it’s tuesday, january 31, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called rohini until midday then in mrigashira, which will transport & support the moon as it transits into gemini overnight. taurus reminds us of all the goodness we have in our lives, provides a sort of timeout from all our doing & planning & striving to enjoy the fruits of all our doing-planning-striving. taurus invites us to appreciate—but without attachment!—the deliciousness of our material existence, b/c, hey, we materialized into form this time around. we have bodies, which have senses; we have hearts; we want to feel & feel good by doing what we love with the ones we love. taurus says, “bring the pleasure by any means necessary!”
rohini (see yesterday’s post for more) is moon’s favorite place & brings a sense of max contentment, mrigashira a sense of discontentment, a sense of “yeah, but there must be something more, this couldn’t be all there is.” is there or isn’t there?—that is the question we seek to answer under the sway of mrigashira. spoiler alert: there is & there isn’t, but we can’t know that unless & until we are willing to dive into the inquiry.
it’s the eleventh lunar day, the eleventh phase of the waxing moon, which supports spiritual practices like meditation. mindfulness is a form of meditation you can take off your cushion, practice all day long.
“in a world of distraction, mindfulness is one of the practices for slowing down our lives, for finding a way inside, for concentrating self-awareness.”—baba ram dass
tuesday is infused with the spirit of mars, who gives us the courage to fight the good fight, the only fight worth fighting, which is the battle between darkness & light. how we fight that fight is to continue being the light even when surrounded by darkness, to not succumb to the forces of evil & negativity, to not lose our mojo. remember that, as eleanor roosevelt said, “it is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.” if each us embraces our one-small-candle-ness, there is no limit to how much darkness we can dispel together!
& 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. 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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