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C.S.Patel
By
R.G.Krishnan, USA.
I met late Mr. C.S.Patel for the
first time in the year 1982 at
Ahmadabad, India at an Astrological
Convention, where we both were
honored with the award of “Jyotish
Maha Mahopadhyaya” title. At the
convention Mr. Patel’s speech made a
big impact on me and I told him that
after returning to Bombay I will meet
him on a regular basis to learn more
from him on finer points of astrology.
Thereafter a good friendship and a
Guru‐ Shishya relationship developed
between us. I was eager to learn more
astrological knowledge from him and
he was eager to part with his
specialized knowledge. In the year 1982
onwards until 1988 I lived in Bombay
and made it a point to meet him on
every Sunday and in each meeting I
learnt some thing new from him.
He had a good collection of
books on astrology written by several
eminent astrologers. Many of the
books in his library were books which
were out of print and were difficult to
get. He had preserved these books
carefully and would refer to them
occasionally to make his point. He had
a very good habit of recording brief
notes at the back page of his books,
which helped him to swiftly retrieve
any information he needed. He continued this wonderful habit until his last breath.

In our weekly meetings we discussed mainly the verses from Nadi astrology. He
used to maintain a big chart showing the position of transiting planets with dates
on which these planets will be in retrogression and the dates in which they will be
direct, dates on which they will enter each sign etc. He also kept notes of important
events and the dates on which such events occurred along with the astrological
reasoning.

During the year 1982 through 1984 he discussed with me the various verses from
Chandra Kala Nadi (aka Devakeralam). One particular verse which he referred to
ran thus;
Lagnese Nidhanamsaste Moode Shashtagathe athava
Shudhvadaya cha Maranam Bandhu Heene Mahitale

Meaning that when the lord of the ascendant is posited in the Navamsa chart in the
8th house with ref to the ascendant of the Rasi chart or is eclipsed by the rays of
Sun or is posited in the Navamsa chart in the 6th house with ref to the ascendant of
the Rasi chart, then the native will die of starvation or on the bare ground with no
blood relations by his side.

To make his point he used to refer to the chart of the great Mahatma Gandhi (chart
given below)

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It will be seen from the above natal chart that Mahatma Gandhi had Libra
Ascendant in the Rasi chart and that the lord of Ascendant Venus was adversely
placed in Taurus sign in the Navamsa chart which was the 8th house from Libra
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Ascendant of the Rasi chart. As we all know Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead on
Jan 30 1948 at Delhi by some assailant. At the time of his sudden death no blood
relations were near him as mentioned in the verse.

Around this time on Oct 31 1984 the then Prime minister of India Mrs. Indira
Gandhi was assassinated and was shot dead by one assailant.

It will be seen from her natal chart that she had Cancer Ascendant in her Rasi chart
and lord of ascendant Moon was adversely placed in Aquarius sign in the Navamsa
chart (8th sign with ref to ascendant in her Rasi chart).

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Later Mr. C.S.Patel had written an article on this verse elaborating the two natal
charts discussed above in an article entitled ‘Search light on Navamsa’ which was
published in the Astrological Magazine in Jan 1986.

In the year 1985 while discussing some astrological points he referred to a verse on
Mars which described Mars as “Vrshti Kruth Vrushti Hartah Cha” meaning that
Mars is the planet which can cause rainfall and which can also deny rainfall. In
Bombay we generally have Monsoon commencing in June which will last until
August. In that year in July Mars transited an enemy sign namely Gemini in July
that year. Mr. Patel told me that the rainfall in July is likely to be much less
although it is one of the monsoon months during which one expects heavy
downpour. I was surprised to observe that first two weeks of July were full of dry
days without rain which is rather unusual for a place like Bombay. He also
mentioned that when Mars moves over to watery sign Cancer there will be heavy
rains. This was also observed to be holding true. Incidentally during the current
year 2008 in June, Mars transited cancer sign (a watery sign) and we had seen news
paper reports stating that heavy rainfall occurred in Bombay in that period. In
USA also we had heavy floods in Midwest & in Mississippi river in the month of
June which was unusual.

In the year 1987 we had organized annual convention on Astrology under the
banner of Indian Council of Astrological Sciences. Dr. B.V.Raman and other
eminent astrologers like Mr.K.N.Rao, Justice Kapoor Ghanashyam Joshi,
Parasmani, V.A.K Iyer, Raman Thakkar etc attended. The function was presided
over by a Deputy Minister of Maharashtra Govt. Dr. Raman had personally
appreciated Mr. Patel on the Reasearch in Nadi astrology by him and the articles
published in Astrological Magazine of India. This convention gave opportunity to

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eminent astrologers like Mr. K.N.Rao to meet personally
Mr.Patel & discuss with him the finer points in Nadi
Astrology etc.
The convention went off very well and it gave immense
pleasure and happiness to Mr.Patel. He had expressed to
me then that this was one of the landmarks in his life.

Mr.Patel’s visit to USA in 1998

The American Council of Vedic Astrology had invited Mr.
Patel to be the Keynote speaker at their Annual Symposium on Vedic Astrology,
due to be held at Sedona Arizona. Mr.Patel had accepted the invitation and decided
to come to USA with his daughter Kailasben. He informed me over the telephone
and I invited him to come early and stay with me at Dallas prior to the symposium
and that I will accompany him to the symposium from Dallas. After overcoming
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many challenges which he had to face to get a visa for self and daughter he could
make the trip to Dallas in Oct 1998 and he spent with us about 15 days in that
month. Those 15 days were very precious to me as we had daily one‐on‐one
meetings in which we discussed many finer points of astrology. It was in one of
those meetings he told me that he had met many top‐level astrologers in his life
and in his opinion what made them great was not their book knowledge but their
intuitive knowledge. He explained further stating that repeated readings of the
verses in “Chandra Kala Nadi” made him understand more that what was
superficially conveyed by these verses. At some stage every Astrologer gets some
revelation and that was what he got by repeated readings of the verses of Chandra
Kala Nadi. He also stated that if one is a good astrologer with intuitive knowledge
the horoscope will reveal to him more information than what others will see on the
surface. Thus there can be two different interpretations on the same horoscope by
two different astrologers but the one with intuitive knowledge will have an edge
over others.

He used to say that it is enjoined in the classics of Astrology that an astrologer

should be a man of good moral character, should do his daily prayers to his ‘Ishta
devata” and before venturing to make predictions he should worship the Nine
planets aka “Nava Grahas”. He himself was a devotee of “Lord Subramanya”
(whose picture he used to carry with him always). He used to quote some verse to
make his point that an astrologer must worship the Nava grahas before venturing
to make predictions.

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Publisher: Mr. Krishnan as usual is being humble here, it was an immense challenge as first his
Visa was rejected which disheartened Shri Patel immensely at the age of 88, then Mr.
Krishnanji spoke with a Senator who then called up Mumbai US Consulate office and then a
Visa was granted straight for 6 months without questions asked. This is as told by Late Patel to
us.
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Similar points were made to me years
ago by Shri Ghanashyam Joshi, a
famous astrologer/Palmist of Bombay
in the 80’s. He told me then on one
occasion that there are three kinds of
Knowledge namely “Gyan” meaning
knowledge,”Vigyan’ meaning
scientific knowledge and “Pragyan”
meaning intuitive knowledge and the
astrologer who has “Pragyan” or
intuitive knowledge will have the
ability to give more accurate
predictions.
Similar views were expressed by Yogi
Karveji who had stayed with us at
Texas for 15 days in the year 1993. He
had also told me that any astrologer
with a spiritual bent of mind is likely
to be endowed with intuitive
knowledge and for such astrologers
the horoscopes will reveal more
information than what can be seen
superficially on the surface.
Over the years I have my self
experienced that when I focus on the
natal charts after doing prayers to
“Nava Grahas” they appeared to
reveal more information than what is
available on the surface.
With these few words I conclude this
article by stating that the best homage
we can pay to the memory of late Mr.
Patel will be by following the advice
given by him.
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Panchapakshi
Roma Rishi says that Panchapakshi is the
science of sciences which can be practiced in full
only by the Siddhas. It should not be revealed to
all and sundry. A Guru chooses a disciple after 12
years of test, discipline, virtuous conduct and if
found fit and deserving, then only will he initiate
his disciple into the mysterious and all powerful
Panchapakshi
What is Panchapakshi? The word literally
means five birds namely, Vallooru (royal bird),
Owl, Crow, Hen and Peahen. According to
Nandinool, an ancient Nadi work the five
elements of transcendent and dynamic energy
akasa (ether), vayu (air), thejas (fire) appu (water)
and prithivi (earth) evolved one after another
from the Universal Sound called Nada Brahman
or Goddess Parasakthi allegorically described as
the Better Half of God who represents the Static
Energy of the Universe. The whole cosmic
functions of Nature viz, Creation, Protection and
Destruction going on endlessly is performed by
the Goddess through the Panchabhootas at the
will of God. That is why She is praised in Hindu
Scriptures as Panchabhootesi, the Ruler of Five
Elements.
They say that Panchabhootas are of two
kinds, Sukshma (subtle) and Sthula (gross) the latter
being evolved from the former in fixed
mathematical proportion and combination. Every
Sukshma atom of Panchabhoota is spilt into halves,
one half of which is divided into four equal parts to
be exchanged and blended with the split atoms of
the other four bhootas resulting in the formation of
Sthula Panchabhootas, so much so, one Sthula
Akasa atom contains ½ Sukshma Akasa atom, 1/8th
Sukshma Vayu atom, 1/8 th Sukshma Theja atom,
1/8th Sukshma Appu atom and 1/8th Sukshma
Prithvi atom. Similar is the case of evolution of the
other kinds of Sthula atoms.