Synopsis Tricks, astrological tricks of predictions, is what you must try.  Over a period of time evolve your own tricks as your astrological experience with different predictive techniques grows.  Risks is what an astrologer must keen taking not to stagnate.  A discovery is hazardous in the beginning and after its success looks like a great romance with ideas. E very successful astrologer takes risks in predicting because life is ever changing and challenging.  Many of the modern problems are totally new and in the changed circumstances of our life, will remain unanswered if we did not evolve new methods of dealing with them.  To claim to have understood all this astrologically is wrong.  Not to take risks, with sound astrological technique, is to deny oneself astrological self development.  So risks must be taken as has been shown in this book.  These risks work is what stands proven now.  The essence of Hindu astrology is its predictive brilliance with manifold techniques.  Eighteen rishis who gave us jyotisha and many more, whose name is less known, have contributed to the richest repertoire of predictive techniques of Hindu astrology.  From time to time, all over India I came across astrologers who used some of these techniques which are hinted at only in some books but not elaborated.  I tried them, modified or added to them sometimes from my one experience.