it’s wednesday, june 22, & moon is in pisces, in the starspace called revati. in the environment of pisces, we begin to understand viscerally that, just as the title of my teacher sharon gannon‘s new two-volume collection of essays & stories says, “eternity is happening now.” which is what the first yoga sutra tells us: atha yogānuśasanam, which can be translated as, “now, this is yoga.” the keyword “atha” means “now.” as in, we don’t have to wait to, for example, die—that yoga is happening NOW, we can experience it by being fully present, yoked to the present. (the word “yoga” comes from the verb “yuj,” “to yoke.”) one definition of yoga is “the state of wanting nothing,” which is a state of eternal bliss, which is what the judeo-christian concept of heaven is & is what we can experience when we are in a state of pure presence. this. is. heaven. if we truly get “now,” we get that, heaven (yoga) on earth.
revati is ruled by pushan, the cosmic shepherd, & brings a lesson about completing our soul journey, or as far as we’re going to get on our soul journey for this moon cycle around the zodiac. it’s a good opportunity to look at where we were a month ago & acknowledge our progress. it’s also a good day to be gentle shepherds ourselves, to take loving care of the beings around us.
it’s the ninth lunar day, the ninth phase of the waning moon, which is connected to serpent energy. serpents are both toxic & transformative. just as homeopathy works by using a bit of the poison causing illness to cure the illness, so we can transform the poisons in our system into wisdom. what is the genius behind, say, your limiting beliefs?
wednesday is ruled by mercury, who wants us to use our discriminating intelligence to discern the truth & then speak it, which happens when our heart & mind are in coherence. for example, when we understand something intellectually but it doesn’t resonate in our heart that means we’re out of coherence, our two knowing centers aren’t in alignment, & our words will sound hollow, we may stumble over them, they won’t have the impact we want them to. notice how your words feel in your body.
& 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. ~.~
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