Value of an Astrologer - 2

Continued from the earlier post Value of an Astrologer

Many people have a habit of asking free suggestions from Astrologers. One of my clients used to call me whenever he needed my suggestions like fixing muhurtha for his activities, good time for meeting clients, reasons for his failures etc. He paid me single time consultation fees and uses me for his life time. It's a great deal for him.

One time Consultation Fees =  Life time free astrological guidance

Will anybody provide this kind of service anywhere in the world?

When I have asked for fees towards my services, he told that Astrologer should provide free consultations, as it is a divine science and it is wrong to ask fees.

I never argued with this person however I simply do not attend his calls. These kind of people should understand that, Astrologers too have expenses like electricity bills, kids school fees, house rent, property tax, water bills, telephone bills etc......

If these services were provided freely to an Astrologer, we can provide free consultation services as well.

The value of Real Astrologers got diminished in the modern days because of the wrong perceptions of some people and with the activities of fake astrologers/quacks. I will discuss about Fake astrologers in my next post.

  

Value of an Astrologer

Many decades or centuries back, Astrologers were the most valuable persons in the King's court. Astrologers used to sit on par with other ministers in the King's cabinet. The astrological guidance of Astrologers were followed by many kings. The greatest example is the court of King Vikramaditya. Varahamihira and Kalidasa were the great astrologers in his court.

Kings used to take care of the financial needs of Astrologers. They were provided with comfortable accommodation and good pay. Astrologers used to guide common people freely without any fees as they were taken care by the Kings. Common people rarely contact astrologers for Naming purpose or to know their Rasi and Nakshatra. 

As the time changed, Kings and their empires vanished. Astrologers came into public and started practicing their profession for their livelihood. The honour of Astrologers came down drastically by the decline of empires. 

Many VIP's and VVIP's are using the services of astrologers secretly. The great predictions were kept as secret. Due to modernization, the profession of astrologer lost its glory. 

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