During the 9th century and 12th century A.D., there was a huge migration of Hindu Aryas from Gaur and Kamrupa regions of Eastern India due to frequent attacks from foreign invaders. These people, particularly Brahmins traveling towards the west settled in the plains of undivided Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. The knowledge presented in the Lal Kitab is nothing but the same knowledge which was preserved by the astrologers of Gaur for centuries through Guru-Shishya tradition.

As the above areas were not much under foreign influence, their astrology was not influenced by any other school of astrology. So this school of astrology came to be named as Lal Kitab astrology. Lal Kitab was presented to late Girdharilal Goswami in 1966 by Major Verma who was posted in the Ministry of Home Affairs. In 1983, Lal Kitab was suddenly in the news when an astrological magazine, ‘Fate and Fortune’ published Lal Kitab’s remedies in one of its issues.

Soon the market was flooded with Lal Kitab’s, but none of the author’s mentioned the original source. Some transcontinental astrologers have also linked its origin to the Arab Muslim world. Lal Kitab is replete with Vedic/Sanatam references namely the Gayatri mantra, Ganga, Gods etc, which rules out its Arab origins. Muslim world. Lal Kitab is replete with Vedic/Sanatam references namely the Gayatri mantra, Ganga, Gods etc, which rules out its Arab origins. Most believe that the actual author of Lal Kitab was Pandit Roop Chand Joshi from Pharwala in United Punjab.

Panditji was an accountant in the Royal Indian Army during British rule. He received some old manuscripts from one of his colleagues who often ventured into Palmistry, and predictions made by the amateur palmist of his seniors were meticulously right. The soldier was encouraged by his seniors to record his knowledge on paper. The soldier requested Roop Chand Joshi to translate his acquired knowledge in black and white. Thus, the foundation of a great book was laid, the maiden issue was titled as ‘Lal Kitab ke Farman’’ (1939).

Later seceral issues were brought out by Roop Chand Joshi, ‘’Lal Kitab Gutka and in 1952 the final work of Roop Chand Joshi was published in the name of Lal Kitab. The Lal Kitab is very much based on the articles, relations, business, profession and other miscellaneous things related to the planets which change according to the houses of the chart. All the living things have been divided by Lal Kitab under nine segments, such as brass (Sun), silver (Moon), soil (Venus), gold (Jupiter), iron ( Saturn), elder daughter (Mercury). Some people take the Lal Kitab remedies easy and do not follow them in letter and spirit. Some people have an apprehension that Lal Kitab is not a part of Vedic astrology, which is totally wrong. As Lal Kitab was written in five parts between 1939 to 1952, some predictions have been made in the then contemporary frame of mind.

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