uttara ashadha

It’s an A-Side, B-Side Kinda Day

it's friday, june 13, & moon is in sagittarius, in the starspace called pūrvāṣāḍhā until about noon, then uttarāṣāḍhā. sagittarius reminds us of our highest purpose, our reason for being, our dharma, our righteous path through life. one of my long-ago teachers once pointed out that the serial-killing forensic expert, dexter, in "dexter" was just [...]

2025-06-13T07:40:31-06:00June 13th, 2025|daily bliss|

September 9th’s dollop of dharma courtesy of the moon!

it's monday, september 9, & moon is in the starspace called uttara ashadha, which is partly in sagittarius but mostly in capricorn. this asterism creates a bridge of consciousness between the different energies of those two signs: in sagittarius we connect to our belief system, which may or may not entail religion or spirituality, & [...]

2019-09-09T13:40:07-06:00September 9th, 2019|daily bliss|

August 13th’s dollop of dharma courtesy of the moon!

it's tuesday, august 13, & moon is in the starspace called uttara ashdha. the first few degrees of this asterism are in sagittarius, the remainder in capricorn, creating a bridge between the inspiration & hope of the former & the practicality & discipline of the latter. time to begin putting your inspiration to work, to [...]

2019-08-13T15:04:21-06:00August 13th, 2019|daily bliss|

July 17th’s dollop of dharma courtesy of the moon!

it's wednesday, july 17, & moon is in capricorn, moving from the starspace of uttara ashadha this morning into the starspace of shravana this afternoon. capricorn wants us to get real, deal with the practicalities of life, be disciplined about our routines. eeeegads, i went way overboard on mercury, below, so, in a nutshell: uttara [...]

2019-07-17T13:06:26-06:00July 17th, 2019|daily bliss|

June 19th’s dollop of dharma courtesy of the moon!

it's wednesday, june 19, & moon is in the starspace called uttara ashadha, which is partly in sagittarius but mostly in capricorn. this is where the inspiration & optimism of sagittarius become serious business, become commitment & resolve in capricorn. uttara ashadha is the counterpart to yesterday's purva ashadha—the glimpse we caught yesterday of our [...]

2019-06-19T13:29:57-06:00June 19th, 2019|daily bliss|

May 23rd’s dollop of dharma courtesy of the moon!

it's thursday, may 23, & moon is in capricorn in the starspace called uttara ashadha. if uttara ashadha sounds familiar, that's because it's the complement to yesterday's purva ashadha. "ashadha" means unsubduable (not sure if that's a word!), that which cannot be repressed; this energy reminds us of our highest purpose, our highest expression of [...]

2019-05-23T14:27:56-06:00May 23rd, 2019|daily bliss|
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