Barry Rosen

  PART 2:  REVISTING SATURN RETROGRADE The impact of Saturn retrograde will have more of an impact if you are in a Saturn Dasha period or a Saturn sub-period or in Chara Dashas if you are in Capricorn or Aquarius rising. It will also depend on how many Ashtakavarga points you have for Saturn and […]

MERCURY IN VIRGO:  EXTENDED TRANSIT INTO NOV. 2ND Virgo is one of the more fascinating signs representing the World mother. Virgo ascendants sometimes feel cut out of material prosperity and sensual pleasures and feel unhappy taking on the sins of the world embodying the German word, Weltschmerz. The sign is endowed with great intelligence, Shakti,

SATURN REVISIT:  STRESSFUL, ANXIOUS AND VATA-AGGRAVATING It’s mid-summer and we wrote about Saturn retrograde months ago and also the Rahu trine to Saturn which has been very slow-moving because they are both retrograde.  If you have been feeling more stressed all summer, more anxious, more challenged with health stuff,  it’s good to remember what is

UNDERSTANDING ASHTAMAMSHA: TENSIONS BETWEEN THE NATAL CHART AND NAVAMSHA CHART   For seasoned astrologers, you always have to look at the transposition of a planet from the natal chart to the Navamsha chart.  If a planet moves 6, 8 or 12 signs from the natal chart to the navamsha chart, it looses strength.  With an

THE SUN and LEO: August 17-Sept. 16th: The Complexity of Leadership, Ego and Independence. The Sun is the heart of the Kala Purusha and everyone derives power and vitality and health from his benevolent rays. He represents; courage, valor, royalty, fatherhood, victory, and success. He is at home and strong in his own sign of

EYE ON ASTROLOGY: MARS CONJUNCT MERCURY : AUGUST 18-19. We get the first pass of the Mars/Mercury planetary war with Mercury winning the war on Wednesday, August 18th  and with the exact conjunction on Wednesday, August 18th at 11:28 pm  Eastern time.   Mars and Mercury are bitter enemies in conjunction because Mercury needs to win

Uranus Retrograde:   August 24th-Jan. 22nd and a Look at the US Political Landscape Uranus goes stationary/retrograde in Aries starting on Wednesday, August 24th, and stays there until Jan. 22nd going backward between Aries 24 to Aries 20.   This is more of an outer world event but it can trigger unexpected fire-related disasters like volcanoes, and

EYE ON THE SKY: VENUS IN VIRGO Venus transits into Virgo on Wednesday, August 11 until Sept. 5th  and it a low point of the year for Venus and a time for her to rest and meditate.  Technically it is debilitated here but that just means that it has to work 3 times as hard

SECRETS OF THE NAVAMSHA CHART- CORNOCOPIA OF WISDOM By Barry Rosen / ASTRO BLOGSECRETS OF NAVAMSHA/D-9 –MICROSCOPIC SOUL INFORMATION There is so much to do with the Navamsha chart. Here is a summary of some of things we can use it for: It often represents our chart after we are married or after around the age of 36

EYE ON THE SKY:  LATE JULY AND EARLY AUGUST OUTLOOK Mars opposition Jupiter:  Peaks into July 29th I used to think this was a good aspect if you were ruled by Scorpio or Aries and it may feel good but it does have problems. Still if you are in the right dasha it may increase