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Jupiter in Sagittarius: The Guru on His Own Throne
There is a moment in the Mahabharata that the commentators rarely dwell upon.
It comes after the great war, after the …
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Moon in Sagittarius: The Arrow That Seeks the Infinite
In the Vedic imagination, there is a moment when the soul, weary of the underwater caverns of Scorpio, breaks through …
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Saturn in Sagittarius: The Pilgrim Who Walks the Long Road
There is a parable the old Jyotish teachers used to tell about the difference between Jupiter and Saturn.
Jupiter is the …
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Venus in Sagittarius: The Wandering Muse of Sacred Fire
There is a profound tension at the heart of Vedic mythology between Shukracharya, the guru of the Asuras, and …
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Jupiter in the 10th House: The Kingdom That Prospered Under a Righteous King
There is a story the rishis tell about the golden age — not the age of warriors, not the age of merchants, not the age …
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Jupiter in the 9th House: The Dharma That Was Written in Gold
Before there were temples, before there were scriptures, before the first syllable of the first Veda was uttered by …
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Ketu in the 9th House: The Sage Who Outgrew Every Temple
Once, in a kingdom that exists only in the memory of the soul, there was a sage who had spent seven lifetimes in …
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Mars in Sagittarius: The Warrior Who Learned to Believe
There is a story the Mahabharata tells that most retellings rush past, because it does not involve a grand battlefield …
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Mars in the 9th House: The Crusader Whose Faith Was Forged in Battle
There is a story told in the mountain monasteries of every tradition — Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Sufi — about a young …
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Mercury in Sagittarius: The Mind That Learned to Seek
There is a story the Puranas do not tell directly, but you can piece it together if you listen carefully.
Budha — …
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Mercury in the 9th House: The Scholar Who Questioned Every Scripture
There was a boy who could not stop asking why.
Not the ordinary “why” of childhood — the kind that exhausts …
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Moon in the 9th House: The Pilgrim Whose Faith Was Made of Feeling
There was a woman who walked barefoot to every temple in her village.
She was not a priest. She had no formal training …
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Rahu in Sagittarius: The Shadow That Learned to Believe
Before Svarbhanu ever disguised himself as a Deva and slipped into that sacred line, he had already asked the question. …
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Saturn in the 9th House: The Pilgrim Whose Path Was Made of Thorns
There is a story they tell about Shani — Saturn — that illuminates the 9th house placement with perfect clarity. When …
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Sun in Sagittarius: The King Who Learned to Teach
There is a story in the Mahabharata that most retellings skip past — not because it is obscure, but because it is too …
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Venus in the 9th House: The Devotee Whose Prayer Was a Love Song
There is a verse in the Soundarya Lahari — the great hymn of beauty attributed to Adi Shankaracharya — that begins: …