The council of kings had appealed to our Oracle to make an astronomical prediction.

His red glowing eyes gleamed over the sandboard. Then the Hora informed us of the forthcoming eclipse that would fall on the next fourteenth days.

'Darkness rules the heaven dome,

all light banished from the sky.

Old fear and malice roam,

the rise of anguished cries.'

The prophecy had caused a wave of panic. We were also warned by the Guru that we couldn't defeat the demon in an open battle.

"Rahu is too powerful," he said. "A rogue planet in the astronomy, he can bring imbalance to the whole creation. In the past, he could...