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Guru Purnima Full Moon in Capricorn
The Full Moon in sidereal Capricorn occurs tonight, in the early hours of July 31st, at 3:43 am PDT. It is called a "blue moon" in the West since it is the second full moon within a Gregorian calendar month (July). In Hindu culture this full Moon is celebrated as Guru...
Venus Retrograde 2015
Venus will come to a complete stop at 2:22 am PDT tonight (in the early hours of July 25th), around 6°42' sidereal Leo, from our perspective here on Earth. Venus and Earth both orbit the Sun at different rates. Venus' orbit takes only about 225 days compared to the...
New Cycle Report: Gemini New Moon in Punarvasu Nakshatra
The New Moon initiates our next lunar cycle tomorrow, July 15th, at 6:25pm PDT, from the very end of sidereal Gemini (29 degrees). Sun, Moon, Mercury and Mars will all be joined in the lunar mansion (nakshatra) called Punarvasu, a star-sign that symbolizes renewal and...
Full Moon in Purva Ashada: The Ambitious Water Goddess
The Full Moon will occur Wednesday, July 1st, at 7:19pm PDT in sidereal Sagittarius. In Vedic Astrology it falls in the nakshatra (star-sign) Purva Ashada. This is the part of the sky towards the galactic center, so we can see the Milky Way flowing along near this...
Jupiter and Venus Converge Tonight! Turn on Your Lovelight
If you've been watching Venus approach Jupiter in the evening sky over the last month, tonight will be the night not to miss! Last night the two appeared very close together from Earth, and tonight they will be at almost the exact same degrees in the sky (about 27 1/2...
Summer Solstice! Honoring Surya’s Love
Today is the longest and brightest day of the year in the northern hemisphere (and the shortest in the southern). This is the peak of the Sun's ascending cycle, or the solar year, which began for northerners on December 21st of last year. From now on the Sun will be...
New Moon in Gemini in Mrigashira Nakshatra: The Gentle Wanderer
The New Moon will occur Tuesday morning at 7:05am PDT, in early sidereal Gemini (Sun and Moon at 1 degree 3 minutes Gemini). This begins the Gemini Moon cycle for the next month. Mercury rules Gemini, so we will deal with the themes of the intellect a lot this cycle....
Full Moon in Scorpio Vedic Astrology
The Moon will be full in sidereal Scorpio on Tuesday, June 2nd, at 9:19 am PST, in the Vedic nakshatra of Jyeshtha. The full Moon (Purnima) is when we see the light of the Sun (the higher Self) fully illuminating the Moon (our emotional bodies). This cycle, which...
New Moon in Taurus: Krittika “The Cutter” Nakshatra
The New Moon happens tonight at 9:13pm Pacific time. Sun and Moon join in Taurus, beginning the new lunar cycle in the Vedic nakshatra (star-sign) of Krittika. Krittika is known as "the cutter" and is represented by a razor or an axe. It is also associated with a...
