“Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Invincible protagonist exist only in children’s stories. In adult stories the hero always has his kryptonite that makes him vulnerable. Losing your super power is part of a classic hero rite of passage. Saturn, may be our kryptonite.

Who are the mentors in your story? Are they prominent?
Are they wise or foolish, flawed or divine?
What about your inner guides, mentors and higher self?
Do you believe in your luminosity?
What is the code of honor that guides you? What are your deepest beliefs?
Can you access your inner guides?

In most myths and stories Mercury is usually portrayed by a character like Peter Baelish in the Game of Thrones. A person who is a “shapeshifter”, intelligent but slippery. One who blurs the lines between ally and enemy. He may start out as the ally to the hero, but his agenda is usually to stay on the winning side, so he may betray or help the hero at a critical moment

Rahu and Ketu are both forces of nature that disrupt the natural order to create chaos and change that propels evolution. Placed exactly opposite each other in the horoscope, each one of us has Rahu’s drive that pulls towards a perceived paradise, which is also intimately intertwined with Ketu’s paradise lost, or what we might be resisting or refusing in our lives.

In the Vedic horoscope emotional resilience, is primarily determined by our emotional filters which are the Moon, the zodiac sign of Cancer that it rules, and the corresponding Fourth House. These are viewed as the seat of contentment and fulfillment and the primary indicators of the karma for happiness and satisfaction. 

To some extent, everyone lives out a myth they inherited.
What if you had the outline of your myth from birth to death?
What if you knew about the friends and foes you will meet along the way, the obstacles and advantages you are likely to encounter, so you can develop the skills and dedication that you will need to be the hero of your life’s story?

Trudeau chose to show his love for the Indian culture and everything Indian, by hiring an Indian fashion designer to dress his wife, children and himself in a series of elaborate and often over the top ethnic Indian outfits. The Trudeau family’s good intentions to embrace the Indian culture backfired. The media was merciless, and twitter was ablaze with negative tweets.

Late night comedian Trevor Novah  said “ I don’t know if you have noticed that just as Donald trump becomes more and more un-woke, Justin Trudeau is compensating in the other direction.

"What is the purpose of our existence?"  “How can we live a more purpose driven life”?

For these broader questions of life, we turn to the ninth house, Sagittarius (the natural ninth house in the zodiac) and Jupiter. These forces in the horoscope are primarily responsible for kindling our search for beliefs that give meaning and purpose to our life. When Dashas relating to these forces awaken in our horoscope we set sail in search for teachers and teachings that can expand our mind, broaden our knowledge and develop a belief system that will answer life’s bigger questions.

The most turbulent and unsettling of these crossover points are where fire and water signs collide – they are called Gandanta or a tightly wound knot ( Gan means knot, anta at the end). As such, Gandanta occurs at the edges of Cancer and Leo, Scorpio and Sagittarius, and Pisces and Aries – where not only the zodiac signs but the Nakshatra signs are also transitioning.

All eyes are on President Trump who is very heavily hit by this eclipse. Let us look at some simple astrological calculations as to why both western and Vedic Astrologers are seeing such a remarkable confluence between the eclipse and Donald Trump’s horoscope (Please note the calculations below are for Vedic/Sidereal Astrology which differs by about 24 degrees from Western/tropical astrology).