Ostaro in the Press

Press Comments:
  " But one wonders; how is Ostaro different from the commercial gurus and soothsayers?"  "If you come to me for a reading, in less than five minutes I can prove to you that I know my job by telling you your past in detail." - Peter Noel, Amsterdam News, NYC.

He characterized himself as a cut-and-dried astrologer who told it like it was. ..." "I don't massage egos," he shrugged.  "This is serious work.  I have no time for nonsense."  -N.R. Kleinfield, NY Times.
Columnist, Editor, Publisher:
 Ostaro has written, edited and published Astronews (an Astrological Monthly) for more than six years.

He has contributed articles to the following magazines: Indie Slate, TV Game Show, The Amsterdam news (weekly) and Staatszeitung u. Herold (German weekly).

He has been featured in the following dailies: New York Times, New York Post, Associated Press, the New York Observer, NY Daily News (7 articles; he correctly forecast the winners of the 1986 World Series Baseball Games) and The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal:
Immigrant Saga
Indians in U.S. Prosper
In Their New Country,
And Not Just in Motels
    By James P. Sterba
    Ostaro, a Swami, astrologer and market
forecaster whose  uncanny World Series
predictions were marred only when the sixth
game lasted beyond midnight, thus confounding his prediction of a Saturday Red Sox victory.
The Mets won several minutes into Sunday.
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The New York Times
Seeing Dollar Signs In Searching the Stars
     By N. R. Kleinfield
     ‘I don’t Massage Egos’ He likes to point out
that he was once on a radio show and set a
record for the amount of calls that came in—22,300 (most of them got a busy signal instead
of Ostaro). He also gives “reliable” investment
advice and will even manage your  money.. He
said he did not approve of many contemporary astrologers. He characterized himself as cut-and-dried astrologer who told it like it was. ..
He shook his head. “I don’t  massage egos,” he shrugged. “This is serious work. I have no time for nonsense.”
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Daily News
How ‘bout some lucky stars for the W’burg?
    By Gail Collins
    ‘She advised him very badly, you know.
She really did,” says Ostaro, Hindu Astrologer.
Ostaro (“Reliable Business and Personal
consultations”; Radio and TV Personality”) is
sitting in his office, high above a discount
computer store, talking about Ronald Reagan
and Joan Quigley, the unofficial White House
Astrologer.
  “Now what is the angle? Wait! I know exactly what you want!” Ostaro says. “The Risks in
Following  Astrology Blindly! He took a very big chance, you know what I mean.”
   In the light of this revelation, this column has decided to perform a public service and end all the suspense for Brooklyn commuters and city engineers. We have commissioned a horoscope for the Williamsburg Bridge.
  “The bridge will prove to be disappointment."
says Ostaro, who is not only an astrologer but
also an up-and- coming actor, soon to be seen
in your  neighborhood theaters in “Laser Man.” (I play the Eurasian Guest.”).
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The New York Observer
Increasingly, They See a City of Psychics,
Astrologers, Palm Readers,
Fortune-Tellers
    By Ginger Danto
     “All facts! No lies” said Ostaro a slight man with a melodic voice and piercing eyes, who has a one room office in a commercial building on Herald Square. “The true psychic faculty comes partly from genes, partly from the environment and partly from the mental makeup of the person.” Ostaro said. While highly sensitive, perceptive people develop the faculty more easily, he said.
Ostaro in the Press
Excerpts:
The Wall Street Journal:
Immigrant Saga
Indians in U.S. Prosper
In Their New Country,
And Not Just in Motels
    By James P. Sterba
    Ostaro, a Swami, astrologer and market
forecaster whose  uncanny World Series
predictions were marred only when the sixth
game lasted beyond midnight, thus confounding his prediction of a Saturday Red Sox victory.
The Mets won several minutes into Sunday.
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The New York Times
Seeing Dollar Signs In Searching the Stars
     By N. R. Kleinfield
     ‘I don’t Massage Egos’ He likes to point out
that he was once on a radio show and set a
record for the amount of calls that came in—22,300 (most of them got a busy signal instead
of Ostaro). He also gives “reliable” investment
advice and will even manage your  money.. He
said he did not approve of many contemporary astrologers. He characterized himself as cut-and-dried astrologer who told it like it was. ..
He shook his head. “I don’t  massage egos,” he shrugged. “This is serious work. I have no time for nonsense.”
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Daily News
How ‘bout some lucky stars for the W’burg?
    By Gail Collins
    ‘She advised him very badly, you know.
She really did,” says Ostaro, Hindu Astrologer.
Ostaro (“Reliable Business and Personal
consultations”; Radio and TV Personality”) is
sitting in his office, high above a discount
computer store, talking about Ronald Reagan
and Joan Quigley, the unofficial White House
Astrologer.
  “Now what is the angle? Wait! I know exactly what you want!” Ostaro says. “The Risks in
Following  Astrology Blindly! He took a very big chance, you know what I mean.”
   In the light of this revelation, this column has decided to perform a public service and end all the suspense for Brooklyn commuters and city engineers. We have commissioned a horoscope for the Williamsburg Bridge.
  “The bridge will prove to be disappointment."
says Ostaro, who is not only an astrologer but
also an up-and- coming actor, soon to be seen
in your  neighborhood theaters in “Laser Man.” (I play the Eurasian Guest.”).
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The New York Observer
Increasingly, They See a City of Psychics,
Astrologers, Palm Readers,
Fortune-Tellers
    By Ginger Danto
     “All facts! No lies” said Ostaro a slight man with a melodic voice and piercing eyes, who has a one room office in a commercial building on Herald Square. “The true psychic faculty comes partly from genes, partly from the environment and partly from the mental makeup of the person.” Ostaro said. While highly sensitive, perceptive people develop the faculty more easily, he said.
Daily News
Dial 646 for midtown?
Numbers ring mystic bells
    By Larry Sutton
    Ostaro, a Hindu astrologer, dabbles in numerology and predictions from his Fifth Ave. office.  He foresees 646 as "not such a good number" and 347 as "a better number."  He also prefers 212 to 718.
   And unlike local exchanges, which once carried nostalgic names such as BUtterfield 8 and MUrray Hill 7, Ostaro notes that area codes have always been nothing but numbers.

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