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it’s sunday, june 28, & moon is in the starspace called hasta, which occupies a sky-slice of virgo. virgo is tamasic & earthy & wants us to keep our house in order, literally. tamasic energy is concerned with protecting us from life’s evils, like illness & dustballs, & virgo is ruled by detail-oriented mercury. so while moon is in virgo, which is until about dinnertime tomorrow, do clean your house & weed your garden & whip up some healing recipes (if you need any ideas, check out my latest blog post) & balance your checkbook & don’t forget to take your vitamins & chinese herbs.

hasta means “hand” & is ruled by savitar, a solar deity whose name means “first rays of the sun.” he gets the day started, wakes us up, impels us to action. & b/c the rays of the sun splay like the fingers of a spread hand, we are impelled to action using our hands. we can close our hands into a fist, hold onto our creation, thinking it’s ours, or we can offer it with open hands, let it go, know that we are the vessel not the doer, that there’s more where that came from. to connect to the wisdom of this deity, to the light it wants to illuminate within, we can chant the gayatri mantra, which invites us to meditate on the divine effulgence of the sun/surya/savitur within so that it may awaken our intelligence:

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥
Om Bhuur-Bhuvah Svah
Tat-Savitur-Varennyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhiimahi
Dhiyo Yo Nah Pracodayaat ||

it’s the eighth phase of the waxing moon until just after noon, then the ninth. the eighth day is associated with creativity (put your hastas to work!), the ninth with serpent energy (beware succumbing to toxic emotions).

sunday is the sun’s day. the sun is our soul’s light & our physical vitality. it’s a good day to reflect on your soul essence & set intentions for the coming week to express it as brilliantly as possible. it’s also a good day to honor your soul’s physical container by using it, getting outside for some exercise.

& that’s your daily bliss! which is a kind of lunar weather report. the moon is our consciousness & i hope that by unpacking the cosmic forces influencing it every day, you’ll be better able to understand & thus lean into its ever-changing vibrations & use them to your advantage.

jyotish, vedic astrology, is the science of light. if you want to shine more light on your life, please contact me for a session. ~.~