https://ayurastro.com/writings.html More than 160 articles on Jyotisha, Ayurveda, Sanskrit, and Vedic science by Renay Oshop — essays, research notes, and reflections gathered over two decades. en-us © 2026 Renay Oshop · AyurAstro® Renay Oshop Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 scripts/build_feed.py https://ayurastro.com/assets/images/ayurastro-logo-saturated.png https://ayurastro.com/writings.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-twenty-seven-stations-nakshatras-from-punarvasu-to-ardra.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-twenty-seven-stations-nakshatras-from-punarvasu-to-ardra.html Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda Sanskrit Begin at Punarvasu, a double star in the sign of the Couple; call that night conception; walk the twenty-seven nakṣatras in their order at ten days apiece, and the last ends where a pregnancy ends. Their gods, emblems and stories beside the embryology of each ten days — Puṣya the nourisher and the trophoblast, Āśleṣā's serpent and the neural tube, Śravaṇa and the first hearing, Ārdrā and the first cry — on an interactive wheel you can set to a date. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-ten-descents-dasavatara-and-the-ten-months-of-the-womb.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-ten-descents-dasavatara-and-the-ten-months-of-the-womb.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Jyotisha Sanskrit Viṣṇu comes down ten times, and a child takes ten months of the moon to come down into the world. The ten avatāras beside the ten months of the womb as Caraka, Suśruta, Vāgbhaṭa, Varāhamihira and the embryology textbooks describe them — on one interactive gestation clock, with an honest reckoning of what “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” can still mean. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-nine-pantries-spices-fruits-and-grains-of-the-grahas.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-nine-pantries-spices-fruits-and-grains-of-the-grahas.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda Wheat to the Sun, rice to the Moon, sesame to Saturn — every jyotiṣī inherits a nine-shelf pantry, but who stocked it? The grains, spices, fruits, tubers, and ritual dishes of each graha, traced source by source through the jātaka texts, the śānti rites, and Āyurveda — with a grain mandala and the full referenced table. https://ayurastro.com/writings/life-begins-samudra-manthana-and-the-origin-of-life.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/life-begins-samudra-manthana-and-the-origin-of-life.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit Why are we subject to Rāhu and Ketu at all? The churning of the milk ocean read beside the modern science of life’s origin — poison before nectar, the pot and the protocell — fully illustrated, with an animated hundred-second film of the whole story. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-six.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-six.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit Part One’s dictionary turned over: each gaṇa names a family of amino acids, and the foot’s middle syllable predicts hydropathy by 4.18 units (p = 0.00005) while its neighbours predict nothing — plus codon-for-codon matches in frame, and the Gāyatrī read as an octapeptide. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-coda.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-coda.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit The series’ closing synthesis: what actually unites the human genome and the Sanskritic text — one medium, one engineering, one vehicle, and no shared author any test can see — ending with the Puruṣa hymn’s own three-thousand-year-old answer, scanned in its own meter. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-five.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-five.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit All four Vedas scanned and set against all 3.05 billion bases: the Gāyatrī expected verbatim dozens of times by pure arithmetic, no triṣṭubh anywhere, a 30-syllable containment cliff, and the pāda’s eight-beat frame that prose and introns lack. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-four.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-four.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit All four Vedas scanned into weight-notation and matched against verified human DNA: a 928-entry concordance of actual loci — the Gāyatrī’s opening pāda eight bases into beta-globin, the Puruṣa hymn’s “all this that has been and shall be” in both insulin and p53 — tallied honestly against chance. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-three.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-three.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit Eight genomes, from malaria to Streptomyces, read as metrical dialects: the tempo scale of life, the anceps third position across the whole tree, a clean test of the R·N·Y primeval-code idea, and how life fills the Virahāṅka duration envelope. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-two.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-two.html Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit Real genes transcribed into gaṇas and tested with seeded permutations: no hidden ślokas, one instructive mirage, a genuine exon–intron tempo signal, and the codon’s anceps third position measured — code and data included. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-one.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-meter-and-the-molecule-part-one.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit Sanskrit prosody is a binary code read in triplets; so is the genetic code. Piṅgala’s binary mathematics, the de Bruijn gaṇa mnemonic, and an exact collapse of the sixty-four codons onto the eight gaṇas — with downloadable reference PDFs and data. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-beak-and-the-blade-the-surgical-instruments-of-sushruta.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-beak-and-the-blade-the-surgical-instruments-of-sushruta.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit One hundred and one blunt yantras, twenty razor-edged śastras, sutures tied with ant heads — an illustrated, interactive tour of Suśruta’s surgical instruments, from heron-beak forceps to the rhinoplasty that traveled west. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-mind-the-hand-and-the-heart-charaka-sushruta-vagbhata.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-mind-the-hand-and-the-heart-charaka-sushruta-vagbhata.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit Charaka, Suśruta, and Vāgbhaṭa — the Great Trio of Āyurveda — wrote one science from three angles. An illustrated introduction: the lineages, the dates, the shape of the three books, and why their differences are the point. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-sound-of-the-sri-yantra.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-sound-of-the-sri-yantra.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit Chladni figures, the strict nine-triangle Śrī Yantra, and the exact recipe of drawing sacred geometry with vibration — every figure is solved live in your browser. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-strength-of-subtlety.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-strength-of-subtlety.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit In Āyurveda the finest cause governs the grossest effect. An illustrated essay on sūkṣmatā — subtlety — as the locus of power across quality, force, essence, pharmacy, and cognition. https://ayurastro.com/writings/two-skies-akasha-and-dis.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/two-skies-akasha-and-dis.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda Sanskrit Vastu Sanskrit names two separate substances — ākāśa and diś — where English says only “space.” A visual folio in seven plates on the two “skies” that Āyurveda carefully keeps apart. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-nine-causative-substances-charaka-sutrasthana-1-48.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-nine-causative-substances-charaka-sutrasthana-1-48.html Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda Sanskrit An ancient sūtra of nine words contains, with uncanny completeness, the architecture of free will, nature, nurture, and the fabric of space-time. A visual essay on Caraka Saṃhitā Sūtrasthāna 1.48 — the nine causative substances, four domains of a life, and the proper province of jyotiṣa. https://ayurastro.com/writings/reading-the-body-a-comparative-catalogue-diagnostic-markings.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/reading-the-body-a-comparative-catalogue-diagnostic-markings.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Long before laboratory tests, two great clinical traditions learned to read the body’s surface as a living document of its interior. A comparative catalogue of diagnostic markings across five anatomical zones — nails, eyes, tongue, hands, and feet — pairing Ayurvedic interpretation with Western clinical signs, and noting where evidence converges. https://ayurastro.com/writings/oj-simpson-vedic-nodal-case-study.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/oj-simpson-vedic-nodal-case-study.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture A complete Jyotish analysis of O.J. Simpson's chart: natal D1/D9/D10/D11, Vimshottari dasha sequence, and five empirical theses on how the lunar nodes shaped every turning point of his life. Includes two downloadable Python scripts. https://ayurastro.com/writings/carlson-1985-astrology-study-forty-year-methodological-audit.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/carlson-1985-astrology-study-forty-year-methodological-audit.html Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research A comprehensive current audit of the famous/infamous 1985 Carlson astrology study from the journal Nature — sixteen interlocked and manifold methodological problems, reviewed by Claude (Anthropic). https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-hidden-architecture-of-the-vimshottari-dasha-years.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-hidden-architecture-of-the-vimshottari-dasha-years.html Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha What a failed search for a physical formula accidentally revealed about an ancient numerical scheme — an investigation into the deliberate structure inside 6, 7, 7, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. https://ayurastro.com/writings/thirty-fully-fledged-astrological-research-ideas.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/thirty-fully-fledged-astrological-research-ideas.html Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research Do you want to do astrological research but you are not sure where to start? This article is for you! https://ayurastro.com/writings/cosmic-semiotics-minor-planet-orbits-and-astronyms-in-the-news.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/cosmic-semiotics-minor-planet-orbits-and-astronyms-in-the-news.html Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research By Renay Oshop and Anton Coops Abstract We analyzed the movements of 1,211 minor planets over 290 days, resulting in 351,190 data points, linking each minor… https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-proposed-correspondence-between-the-planets-and-the-eight-ayurvedic-diseases-of-the-mind.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-proposed-correspondence-between-the-planets-and-the-eight-ayurvedic-diseases-of-the-mind.html Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda Chapter 1, Verse 1 of Vagbhata's "Ashtanga Hridayam" is gorgeous, often being the favorite melody of my Sanskrit student... https://ayurastro.com/writings/carlson-study-is-without-key-statistical-measure.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/carlson-study-is-without-key-statistical-measure.html Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research **Abstract** Shawn Carlson's 1985 study on astrology, published in *Nature*, has been highly influential in critiques o... https://ayurastro.com/writings/2022-essay-contest-winner-first-prize.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/2022-essay-contest-winner-first-prize.html Sun, 15 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Contest The sky is growing dark. The streetlight and the curve of the hill we live on allow the artificial light from our township to spill down the curvature of our… https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-machine-learning-addressed-an-ancient-claim-distilled-descriptions-of-6770-mundane-events-are-a-function-of-celestial-positions.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-machine-learning-addressed-an-ancient-claim-distilled-descriptions-of-6770-mundane-events-are-a-function-of-celestial-positions.html Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research Abstract The belief in a correspondence between the planetary positions at the time of a world event and those at a similar event at another time is ancient… https://ayurastro.com/writings/2022-essay-contest-winner-second-prize.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/2022-essay-contest-winner-second-prize.html Sun, 08 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Contest New Horizons When I told my mother about my Jyotish reading with Renay, and how it had given me peace, she told me she also had been questioning herself. https://ayurastro.com/writings/2022-essay-contest-winner-third-prize.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/2022-essay-contest-winner-third-prize.html Sun, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Contest We Are Made of Stars Perhaps it started when I was 22. I had a roommate in college who studied Western Astrology and taught me all of the energies of the… https://ayurastro.com/writings/holiday-essay-contest-2022.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/holiday-essay-contest-2022.html Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop We three judges had such a difficult time determining the winners of the holiday essay contest, but here they are: First prize goes to 8044918919, second… https://ayurastro.com/writings/styles-of-healers-in-the-chart.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/styles-of-healers-in-the-chart.html Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda Nakshatras are a beautiful part of jyotish and are believed to be the first, early, and progenitor features of understanding the sky. https://ayurastro.com/writings/results-for-minor-planet-names-in-google-news-refreshed-daily.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/results-for-minor-planet-names-in-google-news-refreshed-daily.html Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research Early narrative explaining results as of May 13, 2022 (presentation for OPA Research ): Whiteboard explainer video: The below is automated daily data… https://ayurastro.com/writings/across-millions-of-pairs-text-similarities-in-descriptions-of-events-likely-depend-on-similarities-in-astrology-charts.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/across-millions-of-pairs-text-similarities-in-descriptions-of-events-likely-depend-on-similarities-in-astrology-charts.html Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research **Abstract** Embeddings, a way to measure similarities between texts, are a recent gift of machine learning. They were ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-curious-case-of-seeing-a-shooting-before-it-happens.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-curious-case-of-seeing-a-shooting-before-it-happens.html Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha The following is from a presentation I gave to the Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association a couple of years ago. Downloa... https://ayurastro.com/writings/an-easy-mnemonic-for-finding-the-change-of-nakshatras.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/an-easy-mnemonic-for-finding-the-change-of-nakshatras.html Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Perhaps you find yourself self-pressured to know the particular nakshatra of a planetary placement, given only the degre... https://ayurastro.com/writings/news-aggregator-service-for-astrology-nasa-a-free-research-tool.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/news-aggregator-service-for-astrology-nasa-a-free-research-tool.html Sat, 25 Sep 2021 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research ***Hello! I have been doing a lot of development of my News Aggregator Service for Astrology and want to share here an e... https://ayurastro.com/writings/an-alternate-assignment-of-grahas-to-chakras.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/an-alternate-assignment-of-grahas-to-chakras.html Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Yoga The seven chakras have an especially important role in yoga, Ayurveda, and Jyotish. They are energy centers on which w... https://ayurastro.com/writings/sign-and-symbol-vedic-numerology-and-the-zodiac-signs.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/sign-and-symbol-vedic-numerology-and-the-zodiac-signs.html Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit In Vedic numerology what we are really talking about are the symbols of **number **with their equivalencies in *graha *(... https://ayurastro.com/writings/2020-holiday-essay-contest-the-grand-prize-winning-essay.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/2020-holiday-essay-contest-the-grand-prize-winning-essay.html Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Contest A reading in Boulder, then five months locked down in a Rishikesh ashram, a village in the Himalayas, and a birth timed to the charts — the grand-prize essay in the 2020 holiday contest. https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-the-practice-of-jyotisha-has-influenced-my-year-2020.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-the-practice-of-jyotisha-has-influenced-my-year-2020.html Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Contest [This essay won the first place prize for our 2020 holiday essay contest (https://www.ayurastro.com/articles/2020-holida... https://ayurastro.com/writings/its-felt-like-a-life-time.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/its-felt-like-a-life-time.html Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Contest [This essay won the first place prize for our 2020 holiday essay contest (https://www.ayurastro.com/articles/2020-holida... https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-jyotisha-journey.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-jyotisha-journey.html Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Contest I am breathing in and I am breathing out. As sure as the sun does rise, I am as sure that the sun sets. — the second-prize essay in the 2020 holiday contest. https://ayurastro.com/writings/ocean-of-light-the-impact-of-the-practice-of-jyotisha-on-my-2020-year.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ocean-of-light-the-impact-of-the-practice-of-jyotisha-on-my-2020-year.html Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Contest [This essay won the second place prize for our 2020 holiday essay contest (/articles/2020-holiday-essay-contest-for-cash... https://ayurastro.com/writings/2020-holiday-essay-contest-for-cash-prizes.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/2020-holiday-essay-contest-for-cash-prizes.html Sat, 05 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop 2020 Holiday Essay Contest for Cash Prizes 12/5/2020 1 Comment... https://ayurastro.com/writings/spaces-for-personal-and-public-planetary-yogas-in-the-zodiac.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/spaces-for-personal-and-public-planetary-yogas-in-the-zodiac.html Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Here is just a quick series of thoughts but on something that I have not seen before. Let's look at the houses of the z... https://ayurastro.com/writings/lioness-rectifying-ruth-bader-ginsbergs-chart.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/lioness-rectifying-ruth-bader-ginsbergs-chart.html Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture [First published on my Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/renay) on September 18, 2020.] In my sadness at Ruth Bader... https://ayurastro.com/writings/shad-ripus-and-the-digestive-organs.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/shad-ripus-and-the-digestive-organs.html Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arishadvargas): " In Hindu theology, **Arishadvarga** or **Shadripu**/Shad... https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-simple-illustrated-guide-to-making-peanut-curry-poha.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-simple-illustrated-guide-to-making-peanut-curry-poha.html Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes Here is an easy way to make a wonderful, nutritious, and delicious Ayurvedic meal in under 10 minutes start to finish at... https://ayurastro.com/writings/arjunas-twelve-names-and-the-jyotish-chart.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/arjunas-twelve-names-and-the-jyotish-chart.html Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit When I first read the Bhagavad Gita, I was charmed and intrigued by the nicknames of Arjuna, the great everyday hero of ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ayurvedic-daily-organ-activation-cycle-as-found-in-the-jyotisha-chart.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ayurvedic-daily-organ-activation-cycle-as-found-in-the-jyotisha-chart.html Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda Below is the classical ancient empty chart of *Jyotisha*. Its diamonds and squares rightly can be said to describe all o... https://ayurastro.com/writings/seeing-the-qualities-of-energy-of-the-grahas-through-the-shapes-of-their-special-aspects.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/seeing-the-qualities-of-energy-of-the-grahas-through-the-shapes-of-their-special-aspects.html Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Visual examples of the special aspects as end points to triangles pictorially show the language that describes the plane... https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-fire.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-fire.html Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda *A very brief analysis on the theory of fire from an Ayurvedic and Jyotish perspective:* Fire element has lately been o... https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-i-correctly-picked-the-super-bowl-this-year.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-i-correctly-picked-the-super-bowl-this-year.html Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture And the spread! Note that the technique described below was also used in this study (https://www.ayurastro.com/articles... https://ayurastro.com/writings/history-repeats-itself.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/history-repeats-itself.html Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research **Summary** Using natural language processing, a system of using artificial intelligence to understand text, the author... https://ayurastro.com/writings/plants-and-planets-part-1.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/plants-and-planets-part-1.html Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda **I spoke with the great Sonia Masocco in January of 2017. I recommend Sonia’s herbal services (https://soniamasocco.com... https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-bit-of-an-anomaly-in-the-sidereal-charts-of-spiritual-leaders.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-bit-of-an-anomaly-in-the-sidereal-charts-of-spiritual-leaders.html Sat, 05 Oct 2019 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research I wanted to explore the sidereal charts of spiritual leaders. I mostly wanted to explore an offhand conjecture that ther... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-enigma-of-sita.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-enigma-of-sita.html Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit I am a jyotishi, so when I attended an Indinanliterary festival today that is largely centered on the enigma of Sita in ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/negative-results-average-height-weight-bmi-among-male-pro-soccer-players-do-not-vary-by-sun-sign.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/negative-results-average-height-weight-bmi-among-male-pro-soccer-players-do-not-vary-by-sun-sign.html Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research [Edit: this study was subsequently repeated with NFL player data, and the same negative results held and in the same way... https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-dental-pain-abatement-herbal-tea.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-dental-pain-abatement-herbal-tea.html Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Recipes I recently had some serious dental pain. It was a must lie down, tears in my eyes, think I am going to die kind of pain... https://ayurastro.com/writings/some-jyotish-on-the-four-sights-of-buddhism.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/some-jyotish-on-the-four-sights-of-buddhism.html Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit A student and I were discussing the charts of birth, renunciation, and enlightenment for the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ridiculously-good-results-again-for-the-amazon-misspelling-rates-data-using-bigmls-deepnet.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ridiculously-good-results-again-for-the-amazon-misspelling-rates-data-using-bigmls-deepnet.html Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Ridiculously Good Results Again for the Amazon Misspelling Rates Data Using BigML's DeepNet 2/19/2018 12 Comments... https://ayurastro.com/writings/even-aa-rating-charts-of-people-in-astro-databank-are-highly-likely-to-be-wrong.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/even-aa-rating-charts-of-people-in-astro-databank-are-highly-likely-to-be-wrong.html Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research Astro-databank (https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Special:AllPages) is *the* resource for researchers in astrology. I... https://ayurastro.com/writings/earthquakes-and-moon-phases-correlate.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/earthquakes-and-moon-phases-correlate.html Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research When it comes to modeling real-life phenomena for astrological research, earthquakes are one of the most widely studied.... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-natural-forms-of-standing-waves.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-natural-forms-of-standing-waves.html Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit Shri Yantra from AstroJyoti.com By reading the book *Cymatics (https://www.dropbox.com/s/2fuavup8tct0lmc/Jenny_Hans_Cy... https://ayurastro.com/writings/butternut-herbed-squash-with-goat-cheese-and-dates.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/butternut-herbed-squash-with-goat-cheese-and-dates.html Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes Pan with ingredients before first baking *This is really easy! The walnuts and rosemary are said to be so good for the... https://ayurastro.com/writings/casual-double-blind-cross-sectional-study-of-super-bowl-retrodictions.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/casual-double-blind-cross-sectional-study-of-super-bowl-retrodictions.html Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Pop Culture I decided to test a recent theoretical development of how football game winners can be seen in the day, place, and start... https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-astrological-research.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-astrological-research.html Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research Astrological research is presently a tough row to hoe. There is no money in it, and my clients actually don’t like it. ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/mercury-retrograde-amazon-review-misspellings-and-artificial-intelligence.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/mercury-retrograde-amazon-review-misspellings-and-artificial-intelligence.html Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Mercury Retrograde, Amazon Review Misspellings, and Artificial Intelligence 1/10/2017 3 Comments... https://ayurastro.com/writings/bending-spoons-redux.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/bending-spoons-redux.html Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop For those who might have missed it, here is a copy of my remarks at the successful bending ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/astrology-the-queen-of-all-the-pseudo-sciences.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/astrology-the-queen-of-all-the-pseudo-sciences.html Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Presented at the Society for Scientific Exploration 2016 summer conference (http://microver.se/sse-pdf/SSE-PA-2016-Progr... https://ayurastro.com/writings/question-about-illuminati-and-age-of-reason.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/question-about-illuminati-and-age-of-reason.html Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha A few weeks ago, I did an interview with the lovely Kanyakumari Ayurveda school (http://www.kanyakumari.us/#!What-is-Jyo... https://ayurastro.com/writings/not-too-late-to-sign-up-for-sanskrit-andor-jyotish.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/not-too-late-to-sign-up-for-sanskrit-andor-jyotish.html Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Offered through Ayurved Sadhana Vidyalaya for a group that is both online and in-person. We are only a week into each. ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/free-astrological-research-webinar-series.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/free-astrological-research-webinar-series.html Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Everything you always wanted to know about Astrological‬ (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/astrological?source=fee... https://ayurastro.com/writings/graha-yantras-by-renay-now-available.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/graha-yantras-by-renay-now-available.html Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha 1.08 by 1.08 inches square as per instructions, with baille; ​ Sanskrit numerals form the magic square associated with... https://ayurastro.com/writings/gluten-free-protein-bread.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/gluten-free-protein-bread.html Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes A Let's Wing It Production. Organic Oats Organic Soy Flour Organic Coconut Flour Organic Yogurt Organic Sugar Baking Ye... https://ayurastro.com/writings/and-if-you-like-even-neater-and-cleaner-data.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/and-if-you-like-even-neater-and-cleaner-data.html Sat, 14 Nov 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research And if you like even neater and cleaner data... 11/14/2015 4 Comments... https://ayurastro.com/writings/full-usda-list-of-foods-in-order-of-ratio-of-protein-to-calorie-per-gram.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/full-usda-list-of-foods-in-order-of-ratio-of-protein-to-calorie-per-gram.html Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes I did this quick project for a friend who wanted to know the best place to put her dollars to get the most protein. The... https://ayurastro.com/writings/non-dictionary-words-in-amazon-reviews-occur-more-during-mercury-retrograde.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/non-dictionary-words-in-amazon-reviews-occur-more-during-mercury-retrograde.html Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Non-Dictionary Words in Amazon Reviews Occur More During Mercury Retrograde 11/2/2015 1 Comment... https://ayurastro.com/writings/across-millions-of-entries-reddit-is-more-likely-to-show-misspellings-during-mercury-retrograde-in-may-2015.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/across-millions-of-entries-reddit-is-more-likely-to-show-misspellings-during-mercury-retrograde-in-may-2015.html Sat, 10 Oct 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Across Millions of Entries, Reddit is More Likely to Show Misspellings During Mercury Retrograde in May 2015 10/10/2015 ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/sva.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/sva.html Sat, 10 Oct 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit I want to talk about something for which there is unfortunately only a picture in my mind's eye. While going to sleep, ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/prima-facie-the-timing-of-mercury-retrograde-slightly-but-significantly-affected-reddit-submission-misspellings-and-other-uncommon-word-choices-in-may-2015.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/prima-facie-the-timing-of-mercury-retrograde-slightly-but-significantly-affected-reddit-submission-misspellings-and-other-uncommon-word-choices-in-may-2015.html Sat, 03 Oct 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Prima Facie, the Timing of Mercury Retrograde Slightly but Significantly Affected Reddit Submission Misspellings and Oth... https://ayurastro.com/writings/when-retrodiction-fails.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/when-retrodiction-fails.html Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research A student just asked a *great* question: "If an astrologer sees something about the past, but that didn't materialize, ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-money.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-money.html Sun, 20 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Considering all of the talk about money, budgets, and taxes in this political season here in the USA, I thought that I w... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ahmeds-clock.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ahmeds-clock.html Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture I'm going to wrote tonight about something that I have been following all day: the story of the skinny little 14 yr old ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/visual-gunas-of-the-nakshatras.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/visual-gunas-of-the-nakshatras.html Sat, 12 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Here is something you might not have seen before in your Jyotish studies: a visual depiction of the qualities (*gunas*) ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/to-not-take-things-personally.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/to-not-take-things-personally.html Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha I remember before I learned Jyotish that I was often bewildered as to why things were. I would wonder "why is this pers... https://ayurastro.com/writings/when-a-boyfriend-does-not-show-up.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/when-a-boyfriend-does-not-show-up.html Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha I had forecast for someone the appearance of a significant boyfriend, and I even gave certain descriptors for him. Sure... https://ayurastro.com/writings/giving-a-boulder-talk.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/giving-a-boulder-talk.html Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop From the great Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association (http://www.coloradoayurveda.org) (COLORAMA): Join ‪#R... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-sacred-geometry-of-jyotish-redux.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-sacred-geometry-of-jyotish-redux.html Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit The empty Jyotish chart as an orthographic projection of Buckminster Fuller's vector equilibrium — the cuboctahedron — with an interactive 3D model you can spin and align to the kundali. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-four-types-of-conflict-in-literature-and-the-vedic-astrology-chart.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-four-types-of-conflict-in-literature-and-the-vedic-astrology-chart.html Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture There is much of interest written of the main plot types in fiction of the West, a subject worthy of a dissertation. Be... https://ayurastro.com/writings/twitter-followers-biased-to-astrological-charts-of-celebrities.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/twitter-followers-biased-to-astrological-charts-of-celebrities.html Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Pop Culture I am just an autodidact, a woman with a computer. I am excited however to publish “Twitter Followers Biased to Astrologi... https://ayurastro.com/writings/more-on-jyotisha-the-eyes-of-the-vedas.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/more-on-jyotisha-the-eyes-of-the-vedas.html Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit The very Vedas are alive. Manifold, breathing,and human-like, they have limbs, called vedanga, by which we may know Brahma consciousness. https://ayurastro.com/writings/yet-another-reason-why-108-is-a-holy-number.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/yet-another-reason-why-108-is-a-holy-number.html Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit Yet another reason why 108 is a holy number 3/9/2015 0 Comments... https://ayurastro.com/writings/life-lessons-learned-through-knitting.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/life-lessons-learned-through-knitting.html Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop If you think you can’t do something, maybe it’s because you never tried it.Whatever is the warp eventually becomes the w... https://ayurastro.com/writings/what-makes-your-moon-full.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/what-makes-your-moon-full.html Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha The Moon is our gorgeous diva up in the sky. Ever changing, first new and then full and then back, She has 28 recognize... https://ayurastro.com/writings/katapayadi-calculator.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/katapayadi-calculator.html Sat, 25 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit EDIT: A** free and improved online** version of this program now is available here, on AyurAstro! (/katapayadi-calcula... https://ayurastro.com/writings/nakshatras-and-the-recent-human-stages-of-history.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/nakshatras-and-the-recent-human-stages-of-history.html Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha It is well known in astrological circles: the ideas of Christ and Krishna ushering in the Piscean Age and of our next gr... https://ayurastro.com/writings/considering-hamlet-baby-steps-to-the-start-of-a-reading.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/considering-hamlet-baby-steps-to-the-start-of-a-reading.html Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture Considering Hamlet, Baby Steps to the Start of a Reading 12/18/2012 0 Comments... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-four-houses-of-hogswarts-and-the-chart.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-four-houses-of-hogswarts-and-the-chart.html Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture The Four Houses of Hogswart’s and the Chart 12/8/2012 0 Comments... https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-pricing-philosophy.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-pricing-philosophy.html Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop I have a very clear philosophy on why, when and how I price my astrology readings as I do. My philosophy is simple. Ast... https://ayurastro.com/writings/electromagnetic-human.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/electromagnetic-human.html Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Meditation is a wonderful thing. I’ve lately begun to feel the connection of the sushumna naadi to my crown chakra above and my root chakra below. https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-four-aims-of-life-and-the-noble-eightfold-path-unifying-ayurveda-and-buddhism.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-four-aims-of-life-and-the-noble-eightfold-path-unifying-ayurveda-and-buddhism.html Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit *dharmaartha kaama mokSaaNaam aarogyam mulam uttamam*, Charaka Translation: Health is the utmost root for the four aims... https://ayurastro.com/writings/super-moon-2012.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/super-moon-2012.html Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Here is a view of the May 2012 Super Moon phenomenon – the full moon happens to occur at the same time as it is at its c... https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-first-big-city-talk-on-astrology.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-first-big-city-talk-on-astrology.html Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop *Hear ye, hear ye. Come one, come all.* I will be at PYAMandala Center (http://www.pyamandala.com/)on April 13, 2012 ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/bhutas.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/bhutas.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit Since I started my work with astal forces in astrology (http://www.ayurastro.com/astrology), I have experienced many won... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-vedic-chart-of-jesus.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-vedic-chart-of-jesus.html Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture In the spirit of the twelve days of Christmas and in honor of the devoted *bhakti *of Christ-followers, here is a short ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/dhatu-nutrition-may-revisit-the-formation-of-the-solar-system.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/dhatu-nutrition-may-revisit-the-formation-of-the-solar-system.html Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda *DhAtus *are Ayurvedic tissue types: plasma, red blood cells, muscle, fat, bone, nerve, sexual tissue. Their nutrition f... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-27-club.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-27-club.html Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture The ill-starred death of very talented musicians at the age of 27 has yesterday sadly captured another: Amy Winehouse. ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-to-choose-an-ayurvedic-school-that-is-right-for-you.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-to-choose-an-ayurvedic-school-that-is-right-for-you.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda What I have found in my experience teaching at and attending Ayurvedic schools is that there is a fairly simple but robu... https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-astrology-exists.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/how-astrology-exists.html Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit How Astrology Exists 4/21/2011 0 Comments... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-philosophers-stone-an-ayurvedic-bhasma.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-philosophers-stone-an-ayurvedic-bhasma.html Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda The concept of a *Philosopher’s Stone* has become famous from the Harry Potter books of J. K. Rowling. To many’s surpri... https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-koan-for-the-upcoming-eclipse.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-koan-for-the-upcoming-eclipse.html Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Yoga Two ways to drop sand: Grasp tightly or Let fall the hand. Only one way to hold sand. This beautiful poem/koan, writ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ayurvedic-herb-database.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ayurvedic-herb-database.html Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda A rotational relational database (http://webbrain.com/u/11iO) on herbs and techniques of Ayurveda , the traditional anci... https://ayurastro.com/writings/tarpana-an-effective-and-beautiful-sanskrit-offering-to-our-ancestors.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/tarpana-an-effective-and-beautiful-sanskrit-offering-to-our-ancestors.html Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit ## From the cosmically esteemed, holy Shree Maa (http://shreemaa.org). (/uploads/1/1/0/9/11099376/tarpana.pdf) tarpa... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-lighting-of-the-lamps.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-lighting-of-the-lamps.html Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Six o’clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about yo... https://ayurastro.com/writings/remains-of-the-day.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/remains-of-the-day.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop **Departing Words** by Dao Hanh Autumn does not proclaim: The swallows return! It smiles, indifferent, at those who w... https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-our-wildfire.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-our-wildfire.html Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop As Boulder’s wildfire wraps to a close, consider the following Robert Penn Warren (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P... https://ayurastro.com/writings/masters-of-the-universe-jupiter-saturn-and-sun-in-recent-events.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/masters-of-the-universe-jupiter-saturn-and-sun-in-recent-events.html Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture If you met an astrologer this summer, whether casually or as a client, surely conversation veered precipitously close to... https://ayurastro.com/writings/our-times-a-poem.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/our-times-a-poem.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop As a particularly strained summer solstice season comes to a close, I wish to share with you the inspiring thoughts and ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/recent-posts-lost.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/recent-posts-lost.html Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Hi folks, I updated the template for this site without backing up, and some recent important posts were lost. One for ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/vegetarian-new-years.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/vegetarian-new-years.html Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes Here is a super popular, quick and easy, New Year’s Day/Dal meal. It actually has been voted in as a weekly Saturday win... https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-vow-what-to-eat.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-vow-what-to-eat.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes It is said that the Gods rejoice when a person keeps a vow. Here is mine, after seeing the movie, Food Inc. I will onl... https://ayurastro.com/writings/may-31st-2009.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/may-31st-2009.html Sun, 31 May 2009 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda **sanskrit** jaTI phala, mada zauNDa **latin ***Myristica fragrans* **rasa **pungent, bitter, astringent **vIrya **he... https://ayurastro.com/writings/turnip-onion-milk-asparagus-spring-soup.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/turnip-onion-milk-asparagus-spring-soup.html Sun, 31 May 2009 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes all ingredients are organic, most are from the Farmer’s Market; serves 8 perfect for the late spring (Hemant) melting p... https://ayurastro.com/writings/64-bit-computing-and-the-golden-age.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/64-bit-computing-and-the-golden-age.html Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit We are about to enter the Golden Age, many spiritual teachers agree. I think 64 bit computing (http://en.wikipedia.org/... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ring-fingers-and-ring-leaders.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ring-fingers-and-ring-leaders.html Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha A British study found that London traders with relatively long ring fingers earn eleven times as much money as men with ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-periodic-table-and-the-5-elements-of-ayurveda.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-periodic-table-and-the-5-elements-of-ayurveda.html Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of South Asia, has a philosophy of matter (Sankhya) that is based on the five elements of space, air, fire, water, and… https://ayurastro.com/writings/aham-brahmasmi-i-am-brahma.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/aham-brahmasmi-i-am-brahma.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit brahma is the sanskrit word for all that is. Not all that exists, but all that is. I am that I am – Yahweh For exampl... https://ayurastro.com/writings/an-ode-to-dharana.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/an-ode-to-dharana.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways,” says the Book of James Yama, niyama, Asana, prANAyAma, pratyAhAra, d... https://ayurastro.com/writings/copper-vessels.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/copper-vessels.html Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda In Ayurveda, copper drinking vessels are suggested for the *dinacharya* (daily rituals) of the yogi, as well as the mate... https://ayurastro.com/writings/peoplenomics.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/peoplenomics.html Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha The recent stock market downturn was not so difficult for me. For one thing, I am not in the market. For another, I wa... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ethics-in-astrology-part-one.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ethics-in-astrology-part-one.html Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha This is a HUGE topic, but perhaps I can start off, as I typically do, with an analogy. Astrology is like cat sitting. ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/actioninaction.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/actioninaction.html Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Sanskrit The pursuit of book‐learning brings about daily increase. The practice of Tao brings about daily loss. Repeat this... https://ayurastro.com/writings/indigestion-jamas-ayurvedic-treatment.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/indigestion-jamas-ayurvedic-treatment.html Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Ayurveda After the herb dust settled on last month’s JAMA article (http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/300/8/915?maxtos... https://ayurastro.com/writings/rose-is-an-effective-anti-inflammatory.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/rose-is-an-effective-anti-inflammatory.html Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Ayurveda Current science is a funny thing. In the Western model, it is by definition the apex of what we currently know and less... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-pancreas-where-does-the-fifth-house-end-and-the-sixth-house-begin.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-pancreas-where-does-the-fifth-house-end-and-the-sixth-house-begin.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Ayurveda In most books (http://www.vedicbooks.net/product_info.php?ref=154&products_id=686&affiliate_banner_id=1) we learn that t... https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-speed-of-light-is-in-the-rk-veda.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/the-speed-of-light-is-in-the-rk-veda.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Sanskrit This has been said before (actually many times before) but it bears repeating here. The speed of light is in the Rk Veda, and not hidden in metaphors either. https://ayurastro.com/writings/what-we-can-learn-from-epidemiological-birth-data-of-type-one-diabetes.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/what-we-can-learn-from-epidemiological-birth-data-of-type-one-diabetes.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research In the course of doing astrological research (http://ayurastro.com/astrology/?page_id=7) on Type One Diabetes, I came ac... https://ayurastro.com/writings/dandelion.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/dandelion.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda From Louise: Taraxacum officinale. Proposed Sanskrit: tooth of the lion, simhasyadADAkaH bitter,sweet/cooling/pungent... https://ayurastro.com/writings/turmeric-seems-to-succeed-against-cystic-fibrosis.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/turmeric-seems-to-succeed-against-cystic-fibrosis.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Ayurveda Holy Moley. Here is a study in the New Scientist (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4912) that is just about ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/walking-slowly-through-the-yoga-sutras.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/walking-slowly-through-the-yoga-sutras.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit I had an interesting experience the other day: I was within the field of consciousness if only for a minute. I had my f... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ideal-my-quest-for-the-kundali-solid.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ideal-my-quest-for-the-kundali-solid.html Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit Can the twelve-house kuNDali fold into a solid? From the cuboctahedron and the snub tetrahedron into the fourth dimension and the dodecaplex — the original 2008 images restored. https://ayurastro.com/writings/amazing-wam-western-allopathic-medicine-support-for-eastern-pulse-analysis.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/amazing-wam-western-allopathic-medicine-support-for-eastern-pulse-analysis.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Ayurveda In this video (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/578081?src=mp&spon=17&uac=96118PN), two doctors on Medscape describe ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/pushpa-pushya.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/pushpa-pushya.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit We learned in a recent course on Ayurvedic fertility and conception that the woman’s uterus has a “flowering period” 9 d... https://ayurastro.com/writings/mothers-nutrition-affects-gender-of-future-child.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/mothers-nutrition-affects-gender-of-future-child.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Ayurveda Here is an article in the New York Times (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/boy-or-girl-the-answer-may-depend-on-... https://ayurastro.com/writings/brain-washing.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/brain-washing.html Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop I remember growing up in the 70’s. I would watch “60 Minutes” Sunday nights with my dear grandparents and have some qual... https://ayurastro.com/writings/word-of-the-day-veda.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/word-of-the-day-veda.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Sanskrit from the dictionary (http://webapps.uni-koeln.de/tamil/): 2 veda 1 m. (fr. 1. %{vid} q.v.) knowledge , true or sacred k... https://ayurastro.com/writings/is-it-my-fault.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/is-it-my-fault.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha I get this question pretty often. Someone had in her partnership chart (*navamsha) *the symbols for a heart attack, but... https://ayurastro.com/writings/mars-joins-saturn-in-leo.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/mars-joins-saturn-in-leo.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha I don’t know about you, but I got my ego kicked in the butt earlier this week. I think it has to do with Mars having ent... https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-spicy-meal-before-bed-can-impair-sleep.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-spicy-meal-before-bed-can-impair-sleep.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Research Ayurveda Um, yeah. We know this as *pitta*. A study (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/health/17real.html?em&ex=1213848000&en=3... https://ayurastro.com/writings/primordial-sounds-are-greatest-medicine.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/primordial-sounds-are-greatest-medicine.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Sanskrit In this excerpt, (http://indiapost.com/article/philosophy/3026/) Deepak Chopra talks about being given primordial sounds... https://ayurastro.com/writings/rebirth-a-transgendering-surgery-creates-a-new-life.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/rebirth-a-transgendering-surgery-creates-a-new-life.html Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Research I recently had the opportunity to do a reading for a transgendered lady. In the course of that reading I discovered some... https://ayurastro.com/writings/proper-chai-tea.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/proper-chai-tea.html Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes The old fashioned Indian way: Get Red Label Tea (available from Indian shops incredibly cheap) or any other black tea t... https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-the-spiritual-nature-of-foods.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-the-spiritual-nature-of-foods.html Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Recipes ***from a conservative Catholic web site:*** Does the Spirit even speak through the very construction of vegetables and... https://ayurastro.com/writings/surprisingly-good-mung-bean-pudding.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/surprisingly-good-mung-bean-pudding.html Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes This recipe is as simple to make as it is satisfying. It is a big hit and something of a conversation-starter! Take: 5... https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-that-repetition-of-a-word-its-meaning-is-your-experiencingbecoming.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-that-repetition-of-a-word-its-meaning-is-your-experiencingbecoming.html Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit What you do repeatedly is what you are. – Aristotle The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are like a hyperdimensional door with ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-breathtaking-record-of-achievement-and-understanding-indeed.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-breathtaking-record-of-achievement-and-understanding-indeed.html Mon, 26 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda *"On one side is scientific inquiry, with its breathtaking record of achievement and understanding. On the other side is... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ancient-organics-ghee.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ancient-organics-ghee.html Mon, 26 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Recipes *Like an individual wave rising from the ocean, it is not separate from the ocean. Just so, anything truly organic is an... https://ayurastro.com/writings/did-the-father-of-calculus-and-the-discovery-of-gravity-do-astrology-and-ayurveda.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/did-the-father-of-calculus-and-the-discovery-of-gravity-do-astrology-and-ayurveda.html Sat, 24 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Pop Culture From the last paragraph of Newton’s Principia Mathematica: *” And now we might add something concerning a certain most ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/ayurvedic-healing-cuisine-by-harish-johari.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/ayurvedic-healing-cuisine-by-harish-johari.html Fri, 23 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda Recipes Ayurvedic Healing Cuisine by Harish Johari is my favorite go-to book for Ayurvedically innovative recipes that reach to ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-by-sanyama-perfect-regulation-of-thoughts-on-the-sun-knowledge-of-the-worlds.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-by-sanyama-perfect-regulation-of-thoughts-on-the-sun-knowledge-of-the-worlds.html Sun, 18 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit Yoga Sūtras III.26 — from saṁyama on the Sun, knowledge of the worlds: the gāyatrī's three bhuvanas, Vyāsa's seven lokas, and how sunlight really did reveal other worlds. https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-how-to-have-invisibility.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-how-to-have-invisibility.html Sun, 18 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit Yoga Sūtras III.21 — by saṁyama on the form of the body, the eye's light no longer meeting it: invisibility. The sutra's precise optics, from Vyāsa's siddhis to metamaterial cloaks. https://ayurastro.com/writings/word-of-the-day-guna.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/word-of-the-day-guna.html Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Sanskrit A Sanskrit word-of-the-day entry for guṇa — its Vedic definition, its role in Sāṁkhya philosophy as sattva, rajas, and tamas, and the Bhagavad Gītā’s injunction to go beyond all three. https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-kitchen-in-every-pot.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/a-kitchen-in-every-pot.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Recipes A good pot is a beautiful thing. It is sturdy, reliable, trustworthy, able to withstand abuse and yet supports the creat... https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-ayurveda.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-ayurveda.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Ayurveda definition of Ayurveda: hitaahitam sukham duhkham aayus tasya hitahitam, maanam ca tac ca yatrokam aayurveda sa ucyate ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-cooking.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-cooking.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Recipes Cooking is the first line of Ayurveda. Many of us know that the smallest thing ingested can cause pain or incredible de... https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-sanskrit.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-sanskrit.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Sanskrit To study Indian Astrology a good grasp of Sanskrit is a must. -the great C. S. Patel in CVA Journal, II, 1, page 4. Wh... https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-yoga.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/about-yoga.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga The Real Definition of Yoga Someone once said to me that yoga is the art of flexibility and so on. In the ancient texts... https://ayurastro.com/writings/jyotish-meaning-vedic-astrology-and-more.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/jyotish-meaning-vedic-astrology-and-more.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Jyotish comes from two Sanskrit words, *jyoti*, meaning light, and *ishta*, meaning a Divinity. One may take one’s *ish... https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-visual-take-on-how-to-teach-jyotish.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/my-visual-take-on-how-to-teach-jyotish.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha **Welcome to my first post, dedicated to the proposed ****RMIYA** (http://www.rmiya.org/)** course, Ayurvedic Astrology ... https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-to-see-is-to-forget-the-name-of-what-one-sees.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/sutra-of-the-day-to-see-is-to-forget-the-name-of-what-one-sees.html Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Yoga Sanskrit That actually is not the sutra, but it’s a fair translation, and it comes from Paul Valery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-the-jyotishical-arrangement-of-hypercubes.html https://ayurastro.com/writings/on-the-jyotishical-arrangement-of-hypercubes.html Sat, 29 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0600 Renay Oshop Jyotisha Sanskrit Following just the introductory teachings, there was but one thing that didn’t immediately rest with me structurally: th...