it’s tuesday, august 30, & moon is in virgo, in the starspace called hasta. virgo turns us all into perfectionistas, we become obsessed with getting everything righter than right, not leaving a hair of our life out of place. as with all zodiac signs, we can look to the sign opposite for the qualities needed to create balance. pisces is opposite virgo, & pisces invites us to surrender, to stop obsessing over the material & feel into the cosmic. the message pisces brings for virgo is to, as my teacher sharon gannon famously says, “do your best & let god do the rest.”
hasta means “hand.” it is the hand through which we literally or figuratively manifest. this hasta is an open hand not one closed into a fist, a hand that offers rather than grips. this asterism brings a lesson about how the power of manifestation flows through us & out our hands, that we are the vehicles not the doers.
it’s the fourth lunar day, the fourth phase of the waxing moon. the fourth tithi, aka lunar day or phase, is called chathurthi (fourth) & is related to ganesh, & this lunar month’s fourth tithi is celebrated as ganesh’s birthday, ganesh chathurthi. ganesh is the bringer of obstacles, so there is always/usually a feeling of heaviness during this phase, of being thwarted in a big way, like we’re trying to move an elephant off our path. as hard as it may sometimes be, we get to remember that ganesh, like all the deities, has our best interests at heart, that whatever challenges he brings, he brings only so we can overcome them & evolve. so if we can be grateful for them, rather than feel victimized, if we can be in our power rather than give it up, we can & will overcome them one way or the other. today is a good day to show our appreciation for ganesh by chanting one of his mantras (om gam ganapataye namah works!) or the bija mantra for muladhara chakra, lam, which he rules, or by offering him sweets—his love of sweets is why he has such a big belly!
tuesday is owned by mars, who gives us the courage to fight the good fight, do the right thing.
& that’s your daily bliss! which is a 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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