it’s wednesday, may 5 (cinco de mayo!), & moon is in aquarius, in the starspace called shatabhishak. in the environment of aquarius, we understand that we are a cog in the wheel of humanity & that what we do matters, that what everyone does matters. we feel inspired & empowered to make a difference however we can. diego rivera famously used his art to make a difference, to glorify the mexican people & bring attention to their struggles against the oppressive forces of colonization, of subjugation by a foreign power. cinco de mayo celebrates the freedom of the mexican people & reminds us that sometimes a small determined army, with righteousness (dharma) on their side, can defeat a larger army with evil intent (adharma) on theirs.
shatabhishak means “100 healers” & is ruled by varuna. as the god of the underworld, he is connected to death; as the god of the waters to life. in the rg veda varuna is considered to hold the power of immortality & thus the power to heal. sometimes when we are sick, we have to consult myriad doctors, try myriad healing modalities, before we even figure out what, exactly, is amiss & can cure ourselves. in western medicine, a particular disease is often the label for a laundry list of symptoms that may have nothing to do with each other & the individual underlying symptoms are not addressed. this asterism, which brings blessings to cures, also brings the lesson of going beneath the surface, into the underworld of our body & into areas of medicine that don’t always see the light of day, that, you might say, are in the shadow of conventional medicine.
it’s the tenth lunar day, the tenth phase of the waning moon, which is connected to dharma, to righteous action, to being aligned with our truth. there’s a saying that doing what’s right isn’t always easy, & in fact can be really hard, but it does alway feel, well, right. do the right thing today!
wednesday is infused with the gifts of mercury, so use them to send emails, make phone calls, fix that software issue, balance your checkbook, take an online course, or just do whatever for the pure joy of it, to play.
& 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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