The Doorstep Mile
Moon is in Aries + it's Mars' day: Aries is ruled by Mars, so it's a double-good day to act courageously, to take bold steps forward, own your firepower.
it's tuesday, february 4, & moon is in aries, in the starspace (pie slice of aries sky) called ashwini until about 9 a.m. mountain time, then bharani. aries is the sign of personal authenticity, entrepreneurship, bravely going where we've never gone before. it's where we get to start a new project or new business, plant our flag on mars, say, "i am here!" as we know, the first step is the hardest, but nothing happens without that first step, without just starting.
“the norwegians have a phrase that encapsulates the difficulty of starting a journey. those masters of tough expeditions have put a name to the struggle of setting out from your warm, comfortable, familiar house into the cold, uncomfortable, frightening outdoors." they refer to it as dørstokkmila—the doorstep mile." the doorstep mile is "is the longest mile of any journey. crossing the threshold & beginning. & yet it is nothing more than one single step.” (from "the doorstep mile," by alastair humphreys)
just start. take that first step.
bharani is where we get to own the truth & consequences of our actions & make amends or readjustments if necessary. for example, if you charged full-steam ahead under the horsepower of ashwini (see yesterday's post for ashwini), thrilled by speed, maybe you didn't end up where you meant to go, or maybe you inadvertently dissed some people, didn't take their needs into consideration, in the process. no problem! just fess up & recalibrate, reorient.
it's the seventh lunar day (tithi), the seventh phase of the waxing moon, which supports us by giving us courage & steadiness of mind, self-command, all of which involve effort, "tapas"—they don't come easy, but nothing worthwhile comes easy, isn't it? speaking of not easy, this tithi is ruled by indra, who learned some hard lessons in humility. which means that we, too, may be confronted with situations that teach us to surrender if our heads get indra-big, we may have to bend a knee. but/& this is all in our best interest, all meant to keep us on track, doing our duty, fulfilling our responsibilities.
tuesday is ruled by mars, who also rules aries, so it's a double-good day to tap into our firepower, our courage, act boldly, do something hard—but look where we're going.
TL;DR
the first step is always the hardest—you got this! • own the consequences of your actions & recalibrate/apologize if necessary. • master yourself by yourself or the universe may do it for you • courage, my friends!
& that’s your daily bliss! IN-joy! 🌓🙏✨
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