The Value of Timing
Dec 16, 2025 12:31 am
Dear Friend,
It has been almost seven months since I quit my corporate career and began practising as a full time astrologer. My resources have tightened and my lifestyle has shifted, learning to be content with what I have rather than what I once had. Yet the satisfaction of taking my son to his classes, sitting beside him as he narrates elaborate dinosaur stories, or answering his questions about why Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto do not rule any signs of the zodiac has brought a sense of peace that I have not known since October 2011. I am grateful that I could be present with my wife through a major surgery, even if my support felt small, because I did not need permission from anyone to show up for my family. This kind of freedom is something I do not remember experiencing at any point in my life. I am moving towards something truly significant, expansive in spirit, much like the Sun in Sagittarius, and I will speak about it openly when the time is right.
What I have come to realise is that this personal phase is not occurring in isolation. It is reflective of a larger pattern unfolding collectively, where we are having to work with limitations, and redefine what stability and growth truly mean. Saturn’s ongoing transit through Pisces, and more specifically as it prepares to enter Uttarabhadrapada, reflects this exact process of contraction, patience, and inner construction. It is a period where we are bereft of excess and this will actually help us build with intention, conserve strength, and wait for the right moment to act. With this, let us jump into more of the astrological commentary.
As promised, I'm on schedule to release the Saturn in Pisces guide, valid through May 2027, and I'll make it available on or before Christmas so you can enter 2026 with greater confidence and clarity.
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The Value of Timing
Saturn in Uttarabhadra Pada in Pisces
Saturn’s transit through Uttarabhadrapada indicates a phase of restrained power, patience, and deliberate timing. Like the sea serpent Ahirbudhnya that rests beneath the ocean bed, this nakshatra is about strength that does not always express itself through constant action, but through knowing when to act. As older structures crumble and new realities slowly take shape, this period is important for us to work through the limitations, conserve energy, and make the most of the resources available to us. The challenge is to distinguish patience from procrastination, as waiting too long can cause missed opportunities and delayed growth.
A human example of this principle can be seen in the Erin Brockovich case of the 1990s. For several years, progress appeared slow and uncertain as evidence was gathered, but she faced resistance, and momentum seemed absent. Yet she work continued persistently behind the scenes. When the case finally reached its decisive breakthrough in 1996, Saturn was transiting Uttarabhadrapada, indicating how this nakshatra delivers outcomes not swiftly but through sustained attention, patience, and precise timing. The victory was not sudden; it was the culmination of long-contained effort.
The deeper work of this transit is psychological as much as practical. Saturn in Uttarabhadrapada is a period where we need to push ourselves to move away from fixation on distant outcomes and instead focus on small, consistent efforts that gradually build toward a larger vision. By structuring our time, working in focused intervals, and aligning tasks with our natural mental flows, we learn to overcome inertia and refine our discipline. This is a period of construction, where perseverance and strategic planning prepare us for decisive action when the right moment finally arrives.
What you will read in my blog is an exploration of this transit, not as an abstract astrological idea, but as a lived experience many of us are already navigating, whether we realise it or not.
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If you feel called to receive astrological insight before the year begins, or if you simply wish to stay aligned with what the planetary movements are indicating, I am open for personal consultation sessions. I have few more slots open for December 2025.
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Inward Glance
Epictetus' Discourses: A Retelling
Book I, Chapter 6, 1.6.23 to 1.6.29
Epictetus says that when we rush to Olympia or other famous places to admire statues and works of art, we act as though beauty and meaning exist only at a distance. We exhaust ourselves travelling to see the work of everyone, yet we ignore the far greater works that are already present around us. The sky, the earth, the order of nature, and the human mind itself are all standing before us at every moment. They require no journey. They only require attention.
He then says if there were a real need to travel to see these things, perhaps the neglect could be excused. But there is no such need. The works of God are not hidden in one city or one shrine. They are everywhere. Zeus is present in all things, at all times. To live among such abundance and yet complain that life lacks meaning is not misfortune. It is blindness.
Epictetus asks a deeply personal question. Do you really not want to look at these things and understand them? Do you not want to understand who you are, why you were born, and what purpose you are meant to serve? To live without asking these questions is to waste the very gift that separates humans from animals. Understanding is not an ornament added to life. It is the core of what human life is meant to be.
He then emphasises that this capacity for understanding was not given to us accidentally. It was given so that we could recognise order, reason, and providence in the world. If we fail to use it, the fault is not with nature or with God. The fault is with us. To complain about life while refusing to understand it is like refusing to open one’s eyes and then blaming the darkness.
Finally, he suggests that when death comes, the tragedy is not that we did not see enough places or achieve enough things. The tragedy is that we did not see clearly. We did not understand what was already right in front of us. To live well is not about accumulating experiences but about awakening to the meaning of the one experience we are already in!
This is where providence becomes personal. It is not something distant or abstract. It is something that calls for our attention, gratitude, and understanding right now, in the life we are already living.
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Until Next Letter,
Love,
