it’s tuesday, august 11, & moon is in aries in the starspace called bharani the first half of the day, then in krittika. under the sway of aries our passions are lit, we feel a charge of energy to “do,” we want to make our presence in the world felt. it’s a great time to start new projects, to start a new phase of the project that is our personal identity. the key with aries is to think, to try to think, before we act: remember that aries is represented by a ram, who puts his (sorry for the masculine pronoun!) head down & forges ahead, breaking path with his gnarly horns.
bharani (see yesterday’s post for more), among other things, invites us to bear the consequences of our actions, of what we manifest in the world. krittika invites us to cut (krit) through, to burn through, our attachments, our illusions, to offer them into the sacred fire (agni). as the first hymn of the rig veda says, our offerings become the conduit between us & god.
“i worship agni, the divine priest who holds the fire ritual, bright, shining & radiant, one who summons the deities & gets all the rewards of the rituals—the inner nectar, the soma, the wealth.” (rig veda 1.1.1)
what are you willing to sacrifice, to offer up? what do you want to gain? it’s ok to ask for what you want as long as you’re willing to be party to the process!
it’s the eighth phase of the waning moon, which supports creativity. what we create, what we manifest, is a reflection of what we value. what do your acts of creation say about your values? do they accurately reflect them?
tuesday is owned by mars, whose firepower, when focused, gives us the courage to fight the good fight, to pursue our dharma. but when his firepower isn’t focused, watch out for his rage. i’m giving you a heads-up now that this weekend (friday through sunday) mars will be crossing over from pisces into aries. when a planet crosses from one sign to another it is unstable, so do take especial care that you don’t accidentally blow up at someone, start a real or metaphorical fire—emotions will have the potential to burst into flame seemingly out of nowhere.
& that’s your daily bliss! which is a kind of lunar weather report. the moon is our consciousness & i hope that by unpacking the cosmic forces influencing it every day, you’ll be better able to understand & thus lean into its ever-changing vibrations & use them to your advantage.
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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