I can see now, pondering the word "makara", that the very sound of that word implies something with some viciousness to it. Some teeth.

Thanks yall. We'll just need to sit tight and take it all in for now.

No, but I have read of a sidereal ayanamsa that puts the zero point of Aries where the 2nd pada of Ashwini begins. I can't find anything on it doing...

Or are we only refering to afflictions and bad avashthas by apect and conjunction, instead of planetary lords?

I can't see it either. Could it be security settings in the veiwer's browser or on the Mac Os?

@manisha I did Ernsts Gems, Jyotish, and Minerals course several years ago and just go by what I remember from that, except for using the newer modern...

@manisha Interestingly, Jade has a Jupiter crystal structure and relates to its power of ruling Pisces. Jade is usually green, which would put the ene...

@sweden83 I am both me and not-me.

It is very hard to know what we are getting in the rudraksha, gemstone, and crystal industries these days. So many clever disguises and treatments, wh...

@ernst Agreed. Yes I will stop and will not do it again.