Women astrologers are in Hyderabad

Stylish women astrologers armed with laptops have become a regular fixture in programmes organised by corporate houses in the city.

With the help of horoscopes and tarot cards, these women answer sundry questions of corporate employees and predict their future.

The profession of astrology seems to be the latest male bastion which women have invaded and conquered.

Corporates prefer women astrologers since they are more patient with their clients. You rarely get a brusque answer from a woman astrologer.

"I do not find it a difficult job," says Kaveri, an astrologer much in demand in corporate functions.

"All my clients are happy with the forecasts and remedial measures I suggest".

There are half a dozen women astrologers and tarot card readers in the city regularly frequenting annual functions and parties of corporate houses.

They get paid Rs 4,000 or more for a three-hour consultation. Most of their astrological data is stored in the laptop and the prediction is out at the click of the mouse.

"It is a new phenomenon," says senior astrologer J.U.B. Sastry, who has trained more than a dozen women astrologers so far. "All through the history we find only male astrologers."

The sudden interest in astrology among women is also evident from the admissions in the astrology course offered by Potti Sriramulu Telugu University. For the first time, 18 women have enrolled for the course.

"I do tarot reading and numerology too," says Anuradha Sharada, another woman astrologer. "We do our job better than men. I have both male and female clients."

Tuning into the new trend, the Parasara Institute of Astrological Studies and Research is now running a three-month astrology course for women.