New Moon in Bharani Nakshatra

27-28 April

The upcoming New Moon in Bharani Nakshatra will continue with the theme of letting go and learning how to go more with the flow of life, skilfully riding its waves, rather than fighting against it and end up struggling. This entire dark fortnight will give us all greater insight (exalted Sun) into all the things that we need to unburden ourselves from in order to experience greater freedom and greater aliveness. It’s a great time for sincere introspection and conscious observation of our minds vrittis (waves and whirlpools), as well as engaging in revitalising practices such as yoga or pranayama. It’s a perfect time for changing some of our habits, too.

Full Moon in Citra Nakshatra

12-13 April 2025

Although eclipse season is over, the intense energies of 5 grahas accumulated in sidereal Pisces (Sun, Saturn, Rahu, Mercury and retrograde Venus) can be still felt in the air and continue throughout this fortnight. Additionally, Sun and Moon will be again experiencing Sankranti Dosha, the maximum separation occurring right on the borders of two rashis: Moon in the heart of Citra nakshatra between Virgo and Libra, while Sun in the middle of gandanta between Pisces and Aries. This makes this whole fortnight leading towards upcoming Full Moon a powerful time for spiritual transformation and some serious inner work. It is a perfect time to embody the qualities of sidereal Pisces and choose more often to go within, talk less and feel more, listen to the voice of inner guidance, and learn to trust and surrender more, even amidst the storm.

Partial Solar Eclipse in Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra

29 March 2025

Partial Solar Eclipse in Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra, in the very heart of sidereal Pisces, will mark the culmination of this eclipse season, with impressive 6 planets aligned together in Pisces. Saturn will move into Pisces just hours after the eclipse. With 6 of the Navagrahas accumulated in Bhadrapada nakshatras, stars of Rudras, fierce aspects of Lord Shiva who represent forces of time, transformation and symbolic death, we all will be powerfully called towards inner transformation. With Sun and Moon perfectly aligned with Earth, and other planets joining, it is a powerful time for all of us to realign with our purpose and allow unnecessary desires and disappointments to burn in the fire of purification.

It’s incredibly significant that during this eclipse season both of the lunar nodes, Rahu and Ketu, dwell in the amsha of Goddess Cinnamasta in the D20 (Vimshamsha) chart of spiritual progress. Cinnamasta, the Goddess who beheads Herself and drinks Her own blood, while immersed in ecstatic dance, represents the notion of unlocking spiritual bliss within by beheading our ego and disconnecting for a moment from the narratives and stories of our mind. While Her image may seem gruesome to some, She represents this force of aliveness within us, which we all have access to, if we choose to drop awareness from our head to our bodies for a moment, and liberate ourselves from the dictatorship of the mind.

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