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Shyam S Kansal - one of the best known astrologer from India

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"Mr. Shyam S Kansal has attempted to quantify factors that were hitherto not
quantified. He has been the first and is the only person in our knowledge so far who
has recognized the potential of Ashtakvarga and married it to computers with very
successful predictive results.
Anshumalee Sood
Jyotish Acharya,
Publisher of "Vedic Astrology" bi-monthly journal

The Journey of Astrology

Consultation with Shyam

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Stars always fascinated Shyam S Kansal (or, Shyam, as he is popularly called). The events
which led to him exploring the varied dimensions of astrology make up a long journey. In
March 1987 he decided to pursue astrology in depth. The more he studied Vedic astrology
(Jyotish), the more he was convinced that it was a fascinating subject worthy of research.
It was simply by-chance that Shyam realized the predictive powers of Ashtakvarga system
when he came in contact with an astrologer in 1991 who used Ashtakvarga very broadly
and yet came out with some fascinating snap-shot predictions. Shyam found this system
very systematic and scientific. It involved intensive calculations which were tedious and
time consuming. Since then, Shyam has kept learning Ashtakvarga purely on his own. He
procured as many books on the subject, as he could. But it was Pt. Mukund Daivagya's
"Ashtakvarga Mahanibandha" (translated in English by Prof. P.S. Sastri under the title
"Secrets of Ashtakavarga "), which formed the foundations of his original work.

Shyam has never been to a computer institute and knew nothing about computers or programming
till March 1987. Personal computers has just arrived on the scene in India, in 1985. Buying a PC
was a very costly proposition then. Some early astrological softwares, doing some very basic
calculations, has also arrived but very costly. Shyam came from a middle-income group family and
it was very difficult for him to manage buying a personal computer. But he managed to buy his first
computer anyhow, a PC-XT with 20 MB hard-disk and 512 KB RAM. Its cost was INR 65,000. (U.S.
$ 6,500 approx.; exchange rate was about INR 10 per US Dollar). He also spent another INR
50,000 (U.S. $ 5,000 approx.) simultaneously to buy an astrological software ("Bhrigu-IV") for help
in his astrological calculations. He started learning the "operation of a PC" thereafter. Learning to
write some lines of program-code was a dream only. There was no computer institute in the vicinity.
He bought a book on the easiest programming platform -The "Dbase3-plus" and started his long
journey alone. He upgraded to "FoxPro for Windows" in 1996 and still continues to work with this.
Without any instructor or help, it was a long learning curve. In Shyam's life, teachers had largely
come in the form of books.
He started developing a program, initially dedicated to Ashtakvarga system only, way back in
1991. He worked hard by putting in countless hours of programming to create his first astrology
software Rishi, which was not meant for sale, but just for his personal use. Till 1995, it was a parttime passion. Since 1996, astrology became a full-time job. He would read books and extract
theories, think of missing links, integrate it all in his mind and think of new interpretations and try out
various principles on as many charts as possible. Since then he had explored many techniques and
tools of Vedic Astrology along the way. Today, Shyam have a rich library of astrological texts, both
by modern astrologers and translations of the ancient masters.

A little personal background

Shyam is 1957 born, married to Neeta, with three wonderful daughters- Neha, Himani and
Kanu. Neha and Himani are also brilliant Jyotish scholars and assisting him in new products
development. He lives in Bulandshahr (U.P.), India.
Shyam completed his schooling from the prestigious Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital. He is a
meritorious science graduate (biology and chemistry) and was offered a scholarship due to his rank
in the first 30 students in whole of Meerut University. Thereafter, he got an post-graduate degree in
Economics. In his heydays, he was the President of the Debating Societies in his school as well as
college. He got opportunities to travel far and wide. He explored many places in United States,
Western Europe and South-East Asia.

Hooked to astrology

Shyam developed one of the most comprehensive astrological software "Rishi" way back in 1996,
which was capable of doing almost all the astrological calculations which any of the present day
softwares can do. But he was not satisfied with just that. He wanted to "actually use" all of those
tables and charts, in a manner in which a knowledgeable astrologer would ever strive to do for
prediction purposes. He never sold a single copy of Rishi and kept trying to standardize various
information churned out by it.
Shyam got a nice companion in the form of Arvind Singh, at this stage. The unending thirst of
applying more and more complex astrological principles in a logical way just grew. They discussed
together the basic underlying principles of astrology for hours. A lot of new innovative and most
useful tables like "natal authority index of planets over houses", "The comprehensive table of real
relationship of planets" etc. were conceptualized, standardized and programmed. Several principles
were tested on real life events thoroughly. Few of these reports went in the hands of knowledgeable
scholars of the subject. The accolades received from them were the triggering factors to enthuse
him to go deeper and deeper in the subject.

What was different from other Astrologers and programmers?

Perhaps, Shyam was more successful in his endeavours because he was programming himself
whatever he was reading and grasping personally. He was playing both the roles simultaneously, of
an astrology student and of a computer programmer; and that too, all alone for most of these years.
From conceiving an idea, to designing a report-format, and finally to program it, was done by him,
himself. A better combination could not have been, perhaps.
Most of the programmers do not know the real-astrology and unfortunately real-astrologers do not
know computer programming. Perhaps, this is the single most important reason that most of the
present day astrology softwares could not go beyond from claiming the accuracy in planetary
degrees, making horoscope charts, various related tables, calculating several types of dasas etc.
The interpretation and prediction part remained limited to the printing of some text for general
astrological conditions present in the concerned horoscope. All the tables and charts printed by
them were just ornamental pieces to be used by "some other knowledgeable astrologers". They
never made use of all those charts and tables themselves in their own software for interpretation
and prediction purposes. They programmed the software in latest computer languages (like C++),
they made it aesthetically beautiful, they calculated the most accurate planetary positions (some of
them using algorithms of NASA even); but the way, a true Indian astrologer works, remained elusive
for them.

It has been a passion

Shyam has been passionately conducting researches in India's Vedic astrology since 1996.
Astrology research has given him immense satisfaction. His interest in astrology never subdued
since then. You can say that he is simply "Hooked to astrology". Astrology took him hostage and he
has been it's willing captive since then.

Innovative work

He is a thinker and is not afraid to think the unthinkable. He conceived of a system in which several
astrological principles were simultaneously integrated to gauge the benefic and malefic effects of
each planet in natal horoscope as well as in their daily transit. The natal promises of planets could
be integrated with their transit status in a very simple and elegant manner to draw a net astrological
conclusion, which he called "The net astrological effect". His program could analyze the "each day",
with reference to each house of the horoscope individually. Some of his well known works are as
follows:
He was the pioneer in developing the revolutionary astrological softwares Vjyotish-exl,
the concept of which has been often copied but never surpassed by other astrological
software developers till date.
He developed another pioneering product- Stock Compass, for the very first time any
where in the world. It is a unique personalized astrological planner for those investors in
stock market who wish to use this astral science for their financial decisions. It provides
personalized astral guidance for picking the harmonious stocks and date wise astrological
suitability for speculation. Any investor can hone up and fine tune his planning ability, reorient his strategies, re-allocate his resources and learn the art of being on right side of the
market, with its help.

He has programmed an innovative table, which is used extensively within his programs and
to prepare various reports. It is called "The Natal Authority chart". This table is an attempt to
quantify the authority of the nine planets over twelve houses due to various portfolios (of
varying caliber) acquired by them in relation to these houses. The more authority a planet
has got to influence a house, the more it will deliver to the house from its natal promises, at
appropriate moments. The figures in this table shows the sum of calibrated authority
obtained through various portfolios by a planet over a house. Almost all major and minor
factors (approx. 13 in total), mentioned in Jyotish classics, in proportionate ratios of their
importance, have been taken into consideration to calibrate this authority index to gauge
the planet's overall direct and indirect influences on the Houses. The concept of this table
emerges from the fact that a planet is capable of bestowing certain benefic and malefic
results, at appropriate moments during the native's life. But a planet influences several
houses in a horoscope simultaneously. Will it deliver the same quantum of its natal
promises (whether 'Good' or 'Bad') to all the houses under its influence? The answer is
emphatically 'NO'. This table tries to quantify these benefic or malefic results.
He has developed very comprehensive software on "Sarvatobhadra-chakra", which is the
only one of it's kind till date on this highly complicated Swara-shastra based subject. The
"Sarvatobhadra-chakra" has always been shrouded in mystery due its complexity. Most of
the astrology softwares do not dare to touch this subject at all. A few have though tried to
incorporate the very basic calculations and vedhas of SarvatobhadraChakra. Shyam's
software have complete calculations, with all applicable parameters, as told in ancient
Jyotish text "Narapatijayacharya". Further, he has also programmed the "argha-kaand"
section (the business astrology section) of SarvatobhadrChakra in it's entirety which is
highly helpful for his team in making astonishing forecasts about future behaviour of
various markets (stocks, commodities, metals, foreign exchange etc).
The mysterious "Panch-pakshi Shastra" is a unique system of Vedic astrology, propounded
by ancient Tamil Sidha Saints thousands of years ago, which has been considered a
golden key in the hands of man which can be used with advantage in any endeavour and in
any walk of life. Shyam has written a software which can provide all vital information in a
single table to the user on daily basis.
He has designed one of the most elaborate "Astral Gem Recommendation" report,
providing complete logic with comparative astrological beneficence of various planets in a
horoscope. His work prompted Mr. R. Rao (A well known astrologer and owner of a big
astrology portal) to comment that: "This is the most comprehensive Gemstone
Recommendation Report that I have come across! Excellent work. Congratulations. You
have a knack for drilling down the pile of information, making scientific analysis and
reaching a fine conclusion. I am happy that you have chosen the "Anukul" method, which is
also recommended by me. The report is highly recommended. I will have no hesitation in
scrapping my own report and replacing with yours."

He is poised to make new grounds in various areas of Vedic Astrology. He has got recognition as a
"pioneer" and has received accolades from eminent Jyotish scholars. Shyam's customized
astrology softwares, "Vjyotish-exl" and "Stock-Compass", still remains the best-seller. They have
been acclaimed to be the best of their kind by renowned astrologers across the world. To know
more about his innovative work, please read "What was innovative" .

Specialization

Shyam's specialty lies in the timing of events and birth-chart analysis using Ashtakvarga,
Vimshottari dashas and Divisional charts. He has also developed some special "quantification
techniques" for reaching to the ultimate net-result for the given birth-chart concerning career and
occupation related subtle issues. Details about many of his other innovative reports may be found
on "Products and Services" page.
He also specializes in Financial astrology (predicting about Stock markets, commodity markets and
Forex markets etc.). He is well versed with all tenets of Indian Astrology though he gives special
significance to the Ashtakvarga system of Vedic Jyotish. Shyam owes his knowledge to the
blessings of the Almighty. Click here to know more about his specializations ..

Goals

Shyam feels embarrassed and disappointed by the stigma (of being a superstition) imposed on
astrology in the last century. He is thoroughly convinced that Vedic astrology is a great subject. But
it has been corrupted in the last few hundred years. He is determined to contribute to the
restoration of pristine glory of ancient Vedic Jyotish. He is convinced that a day will come when
Vedic astrology is taught at several universities. One of his goals in life is to promote scientific
temper among astrologers.

Belief

Shyam honestly admits that astrology can never change your destiny but only can provide
tendencies about life. It is just a Road Sign that warns about the forthcoming dangers, and it lies up
to the concerned person to notice it and have a smooth ride, or totally ignore it to go with the flow.
He believes that at the right time, the right code of conduct and the right method to perform a task
always aid success whether in a career, business, marriage or even life. He firmly believe in the
Indian tenets, which say that the actions of our past lives determine the present and on the whole
the events in our life are predetermined by the combination of stellar positions at the time of our
conception, birth and then at the time of the happening.
He feels that Astrology should be used as a self management tool to achieve the vast potential
every human being possesses. He is a firm believer of the fact that "Astrology Is a Guiding Science
to a Wise Man and a Fooling Science to an Ignorant".

Achievements and honours

His gentle and unassuming manner and his lifetime of study have endeared him to many. Several
social and astrological organizations have considered him a treasure of knowledge and wisdom in
the great science and art of Vedic Astrology, and conferred upon him the honours from time to time.

Articles published and mention in print or visual media

Shyam's paper on proper timing for conceiving, based on Ashtakvarga system, titled - "The Art of
Conceiving" was taken up for publishing by "Asian Journal of Obs & Gynae" and was published in
it's September-November 1998 issue.

Some of the initial successes which kept him going

Amongst his most famous and bold predictions was not about a person. It was about the
behaviour of Indian Stock market between December 1996 and March 1997. He sent an
open letter to more than 8,000 fund managers, portfolio managers, stockbrokers etc, all
over India, in November 1996. Therein also was a set of predictions pertaining to the
movement of leading pivotals on the stock market. The actual happenings, thereafter, were
recorded very carefully, in chronological order. Even, the leading financial daily- "Business
Standard" carried a large article on him.
Shyam got the first confirmatory whiff of his method's success in Sept.'96 when Dr. Pushkar
Mohan Naithani, Director of "Omni Jyotish Shodh Sansthan", Kotdwara (Uttaranchal, India);
recognized the immense utility of his work and was instrumental in validating the date-wise
reports of Bajaj Auto Ltd. (an automobile giant), prepared for the past 10 years (1986 to
1996), by none other than its Chairman, Mr. Rahul Bajaj, himself. Mr. Naithani went to Pune
and had a personal long meeting with Mr. Bajaj. This meeting took place in the first week of
Sept.'96 at Mr.Bajaj's residence and Mr. Bajaj confirmed, after verifying the old company
records, brought to his home by his aides, the correctness of 69 dates, out of 74 dates
given by Shyam for verification, during past 10 years in the history of the company. Though,
it is another story that Shyam could never get credit for this report and the report was
presented as Mr. Naithani's own work. Mr. Naithani was rewarded by Mr. Rahul Bajaj
through selecting him as one of the two Indian delegates to a Astrology Conference in
Singapore. Mr. Bajaj was one of the member in Human Resources Ministry in 1996.
Around the same time (mid-1996), famous tantrik Chandra Swami was denied bail by the
Courts several times. One of his disciple, a high ranking Income Tax Officer from Delhi,
contacted Dr. Naithani for guidance in this matter. Chandra Swami's detailed daily transit
report based on Shyam's predictive model was got prepared by Dr. Naithani and using this
report he predicted to that officer that Swami ji will be able to come out between 9th Nov. &
21st Nov.1996 hence a bail application should be moved during that time. The advise was
followed and Swami ji came out of jail on or around 18th Nov.'96.
All of these incidents were highly necessary for Shyam to develop a deep sense of confidence in
his own work.
It kept him going to discover new skies in the future.

Associations

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Current Developments and New Products

He is currently developing Artificial Intelligence for giving interpretations on the birth charts of
individuals based on the ancient Indian astrological classics. He is deeply involved in further
researches in the areas of Career, Finance, Marriage, compatibility issues and Mundane astrology
(specially the business-astrology).
He is actively engaged in financial astrology and has done some innovative work on identifying the
intra-day, short-term and midterm "turning points" of stock markets as well as the commodity
markets. Currently, he is engaged in developing an intricate astrological model for predicting the
intraday turning points of various markets.
He has developed several other new astrology products. Whatever new products he has brought to
the marketing shelf during last few years, have become trailblazers mainly because of Shyam's
firm commitment to innovation. He is guided by the philosophy of remaining far ahead of the times.
Click here for details about all of his products.

Consultation and Services offered

Testimonials

Though Shyam prefer to focus on the study and programming and most of his time is spent in
researching and writing the program codes for complex astrological concepts, still he allow some
time for the reading of horoscopes, on the friendly persuasion of many such people, who derived
immense benefit from his knowledge & expertise. He do readings to keep him sharp in the
practice of astrology and to serve those others who wish to benefit, if only slightly, from the grand
science of astrology. He launched this website in July 2002, to reach out to the global community at
large. He is available for selected paid consultations, which is usually done over the internet (email) or telephone. For local clients or where there is a requirement, he is also available in person
for face-to-face consultation. To book an appointment, or for further details - click on "Personal
Consultancy" or alternatively, send an email to:
He has developed his own style and expertise with a modern
concept in astrological predictions; through study of thousands of horoscopes during the past 24
years (since 1987). He gives much importance to Ashtakvarga. He feels that Ashtakvarga should
be studied in detail invariably before arriving at any astrological conclusion. An expert in the Vedic
astrology , Shyam employs his vast real life experience with the tenets of Parashari to give some
amazingly accurate results. He has established a sort of brand loyalty for his accuracy of
astrological predictions made possible by his proprietary technology - "The Vjyotish Index" and
"The Natal Authority Index". For his predictions, he utilizes his knowledge and expertise of
astrology to predict precisely and to help identify and achieve objectives; to recognize the
unexpected opportunities and obstacles that one may encounter.
Shyam is an internationally acclaimed Vedic astrologer today.
He does natal chart analysis, career guidance, natal astrology
with guide posts for the year ahead, compatibility analysis of
prospective or existing partners for business or love, selection
of phonetically correct name for self or business etc. Details
about all of his services may be found on "Products and
Services" page. He is also offering his services online.

"Your approach and

clarity of thought is
refreshing and inspiring.
Your predictive
technique serves to
draw away the veil of
ambiguity, which is so
prevalent with most
other practitioners of
this science." ....
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Miscellaneous

Shyam manages two internet discussion lists called Vjyotish and Stock Compass. Both these
lists have over 1000 members each (as on December 2005) and some of the members are
distinguished scholars of Vedic astrology. He contributes much of his spare time towards teaching
and guiding those who want to learn this divine science.

Shyam dedicates his work to the great Indian heritage of mystique sciences and hope it will be
able to contribute to the efforts of well meaning educated persons, trying to save these sciences
from going into oblivion.
Don't let the sight of the heights you reached
Make you dizzy - you'll fall then
Don't let the sight of the heights to be reached
Make you scared - you'll fall then