Adversity and Jupiter Transit-

Adversity turns a lot of non believers into believers. I have always maintained that when you are struggling in life, then turning towards god and believing in luck is showing weakness and probably has counter effects (it brings doubt in your mind and there is nothing more hollowing than self doubt). Instead turn towards them when you are flying high and you will witness miracles beyond your imagination!

P.S. Jupiter started it's transit in the house of Leo this July 17th and will remain there for the next 1 year. It has moved from house of Cancer where it was exalted to a house where Sun is exalted. Not a big deal (it is not the house of the enemy, it is indeed a house of a harsh planet however). Depending on how Sun and Jupiter is positioned in your horoscope together with which moon sign you belong to, will dictate how this time period will go for you. Also something to keep in mind is that Lord Saturn continues to stay in house of Scorpio which in my humble opinion kind of mitigates the effect of Jupiter on either side (good or bad).

Last and not the least - hope trumps every planet and every god in the world!

MA   

Alarm Substitute-

So I was in Tokyo recently and for some reason the hotel ran out of converters for phone chargers. Now - since I was on roaming and not that anybody calls me, the phone itself wasn't that important but what it did serve a purpose for was the alarm in the morning! Given I had meetings in the morning, I couldn't really afford to get late - I went back to basics.

Long time back, when I was a kid, I had a massive problem of not being able to get up in the morning. My mom used to wake me up with great difficulty and this went on till as late as my under grad days. I literally couldn't hear alarms - no matter how loud they were or how many were set. Multiple alarms were tried - they came and they went but I just couldn't get up! She then gave me her secret tip. Now I will warn you that this might sound silly or attempt at a joke or just plain frivolous BUT this is anything but that. She told me if you just talk to your pillow and tell it that you need to get up by such and such time, the pillow will 100% nudge you at that exact time for that fleeting moment and that really tiny winy quick window will exist when you will open your eyes at the very time you wanted to wake up. Now it is really up to you after that whether you go back to sleep or you don't act upon it because this trick doesn't have a "snooze" option.

I did try this in Tokyo, it worked. It was magical. 6:30 AM bang, i was up! This works. Try it. I can guarantee this works. For the smart a$$es who have the question that what do we do if we don't use a pillow - I don't know, go figure it out!

MA