Saturn Retro 2013: 06- Day 1

The previous post described my state well into the morning, the first breaking dawn, of the first day, 18th Feb, of Annual Saturn Retro, 2013. Later, sleepless, i groggily set out for Hospital, where my friend was having an ENT operation. On the way, i had to speed post an important Legal document back home. First, the post office computers were down, and I would have to wait hours to send 'speed post'. Second post office I went, didnt have speed post service. Finally excasperated I went to the hospital, and after he was taken in for operation, I found a courier nearby and finally send the "speed post". Dude, no speed for me, especially on the very first day of Saturn Retrograde, I shoulda' known. Check out my fav : I Should Have Known Better- Jim Diamond. Number of 'I-I-I-I-I"'s he repeats in the chorus truly feels like a retrograde repetition. I drove Bublee G mad with his song in her last Gwhy visit, by simply repeating it over and over again.!
Rambling around, came to NFC market and crawled into Gallery Espace. Thought of meeting the owner whom I had met before thru my friend whom they had curated. But nope, NOT on this first day of saturn retrograde! Just saw Kalam Patua's funny, iconic works. Traditional, formal, Bengal style but depicting funniest, sarcastic ironies of life: woman delicately hammering husband with a broom. Sleazy, sexy audience gathered to exhibit themselves on a art show "Group Show". Ha ha, I was laughing to myself on the refreshing works. Thank God, i was alone on a noon, in this solitary art gallery. Enjoying myself, gratifying, no sexy body to display, no high cerebral bullshit to exhibit. Nobody to impress, but devour some gratifying art. Kalam Patua's work had hit the nail on the head! laughing to myself, I quietly slipped out. Very, very, refreshing on this brain fried, dehydrated Saturn retrograde day.
 Anyways, whole day nodding off to sleep in  waiting chairs of Holy Family Hospital. Trying to read Bertrand Russel's Autobography; Middle Years, 1914- 1944. What a timing to do so!! Eating junk food, bread sandwiches of the Hospi canteen. Dehydrated, sleepless, drowsy, conked, heavy. First overloaded day of saturn Retrograde had commenced. Evening, battery conked off, was disconnected from planet earth. Returned back home thru extremely congested traffic.
Had some corn khichidi made by wife earlier at noon. Found it so comforting, as in comfort food, in the harsh gravity of retrograde. Retro encourages us to take solace in plainness, simplicity. Wotta day! Completelyzombified out! Need sleep!!

Saturn Retro 2013: 05- Beginning

Sunday, 17th Feb. From tomorrow 18th Feb, Monday, the Annual Saturn Retro 2013, of 4.5 months begin. I could already feel it's acute effects from Friday noon itself,when,  suddenly I found myself engulfed by rupture, eruption, and uproar. But then, of course, what to expect during such a enormously Karmic phase such as Saturn Retrograde. I know that even as I write this today, I'll actually be able to uploade it to my/this blog, much later. I left my USB connect in the other/ office room where the landlords household help comes to sleep. And tomorrow early morning have to go to hospital for a firends surgery. A distinct sensation of heaviness, a brooding gloomy stillness has already begun descending upon my countenance. The effects of saturn retrograde has begun!! Even in my writing style, language, an archival, calcifying, literary heaviness has begun creeping in. I, who worked so hard to develop a simple, lucid, clear cut format of writing, have once more but retrogressed into an archival, historical, overtly- literary style of expression. Going round and around with my serpentine elaborations and narrations. Ugh! The inevitable influences and effects of Annual Saturn retrograde has commenced upon me.
SATURN STATION
Entering the week/ ten day period, what they astrologically term as 'Station' i.e, a forward moving planet slowly grinding to a halt before commencing with its retrograde motion (obviously relative to earth's orbitral motion). In this case, Station was of Lord saturn or shanidev, the  Lord of heaviness incarnate has come grinding to a halt. Before beginning his retrogressing journey across our earthly heavens, our mortal skies. Even as Saturn's grinding/ halting Station motion began, for me, a wild season of carnivalesque activity suddenly seemed to rapidly fade away to reveal an empty, barren, desolate terrain beneath. It's what my favourite Edgar Allan Poe, describes in his story 'House Of Usher', as, the lifting of the Veil, the return of the Opium user to reality after the effects of intoxication has worn off. A return to dry, drab, mundane, juice-less,  reality. 
Gravity itself has felt like increased all around. Manifolds. A pallor of gloom, an inky black fluid seems to have entered my previously excited bloodstream. Ensnaring it in cold, deathly rigor morgis. Ugh/alas, i cannot help but mimic words and literary style of my favourite author,the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. I seem acutely possessed by his literary language. But, in saturn Retrograde all saturn ruled people can do is but.. repeat, repeat, repeat, rewind, over and over again.....

SUN RULED PEOPLE
But all around I see the exact reverse happening to the Sun ruled people, They are but moving into action all around. Gearing up for war and action. As I have (obviously) repeated myself many times over, in the previous posts: For Sun ruled people, THIS is the time for ACTION! Especially this 2.5 month of Retro Rise enrgies, i.e, saturn would be MOVING BACKWARDS FASTER  (relative to earth). Ensuring a disruption in the normal balance of Sun and Saturn energies, usually in balance throughout the normal year. Saturn Retrograde is a unusual period of excess, increased Solar/ Sun energies and a debilitation, withdrawal of Saturn energies. Hence the opposite effects in sun and saturn ruled people!!!

IMPETUS & GRAVITAS
You can say that during Saturn Retrograde, Sun ruled people experience IMPETUS and Saturn ruled People experience GRAVITAS. IMPETUS meaning the desire to PROGRESS, Desire to go forward, adrenalin, UP-BEAT, tachycardia, RUSH!! GRAVITAS means the propensity to lethargy, heaviness, stillness, ponderin, brooding, tendency to REGRESS and REPEAT, Down Beat, Bradycardia. a time of hibernation, contemplation.

SUN SATURN CONTRASTS.. ARCHITECTURE V.S. ERRATIC GEOMETRY
In this very room, at this late hour, 12;13 am, on the other end, my wife, Sun ruled prepares a crucial architectural presentation for a meeting tomorrow. And, in this end, I, Saturn ruled dude, unravel, a long winding serpentine tail, a winmeandering narration of Saturn Retrograde effects and energies. What a contrast!! What a perfect contrast of diametrically opposite Sun - saturn energies. A contrast characteristic  of this Annual saturn Retrograde period.
1:06 a.m. Since my wife's still working hardon her design presentation, I feel compelled to accompany her by staying awake. Even if it means drowning in the feverish, serpentine narration of H.P. Lovecraft's bizarre tales. Especially, the one I'm reading now: 'Dreams in The Witch House'. Which narrate a mathematician exploring strange geometries that enable one to cross across space. Or is in his own words, I quote:

" Possibly Gilman ought not to have studied so hard. Non-Euclidean calculus and quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain, and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to trace a strange background of multi-dimensional reality behind the ghoulish hints of the Gothic tales and the wild whispers of the chimney-corner, one can hardly expect to be wholly free from mental tension.."

The feverish pitch of Lovecraft's tales are perfect material to be read during Saturn Retrograde. As Saturn being my Fourth and Fifth Lord, and located in the Ninth house, is a Yogakaraka planet for me. And the Sun, being the Lord of my 11th, Malefic, is doubly damaging by being in the 12th house. Thus in this period of Retrograde Saturn, a period of acutely amplified Sun energies and debiliated Saturnine energies, it makes obvious sense is to abstain from great logic fundas of reason etc, and instead, make foray into wild, nebulous, murky, swamps of wayward imaginings, neptunean half worlds, and diffused concepts. Hence drowning in the worlds and concepts of H.P. Lovecraft.

1:40 am. I find the parallel/ Contrasting fascinating:- At one end of the room, my wife making a presentation of architecture design. Referring reason, sense,sensibility into the proposed design. with relevance to function, backdrop, culture, everything. Creating FORM, FUNCTION, REASON, ORDER, BALANCE. And at the other end, I'm dabbling, drowning into the strange tale of occult geometry, bizzare architecture of an oddly shaped room, in H.P. Lovecrafts above mentioned tale. Where the mathematician Gilman goes mad in the oblong shaped room where formerly a witch used to reside. Who used the strange, odd, oblong, architectural geometry of the room to access other realms/dimensions. Drowning into a celebration of MADNESS, CHAOS, FANTASTIQUE, ERRATIC, ECCENCTRICITY. Each one doing his/her dharma in this phase. The ultimate Sun- saturn opposition/ contrast between my Sun ruled wife and Saturn ruled myself, during this Dawn of Annual saturn retrograde 2013!!

BERTRAND RUSSEL V.S. D.H. LAWRENCE..
2:10 am. How will I make it to hospital duty tomorrow morning? Wife still burning the midnight oil. and me, left Lovecraft's mad tale, and hurriedly drowning in electro master musician of 70's-80's, funky, disco, electronic genius of Giorgio Moroder. He's the ultimate conceptor of electronica in a fun, groovy, awesome, disco- pop way. Current track: I wanna rock you. I'm tarvelling in eccentric, meandering pathways. On the desk , a copy of Bertarnd Russels autobiography: "The Middle Years: 1914- 1944", which i borrowed from my cousin. I was reading it earleir, his feelings during world war II, when his beloved England was finally joining the war. Though, a severe patriot, I found him Saturnine, desisting from the patriotic wave of solar sentiments that churned the citizens of the entire country to join the War against Germany. His interesting interaction with D.H Lawrence is almost depictive of Sun- saturn opposition/ contrast characteristic during Saturn Retrograde. D.H.Lawrence writes inflamed with solar energies, to Russel. Lawrence discusses his conception of "blood", a very solar idea. I quote (The first War, page 11) :
" There is another seat of consciousness than the brain and the nerves. there is a blood-consciousness which exists in us independently of the ordianry mental consciousness. One lives, knows and has one's beingin the blood, without any references to nerves and brain. This is one half of life belonging to the darkness. when I take a woman, then the blood-percept is supreme. My blood-knowing is overwhelming. we should realize that we have a blood-being, a blood-consciousness, a blood-soul complete and apart from a mental and nerve consciousness". To this statement Blood/ sun/ solar statement of D.H. Lawrence, a (possibly) Saturnine Bertrand Russel responds: "This seemed to me frankly rubbish, and I rejected it vehemently, though i did not then know that it led straight to Auschwitz". Perfect Solar passion- saturnine skepticism prevalent during Saturn Retro phase. Jai Shanidev!

3:03 AM, I'M DAMNED! Sangeetas still on!! Midnight oil and a dozen!! as for me, supposed to sleep early at 11am for mroning Hospital duty, and now it's only 3!! Drowning in supermelifullous lead guitar of Eric Johnson. Just strectching, dragging  on and on and on.In a unending serpentine trail without reason/ logic. And the first day of 4.5 month long Saturn Retrograde hasn't begun, yet!! First dawn is yet to break, few hours later. Oh Lord! call it a day! This long, winding, exhausting, serpentine, trail~-~-~-~-!!!




18th Feb, Monday morning, 9:37 am, slept at 4am woke at 8:30, wife had international call to discuss her design.Acid high, sleepless, nightmares, now have to go to the hospital for my friends surgery. Welcome to the beginning of Saturn Retrograde, 2013..

Saturn Retro 2013: 04- FLASH SURGERY

Today, 13th Feb, me and my wife went to Sitaram Bhartia hospital for her ear check up. A growth in her ear had blocked the tunnel since months. She had been advised to have it removed in the future. The process of check up, ear wax removal, consulting surgeon, admission, was due for us. A long winding mountain ahead.  But I forgot that it was Saturn Retrograde and that my wife's Sun ruled. A time for lightning fast movement.

As soon as we reached the hospital, the ENT consultant called in a surgeon, who said he can remove whenever possible. Wife said NOW, and she was put immediately into the procedure room. So rushed was it, that we had forgotten the basic Hospital card. While outside I waited and dwelled upon the  long processes and fundas of Saturn Retrograde, her surgery was over. Painkillers, medicines, later we're back in home. And I updated the humongous, comprehensive page:- Saturn Retro Theory. Please read it, cos I went IN and OUT of the Hospital to complete it So I experienced the first evidences of Sun- Saturn opposition of Saturn Retro 2013: Ultra Fast Flash motion for the Sun ruled. FLASH OPERATION of my wife. And Super Slow, ultra heavy, archival pace for us, Saturn ruled. Writing the Long winding, pending, heavy, humongous Saturn Retro Theory. --Jai Shanidev--

Saturn Retro 2013: 03- Retro Strategies

As discussed in the previous posts, Saturn Retrograde, is a window of opportunity which sees regression of Saturn's effects upon us. So, for Sun Ruled people, or those with Saturn obstacles in their horoscope, this period is ideal for progression, breakthrough, forward movement, initiative etc. For Saturn ruled people, those with Benefic Saturn in their birthcharts, this period is one of mandatory hibernation, regression, heaviness, stillness, retrospection, research etc. 
Being Saturn ruled myslef, I have begun the process of voluntary slowdown, review, initiating archival heaviness, i.e, initiating the archival/ review process of Saturn Retro, 2013. And this initiative on my part has given me some breathing space.
Because, like a submarine having to descend 10 miles and reach rock bottom in 2.5 months, its better if we sink gradually, few feet everyday, rather than sudden descent and total collapse. Similarly for Sun ruled, Saturn opposed people, they should begin by initiating breakthrough, rupture, action, in small doses everyday, so that at the end of 2 months when Saturn Retro velocity is at maximum, they can obtain maximum benefits. Since Saturn is a SLOW planet, hence strategies to utilise the energies of Saturn Retrograde is better done in a gradual/ daily installment level. And then the effects would be LASTING!
In this Saturn Retro period, Saturnine people like myself have no option but to guide, assist, serve, help Sun ruled/ Saturn opposed people, and help them achieve/ reach their rightful Ruler ship. So that, once Saturn Retro period is over, we can reap the benefits of our mandatory sacrifice, and benefit from the benefits of their ruler ship. As a part of this strategy, for today I'm desisting from arguing with my wife. Let her have her say today, let her rule, Sun ruled shakti.

Saturn Retro 2013: 02- Archival Reviews

Tuesday, 12 Feb, from yesterday the effects of Saturn Retro began, even as 6 days still remain, for saturn to actually become retrograde. It's what they call Station, or a directional planet slowly grinding to a halt , check Link:

Entering the zone of Station, Saturn grinding to a halt feels like gravity suddenly increasing all around you. Everything feels slower, heavier, cumbersome, loaded. It's what Edgar Allan Poe, describes in his story 'House Of Usher', as, the lifting of the Veil, the hangover of the Opium user after the effects of intoxication wears off. The return to drab, mundane, dry  reality.
Till this very weekend I was partying  like nobody's business. A LOT of wild , whacky, large, social gathering at Gautams, Art Fair 2013, Comic Con 2013 in Dilli Haat which is already oozing with people,etc,etc. But SUDDENLY from yesterday, Monday morning, things have Crashed. After the long morning walk which surpisingly crashed my whole system. The long morning walk in the neighbouring forest that my wife suddenly began, after listening to friend Monindro's inspiring speech, and changed lifestyle. Surprise, cos i walk around all the time. But suddenly due to gas, indigestion, my system crashed. And the whole day went by a like a zombie, fog. Today i'm drinking a lot of water, slowly recovering. Hopefully, its not my "return" to the bad old days of ill health etc. Cause, Retro Saturn is happening in
Libra, my very Ascendant Sign, 1st house of physique/ body.

The idea is of Movement and Stillness. For Sun ruled people, this is the time for ACTION! A time for Dramatic Break thrus! No thinking much. JUST DO IT! Rock it! For Saturn ruled critters like myself, time to SLOW DOWN. To contemplate, brood, RETROspect, REturn, RE-VIEW! Follow this to avoid conflict/ confusion of Sun- Saturn energies

And that's what I intended to do, comprehensively use Saturnine process, this season 2013. To REVIEW acutely, update comprehensively, the mechanism, process, and journey of  Saturn Retrograde. Minutes of Raw, subjective, visceral data. This time, I've abandoned my last 8
years traditional, scrawly handwritten private journals, a lot of which gets lost. I've upgraded to a folder "saturn retro 2013" on my desktop. For sketches and narrations of this long annual 4.5 month odyssey. To be shared, reviewed, referenced and archived. Because
saturn Retro brings so much  heaviness, that it's vital to be consistently archived. To prevent a clogging of the auric, psychic senses. This being. Hence this archival process in this blog.  THIS is going to be my pilgrimage, my offering, in this long annual Saturn
Retrograde, season 2013. Jai Shanidev.

Saturn Retro 2013: 01- Time to Wallow in the Mire

This year, the annual 4.5 months of Saturn Retrograde is from 18 Feb to 7 July. Saturn Retro is a time for Regression, retrospection, slowness for Saturn ruled people. And Progression, Projection and Affirmation for Sun ruled people. Generally every horoscope is  predominantly ruled either by Sun OR Saturn. Since I am ruled by Saturn, this period is ideal for me predominantly to wallow in backwaters, study, research, contemplation, thought, muse, brood, serve, follow, respond. Also the onset of the Chinese Snake Year, 2013, from yesterday itself, makes this particular Saturn Retro 2013, even more acutely ideal for the above mentioned brooding/ research activities. Hence Sun, Yang, Dragon ruled people should use this 4.5 months of Annual Saturn Retrograde, 2013 to breakthrough, make progress SO that once Saturn Retro's over they may return to a more relaxed pace for the rest of the year. And Saturn ruled people should ESPECIALLY use this Retrograde period for some acute wallowing time, so once Retro's over they can move forward like a speedy snake. Hence this year's Annual Saturn Retrograde 2013 is especially a window of opportunity for all of us. Provided we use it according to our specific disposition/ nature. Cheers!

As for me, I'm already starting to feel the backwater wallowing, TODAY, exactly one week before, Saturn turns retrograde on next Monday, 18 feb. Today morning, my wife predominantly Sun ruled creature, began morning walks in our neighborhood forest park. Especially encouraged and excited by my friend Monindro, who's into big time walkathon, marathon, and what not. Normally I walk all over, while she's stationary in office, or in her car. BUT today she was rocketting ahead with super SOLAR force, while I due to gas, indigestion etc fell far behind. Huffing, puffing, panting like a bulky buffalo. Groaning, cursing, somehow dragging myself. Pretty uncharacteristic for a lanky dude like me, who walks all over, and pretty much relies on public transport to move over Delhi. Whole day, I was burnt out like a zombie, neither asleep nor awake. Drowning in pending, backwater files, old pending works. And I realized by afternoon, that the effects of Annual Saturn Retrograde, 2013, had commenced. And for me, it was an ideal time for some active wallowing, regression. Thus, Addressing pending Karmic obligations. And THIS year, I'm going to note all my observations, etc live on this blog. Unlike the previous years and endless scrawly handed thick, comprehensive journals, mostly a lot of which are LOST. Let the wallowing games begin...

Schedule of Annual Saturn Retrograde, 2013: 18 Feb- 7 July
11 Feb- April end: (2.5 months): From one week before itself, as Saturn loses it's velocity rapidly and effects of Retrograde begins. Two & Half months of Rising/ Increasing Retrograde: Increasing wallowing/ regression for Saturn people, great PROGRESS for Sun people
May, entire month: Falling Retro: Month of Progress for Saturn people, a bit slow for Sun people
1st two weeks of June: SHARP Rise in retro: SUPER Break-Thru for Sun people and BREAK- down for Saturn people.
Mid June: Retrograde effects over by Mid June even though Saturn actually turns directional as late as 7th July. Because Force of effect= mass X accleration, and Saturn LOSES most of its retro velocity by Mid June itself.
I hereby declare, the Annual Saturn Retro 2013, open. My 8th year, since 2005. And the first year, on blog live. No journals, no ink. Only Net and Blog!!

Understanding Pitra/ Brahma/ Brihaspati

Thanks to my childhood friend Kumar Sanjeet Narayan Deb, and fellow traveler on this long winding astrological journey, I have returned to the original direction of this blog: pending karma, and in my specific case, Pitra Karma, i.e. debts owed to Pitras/ Brahma/ Brihaspati. It was through Sanjeet that I made Astrologer Upadhyay who pointed out the Karmic significance of debilitated, Retrograde Jupiter in my 4th house, house of pleasure, joy, stability, Sukh Bhava! As I am, of restless disposition and nature, I diverted and will divert MANY times from track. Like a runaway train. But ultimately we have to return to track. And for me this track is of Pitra Karma. karmic debts owed to Pitra/ Brahma/ Brihaspati. I have started by donation of Yellow cloth to Brihaspati/ jupiter in a nearby Navagraha (nine planet) temple. And I have felt trickles, prickles of result! Thanks Sanjeet/ Astro Upadhyay and my aunt Bula khuri who organised a telephonic consultation with Astrologer Biren Borah in my hometwon Jorhat, who confirmed my Karmic debts to Brihaspati/ jupiter. am listening to 80's radio, check link : amazing 80's magic net radio!! So, Sukh Bhava is getting activated. by loud, swanky, electric, sexy pop songs of forgotten/ romantic, teenage, heart-crushing, 80's music. Om Brim Brihas-pataye Namah!

Since years I had been exploring deep into the roots of various lifetime issues. But after Naadi readings in Kerala and astrologer Savita Jain's revelation of Pitra Dosh in my horoscope in form of Saturn + Ketu in my 9th house, did a lot of things become clear for me. My perennial vexations of years had their roots in Pitra Karma: pending debts from past lives and dues owed to past ancestors.
WHAT's Pitra Karma/ Pitra Dosha??
Pitras are our own departed ancestors who have been thrown into pretha yoni or any other lokas because of pending karmas. They YEARN to get mukti from that uncomfortable state through the karma of their successors/ descendants. Thus Pitras are considered to be more important to a person than any other devathaas, Gods, planets. ESPECIALLY for those with Pitra Karma. They are considered equal to Gods. As WE ourselves have come into existence SOLELY because of our ancestors. If the pitras are satisfied and happy with us, they can bring joy, prosperity and a clear path to success. However pending Pitra Karma is one of the biggest obstacle on the path to siddhi/ illumination. Material Success is completely not possible if one has Pitra Dosh, pending Pitra Karma...

How To Recognize it in a Birthchart/ Kundali :

9th house in a horoscope is called house of dharma, father. When 9th house is under influence of malefic planets, this shows the indication of Pitra Karma. It also indicates lack of fulfillment of paternal desire. When 9th house, 9th lord, 9th house from the moon or the lord of 9th from the moon is under influence of malefic planets especially Rahu and Ketu, this indicates Pitra Dosh. Such natives are affected by disruption of education, employment, progress, happiness etc. Those who are physically and mentally handicapped have such affliction. MOREOVER if Jupiter is Debilitated/ Retrograde/ under influence of malefics it also indicates Pitra Dosha. As Jupiter is symbolic of placement of Brihaspati/ Brahma/ Pitra in ones chart.

Generally Pitras are defined as ancestors from our current and previous lifetimes. But Pitras are also synonymous with Lord Brahma, the universal Father/ Godhead. I realised that Pitras/ Brahma/ Brihaspati is different names of one Singular Deity. This knowledge came through a chapter "Brihaspati: The Power of the Soul" in the book 'The Secret Of The Veda' by Sri Aurobindo. In this chapter, he decodes the true nature of Brahma/ Brihaspati. He says in the original Vedic conception, Brihaspati, Brahmanspati, Brahma were three different names of the SAME vedic deity. One single god, to whom Rishi Vamadeva addresses his mystic hymns of praise. It's only later, in the Puranic theologies, that Brihaspati and Brahma have become SEPARATE  deities. Brahma is now the Creator, one of the Puranic trinity. And Brihaspati, has become the spiritual Guru/ teacher of the Gods. And the guardian/ reprsentative of the planet Jupiter!
And Brahmanspati, the middle term linking the two, has disappeared.
To Understand the TRUE nature of Brahma/ Brihaspati/ Pitras, we have to Re-Unite what has been disjoined. We have to CORRECT the value of the two separate terms Brahma and Brihaspati in light of the Original vedic conception. My Late guru, astrologer T.N. sarma used to say that only Brihaspati/ Brahma could be worshipped during Pitra Paksha. This defines synonimity of Brahma/ Pitras/ Brihaspati as one deity!

Facts I unravelled about the original Vedic Brihaspati:
1. The original existence out of which all creation is made is sailam, water. This watery subconscient existence is obscure, unstable, fluid, indeterminant. The first need of Creation is to make a stable formation out of this flux. Brihaspati is he, who out of this wayward flux, creates a Stable/ physical manifestation of the world. He does this by firmly establishing  the limits and definitions of Earth/ material reality. Brihaspati does this by applying great force. By imposing a mighty constraint, constriction on the flux/ flow of the subconscient.
2. The energy flow from the 2nd Chakra to the 1st chakra is depictive of this process. The 2nd chakra Swadhistana, is ruled by Vishnu/ Varuna, symbolised by the watery realms of the subconscient. Its ruling animal is Makara, a crocodile like creature inhabiting the watery/ fluid/ indeterminate subconscient realms. However the 1st Chakra, Muladhara, is ruled by Brahma and symbol is a elephant of massive strength, who creates Stability/ formation from thw watery/ flux realms of the  2nd Chakra. By using a great force, constraint. By setting limits, contraction to material reality.

Hence Brahma/ Pitras/ Brihaspati rules the Muladhar/ ROOT chakra, the sources of our Karmic/ Cosmic lineage!! And it is  He, who creates stability / ORDER out of Chaos!

Log 11: Vague trip to Patna

Boundary dissolving Neptune creates vague, ambiguos half becomings, wayward tangents. In this light I landed up with my contractor friend in Patna. There was a building apartment to be executed and I accompanied him. My role was vague/ undefined/ unclear/ OBSCURE. Perfectly Nepunian obscurity!!! Due to extreme cold, fog our train journey of scheduled 12 hrs was delayed by an additional 12 hrs. Cold, foggy Patna was in grasp of deathly cold at 3 degrees. We visited the site briefly and entered our hotel, a surprisignly warm haven. I drowned myself in Herman Hesse's Magister Ludi/ Glass Bead Game. A novel of immense metaphysical proprtions. I had grappled with the intellectual mountains of the immensely LENGHTENED train journey.  Reaching Patna randomly, cooped up in a warm insulated hotel room, I was in perfect non- territory to eschew upon the epical work by Hesse. Morning, my contractor  colleague was up and doing push ups. Somehow crawled out and joined him. It was 'coincidentally' COLDEST day in PATNA at TWO degrees celsius. We set out in the cold morning, visiting the site, markets for local materials. Freezing, hungry till afternoon. It was the perfect Neptunian journey of vague objectives, delays, randomness. WHY  did i have to LAND UP in Patna of all places to freeze my butt, when i was doing it perfectly in freezing New Delhi.  NOW ALL TRAINS ARE DELAYED DUE TO COLD WAVE/ FOG. Perfect Neptune trip. Entrapped in a strange new city with nothing but a copy of Herman Hesse's Magister Ludi/ Glass Bead Game. Odd/ obscure/ vague. PErfectly NEPTUN

Ian.

Log 10: Funda of Letting Go

Todays 3rd Jan, 2013. Delhi's in the grip of chilling cold, deathly winter. The sun seems to have taken a complete vacation. And in the beginning of this New Year, herein, I want to share the Neptunian funda of Letting Go. BEFORE anything NEW comes into our life, we must make ROOM for it. By clearing out OLDER stagnant energies. Everyone's so excited in the beginning of  each New Year, expectant with new promise of NEW things to happen, newer way of doing things, new resolutions, etc. BUT, that can NEVER happen, without us first, LETTING GO. Without us, first sacrificing, letting go of older way of doing things. Once you begin the process of letting go, automatically, you CREATE the cause for Newer energies to move into your life. So the whole New cycle begins with first step. The step of Letting Go..
Now that the chinese, Dragon Year is coming to an end, and Snake year, beginning in Feb'13, I suggest we use the month of January to begin our final cleansing processes of Letting Go, Cleaning and Clearing. Cheers!

Log 09: 2012-2013 in Chinese metaphysics

Neptune gives us the ability to dissolve boundaries, stuckness. And access wisdom by transcending boundaries. In my earlier post, Log 08, I have already discussed my experience of the prior Dragon Year, 2012. In this post I want to shed some light on some analogy between our Vedic Rahu Ketu cycles/ transits and Chinese zodiac. Thanks to Neptune energies I could dissolve my rigid Vaastu viewpoint and access wisdom ACROSS boundaries....

On one post I found that the Dragon year, 2012 preceded by the Serpent year, 2013 earmarks a new unfolding in human development. I cannot but help compare our Rahu (Dragons Head) with the Dragon year, 2012. And compare Ketu (Dragon's Tail) with the Serpent Year, 2013.  The Dragon, the mythical oriental beast, is a Yang, supermasculine creature. Comibination of Uranus, Pluto, Rahu energies. Power and upheaval incarnate. For me it symbolises Dragons Head/ Rahu. And Serpent for is mystical, Yin, Tantric, Occult secret incarnate. Combination of symbo Neptune/ Ketu/ Saturn energies. And the juncture of the Dragon/ Serpent years (2012/2013) for me symbolizes Rahu Ketu., Dragons HEAD- Serpents TAIL,  Urobros, the Cosmic Serpent that is eating it's own tail. The beginning and closure of a cycle! So I repeat below:

Dragon Year 2012: Head/ Super Yang/ Rahu, Uranus, Pluto/ Raudra

Serpent Year 2013: Tail/ Super Yin/ Ketu, Neptune/ Pitras
And since this cycle comes every TWELVE years, it also conjuncts with the MahaKumbh in Allahabad. Which occurs after every TWELVE yaers. I see a lot of analogy/ parrallels between our Vedic cycles and the Chinese Zodiac cycles. especially this Twelve year cycle thingy!
Neptune is the planet that dissolves boundaries and helps us see underlying waves beneath.Thanks to boundary dissolver , Lord Neptune, I'm seeing vaster waves/ cycles of interconnected waves. Though, like Neptune misty view..hazily.. ; )