Authentic wisdom from ancient traditions to guide your modern life journey. Discover the cosmic influences shaping your destiny.
Kathmandu was laid out in the shape of a ritual sword, and the eight matrika seats mark the periphery of the blade. Who the eight are, how the circuit is walked, and why the knowledge attached to it survives here and not elsewhere in the Valley.
A king of Pharping who could take the form of Bhairava, a condition that went unmet, and the shrine at Teku where he disappeared. Where Pachali sits in the matrika-bhairava scheme, and who maintains him.
A fierce cemetery goddess on the Bishnumati, across the water from Indrayani and below the Vajrayogini of Vijayasvari. The charnel ground at Nirmal Tirtha, and the legend of the four Bhagavatis and the severed limbs.
Pop astrology treats Mercury retrograde as a season of things breaking. The Vedic tradition reads Vakrī Mercury almost the opposite way — as a planet gathering strength and turning inward.
Sade Sati is the roughly seven-and-a-half-year period when Saturn transits the signs surrounding your natal Moon — traditionally a time of testing and slow consolidation.
Indrayani Matrika is one of Nepal's eight Asta Matrika goddesses, and among the most responsive when the difficulty concerns marriage or a romantic obstacle.
Kārya-Vināyaka is the Ganeśa approached in Nepal when a particular task must be accomplished — a venture begun, an obstacle removed, a decision carried through.
Mahākāla is the protector approached when an obstacle will not move — chronic illness, a legal matter, spirit disturbance, or a career that has stalled.
The Lokeśvara temple at Chobhar is one of four great compassion centres in the Kathmandu Valley, where rituals address ancestral karma and the liberation of spirits.
Each month a Vasudhara puja and dharani recitation is performed at sacred sites in Nepal. Sponsorship is open to anyone who wishes to take part from afar.
Vasudhara is the Buddhist goddess who bestows prosperity and abundance. Her shrines in Nepal, her iconography, and how practitioners connect with her.
