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Saturn’s Debt; Jupiter’s Gift
Issue 25 Volume 8          16 June 2025
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
~~ Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) American Baptist minister and civil rights activist
Image Credit:© 1999 US Postal Service
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:
Saturn square Jupiter in Cancer ends signalling expansion
Saturn ends its square of Jupiter on 21 June allowing Jupiter to fully manifest its expansion and optimism through next summer.
     If your sun-sign is Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, or Pisces, much progress can be made through the higher emotions and sense of home.
     If your sun-sign is Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, or Aquarius, greed can masquerade as worthy ambition. Remain focused on what is good for all.
Summer Solstice 21 June 3:42 am GMT
The Summer Solstice is a time when we begin the shift towards less light and more darkness. Sound troubling? No worries! This heralds a wonderful time of the year to do spiritual practices because this period is “in your hands” — your choice, your effort. As Sadhguru says: Watering and putting manure to a plant is important. Flowers will come as a consequence of that. It is not our doing. This is just like that. These six months are the sadhana pada and this time is important because now you can do the right things. If you do the right things, when the time to harvest comes, the right kind of harvest will come.
Choose expansion over survival; courage over fear
Saturn’s foray into Aries creates a bumpy road. Our need to survive diminishes Jupiter’s 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
Expect more turmoil in the world as good intentions (Jupiter) meet resistance (Saturn). The great mystery is why so many genuinely good people set aside their common sense and objectivity and express their individual choice like a lemming jumping over the cliff with a thousand others. Group-think not only causes a poverty of consciousness, it can destroy whole nations, even the world. Jupiter in Cancer thru 2026 then in Leo thru 2027 offers the chance that, despite the tribalism of the masses, clear heads will prevail. Expect more turbulence as society attempts to rebuild itself after decades of disastrous policies. Whether it leads to breakthroughs or breakdowns depends in large measure upon how clearly we, the individual, see the world… HINT: things are rarely what they seem. 😊
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.
Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron.
~ Swami Vivekananda (1863 — 1902) self-realised yogi who lectured in America in 1893


Dear wonderful neighbour and fellow traveller;

This week, Juneteenth (June 19th) is celebrated in America to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth traces its roots to June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved African Americans of their freedom. To its credit, the United Kingdom gave full emancipation to its slaves in 1838, nearly 30 years before America. Yet, it must be asked, “How many of us are truly free?”

Saints, sages, and Siddhas from all traditions are very clear: the experience of freedom arises from within and has nothing to do with external circumstances. This means a prisoner who knows the source of his existence knows freedom whereas the billionaire who has every desire fulfilled but is ignorant of his divinity lives in the chains of his own making. For the astrologer who understands the nature of both, he considers the difficult chart a blessing and the comfortable chart a curse. It’s only through the smelter’s fire that ore reveals the gold.

Saturn and Jupiter each have a role to play in our unfoldment: Saturn is the “hard knocks” of life which unexpectedly befall us. Yet, Saturn is a stern schoolmaster who believes in us more than we do. Saturn is our karma manifested and through the expansive eye of Jupiter are we able to discern the rhyme and reason in the challenge. Jupiter is the compassionate god who grants understanding and wisdom and when we allow Jupiter to fully manifest in our life, we prosper both materially and spiritually.

Is there a rhyme and reason? 🤔

In life, terrible things happen. Nevertheless, as an old astrologer-colleague once said to me, “Pain is obligatory; suffering is optional.” As difficult as it seems in those darkest moments, something eternal within your own being is calling to you to let go everything you have known to be true. Only in the space created when something leaves, will you find your answer and that answer will be in what comes in to fill the void.

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment.
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

As hard as it seems, I believe in you. You got this. You really do. 

 🤗

David 🔆

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  • 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.

Cancer Sun…
21 June — 22 July

The Sun in Cancer, a sign ruled by the Moon, highlights an individual who relies on emotional connection to feel safe and secure. Home and family are important and they tend to lead with their feelings and emotional expression. They exhibit good looks and are friendly and sociable.

Sun in Aditya Indra…
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 Cancer is Indra which symbolises victory and triumph over adversity and challenge. Jupiter does very well here and will be in Indra thru June 2026. When the Sun is in Indra, we are inspired to pick up the banner of right action and address the evils of the world. Patriotism and nationalistic pride is strong here; we want to secure our home, family, and community against the unrighteous. The Sun in Cancer is auspicious and much can be accomplished when the Sun is here.

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Important upcoming dates (2025)
JAN 12 thru summer 2026: Rahu enters Pisces joining Saturn and Neptune
     — Loss of boundaries; heightened creative expression
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; Mars gets confused by so many choices in Virgo. Stay focused on what it is you really want.
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’s Wild West Show
“Fear’s just another critter in the wild—learn to ride it or it’ll throw you.”

Israel and Iran… ICE and LA… Peacekeepers and activists clashing across the globe… a volcano in Sicily and a medium-sized earthquake in California… even a seismic shift in the UK: PM Starmer announced a national inquiry into the UK grooming gangs after months of stonewalling! On top of it all, after a quiet spring, the sun’s solar activity has reawakened. What’s going on? 🤔

As mentioned in earlier issues, the world is politically and energetically unstable. Business as usual has given way to a Wild West show that would make Wild Bill Hickok proud. As my mother used to tell us, “Round and round it goes. Where it stops, nobody knows!”

All in all, it is simply life unfolding according to individual karma, and individual karma brought together in a single moment is global karma. The important consideration to remember is how you have complete control over your inner experience. Pain is a necessary part of life; suffering is not.

Embrace spiritual knowledge. It’s the only way. Everything else you attempt will be like plugging a boat full of holes with your fingers — soon you run out of fingers! The Summer Solstice is a good time to start. Jupiter in Cancer is your method. Cancer is your higher emotions: love, gratitude, compassion, ecstasy. As with everything else, you must practice the methods shown by the spiritual pioneers before you. They will show you how to get from point A to point B in the least amount of time. The point is, practice makes perfect. Still, remember what the American football coach Vince Lombardi told his players:

“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.” The meaning for us…?

Learn from the best — those who are where you want to be. 😉

🙏🏻
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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