Quotes
"Astrology is the supreme limb (eye) of the Vedas."
- Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra by Sage Parasara I.2
"Only he who knows the lore of time, viz. Jyotisa, understands the performance of the sacrifices (fully)."
- Vedanga Jyotisha of Lagadha Muni (Yajurvedic recension Verse 3)
"Like the combs of the peacocks and the crest-jewels of the serpents, so does the lore of Jyotisa stand at the head of all the lores forming the auxiliaries of the Vedas."
- Vedanga Jyotisha of Lagadha Muni (Yajurvedic recension Verse 4)
"Whatever has been acquired by a person through his karma — whether good or bad — done in previous births, the hora now reveals its fruition or effects."
- Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira I.3
"There is nothing in the world like a horoscope to help men in the acquisition of wealth, to save them like a boat in a sea of troubles and to serve them as a guide in their journeys."
- Jataka Parijata of Vaidyanatha Dikshita XVI.2
"It is not at all possible for a person who is not a sage to reach even mentally the other shore of the vast ocean of Kalapurusha, i.e., Astrology."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.4
"No person who studies astrology and divines the course of destiny will ever be seen in hell. He will have his permanent residence in the Brahmaloka (heaven)."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.12
"He who poses himself as an astrologer by his knowledge of merely locating the stars, without having actually studied and understood the science is reckoned as a sinner and a blot to the society."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.16
"One desirous of prosperity should therefore avoid residing in a place where there is no astrologer."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.11
"Just as the night does not shine without a lamp, and the sky without the Sun, so will a King have pitfalls like a blind person, if he has no astrologer to guide him"
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.8
- Brihat Parasara Hora Shastra by Sage Parasara I.2
"Only he who knows the lore of time, viz. Jyotisa, understands the performance of the sacrifices (fully)."
- Vedanga Jyotisha of Lagadha Muni (Yajurvedic recension Verse 3)
"Like the combs of the peacocks and the crest-jewels of the serpents, so does the lore of Jyotisa stand at the head of all the lores forming the auxiliaries of the Vedas."
- Vedanga Jyotisha of Lagadha Muni (Yajurvedic recension Verse 4)
"Whatever has been acquired by a person through his karma — whether good or bad — done in previous births, the hora now reveals its fruition or effects."
- Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira I.3
"There is nothing in the world like a horoscope to help men in the acquisition of wealth, to save them like a boat in a sea of troubles and to serve them as a guide in their journeys."
- Jataka Parijata of Vaidyanatha Dikshita XVI.2
"It is not at all possible for a person who is not a sage to reach even mentally the other shore of the vast ocean of Kalapurusha, i.e., Astrology."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.4
"No person who studies astrology and divines the course of destiny will ever be seen in hell. He will have his permanent residence in the Brahmaloka (heaven)."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.12
"He who poses himself as an astrologer by his knowledge of merely locating the stars, without having actually studied and understood the science is reckoned as a sinner and a blot to the society."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.16
"One desirous of prosperity should therefore avoid residing in a place where there is no astrologer."
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.11
"Just as the night does not shine without a lamp, and the sky without the Sun, so will a King have pitfalls like a blind person, if he has no astrologer to guide him"
- Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira II.Sl.8