Memoirs

Of

Shri Swamiji
By
B.L. Parmar, India
Assistant Writer: Andree Leclerc, Canada

aroda Astrology Club, a place

where
lovers and believers of
astrology can get together and share
an infinity of astrological interests, was
founded by our late Shri Swamiji, one of
the most renowned astrologers of Mumbai
many years ago already.

Shri B.L.Parmar is connected with

Astrological study classes and Baroda
Astrological Club, Vadodara since, 1984.
The classes for teaching Primary Astrology
are conducted on every Sunday since 1992.
He arranges astrological seminars from time
to time. Also, publication for various
astrological subjects are carried out and
distributed free to the lovers of astrology.
He is keen for the efforts for knowledge
sharing and spreading awareness about
astrology with co-operation of other
astrological organization of Gujarat.

Since Saptarishis Astrology offers a space

for sharing and enjoying remembrances of
great ones from bygone times, I take this
opportunity to share some incidents about
our Shri Swamiji, a man who never
swerved from his love and strong faith in
Jyotish in spite of any circumstances or
apparent difficulties.
When I first met him, he had already lost
his eyesight due to cataract problems.
Because of this, Swamiji was unable to
read but, rest assured that this great
inconvenience was largely compensated by
his stunning memory that seemed at times
overwhelmingly
powerful

thus,
Astrologys complicated rules were childs
play for him and he could very easily
extract the immediate concerns and
pertinent information that his clients were
seeking, something that many of us, seeing
astrologers, still aspire for after years of
dedicated study.
As a young astrologer, Shri Swamijis
main occupation was to cater his

professional services to some actors and wealthy people. His skills were widely
acknowledged and this brought him much fame as well as very decent income.
His skills and fame were eventually acknowledged by Bhavnagar Astrology Club from
Bombay who publicly honoured him in a function where he was offered a shield and costly
shawl, an old Indian custom still followed to this day in many such occasions. Respects and
recognition were also offered to our Shri Swamiji from Nadiad Astrology Club, another
Mumbai organization. Thus, his fame
spread widely in Mumbai, in the whole of
Gujarat, as well as many more places in
India.
Let me now open a window through which
you can view some examples of his
interactions and personal conversations
with some of his clients.
Swamiji did not require any amount of
details from a consultant to be of help. If
any kundli without a name or address was
presented to him, this was no impediment
to his providing the right answer.
Following the advent of his blindness,
someone needed to read the kundli loudly
for him and he would instantly grasp the
essence of it and advise accordingly.
Once up on a time, one person asked
Swamiji about the kundli of a lady,
inquiring to know one important thing
Shri Swamiji
applicable for her life. Several astrologers
had already supplied a variety of answers to
this query but none of these proved complete and/or sufficiently significant and worthy to
be qualified as being of definite importance.
At last, when Swamiji was consulted he said that This woman will get richer due to marriage or
after marriage. In the events that unfolded, it so happened that this lady got happily
married to a rich man but later became a widow this is when she inherited the
commendable wealth of her deceased husband. This was her first husband. Subsequently,
she did remarry to another wealthy man and, unbelievably, the same pattern of events
repeated where she became a widow again, and inherited again... repeating this same
scenario twice in her life. This prediction was indeed remarkable!
One day when Swamiji was available for readings at the Club, a well-known astrologer
came along with his wife for consultation. This astrologer was a highly qualified person. He
therefore showed his kundli to Swamiji

Upon seeing this kundli, Swamiji declared something that seemed very strange and
improbable to all of us present; he said your wife will leave you suddenly in your life!
After some time elapsed, to his great dismay despite the forewarning, that persons wife left
him and went away with a person of questionable standing. Swamijis prophecy proved right
again!
On another occasion, one of his friends tested Swamiji by asking him to predict about his
own life this happened around 1960 when Swamiji was about 38 years. Swamiji answered
What good will it do you once you know my future? I am not going to become a millionaire or
billionaire which he did not become despite his already firmly established fame. Actually,
when Swamiji later lost his eyesight, he spent his life in social work wanting to help and
benefit as many people as he could.
In a similar manner, with the intention of testing his knowledge, one person showed a photo
print of someones hand. This was when Swamiji still had the use of his eyesight.
The questioner asked about the wealth of this
printed hands owner, to which query Swamiji
answered that the person concerned was suffering
from an incurable disease. And this proved to be
an amazingly true statement.
Swamiji was born on March 11th 1922 and passed
away on July 23rd 1995. All of us who had the
chance to know him and interact with him
consider ourselves blessed by this mans true
humility and detachment.
The life of Swamiji has inspired the rest of us,
members of his Baroda Astrology Club, in a
manner of benefiting our fellow human beings
by giving free service and teaching of astrology
at Sharda Mandir School, Salatwada every
Sunday. This we are pledged to accomplish in
the kind memory of his love for us and for everyone he met.

Shri Swamiji
(When he could not see)

Some Points in Prediction given by Swamiji:

1. Every Planet has some special aspect on the fourth house from its placement. It gives/
affects the results of the fourth house from where it is deposited. E.g. Saturn in 10th
affects the results of first house.
2. Consider the midpoint of Rahu and the planet in consideration say A. Transit of any planet
from
this
midpoint
gives
the
results
pertaining
to
planet
A.
[This seems expansion of Bhrigu Bindu of C. S. Patel Saheb]

3. The Moon is focal point of persons life. Whole story of a person can be said from Moon;
Also the 7th house from the Moon affects the major trends of life. Thus it can be said, the world
of a man is described by Moon and seventh house from it.
4. Note down the 6th house from the Venus in Rasi Chart. The matters connected or
signified by this house, become persons unchangeable and important bindings. The reasons
remain unknown but the person experiences the results due to previous birth histories. E.g. if
Venus is situated in 3th house, 6th house from it is 8th house. The matters related to 8th house
like legacy, family and finance of spouse, accidents etc. cause some harsh events.
5. If Neptune is situated in 7th house, or with Venus, or with 7th Lord, then accidental
happenings related to Marriage life of a person is experienced.
6. If Moon and Neptune are in conjunction in Rasi chart, the revelation or visualization of a
person is quite strong. The predictions by him can not be challenged even though it may be given
based on wrong data/calculation or information!
7. In which house Ketu sits he creates instability & gives irregular results. For e.g. Ketu in
7H and one is doing business then it will not remain a stable business, if in 2nd house then
family becomes destabilize or instability in family (ref Obamas chart).
[This article has taken a lot of time to formulate and create due to various restrictions. Let us tell a story about
Swamiji which we heard from Ashok Upadhaya one of his other students. Once upon a time a man came to
Swamiji enquiring where his passport is, it has been lost and the very next day he has to fly abroad. Swamiji did
his calculations via prashna and pointed out to a particular Wardrobe and said it is below his wifes saree (dress)
on the 4th drawer. The man said he has already checked their upon which Swamiji coolly replied to go and check
again, the man argued that at that very spot he has checked more than 25-35 times and he was being a bit rude to
Swamiji. This got Swamiji angry and he said rudely You idiot (Gadhelo) you can come so far to see me, pay my
fees but cant you check once again at that very same spot. If you have checked it for 35 times why cant you check it
the 36th time will you lose some money. The man went back home angry with Swamiji but when he checked he
found it exactly on the same drawer in the wardrobe and exactly stuck beneath his wifes saree. He came back and
apologised to Swamijis.
Swamiji was also very eccentric and erratic. A legendary fight had taken place between Swamiji and Late Shri C J
Krishnaswamy, the great astrologer from Mumbai who had even challenged Shri B V Raman and whose fees was
the one of the highest in those times in India. When Swamiji learnt that Krishnaswamy was practising in the Taj
and had put his board as Shri Shri Krishnaswamy, wanting to put him down Swamiji put up shop opposite the
practice of Krishnaswamy and put board with name plate as Shri Shri Shri Swamiji (3 times Shri). In future
issues we would bring out some pearls from Krishnaswamy whose explanation of friendship/enemity of planets till
date remains unparalleled. Lack of volunteers who can type it out remains the reason for the delay. Publisher,
Saptarishis Astrology]