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...
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...
This new moon (NM) brings together the duality of fierceness & innocence. Gemini being a dual sign, represented by two opposite energies or twins reminds us of acknowledging this contrast in life. Ardra is the only nakshatra which is fully in Gemini, smack in the middle of the sign. Gemini gets many its qualities from...
The lull you are feeling for a few weeks – this time around you can blame on Saturn retrograde (SaR) instead of Mercury. Saturn is the slowest moving planet in our sky. So, when it turns retrograde, it slows down even further, goes almost stationary for a few weeks before it gains its regular momentum...
This Full Moon brings the energy of the starspace, Jyestha – translated as the elder one. To understand we are dealing with let’s ponder over the triple moon Goddess – maiden, mother & crone. Jyestha would be similar to the crone while Rohini, the nakshatra opposite Jyestha would be the maiden. Both Jyestha & Rohini...
Writing for this Solar Eclipse has required me to find new levels of inner strength as I move through waves of personal grief urging me to coil up in my solitude. But I recognize the healing potential in connecting with you albeit through the veil of this post; so here it is… The eclipse...
