it’s thursday, may 21, & at about 1:30 pm mountain time moon moves into the starspace called krittika, which straddles aries & taurus, grounding the fiery passion of the former with the earthy stability of the latter. we get all fired up & inspired, but then we have to come back to earth & get practical about alchemizing that inspiration into something tangible.
krittika (see yesterday’s post about bharani, where the moon is this morning) means “the cutter” & its symbol is some form of shiny sharp object, like a razor or knife or sword, which can be used for good or ill. we can use a knife to, say, cut vegetables, but one slip & there’s blood all over the zucchini. of course we (well, not me) can use knives to hurt others (ok, maybe in self-defense). we can likewise wield our words like knives or swords, using them to cut down people we perceive to be our enemies. the message from krittika is to make sure we’re cutting away the bad bits, whether the zucchini stem or negative thoughts, to use our sharpness constructively rather than destructively.
it’s the fifteenth tithi (lunar phase), or the dark moon, which represents our depths, our shadow, our hidden self. this is where our power lies. we all have shadows, we all have a dark side, but whether we acknowledge, accept, embrace or expose it or not is the difference between strength & weakness. how can you tap into your strength today?
“everyone is a moon & has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” — mark twain
thursday is owned by jupiter, which is the part of us that believes in something, has faith in something, is inspired by something. we are often connected to belief through our teachers, so thursday is a good day to be with our teachers, in spirit if nothing else. on thursdays one of my lineage teachers has been giving a zoom dharma talk & being in satsang is how i spend part of my morning.
& 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. ~.~
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