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It was 1995 and Jupiter was in Sagittarius right about where it is now, when my sister called. She’s an astrologer too. We’ve both studied astrology since we were kids, eight and ten. That’s a lot of astrology books…
“Get a pen,” she said. “I want you to write down this name.”
I reached for a pen on my nightstand. "Go,” I said.
“Okay, it’s James Braha.”
“Who?”
“Braha. B-R-A-H-A.
“Who is this?”
“He’s an author. An astrologer, I mean. He’s a new one. This is a new book and one you’ve got to have.”
“I’ve got have?” My sister is psychic. “Why do I have to have it? You already have it. What does it say? What’s it about?”
“Elsa, listen to you. Just get the book. Look this guy up. I think he has two books but I’ve only been able to find one of them… yet.”
“Okay, what’s the name of the book?”
Transits of the West, she said. Dasas Of The East, she added with a smug chuckle. (Now called How to Predict Your Future: Secrets of Eastern and Western Astrology)
“Dasas? Dasas? You’re sending me off to learn Vedic astrology? Oh brother. Is this your Jupiter thing to do? So is this a Vedic astrology book? Is this a Vedic astrologer?”
“Yes and no. He’s both. He’s Vedic and Western. This is one of the things that is so great about him. And about this book. And no, I’m not sending you off to learn Vedic astrology though I don’t think that’s a bad idea. I am trying to tip you off to… well this is as good a book on the transits as you will ever find. And I don’t think anyone has even heard of this guy. I mean what’s out there as far as transits go? Rob Hand is out there.”
“Yeah.”
“Planets In Transit is out there. And that’s a good book. Nothing wrong with Rob Hand. Every astrologer on the planet has that book in their library, but don’t you think we need another perspective?”
“Well, yeah.”
“Okay. So here it is. And there are other transit books out there but none of them are as good as this one. This is a great book. It’s a book for snobs like us.”
“We’re snobs?”
“Well yeah. When it comes to astrology books we are. We’ve read about a million of them haven’t we? More than once! And we don’t want to be bored. Do you want to be bored?”
Article comments
1 - Matthew Currie
As both a Western and Vedic astrologer myself, I can honestly say... Braha rules! Wait until you find Richard Houck...