Three questions worth asking anyone
"Which system do you work in?" There are several — Parashari, Krishnamurti Paddhati, Lal Kitab, Nadi, Western. A practitioner should name theirs without hesitation and be able to say why. Vagueness here usually means intuition dressed as tradition. Intuition is not worthless, but you should know which one you are buying.
"What is the total cost?" The full fee should be stated before you commit. The commonest pattern in this trade is a modest consultation fee followed by a remedy that costs many times more. If a price appears only after a reading has frightened you, that sequence was the product.
"What happens if my chart shows something bad?" Listen to the shape of the answer. A careful practitioner talks about timing, context and what genuinely helps. A predatory one talks about what you must buy to prevent it.
Warning signs
- Fear as an opening move. "There is a serious dosha, but it can be removed" — within the first few minutes, before your chart could plausibly have been studied.
- Guaranteed outcomes. Nobody can promise a marriage, a visa or a recovery. A guarantee is a sales instrument, not an astrological finding.
- Escalating remedies. One puja becomes three; a stone becomes a set. Genuine remedies are usually small, cheap and repeatable.
- Pressure to decide now. An auspicious window that expires this evening is a closing technique.
- Readings with no birth time. Some approaches legitimately work without one, but they should say which and why — not silently proceed.
- Medical or legal instructions. An astrologer who tells you to stop a treatment or skip a lawyer has left their field entirely. That is the point to end the conversation.
Good signs, which are quieter
They ask what you actually want to understand before reading anything. They explain their reasoning rather than only their conclusions. They are willing to say I do not know, or this chart does not show that clearly. They distinguish what is likely from what is certain. They state fees openly. And they sometimes tell you that you do not need a reading right now — which costs them a booking and is the single most reliable signal on this list.
Credentials, and what they are worth
Jyotish has no single regulating body in India. Titles are issued by many institutions of varying seriousness, and there is no register you can check. So credentials are weak evidence in either direction.
What is worth more: how long they have practised, whether they can explain their method to a beginner, whether their public writing shows actual reasoning, and whether people who consulted them years ago still speak well of them. Depth is hard to fake across a long conversation.
The fair test to apply to us
Everything above should apply here too. Fees are on the pricing page rather than quoted after a reading. The methods are named — classical Parashari and KP. The consultation process is written out in advance. And the free tools exist so you can see real output from your own chart before spending anything.
If any of that were not true, the guide you just read would be the strongest argument against booking here. That is deliberate.