Manik Chand Jain

Tags : vedic astrology, Zodiacal Symbology,

Categories : Vedic Astrology,

 Subtitled, Collected and co-related from the ancient scattered writings of many Greek & Roman authors. Rick Houck was a great fan of this book. In his introductory notes to this book, Jain cites many authors, among them, Stanford Cleveland, Robert Dean, Rona de Thyge, G.C. Nixon, Charles Jayne, Harriet Banes, Katherine Spencer, Frederic Van Norstrand, Cyril Fagan, Rupert Gleadow, Howard Hixon, William Tucker & Sepharial. The real source of this book is the unmentioned Isidore Kozminsky.

The Stars & Your Future, first published in 1973, is essentially a slight reworking of Kozminsky's Zodiacal Symbology & Its Planetary Power, first published in 1917. In his book, Kozminsky gives the planetary "ruler" of each degree, using the traditional names, including Uranus. In his re-write, Jain uses the same planets for the same degrees, with the exception of using "Herschel" for Uranus. Uranus was originally named Herschel, in honor of its discoverer, William Herschel (1781).

The use of "Herschel" as a name for the planet Uranus died out by 1900, Jain's resurrection is unexplained. Some examples chosen at random, Kozminsky to Jain