it’s friday, october 23, & moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called uttarashadha until about noon, at which point it moves into shravana. time to get practical, get real, about our highest purpose!
shravana (see yesterday’s post about uttarashadha) is the asterism of deep listening. according to the hatha yoga pradipika, when all of our inner channels are balanced (i.e., our prana is flowing sweetly & smoothly & ubiquitously) we are able to hear the sound of om & connect to all that is. how are your channels doing? need to call roto-rooter?
it’s the eighth phase of the waxing moon, inviting us to lean into using our creative powers in alignment with our values, to create something of lasting value, that supports us on our path.
venus rules friday. venus is our pleasure principle; it’s our capacity to enjoy our embodied existence. venus wants us to get our delight on, whether that’s through art or nature or food or other people or all of the above.
venus just moved into virgo & it’s going to be there through november 16. this is not a great placement, but venus does have a lot of support (i’ll spare you the details). still, it means that we are going to have to pay extra attention to, say, our relationships. venus in virgo can make us supercritical of the people in our lives, so we would do well to cut them some slack, not focus on what’s wrong but on what’s right. it also means we would do well to look before we leap if, say, we’re embarking on a new romance—that’s where we want to take advantage of virgo’s critical eye.
this placement can also mean that our creative drive may be subsumed by our sexual drive—as we know from our yogic studies, the same special sauce that makes us lusty makes us artsy, & there is only so much sauce to go around. i have it on good authority that simhasana, lion pose, which is connected to the second chakra (sex & creativity!) is a good remedy. if you don’t know from simhasana, you can check out yoga international’s article.
& 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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