Many peope are puzzled by the difference between Western Tropical Astrology and Vedic Sidereal Astrology. Although both systems use the same 12 signs (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc.) modern calculations show a difference in the date ranges of the signs. For example, by the Tropical Zodiac, the month of Aries is approximately March 21 - April 20. The sidereal dates for Aries month are approximately April 14 - May 14.
This difference arises from a phenomenon called Precession of the Equinox.
In 2025, you can expect to experience some major energetic shifts as all the slow moving planets change signs this year. Most of these changes happen in spring of 2025, with Saturn, Jupiter and the Lunar Nodes, Rahu & Ketu, all changing signs. Mercury’s retrogrades in Water Signs gives subtle support for resurfacing and purifying repeating emotional patterns in your life.
I recently listened to a series of talks about the neurotransmitter dopamine and the concept of dopamine fasting. Dopamine plays a role in pleasure and pain, motivation and apathy, attention and indifference. The brain seeks equilibrium which is why we humans can come to crave dopamine almost like an addiction … Buddhism teaches not to rejoice in pleasure or despair in suffering, but rather to accept all experiences from a place of equilibrium. The principles of balance and equilibrium are elegantly illustrated in Tarot’s Temperance card …
I’ve been meditating on the energetic and spiritual causes of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Science, of course, points to DNA. The only relative I know who suffered from this disease was my paternal Grandmother, Jedviga. Recently a message came through that I should work with Jedviga’s ghost to heal some intergenerational trauma. I got solid confirmation the message was accurate, so began to consider how to do this.
None of the ancestral healing spreads I found online seemed to fit what I wanted to know, so I decided to make my own spread to learn more about Jedviga, the disease we share, and how to energetically heal this bloodline.
Sunday October 15 please join me at the beautiful Krotona Institute in Ojai CA for Tarot: Icons of Perennial Wisdom, a 3-hour class exploring the Fool's Journey from darkness to enlightenment.
Onsite and Zoom: Sunday, October 15, 2 – 5 pm $20. All proceeds go to Krotona Institute.
Hi Anastasia! My husband gifted me with a Faustino Solesio Genova tarocchi deck from the early 1900s … what’s the best method to clear it?
Undeniably the best way to cleanse any item is to start with good ol’ soap & water ... But what about Tarot Cards? You can’t wash those with water. Well you could … but … SOGGY!!! If you want to know how to “dry clean” your new-to-you tarot cards, read on.
April 4 marks the exact conjunction of two powerful malefics, Mars and Saturn. We’ve already felt the precursors of this yuddh ( planetary war) with the outbreak of a devastating war in Ukraine. As both planetary and geo-political tensions affect all of us, our greatest challenge and gift is to create peace within. Meditation and prayer is a way to let your inward peace reverberate outward into the world. Charitable acts or donations are especially powerful on Saturdays or Tuesdays.
Third dimensional reality gets a bad rep amongst the ascension crowd … but after a year spent in 2D … doing everything on screens … I must say 3D feels brilliant and I’m happy to be back!
