it’s tuesday, october 10, & moon is in leo, in the starspace called magha. while the previous sign, cancer, vibrates with the frequency of the maternal, of motherly love, leo vibrates with the frequency of the paternal, of fatherly love. maternal love is compassionate & comforting, paternal love protective & visionary. this is not about gender, but about energy. we are all infinitely complex, contain multitudes—both the capacity to feel & the capacity to do. cancer’s energy is supportive, kind of behind-the-scenes, leo’s is assertive, center stage. while cancer can play smallish, stay hidden in the shadows, leo def plays big, loves to be in the limelight. how can you step more into your bigness, into your most authentic self, own who you are?
magha is ruled by the pitris, our ancestors, & we’re still in pitru paksha, the fortnight leading up to navaratri (which starts on sunday, the day after the solar eclipse!) during which we honor our ancestors. so we are invited to do double ancestor duty. it is said that 75 percent of our karma comes from our ancestors & also that healing our karma heals the karma of our ancestors. one way to do all that is by showing our gratitude to all those who came before, thanking them for all the good they did & forgiving them for the rest. & guess what? forgiveness is actually a gift to ourselves.
it’s the twelfth lunar day, the twelfth phase of the waning moon, which is associated with the sun, leo’s ruling planet, so we get twice as much opportunity to get clear about our vision, about who we authentically are, connect to our light & shine it out into the world.
tuesday is ruled by mars, who gives us courage—some of us more, some of us less. it’s up to us as to whether we use it or lose it, whether we develop it as we would any other muscle, by working it, going to the courage gym. “courage,” says the poet david whyte, “is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life.” on a scale of 1 to 10, how much or how little are you participating in life? if your number is lower rather than higher, how much does fear play a role? what are you missing out on as a result? what might life feel like if you weren’t afraid of engaging?
& that’s your daily bliss! which is a sort of lunar weather report. may it allow you to align with the day’s cosmic energy so you can find & create a little more bliss.
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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