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it’s monday, january 31, & moon is in capricorn, moving, around 9:30 my time, into the starspace called shravana, where the last bit of moonlight will drip away & we will begin another lunar cycle overnight. capricorn vibrates with the frequency of getting real about our lives, of committing or recommitting to actions that are going to take us where we want to go. capricorn reminds us that time is finite, so best not to waste it. if we’ve fallen out of alignment—made mistakes, erred in judgment—there’s no better time to realign, ask ourselves what we’ve learned from the misalignment, & move on. there are no mistakes, just opportunities to more finely tune the instruments we are, to more deeply listen to & honor the truth of who we be.

speaking of listening, shravana is considered the asterism of listening, & is also known as “god’s ear.” the new moon energy is inviting us to get quiet, to stop, look & listen deeply so we can connect to our true-true, our knowing. there’s a difference between hearing & listening: hearing is passively taking in sound, while listening is intentionally trying to comprehend the sounds we hear, the way, say, our animals try really hard to understand the human sounds we make.

“if we listen from the mind of silence, every birdsong & every whispering of the pine branches in the wind will speak to us.”—thich nhat hanh

so how have you been hearing but not listening—to yourself or to others? how have you skimmed the surface, not received, not been willing to receive, the deeper message, the message, say, beyond words, between words? what sounds—everything is sound, the universe is made of sound, of vibration—have you been taking in, consuming, & how have those sounds been nourishing you, or not?

“silence is a place of great power & healing.”—the buddha

how have you not been listening to your innermost, innermost, most innermost voice? this new moon, the empty canvas of it, gives us an opportunity to heal that rift in ourselves, to own the power of our truth, & to grow it as the moon grows in the coming cycle, to fill our lives with color & light anew.

that’s your moon work. are you down with that?

& that’s your daily bliss! which is a kind 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. ~.~