Although there are many spiritual yogas defined in the literature of Jyotish, in practice it is surprisingly difficult to find actual charts that meet those specifications. Take, for example, the three classic spiritual yogas defined in Mantreswaraâs Phaladeepika (6:28): When the lord of the Ascendant, the Sun and the Moon occupy an Angle or Trine […]
Jeffrey Dahmer: the Milwaukee Cannibal
Jeffrey Dahmer is a prime example of a conundrum in modern life â how something so disgusting can also be so fascinating⦠at least for students of crime, and astrology. Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed 17 men and boys over a period of 13 years, many of his murders […]
Kala Sarpa: everything you wanted to know but were...
“If the Sun and Moon would doubt,” poet William Blake once wrote, âthey would immediately go out.â As for me, there were times over the past 18 months when my own vision blurred, and I doubted whether I could write a book on Kala Sarpa that would do justice to its myth. But as it […]
Jian Ghomeshi: unrepentant teddy bear of love
In 2009 Jian Ghomeshi, then host of the CBCâs popular radio talk show Q was diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder. He began seeing a psychologist on a weekly basis to deal with a range of topics â feeling like an outsider because of his Iranian background, having trust issues, and just not feeling good […]
Webinar review: Kepler’s Astrology Research Team (
Interested in learning how to conduct astrological research? Set your agenda for the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. That’s when Kepler’s Astrological Research Team (ART) meets to discuss past studies, current best practices and future projects. The series, coordinated by Courtney Roberts and facilitated by Glenn “Mitch” Mitchell, seeks to provide potential researchers […]
Webinar review: Qualitative Research Methods for A...
Yesterday I âattendedâ a webinar offered by the Canaveral Research Center (home of the Kepler Conference) coordinated by Courtney Roberts and moderated by Glenn âMitchâ Mitchell. The workshop featured Dr. Will Morris who, as âguest lecturer,â has an extensive background in academic research methods, as well as a comprehensive acquaintance with the full spectrum of […]
John McCain: maverick with a heart
By all odds, John McCain should have died in Vietnam. His survival made him a legend worthy of what is truly great about America: demonstrating courage under fire, and acting with honesty and integrity in support of principles that transcend individual well-being for the sake of one’s country. His chart has several classic yogas. Sasha […]
Aretha Franklin: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
At first glance, there seems to be so little of significance in Aretha Franklinâs chart that weâre tempted to think, this canât be right. If she was the Queen of Soul, where are the signs of royalty, soul, and awesome voice? In fact, there are so few yogas in her chart that you can count […]
Vladimir Putin: the spy who came home with the gol...
When most astrologers look at Vladimir Putin’s chart and see Venus rising in Libra opposite Jupiter in the 7th house, they say, no, that can’t be right. In fact, I recently read an article in which an astrologer suggested at the outset that it was incongruous that such a configuration, with its implications of art, […]
Ted Bundy, criminal chameleon
The weird thing about Ted Bundy, people later reflected, was that he never looked the same from one photograph to another. Even in person, he had the ability to metamorphose, with a glance or a turn of his head, from someone of charming intelligence to one of cunning violence. Criminal investigators later attributed his chameleon-like […]