As I explained in my initial post for this series, I’m conducting an experiment in visual display to help people appreciate the role of the nodes as proxy agents. The nodes act on behalf of planets (1) with which they’re associated, (2) by which they’re aspected, (3) whose sidereal sign they occupy, and (4) whose […]
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Nodal weather forecast: February 2019
February 1st, 2019 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
Tags: chaya graha·gochara·jyotish·ketu·lunar nodes·rahu·transits
Kala Sarpa: the astronomical rationale for “dosha”
February 1st, 2019 · 2 Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
At the core of the mystique surrounding Kala Sarpa is the existential question: is it a yoga, or is it a dosha? Does it promise success or threaten destruction? That question can only be answered via yoga vichara, the careful analysis of a configuration in order to determine its nature, its strength, and its ultimate […]
Tags: astronomy·combustion·dosha·kala sarpa·lunar phase·retrogression
Nodal weather forecast: January 2019
January 7th, 2019 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
This is an experiment in visual display to help people appreciate the role of the nodes as proxy agents. The nodes act on behalf of planets (1) with which they’re associated, (2) by which they’re aspected, (3) whose sidereal sign they occupy, and (4) whose nakshatra they occupy, in descending order of effect. Although assigning […]
Tags: ketu·moon's nodes·proxy·rahu·weather report
The Mathematics of Yogas, part 7: Spiritual Yogas
January 2nd, 2019 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
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 Mantreswara’s Phaladeepika (6:28): When the lord of the Ascendant, the Sun and the Moon occupy an Angle or Trine […]
Tags: ramakrishna·spiritual yogas·srikanta·srinatha·virinchi
Kala Sarpa: everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
November 30th, 2018 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Publication
“If the Sun and Moon would doubt,” poet William Blake once wrote, “they would immediately go out.” 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 […]
Tags: dosha·kala sarpa·yoga
Webinar review: Kepler’s Astrology Research Team (ART)
September 19th, 2018 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
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 […]
Tags: astrological research software·canaveral research center·control groups·fact-based astrology·statistics·the kepler conference
Webinar review: Qualitative Research Methods for Astrologers
September 9th, 2018 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
Yesterday I “attended” a webinar offered by the Canaveral Research Center (home of the Kepler Conference) coordinated by Courtney Roberts and moderated by Glenn “Mitch” Mitchell. The workshop featured Dr. Will Morris who, as “guest lecturer,” has an extensive background in academic research methods, as well as a comprehensive acquaintance with the full spectrum of […]
Tags: astrological research·canaveral research center·courtney roberts·david perkins·faith mcinerney·kepler conference·kyle pierce·russell ohlhausen·will morris
John McCain: maverick with a heart
September 7th, 2018 · No Comments · Astrology, celebrity, Instruction
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 […]
Tags: john mccain·neecha bhanga
Vladimir Putin: the spy who came home with the gold
July 18th, 2018 · 7 Comments · Astrology, celebrity, Instruction
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, […]
Tags: lakshmi yoga·malavya yoga·parivartana yoga·saraswati yoga·viparita yoga·vladimir putin
The Singapore Summit: Nobel Peace Prize or WWF smackdown?
June 8th, 2018 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction
On Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 0900 local time in Singapore, Donald Trump and diplomats of the USA will meet with Kim Jong Un and delegates of North Korea to discuss, among other intermediate proposals, the ultimate denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Here is the horoscope for the tentative commencement of those discussions. In brief, the pros […]
Tags: denuclearization·donald trump·kim jon un·north korea·singapore summit