Astrology

Amavasya No moon No borrowed light Tonight is Amavasya. No moon. No borrowed light. In Tantra, karma is not a ledger in heaven. It is a knot in you. It is called Samskara, impressions left in the subtle body. It is called Vasana, the tendency to repeat what has not been seen. You do not…

Is There Anything Above Shiva and Shakti Is There Anything Above Shiva and Shakti? For a long time I thought Shiva and Shakti were the end of the journey. He was consciousness, she was energy. He was stillness, she was movement. Together, they were everything. And in a way, they are. Creation does not happen…

Narak Chaturdashi: The Diwali Before Diwali Diwali does not begin with light. It begins the morning before, when the world is still asleep, and you are asked to look at your own darkness. That morning is Narak Chaturdashi. In Gujarat and Rajasthan it is called Kali Chaudas. In many homes it is Choti Diwali. It…

Dhumavati The Tantrik Vidya of Smoke and Severance In Tantra, not every Goddess comes to bless. Some come to unbind. Dhumavati is one of them. She is not worshipped for fortune, for beauty, for marriage, for victory. She is approached when the seeker is ready to see what remains after all of that has burned.…

Enemies in Vedic Astrology: 6th House, Hidden Enemies & Tantra Your Enemies Are Not Who You Think They Are A Tantric Take on the Enemies in Your Chart You know the feeling. One person walks into the room and your whole body tightens. Another smiles at you, says all the right things, and yet something…

The Esoteric Tantra of Dhanteras: The Night Amrit Becomes Available Everyone knows the exoteric Dhanteras. You buy gold. You buy steel. You light a lamp for Lakshmi and hope wealth stays. The esoteric Dhanteras is older, and it has almost nothing to do with shopping. Its real name in the Agamas is not Dhana-Trayodashi. It…

Hanuman: The Real Rudra - The Bhakt Who Is Tantra Itself Hanuman: The Real Rudra - The Bhakt Who Is Tantra Itself Beyond the image of a humble devotee with folded hands, lies the most feared and revered form of Shiva himself. If you have ever felt Hanuman, you know he is not sweet. He…

Soul Doesn't Eat, Body Does - Does Non-Veg Really Block Spiritual Growth? The question we feel guilty asking Every spiritual seeker who eats non-veg has had this moment. You are meditating, reading the Gita, trying to be pure in thought, and then someone says, "How will you grow spiritually if you eat meat?" And a…