Stop & Smell the Roses
Moon is in Taurus + it's Mars' day: Channel your inner Ferdinand & IN-joy your earthly existence; wield flowers rather than swords.
it's tuesday, april 1, & moon is in taurus, in the starspace called krittika. taurus vibrates with the frequency of just wanting to IN-joy the material comforts of the life we have created—after all the doing of aries, we are invited to just be. taurus is the bull of the zodiac—not the huffing & puffing, snorting & fighting kinda bull, but the ferdinand kind, who just wants to take in the beauty of his garden, smell the flowers. taurus is ruled by venus, planet of our earthly pleasures, which includes those that come from our people. our earthly existence is largely venusian, so why not IN-joy what we can while we can?
krittika comes from the sanskrit verb kṛt (कृत्), which means "to cut," & is ruled by agni, primordial fire. fire is multifaceted: it can inflame us with desire/passion that leaves us perpetually longing; it can inspire us to create; it can consume, as digestive fires or a sacrificial fire does; it can can shine a light on ignorance/darkness, illuminate, bring focus & clarity. used by a surgeon, a knife (scalpel) can can pierce & cut away, burn away, disease; by a lunatic on a rampage it can wound, maybe mortally. how are you going to use the fire element today? what are you going to burn away, cut away to yield more clarity, greater integrity?
it's the fourth lunar day (tithi), the fourth phase of the waxing moon, which is associated with ganesh, bringer & remover of obstacles, so expect hurdles to jump over & the ability to jump over them. it is said that the combo of this tithi when moon is waxing + tuesday is auspicious, will bring "sukha" (happiness). it's a good day to chant to ganesh (but you do that every day, right?), fast & worship him with red flowers & sandalwood paste for blessings of good fortune & good health.
tuesday is ruled by mars, who can be a bit of a bull himself, ready to paw the earth & kick up dust, get into a scuffle, act without thinking. mars is still, just barely, in gemini, where he can, if he's not careful, wield words like swords. so let's do be careful, be more ferdinand than bull in a china shop, smell the roses rather than trash the garden.
TL;DR
after all the doing of aries, we get to just be under the sway of taurus. • what do you get to burn away, cut away to yield greater clarity & integrity? • obstacles are meant for overcoming—you got this! • think before you speak lest your words become swords.
& that’s your daily bliss! IN-joy! 🌒🙏✨
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