☽ Anuradha Moon ☾

  Saturn has a connection to karma and kala (time), which are interconnected due to the fact that karma can only exist within the limits of material time. In the spiritual realm, there is no time (or not the time that we, as conditioned beings, experience). In the spiritual dimension, time is always present (time is the present), and spiritual time works as a servant of Bhagavan to facilitate His pastimes. In the material dimension, the conditioned living entities are servants of time, and time acts as an unforgiving master. Karma and kala work together, keeping us chained to this material realm which is itself in constant decay/renewal due to the influence of time. In due course of time, we will all reap the fruits of our previous karma. “For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap”. So like the other planets, Saturn is indispensable in our lives just as a strict figure is sometimes necessary in order to shape us and make us stronger; and Saturn will manifest through such peop...

The Birth of Venus - William-Adolphe Bouguereau Beauty is a characteristic of Venus – creating beauty, engaging with beauty and relishing beauty through any of the senses. Venus is like a glass which reflects and translates transcendental beauty into this world and allows us to experience it. However with the growth of modern feminist movements, Venusian qualities are being demonised and we are being fed this idea that to be free as women we must embody the more solar and martian qualities which are associated with masculine energy. In the Brihat Jatakam section on grahas (planets), we read that Venus and Moon are considered female planets whereas Mars and Sun are male planets. So by having some understanding of the planets and their qualities, we can see how the connection of women with beauty, pleasure, emotional intelligence and nurturing, which are venusian & lunar qualities, is not a social construct but is deeply rooted in subtle and spiritual science. This manifests in the p...