September 20th’s dollop of dharma courtesy of the moon!

it’s monday, september 20, & moon moves from aquarius to pisces this morning while being transported & supported by the starspace called purvabhadra, which creates a starry bridge between the two signs. & although it is the fifteenth lunar day, the fifteenth, or last, phase of the waxing moon, which is called purnima, & means full, moon will technically be full in the starspace called uttarabhadra at about 8 pm mountain time. got all that?

the full moon in pisces is opposite the sun in virgo—it is the sun shining its light from the opposite section of the zodiac that illuminates the moon; it is the moon reflecting that radiance that shows it to be full. virgo vibrates with the frequency of order & details, of creating a container for our lives, of control; pisces vibrates with the frequency of letting go, of surrendering into the flow of the universe, of being one with all that is, not one with the minutiae. virgo tethers us, pisces lets us soar. virgo controls, pisces frees. virgo couldn’t be more material, pisces more not. we are talking super-duper opposition!

purvabhadra & uttarabhadra are connected by the theme of taking blessed or auspicious (bhadra) steps on our journey of understanding the truth of our existence &, ultimately, to liberation. purva draws a glimpse of that truth from the ether, uttara plants it in our consciousness.

this full moon is asking us to reflect on how well we have laid a solid foundation so that we can let go. it is asking us to get out of our heads & into our heart-souls. it is asking us to feel rather than think. it is asking us to trust that we have done enough & that it is safe to surrender.

in yoga practice we root down to rise up; the more we ground, the more we expand. in tadasana, mountain pose, for example, the more firmly we press our feet into the earth, the higher the crown of our head reaches up into the sky—grounding literally allows us to grow taller, expands our physical container.

how can you be like an astronaut tethered safely to your spaceship free to surrender into the expanse of the cosmos, into the infinite nature of consciousness? what truth have you gleaned that will allow you to surrender more into the essence of who you be?

& 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. ~.~