Maharishi is not alone in forseeing trouble in the coming summer months. Sam Geppi is a Vedic Astrologer in San Francisco (not in the TM movement) whose daily forcast ring very true for me quite often... Therefore, i post his prognosis for this recent transit of Mars into Leo:
-- MARS ATTACKS!! Have you noticed a certain irritability lately, since around the end of last week??. Well this is because Mars has awakened. Mars *had been* very powerful in his own sign for seven months. That ended in March, and since then he has been in signs where he's not quite as assertive as he would like to be. First in Taurus, where he becomes quite earthy and sensual; next in Gemini where his energy becomes unfocused and leads to mental aggravation and difficult communication; and most recently in the sign of Cancer where he is considered debilitated. Mars is a planet that gives strength. The strength of Mars is not in his ability to fight but in his ability to make peace -- that's true strength, having the courage to consider other options -- which includes reflection (the Moon) and peacemaking (Venus). Wherever Mars goes he tries to strengthen that area of life through disciplined action. Action is related to the fire element and thus Mars does well in fire signs. Fire is the element of our instinctive animal nature which senses the best course of action to take at any time. Mars has a act first, think later mentality. Thus Mars is very powerful when we have a problem to fix and no time to waste fixing it. When he is powerful, he will get to work, logically determine what the best course of action is and then do it. However when Mars is involved in our relationships for example, he'll try to fix it by logically figuring out what's wrong and then doing something about it. When Mars is involved in a conversation, he will logically figure out what's wrong and then do something about it. This is his nature yet we can see very clearly Mars involved in relationships, or in communication, can create problems. This is why he creates arguments. He's a planet of strength and he's trying to strengthen what he sees as a weakness. Yet there can be a destructive quality here. Relationships for example are not meant to be strengthened through logic and action. The best way to strengthen a relationship is through compromise, love and acceptance, things related to the Moon and Venus. Not trying to change or fix but accept. Mars's job is not to accept but to change and fix that which needs to be changed and fixed. In and of itself it's beautiful, but most of the time Mars should not be very present in our interactions. Just like in a conversation -- who wants to talk to someone who is trying to fix them and fix the conversation toward what is right in their mind ... not me!! Mercury is the best one to do the talking. He listens to everyone, he is curious, he is funny, he's playful, he's not married to a way of how things should or shouldn't be -- what is logically correct or what is incorrect. That's Mars is job, Mercury's job is to help decide what's right or wrong, but Mercury himself sees value in all ideas as being equal to someone. >>> *Mars in Leo* will try to strengthen our sense of identity, our truthful identity to action in discipline. Mars is in a powerful position for the next two months or so. This is a good time to get back into your Yoga routine, Martial arts or any sort of powerful discipline aligned with action. We have all been feeling a little weak and powerless to free ourselves from a certain level of luxury or laziness for the last several months as Mars went through Gemini and then Cancer. Especially Cancer because he was also joined Saturn, we may have fallen into some very lazy routines, perhaps went back into some situations out of weakness, revisiting them rather than courageously moving forward, etc. This tendency may have been compounded more recently by Mercury retrograde in Cancer also. The sign of Cancer has been holding at least two malefic planets for months now. Cancer is the sign of vulnerability, compromise and nourishment. Cancer is not a sign where we act powerfully and with courage, that's why Mars is debilitated there. As we've all been lacking in some courage recently and this powerful Mars is ready to strengthen us. Yet we must be very careful because we may have accumulated a lot of frustration and have some frustrating circumstances in our life. >>>>> Be careful with Mars declaring war on an external enemy. The true source of strength is having the courage to face our self and our own weaknesses. We are the source of everything, the good and bad. As soon as we take responsibility for this, liberation is not far behind. As long as we blame others for perceived weaknesses we're in a deep crisis. Unfortunately we can also see this powerful Mars in the recent conflict between Israel and Lebanon as frustrations have been mounting for months and finally a full-fledged exchange has broken out. Hopefully this will not escalate. Please meditate upon the following verses to calm Mars energy. The Hymn of Mars from the Navagraha Stotram Dharanee garbha Sambhootham Vidhyuth kaanthi Samaprabham Kumaaram Sakthi Hasthancha Mangalam Pranamaam Yaham. "The one who is the son of Bhooma Devi, One who has the lustre of lightning, One who has Shakthi in his hand, and the auspoicious one, I prostrate that Angaraka." Om Kum Kujaya Namaha - The seed mantra for Mars -- Sadasiva (Vedic Astrologer in San Francisco) Please feel free to contact me -- phone: 888.782.7108 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://astrology-teacher.vedicastrologycenter.net ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. 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