Look Before You Leap
Moon is in Cancer, then Leo + it's Mars' day: Embrace the purest forms of feminine & masculine energy, fight FOR not AGAINST something.
it's tuesday, march 11, & moon is in cancer, in the starspace called ashlesha, until midafternoon mountain time & then leaps into leo & the starspace called magha. cancer is infused with the energy of the moon, the purest, most sattvic expression of the feminine; leo with the energy of the sun, the purest, most sattvic expression of the masculine. "energy" is the key word here, not "sex." think yin & yang, passive & active, receiving & doing, rather than man or woman, male or female. we are each infused with both energies, to a greater or lesser extent, have access to both energies, although one might be more challenging for us to access than the other. (for a deeper dive into this topic, check out jeanie manchester's podcast "evolutionary women" with tantrica kavitha chinnaiyan.)
the end of cancer & the beginning of leo is a sort of no man's land, or, um, no star land, where planets & luminaries are unsupported. it's called a gandanta & it's where our karmic issues can make a surprise appearance. so be prepared, not surprised. address what arises & be gentle with yourself this afternoon.
ashlesha (more on magha tomorrow, but you might start thinking about how you are or are not being as mighty as you might be) gives us the power to embrace the poisons in our life & transform them into wisdom by inquiring into what they're here to teach us. we can either learn from our history or be doomed to repeat it. karmic issues are never one & done, but we can keep making the effort to untie their knot &, eventually but inevitably, we will free ourselves from them, stop repeating history.
it's the thirteenth lunar day (tithi), the thirteenth phase of the waxing moon, which is presided over by sarvamangala devi, whose name means "all-auspicious one." swami sivananda has said that on this tithi "nature assists the worshipper in waking up from his mental deep sleep & in becoming aware of the fourth state (turiya)," our sense/experience of our truest true nature. what insights might you receive today?
tuesday is ruled by mars, who gives us our fighting spirit, our ability, ideally, to fight the good fight not just fight for the sake of fighting. fighting FOR something, being on the offensive, is more powerful than fighting AGAINST something, being on the defensive. what are you FOR?
TL;DR
when it comes to the divine feminine & the divine masculine, it’s not one or the other but both/&. • learn the lesson so you don’t have to repeat your history + ponder your mightiness. • it’s a good day to wake the “f” up. • what would you fight for?
& that’s your daily bliss! IN-joy! 🌔🙏✨
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spot on!