it’s friday, october 1, & moon is in cancer, in the starspace called pushya until early afternoon, then in ashlesha. in the environment of cancer we want to give until we can’t give anymore b/c we love so hard & want to make everyone feel better if we can. but the truth is that if we don’t also take care of ourselves, we can’t be there for others, that taking care of ourselves is taking care of others.
the asterism ashlesha (see yesterday’s post for pushya) brings the lesson of unclinging to what doesn’t serve us, whether toxic emotions or people or limiting beliefs, what make us feel contracted rather than expansive.
“letting go gives us freedom, & freedom is the only condition for happiness. if, in our heart, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.” — thich nhat hanh
i don’t know about you, but i sure needed to hear that today!
it’s the tenth lunar day, the tenth phase of the waning moon, which supports us in doing our dharma, living the truth of who we are, being in our integrity. it’s a good day to ask ourselves where we might not be living our truth, where we might not be in integrity (which comes from the word “integer”—which means, drum roll, please—”a complete entity,” like whole numbers)—in our soul work, our business, our relationships, our diet, our … ?
friday is ruled by venus, who is the part of us that experiences pleasure, & one of the most pleasurable experiences for our venus is other people, is being in relationship. for the past month or so, venus has been in his home sign of libra, bringing harmony, the ideal of sweetness & juiciness for both parties, to our relationships, so we’ve been doing our work to do so, having constructive, diplomatic, compassionate convos with our people. but venus is moving into scorpio tonight for the next month, so that desire for & ability to create harmony may feel challenged, may feel sideswiped by the dark emotional waves scorpio churns up. if we feel thwarted in our relationships, we can at least make headway with ourselves, since we are, after all, the one constant in all of them, right?
& 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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