About the Author

K. N. Rao is an Indian Vedic astrologer. His full name is Kotamraju Narayana Rao, and he belongs to a Brahmin family from Andhra Pradesh. He was the second of four children born to K. R. Rao, an eminent journalist during India’s independence period.

His elder brother, Pratap Rao, served in the Foreign Service, while his younger brother, Vikram Rao, was the President of the All India Working Journalists Association. His youngest brother retired as a bank manager and later joined the prestigious quarterly Journal of Astrology.

K. N. Rao pursued higher education in English Literature and later joined the Indian Audit and Accounts Service. Before this, he worked as an English lecturer. He retired in 1990 as Director-General.