Barry Rosen

EYE ON THE SKY: SATURN IN TRANSITION PART 1: DEC. 27-JAN. 27TH UN-TYING KARMIC KNOTS Saturn, representing hard work, responsibility, old age, enlightenment through  isolation, adversity (and prosperity)  will be transiting into the end of Scorpio after Christmas and this is known as the stinger’s tail. It is particularly vulnerable Jan. 18-26th toward the final

EYE ON HEALING: DEALING WITH DIFFICULT TRANSITS We have been talking about how to handle the Mars/Ketu conjunction for weeks now but you can do broader things and here is a reminder list.  We are also going to be going into a difficult 11-12 month transit of Saturn after Christmas when it will stay in

EYE ON ASTROLOGY:  Moving Beyond Astrology of Fear and Anger. I am getting a lot of questions about the upcoming Mars/Ketu conjunction at Christmas and its impacting us all over the next two weeks.  When Mars is afflicted it gets angry and if that anger is not expressed then it can lead to expression in

EYE ON THE SKY:  PRE-HOLIDAY FORECAST FOR CHRISTMAS WEEK Are you tired?  By the winter solstice on Wednesday, you are going to have to slow down to avoid getting sick.   Time for extra meditation, that hot bath and boosting your immune system.  All  that extra sugar from eating extra cookies is hard on the system. 

EYE ON THE SKY: MARS IN AQUARIUS/ RAHU’S NAKSHATRA–SATABHISHA And now for a little excitement.   Mars moves into the constellation of Satabhisha Dec. 20th for about 19 days until Jan. 7th.   This star in Western astronomy is know as Gamma Aquarri and is located at 6.40-Aquarius to 20.00 Aquarius in the zodiac.  Mars

EYE ON ASTROLOGY:  THE FATAL FLAWS OF THE ELEMENTS BY RISING SIGN PART 2 As we discussed in Part 1, (see: https://www.appliedvedicastrology.com/hidden-challenges-rising-signs-achilles-heals-part-1/) our  rising sign, which is called the Lagna in Vedic astrology, represents our personality, our temperament, disposition, tendencies, confidence, self-love and self-esteem and its afflictions reveal our inherent internal struggles.  If the owner

EYE ON THE SKY: MORE ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE Happy Winter Solstice. This is a beautiful blog written by my friend Stasia Bliss and really gets to the core of the transformation that is possible at this time: ( a long read but so beautiful for a deep winter night and the deepest of the

EYE ON THE SKY: INTEGRATING THE WINTER SOLSTICE ENERGIES: WARP SPEED The world is still a bit in transition for a few more days. The Sun is in Sagittarius but in the early degrees called the karmic knot or gandata until Dec 18th where difficult energies and karmic lessons involving leadership, fatherhood and deep soul lessons arise

EYE ON THE SKY: MARS CONJUNCT KETU:  DEC 22-31ST–EXPRESSING YOUR POWER WITH LOVE If you watch small kids in a playground, they get angry, fully express it and then go back to being normal.  Anger is a natural emotion that is often an expression of an unfulfilled desire.   Kids are great about it but