The Sacred Profane

The Sacred Profane

The Nakshatra Project

Intro to Nakshatras — Part 1

The Beginning

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Feb 14, 2025
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There was an article that circulated widely a few years ago that claimed that astrology had infiltrated work culture. I found it fascinating that the decline in organized religion is somehow driving millennials and the post-millennial generation toward esoteric practices such as Astrology. Truth be told, at the time I read that article first, I didn’t care about astrology at all. What I was exposed to in the recent past has been what I would now refer to as ‘pop astrology’, which can feel like caricatures of people created based on their ‘star signs’, which can be entertaining, but not really helpful.

Not soon after that, various events led me to re-look at astrology out of curiosity. This sent me down a rabbit hole of research, reading, and courses to understand what the hell this was.

As I was reading about various interpretations and modalities in astrology, I was drawn to the form of astrology that’s closely related to my ancestral lineage — Ved…

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