November begins with Saturn in its gandanta degree and it remains for the next three months in Gandanta, Mercury is Retrograde and many planets are in Libra. Usually Libra brings balance in our life but with as many as five planets residing in Libra at times in November, it will be promoting a lack of it instead. With the major changes that have already taken place in October, it will be some time before we regain our sense of equilibrium. Flow with the changes and you will feel a lot better for it. Leo is the area of weakness and Virgo Moon are beginning their Sade Sati and Gemini Moon are ending their's........

Last month we studied the myth of Pushkara and how he got the ability to cleanse the sins and Jupiter's connection to Pushkara. As we are about to celebrate the auspicious Kartik Purnima on 5 November 2006, the special day when the gods come down to earth, we should also understand that Pushkara navamsha and bhaga are those degrees in our natal charts where the Gods reside all the time. To receive their blessing we must become spiritually aware and look to the higher selves. We must want the gods to heal what is placed there. Pushkara navamshas have the ability to heal the planets and improve their quality regardless of their natural quality. Read the article to see if you have your lagna or planets placed in the Pushkara and how to use these navamshas and bhagas.

Rules of Interpretation Course will be in two intensive modules focussing on interpretation - 26 May to June 1 and 25 to 31 August 2007. This course is a must for those who want to become adept at interpreting charts. This is the next step to the Foundation course, so students from 2006 Foundation should book for this. Not only we will learn to use the panchanga, the course will take the student through Parashar's interpretation of the twelve houses and on how to use the nakshatras and vargas in interpretation.

I have decide to extend this into twelve lessons in Relationships. They will be continuous. This month is the introduction to Kuta compatibility. The Kuta system of compatibility is used to match two horoscopes to find the compatibility. It has a complicated set of rules that matches the charts on sexual, spiritual and emotional level. There are twelve points of compatibility. It is important to remember that we should not get too enamoured by high scores of compatibility. It is possible for us to have happy and fulfilled relationships even though the overall compatibility is low. Often less Kutas means two souls that have many issues to deal with in this life whereas high kutas indicates less issues and a too idealistic an expectation from their perfect partners. I have noticed in my consultations that it is more likely for high compatibility relationships to break up whereas the lower score ones continue working on their karma together..........Next month will be on the rules of Attraction