it’s friday, september 8, & moon is in gemini, in the starspace called ardra. the environment of gemini is light & airy, playful & curious. it’s where we want to explore & share ideas, keyword “share,” which means give & take, talk & listen, which is what true communication is about. the biggest communication problem is that we often do not listen to understand. we listen to reply. like as soon as we hear the other person say something that inspires a response in us, we stop listening, focus on honing what we’re going to say as soon as they finish talking—if we let them finish, if we don’t interrupt lest we forget what brilliant point we want to make. it’s a good day to practice the high art of true communication, i.e., being fully present to what the other person is saying.
ardra is ruled by rudra, the storm god, who is an aspect of shiva, god of transformation, which is often the result of destruction—something has to die for something new to be born. if you feel a storm building within you today, let it come, knowing that like a rainstorm it will wash away, destroy, impurities so that you can shine even brighter tomorrow, maybe even produce a metaphorical rainbow.
it’s the tenth lunar day, the tenth phase of the waning moon, which supports us in doing our dharma, our duty to our highest self/purpose. “the mahabharata says that if one duty contradicts another, then it is not duty, but something to be avoided,” said paramahansa yogananda. “spiritual & material duties should not contradict, but rather complement one another. if contradiction occurs, those duties are incomplete & should be modified so that instead of contending against each other they work together like two stallions pulling the car of life harmoniously & uniformly to one happy goal.”
friday is ruled by venus, planet of our earthly delights, the things that we in-joy thanks to our embodied beingness—art, music, food, love, nature. now that venus is, after a six-week retrograde period, during which we hopefully re-envisioned our venus experience, it’s time to apply what we learned to our venus agenda. what new role is, for example, art or love going to play in your life, or how are you going to show up differently in your lived venusian experience?
& 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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