Mars Ghandanta - January 12 -18: A World Out of Control!

Transcript of a Joni Patry YouTube video describing Mars moving through Gandanta (late Scorpio into early Sagittarius) between January 12–18. The speaker explains the astrological concept of Gandanta, discusses Mars in Scorpio and its Nakshatras (Jyeshtha/Jesta in Scorpio and Mula in early Sagittarius), links this period to transformation, secrecy, control/manipulation, and potential global effects (weather, illness, political manipulation), and closes with personal/promo remarks (websites, classes, jewelry).
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Hi, I'm Joni Petrie and welcome to my YouTube channel. Well, today I want to talk about Mars going Gandanta. I know I've spoken, spoken so many times about this, but now the pressure's on and I want to remind everyone as it's coming up, Mars will be Gandanta between the 12th through the 18th of January. Now, as it gets into these last degrees of Scorpio, this is the most intense, and it's because these last degrees of Scorpio. Scorpio. Now, let me explain what Gandanta is. For those that don't know, Gandanta is simply when a planet is in the last degrees of a water sign, the last few degrees, and the first few degrees of a fire sign. So of course that's going to be Scorpio Cancer in Pisces.
But Scorpio is so intense and Mars is a trigger. Mars is the planet of fire energy. I mean, it's hot and it makes things happen. So looking at this in the most intense sign of the zodiac, Scorpio, you know, something's up. Now, this is not that rare that Mars is in the tail of the scorpion. It happens once every two years because Mars takes two years to go through the whole entire zodiac. And by the time it comes into Scorpio, it'll be two years. But.
It'S not in Scorpio with Ketu. And that's what really makes this so intense and difficult.
So looking at Mars now, the other thing I want to remind everyone of is the Nakshatra. It's in. This adds to the intensity because Mars will be in the Nakshatra of Jesta while it's in Scorpio.
And Jaista is the Nakshatra that deals with deep, dark undercurrents of things. And so does Scorpio. Scorpio, in and of itself, that sign deals with secrets.
So if we look at the sign of Scorpio, dealing with the underworld with secrets, things we don't know, and even metaphysical things, this is the deep, dark side of things. And many people say, well, Scorpio is the sign of transformation. Yes, it is.
But you have to go through a difficult experience to transform. Usually it's almost like the birthing process. The birthing process is very difficult and painful. But once you're on the other side, it is a new beginning. But there's always the yin and yang. Yes. There's always the positive and the negative to everything. And Scorpio, yes, can be that sign of major transformations of things that are so powerful and strong. But let me just say this. The other side of Scorpio is the deep, dark mystery of it all. And Scorpio deals with control and power. You know, this is very much the eighth sign and its meanings are very relative to the eighth house, which are power, control, manipulation, secrets.
And scandals. So you're going to see all this come up while Mars is the big trigger at the last and final degrees of the sign of Scorpio. And they say that these last and final degrees of a sign.
That this is always the most intense because here in Scorpio, it's the tail of the scorpion.
And what does that deal with the stinger? It's poisonous and it hurts. It can be a time when people can say things they didn't mean to say, very hurtful. But also, this poison can turn up in many ways, you know, with the coronavirus always mutating into these different variants, you know. Well, I gotta say this, I don't know anybody that hadn't been sick lately because it's just been so many things. Whether it's a flu, whether it's a cold, whether it's coronavirus, nobody knows. But. But everyone has had something that's brought their energy level down. And I don't even know if you could say.
It'S the emotion, the deep emotion that surrounds this world right now. And it's definitely there. And this Kandanta brings it up. So going back to what Kandanta means.
Literally it means not, which means, you know, that something's caught up, something doesn't progress. Right. There's a knot. But I was always taught it dealt with the essence of drowning, whether it is literal or figuratively. And when you feel like you're drowning, you're out of control, you can't breathe, you can't get a hold of anything. And this is the worst feeling to be out of control. And that is in essence what everyone's going to be feeling during this time. The things are out of control. Now, if you think in terms of drowning, this can even have its effects dealing with weather, severe weather. So be aware, this is not necessarily the time you want to start anything new or a trip, for example, because things can go haywire. And not to mention during this time that we have Mars, Gandanta, Mercury goes retrograde. And Mercury retrograde causes all sorts of fallops in the world and miscommunications. And we have this karmic destiny thing happening with the Kala Sarpa yoga, all the planets on one side of the nodal axes, so everything is boiling up to the surface right now. But Scorpio is the most powerful, intense sign of the zodiac. And this is where Mars is passing through. But once it goes into the first degrees of Sagittarius, probably around the 17th and the 18th, this is where the truth has to come forth. The truth is what Sagittarius is all about. But Mars will be in the Nakshatra mula. And that Nakshatra deals with destruction.
So after we come through the intensity of the poisonous part of the zodiac, this part of the zodiac has been deemed as the most, the darkest, most difficult part of the zodiac because it's called the tail of the scorpion, the stinger. This is the last few degrees of Scorpio. And yes, it can have positive repercussions because people with these degrees in their chart can be extraordinary when it comes to research, analysis, and science. This is digging deep and this is finding answers. But there's another side to it that's deep and dark, and there's always going to be the expression of both.
So I want you to know that this is not going to be an easy time at all globally, in the world. But when it does go into Sagittarius, things become clearer as Mars transits through the sign. A lot is going to change. A lot is going to change in the government and the way that we think. But one thing that I think is very, very, very interesting about Mars being in the Nakshatra, Jaista. I know we're in the sign of Scorpio, But.
Jaista is ruled by Mercury While Mercury is going retrograde. It's making us go back and reassess things, reanalyze, look at things from a different light.
But at the same time, the Nakshatra Jesta, I believe, is the most powerful because it deals with power and it deals with darkness. It can deal with people that actually deal with black magic. And I know this is not a positive thing. So I want you to be aware that people that wish things upon others, that's actually black magic. And that's going to the deep, dark realms of trying to control and manipulate and change others. We can't change others. We got to change ourselves.
So this darkness can deal with people that work with manipulation and control from the deepest, darkest aspect. Be aware, shy away from any of these negative people that.
Try to control you. That's what I want you to focus and be aware of and avoid. But people in governmental affairs, they're at it. They are at their worst. They are finding ways to manipulate and control the masses and let me just say.
It'S becoming very obvious what's been going on all this time.
Leaders have been.
Working together around the world to control things. And they may act like they're, they're, they're each other's enemies when actually they've been doing favors for each other. And if you don't know what I mean, I'm not going to go into it here, but I'm going to have some classes that we're going to discuss these things in greater detail because. Because I'm seeing things that I've never seen before.
And I know things I've never known before. And really it just sheds light on the truth. And most of all, you know, you ask these questions, why? Why is this happening? Why are they doing this? And it's all becoming clearer and clearer and clearer. I hope the world wakes up to what's really been going on. And it's actually been going on for many, many, many years. But now we know.
Now the curtain's been lifted and we can see it. They don't like it. They're going to do everything they can to control the masses so that we can't see it anymore. But it's not going to work. And this Mars Gandanta is bringing it up.
But because it's being brought up, they're digging their heels in deeper and deeper and deeper, trying to hide it. So what do they do? They throw out more propaganda, more things to make people believe and look another direction so they don't see. See what they've been doing all along. This is what this gundant to Mars will bring about this new awareness. People are waking up all over the world. What a wonderful thing is that. Now that's the power of the positive scorpionic energy.
And the power of the Nakshatra Mula. Mula is the Nakshatra, which is around 3 degrees of Sagittarius, is the galactic center. And the galactic center is.
Where God consciousness emanates. Out of it is the center of the universe. The galactic center is where there are more black holes than anywhere else from our vantage point in the universe. And black holes suck in energy, but what goes out through the other side is other dimensions. Now this is hard to understand for us being earthly beings with our brains, but this is in essence what the universe is.
And other realms and dimensions are what come through these black holes and the galactic center. It's really, if you want to look at it from a very simplistic way, our connection to the divine. But to be sucked in through that hole is like the birthing process. It's a whole new process of transformation. And this is the early part of Sagittarius. It's about the truth, it's about what's real. But we're in illusion while we're in this earthly dimension. We don't see the truth because this is all Maya or delusion or illusion, but going through the reality of realization of the truth, this is where things come to light. And I think going through Scorpio into Sagittarius, that is the focal point or the vortex that we're all going to go through, where we're going to, and it's going to be very emotional, come to the other side to see the light.
Because usually what we're going to discover, what we believed and what we thought, it's not true. We wake up to the illusion and that's what this is all about. I think this Gandanta, Mars.
You think it's an easy thing to wake up to the truth, but it's not.
Because every all of our preconceived ideas, what we thought our world was, it has to change.
And at first it's very difficult, but once you make the transition, it's easy. And that's what this is going to entail. This is a very, very deep, dark time. It's transformational. So get ready. This Gandanta will bring all sorts of changes. And remember what I said also deals with weather, severe weather. So stay at home, do your work, don't get yourself all uptight and upset.
Be reflective, go within. This is going to be a time of transformation inwardly for all of us. So when we make that transformation within ourselves inwardly, that's when we discover the reality, the truth of ourselves. And that's reflected in the world. So with that I'd like to close. If you would like more information on me, you can go to my website, which is galactic center.org and remember to pay attention. Look at my spiritual jewelry that I'm selling. I'm selling beautiful spiritual malas where you can just really focus your prayers into the gems and wear them. And that reminds you of your spiritual purpose while you're here on Earth. And don't forget, if you would like to learn Vedic astrology, I have an amazing university, all online, it's global. People from around the world you will begin to connect with, with like mindedness with astrology. So go to my university website, which is university of vedicastrology.com and go to my website, which is galactic center.org. thank you.
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