Unfortunately, oversimplified remedies keep Vedic Astrology a fringe healing modality, rather than the “Eyes of the Vedas”, as it was named by the Vedic seers and sages. All Yogic sciences, including Yoga, Mantra, Chakras, Ayurveda, Vedanta and Vedic Astrology, have the same foundational principles in dealing with hardships and overcoming fate.
Read MoreThe transit of Ketu into Mula and Rahu in Ardra detonated Covid in the life and consciousness of people worldwide. This transit occurs once only every 18.5 years and has historically proven to be extremely explosive for the world. In recent history, events include 9/11 in 2001 and the beginning of the aids epidemic in 1982.
Economics Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast and Slow is a summary of Kahneman’s research on cognitive bias. The central theme of the book is that there are two modes of thinking, System 1, instinctive and emotional, and System 2 more deliberate and logical. His contention is that most people put too much confidence in System 1.
One of the things I have attempted to demonstrate is that Astrology should not be seen as some mysterious and metaphysical subject that we can choose to believe in or not. As you learn the astrological principles it should become clear that Vedic Astrology is the language of life and nature, much like Kahneman’s research .
In Vedic Astrology Counseling, rather than focusing on the outcome, we work on using this cycle to release outdated emotional crutches and intergenerational trauma to create a fresh new identity. This video offers an alternate view of sade sati, which is empowering rather than the unnecessary superstition, dread and fear that is traditionally associated with sade sati.
Read MoreThe Sixth House in the horoscope is the house of ordinary activity, as well as one of the prime indicators of chronic disease and infirmity. It is also the house of debts, one such debt is is our genetic predisposition inherited as the MTFHR genetic mutations, which prevent absorption of Folate (folic acid) and predispose us to chronic disease.
Read MoreThe seed of desire comes to full maturation in the Eleventh House and the Eleventh House ruler as well as planets influencing the Eleventh House reveal our highest ambitions and aspirations, as well as the capacity to achieve them.
Read More“An integrated man is one in whom there are no warring parts, he is one integrated fluid flow”.
What would it look like to be so fluid and integrated?
Imagine Amma, the famous “hugging saint” embracing and offering solace and spiritual wisdom to people around the world, 20 plus hours every day for the last 30 years. Simultaneously imagine her as Chancellor of a University in India at the forefront of the latest scientific research and technical advancements in medicine, robotics and Artificial Intelligence, solving problems that plague the world, which send people in search of her embrace.
One of my favorite Sanskrit words for Love is Sneha, which also means oily, liquid, soft and smooth. The Vedic cultural use of this word to describe love is well illustrated in Ayurveda Snehana therapy, which uses medicated oils, both internally and externally, to remove excess Vata Dosha (dryness, roughness) in the mind and body.
Read MoreToday the Sun is welcomed by his disgruntled son, Saturn, into his abode in the sign of Capricorn. Both the light of the Sun and darkness of Saturn unite in Capricorn, setting the stage for integration of our soul nature (Sun) and our human nature (Saturn).
A sidereal horoscope based on the most accepted date and time of the birth of the United states, July 4 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 6:30 pm shows that the United states was born in Rahu Dasha and has cycled back to her third Rahu dasha in September 2015. The first 18 years Rahu Dasha ran from 1776-1793. This one will go form 2015- 2033
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