ASTRO BLOG

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 […]

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: HIDDEN FLAWS PART 2 PART 2: SECRET OF THE ELEMENTS The other rising signs have to deal with the tatvas or elements that become a problem and have an entirely different complexity.  (Special thanks to Sanjay Rath, Andrew Foss and Bill Levacy for spurring the thoughts that have lead to this article

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: SHINING LIGHT ON OUR HIDDEN FLAWS   Part 1 With Saturn weak in transit, it is creating more beating up of the Self but can be a time to rise to the occasion and work on becoming a better person.   The Sun in Aries is a bit strong now and can create

EYE ON THE SKY:  WHAT IS THERE TO BE AFRAID OF? Saturn is weak in transit this year and we will continue to write about it as it is important background noise that undermines our well-being.  The good news is that we still have a strong Venus to counter it and in fact into May

EYE ON THE SKY: FOCUS ON MERCURY Mercury went direct on May 3rd which is usually a huge relief  but it is doing so in the early degrees of Aries between 0-1 and will be there an unusually long time and does not even get out of this troubled zone until after May 9th.  Being

EYE ON THE SKY: FOCUS ON SATURN at WORK Saturn is still weak much of the rest of the year and its darker side comes up with a tendency to complain.  So often it is about work because Saturn governs work and it is such a larger part of our life.   The nature of

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: SATURN in EARLY SAGITTARIUS Saturn is unsettled in the first pada of Sagittarius, ruled by Aries until June 21th.  We have been writing about this one for a while and will continue to do so.  Saturn will creating restlessness  and desire for change.  But will the change help? Saturn will be anxious

EYE ON THE SKY: DEALING WITH FEAR Saturn is still weak in transit until June 20th and then not very happy in Scorpio either.   We will not be out of the fear and anxiety zone again until after Thanksgiving.    We are going to have master fear of the future or be miserable all

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: SHIFTING KARMA FOR A BETTER LIFE While traditionally mantras, pujas and homas and other remedies are used to placate planetary energies, there are problems with these in Kali Yuga. My own Vedic priest tells me that homas and pujas often need to be done three times to have an impact.  My own

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: UNDERSTANDING THE SCHOOL OF SATURN Saturn is beginning a difficult journey now until Thanksgiving a moves into the karmic knot located better know as the gandanta located between 3 degrees Sagittarius and 27 degrees Scorpio.   Between now and June 20th it is in the Aries section of Sagittarius  (0-3.20) where its darker