Winter Solstice & Tamas

Winter Solstice & Tamas

By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes  Happy Solstice! Today, December 21st is the winter solstice which means that it’s the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It is the new moon on the 23rd, really driving this dark time of the year home! The winter solstice...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, 3/8–3/15

Vedic Astrology Forecast, 3/8–3/15

Maha Siva Ratri, Thursday, Mar. 11             Maha Siva Ratri is a festival dedicated to the Lord Shiva, the cosmic creator and destroyer. Common practice is to stay up the whole night chanting mantras for Shiva, and offering fresh seasonal foods to Shiva. A Shiva...
Vedic Astrology: New Moon in Sagittarius, Jan 14

Vedic Astrology: New Moon in Sagittarius, Jan 14

Tuesday, January 12   The New Moon will occur in the final degrees of Sagittarius, and we can create a birth chart from this event using the Moon as the ascendant, in order to touch on themes that can build and ramp up over the next 15 days.   In this chart,...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, 12.14–12.21.20

Vedic Astrology Forecast, 12.14–12.21.20

Monday, December 14   Starting at 8:17 AM PST, the Moon will join the Sun in exact degree conjunction, producing a new Moon. This will occur in the nakshatra known as the ‘senior-most,’ or ‘eldest,’ called Jyestha, in the final degree of Scorpio.   A new Moon is...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, 12.7–12.14.20

Vedic Astrology Forecast, 12.7–12.14.20

  Thursday, December 10:   Venus will enter into Scorpio at 3:47pm PST, joining the Sun, Mercury, and Ketu. More specifically, Venus will be in the latter pada of the Vishakha Nakshatra, representing the ripening of fruit and the harvest of your efforts that...
Super(new) Moon in Chitra, the Star of Opportunity

Super(new) Moon in Chitra, the Star of Opportunity

On October 16th 2020 at 3:30 PDT, we will experience the closest moon of the year, a super(new)moon, as the moon joins our Sun by degree in the sign of Virgo, a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury. Mercury will have just begun a retrograde period the day before,...