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Astrology Monday! Saturn the Boundary Buster! Get Ready! 🥳
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Saturn the Boundary Buster
Issue 24 Volume 8          9 June 2025
There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
~~ Ronald Reagan (1911 –  2004) an American actor, 40th president of the United States, and undercover yogi 😄   Image Credit:© 2024 – 2025 BadgerCMYK
Astrology Monday:
Just the facts, please! 
An American icon from 60s television, hard-boiled detective Joe Friday always insists on “just the facts”.

This week’s no-nonsense forecast:
Jupiter in Cancer!! 🥳
Jupiter begins a two year journey through Cancer and Leo promising expansion and optimism and helps to offset Saturn’s rather dry bedside manner. However, it won’t really get going until it leaves Saturn’s aspect after 21 June. Selfless intent helps smooth the ride.
     If your sun-sign is Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, or Pisces, be watchful of over-optimism or its opposite, melancholy. Your answer is between the two.
     If your sun-sign is Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, or Aquarius, keep your chin up and put your eggs in the humanitarian basket. Things are bumpy, but worse than they seem.
Chance encounters
Venus and Uranus in Taurus can indicate chance encounters and unexpected events in relations which cause you to consider more deeply what you want from others. Uranus forces authenticity.
Choose expansion over survival; courage over fear
Saturn’s foray into Aries creates a bumpy road. Our need to survive diminishes Jupiters brilliance and optimism. Allow enthusiasm to guide necessary choices, not your pain body, worry, or concern. Prudence is good; anxiety not. Saturn in Aries can bring needed change. Look below the surface of life events. The deeper you go, the clearer it is.
Strengthen your foundation
Saturn in Aries is a bit like a ship at sea taking on water during a storm. Knowing what to keep and what to throw overboard can be confusing. Seek a safe harbour through the healthy masculine (authenticity and generosity). Act on your loftiest goals and activate your heart chakra through nature, song, art, and devotion. This is not the time for sensuality and sense gratification, but for sensible action and sensitivity.

Quick World View
A challenging period thru June 21 reveals good intentions (Jupiter) meeting resistance (Saturn). The great puzzle, of course, is deciding whose intentions are good and whose are not. Life is rarely what it seems for the eyes sees what it wants to see. The world needs more objective thinking and less emotional outbursts.  Note: The EU has entered a 7.5 year period that will bring significant change — the next 3 years bring tumult, then a more even keel.
Questions? Send your questions and feedback here. Questions will be answered in future issues as long as they are relevant to a broad audience. Specific questions require a scheduled reading.
The whole effort of the spiritual process is to break the boundaries you have drawn for yourself and experience the immensity that you are.
~ Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, a spiritual organisation focused on physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing for everyone


Dear wonderful neighbour and fellow traveller;

As a mystic who embraces yoga science and philosophy, I am quite optimistic about the road human beings are traveling. On the other hand, as an astrologer/archaeologist, I always make sure my seat belt is securely latched. It takes skilful driving to avoid the potholes, traffic jams, and unnecessary detours, a tall task for humanity, but a real possibility for the individual — global harmony begins with us.

I am going to go out on the proverbial limb and make a declaration: though Saturn is now in its ‘fall’ (Aries), the road ahead has the potential and possibility to be one of the best periods of your life. Will there be increased friction and turmoil over the next three years for you and the rest of humanity? Absolutely. You can count on it, but each of us have the potential to turn Saturn’s fall into a resurrection

If your eyes are fixed on the rear-view mirror, you’ll miss that important turn coming up. ~ Richard Branson, English business magnate and entrepreneur

Make no mistake; your boundaries are at risk. Saturn means boundaries and in the home of Mars (Aries), your boundaries will be pushed, pulled, and tested and retested. And this is a good thing. If you remain as you are, you will continue to be tossed asunder in an endless cycle of pleasant and unpleasant experiences. One day you own the world because you have what you want, then the morrow finds you battling anxiety because what was once a tailwind has now become a gale against you. There is a safe harbour and Saturn in Aries will help you find it as long as you understand the process.

Saturn is both boundary and boundary buster. As an extension of your karmic trauma, Saturn is the walls you have created to protect yourself from more trauma, but just like an adult who is afraid to venture outside their house because of a traumatic experience as a child, the fear that holds up your self-created boundaries is a figment of your pain body. It holds no reality. Saturn is both the disease and the medicine. Through self-effort, applied discipline, perseverance, steadfastness, objectivity, and grounded living, you begin to change the narrative.

This is not easy to do on our own, of course, so Saturn uses our own karma to free ourself. Saturn comes along as a “bad time” from our own karmic imprint to push us to greater depths of understanding and greater heights of wisdom. Saturn is change and only through change can we be transformed from what we are not to what we are like the caterpillar who is turned to mush inside the chrysalis only to emerge as a butterfly. Saturn is your Superman, the force of dispassion who wears an ‘S’ on his chest, the S of Shiva, the Adiyogi who resides in you as you.

For the next three years, let go and allow yourself to be reborn. Saturn in Aries is an opportunity to discover where you are stuck, a tremendous blessing, for to see clearly is half the battle won. Then, through the power of Mars (Aries) you’ll have a clear direction. In this way, you’ll need no Google Maps: the star by which you guide your life will be the one within you, the one that has always been with you, and the one that will always lead you to safe harbour.

 🤗

David 🔆

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In this issue:
  • Weekly Planning Forecast
  • Astrology of Now
  • Hero’s Journey: Free App
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Astrology Monday

Weekly Planning Forecast
Suggestion: match the significations of the following dates to what you wish to accomplish. To plan important events further into the future, contact David for a Muhurtha reading which finds the best date(s) for your specific tasks or goals.

Gemini Sun…
20 May — 21 June

The Sun in Gemini, a sign ruled by Mercury, highlights an individual who is witty, charming, light-hearted and intellectually engaging. Geminis can be mercurial, but they tend not to hold onto their emotions for long. They are flexible and have a discerning eye. They can quickly size up any situation and though they cannot resist the need to explore and experience what’s available, they are eager to share what they learn with others. They embrace logic and reason and enjoy a good puzzle or conundrum.

Sun in Aditya Varuna…
Fun Fact: Zodiac comes from the Greek zodiakos (kyklos) which literally means “circle of little animals” and reveals how astrological knowledge was shared between the cultures of Greece and India beginning in the time of Alexander the Great. For thousands of years before the Greeks, the Vedic culture used a 12-part circle which represented 12 aspects of the Sun. These Adityas offer us fascinating insights into our human potential.

The Aditya that corresponds to the Greek zodiacal sign of Gemini is Varuna which symbolises the all embracing Love that holds within itself the whole of creation. Jupiter does very well here and will be in Varuna thru June 2026.

When the Sun is in Varuna, God is directing your attention to the benevolent Mother who watches over her brood (creation) with great Love. Varuna is about being okay with whatever happens. This comes from an understanding that what is created is not different from the Creator. In this way, whatever happens in your personal life this month, pleasant or not, consider thoughtfully how what happened relates to your personal unfoldment as a complete human being. If pleasant, seek the source within you of that pleasantness. If challenging, look for a repeating cycle. With awareness and willingness, you can put an end to an unpleasant cycle of karma. 

☺️
 
Moon Planner
Has the Moon got you hurried and harried?
 
No worries! The Moon represents your capacity to receive, a feminine quality, and recognising the resources you have available to fulfil your emotional needs.  Too often, we get distracted with what is not ours to have and miss out on the available opportunity, experiencing disappointment and disillusionment, or worse, we become like my friend, Monsieur Lou Garou. 🤭

Full Moon in Sagittarius
Wednesday, 11 May: Full Moon in Sagittarius (07:43 GMT)
Full moons magnify your emotional mind, good or bad. There is science behind this: just as full moons create higher than usual tides on earth, so there is a natural draw of fluids into your brain. Full moons are a great opportunity to access profound emotions through spiritual practice and alone time bringing you deeper insights and intuition.

The Sagittarius Full Moon picks up a nice influence from Jupiter both by virtue of being in Jupiter’s sign as well as an aspect from Jupiter. The Moon represents our needs and Jupiter energises the need to benefit those around us. However, Saturn’s aspect on Jupiter is putting survival and selfish intent at the forefront for some in the news.

Emotions are not meant to destroy life; they are part of nature’s way of enhancing life. Yet, every day our emotions rain destruction upon ourselves and others because we allow the survival mechanism to influence their expression. Contrary to popular opinion, life is not about “me”; life is a multiplayer game where the only rule is to express yourself as a piece of the Cosmos. This is not selfish; it’s about experiencing yourself as a part of the whole.

The bright half of the moon cycle is an opportunity to expand your capacity for emotional expression in a healthy way using the resources available to you. During the dark half, there is a natural drawing down of the attention which is useful for examining what you consider is a need. Ask yourself what is it that thinks it needs to survive even when you are in the quiet of your home or at the dinner table…

Sagittarius is the fire of purification. Allow yourself to be open to the fire of Love that will come to you in unexpected ways. Love is not always teddy bears and puppies… Love is the power of God that transforms. Only through fire does ore become gold.
 
Mother’s milk from mother Moon: Gurumayi of the Siddha lineage once shared with us two practical ways to imbibe the full moon energy. The first is to simply go somewhere quiet and gaze at the beauty of the full moon for an extended time paying close attention to the source of the feelings that arise within you. Another is to leave milk in a clear, covered glass overnight in a window sill where it will catch the full moon’s rays. In the morning, consume the milk. Milk easily absorbs positive energy as well as neutralise negative energy, Milk is used to purify jewellery of negative energies or unhelpful karmas that may be associated with the jewellery maker or previous owners. You can also do this as a jewellery rejuvenator every six months or so to keep your jewellery energetically fresh. It is best to use organic whole milk, raw if possible.
Important upcoming dates (2025)
JAN 12 thru summer 2026: Rahu enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune
     — Loss of boundaries; heightened creative expression
APR 18 — JUN 16: Mars enters Leo
     — Aggressive work scenarios; energises authentic work and projects
MAY 25 — AUG 31: Saturn enters Aries, its sign of debilitation
     — Weakening of foundation; supports taking calculated risks
JUN 9 thru Jun 21: Saturn squares Jupiter
   — Causes tension between what to embrace and what to let go.
JUN 9 — JUN 30, 2026: Jupiter exalted in Cancer
     — Oh, boy! We finally get some help from the good guys!
JUN 17 — AUG 6: Mars in Virgo
     — Taking on too many responsibilities; supports fitness programmes
SEP 1 — FEB 13 2026: Saturn in Pisces
     — Tendency towards fear-based decisions; loss of boundaries; strong creative ideas
FEB 14 2026— APR 12 2028: Saturn in Aries
     — Weakening of foundation; supports taking calculated risks
 
Astrology of Now
Disclaimer: I hold no party affiliation and have supported both sides of the aisle with my vote. My aim is to offer you an unbiased perspective of world events through the lens of archaeology, astrology, and yoga.
Saturn: the Great Equaliser
Breaking down is easy; breaking “up” is hard to do 

Judging by your questions and concerns, many of you have taken the position that any breakdown of the status quo is a bad thing becomes the source of your worries and anxiety about the future. Should we be worried? Is it possible that we are experiencing a natural pushback on decades of authoritarianism by machiavellian do-gooders? 🤔

First, understand that authoritarianism has been around since the mammoths. Second, authoritarianism is neither right nor left; indeed, for those who seek to forcefully seek to shape the world to their view, the active political power structure is of no real concern — they simply adjust their mechanisms of control to reflect the current government. 

What I notice as a major misunderstanding among astrologers, especially Vedic astrologers, is a tendency to only equate Saturn with generational traditions that are deeply rooted in the fabric of society. Saturn does embrace such traditions, but it also represents more recent societal structures and trends that have established themselves over a shorter period of time. What we are seeing in the world today, is a breaking apart of these structures, especially those that took root during the pandemic years. Is this change beneficial or harmful?

Without writing a major essay on political power structures and trends, we can simply observe what has been happening since the covid pandemic when Saturn was very strong and Jupiter very weak. Saturn is a natural disruptor, a boundary buster, and represents authority, government, and karmic pay-off. Yet, Saturn needs a strong supporting cast, namely Jupiter, lest it become destructive. Jupiter, however, the planet of good intentions, wisdom, and good fortune has been weakened five of the past six years either by sign or by Saturn’s aspect, sometimes both. Fortunately, Jupiter enters Cancer today signalling a two year run (Cancer and Leo) that offers us an opportunity to see what has been hiding in plain site since at least the 1990s.

When supported, Saturn is the ability to see things as they are, after all the pretence and nonsense of our conditioning has been stripped away through trial and tribulation. Though Saturn often represents the trauma within us we unleash upon the world, it is also the illumined stillness we experience when our minds are no longer modified by the past. Saturn is the universal truth that resides in you and me and it is truth that Saturn is attracted to like a moth to a flame. When you go against your Saturn, you invite challenge because Saturn wants nothing to do with your self-imposed conditioning that makes you limited and weak. The same with humanity as a whole.

What we see in the world today is a breakdown of harmful structures and “ways of doing business” that really began to accelerate in the 1990s. The only reason there is so much resistance now is because we are so entrenched in a tribalistic way of thinking. Rather than step back and actually give our brain a rest from all the thinking, we cling deeper to the nonsense that we have believed for lifetimes, beliefs that are fed by the mainstream media and politicians on both the right and left. They have a captive audience, one that needs regular feeding, and they are happy to make sure we are well-fed, for if we were to go hungry, we would actually begin to think for ourselves. Independent thinkers are always the first casualties of oppression.

If this seems harsh, it is only to suggest doing what the enlightened ones have told us since forever. On the political spectrum, enlightened spiritual masters identify with neither left, nor right, nor anywhere in between. After all, infinite freedom grants infinite possibility. This does not mean, however, they do not have any ideas about how to move forward. They do, but their suggestions always reflect the freedom they imbibe. 

Tribalism is not helpful. In fact, it is destructive and rests at the very core of societal discord. Think for yourself. When you do, you will come to realise that Saturn is your greatest friend, the Great Equaliser who is a stern taskmaster, but a just one. Allow the Greatness of Saturn to permeate your entire being.

🙏🏻
Hero’s Journey
The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us; the uncanny discovery that the seeker is the mystery which the seeker seeks to know. ~ Joseph Campbell, 
True gurus are those who have reached the highest expression of human potential and help us find the way. I most often quote Sadhguru and highlight his practices and events simply because he is arguably the most publicly available guru today. Initially, his mission on Earth was to install the Dhyanalinga, an energy form not seen for over 2000 years, but something wonderful happened after his body recovered from the enormous energy drain of such a profound process: he decided to stick around to touch the lives of as many as possible… 😉

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About David: Personally certified by Dr. David Frawley, author and founder of the American Institute of Vedic Studies, David has been a professional astrologer for over 30 years. David learned the art and science of Indian astrology while a ten-year resident in the ashram of a realised spiritual master. David guides clients throughout the world on achieving everyday fulfilment in their spiritual and personal goals, relationships, and wellbeing.

David served as editor of Isha Yoga’s European newsletter for two years, was Vice President of the Rosia Montana Cultural Foundation in Romania, and has a Masters in Archaeology (with Distinction), studying the challenges and issues facing contemporary society from the archaeological perspective. He also wrote and published a parent-child picture book with his brother, Steve (illustrator), about the life of Adiyogi, the first yogi. He currently resides in Burntisland, Scotland, where he serves on the board of the Burntisland Harbour Access Trust helping maintain public access to the historically significant harbour.
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