it’s friday, july 10, moon is in taurus, in the starspace called kṛttikā, it’s the eleventh phase of the waning moon & venus’ day.
where your attention is being drawn
taurus is our comfort zone, our happy place, where we want to feel a sense of all-pervading peace & contentment. ultimately we want to feel that way for absolutely no reason at all, but we work on that by feeling it in momentary, material pleasures—in our relationships, in delicious meals & cozy couches, walks in nature, looking at art museums (or making art!).
right now taurus’ ruler, venus, is snuggling with ketu in leo. not only is leo not venus’ happy place, but ketu brings discontentment with all things material—not to be annoying, but b/c he wants to bring us closer into alignment with our spiritual essence.
so let’s do beware of expecting others to do for us what it’s our job to do for ourselves & let’s not get all snippy with them as a result.
to edit benjamin franklin a tad: contentment “makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”
how to direct your mental/emotional energy
kṛttikā invites us to ask what hard truth(s) we might be avoiding. ruled by agni, the personification of sacred fire, this nakshatra helps us burn through, turn to ash misapprehensions/misconceptions/misinformation that doesn’t nourish our highest expression of self. it brings wisdom, insight, inspiration.
what insight might inspire you to offer something that doesn’t serve you into the sacred fire? what isn’t lighting you up inside but dimming your light?
what supports you emotionally
the eleventh lunar day (tithi), the eleventh phase of the waning moon, is ruled by goddess nilapataka, aka “she who is always falling into the blue.” blue relates to shiva’s throat after he slurped up the poisons in the churning of the milk ocean. likewise, nilapataka devi helps us transform our own poisons by sitting with our mind stuff, by meditating.
this tithi is considered to be the best for meditation (& other spiritual practices) b/c the mind is said to be the least bizzy & buzzy, thus the most spacious, the most receptive to receiving downloads of truth, of inspiration.
what download might you receive if you can sit quietly for a bit?
how to align with the weekday’s energy
friday is ruled by venus, who also (which see above) rules taurus, so it’s a double-good day to double-down on our earthly pleasures—but/&, not to be debbie downer, to perhaps focus on what/who brings us pleasure, not on how they don’t, to celebrate the venusian miracle that each of us is.
“i believe in the flesh & the appetites,/seeing hearing & feeling are miracles, & each part & tag of me is a miracle.”—walt whitman, leaves of grass
bonus track
as for the miracle of your face: meta has introduced a new image generator that automatically lets anyone use photos from their public instagram account to create AI-generated images using their likeness. meta did not make the default setting one where others couldn’t use your images unless you opted in, but they didn’t. so if you don’t want your face ending up being randomly used (in who knows what context!), you’d better opt out now.
you’re welcome! i’m so glad i am largely off the meta platforms!
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the daily bliss is 100% human generated! the act of creation is intrinsic to being human—when we give up our agency to create, we cease, little by little, to be fully human.
may it allow you to align with the day’s cosmic energy so you can find & create a little (or a lot!) more bliss in your life.
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