I am truly happy to learn the Council of Vedic Astrology has resumed its certification of Vedic astrologers. This good news comes at a time when the need for identifying competence and, more importantly, conscientiousness in the Vedic astrology community has never been felt more strongly.
As the premier and most respected body of astrologers engaged in the proper propogation of Jyotisha or Vedic astrology in the United States of America, the Council ever since its inception in 1993 (then as the American Council of Vedic Astrology), has done yoeman service to the cause of this science in taking it to the educated public in the country and outside. This assumes unusual significance in the context of the fact that the role of astrology as a healing force in a world riven by strife and suffering is indisputable.
The certification program is to be welcomed for the rigorous standards involved in it will help bring out the cream of scholarship in Vedic astrology before astrology enthusiasts the world over. The American Council of Vedic Astrology, as the brainchild of the FATHER OF MODERN ASTROLOGY Dr.B.V.Raman, I believe will play a major role in creating awareness and respect for this ancient science in modern times.
I wish the Council all success in its work.
Gayatri Devi Vasudev