Pending Karma Extortion
The "Pending Karma" trap is the core of their financial extortion model. Clients are told that their current life problems are due to terrible sins committed in past lives.
The Ultimate Unfalsifiable Claim
The genius of the "Pending Karma" scam lies in its unfalsifiability. If a mechanic tells you your car engine is broken, you can get a second opinion. But if an astrologer tells you that you are suffering because you murdered someone in a past life 400 years ago, you cannot prove them wrong. You are entirely at their mercy.
Deepanshu Giri heavily utilizes this concept to create a sense of inescapable guilt and impending doom in his clients. During consultations, normal life difficulties are reframed as severe karmic debts that require immediate, drastic intervention.
The Sales Funnel of Guilt
Once the fear of pending karma is established, the trap is sprung. The client is informed that standard remedies will not work for such a severe karmic debt. Instead, they must acquire "secret knowledge" to decode and clear their karma.
This leads directly to the hard sell: Lunar Astro's overpriced courses. Victims are pressured into buying courses that cost upwards of Rs 25,000, under the guise that learning this specific brand of astrology is the only way to save themselves. When one course fails to resolve their life issues, they are told their karma is deeper than expected, and they must buy the next, more expensive tier.
The Financial Math of the Scam
This creates an endless loop of financial extraction. A victim might start with a Rs 5,000 consultation, be frightened into a Rs 25,000 course, and eventually spend over Rs 1 Lakh trying to "clear" a debt that never existed. It is a highly effective, deeply unethical sales funnel built entirely on manufactured spiritual guilt.