by SereneSwan | Jun 28, 2022 | Blog
The bird ‘Garuda’ in the Hindu tradition is the Vaahana (mount) of Lord Vishnu who guides the preservation and maintanence of life, and regulates the flow of life energy. In the Vedic tradition, birds are symbolic of the element of ‘Vayu’ (air)...
by SereneSwan | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog
Goddess of learning, wisdom and the arts, Sarasvati has been worshiped and invoked since the Vedic times, as an embodiment of all that is creative, evolutionary and enlightening. She is the picture of beauty, holding in her arms the Veena – a stringed musical...
by SereneSwan | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog
A “Kala Sarpa Yoga” is a celestial formation of planets within a ‘Serpent’ alignment, as noted in Vedic Astrology. This happens when all of the planets are ‘squeezed’ between the nodes of Rahu and Ketu. We are in the midst of such...
by SereneSwan | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog
Beginning this December 2021 until April 2022, we are seeing once again the formation of an astrological Kala Sarpa Yoga in the zodiac – also known as the Serpent of Time. During this occurence, all of the planets are aligned between the lunar nodes of Rahu and...
by SereneSwan | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog
During the lunar month of “Kartika” as per the Hindu calendar (October-November), the Nakshatra (constellation) of “Krittika” comes in to focus. Krittika is that part of the zodiac where the sacred fire of ‘Agni’ burns as a...
by SereneSwan | Oct 15, 2021 | Blog
On September 14th, 2021, Jupiter retrograded back in to the sign of Capricorn after a few months spent in the sign of Aquarius. Jupiter’s current transit to Capricorn joins it with Saturn once again, until November 20th this year. When Jupiter and Saturn...
