Shaking Our Snow Globe
Moon is in Aquarius + it's Mercury's day: Be visionary & be playful.
it's wednesday, may 21, & moon is in aquarius, in the starspace called purvabhadra. aquarius is an air sign ruled by both saturn & rahu, which brings thinking & sharing (air), discipline (saturn) & innovation (rahu) into the realm of serving the greater good, as aquarius is the eleventh sign of the natural zodiac. the forward-thinking abraham lincoln, karl marx, sri ramakrishna, alfred hitchcock & alexander graham bell were all aquarians. b/c saturn also rules capricorn, the twelfth house from aquarius, too much humility can be the downside, playing too small, not feeling seen. that's why leo, who reminds us to roar, be seen, shine like the sun, is opposite. what's your vision?
purvabhadra is ruled by aja ekapad, the cosmic form of agni, sacred fire. its shakti, or superpower, is firing up our spiritual aspirations. we may experience a lightning strike (more fire) of "aha" as awareness of deep subconscious patterns yields profound insights. spiritual transformation comes through purification, through tapas, the heat of effort & discipline.
“tapas is self-discipline, not self-torture. it is right effort, not more effort.”—swami satchidananda
it's the ninth lunar day (tithi), the ninth phase of the waning moon, which, speaking of tapas, transformation & subconscious patterns, is ruled by the nagas, divine serpent beings who help us look deeply into our nature to extract wisdom, transform the negative into the positive. expect more of an inward than outward pull today & go with that.
wednesday is ruled by mercury, whose key words are "curiosity," "communication" & "playfulness." he learns by doing—just for the fun of it—& wants to tell everyone about the experience afterward. how might you tap into your curiosity, communication & playfulness today? how much fun might you have?
bonus track: rahu has just or is about to (it's complicated; i'll spare you for now) move into aquarius, bringing hunger & confusion into whatever area of life, whichever house, aquarius represents for each of us for the next eighteen months. it's time to build new muscles, expand the skill-set of that house, work through that karma. & it just might feel uncomfortable, just might feel like the snow globe of our life has been vigorously shaken. so be warned but don't worry: the blizzard will be dissipated by clarity if we do our work. meanwhile, IN-joy the unique beauty of each of those snowflakes.
TL;DR
serving humbly does not mean losing yourself. • spiritual transformation comes with tapas, tapas & more tapas. • probe your depths. • learn by having fun doing.
& that’s your daily bliss! IN-joy! 🌗🙏✨
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