ASTRO BLOG

EYE ON THE SKY: SATURN RETROGRADE  — MAY 23-OCT 10, 2021 Saturn starts slowing down about 8 days before it goes retrograde and has a stronger influence as it gets ready to go stationary/retrograde on May 23rd.  You may start feeling its intensity this week.  Saturn is often misunderstood. If you have a strong Saturn […]

EYE ON THE SKY: VENUS IN TAURUS: MAY 4-28TH   Venus will be very strong in the sky in Taurus for a month and afflicted by only Rahu in Taurus  toward the middle of the transit with the exact conjunction May 18th in the Mean Node system.  If you are Taurus or Libra rising or

MARS IN ARDRA (GEMINI 6.40-20.00)   Mars transited into the constellation of Ardra which is located at Gemini 6.20-20.00 on  April 24th and stays there until May 15th.  Western astronomers connect it with the constellation of Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion, and Sirius, the Dog star. Ardra is one of the more difficult constellations

Secrets of the 3rd House: Primal Energies The third house is connected to the reptilian brain that governs our core sexual drives and aggressive impulses in the primal mind. The natural third sign of the zodiac is Gemini, which in Sanskrit comes out as Mithuna, which means copulation. The third house is a very creative

Vedic astrologers usually lump the third house into younger siblings, artistic expression, and communication, but it has deeper spiritual and psychological depths that are not discussed enough. John Frawley writes of the 3rd house: “Of all the houses of the astrological chart, it is probably the third house that arouses the least interest. In most

  Mercury goes into Taurus April 30-May 25 Venus goes into Taurus May 4-May 28 Sun goes into Taurus May 14-June 14 Rahu in Taurus until March 16, 2022 (True-node) The Shakti of Taurus is it gives the power to bring wealth, social success, prosperity, and enjoyment. For Vedic theology lovers, it is connected to

EYE ON THE SKY: MARS/MERCURY EXCHANGE OF SIGNS Once in a while we get what Western Astrologers call a mutual reception or exchange of signs and in Vedic astrology it is know as a Parivatartana Yoga (abbreviated PVY).  It can be very powerful and it allows a connection and association between the signs involved and

New Moon New Years  Chart for USA & UK by Paul Barker. Editor’s note: Paul Barker is a member of BAVA and c0-moderator for Jyotish Currents on Facebook and has studied with Sanjay Rath for many years. This is his assessment. The following is a series of speculative predictions based on the Chaitra Sukla charts

THE YEAR OF PLAVA  2021-22 The New Year in Vedic Astrology Starts April 11,  2021 The Year of Plava starts on Sunday night.   In Sanskrit Plava could be translated as pelican or a bird or animal  that moves across the waters.  It also literally means drowning.    Shoba Mohan, a member of ACVA,  notes that,it

SUN IN ARIES: APRIL 13 – MAY 14 Sun enters Aries: April 13th Sun moves into Aries, April 13th and is weak into Monday/Wednesday April 12-14.   It has to go through the difficult knotted area from 29.20-29.59 Pisces into the early area of Arties 0-40 degrees Aries know as the gandanta. Sun is exactly