it’s tuesday, april 5, & moon is in taurus, which is its happy place, in the starspace called rohini. taurus is the training ground for contentment, santosha, which i talked about yesterday. contentment, the state of not needing anything, is our ultimate goal, but in the meanwhile, we enjoy the material comforts of life; we sort of prime ourselves for that deeper, more refined feeling of being happy for no reason by being happy b/c of all the stuff we’ve got—whether a nice house or an awesome partner or juicy experiences. happiness comes from the external, joy—pure contentment—from the internal. as with most practices, we work from the outside in—we get to enjoy our creature comforts & gradually loosen our attachment to them until we no longer need them to be in-joy.
the word rohini comes from the sanskrit root verb ruh (रुह्), which means “to grow, spring up, shoot forth.” this asterism embodies the earthy creativity of taurus & brings a lesson about what we create & how attached we are to our creations. jealousy can also be involved, as in, people may be jealous of our ability to bring beauty into the world. rohini is said to be the moon’s favorite wife, each asterism being considered a wife. to assuage the jealousy of all the other wives, moon has to spend one night with each wife, showing no favoritism, which is why the moon is in a different nakshatra (which you might think of as a star bed!) every day. way to rock the polyamory, moon, & keep the peace, moon’s essence, at home!
it’s the fifth lunar day, the fifth phase of the waxing moon, which is also connected to the moon, to goddess energy. with the moon in happy mode, we can tap into its qualities of nurturing & healing big time, whether we turn that energy on ourselves or others.
tuesday is ruled by mars, who gives us courage, like the courage to be our most authentic self & let others do the same—to not be afraid of who we are & who others are, not worry about what they might think of us, not compare ourselves to them & shrink from our bigness as a result.
& that’s your daily bliss! which is a kind 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. may it inspire you to enlighten up a little more each day.
jyotish, vedic astrology, is the science of light. if you want to shine more light on your life, please contact me for a session. ~.~
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