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Continue reading →: Hindu festival of Navarathri – Nine nights of the Goddess
Navarathri (meaning `nine nights’ ) is an annual Hindu Festival that takes place in late Autumn. I wrote the following feature article in Issue#2 of Gaian Times eco-magazine last year (Sept’11). Here’s the full article again.. reproduced to mark this special Hindu festival.. -Mani Navarathri celebrates and worships three…
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Continue reading →: Mercury dance with Pluto, as Saturn strokes Neptune
More astrological good news! In my previous astrology post, I mentioned the following: Good news: On 9th October, Sun trines Jupiter, and, Venus trines Pluto. The energy of those two are superb, and should start to transform and resolve the situations that exist. Jupiter rules horizons, religion and justice. Sun…
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Continue reading →: Introducing Esoteric Enterprises
Introducing….a new Gaian Times initiative… `Esoteric Enterprises’ – a Social Initiative by Gaian Times’ – for Esoteric Practitioners & Pagan Business creators, online Publishers, Artists, Authors, Community builders, Sellers, Stall holders, Conference organisers, Self-employed people, Marketers & Entrepreneurs. The Aim is to become an online networking platform and directly help…
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Continue reading →: Touching the life you take: Initiation rites for a Warrior-Hunter
Touching the life you take: Initiation rites for a Warrior-Hunter The first rule of being a Hunter is `Be within reach of your prey but out of reach of the prey!’ – which means that a Hunter must be able to get to his or her prey quickly, but the…
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Continue reading →: Neptune wars with Venus & Mars
Some incredible events have been unraveling in our lives at the moment. I looked at the astrology and was totally bowled over! On 3rd October, there was a Venus-opposition-Neptune, and a mars-square-Neptune is brewing right now! Social or romantic turmoils, Confusions by nebulous entities, fluidic or gaseous situations, , aggression ideals…
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Continue reading →: Robin Hood & Roj Blake- Rebels against The Sheriff & The Federation
Question: What do the Following things have in common? Robin Hood Roj Blake (of TV prog Blake’s 7) Doctor Who Have you figured out the link yet? Oh come on.. it’s obvious, right? No..no..I am not the link..(well, I suppose I could be..) But really, they are all mythical…
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Continue reading →: Magic: The Willow, the Witch and pruning my World-Tree
I was having coffee under the Willow just now ..having a peaceful morning, (after the last few days of chaos), and that’s when the idea for this blog came from. So I guess it is time to share some secrets of personal magic! You see, I am a Witch, and…
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Continue reading →: Sagittarians & Geminis take heed: Jupiter Retrograde starts (till 30th Jan’13)
If you are a Sagittarian or a Gemini, this is going to affect you the most! Tomorrow, Thursday 4th October, around 13:17hrs gmt, Jupiter – the biggest planet in the Solar System – begins its retrograde motion! Jupiter arrived in the sign of Gemini on the 12th June’12, and has…
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Continue reading →: Saturn shift – Freedom for Librans & Lessons for Scorpios..begin!
Astrologically, there are some major changes ahead …starting NOW! Saturn shift – affects Librans, Scorpios & Capricorns Saturn has been in the zodiac sign of Libra for over 2 and a half years (since 23rd July 2010). That to Librans would have been like driving a fast car that suddenly…





