Lal Kitab

Today the name of Lal Kitab is not unknown. Every common person is well aware of it. The most popular book of this decade is ‘Lal Kitab’. Lal Kitab is a special book written on Indian vedic astrology and palmistry, whose original copy is in Persian and Urdu language. Originally this book was written in Urdu language by Mr. Girdhari Lal Sharma. Later, it was translated into Hindi language and when any original text is translated, it is natural to have some change in it. Originally Indian sages, astrologers and soothsayers suggested yajna, worship and rituals as the remedies to remove ill effects caused by planets. Over time and possibly in the time of economic disparity, knowing the timeliness, Mr. Sharma, the author of Lal Kitab, suggested the simplest and cheapest remedies for different problems caused by ill effects of planets, keeping in mind the common man and later on these simple remedies became popular in the form of ‘Totka'(Simple trick or remedy to remove a problem). Despite the similarities between the astrological principles described in this book and the Indian astrology principles, there is a difference in the technique of obtaining the astrological predictions through them. The biggest feature of the Lal Kitab is that in its astrological technique, detailed and complex calculations to determine planetary transits are not required to obtain predictions and remedies as in ancient astrology. It is very easy to predict the horoscope and to obtain remedies of different problems caused by ill effects of planets using Lal Kitab methods and techniques. As its ancient copies have names of Hindu Gods and Goddesses and planets etc. and these copies include Indian ‘Samudrik Shastra’ so it is undoubtly an Indian science.

The Fundamental elements of Lal Kitab

In Lal Kitab the result is calculated according to the positions of planets, house(or bhav in Sanskrit), ascendant and zodiac. These four are the four fundamental elements of Lal Kitab.

A. The Planets

Lal Kitab clearly indicates that the nine planets are symbolic form of nine treasures(Nav Nidhi in Sanskrit).These nine treasures are actually main nine forms of energy. According to modern science, to say this truth, these are the main nine energy waves which creates this world and every substance exists on it is composed of these energy waves. The names and the introduction of these nine planets are given in Lal Kitab as follows: 1. The Sun which represents Lord Vishnu(or Light element) 2. The Moon which represents Lord Shiva(or Emotion) 3. The Mars which represents Lord Hanumaan (Naval element or nabhi tatva in Sanskrit) 4. The Mercury which represents Goddess Durgaa(Wisdom or Sky element) 5. The Jupiter which represents Lord Brahma(Wind element) 6. The Venus which represents Goddess Laxmi(Earth element, element responsible for existence of solids) 7. The Saturn which represents Bhairava(Dark energy or Tamsi Tej in Sanskrit) 8. The Rahu which represents Goddess Saraswati(Thought power) 9. The Ketu which represents Lord Ganesha(motion).

B. House(or Bhav in Sanskrit)

The twelve divisions of Horoscope are actually 12 houses(Bhavas). The middle top house is called First house. All calculations are starts from this first house. The situation, position and some special traits of a person is studied with these houses. Author of Lal Kitab compared these houses with different parts of human body and said that these houses are symbols of that human body parts.

C. Ascendant(or Lagna in Sanskrit)

In Lal Kitab the zodiac sign in which a person is born is called the zodiac sign of the ascendant. This zodiac sign is written in top middle first house of horoscope in ancient astrology. The zodiac sign of ascendant is considered the main basis of planetary position of a person in ancient astrology. The name of first house or ascendant given by author of Lal Kitab is throne(Sinhaasan in Hindi).

D. Zodiac(or Raashi in Sanskrit)

In ancient astrology, there are total number of 12 zodiacs. Its count is initiated by Aries and the number of Aries is represented by 1 and all subsequent zodiac by order 2,3,4, … . The numbers written in the horoscope are indicative of the zodiac itself. These numbers(representing the zodiacs) are taken as such in the Lal Kitab. These zodiac signs and their corresponding numbers are as follows:

Aries(Mesh in Sanskrit) – 1
Taurus(Vrishabh in Sanskrit) – 2
Gemini(Mithun in Sanskrit) – 3
Cancer(Kark in Sanskrit) – 4
Leo(Singh in Sanskrit) – 5
Virgo(Kanya in Sanskrit) – 6
Libra(Tula in Sanskrit) – 7
Scorpio(Vrischik in Sanskrit) -8
Sagittarius(Dhanu in Sanskrit) – 9
Capricorn(Makar in Sanskrit) – 10
Aquarius(Kumbh in Sanskrit) – 11
Pisces(Meen in Sanskrit) -12

In Lal Kitab the measures to get rid of the inauspicious effects of the planets are divided into three parts like tricks(totake in Hindi), remedy and good conduct. The tricks are for immediate relief, remedies provide long-term relief and good conduct give relief for ever. The society also benefits from many remedies given in Lal Kitab, like if you put copper coins in the running water then the water will be clean because copper destroy bacteria present in water. You must have noticed at home that most people fill water in copper utensils and drink the same. Now even doctors etc. recommend drinking water kept in a copper vessel. Taking the blessing by touching the feet of the elders, in this remedy many rites, agony of the elderly have also been added. By this measure, those elders will feel internal happiness that we are being respected and taken care of. Some other popular remedies, good conducts and tricks included in Lal Kitab are worship God and Goddesses, don’t drink alcohol, give food to the disabled, help widow woman, give food to cow, dog, crow etc., give sweets and other things as gift to sisters and daughters, serve mother and father, don’t take anything for free, don’t eat non-vegetarian food, keep teeth and nose clean, do not be cruel, wear clean clothes, must keep raw space in the house etc.. So Lal Kitab is very beneficial not only for an individual but also for whole society and humanity.