In the Vedic pantheon of deities, Venus is known as the Asuracharya, or guru to the demons. Judging by the invective heaped upon her by Republicans and conservative news media alike, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems nothing short of the anti-Christ. But maybe that’s just the price you pay when you arrive on the battlefield announcing yourself […]
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: the face of America’s New Deal
March 6th, 2019 · 4 Comments · Astrology, celebrity, Instruction
Tags: alexandria ocasio-cortez·american politics·democratic socialist·green new deal·jyotish
Nodal “weather” forecast: March 2019
March 1st, 2019 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
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 […]
Tags: chaya graha·gochara·jyotish·lunar nodes·rahu ketu·transits
Kala Sarpa: the astronomical rationale for “yoga”
March 1st, 2019 · 5 Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
As I discussed in last month’s article, one of the great uncertainties among devotees of jyotisha is whether Kala Sarpa is a yoga or a dosha. The existential question is: does it promise success or threaten destruction? As I explained in that article, there are multiple consequences when the chart is split in two by […]
Nodal “weather” forecast: February 2019
February 1st, 2019 · No Comments · Astrology, Instruction, Science
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 […]
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
Jeffrey Dahmer: the Milwaukee Cannibal
December 2nd, 2018 · 1 Comment · Astrology, Crime
Jeffrey Dahmer is a prime example of a conundrum in modern life – 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 […]
Tags: jeffrey dahmer·manas·milwaukee cannibal·murder·prime malefics
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
Jian Ghomeshi: unrepentant teddy bear of love
November 3rd, 2018 · No Comments · Astrology, celebrity, Karma
In 2009 Jian Ghomeshi, then host of the CBC’s 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 – feeling like an outsider because of his Iranian background, having trust issues, and just not feeling good […]
Tags: #metoo·cbc·jian ghomeshi·marie heinen·q·talk show host·toronto star