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Shyam S Kansal - one of the best known astrologer from India

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"Mr. Shyam S Kansal has attempted to quantify factors that were hitherto notquantified. He has been the first and is the only person in our knowledge so far whohas recognized the potential of Ashtakvarga and married it to computers with verysuccessful predictive results.

Anshumalee SoodJyotish Acharya,

Publisher of "Vedic Astrology" bi-monthly journal

The Journey of Astrology Consultation with Shyam Testimonials

Stars always fascinated Shyam S Kansal (or, Shyam, as he is popularly called). The eventswhich led to him exploring the varied dimensions of astrology make up a long journey. InMarch 1987 he decided to pursue astrology in depth. The more he studied Vedic astrology(Jyotish), the more he was convinced that it was a fascinating subject worthy of research.

It was simply by-chance that Shyam realized the predictive powers of Ashtakvarga systemwhen he came in contact with an astrologer in 1991 who used Ashtakvarga very broadlyand yet came out with some fascinating snap-shot predictions. Shyam found this systemvery systematic and scientific. It involved intensive calculations which were tedious andtime consuming. Since then, Shyam has kept learning Ashtakvarga purely on his own. Heprocured as many books on the subject, as he could. But it was Pt. Mukund Daivagya's"Ashtakvarga Mahanibandha" (translated in English by Prof. P.S. Sastri under the title"Secrets of Ashtakavarga "), which formed the foundations of his original work.

Shyam has never been to a computer institute and knew nothing about computers or programmingtill March 1987. Personal computers has just arrived on the scene in India, in 1985. Buying a PCwas a very costly proposition then. Some early astrological softwares, doing some very basiccalculations, has also arrived but very costly. Shyam came from a middle-income group family andit was very difficult for him to manage buying a personal computer. But he managed to buy his firstcomputer anyhow, a PC-XT with 20 MB hard-disk and 512 KB RAM. Its cost was INR 65,000. (U.S.$ 6,500 approx.; exchange rate was about INR 10 per US Dollar). He also spent another INR50,000 (U.S. $ 5,000 approx.) simultaneously to buy an astrological software ("Bhrigu-IV") for helpin his astrological calculations. He started learning the "operation of a PC" thereafter. Learning towrite some lines of program-code was a dream only. There was no computer institute in the vicinity.He bought a book on the easiest programming platform -The "Dbase3-plus" and started his longjourney alone. He upgraded to "FoxPro for Windows" in 1996 and still continues to work with this.Without any instructor or help, it was a long learning curve. In Shyam's life, teachers had largelycome in the form of books.He started developing a program, initially dedicated to Ashtakvarga system only, way back in1991. He worked hard by putting in countless hours of programming to create his first astrologysoftware Rishi, which was not meant for sale, but just for his personal use. Till 1995, it was a part-time passion. Since 1996, astrology became a full-time job. He would read books and extracttheories, think of missing links, integrate it all in his mind and think of new interpretations and try outvarious principles on as many charts as possible. Since then he had explored many techniques andtools of Vedic Astrology along the way. Today, Shyam have a rich library of astrological texts, bothby modern astrologers and translations of the ancient masters.

A little personal background

Shyam is 1957 born, married to Neeta, with three wonderful daughters- Neha, Himani andKanu. Neha and Himani are also brilliant Jyotish scholars and assisting him in new productsdevelopment. He lives in Bulandshahr (U.P.), India. Shyam completed his schooling from the prestigious Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital. He is ameritorious science graduate (biology and chemistry) and was offered a scholarship due to his rankin the first 30 students in whole of Meerut University. Thereafter, he got an post-graduate degree inEconomics. In his heydays, he was the President of the Debating Societies in his school as well ascollege. He got opportunities to travel far and wide. He explored many places in United States,Western Europe and South-East Asia.

Hooked to astrology

Shyam developed one of the most comprehensive astrological software "Rishi" way back in 1996,which was capable of doing almost all the astrological calculations which any of the present daysoftwares can do. But he was not satisfied with just that. He wanted to "actually use" all of thosetables and charts, in a manner in which a knowledgeable astrologer would ever strive to do forprediction purposes. He never sold a single copy of Rishi and kept trying to standardize variousinformation churned out by it.Shyam got a nice companion in the form of Arvind Singh, at this stage. The unending thirst ofapplying more and more complex astrological principles in a logical way just grew. They discussedtogether the basic underlying principles of astrology for hours. A lot of new innovative and mostuseful tables like "natal authority index of planets over houses", "The comprehensive table of realrelationship of planets" etc. were conceptualized, standardized and programmed. Several principleswere tested on real life events thoroughly. Few of these reports went in the hands of knowledgeablescholars of the subject. The accolades received from them were the triggering factors to enthusehim to go deeper and deeper in the subject.

What was different from other Astrologers and programmers?

Perhaps, Shyam was more successful in his endeavours because he was programming himselfwhatever he was reading and grasping personally. He was playing both the roles simultaneously, ofan astrology student and of a computer programmer; and that too, all alone for most of these years.From conceiving an idea, to designing a report-format, and finally to program it, was done by him,himself. A better combination could not have been, perhaps.Most of the programmers do not know the real-astrology and unfortunately real-astrologers do notknow computer programming. Perhaps, this is the single most important reason that most of thepresent day astrology softwares could not go beyond from claiming the accuracy in planetarydegrees, making horoscope charts, various related tables, calculating several types of dasas etc.The interpretation and prediction part remained limited to the printing of some text for generalastrological conditions present in the concerned horoscope. All the tables and charts printed bythem were just ornamental pieces to be used by "some other knowledgeable astrologers". Theynever made use of all those charts and tables themselves in their own software for interpretationand prediction purposes. They programmed the software in latest computer languages (like C++),they made it aesthetically beautiful, they calculated the most accurate planetary positions (some ofthem using algorithms of NASA even); but the way, a true Indian astrologer works, remained elusivefor them.

It has been a passion

Shyam has been passionately conducting researches in India's Vedic astrology since 1996.Astrology research has given him immense satisfaction. His interest in astrology never subduedsince then. You can say that he is simply "Hooked to astrology". Astrology took him hostage and hehas been it's willing captive since then.

Innovative work

He is a thinker and is not afraid to think the unthinkable. He conceived of a system in which severalastrological principles were simultaneously integrated to gauge the benefic and malefic effects ofeach planet in natal horoscope as well as in their daily transit. The natal promises of planets couldbe integrated with their transit status in a very simple and elegant manner to draw a net astrologicalconclusion, which he called "The net astrological effect". His program could analyze the "each day",with reference to each house of the horoscope individually. Some of his well known works are asfollows:

He was the pioneer in developing the revolutionary astrological softwares Vjyotish-exl,the concept of which has been often copied but never surpassed by other astrologicalsoftware developers till date.He developed another pioneering product- Stock Compass, for the very first time anywhere in the world. It is a unique personalized astrological planner for those investors instock market who wish to use this astral science for their financial decisions. It providespersonalized astral guidance for picking the harmonious stocks and date wise astrologicalsuitability for speculation. Any investor can hone up and fine tune his planning ability, re-orient his strategies, re-allocate his resources and learn the art of being on right side of themarket, with its help.

He has programmed an innovative table, which is used extensively within his programs andto prepare various reports. It is called "The Natal Authority chart". This table is an attempt toquantify the authority of the nine planets over twelve houses due to various portfolios (ofvarying caliber) acquired by them in relation to these houses. The more authority a planethas got to influence a house, the more it will deliver to the house from its natal promises, atappropriate moments. The figures in this table shows the sum of calibrated authorityobtained through various portfolios by a planet over a house. Almost all major and minorfactors (approx. 13 in total), mentioned in Jyotish classics, in proportionate ratios of theirimportance, have been taken into consideration to calibrate this authority index to gaugethe planet's overall direct and indirect influences on the Houses. The concept of this tableemerges from the fact that a planet is capable of bestowing certain benefic and maleficresults, at appropriate moments during the native's life. But a planet influences severalhouses in a horoscope simultaneously. Will it deliver the same quantum of its natalpromises (whether 'Good' or 'Bad') to all the houses under its influence? The answer isemphatically 'NO'. This table tries to quantify these benefic or malefic results.He has developed very comprehensive software on "Sarvatobhadra-chakra", which is theonly one of it's kind till date on this highly complicated Swara-shastra based subject. The"Sarvatobhadra-chakra" has always been shrouded in mystery due its complexity. Most ofthe astrology softwares do not dare to touch this subject at all. A few have though tried toincorporate the very basic calculations and vedhas of SarvatobhadraChakra. Shyam'ssoftware have complete calculations, with all applicable parameters, as told in ancientJyotish text "Narapatijayacharya". Further, he has also programmed the "argha-kaand"section (the business astrology section) of SarvatobhadrChakra in it's entirety which ishighly helpful for his team in making astonishing forecasts about future behaviour ofvarious markets (stocks, commodities, metals, foreign exchange etc).The mysterious "Panch-pakshi Shastra" is a unique system of Vedic astrology, propoundedby ancient Tamil Sidha Saints thousands of years ago, which has been considered agolden key in the hands of man which can be used with advantage in any endeavour and inany walk of life. Shyam has written a software which can provide all vital information in asingle table to the user on daily basis.He has designed one of the most elaborate "Astral Gem Recommendation" report,providing complete logic with comparative astrological beneficence of various planets in ahoroscope. His work prompted Mr. R. Rao (A well known astrologer and owner of a bigastrology portal) to comment that: "This is the most comprehensive GemstoneRecommendation Report that I have come across! Excellent work. Congratulations. Youhave a knack for drilling down the pile of information, making scientific analysis andreaching a fine conclusion. I am happy that you have chosen the "Anukul" method, which isalso recommended by me. The report is highly recommended. I will have no hesitation inscrapping my own report and replacing with yours."

He is poised to make new grounds in various areas of Vedic Astrology. He has got recognition as a"pioneer" and has received accolades from eminent Jyotish scholars. Shyam's customizedastrology softwares, "Vjyotish-exl" and "Stock-Compass", still remains the best-seller. They havebeen acclaimed to be the best of their kind by renowned astrologers across the world. To knowmore about his innovative work, please read "What was innovative" .

Specialization

Shyam's specialty lies in the timing of events and birth-chart analysis using Ashtakvarga,Vimshottari dashas and Divisional charts. He has also developed some special "quantificationtechniques" for reaching to the ultimate net-result for the given birth-chart concerning career andoccupation related subtle issues. Details about many of his other innovative reports may be foundon "Products and Services" page.He also specializes in Financial astrology (predicting about Stock markets, commodity markets andForex markets etc.). He is well versed with all tenets of Indian Astrology though he gives specialsignificance to the Ashtakvarga system of Vedic Jyotish. Shyam owes his knowledge to theblessings of the Almighty. Click here to know more about his specializations ..

Goals

Shyam feels embarrassed and disappointed by the stigma (of being a superstition) imposed onastrology in the last century. He is thoroughly convinced that Vedic astrology is a great subject. Butit has been corrupted in the last few hundred years. He is determined to contribute to therestoration of pristine glory of ancient Vedic Jyotish. He is convinced that a day will come whenVedic astrology is taught at several universities. One of his goals in life is to promote scientifictemper among astrologers.

Belief

Shyam honestly admits that astrology can never change your destiny but only can providetendencies about life. It is just a Road Sign that warns about the forthcoming dangers, and it lies upto the concerned person to notice it and have a smooth ride, or totally ignore it to go with the flow.He believes that at the right time, the right code of conduct and the right method to perform a taskalways aid success whether in a career, business, marriage or even life. He firmly believe in theIndian tenets, which say that the actions of our past lives determine the present and on the wholethe events in our life are predetermined by the combination of stellar positions at the time of ourconception, birth and then at the time of the happening.He feels that Astrology should be used as a self management tool to achieve the vast potentialevery human being possesses. He is a firm believer of the fact that "Astrology Is a Guiding Scienceto a Wise Man and a Fooling Science to an Ignorant".

Achievements and honours

His gentle and unassuming manner and his lifetime of study have endeared him to many. Severalsocial and astrological organizations have considered him a treasure of knowledge and wisdom inthe great science and art of Vedic Astrology, and conferred upon him the honours from time to time.

Articles published and mention in print or visual media

Shyam's paper on proper timing for conceiving, based on Ashtakvarga system, titled - "The Art ofConceiving" was taken up for publishing by "Asian Journal of Obs & Gynae" and was published init's September-November 1998 issue.

Some of the initial successes which kept him going

Amongst his most famous and bold predictions was not about a person. It was about thebehaviour of Indian Stock market between December 1996 and March 1997. He sent anopen letter to more than 8,000 fund managers, portfolio managers, stockbrokers etc, allover India, in November 1996. Therein also was a set of predictions pertaining to themovement of leading pivotals on the stock market. The actual happenings, thereafter, wererecorded very carefully, in chronological order. Even, the leading financial daily- "BusinessStandard" carried a large article on him.Shyam got the first confirmatory whiff of his method's success in Sept.'96 when Dr. PushkarMohan Naithani, Director of "Omni Jyotish Shodh Sansthan", Kotdwara (Uttaranchal, India);recognized the immense utility of his work and was instrumental in validating the date-wisereports of Bajaj Auto Ltd. (an automobile giant), prepared for the past 10 years (1986 to1996), by none other than its Chairman, Mr. Rahul Bajaj, himself. Mr. Naithani went to Puneand had a personal long meeting with Mr. Bajaj. This meeting took place in the first week ofSept.'96 at Mr.Bajaj's residence and Mr. Bajaj confirmed, after verifying the old companyrecords, brought to his home by his aides, the correctness of 69 dates, out of 74 datesgiven by Shyam for verification, during past 10 years in the history of the company. Though,it is another story that Shyam could never get credit for this report and the report waspresented as Mr. Naithani's own work. Mr. Naithani was rewarded by Mr. Rahul Bajajthrough selecting him as one of the two Indian delegates to a Astrology Conference inSingapore. Mr. Bajaj was one of the member in Human Resources Ministry in 1996.Around the same time (mid-1996), famous tantrik Chandra Swami was denied bail by theCourts several times. One of his disciple, a high ranking Income Tax Officer from Delhi,contacted Dr. Naithani for guidance in this matter. Chandra Swami's detailed daily transitreport based on Shyam's predictive model was got prepared by Dr. Naithani and using thisreport he predicted to that officer that Swami ji will be able to come out between 9th Nov. &21st Nov.1996 hence a bail application should be moved during that time. The advise wasfollowed and Swami ji came out of jail on or around 18th Nov.'96.

All of these incidents were highly necessary for Shyam to develop a deep sense of confidence inhis own work.

It kept him going to discover new skies in the future.

Associations

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Current Developments and New Products

He is currently developing Artificial Intelligence for giving interpretations on the birth charts ofindividuals based on the ancient Indian astrological classics. He is deeply involved in furtherresearches in the areas of Career, Finance, Marriage, compatibility issues and Mundane astrology(specially the business-astrology).He is actively engaged in financial astrology and has done some innovative work on identifying theintra-day, short-term and midterm "turning points" of stock markets as well as the commoditymarkets. Currently, he is engaged in developing an intricate astrological model for predicting theintraday turning points of various markets.

He has developed several other new astrology products. Whatever new products he has brought tothe marketing shelf during last few years, have become trailblazers mainly because of Shyam'sfirm commitment to innovation. He is guided by the philosophy of remaining far ahead of the times.Click here for details about all of his products.

Consultation and Services offered Testimonials

Though Shyam prefer to focus on the study and programming and most of his time is spent inresearching and writing the program codes for complex astrological concepts, still he allow sometime for the reading of horoscopes, on the friendly persuasion of many such people, who derivedimmense benefit from his knowledge & expertise. He do readings to keep him sharp in thepractice of astrology and to serve those others who wish to benefit, if only slightly, from the grandscience of astrology. He launched this website in July 2002, to reach out to the global community atlarge. He is available for selected paid consultations, which is usually done over the internet (e-mail) or telephone. For local clients or where there is a requirement, he is also available in personfor face-to-face consultation. To book an appointment, or for further details - click on "PersonalConsultancy" or alternatively, send an email to: He has developed his own style and expertise with a modernconcept in astrological predictions; through study of thousands of horoscopes during the past 24years (since 1987). He gives much importance to Ashtakvarga. He feels that Ashtakvarga shouldbe studied in detail invariably before arriving at any astrological conclusion. An expert in the Vedicastrology , Shyam employs his vast real life experience with the tenets of Parashari to give someamazingly accurate results. He has established a sort of brand loyalty for his accuracy ofastrological predictions made possible by his proprietary technology - "The Vjyotish Index" and"The Natal Authority Index". For his predictions, he utilizes his knowledge and expertise ofastrology to predict precisely and to help identify and achieve objectives; to recognize theunexpected opportunities and obstacles that one may encounter.

Shyam is an internationally acclaimed Vedic astrologer today.He does natal chart analysis, career guidance, natal astrologywith guide posts for the year ahead, compatibility analysis ofprospective or existing partners for business or love, selectionof phonetically correct name for self or business etc. Detailsabout all of his services may be found on "Products andServices" page. He is also offering his services online.

"Your approach andclarity of thought isrefreshing and inspiring.Your predictivetechnique serves todraw away the veil ofambiguity, which is soprevalent with mostother practitioners ofthis science." ....

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Miscellaneous

Shyam manages two internet discussion lists called Vjyotish and Stock Compass. Both theselists have over 1000 members each (as on December 2005) and some of the members aredistinguished scholars of Vedic astrology. He contributes much of his spare time towards teachingand guiding those who want to learn this divine science.

Shyam dedicates his work to the great Indian heritage of mystique sciences and hope it will beable to contribute to the efforts of well meaning educated persons, trying to save these sciences

from going into oblivion.

Don't let the sight of the heights you reached Make you dizzy - you'll fall then

Don't let the sight of the heights to be reached Make you scared - you'll fall then

Shyam S Kansal - one of the best known astrologer from India