Maha Shivratri - New Moon in Dhanistha (from Capricorn to Aquarius)
On this very auspicious day, Maha Shivrati (Great Night of Shiva), the celestial bodies are in perfect alignment for meditating on Shiva and his energy. This is the night that Shiva does his Tandava dance, killing the poisonous snake Kaliya and destroying darkness and ignorance in the process. This dark night of the year is when we can most overcome our own darkness (the Moon/Mind) to receive Shiva's grace. In Vedic astrology, the Moon's daily cycles of getting bigger and get