ASTRO BLOG

EYE ON THE SKY: NEPTUNE STATIONARY DIRECT ON NOV. 22TH Planets that are stationary are very powerful and exert much more force a few weeks before and after around their station.  Neptune will have that impact the week of Nov. 20 and through Thanksgiving. It is going stationary around  17.23 degrees Aquarius in the sidereal […]

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: SECRETS OF RETROGRADE PLANETS I frequently get questions about retrograde planets and they are often misunderstood because everyone always thinks of Mercury retrograde as being universally bad and that is not true for everyone.  (Mercury will go retrograde Dec. 3rd by the way so get your ducks in a row. )  It

Indian Time Cycles and Market Forecasting: Cosmic Timing for Pinning Down Those Illusive Cycles by Barry William Rosen It is a little known fact that W. D. Gann went to India and studied Indian Sidereal Astrology. In his notebooks we find sketches of astrological symbols on his charts; and in his memoirs, he discusses his

SECRETS OF THE 7TH HOUSE: With Jupiter and Venus in Libra now its time for some natural wisdom about relationships and the 7th house.    The 7th house is not always about marriage but also business partnerships and committed romantic relationships. When the love is deep enough, marriage often moves to the 12th house of

EYE ON THE SKY: MARS SQUARE PLUTO NOV. 19TH Mars moves toward a  90 degree exact square  with Pluto on Nov. 19th  and is particularly potent within two degrees, Nov. 16-22nd.  In mythology Pluto, the god of the underworld was also called Hades which means “invisible” or “to make invisible”. Modern psychology connects Pluto and Scorpio

EYE ON THE SKY: FOCUS ON SATURN/MOON Saturn is still in the early degrees of Sagittarius and is not out of Aries navamsha in the D-9 until Nov. 27th.  So our fear/depression/anxiety watch is still up.  New moon this weekend in Scorpio could bring up emotional grunge and depression and is aspected by Rahu on

HIDDEN FLAWS BY RISING SIGN: THE ACHILLES HEEL   There are  inherent flaws or Achilles heels for certain rising signs based on the houses which it owns.  The more complex rising signs that are owned by Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn have Achilles heels or life-long issues. These are Gemini, Virgo (Mercury), Capricorn and Aquarius (owned

Hidden Flaws By Rising Sign: The Achilles Heel Our rising sign, which is called the Lagna in Vedic astrology, represents our personality, our temperament, disposition, tendencies, confidence, self-love and self-esteem and its afflictions reveal our inherent internal struggles. If the owner of the rising sign is strong and well-placed in his own or exalted sign

EYE ON THE SKY: SUN IN SCORPIO NOV. 16-DEC. 15 The Sun moves into Scorpio on Thursday  and ends its difficult month in Libra.  The transition period from 29.20-0.40  Libra/Scorpio on Wednesday and Thursday can be an inauspicious time for starting new things and may create agitation during the transition.   Scorpio is the natural

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