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Rants, raves and rambles about the god of sorrow…
That dangblasted Old Curmudgeon who is me has just embarked on his third “Saturn Cycle,” the official entrance into old age. According to most people who follow “The Astrology of the Hindus,” a Saturnian time of planetary involvement, especially Sade Sati Number Three, is [...]
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Thus spake the old curmudgeon
January 22, 2008Light of the Stars
January 20, 2008Send to a friend
The Divine Stellar Configurations in the Horoscope of:
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
by Srimati Abhaya Mudra devi dasi
From the Editor: Prabhupada came into my life through an article in Fact Magazine just after His Divine Grace came to New York, in ’66. However, [...]
Warning: Another Eclipse on the Horizon
September 7, 2007Send to a friend
Rasanandadas Prabhu of Hyderabad, A.P. discusses some of the horrible and strange results that has followed in the wake of Rahu’s latest mischief. Regarding the lunar eclipse of 27 Aug., Shriman Rasanandadas writes:
I’m sure it will interest you to note that two days ago in Hyderabad (where I reside) there were two [...]
Letter from India
September 7, 2007Send to a friend
We have received an aerogramme written in ink and in a fine hand from an eighty-year-old brahmana bookseller who domiciles in Secunderbad, Andhra Pradesh:
Dear Mr. Miles Davis,
I am referring to your book (1999 ed., Sagar Publications), What Is Your Rashi?, Rs. 135, which you have dedicated to your wife Raagini and daughter [...]
The Long, Long Search for the Goddess of Kundina
September 7, 2007Send to a friend
Tirtha-yatra series
This installment documents my search for the birthplace of the Dwarkarani, foremost amongst Lord Krishna’s 16,108 Queens at Dwarka, Shrimati Rukmini of Vidarbha. We now know that Her janma-bhumi is located near present-day Nagpur, Maharashtra. Through the grand efforts of our dear Godbrother Lokanath Swami Prabhuji and the mahatmas of Nagpur [...]
Poetic questions
August 22, 2007Send to a friend
Where?
Where were the stars when you were born,
Exalted and bright or low and forlorn?
Do they tell the tale of your past birth,
And how you’ll pass your days on earth?
Where was the life-giving Sun in your chart?
Effulgent and strong, blazing forth from your heart?
Powerfully-placed in the mid-point of day,
Or lost in the cold [...]
Lunar Eclipse
August 21, 2007Send to a friend
Lunar Eclipse on Shri Balarama Jayanti, 27 August 2007
This year the Divine Appearance Day of Lord Balarama will bless the world on 27 August 2007, corresponding to sacred day of Shravana Shukla Purnima, when the full moon will be transiting the sign of Kumbha or Aquarius.
Fear of Saturn?
August 21, 2007Send to a friend
Astrological Notes
Saturn, the great Shani Deva, entered the sign of Leo on 15 July, 2007 at 10:36 am (PST). So by the time you receive this first edition of Pavan’s Press, the slow-moving philosophical planet of karma-phal and destiny, of paupers and great industrialists, of yogis and beggars will have entered the [...]
Miles or Pavan?
August 21, 2007Send to a friend
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My dear Miles,
Thank you for all these blessings. I was able to order a copy of What Is Your Rashi? from Bodhi Tree Books. I will be contacting the devotee to order the other books, and I look forward to attending the Radha-Krishna Center in Sacramento.
I have known you as Miles. [...]
