Kerry Shamblin Vedic Astrology

August 9 - 15: FIND AN EXIT

The week ahead sees the Moon pivoting around the Sun in proximity with Ketu, yielding a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12. This dramatic celestial event centers on the transition between the signs of Cancer and Leo, fusing this moment into a memorable opportunity to discover the roots of obstruction and to see a path forward out of what has been a very stuck situation.

The Moon wanes into the new point at 26 degrees Cancer during the first half of the week and then waxes out of the...

August 2 - 8: SET A COURSE

August begins with several important planetary shifts that signal a change in direction. Venus moved to Virgo on July 31, feeling the slippery pressure of retrograde Saturn’s aspect. Mars leaves steady Taurus for the quick-moving environment of Gemini on Sunday, Mercury returns to Cancer on Wednesday after completing his retrograde work in Gemini, and Rahu and Ketu resume retrograde motion, reminding us that life’s path is rarely a straight line. The Moon completes its journey through Pisces early in the week, crossing the final gandanta point before emerging into Aries, suggesting that...

August asks us to keep moving while the deeper work unfolds. Mars enters Gemini and accelerates learning, communication, and creative momentum, while Venus in Virgo reminds us that progress rarely arrives in perfect form—sometimes we simply have to get it done. Two eclipses bring us into a powerful Cancer–Leo–Aquarius corridor, revealing what needs to be released, understood, or transformed. As hidden patterns come into view, we may find ourselves confronting emotional, physical, or spiritual baggage that has outlived its usefulness. Keep dinner on the table, keep your eye on the larger picture, and enter the shadows with c...

July 26 - August 1: GROW ANYWAY

This week carries us from deep clearing into a moment of powerful culmination, followed by a shift into experimentation and uncertainty. The Moon begins the week in Sagittarius under pressure from Saturn, Mars, and Mercury, asking us to take a radical approach to anything that has become stale, heavy, or ineffective. By midweek, the Full Moon in Capricorn brings us to a point of ripening, with exalted Jupiter exactly joined by the Sun in Cancer and Mars and Venus forming their own powerful connection across the zodiac. This creates a...

July 19 - 25: FIND A WAY

As the pace begins to steady, this week’s astrology invites us to lift our eyes from the trail beneath our feet and look toward the horizon. Recent months have demanded constant adjustments, but the sky now offers a wider perspective. Mercury is preparing to resume direct motion, Jupiter shines brightly from Cancer, and the deeper currents represented by the outer planets become easier to recognize. Rather than focusing only on the next task, this is a week for noticing the long arc of your journey and the quiet forces th...

July 12 - 18: WELCOME HOME

This week ahead features a new Moon early on July 14th as the Sun and Moon join in the late degrees of Gemini. New Moon moments invite slowing down, pausing, and recalibrating as the mental and physical energy could feel sluggish. 

Joining the Sun and Moon in Gemini is retrograde Mercury, who will end this retrograde cycle on July 23. Mercury retrograde phases are better for taking second looks, editing, and regrouping. Combined with the new Moon energy, this could be a week for surrendering to slowing down, looking around, a...

July 5 - 11: CLEAR THE PATH

The main themes in this week center around retrograde Mercury moving back into Gemini on Tuesday and the final pulse of partial Kala Amrita Yoga. With the Moon in waning phase, it could feel difficult to stride forward this week due to a combination of legacy delays that line up to slow progress. 

The week opens with the Moon in Aquarius, reminding us that despite small steps forward, we are still operating in an unstable environment that demands constant agility when it comes to shifting plans. Sunday, Monday, a...

July features the gradual transition from pressure toward possibility. Exalted Jupiter continues strengthening growth, optimism, and emotional resilience while Mars reminds us that meaningful progress comes through patience and steady effort. Mercury retrograde slows communication and planning, making this an excellent month for editing, refining, and revisiting unfinished business rather than forcing new beginnings. Venus’ meeting with Ketu and Saturn’s retrograde invite deep reassessment of relationships, values, and long-term responsibilities. The powerful Full Moon on July 29 makes the atmosphere feels noticeably lighter, with many obstacles beginning to give way as persistence, wisdom, and careful timing start paying dividends.

June 28 - July 4: COST OF FREEDOM

Since our last update, Mars has moved into Taurus and Mercury has joined Venus and Jupiter in Cancer, setting the stage for the weeks to come. With the emphasis on the Moon’s sign of Cancer and Mars grounding in Taurus, we may see our focus collectively shift toward home base, with themes of housing, food, and safety coming to the front. 

Having bridged into Cancer on June 1, Jupiter has moved out of Punarvasu and into Pushya nakshatra,  establishing a process for stable growth even in the mids...

June 14 - 20: Create Peace

This week begins with a new Moon at the very last degree of Taurus late in the day of Sunday, June 14th. Just after the Moon and Sun conjoin, both spill over into the sign of Gemini, where they join Mercury. The Sun and Mercury remain active and alert in Gemini through the week, giving the energy to move, travel, and organize new educational opportunities or business trajectories.

The Moon continues to visit with the helpful, benefic planets through the week, passing through its own sign of Cancer and...

Fated Encounters

We follow the waning Moon into the gamut this week, as it will enter into the occupied zone of the zodiac after a couple of weeks of moving through the empty signs. 

Sun-Mon: Moon with Rahu in Aquarius

Tues-Wed: Moon with Saturn in Pisces

Thurs-Fri: Moon with Mars in Aries

Sat: Moon joins Sun in Taurus. 

The new Moon will come at the last degree of Taurus on Sunday, June 14. The Moon visits with the heavy hitters this week, Rahu, Saturn, Mars and th...

Sunday May 31 begins with the full Moon in Scorpio, kicking off the week with a lunar pivot that turns us toward integration, refinement, and release. The Moon will be waning but still bright all week, starting out in debilitation, and giving us a sense of perspective and separation from the churning of the world as it navigates through the empty signs of the zodiac. 

The Moon traverses the zodiac alone this week, but is boosted by the aspects of benefic planets like Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter, ending the week on Saturday, June 6 by entering Aquarius and joining R...

June 2026 marks a major turning point as Jupiter enters exaltation in Cancer, beginning to loosen the grip of six difficult years dominated by Saturn’s contraction and limitation. While the final pulse of Kala Amrita Yoga from June 8–18 continues themes of fate, pressure, and imbalance, the overall atmosphere gradually shifts toward growth, connection, creativity, and renewed optimism. Venus joining Jupiter in Cancer amplifies emotional healing and support, while Mars’ move from Aries into Taurus slows the pace and redirects energy toward sustainable progress. Mercury’s late-month retrograde reminds us that even as momentum builds, flexibility and recalibration remain essential. June fee...

Momentum with Perspective

We follow the Moon past Ketu on Sunday, May 24th, which breaks the state of Kala Amrita Yoga’s second pulse this Spring. This rare combination tends to bring us to the brink of fate, with the challenge being to surrender to the forces we find to be out of our control. The last time this combination manifested with Rahu in Aquarius and Ketu in Leo was in 1859! As the Moon moves beyond Ketu, there may be a noticeable sense of psychological release, wider perspective, or renewed maneuverability

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This week carries the feeling of emerging from a long corridor of pressure into a space where momentum  begins to return. The Moon waxes after Saturday’s new Moon in Taurus while Venus, Mercury, and the Sun settle into their new signs following the major shifts of May 14. With Rahu in Aquarius, Saturn in Pisces, and Mars in Aries occupying adjacent signs, the atmosphere remains intense, but purposeful. These placements favor difficult work, strategic action, disciplined effort, and the willingness to confront reality honestly while still moving forward with hope.

Mars newly established in Aries becomes one of...

The Aries energy ripens through the first half of the week, powering up the Mercury + Sun pairing that moves to Taurus on Thursday May 13, just after Venus vacates Taurus and moves to Gemini earlier that day.  This week is peppered with new shifts that click us into next chapters. Find stability in what is working as you release the unstable and defunct.

The Moon is in its final waning stage this week, which can make us feel spent physically and mentally. In addition, the Moon visits the tough energies of Rahu, Saturn, and Mars, while at the s...

This week might look calm on the surface — but it’s not a week to check out. It’s a week to ride the calm out, while Mars and Saturn finish their work and Mercury flies close to the Sun. There’s pressure here, but it’s focused. Our work is to refine, clarify, and prepare  for what is  about to move.

We begin with a bright but waning Moon traversing the currently lonely half of the zodiac, giving us a breather from the busy signs ranging from Pisces to Cancer. This is a strong tide demanding that we let...

May acts as a transitional bridge between unstable hesitation and emerging growth, marked by Jupiter’s final stretch in Gemini, multiple planetary sign shifts mid-month, and the pulse of Kala Amrita Yoga emphasizing fate over free will. The month begins with a complex and pressured Full Moon in Libra, requiring strategic balance, and evolves into a more active and opportunity-filled second half as Venus and Mercury exchange signs and Mars regains strength in Aries. While momentum builds, Saturn’s move into Revati and the continued intensity of Rahu and Ketu remind us that closure, karmic processing, and careful decision-making rema...

BALANCE PRESENCE & PLANNING

As Mercury gains strength and the Full Moon peaks, insight translates into movement and change.

The main features of this week ahead through the vedic astrology lens are  the breaking of our first pulse of the dramatic Kala Amrita Yoga on Monday as the waxing Moon moves to Virgo, Mercury changing signs from Pisces to Aries on Wednesday, April 29th, and the full Moon in Libra on Friday, May 2nd. 

The Moon moving past Ketu on Sunday and Monday and into Virgo  brings a sense of liberation with add...

This week has a very different tone — less raw pressure, more movement, negotiation, and karmic unfolding. There’s still intensity, but it’s smarter, more fluid, more consequential.

The Moon waxes this week, with Sunday showing an exalted Sun alone in Aries after both Venus and Moon pass into Taurus on Saturday night. Venus will be in dignity in Taurus from April 19 - May 14, bringing stability to relationships and negotiations. Also on Sunday, Mars moves through the degree that Saturn holds while Mercury approaches Mars, setting off a trio of planetary wars that show a jockeying of three...

This week begins with Mercury freshly entered into the press of planets in Pisces, adding momentum to the pressure building as Mars moves in for conjunction with Saturn. The waning Moon starts the week in Capricorn and moves through the extremely active sector of the zodiac, finishing the week in Aries after the new Moon on April 17th, joining the Sun, who moves into its exaltation sign on April 14th. All of this combined sets the stage for a week of stormy astrological weather that could result in physical and emotional challenges that require digging deep into our toolboxes...

This week begins with a deeply debilitated and waning Moon, reflecting a sense of mental disconnect. The strong trio of planets in Pisces, the last zodiac sign, calls strongly for facing consequences and endings with a sense of needed finality. Saturn in Pisces is the slow moving pillar of this moment, reminding us that all things on earth come to an end, while at the same time, life continues to flow. The powerful energies of both Mars and the Sun surround this pillar, showing our desires for strategy, control, self preservation, and personal agenda attempting to express in a...

April 2026 opens with a sense of pressure and instability, as multiple planetary forces converge in Pisces, creating a complex environment that challenges clarity, confidence, and direction. The full Moon in Virgo highlights the need to reconcile practical reality with the process of release, while Mars, Mercury, and Saturn build toward a potent conjunction that tests strategy, patience, and emotional steadiness. As the Sun moves into Aries, a shift begins toward renewal and forward momentum, supported by Venus finding stability in Taurus and Jupiter offering broader perspective from Gemini. Throughout the month, themes of fate versus free will, restraint versus...

This week bridges March and April, starting with the waxing Moon pushing past Ketu, showing us that a combination of clever maneuvering and well placed force could open the closed gates. The Sun clears out of Saturn’s limiting influence, relieving some of the friction from last week. The full Moon in Virgo on Wednesday helps the week to  pivot, urging us to get our hands into our projects and move things forward deliberately.

Venus forges ahead alone in Aries/Ashwini, setting the stage for the Sun later in the month, inviting us to switch our creative or...

With a waxing Moon, retrogrades behind us, and the dynamic energy of Rahu and Mercury in Aquarius still rocking world affairs, we greet an active week ahead. Spring is in the air, inviting nature’s urge for new growth and business as usual, but with the foundation of human activity causing extreme instability. The approach of Sun to Saturn in the universal sign of Pisces, which invites divine connection paired with the practical reality of  karmic consequences, brings friction between individual agendas clashing with collective demands.

Exalted Venus epitomizes the vision of unconditional love and universal support, act...

This is the audio portion of my weekly forecast video. If you'd like to look at the charts as I speak, here is the link: https://youtu.be/ofjqDraZ8Es

As we look ahead at this week, the Sun has moved to Pisces, joining Saturn and Venus. The waning Moon joins that Sun for the New Moon in Pisces on Wednesday. The Sun approaches Saturn for a conjunction which will cause a breaking point between ego driven power plays and practical reality.  

Both Jupiter and Venus, the great helpers, have come into more power with V...

March 2026 is a month of exposure and recalibration. A Total Lunar Eclipse in Leo reveals vulnerabilities around power and self-expression at the beginnng of March, while Jupiter and Mercury both resume direct motion mid-month, restoring clarity and forward movement. As the Sun enters Pisces and meets Saturn, accountability deepens and illusions dissolve. The turbulence of early March gradually gives way to integration, responsibility, and a quiet but clearer sense of direction.

Hello! I’m Kerry Shamblin and I practice jyotisha, also known as Vedic astrology. I have been offering a monthly forecast since 1999 where I track how th...

February 2026 is a turning point month, marked by eclipse energy, retrogrades, and rare planetary unions. With a growing concentration of planets in Aquarius around Rahu, collective momentum builds rapidly, while the Saturn+Neptune conjunction in Pisces exposes the karmic cost of long-standing illusions. The Full Moon in Cancer asks for care and humanity, while the Solar Eclipse in Aquarius disrupts what we rely on to create a new future. This is not a month for certainty, rather it is a month for courage, recalibration, and conscious participation in the changing world.

Hello! I’m Kerry Shamblin and I...