Raksha bandhan festival day

Raksha bandhan festival day

RAKSHA BANDHAN is called Avani Avittam in South India. This falls on the full moon day of the month of Sravan (August-September). It is an important Hindu festival. Hindus wear a new holy thread and offer libations of water to the ancient Rishis on this day. Recitation of the Vedas on this great day is highly beneficial. This festival is also known as Upakarmam, and is specially sacred to the Brahmins, who have been invested with the sacred thread. When the Brahmin boy is invested with this holy thread, symbolically … Continue reading

BERYL GEMSTONE healing properties

BERYL GEMSTONE healing properties

 Crystal system: Hexagonal. Cell salt: Beryllium aluminum silicate, frequently with sodium, lithium and cerium. Colour: Brilliant green (Emerald); blue, green-blue (Aquamarine); bright yellow (Golden Beryl); yellow- brown (Heliodor); red, pink (Morganite); white and colourless (Goshenite). Uses: In general, Beryl increases psychic awareness and heightens human potential by expanding the mind to grasp the laws of Nature. It quickens the mind, cures inertia and rekindles romantic love in marital relationships. Its lordship is assigned to Venus and Mars. This stone may also be used to enhance prophetic vision and to converse … Continue reading

The Message of the stars

If a planet is setting in the West at the time of our birth its ray strikes us in such a manner as to draw us to a  certain type of marriage partner, and the planets under the earth, in the North, have an effect upon our condition in the latter part of life. Of the ANGLES, the first house governs our personal self, and its opposite the seventh house, rules the one who is nearest and dearest to us, namely, the marriage partner. The fourth house determines conditions in … Continue reading

The 27 Nakshatras

The nakshatras are divisions of 13 degrees 20 minutes starting from zero Aries and ending at 30 degrees of Pisces, 13.20 divided into the 12 signs is 27. The nakshatras are referred to as the lunar mansions because the Moon moves approximately 13.20 per day, therefore, resides in one nakshatra per day. The personal planet in which the nakshatra resides will reveal deep information about the individual in relation to the meanings of the houses (area of life), and what houses the planet rules. For example, the planet that rules … Continue reading