Visibility Is the Source of Our Greatest Strength

it’s friday, june 12, moon is in aries, in the starspace called bharaṇī, it’s the thirteenth phase of the waning moon & venus’ day.

 

focus of attention

aries is where sun (who is now in taurus, about to move into gemini) is exalted, shines bright as bright, is authentically visible in every which direction, doesn’t shrink from being seen. aries wants us to boldly show our truest face, own our uniqueness, our authenticity, let the whole world see it, be a stand for ourselves.

“in the cause of silence, each of us draws the face of her own fear—fear of contempt, of censure, or some judgment, or recognition, of challenge, of annihilation. but most of all, i think, we fear the visibility without which we cannot truly live. … & that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.”—audre lorde

if you are not being your most authentic self, you might ask yourself why, what are you afraid of?

what’s the best that might happen if you let yourself be truly seen, if you weren’t afraid to shine?

 

mental/emotional direction

bharaṇī is ruled by yama, lord of death, of transformation. its superpower is the ability to take things away with the waters, as in the river of life, as in being in the flow, as in we can never step into the same river twice—it is always moving, in a state of flux. this nakshatra brings a lesson about letting what wants to fall away fall away, die, so we are available for something new. it allows us to circumvent/overcome obstacles the way a river flows around, isn’t intimidated by, boulders in its path.

how can you flow like a river, never looking back? what are you clinging to that is preventing you from moving forward? how liberating might it be to stop trying to control & let be what wants to be, trust life?

 

emotional support

the thirteenth lunar day (tithi), the thirteenth phase of the waning moon, boosts auspiciousness & does the opposite to the opposite—yay! this tithi is ruled by kamadeva, the hindu cupid, so love could very well be in the air, but a mature love, a compassionate love. it can speed up spiritual growth, which may come by embracing relationship hiccups, issues that get to be addressed—maturely, compassionately.

 

quality of energy

friday is venus’  day, which means indulging (in a healthy way!) our love of love, art, beauty & luxury. which may be challenging for the next few months as venus is kind of asleep at the wheel—we may be dissatisfied with the venusian spheres of life, project our dissatisfaction onto others—oh, my! venus is also now in proximity to exalted jupiter, who is bigly inspiring our heart energy, but/& he can inspire too bigly, to the point of, um, delusion,

so we get to keep it real, work harder to appreciate our great good fortune, including, especially, our people.

🌘🙏✨

the daily bliss is 100% human generated! the act of creation is intrinsic to being human—when we give up our agency to create, we cease, little by little, to be fully human.

may it allow you to align with the day’s cosmic energy so you can find & create a little (or a lot!) more bliss in your life.

p.s. jyotish is the science of light—if you want to shine more light on your life, click here to book a session with me.