The significance of this waning cycle is a strange mix of beginnings and returns. It may feel as though you are making a fresh start on some level, while multiple experiences make you feel otherwise. The pull, the desire for something new will be strong, yet with four of the nine planets retrograde (six counting the nodes), returns and retracing your steps will be forced and obligatory. You say you want something new, a fresh start, and yet there's a part of you saying it's not possible. Your job is to find all those places within you that are resisting and refusing your inner growth, the change process. This will be evident and necessary on all four levels of your being- Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual. Your bodies will bring the messages, so listen carefully to the challenges, reminders and desires returning. Venus in Aries On April 24th at 23:02, Venus moves from its harmonious sign of exaltation, where it received no gaze from the other planets, and crosses the tricky gandanta (gap) into the first sign of the zodiac, Aries. This is a challenging gap because of the endings and beginnings that it provokes, while also being the change between a water sign and fire sign. Inner polarities may intensify as a result. What are you identifying within your relationships, finances, comfort and creativity? Aries feels like an enemy to Venus because its watery wisdom does not care for the fiery, one-pointed nature of Aries, Sun's most potent sign. Sun and Venus are not fond of each other for the same reasons and water and fire don't mix. As these opposing forces conjunct with Mercury, changes take place within all four bodies- Physical, Spiritual, Mind and Emotions. Allow release and letting go to take place, in order for the new to arrive with more clarity. Notice which house Aries is in your jyotish chart. This will express where these challenges will effect you personally. This cycle brings a dramatic glimpse at parts of yourself that are in need of healing. Look at your bad habits directly as the light will be shining on them in order for you to truly see what needs to change. Your mental body will be a potent resource for this change process, so dig deeply to uncover all the places within your mind that are keeping you in the dark. Allow mental doors to open, to unveil the shadows that are holding you hostage. As you bring these parts of your unconscious territory to the surface, you can then find resources to further support your awakening. There will be a strong tug of war between polarities and opposition. Anger will be a default emotion in the coming weeks so start getting more intimate with its messages. Much of the agitation will be a result of frustrations, delays, set backs. The emotional body will be feeling pierced, subjected to pain and challenges, hurt and struggle. You are being handed an opportunity to face your pain more directly so that you can release it and transform it. But first, the battle begins. How do you fight with yourself? How long will you choose to stay in battle before dropping your arms? When will you start listening to what this battle is telling you, what it needs from you? As Venus continues through Aries, each of us will be given an opportunity to deepen the relationship with Self, with the inner realms. The starting point will be discomfort and challenge, but the end point is potentially a grande release, providing you with more space for creating what you truly desire in your life. It is a challenge worth taking on. But one that requires you begin a new path, take new footsteps and gather new guidance and support. Trying to get new results, by doing what you've been doing is a recipe for lack of progress and more intensified struggle. Do something different. It's time for change. Mercury Retrograde Just as Mercury moves to the edge of Aries, it begins to retrace its steps. Mercury has been transiting this fiery and aggressive sign since April 2nd. This mental body cycle has provoked the mind to feel fragile and agitated at times. A release process is being instigated. Notice where necessary clean-up and final release must take place. Honor this process of endings and beginnings. As Mercury transits its enemy's sign, the mind plunges into acute awareness, confronting and identifying with diligence. Do you notice or do you push past the messages? The mind requires your witnessing in this cycle- in order to work more consciously with mental body. Fiercely sift through the stories in the conscious mind. Bravely use this information to navigate and pull up old stories from the subconscious and unconscious parts of your being. This takes vigilance and dedication, yet is the only way to re-write old patterns and behaviors. There will be a sense of renewal and a new commitment to growth and life force in this cycle. Do you capitalize on this, or let it only be a subtle reminder of your greatness? Step into your power with new conviction, new authority. Clear away the challenges and obstacles and activate a more powerful way of being. Do this by working directly with what you encounter along the path. A strong desire to be more powerful and awake arrives with this cycle. Suddenly bigger, better, bolder actually feels possible, attainable. But the shadow lurks as a saboteur. With retrograde Jupiter and Rahu giving their gaze to Mercury, the expansion is possible, but not without attending to the limitations of the shadowed mind. Do you move towards this desire or let the old stories keep you in lack and limitation? Your mind determines your actions, so work with this old programming consciously to create new pathways and possibilities for yourself. Reprogramming the mind is a valuable use of your time and effort right now. As you move into expansion, notice where the blocks and obstacles come up. This is your limiting belief system at work. Be strategic with your growth process. Use a combination of resources that work with all four pathways of healing for best effects. EFT (emotional freedom technique), mental body therapies, meditation, art therapy, movement therapies, energy work, etc. Once Mercury retrogrades on April 28th, the mental body clean up will intensify. Retrograde planets act like the nodes Rahu and Ketu, which invites in more karmic experiences, more intensity. From April 28th to May 9th there will be four planets in retrograde motion- six counting the always retrograde karmic planets, Rahu and Ketu. Many returns will take place simultaneously- physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is a strong and powerful clean-up phase. Don't take it lightly. Use this period of time to diligently work through old stories, haunts and shadow parts that you notice re-emerging. You are getting an opportunity to hit rewind- a rare and beautiful gift as a human being. This time, reach out for different resources, something new. Find new support, guidance and wisdom to support your change process. New Moon in Aries and Bharani Nakshatra May 6th, sparks the beginning of the beginning. Renewal and openings roar in with a loud awakening. Heal, awaken and transform. Deepen your relationship with the Divine Feminine and your feminine wisdom. Increase your creative intelligence, balance polarities, heal inner conflicts. Join me for my Jyotish Astrology Classes for Transformation and Healing. There are a few more spaces! Sign up before April 30th! Get the Details *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: Your power is captivating- even to you! You are in an attractive cycle, work it like bees to honey. There are parts of you saying no to the pleasure, ease and increases. It's vital that you look at these limiting beliefs within, in order to maximize the potency of this time. The places where you are resisting your strength and pleasure, are ultimately effecting your relationship with your inner power. Where there is pain, there is also joy. Where there is joy, there is also pain. Notice how your relationships can also mirror very acutely this story about receiving. Where are you saying no to receiving more abundance in your life? Start here. Taurus: Your inner Sun is being asked to bow down and renounce its thrown. As challenging as this may feel, there is great opportunity in the discomfort. Your ego is getting an overhaul in the process and a certain liberation is taking place. Surrender to the moments of release and letting go. Your spikes and edges are being worn down in order for your heart to expand more deeply. Clear the shadows out of your heart space by looking intimately at your relationships. You are saying yes and no simultaneously. You are creating the challenges, conflicts and obstacles. Harmonize these polarities in order to find clarity about what you need, about what works for you and your life. If you're addicted to the pain, seek to find resolution with this. Ask for more support. Gemini: Bad habits are your starting point. Where do you continue to struggle, stay in the dark and use shadow as your vice? Part of you wears your suffering as a badge, the other part of you says it wants liberation, freedom, release. There can be no ease without harmony. Identify all the parts of you saying no to softness, ease and comfort. All the places that refuse to let you have peace. Gains come when you find the places within you that are still resisting. Inner conflicts are keeping you from attaining inner harmony. They are zapping you of power, strength and clarity. It doesn't have to be so hard. There is a simpler way. Find the way of least resistance. Cancer: There is a certain strength, power and brilliance showing up in your work right now. Get seen, noticed and allow people hear your message. Parts of you are saying yes to more power and pleasure, more nourishment and money in life. But fears and doubts are plaguing you, pushing you towards the no and the lack instead. It is an old fear- rooted in uncertainty and instability. Fear of the unknown. It effects your ability to say yes to your life, to your self and to your dreams and desires. It's time to look at this fear straight on. You want the expansion and growth in your life, but you won't be able to find it without being honest about your resistance to it. It's time to find harmony between the yes and the no. Leo: Polarities are working their magic on you as challenges give rise to clarity within. When you can address the conflicts within you directly, deep inner change can begin. These polarities effect your sense of strength and power, your heart wisdom and ability to give and receive love. Conflicts with your dharmic path vs. career path will begin to intensify in the coming weeks. Part of you is saying yes, while the rest of you is saying no. Find all of the yes's and all of the no's. Notice where these inner conflicts are keeping you stuck, resistant, avoidant and not in your dynamic, Leo power place. Letting go is essential for your growth. Where you are gripping too tightly? Allow harmony to support your release process. Virgo: Continue to shine the light on your inner darkness. Keep finding all those places where you are suppressing your strength, power and greatness. This requires consistent, courageous steps and a willingness to stay true to your course of action. Digging deeply will help you discover the places within you that stay in lack, debt, pain and struggle. Part of you doesn't believe there is another way- or that you deserve it. Part of you is more than ready to say yes. Your courage to uncover your darkness and bring in the light, will take you far. Gather new wisdom and support for your liberation process. You'll get radically different results during this transformational time. Libra: Relationships are a powerful mirror for you right now. They are showing you challenges and difficulties, places that make you feel uncomfortable in your power and strength. Are you in right-relationship with your power? Does it feel harmonious and peaceful when you use it? Or do you use anger as your method of power? You are stuck in a paradigm of wanting more nourishment, while also saying no to it. This confusion is creating inner conflicts with yourself and others. Harmonizing your extremes is the only way to create more clarity about what you really need. Nature can't provide for you until you know for certain what you need. This inner knowing arrives when inner battles find resolution. Quit fighting. Seek balance. Scorpio: Deep healing can take place if you allow yourself to re-trace some old, familiar steps. Cover the territory of your heart with new creativity, new courage. Step into your warrior spirit and honor your inner strength. There are parts of you that still don't trust or accept your inner power. These are the pieces that must be integrated and harmonized so the you can step into your power more fully, in a more awake way. Channel this power effectively and turn it into an offering for others. Let your power be known, let it be seen and heard. Why are you still hiding? Where are you still shrouded by your past? Sagittarius: You are working intimately with power and strength right now. Learning how to step into empowerment more clearly, while figuring out how to use this power to move you forward. Your gut intelligence is a vital part of this process. Listen carefully to the messages arriving within. Intuition is your ultimate power; unwavering inner knowing. This inner awareness will help you clarify your dharmic path and purpose. Seek to harmonize the parts of you that say yes to a more fruitful and passionate life and integrate them with the places you are still saying no through resistance, avoidance and self sabotage. Liberation is possible right now, but only with greater awareness about what you're actually letting go. Capricorn: Your heart is teaming with power and potential. Passion and inner fires are being stoked. Reside and linger in this place of warmth and strength. Your power comes from within. Can you find its source? Beyond the conflicts and struggles, the pain and the torment, is a place of stability, grounding and unwavering earth energy. Deepen your relationship with this inner grounding force. What are the resources that help you connect with this place of resolution? Beyond the battle ground of right and wrong, is this place of deep inner knowing and certainty. This is where all your strength lies and where gains are acquired. Keep leaning in and saying yes to this certainty. You actually do know. Aquarius: Your awakening continues to take shape from head to toe. Creative courage is taking place, but requires your diligent action steps and some re-programming on your part. Start with your mind and re-pattern from inside to outside. This will pave the way for new possibilities and greater potential in your life. Relationships will still be supporting your change process- if you use them for teaching you about yourself. There are struggles and gains with "the other", but if you can use both as a resource for inner growth, it's only going to be a win. Career steps may be frustrating. Harmonize action steps with attentive pauses. You'll get a lot more done. Pisces: Nourishment continues to play a key role in your path right now. With Venus newly in your 2nd house, conjunct exalted Sun and Mercury, watch for resistance, struggle and conflict with your needs. Part of you desires more, but part of you is saying no simultaneously. Find those places within that are refusing to accept more life force, more nourishment, money, love and comfort. This is a great source of healing for you. Clean up these conflicts, and you'll be cleaning up some very old habits that keep you from stepping into your power more fully. Freeing up more power and clarity will do wonders for your dharmic path. Heal, awaken and transform. Deepen your relationship with the Divine Feminine and your feminine wisdom. Increase your creative intelligence, balance polarities, heal inner conflicts. Join me for my Jyotish Astrology Classes for Transformation and Healing. There are a few more spaces! Sign up before April 30th! Get the Details
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As the silence of spring arrives, a certain dynamic energy is awakening. The eclipse portal is sealing. The full Moon and lunar eclipse are behind us. The Holi festivities are winding down. The soil has been cleared. The seeds have been planted. Make your process intentional. Bring awareness to your growth. Own and honor this fresh start! For many the past few weeks were an opportunity to pull up weeds, move through grief and transform in heal in order for lasting changes. This is a powerful time of awakening. As spring settles in for the Northern Hemisphere (fall in the Southern Hemisphere) there is a sacred gap opening. No matter the hemisphere you are in, both spring and fall are considered "sandhi" times of year- or in between seasons. These are sacred times, when the veil is thin, sensitivity is heightened. In Ayurveda, we attend to necessary physical rituals that help the body cleanse and purify. Holi comes at this sacred junction and is a time to "plant seeds" so to speak. It is a celebration of fertility, abundance and the awakening of Shakti within Nature. It is the marking of the gap, which is ripe with potential and possibility. The full enlivening of Ma is celebrated during Vasant Navaratri- the nine days of Mother Divine, beginning on the 7th of April this year. Consider Holi the "kick off" celebration in many ways- a time to plant your desires and create your fruits for the coming year. Let this Full Moon enliven a sense of spring and possibility. Use this week's Creative Engagement activity (below) for your cultivation process. Saturn Retrograde Saturn goes retrograde in Scorpio at 02:50 am PDT and will be moving in reverse until August 13th, 2016. Retrograde planets act like the nodes Rahu and Ketu, which adds to the intensity of how a planet will express themselves. As the slowest moving planet, Saturn causes the most prolonged challenges. It's important to play by his rules and honor his requests for slow, steady action, simplicity and alignment with nature's rhythms. His transit through Scorpio is digging up very old grief, emotions and challenges- connected to subconscious and unconscious territory. This cycle is ultimately an opportunity for very powerful, deep and lasting transformation and healing for the psycho-emotional levels of your being. His retrograde motion will be felt on the days leading up to his reversal, amplified by the penumbral lunar eclipse and full Moon. As he retrogrades back through Scorpio, he will move closer to Mars, instigating further frustrations and outbursts due to the opposition of the nature of these planets. Once Mars retrogrades on April 16th, there will be two strong forces moving backwards in Scorpio. Studying the placement of Saturn and Mars in your natal Jyotish chart will offer more details about how this retrograde motion will effect you. Scorpio is your unconscious inner terrain. It's your vulnerability, animal nature and your wild feminine within. The simultaneous retrograde motion of Saturn and Mars will provoke fierce internal change, transformation and healing- but you must be willing to do the work. Mars is action-oriented, yet Saturn can bring resistance, avoidance or contraction. It will take vigilance to find a balance between these energetic polarities within. Conflicts will be on the rise right now, so notice where your inner polarities are causing confusion, challenge, uncertainty, overwhelm and even resistance to move forward. Finding integration, harmony and balance for these inner conflicts will be vital for smoother sailing in the weeks and months ahead. Read more about Saturn in Scorpio. Venus in Pisces Increasing the theme of fertility and abundance during this "gap" time, Venus moves to its exaltation sign, Pisces on March 31st at 14:35 PDT, where she joins Sun and debilitated Mercury here. Challenges will arise with Venus's enemy, the Sun, and the debilitation of Venus's friend, Mercury. Venus is water, whereas the Sun is fire. When they conjunct, steam is created. Mercury symbolizes the mental body- meaning the mind will be feeling this steam. Physical and spiritual bodies (Sun) and your creative life force energy (Venus) will also be effected by the clouds. How do you work with the energy of steam? Do you use it to power your engine, or do you get lost in its mist and fog? Can you see beyond the vapors? As Mercury moves out of Pisces and into Aries on April 2nd, Sun and Venus also separate in degrees, causing your life force energy to flow more fluidly. Once Sun shifts to its exaltation sign on April 13th, there will be a ten day window where both Venus and Sun are at their most potent. This lasts until Venus shifts to Aries on the 24th of April. It is a potent time for increased energy, momentum, strength and vitality. Use the coming weeks to prepare. Take timely, methodical action steps in preparation of the ripening energy of the planets. The beginning of this Venus cycle supports continued release and clearing, in order for new creative potential to take place toward the end of the transit. Focus your efforts on inner wisdom and self- development in order to maximize the nourishment available at this time. Increased support and abundance are possible, but clearing away obstacles and blockages that are keeping you from receiving is the essential ingredient in order to create more receptivity. Gather support and resources from mentors, gurus, guides and teachers. Especially those that support your creative and spiritual expansion. Step towards your creative potential and expand your container in order to hold more nourishment and support. Work directly with blockages and obstacles that are hindering your ability to make and receive money and love. What keeps you starving and malnourished? What is standing in your way of experiencing more wealth? Why do you resist pleasure and supportive, healthy connections? Where are you keeping yourself away from deeper nourishment? Heal and overcome bad habits on the mental and emotional body levels so you can open the valves of divine flow more! Identify and harmonize conflicts within. Find balance between structure and flow as well as the young and old energies within you. Where do your masculine and feminine energies need more alignment? What polarities are begging you for more harmony and integration? When your opposing forces within can befriend each other, there will be more fluidity and harmony, more receptivity. Venus can support this harmonizing and help you increase Shakti, life force energy. Love, which is the ultimate healing energy, is a resource that Venus can support you with. During her exaltation, notice if you can touch in to and move towards greater love- for yourself and others. Step towards your challenges, then use them to find more integration of the opposing forces within you. Mercury in Aries Saturday, April 2nd at 15:02, Mercury crosses the tricky gap between endings/release (Pisces) and beginning/potential (Aries). The movement from debilitation in a water sign, to a fiery and aggressive sign, will cause the mind to feel fragile and agitated. A release process is being instigated. Notice where necessary clean-up and final release for this round must take place. Honor this process of endings and beginnings. As Mercury arrives in an enemies sign, the mind plunges into acute awareness, confronting and identifying with diligence. Do you notice or do you push past the messages? The mind requires your witnessing in this cycle- in order to work more consciously with mental body. Fiercely sift through the stories in the conscious mind. Bravely use this information to navigate and pull up old stories from the subconscious and unconscious parts of your being. This takes vigilance and dedication, yet is the only way to re-write old patterns and behaviors. There will be a sense of renewal and a new commitment to growth and life force in this cycle. Do you capitalize on this, or let it only be a subtle reminder of your greatness? Step into your power with new conviction, new authority. Clear away the challenges and obstacles and activate a more powerful way of being. Do this by working directly with what you encounter along the path. A strong desire to be more powerful and awake arrives with this cycle. Suddenly bigger, better, bolder actually feels possible, attainable. But the shadow lurks as a saboteur. With retrograde Jupiter and Rahu giving their gaze to Mercury, the expansion is possible, but not without attending to the limitations of the shadowed mind. Do you move towards this desire or let the old stories keep you in lack and limitation? Your mind determines your actions, so work with this old programming consciously to create new pathways and possibilities for yourself. Reprogramming the mind is a valuable use of your time and effort right now. As you move into expansion, notice where the blocks and obstacles come up. This is your limiting belief system at work. Be strategic with your growth process. Use a combination of resources that work with all four pathways of healing for best effects. EFT (emotional freedom technique), mental body therapies, meditation, art therapy, movement therapies, energy work, etc. Heal, awaken and transform. Deepen your relationship with the Divine Feminine and your feminine wisdom. Increase your creative intelligence. Join me for my Jyotish Astrology Classes for Transformation and Healing. Classes begin April 2016. Get the Details *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: Keep digging up your depths and looking at your inner conflicts. The parts of you that say yes, but really mean no. The parts of you that say no, but really mean yes. The desire to strengthen your power, your inner knowing, is driving this self inquiry. A yearning to be more truthful with all your parts- dark and light, shadow and illumination. Are you allowing in pleasure, comfort, joy and life fully? Not the false kind. But through deep, honest receptivity? This includes looking at the hard parts and your own discomfort. Lean into the soft and hard equally. Taurus: As the doors of your heart swing open, notice the physical response within you. What happens next? Do you continue to open or do these doors within close swiftly, without hesitation? I invite you to linger. Find that moment. When the door is neither open, nor closed. Where you have neither said yes, nor said no. Use you breath for reference. Bring presence to the moment in between breaths. In between the inhale (open) and exhale (close). How long can you stay here, suspended, in this presence? Do you resist this place? Lean in and witness your response. Notice where you have built walls- keeping you from this presence of neither open nor close, the place of all possibilities. Gemini: What does it actually mean to be a Gemini? Your sign represents powerful creative energy co-creating- resulting in a third, dynamic energy being created. Or the "emergent third" as it is often referred to in the art therapy realms. This emergent third, or "the third", is delicate, vulnerable and thus extremely powerful. It's ripe with potential, with possibility, with new, unfolding energy. Do you work with this energy? Tend to it and honor it like you would a tender bud or a small child? Or do you suppress, negate, resist this tender and powerful force? Let your creativity be your greatest teacher. Step into Her wild wisdom, not away from it. Get to know her more intimately. Cancer: In your quest for deeper nourishment, you must be honest about your resistance to receiving. What is it about deep nourishment that causes you such pain? Lean into your discomfort, as this is vital for increasing your threshold of expansion. Expand your container, your holding, of both light and dark, pain and joy. As you open to more, you will receive more, and then be able to discern what you want more of. Say yes to your creative expansion by navigating your wild, inner terrain consciously. Your untamed, creative feminine. Notice Her. Give Her your presence. Step closer to your power by integrating the confusion between light and dark within. Leo: This old story of your power is beginning to crumble. To dissolve, disintegrate. Partly because it's becoming less interesting to you. Partly because you're learning a new way. But first you have to allow the total demolition of the old structure, the old way of being. How you are, who you are- in relationship with Self, with others? How you have used your power in the past? Where is this no longer serving you? The only way to explore these questions is to lean into your vulnerability, your wild, untamed, inner terrain. What lies beyond your ego? The part of you that keeps the masks on? Who are you stripped down, raw, bare? What does your emptiness long for? Need? The pains you manifest, are created in order for your deepest needs to be acknowledged. Virgo: You are learning how to relate to yourself in new ways, more intimate ways. From here, you can show up more fully for others. It takes courage to awaken to your failings, the parts of yourself, your actions and choices, that have not nourished or supported you. Lean into these "failures" as there is great wisdom here. Great truth about what you really need for wholeness and completion. The conflict and rigidity to do so, results in further separation from your true Self. What do your failures, your mistakes teach you about your relationship to your inner wisdom? Listen carefully. Underneath the critical voice is a pathway to deeper self compassion. Libra: Pick up the pieces you dropped long ago. The parts of your being that allow you to connect, contain, strengthen, commit. The parts you abandoned for lightness, ease and fluidity. It's time to find balance and integration now. It's time to find that moment when you are awake to both- structure and flow. What is it about this structure that you fear? That terrorizes you? Lean into this fear and awaken to it's voice. What does it need? What is it asking of you? Only when you can befriend this fear, can you truly know how to surrender more fully. Scorpio: This battle you have been identifying within is the key to unlock so many layers of resistance. Resistance to nourishment, support, to gather more of what you want and need. This old, epic battle- the one between life and death, pain and joy, your polarities. As you crack your heart open wider, by leaning into this old anger and resentment, this conflict can release. Listen to the fear of letting this conflict go. The terror resisting how amazing your life might be. Why does joy haunt you so much? What does your fear need for safety? Remember your power is in presence, in sacred pause, in the body and the breath. Your joy is hidden in these moments. Sagittarius: You are becoming more attentive to your inner silence- either by force or your own desire. This silence is a gift, a place to soften and surrender to your true needs, your hearts longings. It takes fearlessness and courage to show up here fully. Honor your bravery. The love begins to flow more fluidly and powerfully in the coming days. This is a balm for your heart and an opportunity to hear your inner wisdom more clearly- as well as your power and purpose. All love flows to the heart. Be in the practice of fully receiving this powerful force and notice your relationship with it. Where are there conditions on this love? Where do you resist its expansiveness? Your power is in the fluidity of giving and receiving. Capricorn: You are learning what it feels like to cut away the unnecessary. The harsh, the brutal. Deepening your ability to feel true comfort and support. The kind that comes from your inner being, a connection to your inner strength. When you aren't so busy wasting your energy on force and physical struggle, on engaging your masculine self, you can arrive into the receptive more fully. She is beginning to awaken within you, to awaken you. How will you dance together, co-create and bring forth the riches from this untapped inner well? No need to force this, She arrives in Her own time, wild and untamed. Your only job is to just be grateful when She arrives and give Her your presence. Aquarius: It is a fragile time for you. And in this fragility is great strength, great power. Ripen with this potential, possibility, the unknown and uncertainty. Gather the most important pieces and arrange them carefully with intention. The truth is, these pieces, what's left, are the foundation you need to create a more solid ground. You are in a radical release process. One that requires deep surrender. Lean into this pain, this brokenness. These wild and untamed, painful parts are your teachers trying to show you what you truly long for. What the essential ingredients are for your wholeness. Right now you are in the pain, but I promise you, if you keep showing up for your shadow, at some point, the light will return more strongly, more powerfully, than ever before. Pisces: The pieces of you that are still in hiding are beginning to see the light. All the ways you've kept yourself from feeling love, connection, support. These pieces that have been shrouded in shadow. They are emerging. Some of this is showing up through pain, challenge, conflict, separateness. Some of this wisdom is arriving through experiencing joy and pleasure. Herein lies the conflict. How can you integrate the pain and the joy, the light and the dark? There is a certain confusion in the this process. The wisdom is embedded in this conflict of polarities. What does it have to teach you about your needs? There's a wild, untamed creative force on its way to awaken your knowing. Surrender to Her ways and gather resources for your union. This waxing cycle coincides with Shivaratri and a total solar eclipse. As the Moon empties entirely, the connection to your inner landscape deepens. This is an opportunity to plant seeds of desire very intentionally. During the eclipse portal (March 8th to 23rd) your soil will be tilled, old roots will be dug up, rocks and debris will be removed. It's a time of clearing and cleaning- of preparation. Shivaratri begins on the 7th late in the evening, which is a time period that supports planting seeds of potential through the depth of silence. Shiva as destroyer, is at one with this awakened state of creativity. His role is to support your collapse into concentrated, focused alignment with the harmony of existence- that which is pure consciousness, deep, unaltered silence and awakening. This is where your creativity resides, your ability to manifest, create and transform- over and over again. Through the transcendence, you can easily touch this silence in its pure form. Shiva reminds us to use this silence to release, simplify and transform. From a silent and awakened state, you can plant the seeds of life more intentionally and powerfully. Use your deep inner silence for stirring your creative desires. As the full Moon and the lunar eclipse arrive on March 23rd, the fertility festival, Holi, will activate your silent seeds, helping them become more fully awakened with the creative wisdom of Nature. What are you creating for your powerful life? What is your vision? Let your imagination move you into being. The new Moon arrives March 8th at 17:55 PST, while Moon is in Aquarius and Purvabhadrapada nakshatra. The solar eclipse begins at 15:19 PST, continuing until 20:34 PST. The strongest time of the eclipse will occur at 17:59 PST. The eclipse will be visible in South/East Asia, North/West Australia, Pacific and Indian Ocean. Though this eclipse will not touch North America directly, the same rules apply to all during the eclipse. It's not advised to look at the eclipse directly, or to be outside during the eclipse. Stay indoors, meditate, eat lightly or fast, set intentions and say prayers. Use this time as the sacred, inward time that it is. Being outside during the eclipse leaves you vulnerable to absorbing extra "shadow" which is not ideal. Since eclipses represent and intensify the inner shadow, taking precautionary measures to avoid gathering more shadow, is important. During the eclipse portal (the two week period between solar and lunar eclipses) it is not recommended to start new projects, make big decisions or begin anything important. Wait until after the 23rd for this. Sun In Pisces Sun in Pisces instigates release and endings. As your inner light source moves to the final sign of the zodiac on March 13th at 22:24 PST, a sense of closure is initiated. This theme of doors closing, so others can open, is truly being triggered during this eclipse portal. The Sun in Pisces intensifies this awareness of endings and letting go. It's essential that this be a conscious process in order to maximize the results. As you allow doors to close, you are naturally creating the ability to open new doors simultaneously. Gains are yours as a result of this willingness. This is a time of deep feelings. Touch in to your internal waters with conviction as there is a powerful opportunity to expand your container of life and what you think is possible for yourself. Your relationship with your creativity, your feminine energy, will determine your success. Get empowered through your creative intelligence and open your horizons to more- more nourishment, support, relationships, community and thriving. More life force energy! Connecting and relating will be an essential part of this growth process. Clean up relationship issues, fears, worries and doubts that emerge around deservability. Do you really feel you can be happy with what arrives? That you can have nourishing relationships in your life? What healing and clean up is necessary within your body and spirit- in order for you to be more receptive to receiving what you want and need? It's time to take swift action and move mountains- without using force. This cycle triggers great healing, but you must be willing to look at your shadow and light equally. Gains come to those who are authentic about their obstacles, challenges, limiting beliefs and self-sabotage behaviors. Stepping into your power more fully will be determined by how courageously you lean into your shadow and darkness. Do you transform your bad habits, healing and growing as a result? Or do you continue to curse your own darkness and stay in its shadows? Right now, gathering support, resources and guidance to align with your healing process is essential. You will be supported if you ask. Reach out, connect, collaborate and communicate. Don't self isolate. This is a transformational time. Maximize the effects through physical embodiment and spiritual connection. Mercury In Pisces Mercury moves to its debilitation sign, Pisces, on March 18th at 15:55 PST, joining Sun in this watery sign. The mental body is moving, changing and being cleansed with the fluid wisdom of Pisces. There is a certain experience of endings and release that will be experienced in this cycle, adding to the themes already enlivened by the eclipse portal and Sun in Pisces simultaneously. Both Sun and Mercury are out of the gaze of the other planets, offering a bit of freedom in expression as a result. The ruling planet of Pisces, Jupiter, is conjunct Rahu in Leo, causing shadowed expansion, resources and uncertainties that will effect the mind. Venus is considered exalted in Pisces, though currently still moving through a friendly sign, Aquarius, feeling the restructuring effects of Ketu. The mind will feel these changes as well, adding to instability at times. The general trend for this cycle, however, is positive- offering new resources, support and wisdom- despite the mental body's debilitation. Let this sensitivity help you turn inward and bring your focus to subtleties. Meditate, contemplate, spend time in nature and use resources that help the mind stay calm, present and relaxed. Precision and exactness may not be your strength right now, nor fast acting awareness. This is an opportunity to go more slowly and find sacred pauses along the way. Can you find nourishment in the gentleness? Reverence for vulnerability and softness? Lean into your feminine center and honor her needs. She prefers your slow, steady steps, which allows you to languish in your creative intelligence. If you find yourself pushing, rushing or forcing, you will miss her messages and not receive her gifts. You must coax her gently, softly, with tenderness and care. Her wisdom will be found in your depths, tangled in your wild and untamed second chakra. Activate and energize this portal of creative energy. What are you manifesting with this wisdom? What guidance and support do you need for greater activation and awareness? Let your imagination stir and awaken you. Join me for a *free* Creative Ritual class on Sunday, March 20th in honor of the full Moon, eclipse portal and Holi celebrations. Gather resources to increase your creative potential! Join the List *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. Use these horoscopes to support your eclipse portal transformation: Aries: Gains come with your commitment to steady steps. Be resourceful and flexible with your efforts. Rigidity will not pay off. You are learning how to work with your power more effectively and honestly- yet the shadow is provoking issues with your awareness. Where are you stuck? In denial? Inattentive? Not listening to your gut wisdom? Attend to your children and your child-like sensibilities. Increase your play and pleasure- but make sure that your choices are actually nourishing. After the 18th, when Sun dips into your 12th house, it's time to slow down and take more pauses. Meditate, go on retreat, spend more time in bed. Use your alone time with intention. Once Mercury joins the Sun in Pisces on the 13th, the need for rest is even more vital. Listen to your mental and physical bodies diligently. Taurus: Career, home life and relationships are front and center right now. Confusion and uncertainties are rampant, with excitement and possibility close behind. Connect authentically and let relationships serve you and your dharmic path more intimately. What are you learning about your gifts? Your need to share them? Illusions in your heart are creating frustrations and a lack of clarity with your emotional body wisdom. Try to separate needs vs. wants. They are different. What do you truly need for deep nourishment? This is the need and this will serve you in more sustainable ways. Put your whole self into your work and use the wisdom of the four bodies- mental, emotional, physical and spiritual- to share in bigger ways. What is holding you back? Out of your greatness? Gemini: This is a time of healing and gathering more support. Where are you saying yes? Where are you saying no? Wisdom, resources and clarity for your path and purpose are arriving. Are you listening and moving towards your truth or hiding in the darkness? Your dharmic path is activated and enlivened, so pay attention to messages and resources arriving to support your progress. Creativity can be a resource for awakening your courage. Use your hands, the arts, writing and communication to invite in more change. Gather support from healers, guides, gurus and teachers. Align with relationships that bring you more support and nourishment. Find inner support and stability with this mirror. Who feels helpful an honors your being? Who does not? Cancer: Nourishment continues to be a theme of necessity for you. Do you know how to nourish yourself properly? What are you eating- through choices, environment and relationships? It's time to notice where you are disconnected, out of alignment with your own needs, not clear with boundaries. Your inner work right now is heavily impacted by your darkness, shadow and unconscious territory. With four planets in your 8th house until the 13th, looking under the surface is vital. Challenges are reminders that your choices need to shift. Ultimately, you are learning how to align with your empowerment more authentically, but first you must peel back some very old layers of illusion. Where can you let go more deeply? New doors will open if you are willing to be radical in your self-discovery and liberation process. Leo: Self and relationships are causing stops and starts, frustrations and confusion. Part of you says yes, but another other part of you says no. What is this conflict between your two halves? This is an opportunity to integrate polarities, parts of yourself that are misaligned or out of sync. Relationships bring the mirror of what needs to change and transform. This change process is effecting all four of your bodies- mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. As Sun dips into your 8th house on the 13th, transformations intensify. Look at your animal needs, vulnerability and your wild, inner terrain. Open to your feminine wisdom in new ways. Learn the art of deep surrender. Virgo: Healing arrives for all four bodies- mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Lean into the messages and note what resources support your change process. Painful parts of your being are finally being released after many years of struggle, hardship and pain. Seek support and guidance for this process and be courageous with the letting go process. The stomach will be a vital part of the elimination process so find ways to encourage the release with diet, herbs, routine and emotional body release. You are creating space for more empowerment. How can you say yes more fully to this? Where are you diminishing your power and strength through actions and bad habits, old stories and wounds? Once the Sun moves to your seventh house on the 13th, relationships become a resource for this growth. Libra: Your power and gut wisdom are essential resources for growth and opening. Cut out and release foods, relationships, actions, choices and environments that diminish your power and clarity. Your intuition is trying to strengthen and push forth. Support this process with cleansing and cleaning up the residue in your life and behaviors. You are more powerful than you are currently aware of. How long will you choose to stay in the dark? How long will you choose to diminish your power? The possibility for deeper healing arrives after the 13th, when Sun dips into your 6th house. Ask for support and gather new resources for this process. Once Mercury lands in Pisces as well, both physical and mental bodies will be ready for transformation. Don't go backwards, make your direction clear. Scorpio: Your heart is being cracked open, touched with new wisdom and resources. Challenges and release are part of this deep purging process. As the light starts to touch the old wounds, notice your response. Lean in and listen more closely to the messages. How can you find balance with your opening and closing, a new harmony, a new dance? Take this wisdom into your work and life offerings. Let your wisdom be shared. The acknowledgement of your whole human being- light and dark, shadows and gifts- is a more authentic representation of who you are. Stay true to this authenticity. It may not be a smooth process at first. It may feel like four steps forward, five steps back for a bit, but trust you are learning these new steps and will find mastery. Sun in your 5th house on the 13th, begins a new relationship with your power and playfulness. Enjoy! Sagittarius: Get creatively courageous! Awaken your four bodies with creative activation and artistic resources. This will invite in more possibility, life force energy and dharmic alignment. Does it bring you joy? Are you excited to do it? Say yes more to these desires! Start releasing more of the obligations you put upon yourself as these are old stories that are keeping you in the dark, robbing you of increased power. How do you use your energy? The lack of clarity about your path and purpose is a misuse of your power. Notice where you need to make some adjustments. Say no more, let go of actions, choices, environments and relationships that don't serve your nourishment. Seek support, guidance and resources for deepening your dharmic wisdom. Capricorn: Vocalize and express. Clarify your self expression and use it as a resource for deeper nourishment and support. Food and eating habits are a big part of your nourishment process right now. Where are you numbing, suppressing or avoiding your feelings with what you ingest? Looking at your wounds and suppressed darkness is vital for creating more clarity about what you really need. Be radical in your investigation. Gather new resources and tools, guidance and support for your transformation process. Do not self-isolate. You are in a radical change process- from inside to outside. Touch your depths and find ways to come up for air. How can your creative intelligence be a resource for deeper inner connection and healing? Aquarius: Relationships are still a source of growth and confusion, causing deep transformation within. Your full being is getting restructured- mental, emotional, physical and spiritual bodies are getting cracked open for greater light and wisdom to arrive. Are you too focused on the pain to notice the gifts? How are you saying yes to your own power and strength? Where are you saying no? It's vital that you understand this release process is ultimately about you increasing your level of empowerment and inner strength, not about destroying yourself. Find ways to land and ground, stabilize and get embodied. Find your anchor within the physical. As Sun moves to your second house on the 13th, it's time to strengthen your voice, expression and deepen the nourishment you are receiving. As you release, you will create more space to receive what will truly feed you. Pisces: Liberation and healing are vital right now. As you radically step into release and letting go, more space will open and be available for your dharmic path and purpose. Identify your struggles and stories as these are vital for your dharmic work and will help you share your gifts more authentically. All four bodies- mental, emotional, physical and spiritual- are finding a sense of closure and release. This may require you to rest and meditate more right now. Make time for being alone and tending to your own self care needs diligently. Ask for support, guidance and new resources in order to speed up this change process and make it more smooth. Rest and integration are valuable for you right now in order to truly make the many transformations become sustainable. Listen to your gut intelligence, seek wisdom from teachers, gurus and guides, step into your light more fully. Join me for a *free* Creative Ritual class on Sunday, March 20th in honor of the full Moon, eclipse portal and Holi celebrations. Gather resources to increase your creative potential! Join the List
Ready to start 2016 off with clarity and purpose? I am now booking April sessions. Let's connect! Horoscopes for the Waning Moon Cycle {February 22nd to March 8th} During the waning cycle, creative and imaginal energies shape-shift into new forms. Invite in change through release and letting go. Doors will be opening, yet others will be closing simultaneously. Make this process of opening and closing conscious. Find harmony and balance with this dance of yes and no. In order for greater expansion, you must be willing to set free what is no longer supportive or helpful for your path. Can you be radically honest about this? Mercury in Aquarius Mercury moves to Aquarius on March 1st at 10:27 PST, joining Sun and Ketu in this innovative air sign. The mental body will take on new awareness as a result of touching light and lightning. The gaze of retrograde Jupiter, Rahu and Mars will provide a certain tenacity and expansiveness, albeit with strong desires attached. Stay true to your intentions in the weeks ahead, even while inviting in a more creative spirit. The mind may move more quickly, gain flashes of sudden insight, and touch spirit more closely. It will also be more sensitive, fragile and receive burn out more easily as well. Short sprints will be more supported than long distance runs. Make sure to carve out ample time for mental decompression through meditation, time in nature and being in or near water to replenish. This is in fact a potentially spiritually expansive cycle for the mind, yet it will come with shedding layers- either forced or through your own volition. Where can you lean in and listen more closely to what needs to be released? Any challenges, pain or obstacles will be signals to help you notice where change needs to take place. If it’s not working anymore, set it free. Find new pathways, opportunities and options and put your energy in these directions. Expand what you think is possible for yourself. Ask friends and supporters to help you accomplish your tasks. There can be healing in gathering your support systems around you. Don’t try to work alone. Gather your team and reach your tentacles into meaningful and ground breaking areas. Wisdom is your best resource for this cycle. Be bold and get visible. Be seen and noticed for your gifts and share them. Use the weeks ahead for clarifying and releasing relationships. Allow grief, loss and strong emotions to be resources for deepening your needs. Find healthy, creative and artistic channels for your emotional body wisdom- in order to let go in healthy ways. Venus in Aquarius As Venus arrives in Aquarius on March 7th at 07:18 PST, a full house of planets welcomes her. Ketu, Sun, Mercury and an almost empty Moon will put five planets in the airy and free-spirited sign of Aquarius at the time of Venus’s arrival. Retrograde Jupiter, Rahu and Mars give their gaze as well. The themes that begin with Mercury moving to Aquarius the week prior, spark the trends for Venus’s movement as well. She will help instigate and increase the fruits of your creative visions- if you’re willing to release, let go and create space for the new. A strong sense of liberation arrives with this cycle. It will be a process of shedding, releasing, letting go of attachments and unnecessary burdens- on the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual body levels. Unshackle yourself and consciously use resources to support this radical process of moksha. What is weighing you down? Holding you back? Keeping you from your magnificence? If you don’t have space for the new, you won’t be able to create more of what you want. Consciously use this cycle to carve out sacred, intentional space in your inner and outer being. Shivaratri begins the same day as Venus’s transit into Aquarius, which supports this deep release process. This ancient celebration of Lord Shiva, is traditionally a day of deep silence. It is from this level of being, of consciousness, that all possibilities are available; the Absolute, the fully alive and awakened state of universal oneness and creative intelligence. Shiva as destroyer, is at one with this awakened state of creativity. His role is to support your collapse into concentrated, focused alignment with the harmony of existence- that which is pure consciousness, deep, unaltered silence and awakening. This is where your creativity resides, your ability to manifest, create and transform- over and over again. Through the transcendence, you can easily touch this silence in its pure form. Shiva reminds us to use this silence to release, simplify and transform. From a silent and awakened state, you can plant the seeds of life more intentionally and powerfully. Use your deep inner silence for stirring your creative desires. In April, Navaratri will arrive to help your silent seeds become more fully awakened with the guidance of the Divine Mothers. What are you creating for your powerful life? What is your vision? Let your imagination move you into being. Want your manifestation process to be more potent? Ready to remove the obstacles and blockages standing in the way of your powerful life? Join me for the Essentials of Manifestation. Upgrade your Manifestation skills. Get the Details. *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: It’s necessary for you to start looking in the dark corners of your being. The unconscious, subconscious, hidden territory is a potent resource for change and transformation in the coming weeks and months. Don’t neglect your challenges, fears, haunts and grief. This landscape is vital in order for you to liberate from old karmas. It’s vital you restructure friendships and relationships in order to make them more sustainable for you. Some will need to be let go permanently, others may take on new forms. If you are feeling burdened by them, it’s time to find new resources of support or make adjustments. Sudden gains may arrive through your own perspicacity. Celebrate this. Taurus: Practice opening and closing the doors of your heart. Let the chambers of your inner realms coax you inward. Learn the art of giving and receiving. Discover the sacred art of listening. Use the resources you are gathering as offerings for the world. Share your wisdom and the awareness you are meeting along the path. You are learning much about being in relationship with yourself, others and the world. Share your teachings from your heart and step boldly into your genius. Your tribe is ready to listen. Gemini: It's a very dharmic time for you. Listen carefully to messages- internally and externally- that will clarify your path and purpose. Let spirit be a guiding force to support your clarity. Be courageous in your creative actions and use your artistic strength for building new momentum. Heal and work through challenges with new passion, but find a balanced approach to this process. How does your healing path inform your dharmic work, your purpose? They aren't separate. Find the threads that bind your unique journey with your life offering. Cancer: Delve into your inner terrain with creativity and ingenuity. Turn on the light through insight, new resources and spiritual support. You’re learning how to balance your inner power in more stable, authentic ways. Your ability to clear away the rubble and make space for your power will maximize your results. It may feel unclear and unstable right now, but trust that as you take steps forward and backward, you are actually learning how to dance. The link between your empowerment and your inner nourishment are strong in the months to come. If it doesn’t fully serve you, it’s time to set it free. Leo: Your heart work is helping you find a new sense of balance and inner harmony. The doors to your emotional body are opening and closing. Parts of you are ready to charge forward and boldly embrace your passion, while there is still resistance and caution preventing full steam ahead. Trust the pauses, the need for slow and steady steps. This is also your wisdom reminding you to listen more closely to your needs. You are learning how to be in deeper, more balanced relationship with yourself and others- while being true to your needs, sacred space and wisdom. Trust your process and keep saying yes to your heart wisdom. Virgo: Your healing process is deepening. What are you harvesting from this process of awakening, releasing and honesty? This is your liberation process. You are finally letting go of very old wounds and finding resources to support this path. Awaken your sensuality, creative intelligence and artistry. Use the hands and your art making process passionately. Let the body be a resource for discovery and awakening. How can relationships inform this process of healing you are activating right now? Let go of old pains and burdens. Make space for the new- the freedom, the joy. Libra: Work on maximizing your nourishment, your ability to receive. What parts of you are saying yes? What parts of yourself are saying no? Your emotional body holds the clues to help you expand your ability to hold and contain more resources, support and abundance. Are you working with them or against them? Explore your child-like senses, sensuality and romance. These are sources that can help you deepen your relationship with power and purpose. Open and say yes. Scorpio: Parts of you are saying yes, while other parts of you are saying no. There is a divine balance being cultivated within you, a deepening trust in the universe and her support. Can you trust the nourishment to arrive? Can you receive its richness? Keep moving away from the fear, doubts and uncertainty. Stand firmly, ground, land, extend your roots deeply. From this place of knowing, reach your branches wide and share your wisdom with the world. This is your gift to others and simultaneously your liberation process. Trust your steps and find your new dance. Sagittarius: Use creative courage to explore relationships, connections, career and dharmic purpose. How can your hands inform this process? Find a new rhythm with your liberation process. Use meditation, retreats and alone time for stoking your inner passion. Dive deep. Your dharmic work is your main focus at this time. Gather resources, new tools, support and guidance in order to clarify your path and purpose. It's a very powerful time for you. Make your action steps count. Capricorn: Nourishment, nourishment, nourishment! Say yes to all that brings you a sense of being nourished and well fed by life. Who and what feeds your soul? Radically move towards these resources of joy and pleasure. Cut away and release the habits, actions and choices that leave you depleted and in survival mode. Gains will come when you are clear about these choices- and your actions and choices authentically reflect this. What are you saying yes to with your choices and actions? What are you saying no to? Move towards the nourishment on every level of your being. Aquarius: Doors are opening and closing, people are moving towards you and away. You are learning what to say yes to and what is a clear no. Clarify this knowing and listen closely to the messages coming. Radically release the people, places and things that don't serve your forward momentum. Be fierce in your actions, but take plenty of time for sacred pauses. You are learning a lot from relationships right now. Listen closely as old messages emerging will continue to shape your future. Pisces: Liberation, healing and dharma are your soul's focus right now. Let nothing stand in your way of activating and awakening this process. Gather new resources, guidance and support for this journey and take diligent action steps. Cultivating balance between inner and outer is essential at this time. Can you balance your need to pause and deeply listen, with the necessity of potent actions? Release and letting go are an important part of this process. Close doors so new ones can open. It's Manifestation Month! Get the tools you need to create the life you want + listen to my *free* Essentials of Manifestation Class. Get the Details.
Ready to start 2016 off with clarity and purpose? I am now booking March sessions. Let's connect! Multiple back to back planetary changes take place in this waxing Moon cycle, stirring change, ambiguity and new impulses of desire. As Mercury, Venus, Sun and Mars transition, they pass through the sacred gaps between signs; portals into the netherworlds, the unseen realms. There is a certain vulnerability enlivened, while also supporting more spiritual awareness and sacred connection. Simultaneously worldly matters may feel more challenging, uncertain and unsupportive. In many ways this cycle will offer a sense of being “in-between”, with a lack of grounding and stability present. Use this as an opportunity to deepen your grounding cord, inner alignment and deeper roots with the earth. Simultaneously, spiritual practices may feel helpful and supportive as well. Mercury to Capricorn Just hours after the new Moon, Mercury jumps to Capricorn February 8th at 13:17 PST. This is a return for him- since he moved into Capricorn briefly during his January retrograde cycle. Multiple gazes are given to Mercury as he lands in this earth sign, stirring the mind and provoking textures in the mental body landscape. Saturn and Mars give their drishti to Mercury, instigating tension and frustrations. This is a time to seek balance with your momentum. Leap and land carefully- and with intention. Find ways to soften and surrender. The tension between Saturn (stop, slow) and Mars (go, fast) can also be an opportunity to find a new integration with polarities, extremes and challenges. Find ways to surrender, while still taking effective action steps. Capricorn's nature is to push really hard, overwork and to tenaciously take on a challenge. Are you biting off more than you can chew? Saying yes when you really need to say no? Find ways to delegate, get extra support and notice where you invite in overwhelm. This is often a strategy of self sabotage, perpetuating cycles of "not being enough" or "not doing enough". Remember that challenges are an opportunity to notice what needs to change or shift within you or your choices. What needs to change in order for smoother sailing? Use this Mercury cycle to dive deeply into the depths of your mental body and harvest rich rewards. Keep reaching, extending and trying new things. What you will find is new possibility, new purpose and rich creative rewards. Find ways to keep resourcing from your inner light. Let this light ignite your inner power. The sensitivity of the mind during this cycle will require that you meditate and find time for sacred pauses. Look, listen, watch. Once Venus joins Mercury in Capricorn on February 12th, a creative shift occurs. How can you channel ideas, passions, imagination and possibility into containment? Get product oriented. Structure the feminine into the masculine form. Shape it and re-shape again and again. Venus to Capricorn Friday February 12th, the day of Venus, offers Venus changing signs- from fire (Sagittarius to earth (Capricorn). At 01:00 am PST, Venus leaps to Capricorn, joining Mercury and a sandhi Sun here. Sun is now in the nakshatra of the Vasu Devas, Dhanishta, increasing inner light (jyoti) and supporting “being seen” in dharmic ways. Rahu and Ketu are also sandhi, still in the 29 degree range, propping open the portals between signs. These gaps between signs are sacred junction points where spirit can be accessed more actively. There is vulnerability, sensitivity and new awareness enlivened as a result. Connect with your spiritual body intentionally and create space for deeper listening. As Venus lands in Capricorn, conjuncting Mercury and Sun, all three planets now receive gaze from Mars and Saturn. When combined, these two planets are frustrating and often cause challenges due to their opposing energy. Mars is a warrior, fiery and action oriented, whereas Saturn is slow, methodical and needs a certain steadiness with ample pauses. Both energies rule over the earth sign Capricorn, giving it a stable, yet determined essence. This is a courageous cycle for Venus, one that brings new endeavors and creativity. The hands are a primary entry point for accessing this creative wisdom, so let them guide you towards new awakenings. Allow the imaginal to come into form. Spark the soul and illuminate your spirit through grounding and landing within. Align with the laws of nature in this coming cycle, the elements of existence, to support your awakening process. What feels like right action? How do you know this is real? Sense the connection you are creating with your inner truth. Feel this deepening from inner to outer. Is there a place in the physical body that you can feel this power strengthening? Once Sun leaves Capricorn on the 13th, Venus and Mercury align once again as a creative, resourceful team. These creative tides will be stirring and activating more potent receptivity. Take this creativity into action. Land internally, track sensations, notice the physical body messages. These are vital resources for your creative and healing activation. The body will be sharing very clearly what you need, so harvest this wisdom consciously. Use these messages as resources for your path. There's support coming from within. Use this to deepen your inner gaze. Relationships can be instrumental with this inner awareness as well. Pay close attention to the mirrors you are looking in. Be courageous in your co-creation. Sun to Aquarius Minutes after Saturday February 13th arrives, Sun jumps to Aquarius, joining Ketu here. He receives direct gaze from Rahu and retrograde Jupiter seven houses away. This is the third planetary change in one week, rendering multiple sandhi (in the gap between signs) planets simultaneously. Accessing spirit will be supported at this time, though a certain fragility and vulnerability will also be present. Sun's transit through Aquarius gives rise to a certain spiritual focus in the coming month. One where we can more clearly identify polarities that need integration. As shadow emerges and rises to the surface, it can transform. As shadow meets light, it brings more awareness and awakening. Old, stagnant and suppressed energy can give rise to something new. Sun's conjunction with Ketu amplifies this process, while also bringing past traumas to the light. The process of healing and transforming may intensify once Sun shifts into Satabisha nakshatra on February 19th. Varuna's watchful gaze does not let anything go unnoticed. This is an opportunity to align more closely with the Laws of Nature and bring yourself back to a sustainable balance point. Mind your health and be diligent with what you eat and how you eat. A good routine and following Ayurvedic principles will be ideal. Health issues that arise within Satabisha are said to be impossible to remove. Heyam dukham anagatam- avert the danger that has not come; use prevention. By March 4th, Sun moves to Purvabhadrapada nakshatra and Mercury will have joined Sun and Ketu in Aquarius as well. Expansion and potential will be supported at this time. Step into your power more fully. Creativity will be more unique, fresh and out of the box. Are you allowing in all possibilities? Let your entrepreneurial spirit shine! Computers will support this process as will the internet. Connect, co-create and find ways to share your ideas in bigger ways. Use the coming month to chip away anything holding you back, keeping you from accessing your creative power. Where are you resisting your empowerment? Why? What is keeping you from fully accessing your full potential? Think big! Expand what you think is possible for yourself and your life. Ask for spirit to support you with this process. Allow your team to help- both on the material and spiritual planes of existence. Let your ancestors help you get your needs met. Call them in! *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: Get creative and channel this powerful energy into your career and offerings. Be courageous in your communication. Let ideas percolate, come to the surface and get your attention. What action steps do you need to take in order to activate this new brilliance? Who do you need to connect with for greater support and momentum? Children, romance and your power are vulnerable at this time. It is vital you take long pauses to deepen your inner listening and harvest the messages you may be rushing past. Step out of the feverish overwhelm and step back into your power and purpose. Taurus: Dharmic activation is awakening. Pay close attention to the messages and resources arriving to support you. As Sun shifts into Aquarius, your 10th house, these resources can be used in more active ways- as offerings to the world. Are you ready to step forward?! It will require that you make shifts with your old ways of working. Restructuring is taking place- inner and outer. This is a result of your desires shifting. Move towards greater alignment with your spirit, your truth, your inner light. Allow spirit and the ancestors to support your forward momentum. Stabilize from within and find your grounding cord. Hint: It’s in your pelvis and spine. Gemini: You are being asked to create a new sense of courage for yourself. A new fierceness and bravery. It may feel uncomfortable, foreign and unpredictable. It might not even feel safe to awaken this part of yourself. It’s been under lock and key for so long. The reality is that your dharmic work depends on this unraveling and opening. Bring your challenges to the light. As they surface, you can identify them more consciously; you can also begin to transform them more easily as well. Look for insights and resources, support and guidance arriving to help you with this process. It is essential you lean into your vulnerability as this is intimately connected to your empowerment. Cancer: Connection, connection, connection! Find your people, places and things! Align with what lights you up! This is you finding a new sense of joy and inner resiliency. Notice how your creativity supports this process. It is essential you find balance with this powerful force. Find balance through structure and containments, as well as ample free flow and juiciness. Can you find the integration of both? What does that feel like in your physical body? What sensations arrive to let you know that you have arrived into this inner balance? Identify it clearly within and harvest the messages. Leo: You are in a massive change process. It would be unlike you to do anything small and insignificant. Your motto “play big or go home” is being amplified as Rahu and retrograde Jupiter collide in your first house (your head). You may notice desires, ideas, visions and feelings getting stronger, more intense. Simultaneously, courage is increasing- which will support your ability to move forward. Challenges arrive in the heart, home and with mother. It’s time for some deeper healing to take place. What resources, support and guidance do you need for this process? Don’t try to do this “bravely” alone. Virgo: As Your liberation process deepens, you are being asked to let go of old parts of yourself that are no longer needed. You are finally ready for this. Suddenly old, heavy weights are starting to lift, helping you feel lighter and freer. Revel in your awakening process and notice the touch stones, the soft landings, the inner vitality emerging. Your stomach is helping you digest and release the old toxicity. Use remedies and stomach massage to support the process. Ask healers and guides to help you deepen the release. Move towards playfulness and a child-like sense of wonder. What are you moving towards? What are you moving away from? Libra: Open your heart wide and let your inner waters cleanse and heal you. The emotional body is active and alive at this time. Use these feelings to create something new, to move you towards your passion and purpose. There will be times where navigating your inner waters may feel overwhelming, uncertain- even unfamiliar. This is a good sign! You are opening and awakening in new ways. Gather new resources, support and guidance for this process. Do not suppress or neglect this flow. What are you opening to? What are you closing to? Let the breath guide you home. Scorpio: Structure and support. Structure and support. Gather the resources and guidance you need to continue this process of integration. You are finding a new normal set point for what balance feels like in your four bodies. Notice this sensation in your spine and use it for cultivating more support- inner and outer. Your heart is going through wild re-structuring. Trust that this process is making room for more light, resources and spiritual connection. Call in your team of support on the level of spirit. Your guides and ancestors are here to make sure you are well cared for. Make sure your new offerings and career steps align with these new spiritual awakenings. If not, they won’t be supported. Surrender to your creative flow, but find a balance between open and close, containment and free-flow. Sagittarius: Your dharmic road map is being shown to you. Pay close attention to the resources, support and guidance arriving to help you with this process. You will have to call upon your courage and creative resources to help you align with your path more successfully. What attachments are keeping you from saying yes fully? Keep moving towards the sensation and feelings of comfort, nourishment and support as these will guide you and lead the way. They are a reminder that what you are doing is working. Your liberation process continues. This is your dharmic work. They are the same thing. Notice the intersection of your awakening and your offering. Capricorn: You are gaining momentum and strength in new ways. It may feel foreign and strange right now as you start integrating the transformations taking place within you. What you once thought was nourishing, is beginning to change and get re-structured. Your needs are changing and your life is organizing around you in new ways. Let spirit support this process. Ask your ancestors for guidance. Call in new wisdom and resources. You aren’t doing this alone. Awaken your receptivity and move towards deeper listening. This is you finding your light source. Keep moving towards the nourishment. Aquarius: It’s as though suddenly your whole life is getting re-structured. You are in a concentrated release and liberation cycle. It’s vital that you work diligently to find inner resources that will ground you and help you land in your physical body wisdom. Where is your grounding cord? The one that tethers your soul to body, body to earth? Hold on to it and use it for finding your inner strength. The changes and disruptions in relationships are effecting your sense of stability. This is as test. Who are you without these old parts that you have been clinging to? You’ve outgrown them, but haven’t been paying close enough attention to the messages urging you to let go. Surrender to the release process and life will feel easier. Find ways to lean in closer and listen. Gather resources and support for this process. Pisces: You are in the midst of a powerful healing process. Lean in to the discomfort as this will help the grips loosen and release more easily. Where are you resisting and avoiding this healing? Remember that challenges are reminders that change must take place on some level. You are learning how to do this and what parts of your being need to shift. Much of this has to do with old, bad habits and wounds that have been controlling you for far too long. You don’t need this anymore, but where are you still clinging to your pain and suffering anyway? As Sun dips into your 12th house on the 13th, it’s time for you to find more sacred pause, deeper listening and increased surrender. There are gains to be had, but you have to be receptive in order to hear them. *All timing is given in Pacific Standard Time Zone.
My Jyotish Basics courses will resume in March 2016. Looking forward to sharing with you! Get the Details. Ready to start 2016 off with clarity and purpose? I am now booking March sessions. Let's connect! This Week's Intention: Creating inner balance and harmony comes from honoring your polarities. Step towards the darkness and light in equal measure. Lean into discomfort and gather resources. Make necessary adjustments as you listen to the messages arriving. Soak in the silence. The week begins with a waning Moon just finishing up it's passage through the eighth tithi (phase). This phase is called Ashtami in Sanskrit and is ruled by Rahu and the Vasus. It can bring worldly resources and support depending on our receptivity and relationship with Rahu at this time. Rahu and retrograde Jupiter are in tight conjunction- just over a degree apart. The conflict and challenges between dark and light forces continue this week. Notice where you are moving towards more nourishment and support, grounding and stabilizing. What are you saying yes to? What is feeling good? Honor yourself for these choices. Lean into the challenges and gather guidance and resources to support your change process. The transformations possible right now will be deep and lasting. Monday, February 1st Moon in the 9th tithi Just as Monday begins, Moon shifts to Vishaka nakshatra and support of allies and companions arrives. Both Indra and Agni rule this nakshatra- each dependent on the other for gains and accomplishments. King and priest are interdependent on each other. Both rely on the others strengths, skills and resources in order to do their own job and carry out their own dharma. This is a reminder that we can not work alone. Relationships, co-creation and connection are vital to humans, and our ability to thrive. Who and what are you calling in today to support you? What do you need for greater nourishment and ease? Who can help you accomplish this task? Reach out, so others can reach back. Late evening, Moon moves to its debilitation sign, Scorpio, joining Saturn here. Lean in to the emotional body very gently and open to its needs. Tuesday, February 2nd Moon in 10th tithi Moon is debilitated, moving through Scorpio and conjunct Saturn until midweek. The emotional body will be tender, depressed and grief may be stirred. It's important to tend to the internal waters intelligently and honor what is passing through you. Do not suppress or negate the waves. Feeling stuck? This is the message that your inner waters need more movement. Let the body be a resource for opening, awakening and creating momentum. As Moon moves through Anuradha nakshatra today, transforming your mud into beauty, is worthy of your time and effort. Dive deeply and find the inner resources. They may look like challenges, but remember this is just your inner mud. From the mud, grows the lotus blossom. Finding your inner mud insures that you can find your inner resources as well. Can you awaken and transform from the thick, heavy darkness? What types of support, resources and guidance do you need to help you with this process? Seek balance. Wednesday, February 3rd Moon in 11th tithi Indra and his power arrives just after Wednesday begins. As Moon transits Jyeshtha nakshatra, an opportunity to turn sensitivity into strength blossoms. How are you honoring your sensitivity? In this acknowledgement, how can you awaken to your strength? They go hand in hand. As king of the gods, Indra reminds us that we are infinitely powerful, each with an important duty and dharma to share. The strength and power that Indra offers is likened to prana in the Upanishads. How are you directing this inner life force energy? Are you using it to support your path and purpose? Channel the inner winds with conscious intention. Use your power sensitively and your sensitivity with great power. Harness your strength through the senses and by training the mind properly. Today is about re-framing. If you're focusing on everything that's not working, it's time to put more attention on what is working instead. In this way, you create your life. Moon and Saturn are in exact conjunction today. Move the mind and emotions by moving the body. Where are you stuck? Resistant? Contracting? How can you open to more fluidity? Thursday, February 4th Moon in 12th tithi Early morning, Moon leaps to Sagittarius and into Mula nakshatra, joining Mercury and Venus in this fire sign. Jupiter and Rahu both give their gaze. Nirrti arrives with her calamity and chaos principles as a reminder to find your inner stability and grounding cord. She is notorious for bringing change, uprooting deep burdens and pains, bringing them to the surface in the process. This is an uncomfortable experience, yet necessary for awakening, increasing your capacity to the hold the light, and breaking up stagnant, resistant parts of your being so that new pathways can open. Nirrti naturally enlivens the dark forces and pulls you off your path of light, truth and dharma. Wherever you are by-passing and not integrating your light with your dark, Nirrti will show you dis-ease and discomfort. Rather than resist or deny, move closer to it. Listen compassionately, with loving kindness. Notice what you need and ask for guidance. Start letting go of what no longer serves you. Pain included. Friday, February 5th Moon in 13th tithi Mid-morning, Moon moves to PurvaAshada nakshatra, joining Venus and Mercury in this same constellation. Ruling deity Apas increases the flow of water- whether this be creatively or within our bodies. As the water goddess, she creates changes through this fluidity- whether harsh or gentle. Spend time rejuvenating yourself today. Move your body and let the heat within move your inner waters out through your pores. Cry, sing, laugh and channel your creative energy in cathartic ways. Walk or sit near water and honor its cleansing and healing powers. The Moon mirrors the creative potency of Venus and Mercury, while also intensifying the mental and emotional bodies. The gaze of Rahu and Jupiter cause conflicts with good versus evil. This battle is occurring within your mind and emotions. Tend to your stories consciously. Where are you saying yes to your shadow? Where can you invite in the light a bit more? Be authentic with your full range of humanity. Move closer to, rather than away from, your wholeness. Saturday, February 6th Moon in 14th tithi Mid-morning, Moon shifts to the latter half of the Ashada constellation, UttarAshada. Moon continues to track closely with Mercury and moves away from Venus. Rahu and Jupiter continue to give their gaze. Today is about creating authenticity and honoring your truth, affirming your inner power and aligning with the organizing powers of Nature. How are you honoring your wisdom, light and nourishment? Who and what supports this process? As you notice what isn't working, re-direct your focus to what is. Find ways to move towards the helpful, supportive and nourishing in your life. Say yes to that which offers pleasure, support and ease. Find action steps that assist you with this process. Midday, Moon moves to Capricorn, joining Sun here. Ruling planets of this earth sign, Mars and Saturn, give their drishti. The effects of their gaze, provide stabilizing forces to help ground the frenetic and fickle nature of the Moon. However, the energy of Mars and Saturn is also contradictory. Mars is a doer, while Saturn is slow and methodical. This can cause challenges with action and inaction, as well as with polarities. Find ways to walk the middle ground today, honoring balance, integration and harmony within. Use sacred pauses to check in and notice where you are landing. Just before Sunday arrives, Moon moves through the sacred 28th nakshatra, Abhijit. This star invites spirit in new ways. Pause and listen carefully. Set intentions and allow new possibilities to stir you. Sunday, February 7th Moon in 15th tithi Moon continues to move through Abhijit until mid morning. Start your morning with meditation, deep breathing, intentions and aligning with your spiritual body. Half way through Sunday morning, Moon moves to Sravana nakshatra, Vishnu's domain. His element is Akasha, space, which means he is everywhere. His role is to sustain and preserve, which he does through dharma. Honor your steps and the direction you are heading. Your path is sacred, powerful and important. Step into your power in conscious ways and align with your purpose. Let the wisdom of Vishnu's sustaining forces support your momentum. What resources and guidance are showing up to assist your path? What moments of truth and inner wisdom are you gathering? As Moon moves closer to the Sun, becoming new, we are invited to drop into our being with a new receptivity. Honor the pause and find ways to listen more deeply to your inner knowing. Let your being be stirred by the silence and trust the messages that arrive. Monday, February 8th Moon in 15th tithi (Amavasya) and 1st tithi New Moon is Monday morning at 06:39 am PST, while Moon is in Capricorn and Dhanishta Nakshatra. The coming waxing cycle is oriented towards expansion, while also supporting shining more brightly in the world through the support of the Vasu Devas. Resources, support and abundance can be delivered through alignment with right action, dharma and sharing one's talents and creative forces. Vas means "to shine" in Sanskrit. This nakshatra brings visibility through one's light (jyoti), but mostly through sharing this inner light with others. Both Sun and Moon receive drishti from Mars and Saturn at the time of the new Moon. Saturn rules Capricorn, offering stability, support, structure and a methodical, hard working nature. Mars is considered exalted in Capricorn, and his gaze provides a fierce tenacity and focused warrior spirit. Together, these planets inspire the Sun and Moon to find clarity, purpose and power for the coming cycle. Themes to work with for the coming weeks include expanding what you think is possible for yourself and your path, while finding new resources to support this task. It will be your creativity and how you use your potent inner wealth, that will determine your success. Do you suppress or resist your passion and creative powers? Or do you channel them effectively with clear actions that are aligned with your purpose? Don't waste your energy on tasks that are frivolous or mundane. Step into your full power and say yes to life! Monday continues with Moon transiting Dhanishta nakshatra, shifting to Aquarius late afternoon, where she joins Ketu- still transiting the 29 degree range. Rahu and retrograde Jupiter give their gaze seven houses away. The emotional body becomes extra sensitive at this time, though increased wisdom, insights and awareness may arrive. Pausing and attending to your sacred inner realms will be vital in order to catch the messages. Read more about the New Moon + Creative Ritual here. * All timing given in Pacific Standard Time Zone. For a limited time only, you can purchase either a monthly or annual Basic Site Membership at a reduced rate. Purchase Now.
My Jyotish Basics courses will resume in March 2016. Looking forward to sharing with you! Get the Details. Ready to start 2016 off with clarity and purpose? I am now booking March sessions. Let's connect! This waning cycle encourages forward momentum with commerce, communications and creative imagination. Rahu and Ketu change signs for the coming year and a half, causing grande shifts for all. Shadows and desires, karma and liberation, all find new vantage points, promising transformation in the cycle ahead. Mercury goes direct Monday, January 25th at 13:46 PST, instigating forward momentum with the mind and all things mental body- including commerce, business, communications and imagination. Retrograde Jupiter continues to give his gaze to Mercury, softening and stabilizing the mind, yet provoking growth and wisdom in ways that may arrive as challenges and learning curves. Jupiter helps you expand. Expand the mind and what you think is possible for yourself. What is in your way of these achievements? As Mercury continues through PurvaAshada nakshatra, Apas brings support with her watery ways, increasing flow, fluidity and movement. With the conjunction of Venus and Mercury at this time, a powerful creative energy may be felt. Use this creativity for movement, change and supporting transformation. Mercury won't arrive back into Capricorn until February 8th, when he will ask you to revisit themes around forcing outcomes and pushing hard to achieve. Right now, where can you surrender and release? Where do you need more support? Gather resources now for greater stability. Harness the creative energy to help support ingenuity and new pathways for success. Rahu and Ketu officially move to Leo and Aquarius at 19:09 PST on January 29th. Rahu leaps into Leo, running right into retrograde Jupiter at the edge of this passionate, heart-centered sign. The corridor will be open wide with Rahu and Jupiter standing in the doorway of Leo (sandhi) at the edge, until Jupiter moves deeper into Leo days later. Rahu, however, doesn't move out of the 28 degree range until March. The netherworld will be activated and alive for most of February, supporting connection with the spirit world, liminal space and the transcendence. The collision of Jupiter and Rahu in Leo will provoke an interesting dance between the god-self and human-self. Saturn gives his stern, forceful gaze to these two planets from his perch in Scorpio. This focused energy will add an extra layer of intensity to the already powerful force of Jupiter and Rahu. When the energy of Rahu and Saturn conjoin, a Rudra effect is stirred. This can bring power, potency and intense movement as well as quick changes. This combination increases the theme of working with power authentically and carefully which will intensify after Jupiter moves to Virgo in August. Rahu and Jupiter invite an integration of opposing forces. Rahu is a demon who tricked the gods into giving him a drink of their immortal nectar. His craving for immortality, left him severed, chopped in half and still longing for what he could not have. Rahu expresses your human qualities, shadow nature and strong desires. His opposite is Jupiter- ruler of the devas, the gods. He encourages sattva, spiritual pursuits and pure knowledge. Read more about Rahu and Ketu moving to Leo and Aquarius. Start 2016 off with clarity, support and extra resources, Schedule a personal session. *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: Rise and shine. With Sun moving through your 10th house of career, it's time to focus on sharing your work with the world in bigger and bolder ways. Wake up and confront the light within you! What old, hidden shadows are keeping you from stepping into your power? What fears stop you from taking action? Get clear on who you are and how you are in relationships. Watch anger, frustration and rage. What resources do you need for more relationship support? Your work right now and in the coming months has a lot to do with how you use your power and authority. Go deeper, listen carefully and notice where you are functioning in unconscious ways. Taurus: Keep moving towards support and stability. Let the pelvis be a resource for tapping into this feeling within. How can you create more of this feeling? What experiences are helping you increase this awareness within? Notice your emotional responses when you don't feel supported. Who and what increases these feeling within you? There is a lot of learning to be had around these themes right now. A new empowerment is emerging simultaneously. Move through old stories and unconscious patterning. You are able to start re-writing your old programming and conditioning. But first you have to identify what is no longer serving you. Let your heart lead the way! Gemini: Notice what relationships feel supportive and nourishing to you. Invite those who inspire and encourage you into your sacred space. Clarify boundaries with those who don't help you feel good about yourself. Can you tell? As Sun moves through your 8th house, it's a time for your soul and spirit to regenerate, transform and change. Meditation, rest and extra support are necessary, as well as diving deeply into your personal mythology and old stories. Re-write and re-pattern your past conditioning around what you should do, have to and are supposed to do. You are in charge! Create and activate the life of your desires. How do you hold yourself back? The coming months support your creative courage. Move towards your inspiration. Cancer: Creativity is oozing out of you. Share your songs and eloquent words with the world. Inspire and uplift! Your creative power has the ability to help you start trusting your gifts more and more. Use it authentically. Use it to heal yourself and others. Use it to transform, change and grow. Let the challenges and pains be resources for your offerings, resources to help you deepen your awareness. You see the light in others, where they do not see it in themselves. You can reflect their wisdom back to them. Speak the sweet truth and use your power and authority in conscious, uplifting ways. Awaken the passion in your heart! Leo: Working with grief and pain is inevitable right now, yet you are resisting this work simultaneously. How can you lean in closer to the heaviness in your heart and listen more closely? You are bringing light to your wounds and beginning to heal parts of yourself that have been overlooked. This deep listening will help you support others in their pain more intently as well. Use your creative powers to communicate your wisdom, experiences and stories. A certain authority and power is emerging within you. The months to come support your empowerment and visibility in new ways. Activate your relationship with spirit as a new resource. Track your trauma diligently and notice where it effects your ability to connect fully and receive nourishment. Virgo: Creativity and courage continue to feel stuck, rigid and challenging. Use your grief as a resource for moving, changing and transforming these places of contraction within your being. Let the body be a resource for this process as it is the holding container of all emotion and feelings. Move towards nourishment; the heart will continue to show you the way. Creativity and artistry can support your nourishment and healing process. As you move towards nourishment and create more stability within, empowerment and self-trust deepens. This is vital for your transformation and healing process, as well as getting you closer to your desires and long term goals. Trust your process. Libra: Your warrior spirit is being activated, awakening your inner light and wisdom. Enliven the passion you have carried silently. Let it stir you and open up new possibilities for you. Creativity is available in your hands and words right now. Make sure you do not stifle this or suppress this flow. Let the body be a channel for your messages and creative wisdom. The coming months will support opening and closing doors. Start now by releasing and letting go of what doesn't serve or support your growth, empowerment and deep nourishment. Let the light within be a resource for gathering insights. Allow spirit to help you with this process. Trust your gut. Scorpio: You are creating safe, structured containment for yourself right now. Trust your boundaries and your slow, steady steps. This insures stable and supportive outcomes. Creativity is moving out and through your mouth right now. Share your words, thoughts and ideas. Sing, speak and write. People want to hear your message. Your ruling planet, Mars, is in a regeneration phase. Take sacred pauses in order to harvest the wisdom and insights. You are learning a lot about balance. Let the integration of your masculine and feminine energies guides you. The coming months support an increase in visibility and worldly activation. How can you start stepping out and sharing yourself in new, more powerful ways? Where are you resisting? Sagittarius: Relationships are proving to be supportive and encouraging. Which ones make you feel nourished and connected? Which ones increase anger and resentment? Where are you being malnourished? Healthy boundaries are essential. Take your power back. Who and what are you allowing to leak into your sacred space in unconscious ways? Clarify this! Activate your creativity through spoken and written words and let the computer and internet be a resource for getting your message out. The coming months will require that you look at your dharma more carefully. There is work to be done with your offering to the world. Step towards this purpose with conviction. Capricorn: The light is on and you are awakening. How are you using this new dawn? Put action steps behind your desires and find ways to activate your passion. You are creating a steady, grounded, clear foundation for yourself. Trust your steps and the roots that are growing deep. Continue to move towards balance and support, while noticing when you force or try to control outcomes. Add more femininity into your approach- more pauses, releases and fluidity. The coming months will provoke deep, inner changes that stir your entire being. Attend to old shadows and illusions that are keeping you in the dark. Use this new wisdom that is awakening as part of your offering. Aquarius: Slow and steady still wins the race. Be sure you are taking ample pauses, time for meditation and rejuvenation. With Sun transiting your 12th house, it's not a visible and energized time. Your efforts are best used for attending to your spiritual needs and seeking deeper nourishment. Who and what feels nourishing to you? Move towards this feeling and find new resources that help you deepen this. Release and clarify relationships and environments that don't feel supportive, healthy or satisfying. Strengthen your boundaries. Call upon relationships and resources that can support you in creating new, more nourishing relationships. Pisces: Share your creativity in bigger and bolder ways. Let your offerings be seen and heard by the world. Simultaneously it's time to clean up residue and old conditioning that is leaving you playing small, resisting your power and your immense creativity. Gather healing resources, extra guidance and support for activating your desires and visions. Friends can support your process and help you gain new insights. Speak and share authentically and notice where you continue to play small, where you resist your creative powers. Align masculine and feminine forces within, in order to maximize gains. Make time for sacred pauses in order for you to hear the messages of spirit arriving. *All timing is given in Pacific Standard Time Zone.
Ready to make the New Year a powerful and potent year? Get some extra guidance and support from me. Schedule a session with me. In this waxing Moon cycle, the feeling of potential will be ripe and awakened. Mercury, Sun and Venus change signs, while Rahu and Ketu continue to prepare for change on the 29th of January. With all this movement being stimulated, the gaps between signs will be opened and awake. Rahu and Ketu are sandhi- at the very edge of Virgo and Pisces respectively. The Sun and retrograde Mercury switch signs, just before Venus moves into Sagittarius. Jupiter continues to retrograde, though from the very last degree of Leo. This puts five planets in sandhi simultaneously over the course of the days to come. Sandhi planets are vulnerable, delicate and powerful in their ambiguity. It's true, sandhi planets lack the grounding and stability that a planet who is clearly situated within a sign may offer. It is as though the planet hasn't fully decided if it is in the house that it is in. It is on its way in or out, but hasn't decided which one it will be. Its bags are still packed, boxes are still full, and it may not know if it's here or there. It's a traveler. It's in limbo. This sense of here nor there, however, can offer some profound insights and awareness. Nothing is all good nor all bad, and this is quite true with sandhi planets. The gap offers us a connection to the mystical realms, the nether realms, and can offer great depth and awareness with what feels untouchable most of the time (or all the time depending on the individual). Planets that are sandhi offer potential, possibility, unique insights and depth as a result of their "otherworldly" connections. These are flexible planets and of course that can show up as versatility in a person as well. We can let this lack of grounding hinder us or give us great awareness. That is a choice. I like to remind my clients that what may appear to be a "negative", is in fact a great gift of some sort just waiting to be discovered. If there's any part of a chart that gives this type of indication so clearly, I think it is sandhi planets. Read more about the effects of sandhi planets. There's a certain potential alive right now in the planets. This can be terrifying, exciting and highly creative. What are you moving towards? What are you creating for your life and your path? What excites you and stokes your creative fires? Move towards these desires. On January 14th, Mercury retrogrades back into Sagittarius at 01:51 PST, joining the Sun who is poised at the edge of Capricorn. As they conjunct here, they will be in exact degrees. Once Mercury lands back in Sagittarius, he runs right into the Sun, rendering him combust and in exact conjunction with the direct heat of fire itself. The mind will be hot, agitated and fragile leading up to and after this transit so be mindful of your thoughts, words and actions. Sun and Mercury pass and begin to separate as Mercury retreats back through Sagittarius and the Sun moves forward into Capricorn. Though they will be separated by being in different signs, they are both still sandhi in the coming days- meaning the threshold between signs is open and vulnerable. It's as though the door is open and energy can move through easily. Notice where Sagittarius and Capricorn are in your chart and what bhavas (houses) are activated by these transits. These are areas where heat and mental body stimulation will be intensified. Retrograde Jupiter now gives his gaze to Mercury, softening and stabilizing the mind, yet provoking growth and wisdom in ways that may arrive as challenges and learning curves. Where do you need more guidance, support and stability? What resources do you need for this stability to take place? Gather more support for the mental body. Use the physical body as a resource for grounding and stabilizing within, while stepping out of the pitfalls of the mental body. Just after Mercury moves back to Sagittarius on the 14th, Sun moves to Capricorn for the coming month at 11:33 PST, which will offer more grounding and earth based energy in the weeks to come. It's also a time to increase your visibility, step towards your desires and life offerings and be seen for your work in this world. Simultaneously, pushing and forcing may be your ways. This type of action is not sustainable and will effect your physical well being. With Rahu, Mars and Saturn giving their gaze to the Sun during this transit, the theme of forcing agendas and outcomes will be strong. Rahu offers intensified desires, while Mars brings his warrior mentality. Warriors don't think, they act. Saturn on the other hand will only support slow, steady steps. This combination is a lot like trying to start a fire without enough kindling. That said, where there's a will, there's a way. But at what cost? Seek balance and harmony with your power and purpose. How do you get the job done? Is it possible to weave in healthy doses of rejuvenation and relaxation, without burning yourself out? How do you know when you're approaching burn out? What signals does your body give you? Use your creative life force in ways that strengthen the fire, without burning too hot and quick. Slow and steady wins the race. Notice when the feeling of balance and stability lands in your body. Can you locate this within? What is nourishing this feeling? What is depleting it? Delegate and use effective communication to get your needs met. This will insure that you get your message and offerings out into the world more effectively. Tend diligently and tenderly to the inner fire and cultivate a deep presence with your passion. Your gifts deserve your attention. Put your focus on your greatest desires. Seek balance with your light and dark forces, polarities and opposing energies. How do you treat your darkness? What types of pleasure are you seeking? Are you in right-relationship with this? In this Sun cycle, stepping towards your power, while cultivating an intentional, harmonious relationship with it, is absolutely key. January 18th, Venus moves to Sagittarius at 16:31 PST, inviting in a new creative cycle. There will be tensions with the creative process, perhaps chaos and overwhelm, yet the underlying forces at play are to provoke change in your creative currents. Can you land in the center of the storm? Venus and Mercury will be tracking each other closely in the coming weeks, continuing this dance into Capricorn next. Though Venus is not fond of Sagittarius, nor the gaze that Jupiter brings throughout this cycle, there is an integration being requested of you. Venus is the god of the asuras, the demons, or the human qualities we all express. Sagittarius is Jupiter's domain and his gaze intensifies his desires. Jupiter is the god of the devas, the gods. He encourages purity, spiritual pursuits and pure knowledge. Normally, the gaze of Jupiter is a comfort and a support, yet the relationship between Jupiter and Venus is tempestuous. Your demon and god qualities will be forced to face each other in this cycle. How can both get their needs met, in order for greater harmony within? Where are you spiritually-bypassing? This is a great time to be aware of where you may be refusing to look at your human parts with authenticity. Simultaneously, spirit is a great ally and a wonderful resource. However, even spirit wants you to evolve as a human being. It's time to be a fully integrated human. What resources and extra support do you need in order for this to happen? Relationships, finances, health and comforts will provoke your desire for change in the coming weeks. Where there are challenges and struggles, you will be more inclined to put in the effort for growth and transformation. What stories are intensifying? Where is there discomfort and dis-ease? Release and cleansing will be important resources during this transit, while cultivating a deeper relationship with your creative powers. Stagnant inner waters must be given the opportunity to move, flow and find a new current. This can be supported through intentional creative acts, the arts, embodiment and an entrepreneurial spirit. Remove and let go of the relationships that keep you strangled, undernourished and stifled creatively. This includes those that deplete your life force energy- leaving you dry and incomplete. Parts of yourself that you are clinging to, that keep you malnourished must also be let go. Keep cultivating a deeper relationship with your self in order to increase awareness about what you need for cultivating a richer creative process. Work with my creative rituals to support you with this. Find ways to increase your fluidity with healthy habits, nourishing foods and lifestyle practices, dance, chanting and singing. Let the legs ground you and deepen your presence of support in the pelvis. Integrating human and god qualities within will be supported through working with first and second chakras. Start 2016 off with clarity, support and extra resources, Schedule a personal session. *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: Work on strengthening relationships with TLC and balance. Where do you hide who you are, just to keep things pleasant? Where do you need to show up more authentically? Dive into your depths and work consciously on your challenges, obstacles and difficulties. Use grief as a resource for cleansing and healing old wounds. Career gets your focus and the light of the Sun in the coming weeks. Make hay! Dharma is full of creative potential. Use your creative powers to instigate new possibilities and opportunities for yourself. Taurus: Continue to seek stability and support within. Notice when it arrives and where you feel this in your body. Use this as a resource to cultivate more stability in your life and relationships. Dharmic pursuits are being activated and awakened on multiple levels. Look for themes and old desires returning to support your ambitions. Creativity is being cultivated and activated from your raw humanness. Channel your creative power into potent expression, words and sounds. Speak your creative truth and land in the nourishment of your heart wisdom. Gemini: Keep integrating your heart's desires with your creative desires. Gather support, resources and guidance for your process. Who is walking with you? Let go of those who don't fully align with your needs for creativity and expression. This is a release cycle for you as Sun dips into your 8th house. A time for more silence, introspection, meditation. Spend more time with your inner landscape and use this as a channel for your creativity and self expression. Work with the recurring, old and heavy themes that continue to emerge. Rather than resisting your challenges, step towards them, then transform them through your creative powers. Cancer: Work consciously on balancing your heart wisdom and emotional body. This effects your relationships, home life and how you show up for yourself and your life. Find a new balance with anger, passion and frustration, in order to help relationships be more balanced as well. Be authentic with yourself and your emotions. Seek nourishment, new resources, support and wisdom. Work on healing bad habits with sugar and intoxicants as well as money and relationships. Where do you need more healing and guidance? Work with father issues and patterns you received from your father in order to heal your inner power struggles. Leo: Keep retracing your steps and covering old ground. Where have you missed important resources and support the first go 'round? What teachers and guides are returning to help you? Let creativity and the arts be sparked and activated with passion. Continue to seek stability and grounding in your heart and home, while moving through grief, struggle and pain with authenticity. Don't apologize for your feelings, honor them. Shine light on your healing process and use it as a resource for overcoming bad habits. Get playful and lighten your spirit when life gets overwhelming. Virgo: Retrace your steps and cover old ground. Foreign lands and travel, as well as rest and rejuvenation provide new types of support and new resources to emerge. There's creative potential ripening in your heart center. Where do you channel these powerful forces? Let the body be a primary resource for activating your creativity, while using the arts and movement to keep the grief moving through you. With the many releases that have occurred in the past 1.5 years, it's important to be digesting these experiences and emotions very consciously. Find ways to express, share and lighten this load. Speaking and connecting with supportive relationships are vital. Libra: There is a lot of energy and dynamism moving through you. Some of this you are transferring onto relationships. How do you use this passion and power? How do you work with your anger and frustration? Find balance with your drive and ambition, heart and emotions. The hearth and home, the seat of your emotional body and your ability to land and ground are getting a lot more focus right now. Use grounding and stabilizing resources to support this process- including embodiment and physical body awareness. Let your creative waters flow through writing, the arts and movement. This is highly dharmic right now. Find new pathways with these resources. Scorpio: Continue to navigate your grief and suffering with authenticity and awareness. You are in a deep change process. Don't expect anyone else to get it. Gather resources and support for your self and your work. Get creative with how you share and who you share with. Use voice and writing to get your message out. Let your words speak for themselves. Find ways to balance and harmonize your energy without pushing or forcing. Self care and playfulness are the antidotes for the general heaviness you are working through. Notice where your life needs more balance and seek to restore a sense of stability and harmony there. Sagittarius: Strong creative currents are moving through you. How do you channel these forces? Relationships may feel comforting and supportive as well as provide resources for ideas and new connections. Continue to find new and unusual ways to share your work with the world and move towards dharmic pursuits. What support and guidance is returning to help you with this process? Seek stability through time alone and extra rest. Rejuvenation and retreat time proves vital for helping you digest grief and challenges. Be diligent with your need for silence and solace. Share your truth, ideas and wisdom through the spoken and written word. Capricorn: Use the energy and power coming to you as a way to activate career and offerings. The Sun is starting to shine in your head and the light bulbs are going off. The cycle to come will be helpful for shining in bigger and bolder ways. Step out of your comfort zone and into your power. Clarify who you are, how you are and what you offer. Creative energy is supported with rest, retreat and relaxation. Allow yourself to feel the support of creativity and the increased fluidity it can bring. Find new resources and re-visit old means of support and nourishment. Gather your team and start delegating! Greater receptivity comes with deeper compassion for yourself and others. Aquarius: Continue your methodical steps with your career and offerings. Notice where your steps are adding up. Create ample time for self care, retreats and rest. Get away, find time to be alone, meditate and pause. New ideas, possibilities and pathways for change arrive when you slow down and create space for them to emerge. Seek stability and support within yourself and relationships. What resources and guidance do you need to help with this process? As you deepen your own self development process and work with your shadow parts, you create greater balance in your life- inside and out. Keep moving towards harmonizing your opposing forces. Pisces: Ample creative energy is moving through you. Channel it into your career and offerings. Let relationships and ideas cultivate new possibilities. Let grief and struggle be a teacher for you, a way to find more balance with your inner landscape. Seek harmony and integration with the past and the strong emotions. Anger is a resource for growth right now, as well as your passion and courage. Friends may be supportive allies with your healing process to pay attention to resources emerging. Your healing path and process is inviting you to revisit resources and support that you may have previously overlooked. What is re-appearing to remind you? *All timing is given in Pacific Standard Time Zone.
Ready to make the New Year a powerful and potent year? Get some extra guidance and support from me. Schedule a session with me. The confusion around Rahu and Ketu's transit have started well in advance of their change to Leo and Aquarius. In typical lunar node fashion, there seems to be many discrepancies about the actual date Rahu and Ketu change signs. Many astrologers appear to be sharing different transit dates. Using very precise ayanamsa calculations from my mentor and the Jaimini jyotish tradition, my transit date is January 29th at 19:09 PST. (I use Mean Node calculations, i.e. no wobble.) The effects of this transit have already been felt for weeks now, due to Rahu and Ketu being at the very edge of Virgo and Pisces, preparing to leap. This 1.5 year transit will be official on the 29th. Vulnerability has been arriving and a certain intensification of our personal mythology from the past year and a half has been arriving. Have you noticed where the challenges and themes you've encountered during 2015, are re-surfacing and provoking you right now? Notice where these challenges and overwhelm are effecting you on the mental and emotional body levels. These pieces of your story are being enlivened and charged, brought to the surface of your awareness, so you can more fully release and heal. Often with major transits like these, we will feel the effects weeks, even months, in advance. Be gentle and kind to yourself right now and remember that others are likely feeling this too! The agitation, frustrations and overwhelm are likely being increased due to the holidays and new year. This season seems to amplify people's emotions- whether they are conscious of it or not. Rahu will transit Leo until August 17th 2017 and Ketu will transit Aquarius during the same period. Always moving in opposition, seven signs away from each other, the lunar nodes bring us our karma in very tangible ways. In fact, if it weren't for Rahu and Ketu, there would not be a karmic reason for you to be alive in human form. The placement of Rahu and Ketu in one's natal chart very directly expresses the purpose and path of an individual in this incarnation. Study the lunar nodes in your natal chart for a very clear expression of your life purpose- as clear as the nodes can be. The reality is that Rahu and Ketu are not straight-forward. Nothing they do or say is clear cut or easy to interpret. They are notorious for being confusing, vague, illusive and misinterpreted. If it weren't for Rahu and Ketu, life would run fairly smoothly! Read more about about the nature of these karmic points below. For personal guidance and support, and to discuss how this transit will effect you, please book a session with me. Working With The Shadow Intentionally Our darkness, our shadow parts, are mostly an undesirable topic, one that most choose to avoid. Most people are good at speaking about their faults, personal issues and life problems, but this is not the same thing as willingly probing into your dark, murky, inner waters, your haunts, grief, fears and illusions. You may appear to be comfortable with your own darkness, and yet simultaneously, refuse to go deeper into it. In fact many people keep walking around and around the same darkness for years, lifetimes perhaps, with out making much change. This refusal to go deep into your shadow parts and willingly face your deepest, darkest haunts and wounds, leaves you burdened with heavy loads that you never seem to be able to let go of or release. It's like blindly carrying an extra appendage with you. Oh how humans try to disguise this, cover it, deny its presence! And yet, this heavy, awkward limb is still attached, no matter how hard you try to pretend it doesn't exist. Going into your shadows, requires a strong willingness, and a desire to go beyond your problems. It requires that you start asking "why is this happening to me?" over and over again. And then be courageous enough to seek the answers, the answers that are likely going to be painful, that will force you to change your life, that will expose your darkest secrets. Just past the depth of your darkness, though, is the light. The gift. The gifts you so desperately seek. The gifts you long for are in fact hidden deep inside your shadow parts. Most of humanity chooses to refuse their own darkness though, and deny that these parts of themselves are in fact alive within them. But just because one is unwilling to look at their own darkness, does not make it unreal, or keep it from controlling them. These shadow parts are still ruling your life whether you choose to face them or not. Spiritual by-passing is a real concern and causing increasingly disastrous effects. The denial, negation or avoidance of one's shadow can be truly dire. The use of spiritual resources, tools and practices to negate the shadow, challenging emotions, old stories and one's personal mythology, is increasing in popularity. Affirmations, meditation, yoga, religious beliefs, even an addiction to connecting to the spirit world, rather then staying in one's body, are all common place spiritual-bypassing techniques that most people are completely oblivious of. Whenever the darkness is not integrated and unified with the light, the effects will not be balanced or harmonious. The shadow always seeks the light and the light will always return to darkness. This is a Law of Nature- as they are one and the same. Ultimately, Rahu can not be denied, nor Ketu- his counterpart in karmic liberation. One's jyotish chart shows where the shadow is seeking light and how it will bring your awakening. The blessing of your courageous efforts and your willingness, is finding that within the darkest and most disturbing parts of yourself, you will actually find the missing pieces you are desperately longing for; your whole and empowered life. If you are truly willing to courageously look into your own shadows you will undoubtedly find the very gifts you so desperately long to receive. Your shadows in fact hold the gifts you seek for wholeness, for your dharmic giving, your offerings to the world, and for a meaningful life. As I continue to peel back the layers of my own shadow, my suffering, my darkness and my illusions, I find more and more pieces that affirm my dharmic gifts, and my offerings to the world. As I continue to face my grief, my struggles, pains and disappointments, I am finding more and more answers for my pain and illusions. I’ve learned (and continue to learn), that when I quit resisting myself, there is immense awakening available to me. This comes through ideas, creativity, clarity, awareness, silence, peace and even joy. The moments when I release my grip, let go, and surrender, I find how much energy I’ve been using to resist my self, my own nature. This is my own resistance to my shadow parts and it takes immense energy to maintain this resistance. We all have resistance. Finding the resistance within yourself and within your life, will point the way towards your own shadow parts. Remember that the energy you use to resist your own darkness takes incredible energy to maintain, and is a drain to the vital life force energy that could be put to good use elsewhere. Energy you could put into living your one precious life- actualizing your dreams, taking bold, fulfilling action steps! We each have an attraction and repulsion dynamic within us; a push and a pull. This is expressed through the eleventh house of the Jyotish chart, the house of pluses and minuses. Aquarius is an expression of the 11th house and offers many of the same challenges and resources. This attraction repulsion dynamic is also the energy of Rahu, the north shadow node, as well as the role of Rahu and Ketu in our charts. Everyone has this drive, a pull towards what you want, which is also very intimately intertwined with what you are resisting or refusing in your life and in yourself simultaneously. What you desperately long for and desire is the core of your shadow work and points the way to all the pieces of your darkness. What you deeply long for is seeking you in other words. And it's hidden beneath your shadows. This shadow, and working with one's darkness in order to awaken, is the juxtaposition of Rahu (shadow) and Ketu (light) in ones Jyotish chart, and why Rahu is both darkness and compulsions, as well as desires and insatiable needs. Let Rahu drive you towards your own wholeness. Let him show you what you long for, what you need the most in this life, and let him also show you what you are resisting simultaneously. Wherever Rahu sits in your jyotish chart (the house, the sign, the planets he interacts with, the nakshatra he resides in etc.) points directly to the main theme of your personal life story. Rahu and Ketu are quite literally karma points and they show you why you have incarnated into this body, into this life, and what you are here to learn. The dance of shadow and light, Rahu and Ketu, fully express your ability and your willingness to grow and awaken in this life time. Will you continue to resist your shadows, your darkness (Rahu)? Or will the compulsion to emerge from the illusions be strong enough to force your awakening and crack you open (Ketu)? The power within the shadow is two fold. When you resist your darkness, you refuse and resist the healing and the medicine that your life has to offer. You are essentially refusing and resisting awakening to your most essential gifts. These gifts always reveal your dharma, your life purpose, your reason for being alive, and thus there is an immense reward for your efforts- if you choose to take on the task fully. However, it is not the path of ease, numbness, ignorance and denial. In order to awaken, you must invite in your shadow parts, continue to go deeper into your darkness in unending cycles, to dive for pearls of truth tirelessly- as though your life depends on it. It does. This is why aligning with one's dharma, one's true reason for being alive, is not for everyone, and is in fact evasive for most people. For those who thrive on transformation though, the gifts are unending and continue to unfold. Artists, healers, and those here to share wisdom with the world, thrive on these cycles of transformation, change and growth. For us, our most vital task is embarking on consistent cycles of confronting and identifying our shadows and yet not get addicted to these cycles of pain, struggle, and torture. For those consistently working with their own shadows rigorously, remember to work with and to heal the vow that says "I am broken and will remain so." The shadows after all, hold your most potent power, and the wisdom you need for your life and your cycles of death and rebirth. The skill then becomes not just the willingness to go into your shadow, your darkness, but to also know when to let go of it, to release and shift into something new. Some will never walk into their shadows and bravely peel back the layers of their suffering and pain. For those willing to do this courageous work, you must also remember how to come up for air, to take a breath, to dance with both the darkness and the light, to heal and overcome the vow of brokenness, while continuing to bravely dance with your shadows cyclically. Clients who come to me are walking this fine edge of wanting to awaken; there is a desire to know what their life means and how to overcome their biggest obstacles- and yet simultaneously there is a strong fear to look. This is the attraction/repulsion dynamic at play, a true expression of Rahu driving us towards answers, yet fearful of what we will find once we get there. As I continue to work with the shadow more and more in my own self development process, and also in my work with clients, I am becoming acutely aware of the reality that fear is really all part of the grande illusion of the shadow. Perhaps Carl Jung put it best, "If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping." Rahu and Ketu: The Gifts of The Shadows Rahu and Ketu are not planets at all, they are mathematical points on either side of the Moon with rather significant implications on our Self experience. The Moon is arguably the most influential part of the chart- indicating our experiences within the womb and our relationship with mother, as well as our inner nature. The Moon is our guide for emotional well being and our connection to our intuitive self. In fact, the Moon is so important to our life experience, the relationship the nodes have with the Moon indicates their impact on our emotional well being- among other things. Rahu and Ketu, the Moon and the rest of the chart, all create our own unique stories, mythologies and individual karmic dramas. Read more about the importance of the Moon. The nodes, as Rahu and Ketu are referred to, are mischievous in nature. They present our karmas to us in this incarnation. Without them, and their very valuable life lessons, we would not have incarnated into a human body. They are essential to this lila, this play of life, that we are involved with in this dimension. Both Rahu and Ketu have their own unique array of offerings, but because they are shadow "planets" they often evade prediction. Their nature is to deceive, mystify, to be illusive, and to blind us from our true nature. They represent forces that can't be seen and are the parts of ourselves that go unnoticed and unrecognized. When, and if, the shadow or veil of illusion is removed, and we do see what has been hidden from us, it is often extremely painful. Rahu and Ketu request that we ask ourselves: What am I not seeing or what am I not willing to see? What am I clinging to and unable to let go of? In order to understand the nature of Rahu and Ketu, it helps to have a little background on how they came to be. In Vedic lore, Rahu (north node) and Ketu (south node) came into being during the famous story of the churning of the ocean of milk (the Milky Way). As the devas (gods) were creating this great churning, amrita, the nectar of immortality arose (think churning milk into butter). The devas, however, needed the asuras (demons) to help them with this task and they had to work together to get the job done. As the immortal nectar was created and obtained from this "great churning", Vishnu made certain that it was only given to the devas. However, one asura named Svarbhanu, outsmarted Vishnu and the other devas. He disguised himself as a deva and got in line to have a drop of the sacred nectar given to him. The story goes that he hid between the Sun and the Moon so no one would notice him. Just as Vishnu poured a drop of nectar into Svarbhanu's mouth, the Sun and Moon recognized that he was actually an asura! Vishnu chopped him in half, but it was too late. A drop of the immortal nectar was already in his mouth! Thus the two halves, Rahu and Ketu were born. The head of the asura who ingested the immortal nectar became Rahu and the lower half, the body of the asura, became Ketu. Rahu and Ketu are the head and tail of the demon, often referred to as the serpent. A lunar eclipse is connected to Rahu- this happens when he tries to eat the Moon, but it falls right out of him. Ketu is connected to the Solar eclipse. This epic story is truly metaphoric on so many levels of life. It expresses the interplay of light and dark and how interdependent they both are on each other. These two facets of life are of course alive and well within our own nature and thus the play of shadow and light becomes our dance in life as well. Rahu is the head of the serpent and has an insatiable appetite for the material world (his cravings for obtaining the nectar) and intoxicants of all kinds. He brings shock and the dark side of life and he can bring sudden changes, upheavals, even quick boons. Where Saturn brings sorrow, sadness and grief- the natural darkness that is life- Rahu brings an intensified demented version of this darkness; he manipulates and obscures everything he touches. Addictions and confusion are Rahu's domain as well as disturbances and trauma. He does not allow us to think clearly and brings deceit and dishonesty with him. That said, there are worldly benefits that come with him as well. He can give money, profits and excesses from the material world. He loves the foreign and unusual, which can offer great learning and awareness as a result. Enjoyable and exotic travels can also come with Rahu. Professions that require lying, cheating and stealing (politicians for example) will get benefits from Rahu. Where Rahu may give, Ketu takes away, and is responsible for "cutting the ties that bind us to the material world". If we are attached to it, Ketu can and will cut those attachments loose- eventually. That is his job- to help us realize intimately the impermanence of this life. He is highly spiritual and not interested in the material realms at all. He will either grant access to spiritual advancement or deny it; Ketu is connected to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. Since Ketu is just a body (no head) he literally has no mind. He can either show madness and complete craziness like schizophrenia, or certain zen states of no-mind which are more spiritual in experience. Ketu is a moksha planet, connected to liberation, letting go and deep surrender. Rahu and Ketu are always seven houses away from each other. They are always looking directly at each other, thus, whatever Rahu gives, Ketu will be sure to take it away. The nodes are always moving against the direction of the other planets, in retrograde fashion. All the planets retrograde periodically (except for Sun and Moon) and when they do, they are said to be acting like Rahu and Ketu as a result. Our cravings, desires and fears are all connected to Rahu and Ketu. They instigate our pains, sorrows and drive us to take actions or no actions. They are our shadowed sides and will indicate what we are moving towards and away from in this life time. Thanks to Rahu and Ketu, we are guaranteed to grow in this life, but it may not be the pleasant kind of growth. Wondering how this transit of Rahu and Ketu will specifically effect you? Ask me about my jyotish sessions. Rahu Transits Leo: Power and Passion Integrate with Force and Ease. January 29th, 2106 to April 1st, 2016: Uttaraphalguni Nakshatra April 1st, 2016 to December 9th, 2016: Purvaphalguni Nakshatra December 9th, 2016 to August 17th, 2017: Magha Nakshatra On January 29th at 19:09 PST, Rahu leaps into Leo, running right into retrograde Jupiter at the edge of this passionate, heart-centered sign. The corridor will be open wide with Rahu and Jupiter standing in the doorway of Leo (sandhi) at the edge, until Jupiter moves deeper into Leo days later. Rahu, however, doesn't move out of the 28 degree range until March. The netherworld will be activated and alive for most of February, supporting connection with the spirit world, liminal space and the transcendence. Sandhi planets are vulnerable, delicate and powerful in their ambiguity. It's true, sandhi planets lack the grounding and stability that a planet who is clearly situated within a sign may offer. It is as though the planet hasn't fully decided if it is in the house that it is in. It is on its way in or out, but hasn't decided which one it will be. Its bags are still packed, boxes are still full, and it may not know if it's here or there. It's a traveler. It's in limbo. This sense of here nor there, however, can offer some profound insights and awareness. Nothing is all good nor all bad, and this is quite true with sandhi planets. The gap offers us a connection to the mystical realms, the nether realms, and can offer great depth and awareness with what feels untouchable most of the time (or all the time depending on the individual). Planets that are sandhi offer potential, possibility, unique insights and depth as a result of their "otherworldly" connections. The collision of Jupiter and Rahu in Leo will provoke an interesting dance between the god-self and human-self. Saturn gives his stern, forceful gaze to these two planets from his perch in Scorpio. This focused energy will add an extra layer of intensity to the already powerful force of Jupiter and Rahu. When the energy of Rahu and Saturn conjoin, a Rudra effect is stirred. This can bring power, potency and intense movement as well as quick changes. This combination increases the theme of working with power authentically and carefully which will intensify after Jupiter moves to Virgo in August. Rahu and Jupiter invite an integration of opposing forces. Rahu is a demon who tricked the gods into giving him a drink of their immortal nectar. His craving for immortality, left him severed, chopped in half and still longing for what he could not have. Rahu expresses your human qualities, shadow nature and strong desires. His opposite is Jupiter- ruler of the devas, the gods. He encourages sattva, spiritual pursuits and pure knowledge. As Rahu conjuncts retrograde Jupiter in Leo, there will be an adjustment phase for the coming weeks and months. This is a time for your inner god to meet your inner demon, your light to meet your darkness. These forces are at play within each one of us. What is your relationship with your darkness? With your light? This will be an opportunity to get more intimate with your modes of operation. Wherever you've been neglecting your darkness, spiritually by-passing, or avoiding it unconsciously, it will show up to test you and your power at this time. Normally, Jupiter is a comfort and a support, yet the relationship between Jupiter and Rahu is contradictory. Your demon and god qualities will be forced to face each other in the first six months of this cycle. How can both get their needs met, in order for greater harmony within? Where have you been avoiding this integration of your human and god qualities? This is a great time to be aware of where you may be refusing to look at your human parts with authenticity. Simultaneously, spirit is a great ally and a wonderful resource for extra support. However, even spirit wants you to evolve as a human being. It's time to be a fully integrated human. Gather the resources you need for this process. You may feel a tension between desires and "doing what's right", challenges and resources, darkness and light. This may also be a time where any spiritual by-passing you have created, will work its way to the surface- in order to be acknowledged and released. Darkness and challenges may also receive the gifts of nourishment, ease, comfort and extra support. Opposing forces will find a natural integration, harmony and new found balance. What resources and extra support do you need for more integration and balance? Let chaos and calamity come in as a cleaning force. What is your relationship with your inner power? With the power of others? Notice your reaction and response to this energy. Do you step in, step out, gain consciousness or unconsciousness? Use your creative powers to shift and transform the intensity into a healing balm. Can you allow in more ease? Do you accept and receive support and resources to help? Where are you saying yes? Where are you saying no? On August 11th 2016, Jupiter moves to Virgo for his year long transit through this earth sign, leaving Rahu alone in Leo. With the gaze of Saturn now solely on Rahu, without the buffering effects of Jupiter, this will increase Rudra's powerful effect. The last year of Rahu's transit through Leo will provide much work with power, authority, the masculine, passion, pleasure and your desires. Using your power in authentic and balanced ways will be vital. Misalignment with your power will become excruciating. Tolerance for those who misuse their power will lessen. Watch for righteous indignation, refusal to see others' opinions as relevant or important. Resistance, force and aggression may increase towards those with opposing views. Passions may flair and intensify. How are you using your immense power and strength? Your heart wisdom is your biggest resource of power and strength. It's vital that you honor this part of your nature and learn to express your emotional body wisdom more authentically. Pride and the wisdom of the lion can be called upon for extra support. Let the spirit of the lion become an ally for you during this cycle. The bravery, courage and commitment to honor is encouraged. Let your fearless passion be used for positivity and channel it into worthwhile causes. Be aware of over-working and being out of balance with how you use your inner fire and air elements. This is a combination for a lot of hot air to increase as well as fire to be blown around unnecessarily. Use this time-period as an opportunity to notice when you are in right-relationship with your power and when you are not. Can you sense this and feel it in your body? What experiences, relationships and actions support this feeling? Which ones do not? Big movement, shifts and changes will be occurring in this cycle. What changes are you creating? How do you respond to these changes? How will you direct your sails? Leo and Fifth House Matters Attributes of Leo, the fifth house and its ruling planet, Sun, will provoke and increase themes related to these parts of your natal chart. Your relationship with Sun, Leo and the fifth house, will determine much of what effects you during this cycle. Leo, or Simha, in Sanskrit is symbolized by a lion and connected to the fifth house in the jyotish chart. The qualities expressed by this sign are likened to its ruler, the Sun, and being seen in big, bold ways. Goddess Durga is often depicted riding a lion or tiger and is connected to strength, health, power and overcoming challenges. Her power is an invitation to strengthen ourselves during this cycle. Other themes arrive around leadership, dominance, authority and power. Leos often have to work with ego issues, their relationship with authority and power, as well as father issues and ancestral issues. The important body parts connected to Leo and the fifth house are stomach and abdomen, the seat of the solar plexus, our power center. The fifth house is directly connected to our power and passionate- just like the energy of a Leo. It is also the house of children, creativity and creative life force energy, and the potency of procreation. Romance and lovers are also strong as a result of this energy. Since the stomach, or upper gut, is intimately associated with our instincts, this house combines with intelligence and intellect or buddhi, as well as the intuition. By extension, education and learning are fifth house matters as well as intelligence we gain through life experience- which can sometimes be formal, but not necessarily. As Jupiter moves through the sign of Leo, many of these themes connected to power, creativity, romance, passion and being seen, will expand for us. Look for deepening awareness, wisdom and visibility with these areas of life as a result of this transit. The personal effects of this transit will be determined by your own Jyotish chart and how well Jupiter is able to express himself in your chart. Now is an ideal time to prepare for the upcoming transit with extra guidance and support, as well as having a Jupiter yagya for a smoother transition. Shadowed Power As Rahu and Ketu move into Leo and Aquarius on January 29th, 2016, a conjunction of Jupiter's purity collides with Rahu's shadow and confusion. Rahu has an intense appetite for worldly gains, has strong desires and won't take no for an answer. Jupiter's nature is one of gentle strength, expanding wisdom and pure intentions. Their energies oppose and negate each other. Wherever Jupiter is in one's jyotish chart, he enhances and supports the other grahas (planets) and the house where he is placed. He is after all a strong support and ally. Rahu, however, will ruin Jupiter’s satvic (pure) nature and destroys that which Jupiter values most. Jupiter may be able to soften Rahu, but Rahu’s nature taints Jupiter’s benefic, spiritual qualities. With Saturn giving his gaze to Leo from his position in Scorpio, he gives his pressure to Jupiter and now Rahu in Leo as well. We get increased pressure, stress and tension with all matters of Leo as a result. The collision of Saturn and Rahu's energy in this powerful and dynamic sign will bring increased strength and potential, while simultaneously offering intensified storms and power issues. This will be a time to temper one's worldly cravings, as they will likely be stronger and more excessive. We may notice an intense strength increase within us, while we also struggle with our sense of power and identity simultaneously. There may be extra challenges with authority figures, our fathers and those in support roles as a result. If we are in these roles, we may experience challenges and obstructions with regard to sharing our power, strength and passion- depending on the placement of these planets in one's natal chart. Self identity and self awareness will be very prominent themes for this Jupiter/Rahu in Leo cycle. Finding increased growth, wisdom and nourishment for the ego will be a part of the transit as well. Children, relationships and romance will be important factors at play, as well as creativity and passion. However, the personal effects of this transit will be determine by your own Jyotish chart and how well Jupiter is able to express himself in your chart. The placement of the Sun, your 5th house and other factors in your natal chart will also play a role in the outcome of this year long cycle. Read more about Jupiter's transit through Leo and the effects on each sign. Ketu Transits Aquarius: Integrating and Balancing Opposing Forces. January 29th, 2016 to August 6th, 2016: Purvabhadrapada Nakshatra August 6th, 2016 to April 14th, 2017: Satabisha Nakshatra April 14th, 2017 to August 17th, 2017: Dhanishta Nakshatra Ketu is the moksha planet. He brings liberation, release and letting go. Usually this process is sudden, forced or traumatic. He acts quickly, like a flash of lighting and can fray and frazzle the mind, emotions and body, increasing sensitivity. Ketu symbolizes the spirit world and the ancestors by default. His ways are often harsh, yet necessary for letting go of the attachments of this human existence. As Ketu shifts into Aquarius, he activates a Saturn and Rahu ruled sign. This dual rulership is symbolic of the Aquarian way. There is an integration of opposites to be had. A necessary balance that must be found. Saturn is your suffering and grief, while Rahu is the shadow and illusion that provokes this. Saturn is the physical body, a grounding force, the substance of the earth, while Rahu is decapitated, ungrounded and lacks stability. Ketu's movement through Aquarius can be a wake-up call that can instigate deeper healing, but it will likely not be accomplished with comfort and ease. Humans cling and resist change due to past suffering. A false sense of comfort can lead you astray for years without attending to shadow, illusions or challenges effectively. Ketu is the antidote for the natural human tendency to grip. Yet, the release- whether sudden or slow- can be excruciating for most. Your ability to let release take place will determine your discomfort with the process. Can you let go and surrender? Or do you white knuckle it and intensify your grip? Wherever you are not willing to release, Ketu will bring his moksha tactics to force it. With Ketu in Aquarius, an exchange of sorts will occur with Saturn transiting Scorpio. Ketu is considered exalted in Scorpio, while Saturn rules Aquarius. Ketu does well in Scorpio because it thrives on constant change and transformation- which instigates deeper awareness and growth. Saturn provides the stability and grounding that is vital for the ingenuity of Aquarius. This exchange will intensify the upheaval and growth process of this cycle. The challenge will be to find grounding resources and stabilizing forces in the process. Saturn insures that the physical body will be a valuable resource for this, while this combination will support deep somatic experiences and awakenings as a result. Use the physical body as a conduit for change, for healing and transformation. Let its messages awaken you. Dr. Gabor Mate and his addiction studies have illuminated the reality that pain is the root cause of addiction. (This corroborates with the Jyotish understanding that Rahu is both addiction, cravings and the illusions that cause ones suffering). The brain craves more suffering to feel "normal" and tries to induce it through substances, experiences or choices in order for another "fix". The only way to break this cycle, is to lean into the pain and work with it, loosen its grip. As you work with your shadows, the illusions that increase your suffering, they can move towards the surface of your being. When darkness becomes evident, it can become light; it can be liberated. Ketu instigates this process by breaking the darkness (Rahu) open so that the light can enter. Aquarius shows you where you are gripping and must release; what door needs to be closed so another can be opened. Just like the eleventh house, Aquarius poses pluses and minuses. Both express the silver lining of life when we are willing to release and let go. The gain can not arrive without the vital and necessary close of something else. This cycle will request releasing, closing doors and letting go- in order for new doors to open and gains to be had. What are you willing to let go of? Where are you resisting? How can you lean in closer? Listen to your body wisdom for guidance and resources. Notice where there is gripping and tightening in the physical body. These points of pain, pressure and tenderness are places that request awakening. Places where the body has had to grip at some point in order to support you and stabilize you during challenges, struggles, pains and traumas. Lean in closer to these tender places and use them to help you awaken from your slumber. I'll be sharing more resources along the way to help you with this process. Horoscopes for the Rahu and Ketu Transit {January 2016 to August 2017} *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: Children, romance and pleasure become compelling and potent resources of growth for you in this transit. They provide you with new ways of experiencing your power and purpose. Your gut wisdom is a powerful resource for deepening your inner knowing. Trust it and get intimate with its messages. It has a lot to share with you about your self and will help you grow on multiple levels- including your dharmic work. Luck and gains come when you align more potently with spirit and spiritual resources. Relationships will require re-structuring and letting go. This is an opportunity for you to learn more about being in relationship. How can you clarify your needs and the way you show up for others? Find a new relationship with inner and outer balance.
Taurus: Spirituality is your offering to the world and this cycle is teaching you how. Pay close attention to the resources and support coming to you as these are gifts in disguise. If you aren't on your true path, there will be many challenges and difficulties. If you're neglecting spirit, your steps will be almost impossible. Let your spiritual body lead you towards your offering. The internet and computers, as well as photography, will all be helpful in order to share your message. Allow your heart wisdom to pull you closer to your desires and passions. Be truthful and honest about your need for pleasure and find ways to align with nourishment in more intimate ways. You will know it is nourishing by the way it makes you feel. Pay close attention to your emotional body wisdom and let it guide you. Gemini: Creativity is your most potent resource in this cycle. Increase your creative courage. Work with your hands and learn their languages of creative intelligence. Dance, create music, paint and let this creative power move through you. Express, share and connect with new resources and relationships in order to broaden your horizons and expand what is possible for yourself. You are aligning with dharma more potently, more directly, so honor your path and say yes more fully. Spirit will help you with this process, but you must be willing to radically let go of all the things standing in your way. That which is not serving your highest purpose, your passions and your awakening. Be the example for others and share your message loud and clear. Cancer: Nourishment is the driving force for you right now. Deepening inner nourishment and your sense of thriving are compelling- almost compulsive at times. You are learning more intimately what true nourishment actually is and how to create this in your life. Surrender to the messages- forcing will get you nothing but obstacles. What feeds you deeply? Mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually? Make sure your nourishment is well rounded and supports all levels of your being. There is increase with being fed by life- including money. This comes through your efforts and alignment with your life offerings, your dharma. If there is challenge and struggle, this is a message that you are not in right-relationship with your path. Make necessary adjustments. Simultaneously be diligent about clearing unconscious and subconscious patterns- the ones that keep you in lack, in malnourishment. Let spirit support this clearing and release. Ask for more support and listen to the messages. Leo: Let relationships awaken you. Find ways to let spirit into your relationships and honor the wisdom that is being shared. You are getting a wake up call so pay close attention to how you use the mirror being shown to you. Spirit will help you align with your needs and desires more closely. Lean in and listen carefully. The places that are painful and challenging are an invitation to release, let go and re-structure what is not working. You may find there's a lot of letting go of relationships, or finding new ways of being in them. Create new boundaries, new pathways, new possibilities for relating. Simultaneously, people are noticing you in new ways and you are being seen in more powerful ways. Get your priorities straight. Clarify your vision. Be bold in your self expansion. Work with the ego directly and you'll save yourself a lot of headaches. Virgo: This cycle requires rest, ample alone time and radical release. There is liberation awaiting you, but not without effort and hard work. Dig into unconscious and subconscious inner terrain and acknowledge your shadow parts more directly. Learn from your heart wisdom, as it will show you the way. As you step into this path of deep inner work and powerful transformation, you are awakening your inner healing powers. Ask spirit for support with this process and gather the wisdom being shared to you from the inside. Let this be an offering to others. Share your inner wisdom and let it be a gift for others walking a similar path. You are not alone, even if it feels like it right now. Libra: Gains and increase come from diligent steps and inner clarity, though it may feel hard to find. Connect with new and foreign people in order to expand your reach. You are learning a lot about your power and purpose. Grow with the obstacles and challenges. These are places where you are resisting or refusing gains and more support in life. Your gut wisdom and intelligence will be supporting this clarity. Clear, purge, release from the gut level- in order for greater clarity on all levels of your being. Get grounded, root into your physical body and first chakra- using legs and pelvis as a resource for feeling extra support and stability within. As you deepen your relationship with this feeling of stability, you can create more of it in your life. Scorpio: Crack your heart wide open and say yes to the new. Radically release parts of you that are keeping your heart restricted. Where are you resisting this opening? Allow in the heat and pressure- lean in and surrender, rather than pushing against it. Your heart is awakening in new ways, which will help you feel the world in more incredible ways. Say Yes. Be clear with what you need both personally and professionally and then go for the gold. Get seen, noticed and heard. Be more visible with your work and your endeavors. Integrate worldly and spiritual pursuits. Foreigners and foreign lands may be fruitful. Expand your horizons and think bigger. Sagittarius: This is a powerful transit for your dharma. Part of you will be strongly resisting your dharmic work, while the other part of you will be showing up more fully. Which part of yourself gets the most energy and attention? You are learning from your inner power. Some of it is harsh and brutal, while the rest of it is trying to show you a different way. Can you hold both parts and honor them? This is the recipe for stepping into a new relationship with your power. You will have to befriend your inner authority figure in more diligent ways. Lean in and listen closely to its needs. Get courageous with your creativity. Let go of relationships that are beyond repair, restructure those that need new boundaries. Attract more of what you do want by clarifying your power and purpose. Clearing the limiting beliefs holding you back will create the space you need to invite in the new. Capricorn: You are in a powerful transformation process. The kind that starts deep within your being and digs up very unconscious material, then brings it to the surface for you to acknowledge. This hidden shadow material is keeping you from the deep nourishment you crave. As you dig deeper, as you face your challenges and inner conflicts head on, you will gain access to the pieces keeping you from more life force energy. This is the key to increasing your power, strength and vitality. All the hidden pain is keeping you dis-empowered and feeling the lack, rather than the potent abundance that surrounds you. Align with spirit for messages that can support your process. Listen to spirit for resources that will bring you a broader reach, more visibility and greater ability to heal yourself and others. These messages come from within. As you clear and release the old, you are creating more powerful space for the new. Aquarius: This is a shedding phase. One that requires intimate release and radical letting go. Deep surrender is essential- either by choice or force. Right now you are being offered ways to re-structure your life, though it may be extremely uncomfortable. So many opportunities and possibilities are available to you, that you may feel crazy or overwhelmed at times. Grounding and landing in the body is essential. The ability to disconnect and disassociate from your body is too easy. Relationships will likely challenge your ability to stay connected to your self. There's a lot of learning taking place in this cycle with your relationships. Let the mirror of "other" teach you what you want and what you don't want. Make choices and create clear boundaries accordingly. The compulsion to be in relationship is strong, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. Be selective, be discerning. Pisces: Healing is your primary focus in this cycle. Heal yourself and use this wisdom to heal and support others. Clear and clean your gut and colon, in order to clarify your inner awareness and deepen your ability to hear its wisdom. This is vital for your life's work, your offerings to the world. Clearing your gut will also strengthen your inner power and passion. Liberate and release on all levels of your being- physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Simplify and settle into the silence within you. Deepen your relationship with spirit and honor Her wisdom moving through you. Ask spirit for resources to support you with your radical release process. Change your inner and outer environments so they are more harmonized with your need for sacredness. Themes of movement, change and transition continue during the waning Moon cycle. On the heels of Mars moving to Libra and Venus joining Saturn in Scorpio, a third transit takes place just as the Moon begins to wane. Mercury moves to Capricorn only to retrograde shortly afterward. Use this cycle to contemplate what you are releasing and what you are carrying forward into the months ahead. Gather the support, resources and guidance you need to ground, stabilize and integrate through these changes.
Mercury moves to Capricorn at 05:02 am PST on January 5th, an amicable sign for him. Multiple gazes are given to Mercury, stirring the mind and provoking textures in the mental body landscape. Saturn, Mars and Rahu give their drishti to Mercury, instigating tension and frustrations. This is a time to seek balance with your momentum. Leap and land carefully- and with intention. Desires may be strong and intense on the mental body level. Are these desires controlling you? Find ways to soften and surrender. The tension between Saturn (stop, slow) and Mars (go, fast) is intensified by Rahu (the amplifier). Capricorn's nature is to push really hard, overwork and to tenaciously take on a challenge. Are you biting off more than you can chew? Saying yes when you really need to say no? Find ways to delegate, get extra support and notice where you invite in overwhelm. This is often a strategy for self sabotage, perpetuating cycles of "not being enough" or "not doing good enough". Remember that challenges are an opportunity to notice what needs to change or shift within us or our choices. What needs to change in order for smoother sailing? As Mercury continues to move through the constellation Uttarashada, the Vishvadevas provoke some stability and balance for the mind while inviting in some peace and inner joy. Mercury is retrograde for three weeks- until January 25th. During this cycle, he will dance back through the domain of the Vishvadevas, returning to Sagittarius once again, just minutes after the 14th of January arrives. Once he lands back in Sagittarius, he runs right into the Sun, rendering him combust and in exact conjunction with the heat of fire itself. The mind will be hot, agitated and fragile leading up to and after this transit so be mindful of your thoughts, words and actions. Sun and Mercury pass and begin to separate as Mercury retreats back through Sagittarius and the Sun moves forward into Capricorn. Retrograde Jupiter now gives his gaze to Mercury, softening and stabilizing the mind, yet provoking growth and wisdom in ways that may arrive as challenges and learning curves. Mercury moves back into the first portion of the Ashada constellation, Purva on the 17th of January and Apas arrives with her watery ways to increase flow, fluidity and movement. With the conjunction of Venus and Mercury at this time, a powerful creative energy may be felt. Use this creativity for movement, change and supporting transformation. Mercury won't arrive back into Capricorn until February 8th, when he will ask you to revisit themes around forcing outcomes and pushing hard to achieve. Where can you surrender and release? Where do you need more support? Gather resources now for greater stability. Jupiter is perched at the edge of Leo right now and in very fragile degrees. On January 7th, Jupiter begins his retrograde motion, retracing his steps through the fiery and passionate sign of Leo until May 9th, 2016. Sun, Leo and the 5th house all connect us to the father and masculine energy in general. In many regards, Jupiter can also be an indication of the father, or the extension of the "father" because he represents our teachers, guides and those who provide support. This cycle will certainly influence our personal mythology with father and authority figures, as well as our relationship with these parts of our life story. Jupiter will bring learning, growth and new wisdom as well as personal development in the realm of father and all things father figure, authority, teachers and power issues. What parts of your relationship with your father and power need attention, healing or extra support? Now is the time to put some focus on this part of your inner and outer life. The body part connected to the fifth house is the upper gut- a place of intuitive insight and the seat of our inner power. Deepening our relationship with this part of the body will be helpful to increase healing intentions connected to power, ego, trust and sense of self. We need a healthy relationship with our ego in order to thrive. Gut wisdom can help us find this truth within, while also deepening balance and harmony with inner and outer dynamics. Pay special attention to your digestion, agni, inner fire and intuition during this cycle as there will be ample guidance available. As Jupiter retrogrades on January 7th, he begins to retrace his steps back through Uttaraphalguni and then into Purvaphalguni until he goes direct on May 9th, 2016. Retrograde planets intensify the effects of a transit as the backward motion is an expression of the shadow nodes, Rahu and Ketu. The first half of the Jupiter in Leo cycle will provide us with a taste of what's to come in the second half. What did you learn over the last half of 2015? After January 7th, we will receive more opportunities to look at our personal mythology connected to power, relationships, masculine and ego more closely. Track the insights that come from July to January closely as these will likely be areas of your life that will intensify and increase in the second half of the Jupiter transit. To increase the intensity during Jupiter's retrograde cycle, Rahu will join Jupiter in Leo on January 29th, kicking up cravings, desires, confusion and uncertainty. He also brings worldly increases with him, however, Jupiter is spiritually oriented. Their energetics bring conflict which can bring a heightened confusion with it. Additionally, Saturn will be giving his gaze to Leo during this Jupiter transit which will request diligence, consistency and commitment. He insures hard work and struggles, but we must trust he has our best interest in mind in the long run. This Jupiter cycle is one of increase and expansion, one that will ultimately help us deepen our truth and a commitment to our own strength and power. How we get to this awareness of inner strength will vary, but the effects will undoubtedly be transformational. As Jupiter retrogrades back through Leo for three months, it is a time to gather resources, guidance, support and wisdom that you overlooked the first time around. Notice who and what returns, beckons and arrives once again. Get your needs met in new ways by saying yes to familiar, nourishing resources. Notice the needs that keep resurfacing asking you to look at them again and in new ways, with fresh eyes. Now is an ideal time to prepare for the upcoming transit with extra jyotish astrology guidance and support, as well as having a Jupiter yagya for a smoother transition. Read more about Jupiter in Leo. Jupiter and Rahu move closer to each other during this cycle, preparing for a collision January 30th as Rahu and Ketu change signs. With Jupiter at the edge of Leo and Rahu at the edge of Virgo, both planets are already in very close proximity, sandhi (in the gap between signs) and fragile. The nature of Jupiter and Rahu oppose each other. Jupiter is sattvic (pure) in its energy and oriented towards expansion, growth, wisdom and pure knowledge, whereas Rahu is demonic in nature, brings shadows, illusions, desires and cravings. We might see conflicts between shadow and light, truth and deception, spirituality and dogma increase at this time. Notice your convictions, righteous indignation and power trips in the coming days and weeks. Notice where you are hanging on tightly and refusing to relax, surrender or release. Find ways to keep grounding in the wisdom of your physical body as the truths you are searching for are within. Open your heart wider and track your emotional body wisdom for messages about what you need for deeper nourishment. Take time for meditation in order to give the mind a break. The shifts of Rahu and Ketu, as well as the retrograde motion of Jupiter, offer change and transformation in potent ways at this time. There is a certain instability and fragility occurring in the transits. Notice the effects this has on you and your personal experiences. This is a time for extra self care, guidance and resources that provide stability, support and clarity. It's also important to get extra planetary support through yagyas. For those who wish to start 2016 off with clarity, support and extra resources, please connect with me for a personal session. *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: Relationships continue to play a major role in your focus and intentions at this time as Mars continues to transit your 7th house. Watch your words carefully, stoke your embers with thoughtfulness and care. Clean up anger and unconscious emotion. Motivation is increasing. It's time to create some order and attend to business, while healing old wounds that have been left to fester. Ask for more support at this time and gather resources to help you get your needs met. Focus your energy and attention on dharmic work. What nourishes you? Do that! Your children, father and romantic partners will need your extra attention in the coming months. Ask others for support and find new pathways. Taurus: Retrace the terrain of the heart and let old passions return. Stoke the embers of your longings and activate your desires. Find stability and support, comfort and nourishment with relationships and others. Where is this new balance coming from? Heal your anger and your drive to achieve. Can you slow down and surrender? Anger is the enemy of the self. Let go and release. Let the soul transform and use your mental body, creativity and writing to step closer to your dharmic work. The coming months will require you to attend to your emotional body more diligently- as well as cultivate new ways of working in the world. Let spirit guide you. Gemini: Return to old creative desires and projects and bring them back to life. Transform the mind through healing resources and self development work. What parts of your mental body have you left in the dark? How is this holding you back from feeling safe and nourished? Anger and passion are being stoked. Are you fanning the flames or soothing the burns? Clean up your diet and balance your intake of sweets, carbs, sugars and intoxicants, as well as shopping and over-spending. Notice how these are impacted by your emotional body. The coming months will amplify your creativity and courage, while increasing spiritual and dharmic support. What do you truly want for your life? Activate. Cancer: Keep bringing the light to the parts of yourself that need healing. Old wounds with father and teachers, enemies and challenges return for you to take another look at them. It's important to attend to your grief and let your emotional body flow. Past relationships and friendships need your cleansing tears to feel the relief. Your heart is feeling passionate and agitated simultaneously. Channel this energy into your creative endeavors. Your voice, speech, nourishment and money will require your extra focus and attention in the coming months. Learn how to communicate effectively and share yourself more clearly. Leo: Find ways to retrace your steps and return to your self, your essence. Share your wisdom in new ways and through old desires. Charge forth with creativity, passion and your heart. Integrate, balance and stabilize your emotional body. Let creativity be a channel for grief and release. Bring light to romance, children and your gut wisdom. What are you learning about landing in your power and truth? Heal the mind and retrace mental body terrain. How are your old stories keeping you at war with yourself? The coming months will require you to upgrade yourself on every level- inner and outer. Step towards your dharmic work and attend to children, romance, father and power. Virgo: The light is on in your heart, let your bright light shine into your dark corners. Speak with power, clarity and truth, but watch how you share your anger. Are you blaming others when it's you that needs to restructure boundaries and find clarity with your needs? Where are you leaking your power and giving it away mindlessly? Let creativity flow but gain balance with this for maximum potency. Be courageous and share your creative work with others. The coming months will require you to retreat and travel more, while liberating yourself in new ways. The change in scenery will help you heal and transform while processing and letting go. What needs to be released once and for all? Libra: Passion, creativity and action-oriented behavior is strong right now. Seek balance with money, words and what you ingest. Over indulgence with sweets, alcohol, carbs and over-spending is easy to do right now. Seek balance with pleasures and ask for support if necessary. Find your creative courage and let it shine brightly. Attend to matters of heart and home by gaining clarity and focus. What have you overlooked? Return to unfinished business and tie up loose ends. In the coming months you will need to pay close attention to friendships, father, children and romantic relationships. Gather new resources and extra support in order to find new pathways for growth and healing. Scorpio: Structure, stabilize, balance and increase flow and fluidity- inside and out. Let creativity guide this process and allow space for more nourishment and support to arrive. Let relationships bring harmony, while you grieve and release the old and painful ones. Find ways to rest more softly in your passion and dynamism. Let go of the push and use your energy wisely. Use your powerful presence for positive change and transformation. Use writing and your potent words to step courageously forward. The coming months will bring huge changes with your work and how you share yourself with the world. Step into your power and don't look back. Sagittarius: Your inner light is shining brightly as Sun moves through your first house. Get noticed and let others see you for your brilliance. Speak your truth and speak your mind. Let your words help you get noticed, but watch for dogmatic and overzealous beliefs that keep you away from softness, comfort and compassion. Find ways to meditate with your body- through walking, yoga, dance and creative endeavors. Use time alone to help you release and let go. The coming months will intensify your dharmic work. Activate and align with your purpose and step onto your path with focus. Capricorn: Retrace your steps and get details in order. Get mentally prepared by clarifying and calculating your needs and desires. Take time for rest, restoration and silence. As Sun moves through your 12th house, it's a time for retreat mode. Can you let go and simplify? Gather your reserves and inner strength for the coming cycle. Find a conscious balance within friendships, romantic relationships and with your children. Use your passion and fire with deep intention in order to come out ahead. The coming months will require diving deep within, with much transformation taking place. Heal old wounds, as well as karmic and familial patterns, and speak your truth. Aquarius: Rest your mind and spend time in meditation. Let relationships and creative life force energy bring you balance and wisdom. How can these messages arriving, support your dharmic work? Your offerings to the world take on more harmonious structure. You are feeling the balance- inner and outer. What are you noticing? What is working? What is not? Keep moving towards the nourishment and notice where this sensation lands in the body. Your heart will let you know when you've arrived. The coming months will bring changes with your relationships. There will be many changes with who is in your life and who is not. Find stability within. Pisces: Shine and be seen for your inner light, good deeds and charisma. What needs to change within, in order for your light to increase? Where are you pushing too hard? Where are you not pushing hard enough? Revisit old friendships and relationships, in order for new gains. Step into your dharmic work with diligence and balance. Let creativity and artistry flow. Transform and shift "I can't" into "I can". Enliven your passions with new conviction. The coming months will force you to attend to healing and inner growth more acutely. Who and what are you confronting? Spend time on retreat and discovering your needs. Notice where you give away your power unconsciously. *All timing is given in Pacific Standard Time Zone. Ready to make the New Year a powerful and potent year? Get some extra guidance and support from me. I am scheduling January sessions. Schedule a session with me. Plan your week in tune with nature. Never miss a planetary update. Sign up for my weekly newsletter. 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