it’s tuesday, october 19, & moon is in pisces, in the starspace called revati. pisces vibrates with the frequency of “let’s get lost,” which can mean just checking out or, as chet baker sang, of surrendering into the arms of love, allowing yourself to be in the swoon. on a relative level we might feel that with another human, but on an absolute level the swoon is into god’s love, into the arms that will hold us forever. &, yessss, it is possible for human love to be a path to the divine, to experiencing divine love.
revati is ruled by pushan, the gentle shepherd who guides us home. in the buddhist tradition, bodhisattvas are beings who, rather than enjoying the fruits of their enlightenment by blasting off into paradise, decide to stick around & be guides for the rest of us, who vow to stick around in this material realm until everyone is enlightened.
master shantideva’s “bodhisattva prayer for all humanity”:
“may i be a guard for those who need protection, a guide for those on the path, a boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood. may i be a lamp in the darkness, a resting place for the weary, a healing medicine for all who are sick, a vase of plenty, a tree of miracles. & for the boundless multitudes of living beings, may i bring sustenance & awakening, enduring like the earth & sky until all beings are freed from sorrow & all are awakened.”
this asterism brings the lesson that we are all rafts, lamps in the darkness, for one another. who in your life needs your lamp light, your protection? who needs to be carried safely across the treacherous waters they are swimming in, feel like they are drowning in? wouldn’t it be worth the price of our birth if we could be a tree of miracles for someone?!
it’s the fifteenth lunar day, which is the last phase of the waxing moon, & when it maxes out its waxing we technically have the full moon, tomorrow—lots to come then.
tuesday is ruled by mars, who is our inner warrior. our battles are always with ourselves—it’s just that sometimes we project our stuff on others & think they’re the enemy, they’ve done us wrong.
& that’s your daily bliss! which is a kind 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. may it inspire 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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