suspect. Thus the astrological student has certain moral responsibilities towards the soclety and his art should not be used for harming others or for creating fear or panic or suffering A novice in Horary astrology must be very careful in interpreting the Prasna chart. With my humble capacity | have tried my level best to present an English translation of Prasna Tantra as lucidly as possible and it is for the educated public to judge how far 1 hhave been successtul in this endeavour. While placing this translation in the hands of my readers | crave their indul- ‘gence for any fault that may have crept in. Ifthe book should prove instructive and useful to my. readers, | shall feel myself rewarded. BANGALORE, 8-8-1969 B. V. RAMAN tire n xpreee: CHAPTER I USES OF HORARY ASTROLOGY Seam fe Ye gare seat srt meds ahs aged na sohefar ga frotthiait mgafina: | rar dears me eA, URI ‘Stanzas 1 and 2:-~According to the opinion of astrologers, all those human beings who will be impelled (by Daiva) wish to know the current good and bad nature of things in their lives. Once upon a time, even the Lord of the world Brahma approached Vishnu to learn horary astrology. Notes The importance of horary astrology is stressed in the frst two stanzas, Every one that is impelled by Daiva for an inner urge will become inclined to spprosch loger to know about his immediate future. Here ‘Daiva’ is the unknown factor and usually means one’s past Karma. As