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Debilitation Series: Sun in Svati

A debilitated planet means this planet has reached the lowest point in its own sky. There, the planet lies on the ground in a strange place, feeling powerless... At least, it thinks so. The sign and the nakshatra where the planet is debilitated actually allow the planet to fight even more to get back on its feet and become successful.

Sun Debilitated in Svati

The Sun gets debilitated in 10° Libra, that is to say, in Svati nakshatra (6°40 Libra to 20° Libra). The radiating Sun is falling in the middle of Libra sign, the sign where the sun sets. The Sun reaches the bottom and touches the ground. Svati is ruled by Vayu the wind god, unsteadily scattering clouds to stop the Sun from shining. The Sun king has to abdicate his title: now he is among the masses, he becomes anonymous like everyone else. He undergoes the same treatment because Svati, like Libra, is justice for all: there is no more exception. He has become the shadow of his former self in this nakshatra co-ruled by Rahu, his worst enemy, the one who causes the eclipse. The Sun's identity gets tossed around; the natives do not feel confident and strong. The regal Sun feels irritated so much that he decides to take back his throne. And that is where the debilitation planet's key to success lies in: using the qualities of the debilitated sign and nakshatra for one's own... Here, the Sun ex-king understands he has no choice but to count on other people if he wants to become the king again. Svati is the ideal nakshatra for that: the natives will sharpen their communication and business skills. The natives will use their charming Libra suave ways to convince people. Sun being the significator of career, the natives will encounter instability and unexpected turns of events because Svati is like the wind, no one knows where the wind will come and stop. It is difficult for the Sun because flexibility is not a solar quality, but a Moon-like quality. Relationship with the authority is challenging because the Sun is no more the king, he has to obey some shallow authority figures that may not deserve it. Svati does not like absolute monarchy at all, this nakshatra is much more into socialism. Here, the Sun can shine in championing social, democratic causes. If the natives are clever enough, they will understand they are better off being independent in their career: superiors will restrain them more than anything. But because Svati is changeable, being self-employed will not be easy. It is because Svati is here to strengthen the natives' self confidence. It pushes them to jump into the unknown and rely on their networks. Career aside, other relationships are also challenging as the natives are torn apart between the desire for harmonious, peaceful, Libra type relationships and the strong desire for independence from both Svati and the Sun himself. In the end, Svati Sun natives can be successful. Everything will depend on the rest of the chart, especially on Rahu, the cunning shadowy north node, and if the natives will apply the Svati, Libra qualities in their life.

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– ᴸᴵᴺᴷᔆ : DOCS , RULES , MULTI , RPH , PROMPTS .

GIVEN NAME. cecelia eliška noväk . TITLES. sister cecelia , saint cecily , svaty cecelia . SPECIES. once - human , turned vampire circa 1350 . DOB. 12 / 23 / 1331 . capricorn sun , aries moon , gemini rising . AGE. 693 years old , immortalized at 24 . GENDER. cis woman , she / they pronouns . ORIENTATION. doesn't like labels , is interested in any gender . SHIPPING STATUS. open for ships , with or without prior plotting . LANGUAGES. czech ( primary ) , english , many others .

BRIEF BIO. cecily was born in 1331 to a commonwealth family . from an early age , she was deeply instilled with religious values ; as was most of her small town . she pursued the sisterhood of the church as a young woman , eventually becoming a recognized nun under the church . the plague struck in 1346 , churches becoming sanctuary for the ill &. those seeking to be prayed over . cecily fell victim to a wounded vampire seeking his lifeline , turned by a traveler who sought aid at the chapel . cecily went on to pose an offer to many sick townspeople ; giving them the chance to survive as a vampire , or to pass as god intended . cecily sired hundreds of vampires in this manner , inadvertently building a network that she would eventually go on to exploit . her acts were considered 'miracles' , &. she was crowned the title saint cecelia after years of 'curing' those ailed by the black death . cecily disappears from the history books in the mid-1380's , most assuming she had passed away . cecily lives well into the 21st century , surviving with the help of her sired network . she has amassed wealth over the years by selling old relics &. artifacts to museums &. research facilities , &. keeps a watchful eye on the vampires she's sired .

VERSES IN PROGRESS INCLUDE : - the vampire diaries / the originals - high fantasy ( bg3 , dnd ) - middle earth - the hunger games - bridgerton

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Rahu Traditional Thai PaintingRahu is Lord of three nakshatras or lunar mansions: Ardra, Svati and Shatabhisha. Rahu is associated with the following: its color is smoky, metal is lead, and its gemstone is Honey-colored hessonite. Its element is air and its direction is southwest. In Hindu tradition, Rahu is a severed head of an asura, that swallows the sun causing eclipses. He is depicted in art as a serpent with no body riding a chariot drawn by eight black horses. Rahu is one of the navagrahas (nine planets) in Vedic astrology and is paired with Ketu. The time of day considered to be under the influence of Rahu is called Rahu kala and is considered inauspicious.

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Bootes, the story of Icarius and Erigone

 On the day of the release of the movie Interstellar, on October 26th 2014, the Sun and Venus were on the fixed star Princeps of the constellation Bootes, at 3° Scorpio. Mercury was at 17° Libra, which also activates Bootes’ fixed star Seginus. I wish I had the time for the release because I really love seeing charts of movies, but I think this already satisfies my astrology thirst. Because that constellation is said to be Erigone's father, Icarius, and that already makes a lot of sense.

Bootes is identified with Icarius, who was killed by some shepherds he had made drunk with a flagon of wine given him by Bacchus/Dionysus. In consideration of the grief of his daughter Erigone and their hound Maera, Jupiter placed her father in heaven as Bootes, together with herself as Virgo and the hound became one of the Dogs; some say Canis Minor, others say Canis Major (Princeps, Constellation of Words)

Bootes or Virgo sometimes manifest as stories about fathers and daughters, and when it does it's always about separation and grief. Icarius is a farmer and shepherd of shepherds, Cooper as the Bootes figure in this story is holding three very important roles: as a father, as a farmer in an apocalyptic scenario and as a pilot leading people to a better place.

“It is said that Bootes invented the plough to enable mankind to better till the ground and as such, perhaps, immortalizes the transition from a nomadic life to settled agriculture in the ancient world. This pleased Ceres, the Goddess of Agriculture, so much that she asked Jupiter to place Bootes amongst the stars as a token of gratitude”. (The New Patterns in the Sky, Julius D.W. Staal, p.152)

It’s nice to note here that Ceres is a goddess who’s frequently atributed to Virgo and this version of the story of how Bootes became a constellation is analogous with old Murph tributing her father and always telling of his importance for the saving of humanity. Cooper is not only really important as a ploughman on Earth, but he’s also supposed to lead humanity and be the first ploughman on another planet.

Bootes is a herdsman and a cultivator or ploughman of the heavenly fields. He drives the bears of the constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor around Polaris, the Pole Star. He supposedly keeps the rotation of the heavens always spinning by driving the bears that are pulling the plough. Arcturus, the alpha star of Bootes at 24° Libra, interestingly ends up having a relationship to stories about space exploration and interstellar travel, not only because of Bootes’ role, in say, finding new fields to plough, but also because Arcturus was very much associated with long distances or great heights, for being a star that’s so far removed from the zodiac. It was known by the Arabs as Al Simakal Ramih, translated as “Leg of the Lance-bearer”, but the root of the word Simak means “to raise on high”, used to indicate something very high up in the sky; then the possible better translation could be “the lofty lance-bearer” instead. For the Hindus, Arcturus marks the nakshatra Svati, the “Good Goer”, or Nishtya, “Outcast”, in reference of its remoteness.

Edwin Hubble, one of the most important astronomers of our time, had his Moon in one the stars of Bootes, Ceginus. The first Star Wars movie had the North Node on Arcturus. Star Trek: The Next Generation was released in 1987 after a lunation (syzygy) that had Mercury on Arcturus as ruler of the ascendant, etc.

Bootes’ remoteness also has an effect very similar to Cooper’s travel: things get slow. Just as relativity makes Cooper almost stop in relation to the Earth’s time, “Slow Bootes drives his ling’ring Teams” (Manilius, Astronomica), because of his perpendicular position and remoteness he takes the longest time to set, parts of him never disappearing below the horizon. And poor Murph has to wait.

Murph fits Erigone and the virgoan characteristics by being very mercurial: the prodigy girl and eventually a scientist who saves humanity. But the story and demise of Icarius is even more obvious in Game of Thrones season 1, which had Arcturus with the Moon. Icarius fits Cooper very well, but it’s Ned Stark's whole arc:

“To those born under Arctophylax – Arcturus, fortune herself makes bold to entrust her treasures, so that the wealth of monarchs and temple finances will be in their keeping [translator’s note: custodianship is a suitable endowment for the Bearward]; they will be kings under kings  and ministers of state [politicians], and be charged with the guardianship of the people or, as the stewards of grand houses, they will confine their business to the care of another’s home.”  [Translator’s note: strictly speaking Arcturus is a star, but the name  is used by ancient astrologers for the whole constellation of Bootes and  for the star alone, it is often difficult to distinguish which of these  the authors are referring to]. (Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD, book 5, p.329)

“It was the serving of wine to neighboring shepherds that caused Icarius to lose his life. The association with wine, and being ‘the stewards of grand houses’, should mean what we now term ‘butlers’.” (Bootes, Constellation of Words)

“The role of the butler, for centuries, has been that of the chief steward of a household, the attendant entrusted with the care and serving of wine and other bottled beverages which in ancient times might have represented a considerable portion of the household’s assets.” (Butler - Wikipedia)

Ned’s entire story is about taking care of other people’s children and business. He’s horrified by what happened to the Targaryen children after Robert’s rebellion and doesn’t even recognize his friend anymore. He takes care of Jon as if he’s his, he tries to protect Daenaryes and Viserys from Robert, he takes care of the drunk king as his Hand, he tries to protect the king’s bastards, he tries to protect Cersei’s children by warning her, but only at the end he thinks of his own and confesses to a crime he didn’t commit to protect his daughters.

In the chart here you can see that the Moon with Arcturus rules the 9th house of long distance travel and it's in the 12th house of imprisonment and undoing. In the beginning of the story we get an omen, in the grusome sight of the dead stag and direwolf, that Ned and the king will do this to each other. Starks don't do well when they travel south. Obviously Ned doesn’t stop the shepherd from drinking too much and gets himself locked up and then killed. 

Icarius gives the wine, given to him by Dionysus, to the shepherds. The shepherds get very drunk and don’t understand what’s happening, they think Icarius poisoned them, so they they kill him. This relationship to Dionysus also gives Arcturus themes of intoxication, ecstasy, insanity, illusion, in all of the meanings those words have as dionysian concepts.

Both his daughters are having a horrible grieving process, but Sansa is the Erigone figure in this story. Virgo is supposed to represent either Erigone or Astraea, who went against her own father to ascend to heaven and flee from humanity’s wickedness. When Manilius talks about “Erigone”, he’s refering to the sign of Virgo, so, the two stories mix:

“At her rising Erigone, who reigned with justice over a bygone age and fled when it fell into sinful ways, bestows high  eminence by bestowing supreme power; she will produce a man to direct  the laws of the state and the sacred code; one who will tend with  reverence the hallowed temples of the gods.” (Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, p.265)

“The temperaments of those whose span of life she pronounces at their birth Erigone will direct to study, and she will train their minds in the learned arts. She will give not so much abundance of wealth as the impulse to  investigate the causes and effects of things. On them she will confer a  tongue which charms, the mastery of words, and that mental vision which  can discern all things, however concealed they be by the mysterious  workings of nature. From the Virgin will also come the stenographer [scriptor crit velox]: his letter represents a word, and by means of his symbols he can keep ahead of utterance and record in novel notation the long speech of a rapid speaker. But with the good there comes a flaw: bashfulness  handicaps the early years of such persons, for the Maid, by holding back  their great natural gifts, puts a bridle on their lips and restrains them by the curb of authority. And (small wonder in a virgin) her offspring is not fruitful.” (Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, p.237 and 239)

Virgo is the brilliance of the Magician. Sansa is described as very talented, good  in everything she does, and the series shows her craftiness in sewing and pretty handwriting. Sansa is the common virgoan theme of innocence lost. She’s going through the toughest time and by the end she carries a lot of grief, self hatred and guilt too, because she betrays her father by telling the Queen about his plans to leave. She becomes disposable and “unfruitful” by being the daughter of a traitor, she can’t carry any lord’s children, let alone the king’s. Eventually her talents are developed so that she becomes the smartest person in the kingdom, a trained politician, Lady of the North and then Queen, but she starts very naive, deluded by figures of authority, intoxicated by love and fantasies of being Queen in the south. 

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Hey. In 2015 me and my family traveled for our annual summer holiday to Bulgaria. We’ve been there one time before but it was in times when Bulgaria was not as touristy attractive as it is now and most of the hotels were still in process of building. To be more specific – a hotel was being build right next to the hotel we were staying and the constructions turned into swamp with shit ton of mosquitos. In the morning me and my sisters woke up with over 40 mosquito bites and we looked like we had chicken pox again. So this time we were really hoping it would be different.

And it was.

We took a road trip to Bulgaria and made a stop in Romania. I wrote what we did in Romania in my other article – Visiting Dracula in RomaniaVisiting Dracula in Romania .

We were staying in Sveti Vlas in all-inclusive 5 stars hotel. In case you didn’t know this – in bulgur they speak Bulgarian and write in cyrillic and even thought me and my parents understands russian a bit we used english instead and it was very easy to communicate with locals. Bulgarians currency is lev.

We booked our hotel – The moonlight hotel – online and at that time it was still really new building. The other part of its 2 building set was just getting build at that time when we were visiting but it was very smooth and we barely even noticed it. The hotel is right at the beach but it even has its own pools if you’re not a fan of swimming in the sea.

Me and my sisters got one room and my parents the other. Rooms were so huge and fancy. We had an incredible view from our balcony, that was right above the hotel pool, of the sea that looked just like this:

The food in hotel was served in a form of buffet and there were so many options to choose from. It was during my vegetarian times and even I had plenty to choose from. There were even themed nights with cultural program like dancers or musicians. We also had unlimited alcohol options so we had plenty of vine and cheese for dinner. I specially loved this rainbow cocktails they were serving at the pool.

Pool had its own restaurant where they served pizza in between the meals, drinks, cocktails and our favourite unlimited ice cream options. You even got to get it for yourself as the freezer was always open and you didn’t have to feel guilty to ask bartender for ice-cream every 10 minutes.

I also remember this night when we received a call from my aunt that I just got mail from Charles university in Prague stating I got accepted to pharmacy school. We had few drinks by the sea that night – can’t believe how much has changed since then.

Private pool was empty most of the time so we spend a lot of time playing volleyball in there. The sea was like 10 steps away from the pool so we just kept all our stuff by the pool and walked to the sea whenever we felt like it. I did what I do on every holiday – read plenty of books with a drink in my hand, sun tanning, listening to music and just chilling.

Hotel had wi-fi connection but it worked best in hotel lobby so my sisters spend more time on a couch then on the beach. Sad.

As it was pretty new and unknown hotel there were not many residents so it felt very private for us. Beach was like semi private of the hotel and it was right in front of the hotel. Black sea was quite clear as we even saw some jellyfishes and they live in clean waters only. Sand beach with some bigger rocks created true summer experience for us. There were some evenings where I would just take my sketch book and sit in form of ocean and just draw on my own – such a peaceful moments.

My most magical moment of that summer was when me and my sisters went swimming in the sea in around 11 pm. All was dark and all was calm and it was drizzling a bit and I was lying on my back just breathing in the moment and I shit you not there were fireworks going on somewhere in the distance and that moment was so chilling and unforgettable for me.

Main center of Sveti Vlas was just few minutes away. Receptionist recommended us using a car but we always prefered a walk to explore each new place we visited so we just wandered the town to see what it has to offer. In my opinion it is not ideal town for young people who expect to party every night. It’s much calmer and ideal for family’s vacation. Shops in the town offers bunch of local souvenirs but my favourite was this Hello kitty shop I was blown away by.

Near Sveti Vlas is well knows historical town Nesebar we went to visit but I’m gonna dedicate whole article to that trip in future as it deserves its own glory.

Anyway we just had a best time and if you’re wondering where you might spent next summer try to think about Bulgaria’s Svati Vlas. We had a blast.

Thank you for your attention

xo Natalia

  Bulgarias Moonlight Hey. In 2015 me and my family traveled for our annual summer holiday to Bulgaria. We've been there one time before but it was in times when Bulgaria was not as touristy attractive as it is now and most of the hotels were still in process of building.

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Opinion: Manju fights to change the script

"The day I was born, my father tried to bury me alive," Manju Singh tells me. "The moment he knew he'd had a daughter, he charged into the windowless room in which my mother had delivered me and started digging a hole in the mud floor. The umbilical cord had just been cut. My maternal grandmother scooped me up and fled."

Sitting before a wood stove in her outdoor kitchen in Haryana, Singh is cooking breakfast. It's winter, around dawn, and the 35-year-old mother of two speaks in a matter-of-fact tone, not allowing her narrative to interrupt the rapid motion of her rolling pin. The year is 2012 and there's bad news from India’s just-published Census report: the number of girls born, compared to boys, has fallen drastically between 2001 and 2011– from 927 to 919.

‘That I lived is nothing short of a miracle,’ Manju says while cooking on a wood stove (Others)

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"That I lived is nothing short of a miracle," Manju continues. "My mother had to fight hard to keep me alive. Even while I was growing up my father tried several times to kill me. He'd beat me to pulp. But somehow, I lived through it all. I was just that stubborn." She laughs.

For generations, no girl child in Singh’s family in Sadikpur village had been allowed to live. When she was 10, Manju’s father told her that he had watched his sister being buried alive by his father. Killing new-born female progeny was a family ‘tradition’. The strictly ‘sons only’ policy was implemented ruthlessly.

A milestone on the way to Manju’s village, Sadikpur (Others)

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What happened in Singh's family over generations was not an isolated instance. Female infanticide – an unfortunate confluence of culture and economics – was practiced in some parts of India for centuries. The methods varied from region to region, but all were equally macabre – feeding the baby grain husk to slit her windpipe, a morsel of rice to choke her, tobacco juice to poison her. Strangulation, starvation, overfeeding, and the fate Manju escaped – being buried alive – were also common.

These methods are now rare, though not entirely absent. In 2014, according to National Crime Records Bureau data, 121 cases of infanticide were reported in the country. But female infanticide in India was once widespread enough to necessitate a law against it: the Female Infanticide Prevention Act of 1970. It only succeeded in making the killers more furtive, their crimes harder to detect.

What did nearly eradicate infanticide was ultrasound, a technology that came to India in the late 1980s. With ultrasound imaging techniques, parents could identify the gender of their child in the womb. Identification services combined with sex-selective abortions at affordable prices mushroomed all over India. Though the practice of infanticide declined, many more girls actually died.

In 1994, India passed the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostics Techniques Act to prohibit sex determination during ultrasound. But the Act, as well as an amendment passed in 2003, have been ineffective: India's ratio of young girls to young boys has slid lower every decade.

Manju is trying to counter this in her corner of Haryana. Breakfast cooked, she is now vigorously working the hand-pump in the courtyard to fill water for her family for the day. She tells me about the traditional rituals that accompanied infanticide in different parts of India:

"In the state of Rajasthan a popular song urges the daughter not to return to this land. They used to sing that after killing the infant. And in Punjab they would place the girl alive in an earthen pot with a lump of jaggery, some gram and raw cotton yarn. Then they buried the pot while chanting ‘Gud khaanyi, punni katti. Aap na aayi, veerey nu kalli' [Eat this jaggery, spin this cotton. Don't come back. The next time, send your brother instead]’."

Manju’s kids and husband: ‘I love my son too, but my daughter is special' (Others)

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Manju explains: "Gram and jaggery are symbols of celebrating a boy child. And the cotton yarn is what a sister ties on her brother's wrist to ask for his protection. These male symbols are meant to invoke a son."

Singh is a health and gender rights advocate in her community in Ambala district; she works (at the time of our meeting) with the Voluntary Health Association of Punjab. She educates village women about preventing the crime her father tried to commit. "I understand women’s concerns, the pressures they face. I never preach to them; I try to befriend them. That's the only way to make change happen," she says as she winds up her household chores and steps out for the day.

Our first stop is a village meeting. A crowd of women has gathered and a raucous debate is underway. The topic of discussion is the relative ‘merits’ of sons and daughters. Many women give various reasons for their preference: "Daughters are expensive to bring up. We need to spend on their dowries;" "Sons earn money, they bring dowries. Daughters only take from their families;" "A daughter gets married and goes away but a son is always there to look after you;" "Raising a daughter is like watering a tree in your neighbour's garden."

Addressing a meeting, discussing the relative ‘merits’ of sons and daughters (Others)

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Then a middle-aged woman at the back of the crowd pipes up in a robust tone: "All of you who want only sons, can you tell me who will make the babies? Can men give birth to children? We need girls too. Girls are great! Ask me, I have two daughters." The air becomes thick with cheers.

But the truth is, there is little cause for cheer. According to Census 2011 data, Haryana has only 834 girls for every 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age group. There aren't enough girls in the state for young men to marry. Entire villages in Haryana are now devoid of brides. Bachelors are desperate, trying everything from propitiating the gods to buying brides from other states and arm-twisting local politicians to get them brides in exchange for votes.

Says Singh, "When I got married I learned about sex-selective abortion. It was all around me. It was happening in practically every home. Women were under immense pressure to do it. Many of them were undergoing five, six, even 10 abortions in the quest for a son. It's physical and mental torture. I felt very strongly that I should work with women to try and stop this killing... It was a calling from deep within.

According to Census 2011 data, Haryana has only 834 girls for every 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age group (Others)

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"Even medicine can become a poison if not used correctly," Singh tells me. "Ultrasound technology was supposed to be used to improve the health of mothers and babies. But society has used it as a killing tool. People are complicit. So are doctors. It's illegal to reveal the sex of the child and sex-selective abortion is illegal too. But it happens all the time, clinics do this everywhere. And it's so much easier compared to infanticide that people feel it is okay."

At the end of a day of trudging from village to village, addressing meetings, gathering data, chatting with pregnant women, and talking to young mothers who've just given birth to female children, it's time for Manju to head home. The sun is setting and there's a cold wind blowing. Her daughter is back from school and busy preparing for her mother's arrival. Steaming cups of tea and biscuits await us.

A cold wind is blowing on the way back to Sadikpur that evening; at Manju’s home, her daughter awaits us with steaming cups of tea (Others)

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Ruffling her daughter's hair, Singh praises her effort and then turns to me and asks, "Do you have a daughter?" "Yes," I answer. "Then," she says, "you'll know what I mean when I say that they are precious. When I was pregnant for the first time, I prayed for a girl. And god heard me. I love my son too, but my daughter is special."

This article was originally published on 22/03/2016 on the People's Archive of Rural India.

(Disclaimer: The author writes here in a personal capacity).

Image Credit: Svati Chakravarty

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Nakshatras Paranormal Abilities List- Part 1

Here is a list of paranormal abilities of each nakshatra. It is a short list and needs to be more complete. I'm working on it but feel free to share any other abilities with your nakshatras in the comments or via pm. Thanks.❤️

Ashvini: Miraculous healing, spirit channeling, discovery of secrets on life and immortality, reading omens. Connection with horses and a warrior goddess. Bharani: Occult abilities through fertility, in touch with the other planes, pyramids and tombs of saints trigger deep changes. Connection with ghosts, goddess energies (and shakti). Krittika: Occult abilities through rituals under the moonlight. A historical site or a historical artifact triggers deep changes. Healing herbs, fire rituals. Connection with spirits. Rohini: Ability for a strong devotion/bhakti. Occult knowledge about herbs. Rituals performed under the moonlight. Connection with Krishna, a snake or a Naga (divine serpent). Mrigashirsha: Interest in tantra, healing gifts, rituals under the Moonlight, plant-based rituals. Connection with Nagas (divine serpents) and snakes. Ardra: Healing (especially the animals), magic potions, extreme occult practices/penances, weather predictions, prayers are heard. Connection with Shiva, skulls, bones, dogs, wolves, wild animals. Punarvasu: Intuition, subtle technology, prayers are heard. Connection with cats, Rama. Pushya: Gift in performing rituals, chanting prayers/mantras. Connection with the Moon (Full Moon and New Moon), a goddess. Ashlesha: Intuition, hypnotic charm, ability to read people's mind, herbal healing, Vastu/Feng Shui skills, dragon magick, banishing spirits. Connection with cats, snakes, Nagas (divine serpents), dragons. Magha: NDE, out of body experiences, powerful spiritual knowledge, communication with the ancestors, ghosts. Connection with the ancestors, Sun, solar gods, yogis. Purva Phalguni: Traditional occult knowledge: mantras, astrology, palmistry... Gift of luck, healing abilities. Connection with Shiva, shiv-ling, solar gods, Sun. Uttara Phalguni: Intuitive healing. Connection with solar gods, Sun, Nandi. Hasta: Palmistry, tarot card reading, mantras, spells, incantations, astrology, healing hands, reiki, pranic healing, healing animals. Connection with the Sun, Gayatri. Chitra: Visualisation practices, visions of the gods, using pictures as talismans, astrology, keeps secrets. Connection with Durga.

See part 2: from Svati to Revati here.

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Hi!! I've been studying vedic astrology as well and love your blog so much! I use equal houses, but it turns out the same as whole sign except for my mars. I am an ashwini rising, jyestha sun, anuradha moon. My sun, moon, mars [mula], mercury[anuradha], venus [jyesthha] are all in my 8th, with my saturn in dhanishta the 11th and jupiter in svati the 7th house. I think i've been on the path of the higher energies of the 8th house, but i'm wondering if you have any words on 8th house stellium, and ways to conceptualize that energy. Sometimes reading the vedic texts regarding my chart gets so depressing (lol)!

Hi, thanks for your lovely message! So, it seems that your Mars falls in the 9th house per the whole sign system. Anyway, woow, that's a huge stellium in Scorpio 8th house you have!!! Yes, I understand, traditional texts can be sometimes depressing and harsh. But something everyone has to know about them is that it is very important not to take all shlokas literally. This is a big mistake of ours, we, the people of Kali Yuga. We're too stupid, we need things to be literally explained. Anyways, going back to the 8th/Scorpio stellium, let's be honest, it's not an easy place. Scorpio is the most mysterious sign of the zodiac, in other words, it is full of secrets. The same goes with the 8th house. Imagine a dark room with no light: you blindly walk there, sometimes you stumble over things and you get hurt, but at the same time, you find some treasure. Usually, it's an occult type treasure. Hence the reason why we say to these people to study the occult, astrology, sometimes, to go abroad, or study foreign spiritual practices. You can use it to heal yourself too. Remember, Scorpio is all about healing too and the 8th house is the house of longevity. This is the only way to positive this placement. If you go through a mahadasha of one of these planets in Scorpio, well, you know what to do ;) But even if it's not the case, sooner or later, you will go through an AD or PD with these planets. Sadly, some people with this placement will use it to discover people's secrets, blackmail them, or cast evil spells, or hide scandals they willingly get involved in. The truth always rises to the surface sooner or later, this is 8th house punishment (hence its bad reputation). There is so much to say about Scorpio and its mysteries. I planned an article for it. Stay tuned everyone 😉

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Rahu is Lord of three nakshatras or lunar mansions: Ardra, Svati and Shatabhisha. Rahu is associated with the following: its color is smoky, metal is lead, and its gemstone is Honey-colored hessonite. Its element is air and its direction is southwest. In Hindu tradition, Rahu is a severed head of an asura, that swallows the sun causing eclipses. He is depicted in art as a serpent with no body riding a chariot drawn by eight black horses. Rahu is one of the navagrahas (nine planets) in Vedic astrology and is paired with Ketu. The time of day considered to be under the influence of Rahu is called Rahu kala and is considered inauspicious. https://chitravedicastrology.com/ardra-nakshatra/?fbclid=IwAR0ctO7LQdgG9bZ0x_kN30xf4bboAh7Q2VngB8nsYqECMnuOnUyGXQCdS58