The astrological newsletter issue 03 2010 march

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“The Ides of March” 2010 (# 3) ALL GLORY TO SRI GURU AND SRI GAURANGA Mithuna Twiins Astrological Services “Home of the Bhrigu Project”

THE ASTROLOGICAL NEWSLETTER Patita Pavana das Adhikary & Abhaya Mudra Dasi Jyotish Shastris, etc. Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria Please visit us at: www.vedicastrologers.org Phone consultations, to set up appointments: abhaya_mudra2003@yahoo.com Dear God-brothers, God-sisters, clients, and friends, Obeisances, blessings and greetings to all of you. By Srila Prabhupada’s divine grace, may each one of us remain ever protected by the power and grace of the mahamantra: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Welcome to the ides of March! Of course the “ides of March” became famous as the day on which Julius Caesar was met his end because he failed to heed the warning “Beware the ides of March”. By the solar calendar, the ides (meaning “middle”) of the month is significant because that is when the Sun changes signs. On this day, 15 March 2010, the Sun enters Pisces. The Sanskrit term is sankranti, which also means “revolution” in the sense of drastic change. So on this day 15 Mar 2010 the Sun leaves the fixed air sign of Aquarius and enters the mutable water of Pisces or Meena, and hence is called Meena Sankranti. However, it is likely that the Romans followed a calendar closer to the Vedic system, the lunar calendar. By divine arrangement, today is also the middle of the lunar month. According to the Gaudiya Vaishnava system

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