Break On Through

New Moon in Gemini/Ārdrā brings storm warnings, & storms bring opportunities for transformation, to wash away emotional stuckness & trauma.

it's wednesday, june 25, & moon is in gemini, in the starspace (pie slice of gemini sky) called ārdrā, where the new moon an hour before sunrise initiated the next lunar cycle. new moon represents the union of the divine feminine (moon) & the divine masculine (sun), the two coming together, as happens in nature, to plant a seed for new life. this month it's a sort of threesome, with jupiter joining the party in ārdrā, but/& sooooo close to the sun that he's being disappeared behind & also getting crisped by sun's rays.

⛈️ ārdrā is associated with sati, shiva's consort & the poster girl for self-immolation, & is ruled by the storm god rudra, a fierce form of already fierce shiva. &&&&&& sati rules the amsha (portion) of the D20 (chart of spiritual progress) where not only sun, moon & jupiter dwell right now, but mars as well.

🔥 sati's dad, daksha, held a huge party & invited everyone—all the rishis & gods in the world—except shiva, whom he despised, & sati, b/c of her association with him. shiva refused to go where he wasn't wanted, but sati defied him & her dad & went anyway. she got into a thing with her dad at the party & torched herself to send him a powerful message.

💪 ārdrā's power is effort (yatna shakti), the ability to achieve our goal.

☀️ sun represents the individual ego & also purifies whatever it touches, burns away illusions, brings clarity.

🧐 gemini's ruler, mercury, is in cancer, where logic is being overwhelmed by emotions, where our ability to think clearly can't get purchase in those fluctuating waters.

🌎 rahu in aquarius is putting an emphasis on the greater good rather than our individual good.

⛷️jupiter combust by sun in airy gemini may be getting ahead of his skis, being overly optimistic, blindly believing.

soooo:

• put on your seatbelts & expect inner & outer turbulence, to be cleared & cleansed as rain storms do, be transformed like dark skies into bright ones—night will become the day.

• plan for emotional breakthroughs, not break downs—to recognize & release trauma & stuckness so you can evolve.

• beware impulsivity—allow rather than force.

• remember that it's all about the journey, not the destination—"by any means necessary" does not apply!

• take sati's lesson to heart: don't burn bridges, don't sacrifice yourself for people who aren't worthy.

• sit with your goal, don't be in a rush, make sure it's soul- rather than ego-aligned.

what are you going to, how are you going to, manifest with this energy?

wishing you a blessed new moon!

& that’s your daily bliss! IN-joy! 🌑🙏✨

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