The Solar Steps
The astronomy hidden in the number 339 Chronology issues In Aswin Subramanyan’s interesting article on Indian cosmology, Part 1, he expresses his discomfort with Western explanations of the Indian timeline[…]
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108: The Mother of all Sacred Numbers
Astronomical patterns behind three digits The sacred number 108 has been revered in India for millennia. It appears in mythology, meditation, and astronomy, but there is more to it. Some[…]
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Symbolism of the celestial rooster
Nowadays, when somebody sees a rooster, s/he is probably reminded of grilled chicken and eggs, or, if a vegetarian, of chicken batteries and the film Chicken Run.Back in the day,[…]
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Mother’s crimes, daughter’s murder
Gypsy Rose Blanchard had her boyfried murder her mother after many years of horrific abuse. Dee Dee Blanchard had pretended that her daughter suffered from various severe diseases, such as[…]
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Waxing and waning Venus
We all know about the lunar phases, the waxing and waning crescent and the first and third quarter Moon. We can see them daily in the sky. Since Venus is[…]
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On minor planetary years and degree-families
In traditional textbooks, we often find a list of minor planetary years.They indicate when planets get activated in a chart and are particularly important in zodiacal releasing. But what exactly[…]
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Spinning top or tumbler? The quest of the precession of the equinoxes.
Most of us are aware of the western concept of the precession of the equinoxes. At the same time, I do believe that the majority is unaware of the fact[…]
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Capricorn Ingress 2022
The Capricorn Ingress chart 2022 cast for Rome shows a pretty impressive chart with Mars right on the MC:
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Mars OOB, on autopilot at the Bull’s horn
I have posted on this topic on Instagram here and here, but will now look at it from a more astronomical perspective. You will find much more on this in[…]
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The Sumerian five pointed star
The Sumerian five pointed star might represent the Sun during an eclipse.
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Canopus and Churning of the Ocean of Milk
The Indian myth of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk is one of the best known stories of eastern mythology in the West. The central piece of the story[…]
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Where is the AC? Jyotish for dummies
[:en]Recently I have started to study Jyotish. I knew, of course, that I would learn many new elements and that perspectives on certain topics might be different but I had[…]
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