Rahu, Ketu, Mars, Saturn, Kaal Sarpa Dosha, and More.
Karmic Space Weather and Remedies Therefor
Let’s get right to the heart of this thing. We are currently in the middle of some karmicly shit space weather. When I say “karmicly shit”, what I mean is we are experiencing some very high level malefic transits stacked like the Tower of Babel one atop the next. We’ve barely made made it through the shrapit Dosha of Saturn and Rahu exactly conjunct in Pisces. Rahu moving to Aquarius has lessened the effects but not removed them I entirely. Currently We’ve got Kaal Sarpa Dosha, where all the planets are hemmed on one side of the dividing line created by the nodes, Rahu and Ketu; and the oppositional aspect of Mars with Ketu in Leo and Rahu in Aquarius still conjunct Saturn in Pisces, an opposition that happens to aspect every other planet and which puts a very dramatic spin on everything happening for the next month and a half.
Losing your head
Mars wants you to lose your head to anger and pride.
Ketu wants you to lose your head to philosophy or nonbeing or in the best case scenario moksha
Rahu wants you to lose your head to vice and he wants you to do it yesterday; do the thing you want to but know you shouldn’t, have that next drink or hit or smoke, gamble that last dollar, cut those corners and damn the cost
Sun wants you to lose your head to pride and arrogance and ego and your divine right to rule
Saturn wants you to sit quietly and wait this out. While hopefully keeping your head so that you inflict the minimum amount of karmic damage on yourself and others. Saturn will also make sure that the karmic debts you incur whilst your head is at large will be paid in full.
REMEDIES
Tobacco
I was a daily tobacco user for years and years happily puffing away while Rahu was in charge of most of my daily activities. Whilst I do not recommend picking up a habit, there is no way to deny tobacco’s ability to ground and center a person who is ungrounded and open to spirit contact. Read Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas and focus on the psychic named Kujo, she explains it best.
Tobacco grounds you. You don’t even have to smoke it or ingest it. Just burning some is enough. If you don’t like the smell, just get some heavily flavored vanilla crème pipe tobacco and burn a bit, it smells like dessert AND it will ground you. Tobacco is a potent spirit friend and one that is certainly worth reaching out to. Ritual tobacco like mapacho and hapé are also great choices. If you’re into the gardening scene just grow a tobacco plant and sit with it, they have been talked to by just about every culture that ever grew them and they are very easy to talk to and befriend. They were for me anyway. Here’s the caveat: Not all spirits will like you or want to talk with you or work with you, if you don’t pick up a good vibe just give them some space and, if so moved, try again later. Otherwise, just go work with someone other spirit that actually appreciates you. There’s loads of trees that want absolutely nothing to do with me and that’s cool, I’ll happily stick with the ones who do.
Prayer and Meditation
Sit quietly, calm your mind, and connect with your spirit friends, see if they have any suggestions. They know you and your situation much better than I do. When in doubt, go ask a trusted spirit friend.
Don’t have one you trust yet? Well… the way I found mine was massively traumatic so hopefully you have an easier time than I did. My own version of the “Abremelin rite” was not intended to be a magical rite in any sense and involved a series of 2nd-8th house eclipses culminating in waaaaay too many drugs (not the psychedelic mind expanding kind, the end-up-living-under-a-bridge kind), a very-near-death-experience, and the very real and visceral experience of being shown the world behind the world, no curtain, no veils, no makeup, just the raw spirits in all their power fully aware that I was perceiving them. This one night took years to unpack and introduced me to my trusted spirit friends. One of the many upsides is that I woke up no longer addicted to heroin and cocaine. I woke up in a different body and a different life. Maybe death was a bit nearer than I thought…
Remediation
Make offerings and chant mantras to the afflicted planets on their days; Saturday for Rahu, Tuesday for Ketu, the others are pretty obvious. Focus on the ones affecting you most. If you find yourself attracted to nihilism, do Ketu. If you suddenly want to try crack, do Rahu. If you want to start a fight club, do Mars. If you want to break away and start your own rogue nation, do Sun. When in doubt, do Saturn, quiet discipline and patience usually helps in these situations.
God Speed and Good Luck