No Secrets, No Lies
Moon is in Libra + it's Mars' day: Don't hide who you are, says Taylor Swift; pause, lest you react rather than respond.
it's tuesday, january 21, & moon is in libra, in the starspace (the pie slice of libra sky) called chitra until late morning, then swati. after tidying up our life to create a little more joy under the sway of virgo, we want to kick up our heels & IN-joy under the sway of sociable, relationshipy libra. the key to doing that is to be able to show up in our full authenticity, be real, be honest with our people. not hide who we are or what we need in order to be liked, in order to keep the peace, stay on good terms with friends or lovers or family members or business associates.
"i don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you."—taylor swift
chitra (see yesterday's post for more) brings a lesson about the work-in-progress that each of us is. swati brings a lesson about spreading our influence (i.e., press "send" on that newsletter) in all directions, but/& about focusing our energy so it doesn't dissipate on the wind. swati is, after all, ruled by vayu, the god of the wind & hanuman's dad, & hanuman was famously able to focus his inner winds, his prana, his energy, to serve rama, the one he was devoted to. tuesday is hanuman's day—go forth & conquer with devotion!
it's the eighth lunar day (tithi), the eighth phase of the waning moon, which means the moon is half-dark, half-light, like one of those black-&-white cookies new york bakeries were once famous for. it's a good day to embrace both our darkness (our shadow) & our light (our gifts), both the things we're ashamed of & those we're proud of, to grok that the one informs the other, that they are, you might say, codependent—no light without darkness, no darkness without light.
tuesday is ruled by mars, our inner action hero, who is retrograde in gemini, sign of ideas & communication, while gemini's ruler, mercury, is opposite in sagittarius. which means mars & merc are staring each other down, shining their light on each other. thought & action are sort of duking it out. who's going to win? mars likes to do, not dwell, & being in retrograde motion gives him an opportunity to pause, turn inward, think before he acts. so we, too, get to pause so we can respond with intention rather than react in an unintentional way.
TL;DR
the only way to be truly in relationship is to show up as your authentic self, • work on yourself, then spread your influence. • being authentic means owning both our darkness & our light. • even action heroes need a timeout.
& that’s your daily bliss! IN-joy! 🌗🙏✨
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