it’s friday, january 1, 2021—omg, we made it!—& moon is in cancer, in the starspace called ashlesha. cancer is ruled by the moon & represented by a crab. the moon is our emotional body, which allows us to connect to others. but that connection, that heart-opening, makes us vulnerable, so we need to be able to scurry away under the protection of our bony armor when necessary. under the sway of cancer we can become too porous, too influenced by the emotional needs of others, so empathetic that it’s almost as if we have no shell at all, as if there is no separation between us & others. which, of course, on an absolute level there isn’t, but on a relative level, on the level of day-to-day life, separation is a good & necessary thing.
almost as a counter to the asterism pushya, which brings the energy of unconditional—i.e., unattached—love, the asterism ashlesha is the part of cancer that clings, that wallows, that can’t let go. this attachment—whether to negative emotions or relationships that don’t nurture us or to thoughts about those relationships that just aren’t true—is fueled by our shadow, so this is a good day to examine our shadow, see if we can find a glimmer of light behind it, the light of truth, which will show us why we cling, wallow, etc., so we can stop.
“keep your shadows in front of you; they can only take you down from behind.” — carl jung
it’s the third phase of the waning moon. being flexible, thinking outside the box, listening to the ideas of others are all in play.
friday is ruled by venus, so this would be a good day to party like it’s 2021, which it is, & don’t we all deserve an extra day to celebrate, since new year’s eve for many of us was, well, let’s just say probably not as celebratory as in years past? altho i was woken at midnight by fireworks here in boulder, which actually made me very happy.
& that’s your daily bliss! which is a kind of lunar weather report. it is my hope that the daily bliss can help you align with the day’s cosmic energy & find a little more bliss; that it inspires 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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