Mutual Reception by Alan Annand, Sextile.com, 2016. Paper 339 pp. Price: $6.99 digital, $19.95 paper. Mutual reception has been around for 2000 years or so, and yet very little has been written about it. Sure, youâll see mention of the fact that two planets in mutual reception will âhelp one another out,â but thatâs about […]
Kala Sarpa Yoga
Kala Sarpa Yoga is not discussed in classical shastra. Rather, it arises from an oral tradition, probably with roots in South India. Some say itâs Tantrik in origin and, perhaps because of that, is subject to significant differences in interpretation. Some describe Kala Sarpa as a major flaw in a birth chart, a dosha which foretells loss […]
Mathematics of Yogas, part 5: Dhana Yoga
Itâs a truism in the medical world that the best guarantee of longevity is to be born to healthy parents. For those who take their health for granted, the next-most-desired aspect of a perfect life is to be born rich or, if thatâs not possible, with a birth chart containing multiple wealth yogas. Although there […]
Carrie Fisher: Postcards from the edge of the gala...
When Carrie Fisher entered the public consciousness like a shooting star, playing Princess Leia in the first Star Wars movie, she was already a showbiz veteran. At age 13, sheâd shared a nightclub act with her mother Debbie Reynolds, was in the chorus of a musical when she was 15, and by age 19 had made […]
The Beltway Sniper: malefics in the crosshairs
For 23 days in October 2002, the Beltway Sniper held the citizens of the Washington, DC, area terrorized in his sights. Ten people were shot and killed over the space of three weeks, another three people critically wounded. The shootings had no obvious motive, the victims seemingly targeted at random as they went about their […]
NCGR book reviews: Parivartana Yoga & Mutual Recep
This book review of two books by Alan Annand — Parivartana Yoga and Mutual Reception — appeared in the November-December 2016 issue of the memberletter for the National Council of Geocosmic Researchers (NCGR): Parivartana Yoga, by Alan Annand, Sextile.com, 2015, paper (252 pp) $14.95, digital $6.99. I was very excited when astrologer Alan Annand (who also writes […]
The Mathematics of Yogas, part 4: Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga in a natal chart is perhaps the penultimate birthday gift, signifying the individualâs karmic capacity to harness individual effort and good fortune. Although its name alone implies that itâs a combination fit for a king, this yoga is nonetheless often found in the charts of ânormalâ people. Therefore, one may well ask, is […]
The Mathematics of Yogas, part 3: Budhaditya, Kesa...
Budhaditya Yoga Budhaditya Yoga, deemed the signature of an intellect capable of analysis, communication and discrimination, is found frequently… Or less so, depending on our definition. The basic requirement is that the Sun and Mercury be in the same sign. Since Mercury is an âinferiorâ planet whose orbit lies within Earthâs, it is never more […]
Helter Skelter: malefics unbound in the Manson Fam...
The Manson Family murders in the Summer of â69 seared a hole in the American psyche. The Family was a cult of hippie nihilists led by Charles Manson, a frustrated singer-songwriter on the fringe of the LA music industry. In what was to become one of the first acts of social-class terrorism to date, Manson […]
Fellini, Coppola, Scorsese: lights, action, mutual...
Mutual reception & career Last year, while researching a book on Parivartana Yoga, I discovered several famous people with identical mutual receptions pursuing the same profession. One such stellar pair, guitarists Keith Richards and Jimmy Page, Iâve already discussed in an article on my website Navamsa in June 2016. What caught my eye in the […]