Well we made it past an interesting Mars transit without too much trouble on a global scale! Hurray for us (for a change). The Transit Let me quickly describe the alignment yesterday. Mars was very influential because he was in an exaggerated state (being both retrograde & debilitated) and was affecting a lot of other [...]
Western astrology has one significant difference from Vedic astrology: it calculates the 12 zodiac signs without really paying reference to the actual locations of the zodiac areas in the sky. European astrologers preferred to calculate the positions of the signs based on the following simple formula: A circle has 360º There are 12 zodiac signs. [...]
I think it’s very important to clarify that astrology does not create your destiny, and planets do not have any independant ability to influence you in any way. Only you create your own destiny and only you can truly influence yourself. What is astrology then? It is a gift from nature and Godhead. The planets [...]
Is it true that moon in Pisces babies cry alot? Crying is a child’s form of communication, therefore it pertains more to Mercury than to the Moon. And the Ascendant Sign will set the context for everything. Also, the conditions in the 2nd house will describe speech. Also the house occupied by the 1st Lord [...]
Here are the chapter & section titles for the first few chapters of my book, along with the synopsis of each! If you know of potentially interested publishers, please forward to them / let me know! Astrology is Real??? Address the doubts about astrology being a valid and real science. # Fake Astrology How and [...]
Debilitated Mars? Does it make people harder to be angry at this time. Remember, when a mars is in Cancer, it’s debilitated. And Mars energy is firey and has to do with sex and anger. So when Mars is in a watery place like Cancer, does it make a person be less angrier?? Mars is [...]
There are 12 zodiac signs – constellation regions through which the planets move. Each one has it’s own unique traits. How do they get these traits? They get their traits primarily from the planet who owns them. In astrology signs are places in the heavens and planets are beings – people. Just like people own houses, [...]
In many ways, Venus is the most fascinating object in the sky, besides the Sun and Moon. For one thing, she gets brighter than any other star or planet, even Jupiter. And another fascinating thing is that she appears to disappear and reappear!!! For 9 months of the year you can see her in the [...]
Today we have an eclipse. These are always important phenomena in astrology because they represent victory of the forces of Chaos (the two eclipse nodes, Rahu and Ketu) over the forces of authority and stability (the Sun and Moon). As a result, eclipses open up windows for dramatic changes. Conservative or traditional cultures tend to, [...]
जपा कुसुम संकाशं कश्यपेयं महाद्युतिम् । तमोरिं सर्वपापघ्नं प्रणतोस्मि दिवकरम् ।। japaa kusuma sankaasham kashyapeyam mahaadutim tamorim sarva paapaghnam pranato’smi divakaram Shining like a yellow flower in midst of a lake; the great descendant of the primordial sage Kasyapa; the enemy of darkness and destroyer of ill karma; we respect you, the brilliant Sun. दधि [...]
