In Vedic astrology, the birth chart is much more than a map of personality traits, it is the architectural blueprint of your soul's journey. At the core of this cosmic architecture are the four purposes of life on Earth, known as the 4 Purusharthas : Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha. Understanding how these four profound motivations are encoded into the 12 houses (Bhavas) and the 27 lunar mansions (Nakshatras) of your chart can reveal exactly what drives your thoughts, dictates your actions,...

Navratri Day 4 · The Primordial Creative Force · The Woman Who Holds Creation Within Her Tags: Navratri | Day 4 | Kushmanda | Anahata | Creation | Shakti Who She Is The One Who Was Before the Sun Before the universe existed, before the sun burned, before the waters gathered, before the first breath of Brahma moved across the void, there was darkness. Total, absolute, unmanifest darkness. Not the darkness of night, which exists in relation to light. The darkness of pure potentiality. The...

Navratri Day 3 · The Warrior Emerges · Sound as the Original Weapon Tags: Navratri | Day 3 | Chandraghanta | Manipura Who She Is The Moon Worn as a Weapon Chandra: the Moon. Ghanta: the bell. She is the form of Durga in which the crescent moon, which Shailputri wore as a crown and Brahmacharini wore as ornament, is cast into the shape of a bell and fixed to the forehead as an instrument of war. When this bell rings and it rings with the force of all the accumulated tapasya of Brahmacharini...