Before leaving for my trip to the mountains, I invoked Pūṣan in my fire ritual, asking for a safer path on the journey ahead. As I joined one of Meghna Bhagat's Vision to Form classes, Saturn entered Revati. It felt like a literal manifestation in ma...
Jupiter enters Cancer on the 25th of May 2026 and remains there until the 17th of June 2027, a little over a year in the sign of its exaltation. This transit sets the tone for a longer period rather than mark a single event, and Jupiter in Cancer has...
The New Moon in Aśvinī is one of the triggers in the month of April that helps us move forward, but that only takes us close to the Saturn-Mars conjunction. However, Aśvinī, associated with the Aśvin twins, will eventually indicate speed, agility, an...
Mars in Aquarius without reception from Saturn can flare things up and blow them out of proportion, which has been the case for the most part. Mars in Pisces, however, is an entirely different expression altogether. Without going into the mundane asp...
In a recent social media exchange on Vedic ritual traditions, a critique was raised suggesting that the Vedas were not composed within the Indian subcontinent. One of the key arguments presented in support of this view was that horses were not native...
Criticisms and attacks on traditional astrology are most often made by those who have not spent serious time studying the subject. Usually they claim to “rethink” traditional doctrines while engaging only with surface-level ideas about them. One such...
Soma is celebrated in the Rig Veda for what it is: the nectar of immortality.
An independent exploration of Indian cosmology through Vedic and Brahmana texts, examining tithi, lunar time, and forgotten astronomical frameworks.
The New Moon in Uttarashada Nakshatra evokes the sense of victory or the condition of being victorious. This period can be approached as a time for engaging in serious and thoughtful planning that helps us to emerge victorious over the next fortnight...
Iran is going through a period of serious turmoil, arguably the most intense since 1979. Naturally, this has generated a wide range of political opinions about what is happening and what may happen next. Most people approaching this situation will do...
