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Secrets of Retrograde Planets: Quirky, Oddballs & Sometimes Better

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: SECRETS OF RETROGRADE PLANETS I frequently get questions about retrograde planets and they are often misunderstood because everyone always thinks of Mercury retrograde as being universally bad and that is not true for everyone. It is thought if the retrograde planet is the owner of the chart that it become stronger for…...
Challenges of the 12th House: Moving Beyond Addiction and Distraction

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: MYSTERIES OF THE 12TH HOUSE Astrologers tend to superficially lump 12th house challenges into losses and expenditures and foreign places but it is much richer. The 12th house is deeply valued in the Vedic tradition because it brings in the deep subconscious realm and the rich spiritual realm of the void that…...
The Astrology of Enlightenment and It’s Blocks: Maze of 12th House Karakas

Many of us that are attracted to astrology are also attracted to moksha or getting off the wheel of karma and getting enlightened. My first question in 1985 to Chakrapani Ullal during my first reading was whether I would get enlightened. I have always had a fascination with it It is a very complex question…...
Saturn In Scorpio June 20 – Oct. 26: Draining The Swamp

RETROGRADE REFLECTIONS ON SATURN IN SCORPIO: ONE MORE CHANCE TO TRANSFORM THE DEPTHS OF YOUR SOUL: JUNE 20-OCT 26th. With Saturn retrograding back into Scorpio, we have to reflect on our experiences from 2016 when Saturn was transiting from 20-30 degrees. Saturn shows its impact more in the last 10 degrees of any sign and…...
Planetary Strength And Weakness By House Placement: Understanding The Why?

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: DIG BALA AND MARANA KARAKA STHANA OR BEST AND WORST HOUSE PLACEMENT FOR PLANETS Certain planets do not do well in certain house because their significations bring out their worse qualities and these placements can get ignored sometimes but they have a deep suffering quality and can bring out more karmic challenges…...
Neptune Into Aquarius/Pegasus: Journey Into The Dark Star May 24-July 11

EYE ON THE SKY: NEPTUNE IN TRANSITION INTO THE CONSTELLATION OF PEGASUS We do not get to write about Neptune very often because it moves so slowly staying 14 years in a sign but it is changed constellations into Purvabhadrapada (Aquarius 20-Pisces 3.20) known by Western astronomers as Pegasus. The last time we had…...
Focus On Health And Saturn’s Weakness This Year: Be Disciplined

EYE ON THE SKY: SATURN RETROGRADE SAGITTARIUS AND IMPACT ON HEALTH: Saturn into Sagittarius is going to suddenly impact new areas of the cosmic body and when it is in Aries Navamsha in the D-9 chart (0-3.20 Sag.) it can bring out more health issues. Today is Sunday and the symbol for health so a time…...
Ketu’s Transit Into Dhanishta/Delphni April-Nov. 2017
EYE ON THE SKY: KETU IN DHANISHTA APRIL 29-DEC. 2ND (Capricorn 23.20-Aquarius 6.40) Ketu moves into the constellation of Delphini the Dolphin know in Vedic astrology as Dhanishta April 14th if you use the Mean Node calculation and April 29th if you use the true node calculation. (I like true nodes for transits). It is a long transit…...
The Schools of Karma: Part 1- Types of Karma

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: THE TYPES OF KARMA As an astrologer, I am fascinated by dissecting karma and helping people understand it and its manifestation and when it will run its course. Karmas connected to the 3rd house teach us to find the courage and perseverance to plow through problems and are most easy to handle…....
Saturn Aspecting Ketu: Clean Up Your Own Messes

Ketu, that funny headless mystical guy know in Western astrology as the south node of the moon, tends to take away the material world to point us toward liberation and enlighten us. He is continuing his journey retrograde in Aquarius and is starting to get within 6 degrees exact aspect from Saturn the planet of responsibility…...