it's thursday, june 11, moon is in aries, in the starspace called aśvinī, it's the eleventh phase of the waning moon & jupiter's day. focus of attention aries is ruled by fiery mars, who wants to act, get 'er done, make something happen, & who sometimes acts first & thinks later. the upside is [...]
it's thursday, june 12, & moon is in sagittarius, in the starspace called mūla until midmorning, then pūrvāṣāḍhā. sagittarius vibrates with the frequency of the big picture. it's where we zoom out & stop fretting the small stuff (we did enough of that in scorpio, no?!), which is not to emotion-shame anyone (including myself!), just [...]
it's thursday, september 19, & moon is in pisces, in the starspace called revati. pisces creates an environment for knowing no separation—ultimately no separation between us & god, the ineffable, sublime consciousness, however you define the indefinable, when the soul is totally at peace. while that is a metaphysical experience, we can experience it, or [...]
it's wednesday, september 11, & moon moves from scorpio into sagittarius this morning without support or transport, makes the leap from the starspace called jyeshtha (which ends where scorpio does) into mula (which starts where sag does) like evel knievel. the transition from scorpio into sagittarius is one from fear & paranoia into hopefulness, & [...]
it's tuesday, july 2, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called krittika. while aries is all about do-do-doing, taurus is about be-be-being—for taurus vibrates with the frequency of contentment, with being good with what we've got & where we are. taurus is an earth sign, which orients us toward the material. nothing wrong [...]
it's friday, march 15, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called rohini. taurus vibrates with the frequency of contentment, santosha. "santosha" comes from the sanskrit verb "tush" (तुष्), which means "to be satisfied or pleased with." with what? with whatever! it is the state of needing or missing nothing, which shri brahmananda sarasvati [...]
it's wednesday, january 17, & moon is in pisces, in the starspace called revati. pisces vibrates with the frequency of our inner space journey, our connection to all that is. it's where we want the experience of what lies beyond this mortal coil without actually giving up our mortality. as my teacher sam geppi has [...]
it's friday, september 1, & moon is in pisces, in the starspace called uttarabhadra. while aquarius vibrates with the frequency of humanitarianism, of selfless service, of improving the world, pisces vibrates with the frequency of surrendering our entire self, of merging back into the cosmic ocean from which we emerged at birth. yeah, i know! [...]
it's thursday, august 10, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called rohini. taurus is the second house of the natural zodiac, which means the zodiac that begins in the sky with aries, not the one that begins for each of us with our rising sign. the second house is associated with, among other [...]
it's tuesday, march 30, & moon is in virgo, in the starspace called hasta. the environment of virgo, thanks to its tamasic nature, is one in which we want to protect ourselves from, defend ourselves against, anything untoward happening to us. thus we create routines & protocols to keep us safe & healthy—physically, financially, etc. [...]
it's monday, february 27, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called rohini. taurus vibrates with the frequency of contentment, which is called "santosha" in sanskrit & is one of the niyamas. while the five yamas are guidelines for how to be with others, how to interact with the world around us, the five [...]
it's wednesday, february 22, & moon is in pisces, in the starspace called uttarabhadra. in the environment of pisces we want to surrender into the mystery of all that is, we begin to realize that we are not a drop in the ocean but the ocean in a drop, as rumi said. the key to [...]
it's monday, november 28, & moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called shravana. saturn-ruled capricorn vibrates with the frequency of getting serious about our lives, of transmuting the inspiration of sagittarius into action, into forward motion. in the environment of capricorn we are reminded that time is finite, that we each get only so [...]
it's thursday, november 24, & moon is in scorpio, in the starspace called jyeshtha. in the environment of scorpio, the struggle is real. the struggle is between heart & head, between surrender & ego, between trust & control, between pure love & our emotions. our emotions are driven by our desires, which come from our [...]
it's tuesday, november 1, & moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called shravana. in the environment of capricorn, we feel the pressure of time but not necessarily the pressure to act quickly. capricorn plays the long game, but playing the long game does mean having a game plan to start with & implementing it [...]
it's thursday, october 20, & moon is in leo, in the starspace called magha. while cancer vibrates with the frequency of the divine feminine, which is what we've been experiencing for the last couple of days, leo vibrates with the opposite, with the frequency of the divine masculine. overnight the cosmic energy shifted from internal [...]
it's wednesday, october 5, & moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called shravana. in the environment of capricorn, we feel the pressure of time, its limited nature. the fact is that we get only so many breaths in this incarnation & we don't know how many that is. some people feel like they have [...]
it's tuesday, july 26, & moon is in gemini, in the starspace called ardra. while in western astrology the symbol of gemini is twins, in vedic astrology it's a male & female couple, which represents our dual nature, our embodiment of the divine masculine & divine feminine, our innate desire & ability to see all [...]
it's thursday, july 14, & moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called uttarashadha for a wee bit of time this morning then moves into shravana. capricorn vibrates with the frequency of getting serious about our lives. in the environment of capricorn we realize how extraordinary it is, given all the possibilities, to have been [...]
it's wednesday, july 6, & moon is in virgo, in the starspace called hasta. in the environment of virgo, perfectionism comes to the fore—we won't rest until every aspect of our life, including ourself, is shipshape. we get to remember that perfect is an illusion, an unattainable goal. it's ok to hew toward that goal, [...]