Retro 2014:07: Rajasic Solar phase 31st Mar - 15th April

Dear friends, as mentioned in the earlier posts, the annual 4.5 month period of Saturn Retrograde, represents a withdrawal, inversion, decreas of Saturn's effects. And thus represents a period of imbalance between Solar and Saturnine energies. During this period, the withdrawal of Saturnine energies, represent an overabundance of Solar/ Rajasic energies. And this abundance of Solar/ Rajasic energies is even more magnified by yet another additional prevailing Rajasic solar period: Chaitra Shukla Paksha from 31st Mar- 15th April. The first nine days of which are celebrated in India as Chaitra Vasant Navratri. The ninth day is Ram Navaratri, the birthday of Lord Rama, an avatar represents the apex and zenith of Solar energies.

This year, this highly Solar period of Chaitra Shukla Paksha begins from 31st March, Chaitra Pratipada, the first Moon, and concludes on Chaitra Purnima, full Moon on 15th April. From the very day of first Moon, there is a gradual increase of Solar/ Rajasic energies, day after preceding day, until the apex of Full Moon on 15th April. Check graph below, it represents an extra hump/ spike on the Orange phase of Increasing Retro.

For the Sun ruled people or people with negative Saturn, this period of  15 days of overabundance of Rajasic energies are ideal for all kinds of hyper accelerated breakthroughs, forward motion, progress, energy and enterprise. They are advised to utilize to use this period with the maximum forward motion possible, progressive activity.

However for the Saturnines, benefic Saturn people this period of  15 days brings all kinds of breakdowns, backward motion, retreat, lethargy, exasperation, feelings of futility and depression. It's a period of amplified and concentrated karmic cleansing for them. Every day might feel like a mountain to be crossed, the simplest of tasks might feel burdensome to the extreme. Their reserves of patience might be taxed to the extreme. Older topics and issues, forgotten ghosts of the past are often resurrected during this period, and they may have to address these issues once again. Physically, Saturnines have to guard their diet, and avoid all kinds of Rajasic, heat producing foods. Regressing and retreating as much as possible, they should try to stay away from all kinds of arguments, and debates.

Personally, being Saturnine, a Saturn ruled person, I have faced quite a lot of Karmic challenges these last three days since Sunday because of which even uploading this post itself was quite a task. As a part of the personal Karmic process, I will try to update this post by regular updates on this increasingly, super Rajasic/ Solar phase of next 14 days. A highly regressive, karmic, purging period for all us Saturnines. A period which we can maximise our personal Karmic cleansing by silence, retreat, and maximum regression.

Retro 2014:06: Karmic Concepts

As described in the earlier posts, when Saturn goes retrograde it's a karmic time for both Sun ruled and Saturnine people. This is when we have the opportunity to clear out, override pending mistakes of our past. Sun ruled people should do this by bringing clarity, sharp focus, determination to their lives, and Saturn ruled should by avoid all Solar aspects in their lives.
This is because all Sun ruled people, were once Saturnine beings in their past who had commited many Saturnine overindulgences. Hence during Saturn Retrograde, they should display extra focus, will, determination, strength, clarity, passion. Similarly, all Saturn ruled people, were once Solar Rajasic beings in their past who had committed many Rajasic, fiery, solar overindulgence. Hence during Saturn Retrograde, they should display extra reticence, reserve, patience, forbearance, indecision to make up for their former passionate Rajasic excesses.

Personally, I'm going through a mixture of extreme randomness, lassitude, lethargy, heaviness,  gravitas during these past few days. There were many a issues where I had to take a call, but I'm merely postponing such decisions of clarity for a later call. Regressing I am into former times and former issues wholeheartedly, pulling the Saturnine bowstring as far back as possible. As compared to annual Saturn Retrograde 2013, there are hardly any posts that I have uploaded. This is merely because of the sheer mood of Gravitas and Heaviness I'm going through me right now. In fact this time, I'm being able to exercise the function of regression far more wholeheartedly, a invaluable exercise for all Saturn ruled people, i.e, Saturnines during Saturn Retrograde. Now is not the time for clarity, realization, landmarks, banners, like how it is for those people with malefic Saturn, or powerful Sun. Those Saturnines, whose eye gaze crosses over these lines should read the earlier post also titled Heavier Concepts. For Saturnines, now is NOT the time for structures, or clarifications, or resolutions. Just drag on, from one point to the other, and don't fight the prevalent zombie like mood that you are right now in. Restrain yourselves from the temptation of passionate display.

Retro 2014:05: Heavier concepts

Today's 26th March, the 22nd day, of this 4.5 month annual Saturn Retrograde. And I begin this post by repeating myself, that Saturn Retrograde is a time for progression, conclusion, breakthrough for Sun ruled people. And a time for repeat, review, regression for us Saturn ruled people, the Saturnines!

Today, as a part of the regression process of Saturn retrograde, I unearthed my older journals on Saturn Retrograde. Sifting through endless pages of scrawly hand written of notes, I noted down, and sorted many of my insights and observations, and have decided to upload this to this post. After all, the endless pages of scrawly hand written philosophical notes/ observations of my journals are NOT on any web link! ;)  

          Greek Concepts of Harmonie and Diapherein.

a)   For the Sun ruled/ malefic Saturn people, Retrograde is a time for Harmonie- bringing together things, pulling together, synthesis, defining of Logos/ meaning, consolidation of issues, creating structures, integrating Verticality

b)    For the Saturnine people, Retrograde is a time for Diapherein: go through time, passages, undergo unfolding serpentine processes. To scatter, diffuse, breakdown, all their internal structures and strongholds, etc. Just to cross over from one state to the other, without great conclusions.

         Provisional and Conclusive aspects of Structure and Deconstruction

a)     For the Sun ruled/ malefic Saturn people, Retrograde is a time for conclusive actions, breakthroughs, decisive moves. To bring an "Aar ya paar" kind of  Closure! Finalization. Resolution. Acting decisively for closure on internal Self/ issues.

b)    For the Saturnine people, Retrograde is a time for provisional, inconclusive, temporal, processes. All conclusions arrived at now should be considered genuinely provisional. 

c)     For the Saturnine people, Retrograde is a time for Dissemination, the deconstructive term denoting the play between Surplus and Lack defining any object/ entity, with NO Prospect of ever stabilizing or Closing it.

d)    For the Saturnine people, Retrograde is a time for Dissemination without return, i.e, unending loops of interpretation and re-interpretation without return/ or closure. 

        Gravitas Ego and Super Ego

a)      For the Sun ruled/ malefic Saturn people, Retrograde is a time for defining Ego, taking stands, outward displays of Identity and individuality. They should aspire for dynamic movement, and for states of un-caged freedom.

b)    For the Saturnine people, Retrograde is a time for Gravitas. The Greeks associated Saturn with Gravitas (depth of personality). Gravitas is like a plumb line for the soul. And Saturn Retrograde is the ideal time to employ it. Basically, creating a way voluntarily, and welcoming the effects of Depression.

d)    As Thomas Moore in Planets Retrograde says.. “ Feeling low and Heavy, we are forced to turning inward, turning to fantasy, inner space, darkness, void. Rather than turning to the Literal action of the Ego. Retrograde is time for Inner contradictions, and NOT outward displays of Ego.

f)     For the Saturnine people, Retrograde is a time for exploring and experiencing inner doubts, complexities, complexities, frustrations, personality flaws, lackings, idiosyncracies and brooding thoughts. A time for descending deep into the depths of the subconscious, to retreat, withdrawal, deep into oneself.

h)    For the Saturnine people, if Gravitas isn’t used during Saturn retrograde, by welcoming the effects of depression that facilitates the process, then this force turns against us and becomes tyrannical as the SUPER EGO. Unutilized gravitas becomes Super Ego. This   SUPER EGO is part of the psyche comprised of internalized voice of our parents. Critical admonishments that control us by belittling us and bringing attention to our shortcomings. The harsh words of our inner critic.   Once the SUPER EGO is activated, it’s very Hard to accomplish anything in life. We’re infantilized, cut off from the powers of our adulthood. We tend to freeze and venture nothing. We remain stalled and floundering in our depressive state.

k)    Thus For the Saturnine people, ONLY if we use Gravitas throughout the Saturn retro period, does Super Ego diminish and and let us progress, evolve, at the rate of growth that is warranted upon us.   If we don’t utilize Gravitas, we are at the mercy of Super Ego throughout directional Saturn. Becoming cocooned, infantilized, cut off from adult hood, freezing in paralysis, venturing nothing, ever. Using Gravitas excessively during Saturn Retrograde is the only way for Saturnines to free themselves from the dominion of the Super Ego!

 

Annual Saturn Retro, 2013, Crossover week: 24 Feb, Sun- 4 Mar Mon

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I have been following Annual Saturn Retro, 2013 in Great detail in my Pitra Karma blog But saw the traffic in this blog, and HAD to copy the whole thing here. I dont even update, where does visitors come form??  Day 10- Annual Saturn Retrograde, 2013, 27th Feb, Wednesday. As I have REPEATED many times earlier, this year, this week from 25th Feb Monday- 4 Mar Monday, is CROSSOVER WEEK, the most IMPORTANT KEY FACTOR of entire Saturn Retrograde of 4.5 months! Since I take a lot of feedback from my core astro group, and readers of this blog, I am illustrating this week with two examples to make it clear for the more gentler and somewhat simple minded readers.

This CROSSOVER Week is like  1) DYNAMICS of a ROCKET TAKING OFF 2) HATCHING OFF EGGS

ROCKET'S TAKE OFF, 

For Sun ruled people, you guys ARE the Rocket taking OFF! This is WHEN, YOU overcome the threshold of gravity, boundaries and Cross Over. CROSS over from a stationary Earth-bound object and BECOMING a Flying object. This is WHEN you exercise MAXIMMUM Will power to INITIATE as much as possible. SUSPEND ALL negative thoughst, drawbacks for this week. DONT allow yourself to be HELD BACK. INITITATE as much PROGRESSIVE ACTIVITY as POSSIBLE! 

For Saturn ruled people, you are the LAUNCHING PAD, the foundation to ENDURE the heat, fire, exhaust gases of the Rocket's Take off. You will experience MAXIMMUM DOWNWARD PRESSURE. Maximmum blasting Combustive Heat! DO NOT resist. Just Accept. Just bury yourself Mindlessly as much as possible.DON'T resist the negativity, or try to Supress Negatiuve thoughts. Its CATHARTIC, its a Karmic Purification process taking place. Just ACCEPT/ RELENT.

HATCHING EGGS
For Sun ruled people, you guys ARE the baby bird, formerly inside the egg. Breaking OUT of your Egg Shells. What are these Eggshells? Made of Calcium deposits ruled by Saturn, these eggshells are protective structures, boundaries, shells around you. All this while, these eggshells served an important purpose of protecting you. Giving you a contained, secure, insulated environment for you to Hatch. Develop from a deliacte embryo into a fully developed bird. BUT NOW, that the development/ hatching is over, its TIME to BREAK this COSY, PROTECTIVE Eggshell and STEP OUT into the Real WORLD. The NEXT level! It's time for your technical BIRTH! In th Annual Cycle of things!!!
For Saturn ruled people, bad news is, it's OUR  eggshells, that are to be broken. Saturn rules, bones, structures, and eggshells are a wonderful testimony to the egg/ego of Saturnine creation. Based on ideal principles of symmetery, geometry, design, optimization, etc. All this while our perfectly designed eggshells provided protection, insulation, structure, to the baby birf hatching inside, yes. But NOW, it's time for these very Eggshells to be borken. A Neccesary step in the path of evolution. So we have to accept the FRAGILE EGO of our eggshells to be broken in this phase. So that later when Saturn finally goes direction, and the baby bird has matured into a fully a flying creature. We can enjoy the bone creating process to create the most aerodynamically designed bone structures, enabling birds to fly in air!! But for now, it's our egg/ego shells to be broken..! :P

Annual Saturn Retrograde 2013: CROSSOVER WEEK

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25th Feb,Monday, Day 8 of Annual saturn Retro, 2013. Exactly one week over of Rising Saturn Retro. In the ABOVE DETAILED GRAPH have put down the deatiled 'schedule' of Phase-1: 1st GEAR of Rising Retro. Below are Details of Prologue Phase and 1st Gear Phase of Saturn Retro. The beginning, commencement of the long 4.5 month long odyssey... 

DETAILED SCHEDULE OF 1st GEAR PHASE, RISING RETRO, 2013

4 Feb, Monday, TWILIGHT: Two weeks before official Saturn Retro commences, as saturn slows down considerably in it's forward motion relative to Earth, the first 'Twilight' effects of retrograde commence. Depending on which house, saturn is currently transiting in your horoscope, the effects can be felt. Also note that, Saturn aspects the 3rd, 7th (directly opposite), and 10th sign from the sign which it's poistioned. So in summation FOUR house are affected by Saturn: the House/sign it's transiting, the 3rd sign/ house, the 7th sign/ house (directly opposite), the 10th sign/ house. The topics and subjects governed by these Four houses/ signs can be seen to REVERSE in some way for Saturn ruled people. And Progress in some way for Sun ruled people.  

11 Feb, Monday, BREAKING DAWN: The first cognizable effects of imminent Saturn Retrograde can be DISTINCTLY felt ONE WEEK BEFORE actual/ official retrograde begins. Anywhere between 11 Feb Monday- 18 Feb Monday, everyone undergoes a distinct, PREVIEW of WHAT's to come ahead. The first signs of announcement of incoming retrograde season. I experienced volatile eruption, uprooting, turbulence, during this period.

18 Feb, Monday, OFFICIAL BEGINNING OF SATURN RETRO: The buildup of the prior two weeks now fully blossom, begin manifesting from the First day through the entire week. Like, I explained: Its like a Rocket is taking off! For Both Sun and Saturn groups experience, between 18th Feb Monday- 24th Feb Sunday,  the first actual influence/ effects of the change. In form of high pressure, gravity, churning, inner wrestling. Sun ruled people are LIKE the rocket ship who's trying to TAKE OFF overcoming sheer gravitational pulldown. A great moment of individual overcoming on all levels. For them its ASCENT/EMERGENCE/ WILL TO POWER despite all resistance. And Saturn ruled people is like a Submarine sinking down due to high pounding G-Force from above. Like a mountain descending upon them. For Saturnines, it's SELF SURRENDERING to HIGH GRavity and resultant DESCENT/IMMERSION/ sinking Down into Depths.

25th Feb Monday, CROSSOVER: This one week from 25th Feb - 4 Mar is most IMPORTANT as it Seals/ Confirms the Process of entire Saturn Retrograde! This phase sums up the process/ activity of the prior phases of Rising Retro. This is when we Crossover from Intent into Confirmation. We align ourselves with the shift/flow of the astrolgical current. For Sun ruled people, one should exercise as much Individual WillPpower as possible. Remember phil Collins song: AGAINST ALL ODDS. flex your muscles, your inner conviction , force, individuality, the stampof your personae. If you can cross this phase, symbolizing the YOUR PERSONAL ROCKET CROSSING the atmospheric resistance and Highest pullback gravity. This is when you CROSSOVER from a Earth/Gravity bound object into a Stellar object. PUSH ON! DON'T RELENT.  For Saturn ruled people also a very CRUCIAL WEEK. DO NOT resist the force of Gravity making you descent into the Depths.No voluntary dramatic action,no sudden flashes of rebellion. Just ALLOW yourself to Descend. Hang On, be still, Let GO. DONT PUSH BACK. RELENT This week is when you CROSSOVER from being a Surface Object to becoming a Dweller of the Depths. aperfect crossover into essential hibernation, regression Mode of Saturn Retrograde.

Personally from yesterday, 24th Feb, sunday I could feel distinctly the sheer conflict between Individual will and Garvity coming to logger heads. My conscious intelligence was telling me something and my instinctive/inertial/ gut feeling saying the opposite. But today, evening while writing this Post, I can understand the crucial importance of the Crossover phase. The stamp of registration for the long retro saturney/odyssey ahead. Not easy at all, but, all we can do is TRY!!!!!

Annual Saturn Retro 2013: GRAPHS GALORE!!

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I have bee continually updating in my Pitra Karma Blog about the current Annual Saturn Retrograde,  2013. But am surprised to find a lot of traffic, checking the Google analytics, in this currently neglected Outer Planets blog. GUESS EACH BLOG HAS A LIFE/ INDIVIDUAL ENTITY OF ITS OWN!! So here I'm uploading All the Graphs I made for Annual Saturn Retrograde, 2013. DETAILED explanations, blow by blow accounts in my Pitra Karma blog. Cheers!

CONCEPT 00 : Rahu Ketu Foundation

I begin the topic category Concepts with a tribute to my  Late Guru Tirtha Nath Sharma. He is the Foundation of my Rahu Ketu journey/ explorations. His insight, acumen, analysis, brilliance, genius, wisdom shall forever be close to my heart until the end of my days.
I begin by enumerating some Key Foundation Concepts analysed by my Late Exalted Guru.

KETU energies :

Ketu energy is like a supernova, hurricane, storm. It's all frenzy, fanaticism, consummation, combustion. Ketu brings change through revolution and upheaval. Ketu people need challenges and goals.They need to move with singleminded purpose, obssession, rupture to fulfill their ambitions. Ketu combines the energy of Pitta: Sun and Mars.

RAHU energies:

Rahu energy is like a marshy, reptilian, swampy, backwaters. Like Saturn, it brings changes through slow, gradual rotations. Rahu consists of slow serpentine pathways. Rahu people need liberty and freedom. They need to go with the flow, take meandering, wayward paths, haphazard routes to reach their destinations. Rahu is a combination of Saturn, Venus, and Mercury energies.