Chakrapani -- Vedic Astrology

Chakrapani is a Vedic Astrologer from Kerala, South India. He was born into a traditional Hindu family of astrologers where the practice of Astrology has been passed from father to son for many generations. Chakrapani began to receive training from his father while still a young boy. In Chakrapani's village, as well as in much of rural India, astrological principals were a part of the customs and rituals of village life; education in the subject was as much a way of life as a focus of study. Thus Chakrapani, like many before him, learned Astrology both as a science involving mathematics and the application of numerous laws and principles, as well as a style of thinking which holds tantamount the premise that all life is sacred and connected to an organic whole. From his youth, Chakrapani had a deep interest in spiritual life, and desire for greater experience and understanding led him to seek out many saints and sages in India. Thus began a long association with both unknown sadhus as well as many of the most revered spiritual leaders of our time. Chakrapani earned a degree in business studies and law and traveled widely in his capacity as a financial and legal advisor to the companies he represented. In 1979, he was invited by Swami Muktananda to come to America as an astrological consultant. By 1982, Chakrapani had established his own consulting practice where he has continued for the last 25 years. Chakrapani´s many years in America, and his extensive travels in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere have given him ample opportunity to study how astrological principles are expressed differently in various different cultures. He has become an expert in integrating the astrological principles of Vedic Astrology into the cultural mores of America and other western cultures, a somewhat daunting prospect for an astrologer visiting from the East.