An Ounce of Prevention

it’s friday, february 6, moon is in virgo, in the starspace called hastā until noon MST then citrā, it’s the fifth then sixth tithi & venus’ day.

virgo is the sixth sign of the natural zodiac, which is associated with hard work/effort, illness & thus healing, adversaries/opponents/enemies. virgo creates an environment in which we do the hard work of getting (& ideally keeping) our ducks in order so we don’t end up in the hospital or in court, having our taxes audited or the roof caving in.

virgo’s motto is, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” virgo pre-problem-solves with rituals & routines, eating healthfully, exercising, budgeting, paying bills on time, cleaning out the gutters, going for massages/reiki/acupuncture/PT, seeing the dentist regularly. think minority report‘s precrime but without tom cruise or government surveillance.

b/c of virgo’s preoccupation with being healthy in body, mind & spirit, virgos make great healers.

how might you get your virgo on today? which rituals or routines could use some upleveling?

speaking of healers, hastā is all about being hands on (hastā = “hand”), whether for acts of healing or creativity (more in yesterday’s post).

citrā is also very creative. to be human is to be in the flow of creativity—we can’t not create, it is our nature. we are all artists, whether we are michelangelos or not, shakespeares or not. we all have the power to make ourselves & our world more beautiful.

“practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money or fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.

“seriously! i mean starting right now, do art & do it for the rest of your lives.”—kurt vonnegut

we are our greatest works of art. with practice the magic is forced to arise—what magic lurks within you?!

it’s the fifth lunar day (tithi), the fifth phase of the waning moon, until 1-ish p.m. MST, then the sixth. the fifth tithi supports us in achieving our goal … if we can focus on just one! the sixth tithi on solidifying that goal, giving form (!) to it, making it as everlasting & indestructible as a diamond.

friday is ruled by venus, planet of beauty & harmony, love & diplomacy, who has just moved into aquarius, sign of humanity, of the world at large. can we please make this world more beautiful, dissolve divisiveness?! if not us, who?!

& that’s your daily bliss! which is a sort of lunar weather report. may it allow you to align with the day’s cosmic energy so you can find & create a little more bliss.

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