it’s friday, august 2, & moon is in gemini, in the starspace called punarvasu, which will support & transport it as it journeys into cancer later this afternoon for a weekend stay. so we get most of the day to keep exploring, using our powers of intellectual discrimination to figure out what should stay & what should go, b/c cancer is all about what resonates with us on a heart level.
punarvasu means “return” (punar) of the “light” (vasu), is a star of renewal, of becoming the light, the vasus, again. the vasus are the demigods who represent/embody all the best, highest qualities, like goodness, strength & prosperity. & speaking of prosperity, the presiding deity is aditi, the mother of all beings, whose name means “unbounded,” as in infinite good stuff, infinite abundance. this asterism reminds us that, even in our darkest moments (like the ones the previous nakshatra, ardra, may have brought on!), we still contain the light, that we contain infinite abundance.
it’s the fourteenth lunar day (tithi), the fourteenth phase of the waning moon, which has a quality of self-sacrifice. the “self” in this sacrifice refers to our false self, our ego self, to what doesn’t serve our highest expression of self. & kali ruling this tithi gives us the fierceness to burn up what we can. metaphorical puja, anyone?
friday is ruled by venus, planet of earthly, sensual delights—art, nature, love. venus just entered leo, ruled by the sun, so we may be feeling fired up in the realms of our venusian existence: creative inspiration may be on high, as will the desire to show up more vulnerably & intentionally in relationships. with saturn opposite in aquarius, we may also feel triggered by karma we haven’t yet worked through. sigh. meanwhile, b/c the fourteenth tithi is also ruled by venus, our emotions may be a little (or a lot!) on the, um, front burner today.
bonus track: the new moon happens early sunday morning, in cancer, in a potent spot in the starspace called ashlesha, which promises deeeeep transformation, the potential to alchemize our poisons into wisdom. it’s not too soon to start pondering, even embracing, our shadow parts, getting comfortable with the discomfort so we can defang them. awareness + compassion = deeeep healing!
& 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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