About Us

Astrologer Dr. Lakshmi Shankar Shukla was born in Varanasi, the holiest place in the world. By virtue of birth in the city, one lives astrological principals as part of daily customs and rituals, and education in astrology is as much a way of life as a focus of study.

Lakshmi Shankar Shukla comes from a traditional Hindu Brahmin family of astrologers in Varanasi, where the practice of astrology has been passed from generation to generation, and he was taught astrology in childhood by his grandfather, also a renowned astrologer. Dr. Shukla also holds a Post-Graduate Degree in Astrology (Jyotish) from the famed and prestigious Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi. Thus, Dr. Shukla comes from a tradition that understands astrology as both a mathematical science and one which applies numerous laws and principles of life. Astrology is also a style of thinking which holds paramount the premise that all life is sacred and connected to an organic whole.