Titiksha – Endurance
व्यां वेदव्यासाय नमः
vyāṁ vedavyāsāya namaḥ
Guru Purnima is the occasion to express gratitude to our mentors, teachers and Gurus who are illumining our path. I am reminded of this verse in the Advaita text Viveka Chudamani of Adi Shankara that I am now studying with my Vedanta teacher.
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Up in the Air – Solar eclipses of 2020
The solar eclipses in 2020 continue to take place around the solstices; the first eclipse on June 21, 2020 will be on day of the midsummer’s festival in June a few hours after the actual summer solstice. Continue reading “Up in the Air – Solar eclipses of 2020”
Carolina Flack (above photo from BBC) was an English television and radio presenter of popular reality shows such as I‘m a celebrity- Get me out of here, X Factor and Love Island. Continue reading “Carolina Flack”
Ponderings on the Atmakaraka graha
There is always a debate about whether malefic planets as the Atma Karaka are more beneficial to the progress than benefic ones? Atmakaraka graha is the graha that has achieved the highest degree in the horoscope. It is the graha that most identifies with the Atma or the spirit, however different from it. Continue reading “Ponderings on the Atmakaraka graha”
Offerings on Guru Purnima, Full Moon of the month of Ashadha
व्यां वेदव्यासाय नमः
vyāṁ vedavyāsāya namaḥ
Guru Purnima is a special day in the life of spiritual seekers as we express gratitude to our teachers, mentors and Guru for guiding us in life. Continue reading “Guru Purnima”
The past few days Hong Kong has been in the news for its youth taking to the streets against a bill that the government wants to pass into legislation to extradite criminals to China. Continue reading “Hong Kong Protests and Eclipse update”
12th House and Marriage
Published in Gochara Spring 2019
The 12th house is often described as the vyaya bhava. Vyaya is defined in Monier Williams Sanskrit Dictionary as ending, expense, outlay, disbursement, extravagance, waste and prodigality. The 12th to any house indicates how the resources of that house will be expended. Continue reading “12th House and Marriage”
Eclipse update – The lunar eclipse tomorrow coincides with Guru Purnima which is celebrated on the full moon of the lunar month of Ashada. This is a time to honour of teachers, mentors and Gurus and show our gratitude. Continue reading “Lunar Eclipse of July 2018”
Shashti Hayini Dasa – Conditional Vimshottari Dasa for Sun in the Ascendant
Published in Gochara, Volume 19, Issue 1 Spring 2018
Sun is the soul of all and represents the spirit of man. Sun in the first house will have the blessings of the Sun deity (Aditya) and therefore the person will carry the inner impulse of dhātṛ aditya. Continue reading “Shashti Hayini Dasa”
There are three solar eclipses this year. All of the solar eclipses are partial and their magnitude is much smaller than the August eclipse we saw last year. However the tango of Mars and Ketu in Capricorn in the summer months when Mars is mostly retrograde during the two eclipses, with the planets hemmed between the nodes in a Kala amrita yoga will create friction and there is a greater need for caution. Jupiter in Libra is blessing for Aries and Libra and to an extent to Aquarius and Gemini ascendants until it transits into Scorpio in October.
Continue reading “Eye on the Sky – Solar eclipses of 2018 and the summer of discontent”
