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Publication: Deccan Chronicle
Date: September 19, 2004
Even as the debate rages on the
'scientific status' of astrology, it has found its way into the curriculum
of a Canadian university. City-based astrologer J Udaya Bhaskara Sastry
has propounded a new theory which has been incorporated in the syllabus
for the advanced numerology course in the Canada-based Suite University.
Sastry will start taking online classes for the students of the university
from next week.
Sastry, the director of the city-based
Parasara Institute of Astrological Studies and Research, has linked astrology
to numerology through Dasha applications. He has plans to write a book
on the subject. Advanced numerology has four modules, including individual
numerology, value numerology, relationship numerology and predictive numerology.
At present, numerology is mostly used to suggest changes in names to bring
prosperity.
Advanced numerology looks at various
other things too. Individual numerology, for instance, gives a phase-wise
reading of a person's life. Relationship numerology helps one to enter
a relationship, whether personal or for business. Value numerology assigns
numerical values to alphabets and predictive numerology presents the past,
present and future of a person.
The new theory proposes that the
Dasha system can be applied to numerology too, after assigning the person
a numerical ascendant based on his date of birth. Sastry has experimented
with the new system by drawing up astrological and numerological ascendants
of Princess Diana, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi as individuals. He has
also used it in the case of the World Trade Center attack. Sylvia Cochran,
the dean for Philosophy and Religious Studies at Suite University, said
that the new theory would be a wonderful addition to the existing courses
in the university.
