it’s monday, november 30, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called rohini, where the full moon & lunar eclipse were in the wee hours of this morning. taurus, ruled by pleasure-seeking venus, inspires our desire to be happy.
in “a spiritual renegade’s guide to the good life,” lama marut wrote that “it is hardwired into our nature to want to be happy,” that “it informs everything we do, all day long.” as he would say, “isn’t it?” i mean, do we take actions all day with the intent to make ourselves miserable? “if you’re looking for a real challenge,” he wrote, “try just being content!”
i won’t get into the semantics of contentment vs. happiness, but i will say that by being content with what is, with what we have, right now, rather than grasping for one more sensual, material experience (food, sex, sky-diving), that contentment just might accrue into an all-pervading happiness, which is considered bliss. we can ask ourselves where & how we are resisting happiness, our true nature.
rohini means “growing” & it brings the energy to create. our challenge is to create without attachment, without expectation, without possessiveness. the greatest act of creation, the greatest gift we can give the world, is our own fully actualized, fully expressed, fully happy selves. being happy is not selfish; for if we don’t feel bright & whole, how can we help others, how can we be of service, what benefit is our existence? you know what they say: put your oxygen mask on first!
it’s the first lunar day, the first phase of the waning moon, which is also related to joy (another form of happiness) & creativity. given that lunar eclipses can intensify emotions & bring what’s hidden to light, & that it was in rohini nakshatra, we may want to sit a little longer with that energy, feel more deeply into what has arisen & what wants to arise, how to best use our powers of manifestation, & then set some intentions.
monday is the moon’s day, & the moon is our feeling nature, our intuition, our inner knowing. trust thyself!
& 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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