The Vedic Astrology Podcast

The Vedic Astrology Podcast sits down with Michael Reed

September 01, 2021 Fiona Marques / Michael Reed Season 1 Episode 5
The Vedic Astrology Podcast
The Vedic Astrology Podcast sits down with Michael Reed
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Michael Reed is a Vedic Astrologer, teacher and founder of The Pulse of the Universe Academy. With over 20 years of experience. listen as he shares his insights about how astrology finds the astrologer, the relationship between cosmic will & free will, divine time, yoga, stopping time, being a story-teller & a story-listener and much more!
You can contact Michael Reed at pulseoftheuniverse.com
The video discussing the integration of Vedic Astrology with Vedic philosophy and Samkhya is at https://youtu.be/piusuS91_yg
Artwork from the slides available at  www.redbubble.com/people/VedicArt

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Episode 5 – The Vedic Astrology Podcast 
 sits down with Michael Reed 


0:00 Introduction and Welcome

·         Michael Reed

·         pulseoftheuniverse.com


01:47 How Did you Get into astrology?

·         Astrology finds the Astrologer


09:11 Humans feel like problems take too long and life is too short

·         Times of difficulty

·         Transitory nature of time

·         You are not ‘the doer’

·         You are not being punished


14:02 What is the role of astrology?

·         Vedic Astrology as a ‘yoga’

·         Tool for union

·         The five koshas

·         Cessation of the modulations of the mind

·         The job of the astrologer is to stop time

·         When a client’s life is out of alignment

·         Symptoms and root causes

·         Trusting life and being in the flow


21:24 The astrologer and “The Doer / not the doer” paradox

·         When I am I going to be happy?

·         What are the responsibilities of the client?

·         Is it helpful for the astrologer to tell a client WHAT to do?

·         “The free will of the individual and God’s will are really one in the same”


28:54 Have you ever consulted an astrologer?

·         General discussion


31:40 The importance of how the astrologer communicates with the client

·         “Tell the client exactly what you are seeing”

·         Contradictory indicators


34:25 What’s your current favourite ‘thing’ in astrology?

·         Nodal axis, D60, D1, Shastiamsa deities, Nakshatras

·         Human story through astrology

·         Sarvatobhadra Chakra

·         The story teller and the story listener


36:32 What has changed most in your time in astrology?

·         Nakshatras

·         We all have something to share with each other

·         So many ways to look at astrology

·         Using our positive discriminatory mind and clear away from the prejudice mind

·         Is there only one way to approach things?


42:55 Discipline and duality in astrology

·         Constant movement

·         What is the origin?

·         What is the resolution?

·         Varuna – split Heaven and Earth asunder


46:11 Technique and Intuition

·         Tarot

·         Confluence in astrology

·         Riding a bicycle

·         When detail becomes crippling


50:36 Favourite part of your job

·         Seeing people changing their life

·         Seeing progress

·         The astrologer is ‘doing’ nothing and the client is ‘doing’ nothing


55:42 Future?

·         Pulse of the Universe Online Academy

·         Working with clients

·         The five koshas and ‘how astrology works’


Introduction and Welcome
How did you get into Astrology?
Humans feel like 'problems' last too long and 'life is too short'!
What is the role of 'Astrology'?
The Astrologer and 'The doer - Not the doer' paradox
Have you ever been to an Astrologer?
The importance of how the Astrologer communicates
What are you favourite topics in Astrology right now?
What has changed most in your time as an Astrologer?
Discipline and duality in Astrology
Technique and Intuition
What do you enjoy about your job?
What are you interested in exploring in the future?