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 — 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
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Do You Have an Addictive Personality?
When the Moon’s North node misbehaves…
Do you confess to others, perhaps jokingly, that you have an addictive personality? When I first heard this, I thought it meant that the person was so wonderful, everyone sought their company! Now I understand it refers to personality traits like impulsivity, sensation-seeking, and emotional dysregulation. Though not formally accepted by the scientific community, many researchers link such traits to developing addictive behaviour.
In a recent article from the Daily Telegraph, Dr Raphael Cuomo, a cancer epidemiologist and professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, goes a step further and warns that addictions like sugar and excessive screen time could be reshaping our biology to make us more susceptible to cancer. Not commonly considered cancer-causing by leading cancer authorities, Dr Cuomo argues that these habits trigger cellular changes that are depleting our health and can make us more vulnerable to the disease.
Take smart phones, for example. “Even when you’re just scrolling through your phone, you see something interesting and it gives you this low-grade high, this dopamine rush – and you want more,” Dr Cuomo says. He likens it to playing on a slot machine. “It keeps you scrolling and scrolling, hoping that you’re going to get that dopamine hit. We are hoping for the high of something interesting showing up on the newsfeed. The companies that make these products know about these mechanisms and they’re manufactured with this in mind.”
Compulsive time spent scrolling through our devices causes spikes in the stress hormone, cortisol. “The cortisol will prevent the relaxation needed in order to repair DNA breaks and it will also prevent our immune system from clearing out damaged cells,” Dr Cuomo argues. “When you’re looking at screens constantly, especially late at night, you get exposed to blue light which suppresses melatonin,” he says. This is a hormone that supports our body clock and has cancer-protective effects.
And sugar? “When we consume sugary or junk food, it tastes good and makes us feel good,” he says. Sugar triggers the release of the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin, which are associated with pleasure. “We eat this food and suddenly we’re feeling better,” he says.
The problem is that sugar is highly addictive. When it enters our system, it spikes our insulin levels. In short bursts, these responses are normal, but when experienced repeatedly, cells begin to divide and multiply more rapidly, Dr Cuomo says. “Repeatedly, over time, that will promote the development of tumours.” Sugar feeds cancer cells.
Moreover, the types of food we’re most likely to become hooked on – high sugar, refined carbohydrates, and additives – also trigger low-grade inflammation which interferes with our immune system making it less equipped to identify and eliminate abnormal cells. Indeed, research has shown that a sugar molecule mimics pathogens so that instead of attacking the pathogen, our immune defences wastes its resources on attacking the sugar cell.
In astrology, Rahu (the North node) is at the root of most addictions. Rahu represents what it is you came into this world to develop, harmonise, and turn into a positive rather than a hindrance. Rahu is your desire nature. Desires in themselves are not a problem. It is only when they become compulsions that we enter into a loop at risk of becoming an addiction. In this way, Rahu becomes the desire that feeds on you.
What to do? Addictions of any kind arise because you are not content — you are not experiencing fulfilling joy and love in your life. These can only come to you in their fullness through conscious choice — right action at the right time. Wherever Rahu is in your horoscope offers clues as to what you should be exploring and investigating to live a fulfilling life. The areas of life influenced by Rahu is your ticket to a fulfilling life.
Sugar, screen time, smoking, drugs, alcohol — these are well known addictions, but do you also know that anything can become an addiction once you create the neural pathways that link the action to the feeling, i.e., dopamine release? As the renown guru Swami Muktananda would tell us, “If you are going to be addicted to something, be addicted to God!” 😄
Now that’s an addiction I welcome!
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NOTE: The video below is an entertaining 2004 documentary that’s a beginner’s look into how science and spirituality have come to the same conclusion: thoughts create our world. Highly recommended.
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“What the Bleep Do We Know is a Groundbreaking drama-documentary that explores the natural laws of quantum physics and their interconnected relationship to human consciousness in how we perceive and experience our lives. Scientifically, the movie is a dramatic shift in how we understand the unseen sub-atomic world and how thoughts become things.”
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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,
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 I have never said that there is no need for a Guru… The Guru is absolutely necessary. The Upanishads say that none but a Guru can take a man out of the jungle of intellect and sense perceptions… So long as duality persists in you, the Guru is necessary.~~ Ramaṇa Maharṣi (1879 – 1950) Beloved sage from India and liberated being
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True gurus are those who have reached the highest expression of human potential and help us find the way. Sadhguru 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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What is the Astrology of Joy? It’s a tool for finding your bliss and living a joyful life. It’s a gentle “push” to get you back on the right track. Based upon the time-honoured system of astrology practiced in India for thousands of years, Astrology of Joy is inspired by David’s four decades living in ashrams, seeking truth, and learning from enlightened beings who taught, “You are more than a body and a mind. You are That!”
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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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meaningful only when there is balance. Without balance, your strength, your intelligence, your genius, and skills will turn against you.
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