Astrology and Hare Krishna Devotees

Astrology and Hare Krishna Devotees Almost always, every astrologer you visit will tell you something different. I think the simple reason is that astrology is a broken science, there is no clear, authoritative śāstra on it, and there is no intact paramparā representing and illustrating that paramparā. Some “puṇḍits” will try to tell you that…

Avatāra and Planets

This is from BPHS (Bṛhat Parāśara Hora Śāstra)’s chapter, “Narration of Avataras,” ślokas 5-10 The basic idea is given at the end of śloka 8: सूर्यादिभ्यो ग्रहेभ्यश्च परमात्मांशनिः सृताः (sūryādibhyo grahebhyaś ca paramātmāṁśaniḥ sṛtāḥ). Incarnations appear in the world through the Paramātmā, which is also in the planets like the Sun and so on. That’s…

Krishna’s Birth Chart, According to Viśvanātha Ṭhākur

The Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is the Purāṇa most completely dedicated to Krishna. It doesn’t give a modern-style definition of the astrological conditions under which Śrī Krishna was born. It gives a more ancient description: The timing was auspicious. Beauty, peace and goodness was experienced everywhere. The constellation belonging to the one born without birth came into…

New Book

My newest book is now available in print and Kindle editions! To Dance in the Downpour of Devotion A Summary Study of Mādhurya Kādambinī Exactly following Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakur’sMadhurya Kadambini, this book provides an inspirational and practical guide to each step along the road from ignorance to bliss. It vividly and enticingly describes each…

Will the REAL Horoscope of Śrī Krishna Please Stand Up!?

Several opinions exist in popular circulation regarding the horoscope of Śrī Krishna. A few modern astrologer’s have their opinions. It appears, for example, that B.V. Raman suggests one horoscope, K.N. Rao another. My nature is not really to trust modern stuff that doesn’t firmly base itself on classical foundations – but even in the classical…

Astrological Caste System?

I just want to quickly say that you cannot declare what someone’s “varna” is by looking at their horoscope! Especially not by simply looking at the Nakshatra of their moon. If you want to get some idea of where they most likely are on the spectrum of various varnas, for the purpose of selecting an ideal career…

How Long is Kali Yuga? – Addendum

Yesterday I posted this thought regarding evidence that the yugas may be shorter than most of us suspect. The greatly esteemed scholar Dr. Satyanarayan Babaji sent me a comment which unequivocally corrects the doubt raised in that post. With his permission, his comment is: While commenting on the SB verse 1.4.14 Sri Jiva, Sri Visvanatha…

How Long is Kali Yuga?

I am still in the process of researching this significant question and have not come to a conclusion, but here is some evidence that, at least for now, seems to bear very significant weight in my mind. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.4.14 says that Vyasa began his work when the Second Age was on the verge of…

Is Kali Yuga 1,200 years long or 432,000? When is Kalki coming!?

Question:  Archaeology says modern humans have only been around for about 200 thousand years. Just one yuga is longer than this. Does it mean that all previous yugas were much shorter? it appears that they were even longer than kali yuga, which makes it impossible to fit in those 200000 years of human evoution span….

Ardra Naksatra: Siva destroys himself and becomes a goddess!

This is an excerpt from the draft chapter on Ardra, the sixth star of the Vedic sidereal zodiac, from my forthcoming book. Protector of the Divine Beauty of Rasa Residents of the holy city of Vṛṇdāvana is tell a sacred legend of Śiva as “Gopeśvara Mahādeva.” This tale beautifully illustrates how Ārdrā forms a wall…