{"id":9579,"date":"2018-01-14T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/?p=9579"},"modified":"2018-01-14T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T19:07:49","slug":"vedic-winter-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/vedic-winter-solstice","title":{"rendered":"Vedic Winter Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sucharita welcomed us on the Powertime Practice (PTP) call<\/strong> on Saturday January 13, 2018 by mentioning what a power-packed time is coming up!\u00a0 If possible, get the AstroVed calendar<\/a> so we can keep track of the time shaktis and tap into the energies that are available, as well as avoid any pitfalls.\u00a0 This way, we can begin control our karma.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sun transits into Capricor<\/strong>n on Sunday, January 14th<\/sup><\/strong>. This is the Vedic Winter Solstice, a time of renewal and longer days.\u00a0 This is a good time to thank the Sun for giving us life and universal blessings. Capricorn is 10th<\/sup> house of the zodiac and has to do with profession.\u00a0 This coming month is a good time to energize your goals.\u00a0 This sign of Capricorn also has to do with ancient past life knowledge and past karma, as well.\u00a0 You may become aware of strengths that you never knew you had or you may begin to see some old karma playing out!<\/span><\/p>\n

The next three days are an excellent time to let go of things that are no longer serving you.\u00a0 Pray to Lord Shiva! Also good time to stop a bad habits, such as smoking or gossiping.\u00a0 Today is the 13th<\/sup> moon and is Saturday pradosham and the star of the day is Jyeshta.\u00a0 All this makes it a good time to help others and donate to others. Tomorrow is the 14th<\/sup> moon, Ganesha’s moon, offer bermuda grass to Ganesha.\u00a0 Monday afternoon through Tuesday is the Thai Amavasya New Moon when you can cleanse ancestral karma by offering tarpanam to your ancestors.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday and Sunday, we can participate in the Pradosham ritual<\/strong>. This is a time to cleanse ourselves of past karma.\u00a0 Saturn rules Saturday so when Pradosham happens on a Saturday it is called Sani Pradosham.\u00a0 Sucharita showed us a ritual to perform on this day using crystal statues and implements such as a Shiva linga, a vel, Nandi the bull (Siva’s vehicle), a sun and Ganesha and pouring water on them.\u00a0 She lit some incense to cleanse the area of negativity, while chanting Om Gum Ganapataye Namaha<\/em>.\u00a0 She says to focus our energy on the base of the spine.\u00a0 Take a bit of water and pour on the statues while gazing at the object while chanting the mantra associated with each element.\u00a0 Then she repeated the process using a bit of milk, then juice.\u00a0 This ritual is called Abishekam or hydration.\u00a0 Then she offered some sweet things such as nuts and raisin, and then offered a flower to the archetypes.\u00a0 Offering our prayers with flowers is like sending our prayers using text messaging, as opposed to the old fashioned method of hand delivering messages with the Pony Express!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then she showed us how to make a sesame oil lamp to propitiate Lord Saturn<\/strong>.\u00a0 These rituals are some of the spiritual technologies that Sr. Pillai is giving us.\u00a0 Dr. Pillai is an enlightened master and has permission from the Divine Beings to pass these tools and techniques to us so make our lives better and help us on our spiritual endeavors to enlightenment!\u00a0 Dr. Pillai always says that \u201cFaith is utter positivity!\u201d\u00a0 Doing our spiritual practices will help us keep our faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sucharita tells us that there is a special time upcoming at the end of the month when light will come pouring in called Thai Poosam<\/strong>. Thai is the name of this Vedic Month and Poosam has to do with the star Pushya, the Star of enlightenment.\u00a0 Dr. Pillai says \u201cThe Pushya star has the ability to transform matter into Light. It is a star that is sacred for Muruga, who is the Pleiadian God for Enlightenment of the 3rd eye\u201d Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Check the\u00a0Pillai Center\u00a0<\/a>and the\u00a0AstroVed\u00a0<\/a>Event Calendars<\/strong>\u00a0for other upcoming events. Depending on where you live, the day of the week will be different. Check the Panchang with your location to see when you should be observing the rituals.<\/span><\/p>\n