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This is your cosmic curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with an astrology update for today, Saturday, October 1st. Planets move in three directions in the sky. They go forward … backwards.. and stand still. Forward is called direct. Backward is called retrograde. When a planet is retrograde its closest to the earth in its celestial orbit around the sun. If you’ve been looking up in the sky look after dusk and...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today Saturday September 24 and the days ahead. Well folks…happy second day of fall. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days grow shorter and nature turns inward. Its time to rebalance, to adjust one’s diet, to change up one’s work routine and prepare for a new season. And as the season changes, we are in the window of a ne...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today September 17th and the week ahead, as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology. Well folks, Its that time of year again. The summer and the Leo sun is in the rearview mirror. Today, the giver of light and life in our solar system is at zero degrees Virgo. Yes Virgo, the earnest, hard working, humble, and helpful mutable...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with an astrological forecast for today Saturday September 10th and the week ahead. We begin with grasping the soulful significance of last night’s magnificent full moon. Did you see it? Has the Harvest moon ever been as brilliant. And powerful. Tides rise higher and so do emotions. And those most sensitive to the moon in their birth chart can go a littl...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today Saturday September 3rd as seen through the lens of Vedic astrology Yes, folks, we are into a new month. Is not the light of September simply glorious Down East?.. About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for for today Saturday August 27th and the week ahead. Now right off the bat… let me be perfectly clear today is a very special day in the zodiac. Saturday is always held as the day to honor the Planet Saturn, the stern task master of the zodiac that has lessons in pain and suffering for our ultimate good. And the planet where ha...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today Saturday August 20th through the lens of Vedic astrology, that’s the astrology of India. Here’s a little Vedic astrology 101. According to that school of thought, a birth chart maps out the destiny one may encounter on the way to achieving freedom and happiness. Furthermore, to that end, a birth chart has four key objec...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the astrological patterns for today Saturday, August 13th as seen through the lens of Vedic astrology. Often times, its easier to understand an event after it happened. You know -Hindsight is 20/20 Vision. So let’s go back to last Thursday and look at the full moon that landed on the Penobscot at 9:36 PM… About the Host: Tom Yaroschu...

This is your Cosmic Curator Tom Yaroschuk with a look at the stars for today Saturday August 6th. The days begins with the moon is Scorpio. That could add a surge in the more darker emotions today. Those Scorpio moons are like that. They usher in the big questions in life – and a dose of passion to boot! It’s a family show, so we’ll leave the juicy bits out… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today Saturday July 30th as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology . This week’s energy pattern actually began last Thursday… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more fulfilling lives. Tom is writing a...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the zodiac for Saturday July 23rd as seen through the lens of vedic astrology. Astrology has two essential building blocks. First come the Planets. The planets express a particular energy or consciousness. Next are the signs, those 30 degree positions in the sky through which the planets express their energies. Think of it like a musical i...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for Saturday July 16th. Well folks, how was your week? Did the full moon on Wednesday the 13th keep you up? Tides and emotions rise high.. . under a full moon. Real high. that’s where the word lunatic comes from. Full moons can deliver a much needed insight. Otherwise known as “karma calling”… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the zodiac for today Saturday, July 9th. Well folks, it could be a very emotional week. That’s because the moon, the ruler of emotions is running a gauntlet of inharmonious planetary aspects. You could find yourself being more sensitive to Real or imagined slights and offenses. So its good to remember, feelings, as the Buddha said, are lik...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today Saturday July 2nd and the days ahead. …there’s a saying up here in the Penobscot, that Maine has two seasons, “winter and the fourth of July.” Well in that case, we are well into one of Down East’s favorite times of year. Nothing beats the fourth of July here where the air is pure, and the water is clean. But let’s take...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the zodiac for today Saturday June 25th and the week ahead. Well folks, how are you feeling? Last Tuesday – the 21st – was one of the biggest days in the sky …. The Sun actually stood still… or as they say in Latin, Sol Stice. Yeah. What’s it mean? Well, for one thing, Tuesday was the shortest night of the year….. About the Host: Tom Yaros...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today June 18th and the week ahead, as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology. You don’t often hear the words “Affliction” and “Malefic” now-a-days. Right?… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more ful...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk with a look at what’s going on in the zodiac for today Saturday June 4th, and the days ahead. The day begins with the Moon in its home sign of sensitive, nurturing Cancer. The moon rules emotions, feelings, our sensitivities. In Cancer, its is feeling the influence of every planet – so expect a very emotional day with some unexpected ups and down. It will...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a run down on the planetary vibe for today, Saturday May 21st and the week ahead, as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology. Well folks, how was the lunar eclipse last week? Were you feeling a little restless, irritable, and impulsive? Hopefully that’s all in the rear view mirror, and if you can see a purpose behind that celestial event, then good...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a readout of the planets and their potential influences for today Saturday May 14th and the week ahead, as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology. Let’s run down the current planetry positions… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to culti...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today Saturday, the 7th day of May as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology. With the gloom of March and April behind us, the Penobscot is singing with the sound of lawn mowers and weed whackers. Its May, your local nursery’s favorite month. Saturday begins with lots of positive energy. The Moon is in sensitive and nurturi...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for Saturday, April 30th as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology. Well folks, what an amazing confluence of new and powerful energy patterns in the zodiac today… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today Saturday April 23rd as seen through the lens of Vedic astrology Well folks. Right now Love and Relationship are in the celestial spot light… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more fulfilling lives. Tom...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for today, Saturday April 16th. What a day… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedic Astrologer. His intention is to help people understand their karma and the issues they may confront to cultivate more fulfilling lives. Tom is writing a memoir of the spiritual lessons derived from his work in a Homeless Day Center in between a c...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with a look at the stars for Saturday, April 9th as seen through the lens of Vedic Astrology. The topic for today is energy shift. Can you feel it? And how to deal with it? Let’s break it down starting with some background from a couple of thousand years ago when the study of the stars was getting started in India… About the Host: Tom Yaroschuk is a Vedi...

This is your Cosmic Curator, Tom Yaroschuk, with an astrological update for today Saturday April 2nd and the week ahead. Well folks, when it comes to Vedic Astrology, the astrology of India, there is a huge emphasis on interpreting the effects of the planets on the basis of karma. In other words, why is this happening to me. No matter where I start, I end up in the same place. Or wow, I can’t beli...