Astrology of Joy

Author: David

  • New Spiritually Themed Children’s Book!

    David has released the latest edition of his full color children’s book ‘The Legend of Adiyogi”. Created to help fill the gap in spiritually themed children’s books, The Legend of Adiyogi tells the story of Adiyogi, the mystical figure who gave the world the yogic system over 15,000 years ago. Adiyogi’s story is rich with adventure and universal spiritual values, perfect for parents to use as a springboard to introduce profound wisdom to their children. Sold through Amazon, The Legend of Adiyogi is available in both print and eBook editions.

    To order, please visit Amazon.

     

  • David and Calmblue Holistic Therapies

    David is now a part of the Calmblue team!

    Calmblue Holistic Therapies is one of Edinburgh’s gems, a place of healing and rejuvenation in Morningside comprising over 50 holistic therapies, from astrology to craniosacral therapy to yoga. If you are in the area, whether you live here are just visiting, be sure to check out all their offerings at https://calmblue.org.uk/ where you can book an appointment with David or one of the available 15 therapists, or call 0131 446 3709 or 07721 599 276 for more information.

    See you there!

  • Spring Equinox: A Chance for Balance

    The spring equinox, a time when light and darkness are in balance, is a reminder that the forces of nature within us can be in perfect harmony. This is especially true for our masculine and feminine energies. Typically, one or the other dominates within us. In reality, however, when these qualities are in perfect balance within us, we become balanced human beings.

    According to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, yogi, mystic and NY Times best-selling author, having the masculine and feminine qualities balanced within us, regardless of the sex of our body, makes a balanced human being.

    All physical manifestations can only happen between polarities — positive–negative, masculine–feminine, Shiva–Shakti, man–woman. The moment we create a divide between the polarities, judgments about perceived superiority and inferiority between the two arise. Out of these judgments, many layers of confusion, ugliness, and exploitation have occurred. Male and female are just manifestations of either the masculine or the feminine being present in an enhanced way. The fact that you are sitting here as a woman does not mean that your father does not exist within you, and the same applies to men and their mothers, of course. If you recognise this truth and nurture both the masculine and the feminine within you so that they are on an even keel, you will be a balanced human being. If you only nurture the masculine, the crassness of machismo will find expression. If you only nurture the feminine, an excessive sense of decorativeness and emotion will find expression.

    https://isha.sadhguru.org/global/en/wisdom/sadhguru-spot/how-to-empower-women?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6Mar19-english_monthly_newsletter.

    During this natural time of balance, seek balance in your own life. Pay attention to how you are in your day-to-day interactions with people: family, friends, work colleagues or strangers. Life, itself, is the greatest teacher. 

  • Star Report: November 2018

    This month a significant change has taken place affecting our lives at a very profound level. The nodes of the moon crossed from one sign to another, an event of great importance, especially when considering that the nodes stay in each sign for aproximately one year and a half.

    The south node, Ketu, traveled from Sagittarius to Capricorn. Ketu represents our past and indicates what we use to protect ourselves against what we fear the most. This fear makes us uptight about the areas Ketu influences and so we wrap our arms even tighter around that which we should learn to let go, currently being represented by Capricorn.

    Capricorn is the sign where we become in-tune with our deeper self. It is the sign where we receive our “marching orders” in proceeding with the rest of our life. From an enlightened perspective, Capricorn is where one hears the command of God and readies himself for action.

    The tendency, however, as Ketu transits Capricorn, is to rely too much on organization and methodology, on detachment and perseverance, at any cost. However, as an indicator of the past, Ketu tells us that by doing so, we will meet with resistance and obstacles. Now is not the time to rely so much on structure and detachment; rather, we want to bring in more emotion, love and compassion into our daily life as indicated by Ketu’s opposite, Rahu, the north node.

    Rahu’s move into Cancer this month indicates a need for us to embrace our deeper, emotional self. Cancer is a feminine sign and embraces the qualities of motherhood, nurturing and compassion. As the fourth sign, Cancer is where our emotions are expressed and where we find contentment and stability. As such, the next year and a half will find us drawn into situations that require a strong connection to our emotional self. Being stoic, unemotional, dry and aloof is not the best approach during this time. Compassion, love, sensitivity and being unencumbered to express ourselves emotionally will serve us much better.

    This is not to say we should lose our inner stability. Emotions expressed purely and from a place of groundedness will be supportive in our interactions with others. Unbridled emotions, like a herd of wild horses, will make the way difficult to see. Rahu is a jungle we must cross through and though we may bet lost, it is not in our best interest.

  • Who Are You?

    This happened in the Cincinnati Airport. A very important looking man rushed into the airport. There was a long line at the check-in counter. This man jumped the line, went straight to the counter and thrust his passport and his ticket. The lady at the counter said, “Sir there is a line, please stand in line.” He said, “No, No. I am in a hurry. I need to go.” She said, “No please go stand in the line.” Then he said, “Do you know who I am?” She promptly picked up the microphone and said, “There is a man here who doesn’t know who he is, can somebody help him?”

    Nobody can help him because everybody is in the same state. Everybody is existing here without knowing the essential nature of who he is. Without knowing the very fundamentals of what this is, we are trying to make a life. That is the whole confusion.

    The question, “Who am I?” is the most profound question in your life.

    If you don’t know who you are, do you know anything else for sure? If you do not even know who you are, will you be capable of knowing who someone else or something else is?

    Once you don’t know who you are, it is one big joke. The only consolation is that the majority of the population is with you.

    This is the first and foremost thing you should do with your life. First to know who this is, what is the nature of my existence? If you do not know what is the nature of your existence, you live by accident. Everything is by accident, by assumption and by opinion. There is no reality.

    “Who am I?” This question exists, screaming in your body and your mind. If you just remove the surface nonsense, it is screaming within you to know the answer.

    When you don’t clear the surface chatter of the mind, “Who am I?” is a mere question. If you clear up your surface nonsense, you will see “Who am I” is just the whole thing.

    Nothing else is there. That is the biggest thing.

    This question “Who am I” is not really an experiment or a mere question of curiosity. This is something that tears you. Till it tears you apart, you will not know what is inside it.

    From a talk by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, mystic, NY Times best-selling author and world humanitarian.