Grahanila(planetary positions) as on 1st May 2012

As on 1st May 2012, Sun & Jupiter in Aries, Venus & Ketu in Taurus, Mars & Moon in Leo, Saturn in Libra, Rahu in Scorpio and Mercury in Pisces.

The Month of May 2012 is clouded with many changes in planetary positions and usual predictions based on Moon's conjunction with single planets may not suffice. After one year stay in Aries, Jupiter transits to Taurus on 17th May. After six months stay in Libra, Saturn in retrograde transits back to Virgo on 16th May. 20th&21st May congregation of Sun, Jupiter,Venus & Moon in Taurus where Ketu is also present may result, in second half of May 2012 natural calamities and political imbalances. Today(1st May) conjunction of Moon with Mars may adversely effect the markets which are trading now. Added on Friday, the 4th May 2012. On the Natural Time Calendar, we are now within Moon 11 on the Spiral of the 13-Moon Year: The Spectral Serpent Moon of Liberation (May 2 - May 29). As Jose Arguelles wrote in Mayan Factor: "11 represents the dynamic of dissonance accounting for randomness and non-stability." The teaching of Tone 11 is let go of rigidity, embrace chaos, dissolution, and release from structure. We are invited to release allegiance to limitations, reliance upon format, and fixation upon control.