Have you felt like some aspect of your life has been simmering beneath the surface lately, as if something within you has been waiting for its moment? That’s because we’ve been moving through a retrograde season, when several of the outer planets appeared to move backward in the sky (see The Retrograde Planets of 2025: A Collective Turning Point Toward…
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How to Find Meaning In Life: The Empowering Journey From Pain to Purpose
How can we find meaning in life, beyond our challenges and suffering? Pain is an inevitable aspect of our human experience. Whether it comes through disappointment, betrayal, loss, or unfulfilled dreams, suffering touches each of us at some point. And yet, as difficult as it feels in the moment, it can also be the doorway to discovering what we want…
Why Most Spiritual Teachings on Happiness Are Wrong
We all yearn for happiness. And now, everywhere we turn we see books, teachers, and traditions offering methods to cultivate it. Meditations, affirmations, and gratitude practices, even renunciation are often prescribed as pathways to happiness. But what if all these methods are missing the point? What if happiness is not something to be attained but something that emerges when all…
Planetary Conjunction in Pisces: An Intense Time of Karmic Resolution
The Moon, Sun, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, and the North Lunar Node (Rahu) will converge in Pisces between the 29th and the 30th of March this year. This type of conjunction is not unusual, except that it occurs in the 12th house, along with a Solar eclipse and Venus and Mercury in retrograde. And all the planets (yes, all, not just…
Venus Retrograde: A Portal to Self-Love and Inner Freedom
This year’s Venus retrograde happens between March 1st and April 12th (plus the shadow periods right before and after). When any planet goes retrograde, that is, when it gives the impression of slowing down and moving backwards, it invites us to turn inward. So, when Venus—the planet of love, beauty, values, and money—does this, we are called to re-examine the…
How to Break Free From the Ego Consciousness In Which Society Traps You
From the moment you are born, you are conditioned to see yourself as a separate individual. You are given a name, a gender label, a predominant role in the family, and specific guidelines to measure and direct your behavior. Later on, you continue to define yourself by your possessions, social roles, and achievements. Society reinforces ego consciousness by placing value…
Inner Peace Arises From Accepting What Is As It Is
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been busy working on new creative projects to expand my work. The idea of launching a podcast made me realize I needed an intro for it. So I began working on the content and the music, and that sparked the desire to go back to making music again, which of course entailed learning new things…