ASTRO BLOG

EYE ON THE SKY: SATURN IN TRANSITION Saturn is still weak in transit until early November but is real not out of a vulnerable place until Thanksgiving.   We are going to have master fear of the future or be miserable . The mind cannot have an emotion on an abstract level so it attaches to […]

The Fifth House: Finding Your Passion Through Self-Expression        Vedic astrologers traditionally discuss children, sports, investments and romance and mantras when discussing the 5th house –and these are of course true but they miss out on the deep essence of this house which is considered the most important house in the chart. What is the secret

EYE ON THE SKY: VENUS IN VIRGO Venus transits into Virgo on Monday, Oct. 9th-Nov 2 and it a low point of the year for Venus and a time for her to rest and meditate.  Technically it is debilitated here but that just means that it has to work 3 times as hard to get

EYE ON SPIRITUAL ASTROLOGY: THE ASTROLOGY OF MOKSHA OR ENLIGHTENMENT Many of us that are attracted to astrology are also attracted to moksha or getting off the wheel of karma and getting enlightened. My first question in 1985 to Chakrapani Ullal during my first reading was whether I would get enlightened. I have always had

EYE ON THE SKY: MARS/SATURN MUTUAL SQUARE–OCT 11TH Mars continues in Leo and moves toward an exact mutual square (90/270 degree) with Saturn in Scorpio into Oct. 11th.  The impact of this transit will be felt from now until Oct. 15th.  Saturn is weak in transit  also and being at the end of a sign

EYE ON THE SKY: MARS/VENUS The big event to the week is the Venus/Mars planetary war and conjunction on Oct 5th at 12:53 pm Eastern time.   The last time we had Mars/Venus conjunct in Leo was Nov 2, 2015 and it has not happened in Leo before that for many years but happens every 2

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: SECRETS OF THE 4TH HOUSE The 4th house is a generally discussed in terms of home and mother but in the Vedic trilogy of house groupings, it is a Moksha or liberation house and connected to the more difficult 8th and 12th house.  In fact it is a more troubling place than

EYE ON SPIRITUAL ASTROLOGY: THE VIMSHAMSHA (D-20) AND THE BLOCKS TO SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE I have been teaching a class on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Chapter 1 and thinking deeply about some of  his guidelines around blocks to spiritual practice and then seeing how it can show up and be diagnosed in the natal chart.  There is

EYE ON THE SKY: FOCUS ON MARS Its Tuesday, ruled by Mars and Mars is within 5 degrees of a mutual square with Saturn in Scorpio, a sign ruled by Mars.  Mars is also moving toward a planetary war with Venus into Thursday/Friday and will be losing the war and we wrote about this earlier

EYE ON THE SKY: SATURN  IN TRANSITION Part of the intensity of our life and in the world is connected to Saturn at the end of Scorpio aspected by Rahu.    Later in the month it gets more intense Oct 16-26 as Saturn enters the most critical area of the zodiac on Oct 16   which is