ASTRO BLOG

The explosions in New York and new terrorism unfortunately remind us of the dark side of Mars in Mula Nakshatra. The US is a Sagittarius rising country and this transit is stirring up violence in America. We had mentioned below that 9/11 had occurred with Mars and Ketu in this part of the zodiac. We […]

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.

There are a number of intense transits and aspects this week and it is a week to be patient, not stretch beyond your capacity or schedule really important meetings or events.  You can plow through it all but it will be easier after Sept. 22nd.  And its not just because of Mercury retrograde. Sun is

ROCKY RELATIONS ON THE PLAY OF THE PLANETS: THE COSMIC DANCE Mercury retrogrades into Leo on Sept. 10th and breaks up its support of the debilitated Venus in Virgo and breaks the Saraswati Yoga that we had in Virgo which had Venus, Mercury and Jupiter in Virgo together.  While Jupiter pulls up Venus a bit,

Kala Sarpa yoga is  when Rahu and Ketu contain all the planets between them inclusively in the zodiac but a single planet going out of the axis, negates it.   So between Sunday and Christmas, all the planets are hemmed in between Rahu in Leo and Ketu in Aquarius.  When  the Sun crosses Rahu on Sunday,

  We should not use astrology to  prevent us from acting and moving forward with our lives but we can use astrological forecast to see the puppet masters strings that are tugging at our emotions and psychology to get beyond. If we understand what is happening in the stars, it may allow us to get

Eclipses are trigger points and will have an impact strongly over the next two weeks through the Sept. 16 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse.   The greatest impact of an eclipse will be when Sun conjuncts Rahu into Sunday  Sept 4th and the impact is there strongly through Sept. 7th.  Have to deal with depression, low confidence levels

A solar eclipse is occurring over Africa and Western Australia while we are sleeping at night here in America. Still eclipses are intense and their impact may have ramifications for even up to 6 months after they occur. This eclipse is at 15 Leo so if you have planets in Leo or near that area,

As a Vedic astrologer, I strive to find ways to report the positive side of emotional and psychological storms that are going to be active. The purpose of this column is to give us the awareness of what is happening so that we are not as gripped by our emotions and mind and seeing the