it’s tuesday, december 2, & moon is in aries & will probs be in the starspace called bharaṇī when you read this. aries is ruled by courageous mars & it’s where sun is exalted, acts with utmost intelligence, isn’t afraid to shine. under the sway of aries, which is the first sign of the natural zodiac, we’re not afraid to show up authentically, be different, be first, go where no one has gone before. think neil armstrong stepping boldly onto the moon (we won’t debate whether that really happened or not!) & planting a flag, staking his/our claim. think about stepping boldly onto the earth yourself, planting your feet, staking your claim, owning who you are, all you can be.
neil was actually an aries & had insatiable & fearless rahu, the north node, in aries & his mars in taurus, the next house, source of rahu’s food. ya can’t make this stuff up!
while neil said, “that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” we get to take a big step, a giant leap for ourselves & say, “this is me!”
what would it mean for you to stake your claim to being your most authentic you, shine courageously?
bharaṇī comes from the sanskrit verb that means “to bear,” as in childbearing (it is, after all, symbolized by the yoni, the womb) & as in bearing the consequences of our actions, like, um, bringing a child into the world & having to feed & clothe & educate them, deal with their emotional ups & downs. if we’ve been too headstrong (think a ram, symbol of aries, with head down, not looking where he’s going), moved too quickly (think all the horsepower of yesterday’s asterism, aśvinī), we’ll have some perhaps unpleasant results to deal with, so we get to own them & make amends if necessary, reorient.
it’s the thirteenth lunar day (tithi), the thirteenth phase of the waxing moon, which is said to remove all shortcomings & increase all good juju. as moon gets closer to fullness (only two tithis to go!), so our consciousness does, as “nature assists the worshipper in waking up from his mental deep sleep,” wrote swami sivananda. this tithi also resonates with the energy of mars, producing siddha yoga, a combo for accomplishment. what will you accomplish today? how much more awake might you feel?
tuesday is ruled by mars, our inner action hero, who is still in his (other) home sign of scorpio, giving us courage to boldly deal with our own psychic morass rather than project our issues onto others.
& 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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