An Astrologer’s Day   study guide

1. According to the narrator, how does the astrologer’s appearance help him attract customers?

2. Describe the astrologer’s place of business.

3. Summarize the agreement the astrologer and the stranger make. What does the astrologer try t do after making the agreement?

4. What does the astrologer tell the stranger about his past? What advise does he give him about his future?

5. What does the astrologer finally reveal to his wife about his past?

Interpret
6. In your opinion, what service does the astrologer actually perform for his customers?

7. Compare the life of the astrologer expected to live with the one he is actually living?

8. What details indicate that the astrologer is afraid of the stranger? What causes this fear?

9. Why does the astrologer know so much about the stranger’s past? Why does he give him this particular advise about the future?

10. Do you think the astrologer feels remorse about the incident he reveals to his wife?

Evaluate and Connect

11. In your opinion, what is ironic about Guru Nayak’s meeting with the astrologer?

12. You may have heard the expression, “The past has a way of coming back to haunt you.” How does that expression apply to this story? To what real-life experiences might the expression be applied?

13. In your opinion, why do people seek advise about the future? From whom do people  today seek such advise?