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The Astrology of a Criminal Appeal

Criminals are ruled by Rahu, the North Node of the Moon. The allegation of criminality is also ruled by Rahu and might be caused by the Rashi Drishti of Rahu to the Arudha Lagna. Such a case would presuppose the absence of criminality in the person under scrutiny, though the allegation would pertain to exactly the same thing. For instance, Rahu in Vrishchik or Mesha Rashi aspecting the Pada would lead to an allegation that the native committed a violent offence though just going by this placement of Rahu, the truth would be exactly to the contrary. Rahu deceives and could indicate a frame-up. On the contrary, the allegations could be quite true. Indeed, the whole thing might be viewed divorced from the reference of an allegation. There may be a crime and people may be accused of it. The truth of the situation, that is, the truth or falsehood of the criminal involvement of a native would be judged properly from the Lagna Bhavas. An appeal from a Judgment and Order is ruled by the pl...

Pilgrimage

Earlier it was a desire to learn some way, any adequate way to open the eye, to properly exist. Then, it became a basic happiness that sustained itself because the vision that came was lasting. There was never ritual, there were never gongs. When She called, it was also a call to another way of seeing, one that had been precluded due to natural affection for a way of seeing. There is nothing to be made too much of. It might be the opiate of the masses; perhaps that is why the feeling is so heady. If one is always an individual, to climb it with so many other, such different others, is an education in itself. For most it may be faith, in which case it should not be that it can merely move mountains but also inspire those otherwise unlikely to climb steep inclines that will not relent. For others, it could be that same old pull towards sight. The dark whispered once or twice to remind that vision comes to those who have wanted to see, unhappy with the previous groping. The darknes...