As September arrives, so does a unique planetary configuration known as Kala Sarpa Yoga. Once the Sun moves to the other side of Rahu, towards the edge of Leo on September 4th, a unique planetary yoga occurs. Many astrologers are talking about the various effects of this upcoming four month period when all planets will be scissored in between Rahu and Ketu. This unique combination will continue until late December, once Mars moves to the other side of Ketu. This is unique yoga called Kala Sarpa, The Serpent of Time. It will intensify each month as Moon enters Leo and moves into Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and through Aquarius. Moon mirrors and magnifies, so issues provoked by these signs and the planets in these signs, will be amplified as a result. Kala Sarpa Yoga's effects intensify the planetary combinations at play as all planets are essentially "hemmed in" by the malefic shadow nodes, Rahu and Ketu. The types of Kala Sarpa and the effects of this combination are widely disputed- probably because the nodes themselves bring confusion and uncertainty. Read more about this challenging planetary effect The eclipse portal continues until mid month, provoking another delicate layer of planetary effects. With all the elements of the masculine, father, power, purpose and empowerment that have been stirred and provoked over the past few months as multiple planets have moved through Leo, the September new Moon marks a poignant time of closure. What themes have you been healing with your father wounds? What is your intention moving forward? How can you honor your masculine needs with action steps, clarity, creativity? What does right-relationship with your power and dharmic purpose look like? Feel like? Read more about the waxing Moon cycle and this unique eclipse portal Mercury Retrograde- Mercury in Leo Mercury will go retrograde in its sign of exaltation on August 30th. Mercury will be exalted in Virgo (not in its mulitrikona degrees) during this retrograde. An exalted retrograde planet becomes debilitated, impacting the expression of the planet and turning it inward, rather than outward. For over a week, the mental body will be on a unique, inward journey. On September 9th, Mercury will re-enter Leo, joining Sun and Rahu here. This will bring the mind more clarity and external focus, while supporting a unique and innovative process. The retrograde journey of Mercury will impact finances and comforts primarily. It will ask you to look more closely at your needs for financial support and stability, as well as self expression and communication. These themes are specifically tied to your visibility, empowerment and ego at this time. It is a cycle to re-visit and re-evalute your needs. You may find yourself re-visiting conversations, connections and communication until he goes direct on September 22nd. Use this time to clarify your sense of power and purpose. Seek clarity with your words and think outside the box in terms of getting seen and noticed in more creative and potent ways. Once Mercury goes direct in Leo, he won't re-enter Virgo again until October 3rd. As he re-enters his sign of exaltation, he joins Jupiter and Sun as well. At this point, we may finally get the positive effects of an exalted Mercury, with the expansive wisdom of Jupiter and the illumination of the Sun to support the awareness. A strong mind will bring more clarity, purposeful communication and potent resources. For the benefits of exalted Mercury to be felt, it will require patience and strong intentions. Stay true to your direction and continue to take action towards goals and desires. Increased financial support will come with your diligence. Work consistently and pro-actively on clearing limiting beliefs and mental/emotional blockages during this cycle- all that is hindering your ability to step more powerfully into financial abundance. Gather resources and support for this process. Jupiter will be activating your expansion, but only with the right guidance and support. Sun in Virgo Multiple back to back planetary changes occur mid September with Sun’s transit into Virgo starting the change process. On September 16th mid morning, only a few hours prior to the full Moon in Pisces, Sun moves out of its favorite sign and into Virgo. Sun won’t re-enter Leo for another year. The focus of the past few months on Leo and multiple planets moving through this fire sign, begins to shift towards Virgo and its earth based energy. Currently Jupiter is making his year long passage through Virgo, and Venus is finishing up its month long journey of debilitation here. As Sun enters Virgo, Leo is on the horizon, which puts the Sun in the 2nd house of speech and communication. Themes of verbal mastery continue and the Sun illuminates this tendency. Speech and diplomacy are necessary in this coming cycle. Refine your speech and word choice. This impacts your relationships greatly. Relationship challenges will be mitigated by thoughtful and compassionate connections, words and honesty. The heart will require your patience and tenderness in the weeks to come. Integration and balance are essential. Passion and grief will both require equal attention and intention. Relationships will continue to be a place of learning and awakening- particularly emotionally and spiritually. Balance is essential. It may feel like you have one foot in and one foot out. This may bring a lack of clarity with your relationships. Understand that this is ultimately a reflection of your relationship with self. Are you in or out? Connected or disconnected? Embodied or numbed? Stay present, connected and in your body as much as possible. This is a powerful time to navigate your emotional body and use it as a resource for awakening. Connect heart and communication. Share authentically- but from a place of loving kindness. Learn the art of heart centered communication. This is a place that honors you as well as the recipient. Lead with your heart and this will create sustainable, lasting results. Full Moon in Pisces Just after Sun shifts into Virgo on September 16th, the full Moon in Pisces occurs with a penumbral lunar eclipse. This eclipse ends the unusually long eclipse portal that began on August 18th with an “almost” lunar eclipse. At the time of the full Moon (Purnima), the Moon has barely entered Pisces and will be under a degree- literally propping open the door between Aquarius and Pisces. This sandhi Moon is in very fragile and vulnerable territory, yet extremely spiritual as well. The penumbral lunar eclipse on the 16th will be visible in much of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Western South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic and Antarctica. It will not touch North America. The eclipse will begin at 10:54 am MDT, ending at 14:53 MDT. The maximum eclipse will occur at 12:54 pm MDT. From a Vedic perspective, it is not advised to be outside during the eclipse. Stay covered if you have to be out and about- especially your head and eyes. As the eclipse portal comes to a close, a release process is taking place. This may take several more days or weeks to integrate fully. Moon in Pisces and Purvabhadrapada nakshatra during the time of the full Moon amplifies themes of release and letting go during the coming waning cycle. Pisces correlates to the 12th house of the zodiac, the final bhava (house) of the jyotish chart, connected to endings, release, transformation and retreats. It is the house of marriage (a transformational process) and finality. The 12th house is also connected to the ancestors because it is a house of death, endings and release. The next step is the spirit world. Read more about the September Full Moon and Penumbral Eclipse Mars in Sagittarius On the heels of the full Moon, Mars moves into Sagittarius after months of being in a tense, pressurized dance with Saturn in Scorpio. The tight conjunction of Saturn and Mars in Scorpio has been provoking tests, lessons and all out war, since Mars began his Scorpio transit late February of this year. He has since danced back into Libra and returned to Scorpio to finish off his tempestuous battle with his enemy, Saturn. Mars finally leaves Scorpio on September 17th, when most of us will finally get to take a long sigh of relief. This battle between opposing forces has occurred in the vulnerable sign of Scorpio, digging up your deepest, darkest and most challenging personal mythology. As Mars moves into Sagittarius, he lands in the chaos inducing nakshatra, Mula. This is Nirrti’s domain, the goddess of adharma. Her job is to pull you off your dharmic path, provoking chaos, turmoil and challenges simultaneously. This roughly three week period of Mars in Mula (until October 8th) will orchestrate uprooting, changes and release. Transformation of any kind brings turmoil, so understand that this is the nature of this time period. Simplify everything. Notice where you are addicted to the chaos. Are you creating it? Instigating the turmoil? Mula also has the propensity for great healing- as old pain and darkness is removed and released. You are creating space within your being right now- consciously or unconsciously. Be intentional about what you are filling yourself up with. What are you moving towards? What are you saying yes to? The transit of Mars through Sagittarius lasts until November 1st, marking a time of powerful healing and change. Mars is the warrior planet. He acts, moves, creates and activates. He supports powerful movement and momentum as he makes great strides through this fire sign. Passion is activated- channel this effectively and use it authentically. Touch your power in potent ways and use it to build momentum. Pursue dharma with steady, consistent steps. Use your emotional body wisdom to heal and gain awareness. It is your emotional body that is supporting your change. These changes will be felt on the mental and physical body levels as well. The mind is a powerful resource for healing and transformation. Focus your efforts on using your thoughts, words and stories to connect and co-create. Relationships will support this process. Passion is activated and enlivened. There is a lot of life force energy moving at this time; be intentional with how you use it and who you use it with. Endings are provoked, while simultaneously beginnings arrive. What are you letting go of in order to make space for more of what you want and need? Gather the resources, support and guidance that you need for more stability, support and wholeness. Venus in Libra Ending three days of back to back transits, Venus shifts to its mulitrikona sign, Libra, on September 18th. This cycle is relationship oriented and will ask you to address feelings and emotions connected to loss, separation, release and transformation. There is an uprooting process taking place that will require letting go of the old. What you let go impacts your sense of comfort and safety, as well as security. Are you clinging to outworn people, relationships and experiences because it feels safer then letting them go? It's imperative that you cut away the excess, the frivolous and the unnecessary. Clean, clear and purge your relationships and emotions so that you can create space for the new to enter. Refine your speech and communication so that you can speak more authentically and from a place that honors your feelings more fully. Speak powerfully from your heart. There will naturally be grief emerging in this Venus cycle. Your ability to honor your emotional body will impact the level of joy you receive in return. Where are you resisting your feelings? How can you deepen your relationship with your emotional body? Trust this process of breaking open that is occurring in your heart right now. Crack open so the light can enter. Be truly authentic with your heart wisdom and allow spirit to support your process of awakening in the weeks to come. Seek integration and balance with self and others, inner and outer, spirit world and human world. *Horoscopes are based on your Vedic (sidereal) rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your Western sign (Tropical) as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart. Aries: Digest, assimilate and process. Attend to your gut intelligence right now as it’s able to help you transform past experiences, emotions and sensory input. Grief and your emotional body begin to stabilize later in the month, but it’s essential that you honor this cycle of release and letting go. As Venus shifts into your 7th house, stability, integration and balance arrive. Use your pelvis as a grounding resource. Honor and attend to relationships very consciously. They are a mirror for growth and deeper awareness about your needs. What is working? What is not working? What needs to shift and heal within you in order for more nourishment and support? The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your gains and empowerment. Trust your gut wisdom. Taurus: Some stability comes to relationships later in the month. Let the anger go. Move it. Change it. Underneath this is passion. Channel it and work diligently with sadness and grief. Heal relationships and use them as an awakening resource- a mirror of the self. Everything showing up is a powerful resource for inner change. Lean into the challenges and transform the heart pain into spiritual offerings. Let others into your pain and go deeper into your darkness. But be sure to use this as a resource for change, transformation and healing. The current Kala Sarpa yoga effects heart, home and career. Awaken through balancing giving and receiving. Gemini: Heart is expanding and finding more nourishment, let the illumination in later this month. Find balance and harmony with playfulness, romance and intuition. Use this as a resource for your offerings and how you share in this world. Digestion has been challenging and frustrating these past many months. Attend to constipation directly and honor this process of withholding through honoring Saturn and his requests. More stability and movement will be taking place later this month. Find your passion and connect with others! This current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your creativity and dharma directly. Use your challenges and turn them into gold by teaching others about what you are learning. Cancer: Get creative and lead with your heart. Find more stability and balance within your emotional body later this month. Turn challenges and obstacles with self power into resource. Speak, share, connect and co-create by leaning into your relationship with self. Digestion improves as Mars arrives into Sagittarius mid month. Use your words, voice and sounding to start the digestion process. What needs to be said? What do you need to voice and express? Where are you holding back from sharing your truth? Dig deep into your depths for this wisdom. The places that terrify you, the vulnerable parts of you, are your biggest resource. The Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your speech and vulnerability directly. Get comfortable with the discomfort. Leo: Self worth and self efforts gain some momentum later this month. Making money and self expression are a major focus right now. Channel your words into creative action after the 18th. Write, dance, paint, move, create. Relationships are a resource for your creativity. Share your spiritual insights and awareness. Heart and home find more stability in the second half of the month. It’s vital that you’re honoring your grief and emotional body pain simultaneously. Get clear on your offering in this world. Share your powerful wisdom and insights. This is your gift! The current Kala Sarpa yoga will impact you and relationships directly. Let the mirrors wake you up. Virgo: This is a powerful time of growth and expansion for you, even if there have been frustrations and setbacks simultaneously. You are refining your needs and finding a new sense of self and courage. Movement and momentum comes mid month. Seek stability, balance, integration and simplicity. Ground and honor your need for landing. How can you land more deeply within? Find nourishment and support with relationships. What are others teaching you about your need for intimacy and connection? The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your need for alone time and digestion. Find solace and sacred space- inside and out. Libra: Speaking and sharing your words becomes more refined as Mars leaves your 2nd house mid month. Focus on simple words and expression, but don’t hold back. There’s a tendency to resist sharing and connecting- especially from the heart. Lean into your emotional body very consciously and harvest the wisdom here. Then use it for full self expression. Work with release, endings, letting go. You are actively in a transformational cycle that supports closings. As you close doors, new one’s will open. Make space for the new. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your gains and sense of empowerment. Release the ego and make space for the unknown. Scorpio: The career pressure of the past many months begins to shift and ease once Sun moves away from Rahu on the 16th. A whole new way of being is arriving. Mars moves away from Saturn finally- giving some new clarity and stability to your head. Venus begs for more support mid month. Outer and inner need more integration. Continue to focus on communication- especially in relationships. You’re learning how to express yourself, your needs and wants, very authentically. Lead with your heart. Your vulnerability is your power. Continue to crack open. The current Kala Sarpa Yoga will impact career and heart in all the right places. Turn your pain into your offering. Sagittarius: Your life offering has the potential to expand and nourish you in more powerful ways. Pay attention to what feeds your heart. Let your light shine in the coming weeks and step into your power more consciously. Speak and connect through your knowledge and wisdom. Attend to solace and silence, grief and release. Connect with friends and relationships later this month for more integration and balance with inner and outer life. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your dharma and creativity directly. Move towards your passion and purpose, while fearlessly creating. Capricorn: Remarkable changes are occurring within you. You’ve been shining the light into some very dark and vulnerable territory for many months. Closure and release is taking place. Use the wisdom you’ve gathered on this powerful journey as a resource for your dharmic work. You learn best by teaching, so become both teacher and student very actively right now. Gains start to emerge and show up as you release the old and outworn patterns, behaviors and choices. Make space for what you really need and want. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your speech and nourishment, as well as your vulnerability. Ask for what you really need. Aquarius: Your depth gets deeper. Just when you thought you couldn’t peel back another layer, you find another trap door. Career finds some momentum and strength later this month. Stay connected to purpose. Focus on stability and steady steps. Relationships bring power and challenges simultaneously. Navigate choppy waters with dignity and clarity. Watch your words. Relationships are in fact an important teacher for you right now. Later this month, this increases and relationships will become a potent and powerful guru. Everything and everyone is a mirror of the self. You are waking up right now. Crack yourself wide open and lean into the challenges. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your relationships directly. Look in the mirror. Pisces: Relationships continue to be your biggest resource for growth, knowledge and wisdom. This amplifies later this month as Sun shifts into your 7th house. Dharma and life purpose are causing challenges and hardship. Use the challenge as a resource for awakening your passion. Share and connect, teach and advise, using the wisdom of your grief and pain. This is a resource for your spiritual awakening. Lean in closer. Momentum and action arrive with your offering and career once Mars moves to Sagittarius. Start putting your inner knowing into action. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your health and healing, as well as your need for retreat and solace. Use your alone time specifically for healing and awakening. Did you miss my special Heart Clearing Workshop? Part One is available for free, but only for a few more days. Listen Now
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Just after Sun shifts into Virgo on September 16th, the full Moon in Pisces occurs with a penumbral lunar eclipse. This eclipse ends the unusually long eclipse portal that began on August 18th with an “almost” lunar eclipse. At the time of the full Moon (Purnima), the Moon has barely entered Pisces and will be under a degree- literally propping open the door between Aquarius and Pisces. This sandhi Moon is in very fragile and vulnerable territory, yet extremely spiritual as well. The penumbral lunar eclipse on the 16th will be visible in much of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Western South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic and Antarctica. It will not touch North America. The eclipse will begin at 10:54 am MDT, ending at 14:53 MDT. The maximum eclipse will occur at 12:54 pm MDT. From a Vedic perspective, it is not advised to be outside during the eclipse. Stay covered if you have to be out and about- especially your head and eyes. As the eclipse portal comes to a close, a release process is taking place. This may take several more days or weeks to integrate fully. Moon in Pisces and Purvabhadrapada nakshatra during the time of the full Moon amplifies themes of release and letting go during the coming waning cycle. Pisces correlates to the 12th house of the zodiac, the final bhava (house) of the jyotish chart, connected to endings, release, transformation and retreats. It is the house of marriage (a transformational process) and finality. The 12th house is also connected to the ancestors because it is a house of death, endings and release. The next step is the spirit world. Purvabhadra is a constellation of integration, balance and harmonizing polarities. The ruling deity is Ajaikapada, a form of Shiva, Lord of the Dance. There is skillfulness with making money and doing challenging work. It is said that this constellation can cure the impossible. The symbol of this lunar constellation is a funeral cot, which speaks to themes of transformation, death and purification- all that is beyond the material plane of existence. Bhadra means auspicious in Sanskrit, while pada is foot. There is an ability to walk in two worlds- material and spiritual- through this constellation. These themes activate in the coming waning cycle. As the Moon turns your focus inward, spirit will support your inner awareness more fully. This cycle will also support healing and transformation through the emotional body landscape- for those who are willing to lean in closer to their grief, sadness and loss. The heart is being cracked open. Let the light and spirit enter your heart. The full Moon chart indicates a mixture of passion and sadness, which can create aggression or depression. How do you channel your powerful emotions? It’s vital that you use your emotional body intelligence to create, share, connect and communicate in authentic ways. Use your emotion as a resource, as a change agent. Scorpio and Anuradha nakshatra are on the horizon at the time of the full Moon, indicating that Mitra’s support will bring resources and connection in the days and weeks to come. He rules the “friendly star” which is symbolized by a decorated archway. There is triumph here and celebration. Friends, connection and community arrive. As an Aditya, Mitra’s role is to bring resources and support. He does it through connection, collaboration and relationship. Saturn rules this nakshatra, which indicates consistent, steady work is necessary for the resources to arrive. It also indicates that your steady steps will finally pay off- depending on your relationship with Saturn. As the planet of grief and sorrow, Saturn requires that you attend to your emotional body landscape diligently. With your attention to grief, he grants you more space in your heart for the joys of life. This is a cycle to pay close attention to your emotions and gather resources, support, guidance and community to weather the inner storms. In the coming days, it may feel like you have a foot in two world at times, but this is an essential part of your integration process. Connect with your different needs and honor your two halves. Work closely with balancing masculine and feminine energies as well as inner and outer realms. Use the coming weeks to move closer to your polarities, not away from them. As you lean in closer, you can begin to heal and integrate opposing energies within. This is an important part of closing the healing wisdom of the eclipse portal. Did you miss my special Heart Clearing Workshop? Part One is available for free, but only for a few more days. Listen Now Creative RitualAs you move through this eclipse portal cycle, integrating and digesting the powerful themes of this shadowed time, there will be strong emotional body waves activated. This is a cleansing cycle, a time to move out grief and harvest rich inner wisdom that has long been covered up by your shadow. Use this Tapping Meditation as a resource for uncovering your emotional body pain, so you can find the needs underneath the big feelings. Then follow up with the Creative Ritual below. Attend to the space you've created with consciousness and presence. Step One: Grief Tapping Meditation Step Two: Awakening Inner Space ~ Creative Ritual We worked a lot in this Space Clearing the Heart Workshop with noticing the internal landscape, what is arriving. As we continued to cultivate inner presence during the class, I asked you to notice the space within your body. Where do you feel more space in the body? Where does this space arrive within you? How does it feel? This space within is ripe with potential and possibility. It is fragile and vulnerable, but also very powerful. This creative ritual will help you continue to cultivate a relationship with this inner space. 1) Using craypas, paints or pencils, create an image of the space you are cultivating a relationship with. What does this space feel like within you? Create an image that expresses this feeling using colors, textures and shapes. Allow 10 to 20 minutes at minimum for this image. Title your image. 2) Use your image to inspire a movement exploration. Let your body move in response to your space image. Use the intention of "moving with this feeling of space in the body". What sensations emerge for you during your dance? What awareness? Allow 5 to 10 minutes for this movement exploration. I encourage you to extend this time frame as you recycle this process. * If you are in an acute grief phase, you may wish to simply hold a shape in the body, to mirror your space image, rather than move the image. 3) Harvesting. In your journal answer these questions: I am, I want, I need, I sense, I feel, I imagine. How do you want to attend to this space within? What is your intention? What am I opening to? What am I closing to? Did you miss my special Heart Clearing Workshop? Part One is available for free, but only for a few more days. Listen Now
This Week's Intention: Sensitivity is your gift. Be sure to honor your inner landscape- physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Seek balance with inner and outer, as well as with self and others. Presence is your super power. The week begins as Ganesha Chaturthi ends. Monday morning finishes the celebration of the revered elephant god who removes obstacles from your path of enlightenment. A great way to start the week off! Moon continues to wax as challenging planetary configurations and alignments activate. Some relief may be felt despite the current Kala Sarpa Yoga effects (see more below) depending on your natal chart. With Mars and Saturn separating now, as well as the tight conjunctions in Virgo, some progress is made. Sun continues to conjunct Rahu closely, however, bringing challenges with ego, masculinity, self expression and power. Monday, September 5th Moon in 5th tithi Panchami Late Monday morning, moon shifts into Swati nakshatra, Vayu's territory. Movement will be maximized- whether small or large, gentle or harsh. The nature of Vayu is air, cooling things off softly and also brutally. As Moon moves through Libra at the start of the week, the need for balance, integration and connection increases. Ketu's gaze upon the Moon brings sudden changes, shifts and awakenings. Emotions may be sparked suddenly, but will release just as quickly. There is a link between Vayu and Rudra- which indicates great strength is available here. Vayu is also breath, the breath of life, life force energy. He can bring balance or imbalance, but Prana (your inner winds) will restore and bring health and vitality. If you can get your inner winds in balance, then everything else falls into place. Use pranayama, physical movement and breath awareness into your day. Sun is still in very close proximity to Rahu and will continue to move past him in the coming days. Issues with ego, sense of self worth and inner resiliency are amplified. As Sun moves to the other side of Rahu, towards the edge of Leo, a unique planetary yoga occurs. All planets will be scissored in between Rahu and Ketu until late December (once Mars moves to the other side of Ketu). This yoga is called Kala Sarpa (The Serpent of Time) and will intensify each month as Moon enters Leo and moves through Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and through Aquarius. Moon mirrors and magnifies, so issues provoked by these signs and the planets in these signs, will be amplified as a result. Kala Sarpa Yoga's effects intensify the planetary combinations at play as all planets are essentially "hemmed in" by the malefic shadow nodes, Rahu and Ketu. Read more about this unique Kala Sarpa combination {Space Clearing the Heart} Discover how to transform your emotional body in a creative and embodied way. Early Bird Pricing Ends September 5th. Get the Details Tuesday, September 6th Moon in 6th tithi Sashthi Moon continues through Vayu's domain the first half of the day. Powerful changes and shifts are possible. Emotions are changing, but you may miss their messages. Be sure to connect within and spend time in your emotional body landscape. Mid day, Moon shifts into Vishaka nakshatra. Ketu gives his gaze, sparking sudden shifts and emotions. What are you feeling and why? What is the need emerging? Vishaka requests collaboration and co-creation. Two is better than one. Are you resisting support and relationship? We are inter dependent, community oriented, tribal beings. Who are you in service to? What needs are not being met and what resources and relationships do you need to get these needs met? Avoid isolation. Sun and Rahu continue in close conjunction, with Saturn giving his gaze to both. Be diligent with the physical and spiritual bodies right now. Go slow and honor your ripening. Wednesday, September 7th Moon in 7th tithi Saptami Moon continues through Vishaka, Indra and Agni's constellation. Late morning, Moon moves to its debilitation sign, Scorpio, and moves into conjunction with Saturn and Mars. The emotional body will feel the heat and pressure in the coming days. This may show up as anger and sadness, or both. What is your emotional body telling you about your needs? What is working? What is not working? As Moon shifts into Anuradha nakshatra early afternoon, the Aditya, Mitra, brings resources through friendships and support. Mitra is your friend, your confidant. He honors you and brings you what you need for more nourishment, comfort and connection. Are you reaching out? Are you reaching in? Is there balance with both? Retrograde debilitated Mercury is now at the edge of Virgo, preparing to return to Leo- where he will run right into the Sun. The mental body is very fragile right now. Be clear with communication and connections. You may find yourself repeating and re-doing right now. Go slow and be methodical to avoid mishaps. Thursday, September 8th Moon in 7th to 8th tithi Saptami to Ashtami Moon is in Mitra's domain the majority of the day. Anuradha is symbolized by a decorated gateway, inviting in openings, celebrations and success. Triumph is given under this constellation- which is good for anything auspicious or ceremonial. Ask for what you need and gather the resources, support and connections you need to get your requests fulfilled. Mitra is an Aditya, which means he gives resources. Feel into the emotional body. What is helping you feel nourished? What is not? Make the necessary adjustments and reach out for what you need. Early evening, Moon shifts to the last nakshatra of Scorpio, Jyeshtha. This is a Mercury ruled constellation and connects to a powerful mind and senses. Mercury however is in the gap between Virgo and Leo, in very delicate degrees. The mind and senses become vulnerable and overly sensitive as a result. Don't get overly stimulated. Meditate and get embodied. Join me for a *free* 14 Day Emotional Body Challenge! I'll be sharing resources, tools and extra guidance to navigate these choppy cosmic tides in the coming weeks. Get the Details Friday, September 9th Moon in 8th and 9th tithi Ashtami to Navami Jyeshta's influence continues, bringing Indra's strength and sensitivity to the forefront. Mind your senses today or they will mind you. This is a vulnerable day for the mental body as ruling planet of this constellation, Mercury, shifts signs mid morning and will be in very weak degrees today, lingering in the gap between Virgo and Leo. As Mercury continues to retrograde, his debilitation is canceled once he enters Leo. This will provoke a more externalized experience with the mental body in the coming days. Early evening, Moon shifts to Sagittarius and Mula nakshatra, Nirrti's domain. She brings breaking, uprooting and transformation- usually in a chaotic form. Mula can also bring spiritual realizations and awakening- if you are willing to move beyond the pain, trauma and challenges this constellation offers. This requires your diligence with using the pain as a resource for healing. Consider this a spiritual evening. Stay inward and be gentle with yourself and others. Once Mercury goes direct in Leo, he won't re-enter Virgo again until October 3rd. As he re-enters his sign of exaltation, he joins Jupiter and Sun as well. At this point, we may finally get the positive effects of an exalted Mercury, with the expansive wisdom of Jupiter and the illumination of the Sun to support the awareness. A strong mind will bring more clarity, purposeful communication and potent resources. For the benefits of exalted Mercury to be felt, it will require patience and strong intentions. Read more about retrograde Mercury in Leo Saturday, September 10th Moon in 9th tithi Navami Moon continues through Mula today as Rahu gives his gaze. Though this constellation can bring healing and awakening through breaking, opening and uprooting, Rahu's gaze can challenge the process further. Allow yourself to move towards the chaos and challenges today. Lean in closer and investigate the why. There's some possibility of being dis-empowered today. What is the wisdom you can extract from this experience? What is the resource in the challenge? Late evening Moon moves to PurvaAshada, into the domain of the water goddess Apas. She requires your transformation through moving the inner waters. Purge the emotional body. Allow tears to flow. Dance and move your inner waves. Sunday, September 11th Moon in 10th tithi Dashami Apas continues to rule the day with her watery wisdom. She brings strong feelings and keeps one searching, longing, as a result of inner emotions. Rejuvenation arrives through movement and sweat- which is an alchemy process, a form of inner transformation. Change the emotion by moving your physical body. Transform challenging inner emotions into awakening, awareness and realization. Stay close to the physical body today. Be near water and ride the waves. Late evening, Moon shifts into the latter half of the Ashada constellation, UttaraAshada. The Vishvadevas bring a sense of accomplishment and purpose when you are aligned with right action, choices that serve your dharmic path. What does right action look like to you? What does it feel like? Monday, September 12th Moon in 11th tithi Ekadashi The week begins with Moon moving through UttaraAshada, shifting into Capricorn mid morning. Saturn gives his gaze, requesting steady, consistent steps and attention to sadness, loss and grief in the coming days, as well as hard work. The Vishvadevas rule this constellation, requesting powerful actions and choices that align with your higher purpose. They provide the tenants for good character, integrity and nobility. The Vishva devas insist on dharmic action and will not settle for anything less. Where are you aligned with your dharmic path? Where are you misaligned? What adjustments need to be made? Early evening, Moon passes through the sacred nakshatra, Abhijit, opening a portal into the spirit world. This is a sacred time of connecting to higher forces and inner realms. The door is open until just after midnight. Pause, check in, meditate, spend time in nature. Connect with your dharmic truth and inner power. Say yes to your inner wisdom by showing up in presence. Join me for a *special* workshop to clear your heart and awaken your emotional body wisdom.
{Space Clearing the Heart} Discover how to transform your emotional body in a creative and embodied way. Get the Details Feeling the impact of these challenging transits? Let's talk. Schedule A Session Courage, Dear Heart. It's not about what you do, it's about how you do it. Showing up for yourself- again and again and again. This is true courage. In the beginning of my grief journey, and a new relationship with my emotional body, I didn't know how this simple act would change me. For the majority of my life, I resisted showing up for my emotional body landscape fully. I didn't have the skills, resources or awareness to show up in presence, to hold myself in the challenges, to find the resources in my pain. Emotional body literacy is vital for awakening- moving away from an autopilot existence. Resistance and avoidance to what is moving through your inner terrain means that important needs are not being met. Repeatedly. This results in longstanding systemic malnourishment- issues, challenges, behaviors and choices that will impact your life in less than fulfilling ways. The resistance and suppression of your emotional body has dire consequences for all four levels of your being- physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. But there is another way. A way that takes practice. Patience. Willingness and skillfulness. The act of arriving in presence- presence of your emotions- is the most courageous thing you can do for yourself today. When you show up in this way for yourself repeatedly, your skillfulness increases. My grief journey has been a powerful resource of awakening. Not because it was a joyful or comfortable ride. It has been the most powerful change agent for me because it was anything but comfortable. My grief forced me to keep looking at my emotions- even when I didn't want to. Even when the pain was intolerable. Grief amplifies the emotional body. And if you can skillfully learn to work with the waves of grief, your emotional body relationship will also dramatically shift. It can become a resource for nourishment, rather than only pain. In my grief process, I've learned that the most courageous thing I can do for myself is to keep arriving. Arriving within. I've learned how to keep showing up for myself. For my grief, for my path, for my self, for my needs, for my heart. With practice, this process has become more integrated and easy. My willingness to keep arriving within and leaning into my pain, has been like a mantra, a tuning fork. Turning me inward- again and again. What is arriving now? What do I feel now? What do I need now? The courage to keep showing up for yourself- in your pain- is the warrior's path. This is the path of Karma Yoga. The bravery to continue to step towards self- no matter the weather. No matter what's arriving within the inner landscape. This is your empowerment. It is the beginning of creating deeper self trust. It is a dedication to your own resiliency, to life. Death has slowly taught me how to live again. Through my willingness to face my own darkness, I'm learning how to hold both- life and death together. In the face of your deepest pain and darkness, you can keep arriving home. Use my Creative Ritual below to support this process of arriving home within, deepening your resiliency and inner stability. I'm here to support your journey of coming home. Have courage Dear One. You are on a warrior's path. Swati* Creative Ritual for Returning HomeMake a list. What resources do you use for returning home- to stability, self-trust, safety and security? How do you get back home- to your sacred center? Notice what is alive and providing support for you, what is feeling nourishing and supportive, and what are the resources you have been relying on for greater nourishment. The intention of this creative ritual is to spark something within. To solidify your resources and ground you in the sensation of greater self trust. Part I. Coming Home Embodiment Dance. 1. Start your "Coming Home" embodiment dance from standing or lying down. Begin by bringing presence to a body part within you that feels like a resource. Is there a part of your body that provides you with a sense of stability, comfort and nourishment? Can you sense this feeling in your body somewhere? Let this be your primary body part resource for your dance. Then begin to move from this body part. Let it activate and inspire your Coming Home dance. 2. As you continue to move with your primary body part, note how the rest of your body responds. How does it connect to the rest of your body? How does it respond and move with the rest of your body? How does the rest of your body respond to it? Let your dance develop as the rest of your body moves with your primary body part resource. Return to the body part in the close of your dance and note the sensations present by doing a 3 level check in. Take at minimum 10 minutes for this portion of the Creative Ritual. Read more and complete part 2 of this Creative Ritual- the Harvesting portion Join me for a *free* 14 Day Emotional Body Challenge! I'll be sharing resources, tools and extra guidance to navigate these choppy cosmic tides in the coming weeks.Get the Details {Space Clearing the Heart} Discover how to transform your emotional body in a creative and embodied way. Get the Details. Emotional Body Authenticity + Loving Kindness Emotional body literacy is rare. Very few people learn the art of emotional body intelligence, let alone put it into action through relationship with self, relationship with others, and heart centered communication. The ability to attend your emotional body inner wisdom consistently and authentically takes courage, commitment, presence and ongoing practice. But the results are profound. It is vulnerable territory. To show up radically for yourself- to navigate the often choppy and violent inner waters. The emotional body is as wild and untamed as the Divine Feminine. She is your ever expanding Self. She often forces you to look at Her even though you'd rather not. Most people are resisting Her- which means they are also missing her wisdom, intelligence and gifts as well. As you courageously move closer to your emotional body, you gain access to a fuller range of experience. As a human being. Deepening emotional body intelligence increases your capacity to feel, to receive, to get needs met, and therefore be nourished more as well. I've come to the conclusion that everyone has the same basic core need: deeper nourishment. Think about it. To be "nourished" means that you feel safe, comforted, supported. It means that you have moved beyond survival. It means that you are receiving on some level- you are not in resistance or avoidance. Nourishment is life, essentially. When you are able to say yes to nourishment, it means you are saying yes to life as well. How often do you feel nourished? When does this feeling show up? Who does it show up with? Who does it not show up with? What does nourishment mean to you? Where do you feel nourishment in your body when it arrives?! Nourishment is a powerful resource. A tool of resiliency and inner stability. It is a baseline that can help deepen receptivity- so other needs can be met. It is also an important marker for emotional body intelligence. Inner tracking is the first step in honoring what is arriving within. It can open the door of loving kindness- for yourself and others. It can help you show up for yourself in a non judgemental way, a compassionate way. When you can show up for yourself in this way, you can start showing up for others in this way too. You can start communicating from this place as well. (Ill be sharing more about heart centered communication in the coming days). If you're ready to deepen your relationship with Nourishment, see below. I've posted a Creative Ritual to help you honor your inner nourishment and to help you build more awareness with this powerful resource. In the coming days I will continue to share resources that will support your emotional body relationship. I'm honored you are following along, that this conversation is meaningful to you, that you feel a desire to lean in closure to yourself and your inner landscape. It takes courage. But it is a vital part of the healing journey. Your willingness to listen to your inner intelligence will take you far. Looking forward to sharing more emotional body wisdom with you in the coming days as we continue this 14 day journey together. Join me for a *free* 14 Day Emotional Body Challenge! I'll be sharing resources, tools and extra guidance to navigate these choppy cosmic tides in the coming weeks.Get the Details Nourishment Creative Ritual1) Using craypas, paints or pencils, create an image of your nourishment. What does nourishment feel like for you? Create an image that expresses this feeling using colors, textures and shapes. Allow 20 minutes at minimum for this nourishment image. Title your image.
2) Use your image to inspire a movement exploration. Let your body move in response to yournourishment image with an intention of "moving with your feelings of nourishment". What sensations emerge for you during your dance? What awareness? Allow 5 to 10 minutes for this movement exploration. I encourage you to extend this time frame as you recycle this process. 3) Harvesting. In your journal answer these questions: I am, I want, I need, I sense, I feel, I imagine. What deeply nourishes me? What no longer nourishes me? Where do I feel support in my life? Where do I need more support? What am I opening to? What am I closing to? Join me for a *free* 14 Day Emotional Body Challenge! I'll be sharing resources, tools and extra guidance to navigate these choppy cosmic tides in the coming weeks. Get the Details As Sun moves to the other side of Rahu, towards the edge of Leo on September 4th, a unique planetary yoga occurs. Many astrologers are talking about the various effects of this upcoming four month period when all planets will be scissored in between Rahu and Ketu. This unique combination will continue until late December, once Mars moves to the other side of Ketu. This is unique yoga called Kala Sarpa, The Serpent of Time, which will intensify each month as Moon enters Leo and moves into Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and through Aquarius. Moon mirrors and magnifies, so issues provoked by these signs and the planets in these signs, will be amplified as a result. Kala Sarpa Yoga's effects intensify the planetary combinations at play as all planets are essentially "hemmed in" by the malefic shadow nodes, Rahu and Ketu. The types of Kala Sarpa and the effects of this combination are widely disputed- probably because the nodes themselves bring confusion and uncertainty. In the case of this Kala Sarpa combination, all planets will be moving towards Ketu, which promotes release, letting go and awakening. Understand that this process of loss will likely be uncomfortable for many, however, it can bring gains simultaneously. Loss creates space for something else to arrive. Be intentional about this release process and how you are creating space for the new to enter. This process is your grief journey- which will be an essential part of this experience. Your ability to attend to your grief consciously, will determine how you gain on the other side of this unique cycle of transits. In many ways this coming four month period will be a seismic house cleaning so to speak- both cosmically and personally. As The planets systematically move through six of the 12 houses, they will be helping you clear, refine and release on a physical body level as well as a relative, life level. The houses effected in your chart will impact how and what is released through this process. This planetary configuration at times will not be a true Kala Sarpa Yoga because the planets will be dispersing periodically as they move through the houses. True Kala Sarpa Yoga indicates that all seven planets are stacked evenly in the constellations, clumped together or evenly distributed. In this case, throughout this transit, there will be times where Libra is free of planets as well as Sagittarius and Capricorn. The houses that Rahu and Ketu touch in your natal chart from their current placements in Leo and Aquarius, will impact how this transit effects you personally. You must also consider the natal placements of Rahu and Ketu in your chart as this indicates the karmas and shadows that impact you consistently. Mars will finally conjunct Ketu and pass him on December 27th of this year, dispersing the planetary energy and ending the Kala Sarpa effects. Venus will be the next planet to move to the other side of Ketu on January 8th of 2017. This unique combination is yet another powerful layer of transition and change that individuals and the world are experiencing right now. Remember that all challenges can be used as resources, as change agents. This is an opportunity to take challenges and turn them into self development and inner awakening. This is not a time to be foolish, take risks or drop your guard. Play it safe, use preventative measures like yagyas to shield you from planetary effects. Reach out for guidance, support and new resources. It's time to upgrade how you get your needs met. Don't self isolate or resist your pain. Use this cycle to activate and awaken, heal and transform, as well as find new resources that will help you move into a more empowered place within. Read more about Rahu and Ketu in Leo and Aquarius Join me for a *special* workshop to clear your heart and awaken your emotional body wisdom.
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