Barry Rosen

EYE ON ASTROLOGY:  KETU/SATURN LESSONS REVISIT With Saturn weak in the gandanta a 2  degrees Sagittarius and aspecting Ketu with a 60 degree aspect and within a few degrees, the intensity of this transit is heating up and deserves revisiting. This association can bring up emotional despair, melancholy, constriction, gloominess and selfishness. It can lead to […]

EYE ON THE SKY: VENUS IN THE CONSTELLATION OF REVATI Venus moved into her favorite constellation in the sky where she is exalted at 27 degrees but it will not reach there until May 27th.    The first pada   (Pisces 16.40-20.00) (May 16-19) which is owned by Jupiter which brings out its lucky, optimistic and

EYE ON THE SKY: RAHU TRINE MERCURY AND SATURN TRINE URANUS North Node (Rahu) Trine Mercury:  Peaking May 15-May 16th and impacting until May 18th  . On the positive side this relationship supports intuitive energies and foreign business and heightens intellectual thinking but it can create obsessive thinking and lead to unethical business practices so be careful

EYE ON ASTROLOGY:  SIGN and HOUSE POLARITIES  PART 1 I learn a great deal from Western astrologers and their psychological orientation and find that bringing their concepts into Vedic astrology is very helpful for understand basic archetypal impulses of the human psyche.  While the material below is basic, it is worthy of review with a Vedic

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: MAY 12-15TH The planets are setting up to tell us to rest this weekend.  Mars is weak in transit between 20-23.20 Taurus where it is debilitated in D-9 suggesting lower energy or time for spiritual activity or teaching or coaching if you are Aries or Scorpio rising. Saturn is weak in transit

EYE ON THE SKY: SUN IN THE CONSTELLATION OF KRITTIKA (ARIES 26.40-TAURUS 10) Sun transits into a new constellation of Krittika know by the West as the Pleiades on Thursday, May 11th  and stays there until May 24th.  Mars and Sun are friends with Sun in Aries and it promotes courage and leadership and is

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: TRANSITS AND PERIODS AND HOW TIMING WORKS There are always a lot of challenging things happening in the sky although this month is better than most and most of the heaviness for Gemini and Virgo will lift by May 12-13th as Mercury gets out the karmic drowning area known as the gandanta.

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: NEPTUNE SQUARE MARS We have written about the importance of the outer planets particularly when they are hitting a key natal planet within 2 degrees.  Today we have Neptune squaring Mars and it will be felt most by Aries and Scorpio rising and Taurus rising and particularly if you have planets within

EYE ON BEING:  THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING IN AN ANXIOUS WORLD I have personally been going through a lot of physical and emotional challenges and when I talk to my friends, I am hearing great distress also.  Many of us are  are really on the edge, emotionally and mentally the last few weeks despite

EYE ON ASTROLOGY:  DIG BALA AND MARANA KARAKA STHANA OR BEST AND WORST HOUSE PLACEMENT FOR PLANETS Certain planets do not do well in certain house  because their significations bring out their worse qualities and these placements can get ignored sometimes but they have a deep suffering quality and can bring out more karmic challenges