The sage Parashara promotes a code of conduct for astrologers, stressing predominantly on the requirement for technological, academic and moral brilliance; the capability to weigh the pros and cons of a condition, along with an capability to synthesise a consistent prediction based on a sound knowledge of the principles, now and then apparently contradictory, of astrology.
The astrologer must be able to answer queries, and also pretense related questions where suitable. When necessary, he should be able to astonish others by his knowledge, only to enlarge the decorum of astrology. After all Astrology Matching is not yet another job.
An astrologer must acquire knowledge of solar, civil, nakshatric and lunar time measures; of intercalary months; of the sixty Samvatsaras, the yugas, years, months, days and horas; of varying opinions on varying aspects of mathematical astronomy; of various dispositions of planets, including their combinations as well as planetary warfare; of latitudes and longitudes of places on the surface of the earth; of the movements of the nakshatras; of the rising and setting of signs, Charakhandas for dissimilar latitudes, etc. He should be extremely positive and a apparent expounder of the Shastras. An astrologer’s characteristic has been well defined by many sages.
An astrologer must acquire knowledge of solar, civil, nakshatric and lunar time measures; of intercalary months; of the sixty Samvatsaras, the yugas, years, months, days and horas; of varying ......
Astrologer’s Characteristics
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