Original Articles

The Moon reveals how we feel, what makes us feel safe, and the familiar rhythms through which consciousness learns to inhabit human life.

Chandra is manas — the receptive, responsive mind. Chandra receives impressions, registers feelings, remembers patterns, and seeks the familiar rhythms that create a sense of safety. Where Surya illuminates identity and central purpose, Chandra describes the continuously changing field of emotional experience.

Surya is often described simply as the Sun, the father, the ego, or authority. Yet in Jyotish, his role is considerably deeper: Surya represents the central organizing intelligence around which identity, hierarchy, visibility, and purpose are formed.

Among the Navagraha, Surya occupies a unique position.

He is not merely one graha among nine.

What if our desire for money is actually a desire for something else?

When we say that we want more money, the meaning seems obvious.

We want a larger income. More savings. A better home. Greater financial security. Perhaps the freedom to travel, study, work less, or provide more for our family.

Is everything in our lives predetermined — or can we change our karma?

The word karma has become part of everyday language. We say “that’s karma” when something bad happens to someone who behaved badly, or speak about “good karma” as if the universe kept an invisible account of rewards and punishments.

But the original idea is both simpler and much more profound.