Moon is waning (Krsna Paksha) and transits through its Kali phase this week as it passes through Leo, Virgo, Libra and into Scorpio. Moon is debilitated in Scorpio on 12.29 and 12.30.
Sun and Mercury are currently in Sagittarius and tracking each other closely. They both move from Mula nakshatra into PurvaAshada on 12.28. There has been some uprooting, change and dishevelment in mind and ego over the past week due to Mula and its deity Nirrti (the wife of Adharma and a symbol of breaking with dharma and Natural Law). Mental adjustments are happening and changes to our desires and needs, but don't get too attached to the uprooting just yet. As Sun and Mercury move into PurvaAshada on 12.28, the cleansing waters of Apas will be a balm to the spirit and soul. This is a better time for planting seeds of desire and intention after the prior tilling and ground preparation of the previous weeks. This week Sun and Mercury form a tight conjunction. Mercury will be in exact degrees with the Sun at the tail end of 12.28 and into the first wee hour of 12.29. Mercury is combust this week as a result and stays heated until later next week when they begin to separate in degrees. This combustion can create mental tension, agitation, anger and heated discussions. Tempers could flair, headaches might prevail; the mind will be extra hot, sharp and focused. Good for laser beam mental acuity, but not so good for "going with the flow". Additionally, these two planets are currently receiving drishti from Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. The heat and pressure is on. You may feel stifled and yearn for escape, change and "something better." Watch for self criticism and excess judgement towards others. Challenge your Self to learn something new and to be open and accepting of information and differences. Remember that Venus and Jupiter are also both retrograde right now and effecting our relationships in general. As per last week's horoscopes, "Be mindful of your need to "fix" others and remember you can only fix your Self. With the double retrograde action of Jupiter and Venus occurring, the desire to "fix" relationships will be at an all-time high. Re-direct that energy back onto your Self. Note that some relationships will get stronger during this time, while others will fall apart and lose their strength. Some individuals will lose their desire to "be in relation" at all. For the recluse types, this is the ultimate time of silence and a wonderful opportunity for meditating, spiritual focus and a strong turning inward." Old relationships will be returning to us, offerings tests and lessons. Our relationship patterns get a big chance for re-evaluation this week. What will you learn about your Self and what new intentions surface later in the week? For a jyotish Moon-centered approach to your day, follow my daily Moon Mind posts via Face Book. Utilize my jyoti/creative arts activities as a healing & awareness tool. This week's Jyoti/Expressive Art Therapy Creative Engagement Activity has us working with the knees and Venus retrograde *Horoscopes are based on your Vedic 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” 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 concentration and focus can get the job done and remove obstacles at this time. There is leverage for forward momentum. Meet the right people, attend to your relationships and courageously expand your tool kit and knowledge base. Take a new class? Go on a fun adventure? Find joy in the small and look for the profound lessons and healing. Self care still rules. Taurus: The snipping and letting go. Finding the essence and taking nourishment from this alone. The working backwards and retracing your steps in order to arrive at this place for the first time. The effort and courage it requires for this path into emotion, ugliness, darkness. Go there. Heal these places. Attend to your wounds. Gemini: Learning from the past can be extremely valuable. You are getting an opportunity to evaluate pieces of your Self, relationships and your creative offerings right now. Emotional lessons are adding up. Rekindle your life force, your desires, your heart song. But careful that you aren't letting others fan your flames. Sustainability comes from being able to self-ignite. Cancer: You may be feeling confused about your courageous leaps and forward momentum suddenly. Sometimes taking a few steps back is important for your next few steps forward to be powerful. But ask your Self first "am I maintaining the status quo to avoid confrontation and possible conflict and turmoil or is this really in my best interest?" Learn from the relationships that are showing up, the ones returning. The truth is you are learning how to live in the moment more and let go. Good thing? Perhaps. Just don't get stuck there. Leo: Lasting transformations and change take courage and calculated movements. Goals are achieved through moments of calculated action steps. Work backwards now. Make your lists and check them twice. Find your laser focus and align with your agenda, but don't expect everyone else to be on your same page. Remember it's ok to be a loner sometimes. Virgo: Put your effort into your Self and fill your love bank with good thoughts and soul food. You'll have more to share from a sustainable place moving forward this way. You may feel longing for nourishment and your homeland right now. Take time for mother and Earth. The grounding will help you with the important choices you are struggling with. Libra: The need to "break free" is strong, creating tension and perhaps misalignment within your relationships. Is harmony important for you to maintain or is the fire necessary? Do not lash out with blame- avoid victimhood. Instead, take responsibility for your feelings, your own needs and desires. This is a time of learning about who you are and what you are; this can be a lonely journey, yet ultimately liberating. Scorpio: Retracing steps and re-evaluating past actions can be helpful as you move towards a more abundant future. There is a return to creative fire, ignited by desire and yearning. A chance to gather tinder for your own fire, giving your internal sparks company. Move with the fire. Voice this desire and find words to shape your feelings. Keep the throat chakra open and your head cool. Sagittarius: The need to move forward with your career and life offerings feels urgent. A certain restless thirst for movement and momentum and yet a strong desire for comfort and familiarity is alive. Is it possible to have both? As the strong desires and ambitions build, it will take focus, courage and educating your Self in order to meet the mark. Don't let friends and older siblings derail your progress. Capricorn: Return. Returning. Re-turning. Turning. Turning in. The dance within you and around you is happening in spirals, rolls and undulations; like a baby pushing up for the first time, rolling and finding a new relationship with its internal forces. Healing through your ever changing propreoception- the flux and changes that are a constant. Can you find your dance here- within the storm and chaos of change? Put words to your movement and momentum, to your spiral dance. Aquarius: As you work with your relationships, you may find a returning to early memories and childish needs and wants. What are your deepest yearnings and desires? What was lost and needs to be regained for more wholeness and satisfaction? Find ways, find tools, to create what works for you and don't expect others to be fully aligned with your process. There is support, however, if you seek it. Pisces: Relationships may be bringing some challenges to you as your career changes and goes through a metamorphosis; or is it you hindering your Self? Don't let the negative naysayers throw you off track from your desires and dharma. Speaking your message is important and will help refine it as well as give you clarity. This internal process for clarity and enthusiasm is building momentum for what is to come. Don't lose sight of your vision now. Plant your feet firmly and take a step forward.
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12.22 Moon has moved to Leo and in Magha nakshatra, ruled by Pitr and Ketu. There is a connection to the ancestors here, particularly the fathers lineage and family karmas. Sun (ruler of Leo) and Mercury are both in Mula nakshatra right now, ruled by Ketu as well and the disheveled wife of Adharma (against dharma), Nirrti. Ketu is currently sitting in Ashwini nakshatra also ruled by Ketu. There is a lot of Ketu energy alive and active today. Ketu cuts and takes away, Mula removes and uproots. Expect changes, restructuring, plans to go a bit awry and some tempestuous inner landscapes to occur- especially for the mental/physical bodies. Change and loss brings opportunities for new possibilities, new choices and a different direction. Which way are you going and what do you need to do differently in order to get there? Track your response to the changes and ponder the need for stability vs. flexibility. ::: Moon Mind :::
12.20 Moon transits its own sign of Cancer in Pushya nakshatra, the nourishing star, receiving drishti (gaze) from Venus and Saturn. Moon is in the 4th tithi and waning (krishna paksha). Mercury rules the day (4th tithi) with an influence of Venus as well (it's Friday). Brishapati however rules this nakshatra and is another name for Jupiter. His benefic nature empowers us to cultivate awareness of ancient knowledge and supports our growth and well being. The fact that Saturn is the ruling planet of Pushya gives the balance of both expansion (Jupiter/Brihaspati) and the contraction energy of Saturn- necessary to find ultimate liberation. In other words, you don't get too much of a good thing, just the right amount! Brihaspati has the ability to rule positive thoughts and conquer the asuras (negative thoughts), giving harmony to the mental/emotional bodies, while the connection to Saturn offers strength with the physical and spiritual bodies as well. Today is a holistic day, one that affords us the opportunity to be hopeful and positive about the days to come. Enjoy the frequencies that remove obstacles. Mercury moves to Sagittarius today (see below). As per this week's horoscopes ::: Mercury joins Sun in Sagittarius this week on 12.20 at 09:12 am CST. Both Sun and Mercury in Sagittarius receive drishti (gaze) from Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. There will be a desire to expand, yet contraction principles at play simultaneously. Frustrations, mental confusion, anxiety and frenzy can come if we push too hard, overextend ourselves or do not effectively re-calibrate our intentions. Things will likely take longer than you'd like to pan out, so adjust for this. Best use of your time and efforts will be through goal setting, making to-do lists and using methodical action steps. Set your goals and aim high, but work backwards effectively in order to get the results you'd like. Less is actually more right now. Plan for upheaval and change as some restructuring takes place on an inner level. 12.21 Moon transits its own sing of Cancer in Ashlesha nakshatra, ruled by Mercury and Sarpa (the cosmic snake), and in the 5th tithi. Venus begins its 36 days of retrograde motion today and kicks up change for us in our relationships, with wealth, business and how we relate to life (see below). The uprooting and mental changes begin today- possibly marked by some agitation or feelings of dissatisfaction. It is an excellent time to "look before you leap" and to calculate your movements and desires. Today, the winds of change are blowing. The direction you are going in will be determined by intention, focus and your dharma. As per this week's horoscopes ::: Venus begins its retrograde dance on 12.21 at 15:52 CST while in UttarAshada nakshatra and continues to move backwards into Sagittarius until 1.31.14 . The nakshatra UttaraAshada is ruled by Vishvadeva; good character and "doing the right thing" are paramount here. The Vishvadevas are literally "universal principles" or the Laws of Nature, and bring us reminders of how to act in alignment with life in order to bring more harmony. Use this reminder of "good conduct" in our relationships during this retrograde cycle as Venus is a strong planetary focus for us currently (ruling planet of Libra where both Saturn and Rahu sit).Recent set backs in relationships, creativity, romance, passion, wealth and money will get a chance for... >>> Read the Rest Here>>> http://www.swatijrjyotish.com/1/post/2013/12/horoscopes-for-the-week-of-1216.html A lovely post from my friend and jyotish coaching client on the benefits of our sessions and her creative journey!! Enjoy*
The Cardamom Collective ::: http://cardamomcollective.tumblr.com/post/70558250449/bonjour-mes-amies-sorry-for-my-radio-silence-i Moon is full (Purnima) on 12.17 at 3:27 am CST. It will be sandhi in degrees and in Gemini at its fullest point and in Mrgashiras nakshatra. Use the next few weeks for a creative focus, using the hands especially, and finding new ways to express your Self. Let go of the old and invite in new parts of your Self. Moon begins its waning phase (Krishna Paksha) after the full moon and transits Taurus, Gemini, Cancer and Leo this week. Moon in its own sign Cancer 12.19 to 12.21. Navigate your emotional waters carefully at this time. Sun moved to Sagittarius on 12.15 at 14:35 CST and is there until 1.14.14. Mercury joins Sun in Sagittarius this week on 12.20 at 09:12 am CST. Both Sun and Mercury in Sagittarius receive drishti (gaze) from Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. There will be a desire to expand, yet contraction principles at play simultaneously. Frustrations, mental confusion, anxiety and frenzy can come if we push too hard, overextend ourselves or do not effectively re-calibrate our intentions. Things will likely take longer than you'd like to pan out, so adjust for this. Best use of your time and efforts will be through goal setting, making to-do lists and using methodical action steps. Set your goals and aim high, but work backwards effectively in order to get the results you'd like. Less is actually more right now. Plan for upheaval and change as some restructuring takes place on an inner level. Venus begins its retrograde dance on 12.21 at 15:52 CST while in UttarAshada nakshatra and continues to move backwards into Sagittarius until 1.31.14 . The nakshatra UttaraAshada is ruled by Vishvadeva; good character and "doing the right thing" are paramount here. The Vishvadevas are literally "universal principles" or the Laws of Nature, and bring us reminders of how to act in alignment with life in order to bring more harmony. Use this reminder of "good conduct" in our relationships during this retrograde cycle as Venus is a strong planetary focus for us currently (ruling planet of Libra where both Saturn and Rahu sit). Recent set backs in relationships, creativity, romance, passion, wealth and money will get a chance for re-evaluation. The obstacles felt over the past months may get smoothed out over the coming weeks or we may be confronted with opportunities to "do things better" than before with more dignity and alignment- in tune with the devas. Look for divine intervention, serendipity and "cosmic connections". However, be aware of snares, traps and set-ups. Be mindful of your need to "fix" others and remember you can only fix your Self. With the double retrograde action of Jupiter and Venus occurring, the desire to "fix" relationships will be at an all-time high. Re-direct that energy back onto your Self. Note that some relationships will get stronger during this time, while others will fall apart and lose their strength. Some individuals will lose their desire to "be in relation" at all. For the recluse types, this is the ultimate time of silence and a wonderful opportunity for meditating, spiritual focus and a strong turning inward. Perfect timing as we mark the Winter Solstice on 12.21- a time when the depth of Nature's silence is upon us. Happy and abundant winter Solstice blessings! Utilize my jyoti/creative arts activities as a healing & awareness tool. This week's Jyoti/Expressive Art Therapy Creative Engagement Activity has us working with the ribcase and expansion and contraction energy. *Horoscopes are based on your Vedic 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” 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: Focus your attention/intention on home and heart this week. What clean up and healing work needs your focus? Self care is still your best use of time and energy. Work picks up this week. Relationships (new and old) bring career connections. Expect some returns on your past efforts to finally pay off in the coming month. Remember, work smarter, not harder. Keep peeling back layers of your Self, finding new depth. Taurus: Life begins to move in reverse. What do you do when the same issues resurface again and again? Do you finally take notice? Do you wake up one morning with a new realization about your Self, your life? Prepare for a ground hogs day paradigm over the coming weeks and use this time to re-evaluate the missing parts and pieces of your life. You are being offered a chance to heal you and your relationships. Don't squander this time. This week, use heart felt courage and get a jump start. Gemini: Use this time to gain your creative edge, even if it feels like uncharted territory and the momentum is hard to find. Ask for support and assistance. This is a time of re-evaluating your relationships. What is working and what isn't? What adjustments and changes need to be made so you can get your needs met? It may feel like your relationships are asking too much of you or are requiring extra work. Before you jump ship, ask your Self if you've done your own home work (inner work). Cancer: The pull to the foreign, travels and alone time are proving to be healing on a soul level. There's an itch in your socks though. What is that nagging feeling? Worries, haunts, enemies, your old bad habits and fears still pushing you on some level. This is the emotional clean up that persists and continues to demand your attention. You can't run from it, you can't hide from it. You just need to face it; to face your Self and your heart and how you relate in your relationships. Once. And. For. All. Leo: Take courageous, passionate strides with your creativity and your relationships- especially with children. Find that child-like sense of wonder and zest for life and re-kindle your desire for connection with your friends, family and lover. There may be confusion here and certainly healing that needs to take place in order for more confidence. Use this week to gain some new awareness, educate your Self on what your needs are and look for new opportunities for fulfillment. Mind your words. Think before you speak. Virgo: Why go backwards when you can go forward? Don't retrace your steps, make new ones. When your heart says one thing, but you do something different, there is an impact on your soul and your connection to source. Use this time for making a strong connection to your dreams and desires and take the necessary actions to actualize them. Be passionate and live passionately because you deserve it. This week, forward momentum with your career is beckoning. Libra: Your courage is like a wild horse that needs to be tamed, re-focused, harmonized. The push and pull within is creating a feeling of instability and taking its toll on you and your relationships. Slowing way down will go a long way in making your head stop spinning. It is vital that you ground your Self daily. Working with feet, earth, connecting to stability and support in your physical body will go a long way to help you find more balance. Remember to breathe. Scorpio: Depth and mental acuity are high. You continue to work on finding support and comfort that feels sustainable and lasting. What does that actually feel like? When the disappointment and discouragement sets in, who and what is your savior, your grounding force? What grace comes to the rescue? Creativity is the balm of hope and possibility. Use these tools for creating the life you dream of and desire. Sing your songs of freedom. Sagittarius: The Sun is out for you right now and you are finding a new set point for inner/outer balance with gains and losses- especially in your relationships. You win some, you lose some, but for now, some expansion is possible, so take it while you can. There may be a few rubs at work however, and some losses in terms of fluctuating finances. This is all part of your new relationship with balance. What are your priorities? Who and what is vital to your security and stability? Keep it simple. Capricorn: Use this week to sharpen your creative edge. Sharpen it to a point, with exactness. You are pulling back your arrow and finding your target. Aim, but don't shoot yet. As much as possible, use silence to gain an advantage and greater depth in your process. This is sacred time. Use your power effectively and efficiently. Some lost pieces will be returned shortly. Do you want them back or are you ready to set your Self free? Aquarius: A sharp mental edge is a current boon for you. Some courage is coming with it- from your depths. Friends and older siblings prove supportive and give you an opportunity to restore relationship wounds- especially in the coming weeks. For now, emotional healing is your best use of time and energy- paying special attention to your anger. Gaining knowledge and wisdom- outside of your comfort zone- will prove rewarding. Pisces: The gifts you desire to offer others begin to take more shape and clarity, yet old belief systems and uncertainties still haunt, bringing fear and self-doubt. Work on lineage and family patterns to heal these wounds. Relationships may feel agitated and unsettled. Watch what you say and how you say it. In the coming weeks you will get some chances to re-gain some losses- perhaps through the assistance of friends or older siblings. It will require some courage and action on your part as well as the full depth of your compassion. |
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