Author Archives: Jyotishinamerica

August 7, 2025 Uttara Ashada, 21st Nakshatra Today the Moon is moving through Uttara Ashada, the 21st Nakshatra called the Universal Star. This Moon sign offers an unstoppable victory as its Shakti, but you must fight the right battle to attain it. Carl Jung wrote about the conflict between need and desire that can becomeContinue reading “The Universal Star”

A few years back I attended a Zendo, a Buddhist meditation retreat. During the three days of the retreat each of us had the opportunity to spend a few minutes in private conversation with the Roshi, the Zen master leading the session.  When my turn came, I found myself alone in a chilly room, bowingContinue reading “What Will You Do?”

Today, August 18, 2024 there’s a very powerful astrological pattern. The moon, the south node and Jupiter form a grand trine in the lunar signs of Shravana, Hasta, and Rohini. Just as the sun signs draw power from their rulers the moon signs do likewise, and these three are the three of the 27 moonContinue reading “8/18/2024, An Auspicious Opportunity”

Astrologers often point to Retrograde planets for creating an assortment of personal woes . This post will help you to better understand the reality of retrograde and offer a way to handle these frequently troubling periods. What is a retrograde planet? When viewed from the earth planets typically rise in the East and set inContinue reading “Let’s talk Retro Planets”

Astrologers often point to Retrograde planets for creating an assortment of personal woes . This post will help you to better understand the reality of retrograde and offer a way to handle these frequently troubling periods. What is a retrograde planet? When viewed from the earth planets typically rise in the East and set inContinue reading “Let’s talk Retro Planets”

Bhagavad Gita Background from the Mahabharata Epic 1. The Kauravas are the blind king Dhritarashtra and his 100 sons. 2. The Pandavas are Dhritarashtra’s younger brother Pandu and his five sons. 3. Seeking to possess all of the ancestral property, formerly shared between them, the Kauravas challenged the Panduvas to a rigged game of dice.Continue reading “Bhagavad Gita Course (see previous post)”

See the previous post BUILDING A FOUNDATION OF LEARNING to participate in these free online lessons for learning the basics of Vedic Astrology. Click below to read that post. Building a Foundation of Learning Topography of Vedic Astrological Charts Outline of this Section to be presented in 3 Lessons. LESSON ONE – TWO ZODIACS BASED ONContinue reading “Introduction to Vedic Astrology – Section 1”

When I established this page in 2021, one of my goals was to empower readers with fundamentals of Vedic Astrology so they could begin to use the principles in their lives. Keeping in mind that Jyotisha Vedanga (Sanskrit for the Science of Light, the original form of this practice) began as an attempt to manageContinue reading “Building a Foundation of Learning”

On this Thanksgiving holiday my prayer is for an awareness of how miraculous life is and how important each of us are to the collective continuity of the processes that support all of Life. As I write this a stellium of planets (Venus, Mercury, Moon, and Sun) are in Scorpio. That brings the Source andContinue reading “Thanksgiving — from a Grateful Vedic Astrologer”

A typical response to retrograde Mars (MarsRx) might be something like the title of this post. In our culture many people associate retrograde planets with expansion and increase of life’s mundane hardships. Mercury retrograde gets the credit or blame for mechanical and communication incidents. When disruptions to the technological side of existence leave us tongue-tiedContinue reading “Mars Retrograde! All ahead reverse…Yikes!”