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Lal Kitab Ke Farman (1940)

ILM SAMUDRIK KEE LAL KITAB KE ARMAAN (The "Aspirations" of Lal Kitab)

Authored By: Pandit Roop Chand Joshi (Anonymously)

Year of Publication: 1940

Printed by: Jahaazee Press, Lahore (Now in Pakistan)

Language: Urdu

Number of copies printed: 1000

Price : One Rupee 10 Annas

(Was) Available from: Calcutta Photo House, Dharamsala and Hall Bazaar,

Amritsar

Published by: Sharma, Girdhari Lal (Pandit Roop Chand¡¦s cousin)

Qatib: (Calligrapher) Pt Atma Ram Sharma

Published from : (Pandit Roop Chand¡¦s native village)

Pharwala, P O NoorMahal, Distt Jullunder, Punjab

This is the Second published volume of Lal Kitab and is perhaps the 

rarest of all the volumes.

This is written as a companion volume to the 1939 "Farmaan" edition. 

The readers are clearly warned that without the 1939 edition, reading this

volume may prove to be very confusing.

While the first volume emphasizes palmistry and some Samudrik Shastra, 

this book emphasizes astrology. The basics of a horoscope and Lal Kitab

astrology are introduced. By reading the two books together, one can 

start to see the close relationship between one's palm and one's horoscope. 

There are numerous corrections and amplifications to the first volume through

this compilation. Page and line numbers from the first volume are

constantly referred to.

Pandit Roop Chand wanted to include both, palmistry and astrology in 

one

volume and he had set a personal deadline to finish and publish the 

first

volume in 1939. For personal reasons, he could not include Lal Kitab 

based

astrology in the first volume. So he presented the Farmaans (edicts) in 

the

first volume and then the Armaans (aspirations) in the second volume

(1940.)

Each major topic has been presented as an "Armaan." Just like the first

volume, there are exactly one hundred and eighty one (181) armaans

(Chapters) in this volume. Very few remedial measures are given. 

Effects of all nine planets in each house are described in brief. Effects of two 

or more planets in a house are also described. Numerous unique concepts

specific to Lal Kitab such as "masnoohee" or artificial planets, baalig 

or nabaalig (the "adult" and "minor" conditions of a planet), Lal Kitab

Chandra Kundali etc. are introduced. Varsh Phal (Annual progressed 

chart)is mentioned but not too many details are given. However, various

illustrative tables are shown so that the practicing astrologer can

determine the strength and nature of a planet before starting the 

actual predictive process. This particular part has not been repeated or 

amplified in any of the later volumes. It would be a boon to serious Lal Kitab

students to study this portion of analytical methodology.

A couple of pages from this rare book are reproduced here.