Victor Damien DiCara, an Astrological Autobiography

I was born July 27th, 1970 at 7:38 in the night. It happened in America - Long Island, New York, to be truthful - but in India they count it as the 11th waning moon in a month dedicated to hearing holy scripture (“Krishna Ekadasi of Shravan”, for those familiar with the Hindu calendar). I’m pretty happy about my birth.

You see, I was born when the Moon was in Venus’ house of Taurus, and in the star called Rohini. Thus the first 8 years of my life were filled with happiness and bliss on what was, really, an unparalleled scale. My mother (moon) and I were practically of one mind (moon, again), and from this I gained tremendously in my formative years.

When I turned 9, Mars started to become more active. For me, Mars is a weakened planet - having his fiery nature dampened in the waters of Cancer the crab. Still, during this period I was basically the most Mars-like you will ever see me in this lifetime. I even got into a few fights at school, and for these brief years showed some interest in sports. Not the most competitive sports, mind you: Little League Baseball, Skateboarding, and BMX Freestyle. I even achieved some public notoriety from these sports since the leadership of the sun acts conjointly (and often incompatibly, I’m afraid) with Mars in my horoscope.

Pretty soon I turned 18, put away my skateboard and bike, and started playing punk and thrash metal on a guitar. Yep, it was time for Rahu - the anarchist, misfit outcast of the planets - to exert his influence. In my horoscope Rahu is very affected by Jupiter the philosopher, Venus the artist, and Mercury the wordsmith.

Venus and Rahu made me a fairly well known guitarist and songwriter. I’ve toured the world as a musician 3 or 4 times, and written and recorded on 8 or more studio records with artists from well known bands like Rage Against the Machine, Linkin Park, and Quicksand - although the popularity of my own bands was never quite that high. (My own band, by the way, is 108.)

Mercury and Rahu made me a prolific and published writer.

Jupiter and Rahu out-influenced all the others during my 20s. I abruptly and rather chaotically took off from my loving parents and took up a monastic life of Hinduism called “brahmcarya” which involves severe renunciation and celibacy. During this time I became the head of a temple and “headmaster” (what great title) of a school dedicated to teaching Sanskrit literature. Jupiter (Religion) was certainly in my 10th House (Occupation)!

This went on for about 8 years, till Venus decided it was a bad idea and got me quickly married to the love of my life, my truest friend, and my redeeming representative of Venus Herself: my wife. In my horoscope, my main planet Saturn has a very rough time of things, but gets saved and uplifted by it’s relationship with Venus. Thus my wife is a very balancing and centering force in my life ever since our marriage 10 years ago.

Right after my marriage the Moon (in my 5th House - children) blessed us with children and ended the separation between myself and my parents. As the Sun (father) became prominent, my father became extremely helpful in the practicalities of helping me transition from a penniless temple life to a family man earning the bread. Actually, this help from my father is another indication of Jupiter in my 10th House, but let’s not go off on a tangent.

I have a few indications in my horoscope - Chaotic Rahu in the 2nd House (Wealth), and a “revolving wheel” combination between Jupiter and the Moon, for example - which bring on fairly drastic ups and downs in my life. I calculate that I’m on the "downside" of what should be the third “turn of the wheel”. But life is not about having the “perfect horoscope”. Life is about assessing your strengths and weaknesses honestly and learning how to compensate one with the other and react well under all circumstances. Astrology, really, is about helping people do that - it's not about predicting the direction of the wind on a given date 10,000 years from now.

As far as my own horoscopic indications of being an astrologer... I have a "Harmony of Purpose and Action" (Dharma-Karma Adhipati Yoga) focused on the 8th House of astrology and occult. I also have the planet of mysticism, Ketu, in that same 8th House. Additionally, I have the planet of thought and emotion, the Moon, exalted in my house of intelligence and analytics (the 5th House). Since Jupiter is lord of my 12th House (concerning reincarnation, etc.) and occupies my 10th House (of career) it shows that my occupation will always deal with spiritual things. Having the lord of my 10th House in the occult 8th confirms it.

Vedic Astrologer:
Vic Dicara (Vraja Kishor)

The system of Astrology I use - "Vedic" or "Hindu" Astrology - is the original and most complete system on Earth. I practice the most fundamental school within that system - established by the great sage and mystic, Sri Parashar.

I create a scientific and mathematical calculation of the exact positions of the 9 planets, 12 signs and 12 houses for the date, time and place of your birth. With that information I apply a systematic but intuitive art to understand the effects the myriad combinations of your planets, signs and houses will exert on you and on specific areas of your life.

My style is to be straightforward and honest, and to explain things clearly and simply. My focus to to help you maximize your karmas to attain the important goals of your life.