. I have discussed this subject in the introduction to my A Manual of Hindu Astrology to which the reader's attention is invited.
The tables for finding the mean position of planets and their Sighrochcha (which are necessary for calculating Chesta Bala) have been reproduced from The Book of Fate by Kedarnath Dutt of Calcutta to whom acknowledgment and thanks are due.
Throughout the book in the example worked out, fractions less than half a ghati or 30 seconds of arc or time have been rejected.
I assume in my readers a knowledge of the rudiments of Astrology and the ability to cast a horoscope which can be gathered from any standard book on the subject. The reader will do well to procure a copy of A Manual of Hindu Astrology if he has not already done so, as constant reference has been made to it, in the course of the present exposition.
I crave the indulgence of my readers for any shortcomings and imperfections and solicit their valuable suggestions for incorporation in subsequent editions.
The opening chapters of recorded history find the people of the world scattered in groups all over the face of the globe. To protect themselves and their acquisitions from the inroads of alien groups they formed themselves into nations and chose the strong men among them to be their chieftains. In the course of time, some nations prospered better than others, which made their neighbours envious and avaricious. This inevitably led to war and pillage, and the chieftain of the victorious nation was proclaimed ruler or king of the conquered land, whose people were enslaved.
But in those far-off days groups of people and even nations were isolated and out of touch with the rest of humanity. So, in the ensuing years, they developed a language, customs and government of their own, and the units of humanity that composed the nation, being small and petty in themselves, identified themselves with their people as a whole or their ruler, taking strength and finding protection in such identification, thus isolating themselves still further from the rest of humanity. Then with the advance of knowledge the powerful nations sent their well-equipped armies over the world subduing those not so endowed and colonizing their land.
But now the pendulum is swinging in the opposite direction, and the people of the oppressed lands are clamouring for total independence and the eviction of the settlers; and so the world is being broken up into a multitude of smaller nations, each at the other's throat; and this fractionalization of the people of the world into self-contained groups goes on in space, causing greater conflict with mounting sorrow and despair. But this is a retrogressive step and a fatal one. The advance of science has become so great in all directions that isolation is impossible and independence impractical; for we are rapidly becoming almost totally dependent on one another. Modern means of travel are speedily destroying the practical worth of frontiers, while the camera and other scientific apparatus are laying bare the most guarded of national secrets. In every respect the people of the world are becoming vulnerable to one another. Isolation and separatism are things of the past. All attempts to restore or preserve national languages, customs, culture and the glories of ancient times are doomed to complete failure, for we are now on the threshold of the Aquarian Age, when the whole relationship of the human race will undergo a profound revolutionary change. In a little over 400 years hence, the vernal equinoctial point will slip backward into the tail-end of the constellation Aquarius, when the much-heralded Aquarian Age will technically commence: but its shadow is already upon us.
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