it’s friday, may 8, moon is in capricorn, in the starspace called uttarāṣāḍha until mid-ish-morning, then śravaṇa, it’s the seventh phase of the waning moon & venus’ day.
capricorn is ruled by mature & serious saturn, who is kind of our life coach, reminds us of our priorities & gives us assignments to keep us accountable, keeps our nose pressed to the proverbial grindstone. capricorn is the tenth sign/house of the natural zodiac, where we pay attention to our public-facing self, to our career & other duties & responsibilities.
if you were your own life coach, how would you counsel yourself? are you shirking your responsibilities? how would you ask for accountability?
uttarāṣāḍha gives us a coupla more hours to tap into the abundance of our gifts/powers/resources (our own & those of others) to finish what we started.
śravaṇa invites us to speak less & listen more, to drop into the wisdom of our innermost most-innermost heart rather than relying on the opinions, etc. of others. planetary ruler moon gives us the power of intuition, or, rather, reminds us of it, of our deep, essential knowing. ruling deity vishnu connects, sustains & nourishes, is the pervading energy of all that is, helps us to see sameness rather than difference in others (we are each drops in the ocean of consciousness & are the ocean itself), to see with divine knowledge & equal vision a brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, & an outcast, as krishna counseled arjuna in the bhagavad gita (chapter 5, verse 8).
what might your soul tell you if you got quiet enough to really listen? what wisdom might you receive?
the seventh lunar day (tithi), the seventh phase of the waning moon, is, speaking of taskmaster saturn, ruled by him & by indra. saturn is said to be the only planet that can master fickle moon, so he helps to keep us on track, reminds us of our karmic payload. indra, who knew well that pride goeth before the fall, keeps us humble, helps us surrender. b/c if we don’t keep ourself on track today, external forces just may.
got enough self-discipline? got enough humility?
friday is ruled by venus, planet of love & other human pleasures, so do get those on, but/& also ask yourself how you might transform your life, put a shine on it, by being in the flow state of love.
in the loneliness of sonia & sunny, a novel about the longing for romantic connection, author kiran desai writes, “if you had love, it lent its shine & tenderness to all things, & if you did not have love, the lack dulled every quarter of your existence.” but “love is not a relationship,” said osho. “love is a state of being.”
& 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.
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.
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