‘Just the Facts, Ma’am’

 

it’s monday, september 15, & moon is in gemini, in the starspace called ārdrā. gemini vibrates with the frequency of mental stimulation & curiosity. ruling planet mercury loves loves loves to fact-find & fact-check; he is the consummate researcher, the consummate separator of the wheat from the chaff, of fact from fiction. he has no dog in the fight, no skin in the game—he just wants to know. mercury has just moved into virgo, his sign of exaltation, the place where he acts most intelligently, most in alignment with his highest nature, where he can use all of his powers of discerning intelligence to the max. let’s be discerning not un-, rational not irrational. let’s bear in mind sgt. joe friday’s mantra, “just the facts, ma’am.”

ārdrā is, sorry for this breaking news, ruled by rudra, god of storms, inner & outer. but/& this asterism’s superpower is the ability to reach goals, which often—does it not?—involves clearing a mental pathway, getting rid of psychic detritus (more below!). alas, transformation doesn’t come without effort: no pain, no gain. no storm, no sunshine after. what’s your goal for today?

it’s the ninth lunar day (tithi), the ninth phase of the waning moon, which is ruled by the nagas, those pesky serpent deities who invite us to—aaargh!—slither into the nooks & crannies of our psyche, ingest our poisons & transform them into wisdom, to confront our negativity, our limiting beliefs, our demons, even perhaps our demonic behavior (more below!). it’s a great good day to examine our own behavioral tendencies, rather than criticize (point fingers at!) that of others, & ask whether they serve or don’t serve our highest expression of self, whether they add to or subtract from our vision of the world we want to live in.

monday is ruled by moon, planet of empathy & compassion, who feels sameness not difference, hews toward common ground not divisiveness.

lack of empathy is characteristic of antisocial behavior, aka sociopathy, aka antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), of someone who can’t for the life of them relate emotionally to others, understand what someone else might be feeling, as patric gagne perhaps shockingly unpacked in her memoir, sociopath.

celebrating the death of someone, metaphorically & virtually dancing in the streets, in response to their brutal public assassination reveals a huge lack of empathy, which seems to be rampant right now.

moon loves everyone. moon knows, as my teacher sharon gannon always says, that when you hate on someone else, when you point one finger at them, three point back at you—we ingest the hate we think we are lobbing at another, it ferments within us, poisons us.

& 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.

p.s. jyotish is the science of light—if you want to shine more light on your life, click here to book a session with me.

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