it’s tuesday, january 28, & moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called uttarashadha, & we have a new moon before sunrise tomorrow in the starspace called shravana. while sagittarius vibrates with the frequency of hope & inspiration, capricorn vibrates with the frequency of practicality, of taking action, of making sure our hope doesn’t turn into hopium, that our inspiration isn’t spirited away. under the sway of capricorn, we get to bring the heavenly, the ethereal down to earth, ground it, solidify it, give it weight & mass.
uttarashadha is the counterpart to yesterday’s purvashadha, the later (uttara) victory after the early (purva) victory, solidifying, you might say, what we already started. whereas purva helps us flow toward our goal, uttara brings us home. if we were kayaking on a river, purva is the put in, uttara the take out.
shravana is the star of deep listening & invites us to pull our precious faculties of attention away from the external to the internal, so we can hear the sound of our innermost being, the music of wisdom emanating from source, flowing within. “shravana” can also be translated as “to flow,” as in being in the flow of the sound that is eternal, of the nectar that flows eternally within us.
it’s the fifteenth lunar day (tithi), the fifteenth phase of the waning moon, which is the dark moon, at the end of which there’s a new moon. this particular new moon is known as mauni amavasya, the silent new moon, & it underscores & amplifies shravana’s invitation to get very very very quiet, to turn in in in, so we can connect to the source of our beingness, to our essential essence.
tuesday is ruled by mars, who loves to take action, move in the external world, is full of energy. & he’s in retrograde motion (yes, still!), so we might not be feeling so energetic, which is perfect, b/c mars aspects the new moon, discouraging us from being out in the world, encouraging us to, giving us courage (!) to dive deeper in.
more on the new moon tomorrow, but in the meanwhile, try to limit external & internal distractions—unnecessary activities, the ongoing narratives in your head. take some time out today to cultivate silence. silence doesn’t mean it ain’t gonna be intense: silence brings purification that facilitates powerful transformation & transcendence!
& 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.
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