May 15th’s dollop of dharma courtesy of the moon!

it’s wednesday, may 15, & moon is still in detail-oriented, clean-up-&-organize-your-life virgo,

but has moved into the section of virgo known as hasta. “hasta” means hand & is actually another name for elephant b/c an elephant uses its trunk like a hand to get stuff done. hasta energy is about using our literal or metaphoric hands to manifest, to offer it up in the palm of our hand. but it can also make us think we can do it all by ourselves, that divine intervention is so yesterday. so watch out for the go thinking it can go it alone today, trying to make you think you are more than a conduit, more than a channel, more than a vehicle. i mean, why not let someone else be responsible?!

hasta is ruled by savitar, another aspect of the sun, brother to yesterday’s aryaman (so many sunny gods, it’s hard to keep track!). the upanishads say that savitar guides us to control our mind so we can perceive the light. that’s why we chant the gayatri mantra—to ask savitar to reveal our inner light. so do chant the gayatri today (& every day)!

hasta is said to bring the blessings of savitar to make ancient wisdom relevant. hasta is my birth star, so how surprising that that’s exactly what i have always tried to do through teaching yoga & now with the daily bliss! that’s what i love about astrology—you can’t make this stuff up! it is written in your chart!

not saying i’ve got this down perfectly yet, b/c the knowledge can only come through you (me) when the  mind can be controlled. but i am working on it by meditating & chanting the gayatri every morning. (always helpful to connect to the deity ruling your birth star. if you need help with that, lemme know.)

it’s also the 12th lunar day (tithi), which is also connected to the sun, to that consistent energy, to clarity & action—allow your mind to be infused with that juice.

meanwhile, sun has just moved into taurus for the next month. it always takes sun a day or so to unpack, feel settled, which means your solar power may be feeling a tad diminished today. so cut yourself some slack, lower your expectations, take some time (or the whole day!) off if you can.

& that’s your daily bliss—wednesday is mercury’s day, so a good day to share your brilliant ideas with others!

p.s. jyotish, vedic astrology, is the science of light. if you want to shine a little more light on your life, i’d love to support you with a session contact me!