it’s friday, august 20, & moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called uttarashadha until midmorning, then in shravana. capricorn vibrates with the frequency of “get ‘er done now, time is running out.” not to be a downer on a friday, happy day, but capricorn reminds us that we are all terminal patients, that we all have expiration dates. cap’s ruler, saturn, doesn’t want us to put off until tomorrow what we can do today, wants us to commit, be disciplined, see our project through till the end, cause, um, we never know when that’s coming.
shravana (see yesterday’s post for uttarashadha) brings the lesson of listening, deep listening. as richard freeman has said, yoga begins with listening. we learn to listen with our outer ears and gradually fine-tune that sense so that we can listen with our inner ears. in his magical novel “ka,” john crowley writes that if the time-traveling main character, dar oakley, “hadn’t become by now nothing but an ear & another ear, he wouldn’t have heard” the secret he heard.
what secrets might be revealed to you if you could become nothing but an ear?
it’s the thirteenth lunar day, the thirteenth phase of the waxing moon (full moon alert for early sunday morning—more about that on monday!). oh, i love when the thirteenth phase falls on friday, b/c they are both about feeling into our desires, especially as they relate to others. so don’t miss this opportunity to double your pleasure, double your fun!
friday is ruled by venus, who is debilitated now, in virgo, meaning not expressing its greatest, highest-minded, intelligence. venus wants us to love & be loved, wants us to be in relationship. virgo can make us nit-picky & critical about the ones in our life. practical virgo can put the brakes on passionate venus. which just means we’ll feel more challenged, get to work a little harder. what’s the best that could happen if rather than seeing what’s wrong in others, we saw all that is right? what’s the best that could happen if we assumed the best rather than the worst? what’s the best that could happen if we embraced the idea that our partner or friend is totally committed rather than seeing every action or word as evidence that they’re not?
& 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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