Every conjunction carries a story, and Sun-Saturn carries the oldest one in the tradition: the estranged father and son sharing a room. Saturn is Surya’s own child in the mythology, born of the Sun and at odds with him ever after, and when the two occupy one sign of a birth chart, that ancient argument, … Read more
If Venus-Saturn is the conjunction people fear for their marriages, Mars-Saturn is the one they fear for their lives. The pairing of the zodiac’s two great malefics in one sign has collected every dark label the tradition and the internet can supply, and unlike most feared combinations, this one earns part of its reputation honestly: … Read more
No conjunction sends more people to a search bar with a knot in the stomach than Venus with Saturn. The pairing has acquired a reputation, delayed marriage, cold love, a life of duty without sweetness, and like most reputations it contains a true observation wrapped in a false verdict. Venus-Saturn is the meeting of desire … Read more
The birth chart’s conjunctions are permanent; the sky’s are appointments. As the planets move at their different speeds they overtake one another, and each overtaking, a transit conjunction, marks a date when two agendas occupy the same degree of the same sign for everyone on Earth at once. The calendar below lists the upcoming meetings, … Read more
Somewhere in the fine print of many charts sits a detail most readings skip: two planets not merely conjunct but crowded within a single degree of each other. The classical texts treat that crowding as its own event, graha yuddha, planetary war, and they insist on something the casual reading misses, that when two planets … Read more
Moon in Revati means you were born with the Moon in the last 13 degrees 20 minutes of the zodiac, from 16 degrees 40 minutes of Pisces to the wheel’s final point at 30 degrees, in the last of the twenty-seven mansions, ruled by Mercury and presided over by Pushan, the shepherd of the gods, … Read more
Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada means you were born with the Moon between 3 degrees 20 minutes and 16 degrees 40 minutes of Pisces, in the latter of the two blessed stars, ruled by Saturn and presided over by Ahirbudhnya, the serpent of the deep, the dragon coiled at the foundation of the world, the benevolent … Read more
Moon in Purva Bhadrapada means you were born with the Moon between 20 degrees of Aquarius and 3 degrees 20 minutes of Pisces, in the former of the two blessed stars, ruled by Jupiter and presided over by Aja Ekapada, the unborn one-footed, the most mysterious deity in the entire list, a form of fierce … Read more
Moon in Shatabhisha means you were born with the Moon between 6 degrees 40 minutes and 20 degrees of Aquarius, in the star of the hundred healers, ruled by Rahu and presided over by Varuna, the ancient sovereign of the cosmic waters and the binding law. The name is medicine written into the sky, shata, … Read more
Moon in Dhanishta means you were born with the Moon between 23 degrees 20 minutes of Capricorn and 6 degrees 40 minutes of Aquarius, in the star of the drum, ruled by Mars and presided over by the eight Vasus, the gods of abundance and light. The name means the wealthiest and the swiftest, dhana … Read more