Venus goes stationary direct in Ashlesha, Cancer on Sept 4th, 2023, marking the completion of its retrograde (Rx) cycle. As it transits Ashlesha, goes thro’ the gandhanta point between Cancer-Leo & re-enters Magha nakshatra in Leo – Venus will be making a third pass thro’ this section of the sky within last 3months ensuring we...
This Full Moon (FM) in the month of Shravan, we have Moon in Aquarius, a sign ruled by Saturn & opposite Sun in Leo. Saturn has a tough relationship w/ both the Sun & Moon as depicted in the mythological tale of Surya (Sun), Sanjana & Chhaya – where Saturn as Surya’s son felt ignored....
I’m teaching a class at the Parashara’s conference on Retrograde & Combustion on Nov 19th, 2023. I am making this series on current retrograde & combustion cycles, so you’ll can get a sneak peek. For a discount code for the conference, use ‘Iyer’ – valid till Spet 1, 2023, Retrograde & combustion are both first...
Full Moon (FM) in Cancer spans across the starspaces of Pushya & Ashlesha. It will aid the energy of selfless nurturing of things that are dear to you – be it your pets, children, home, mother/parents, work, or a piece of art. But above all, it is time to nurture your own hearts. Pushya nakshatra...
Saturn is that part of us that is deeply aware of the limitations of this life, whether it is limitations of time, money, energy, resources, respect, other people, emotional connections or just love itself. The awareness of our limitations is what triggers pressure, misery, stress, worry and fear, albeit we blame Saturn for our own...
Sun in Capricorn (Cap) is where we structure (thro’ restrain & control) how we use our vital energies towards our higher vision. The way you go about it may be a direct product of your experiences that have caused you to conserve how you expend your valuable time & energy, worries from recent past, &...
This Full Moon (FM) is happening as the moon moves from Ardra to Punarvasu nakshatra in Gemini. Moon in Gemini is directly opposite Sun in Sagittarius harmonizing our need to believe in something with the faculty of questioning, discernment & discrimination. It is easy for the mind to just blindly believe in something w/o question....
Happy Solstice. In the northern hemisphere, we are celebrating the return of sun to the north, meaning the Sun ends its southern journey & starts moving northwards for the next six months. This is also called Uttarayana. That’s correct Uttarayan doesnot occur on Makara Sankranti (Sankranti = ingress of Sun into a zodiac sign) but...
Did you see the gorgeous Full Moon (FM) yet? Did you see the red star towards the bottom left of the Moon? – that’s planet Mars Rohini is the favorite nakshatra of the Chandra, the overlord of Moon. Chandra even got into a lot of trouble because of his favoritism to Rohini. But he couldn’t...
Purva Bhadrapada (PB) is a nakshatra that bridges Aquarius to Pisces. The exact degrees Full Moon (FM) lies in the Aquarius portion of PB. The energy is Aquarius is inclined towards service of all. PB, symbolized by the front legs of a death cot reminds us of the impermanence of the world, all its people...
