Navratri (or nine nights) is a Hindu holiday that honors Shakti or the Divine Feminine / Mother and seeks spiritual purification, guidance and enlightenment from her. It lasts nine nights and ten days. The nine nights are divided into groups of three and during each group there is meditation on a particular aspect of the … Read more
For months, Mercury has been traveling through the signs at warp speed, in direct motion, zipping through scorched and productive territory. That all changes on August 29/30th when Mercury enters the breezy Candyland of Libra and gets turned around at beautiful signposts and stuck in taffy quicksand. Mercury stations retrograde on September 26/27th, in a … Read more
Spread the love and make the world a better place! What if I told you that by setting intentions for the day, you have complete control over how you feel and function during the day? You don’t have to go with the flow and accept whatever comes your way. You also don’t need to let … Read more
I read through essays my students submitted in response to the assignment of spending an hour outdoors, undisturbed by phones or to-do lists. They write about the vortex of stimuli that rush through their over-busy minds. You write about memories that have surfaced: of times at home with parents, grandparents or siblings, playing on the … Read more
I was just seasoning a cast iron pan in the kitchen this weekend when I found my thoughts drifting towards the astrological symbolism of what I was doing. Iron is associated with Mars while oil would be a Jupiter thing. I was thinking of the interaction between the two, between the cast iron pan and … Read more
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR) was upgraded from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating by equity research analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, reports The Fly. Several other equity analysts recently published reports on SPR as well. Susquehanna lowered her price target for Spirit AeroSystems from … Read more
The New Moon in Libra, occurring on October 6th at 4:05 a.m. PT, offers a master class on tact, diplomacy, and compromise. With Mars in the throne room, ready to do battle with a cocktail sword, there will be situations that force athletic negotiations on this side of the Via Combusta (the traditionally prickly passage … Read more
This 96-minute documentary provides a multi-dimensional overview of China’s special kind of capitalism, consumerism and economic growth since 1978. In three well-structured sections, the director Jessica Kingdon covers the levels of the capitalist structure: from factory workers to aspiring middle and class entrepreneurs, to the newly wealthy elites and those who serve them. She begins … Read more
The bizarre request from Rajkumar Yadav has become a topic of conversation in WhatsApp groups Bhopal: A government engineer’s request for Sunday leave has become a talking point in all WhatsApp groups in Madhya Pradesh, thanks to his claims of rebirth and spiritual awakening riddled with Mahabharata references. Rajkumar Yadav, an assistant engineer for MGNREGA … Read more
Most of the people who visit Sahaja are there for deep spiritual benefits. But every now and then it’s great to know that a powerful form of meditation like Sahaja has several scientifically proven benefits and to understand the intricacies of meditation within us. One such fascinating area is the influence of meditation on our … Read more