I noticed that most posts here are about horoscopic astrology. Anyone interested in discussing Taoist polar astrology topics? It's fascinating system that does not use the horoscope, but instead uses fixed stars near the polar region as well as the near the galactic center. It's quite different from mainstream Western astrology I know, but I thought in a way it also could serve as a great complement to horoscopic astrology.
Hello everyone! A quick question: what do you think of Buddhist astrology and whether that's relevant to discuss here together with Vedic astrology? I know that there's a long history between the two, but later Buddhist astrology also got heavy influence from Taoist and Iranian/Hellenistic astrology when it spread to China and Japan etc.
A quick question/survey for the sub: Do you consider I Ching a form of numerology? Would it appropriate for folks to discuss I Ching here too?
Lately I've been pondering about the real value of using elections to time major events in life. Have been back and forth on this for the past few years. I've successfully used elections for some important stuff and they worked out beautifully, but on the other hand, for a high percentage of the elections, the events just took its own turn and did not occur on the time being elected. I also compared periods that I intentionally used elections vs that I just let things happen without electing, and overall the difference does not seem major so far. Do you think using electional astrology overall gives one a meaningful edge or not?
Just to clarify: one of my points is also that events don't always occur when we want them to be, and I almost feel that they tend to rebel against meticulously selected elections if they are not meant to be that auspicious, so in a way the cosmos has a way to self-correct against selected elections that are not meant to be.
Market astrology, including financial astrology, is the study of correlations between planetary cycles and behaviors of market, including but not limited to financial market. It sounds fringe until you look at the data.
Some starting points that surprised me when I first dug in:
Raymond Merriman has been correlating planetary cycles with market turning points since 1981. He won "Best Market Timer of the Year" twice.
Saturn-Neptune conjunctions occur every 36 years. The last three coincided with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the junk bond collapse (1989), the post-war bull market inflection point (1953), and the Russian Revolution's destruction of an entire financial system (1917). The most recent one hit in February 2026.
The concept isn't that planets "cause" markets to move. It's that planetary cycles may correlate with rhythms in collective human behavior that drive market sentiment. Whether you attribute this to direct influence, psychological cycles, or coincidence worth monitoring is up to you.
What market cycles are you paying attention to right now?
Anyone interested in classical Taoist astrology?
We've been working for years to revive the classical traditions and practices of Taoist astrology, and we've just launched a site for the project: https://www.taoistastrology.com/
Our core belief is that the contemporary version of Taoist astrology — especially what's available to Western audiences — has drifted significantly from its classical roots. We felt compelled to do something about that.
The site is brand new, but the research behind it has been years in the making. We posted a few lessons there already, and plan to continue to add more contents. Questions and suggestions are very welcome!