it’s tuesday, may 18, & moon is in cancer, in the starspace called ashlesha. cancer is ruled by the moon, aka our feeling nature, & moon’s position in the sky changes every day, which is why our mood does as well (or is it just me?). in the environment of cancer, we are naturally more emotional, more prone to feeling what others are feeling & thus losing ourselves in selfless service of their needs. we get to remember that cancer has a hard shell for a reason—to protect its tender heart, provide a boundary. cancer teaches us that we get to love others, be sympathetic, offer what support we can, but without losing sight of our own needs in the process.
ashlesha connects us to serpent energy, inviting us to examine what we are wrapping ourselves around & squeezing tight like a snake & whether those thoughts-emotions-beliefs-relationships are serving our best interests, our expression of our highest self. if not, time to loosen our grip!
it’s the seventh lunar day, which is ruled by lord indra, who was an incredibly powerful but powerfully flawed god. one story goes that he seduced the wife of a famous yogi & when the yogi discovered the pair in flagrante delicto cursed indra to be covered with 1,000 yonis & his balls to fall off. indra prayed to lakshmi for help & although she couldn’t take away the yogi’s curse, she did manage to turn the yonis into eyes & restored his missing male parts with those of a ram (hmmm). moral of the story: beware of crossing moral lines to feed your senses (your indriyas!) or be prepared to suffer the consequences.
tuesday is infused with the energy of mars, who gives us the courage to burn through illusions on our spiritual journey. if you’ve burned through all your illusions or are taking a timeout from inquiring about them, you can satisfy your martian urge to burn up something through physical exercise rather than getting hot & bothered over the nothings, those tiny sparks of frustration with others that can lead to anger & thus a full-blown conflagration.
& that’s your daily bliss! which is a kind of lunar weather report. it is my hope that the daily bliss can help you align with the day’s cosmic energy & find a little more bliss; that it inspires 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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