it’s friday, february 16, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called krittika. taurus vibrates with the frequency of our comfort zone. it’s moon’s happy place (moon is exalted in taurus), so it’s our happy place too. it’s where we get to be content with what is, with what we have & who we are. where we take a timeout from striving for more.
“my mission, should i choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who & what i am. to take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws & to stop this incessant worrying that i can’t be loved as i am.”—anaïs nin
this is always our mission possible, always our choice to accept it or not. why not say yes today?!
krittika comes from the sanskrit verb kṛt (कृत्), which means “to cut,” & is ruled by agni, the fire into which we offer sacrifices. this asterism invites us to excise what doesn’t serve us & allow the sacred fire to turn it into ashes. here’s a thing i’ve learned about sacrificing: when something is ready to go, it doesn’t really feel like a sacrifice in the sense of feeling hard, like we’re going to miss it, feel deprived. the ideas & people & habits & behaviors & emotional tendencies that are ready to go just get sloughed off like dead skin. what’s ready to go? celebrate that! have yourself an ash friday!
it’s the eighth lunar day (tithi), the eighth phase of the waxing moon, which means, yes, the moon is equally dark & equally light, yin & yang, like those classic black-&-white cookies, which, i just discovered, are also called half-moon cookies (!) & are a staple of new york bakeries. this tithi supports us in remembering that, um, nothing is & we are not black & white, that we are both & that we get to embrace both our darkness & our light, the things we love about ourselves & take pride in & the things that not so much, that our “flaws” are part of our perfection & we wouldn’t be such delicious cookies otherwise.
friday is ruled by venus, planet of our creature comforts, our sensual pleasures, & venus also rules taurus, so it’s a double-good day to double-down on, to exalt (!) in, doing what we love & being with the ones we love. who & what brings you pleasure?
& 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.
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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