{Movement Explorations} -SJM So much movement within the planets this week. As Jupiter moves back into Ardra nakshatra, Rudra energy will be enlivened. This is a powerful and forceful energy that brings movement and changes with it. Destruction and chaos as well as emotions and anger. The symbols of Ardra are a tear drop and perspiration- the internal waters flowing; inner tides moving and offering changes. Change requires that there is an ending but also a beginning.
This week we will play with the image of "stepping into something new" and the movement and changes that come as a result of this forward momentum. Feet bring stability and grounding. They offer us the ability to "step forward" both physically and metaphorically in our lives. We sense and connect to the earth (the ultimate support system) through the souls of our feet which helps us find our overall balance, nourishment and resiliency. It's a new year and the time of Makar Sankranti in the Vedic calendar. Time to step forward with momentum and spring into new actions in order to harvest new growth, wisdom and abundance. Use the feet as a starting point for your movement exploration, but let this be a starting point only. Spine (flexibility and support) as well as chest (expand/contract and open/close) can also be important resources for self tracking this theme. Move through space starting with your feet awareness. Wake them up! Call upon them for activation! Let them move you forward! Let your feet speak to you! Then let that wisdom rise up through the rest of your body. Harvesting: What am I stepping towards? What am I moving away from? As I move forward, what do I need/want? As I close old doors, what do I need/want? What are my actions steps for growth and change? This week? This month? This year? As you think about your 2014 intentions/goals that you created last week, what image comes to you? Put this image on paper using a medium that connects to your theme. Example: water color for fluidity and change, oil pastels for commitments, collage for healing old wounds.
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Horoscopes for the Week of 11.25
Moon is waning (dark half/Krishna Paksha) and moves through Leo, Virgo, Libra and into Scorpio later this week. Moon debilitated in Scorpio on 12.1 and 12.2 with the New Moon on 12.2 at 18:23 CST. New Moon in Jyestha nakshatra brings with it a connection to Indra, the senses and life force. The next few weeks during the waxing phase (Shukla Paksha) will bring opportunities for each of us to cultivate awareness with sensory perceptions, our relationship to inner and outer storms, and how the mental body is connected to these experiences. Dharma and our sense of purpose will also play a part in our experiences. For some of us, our innate sensitivity will allow us to navigate the inner landscape with deeper awareness which will offer rich insights. Don’t shut down or shut off. As of 11.26, Mars has moved to Virgo, giving drishti to Aries and Ketu as well as Sagittarius and Venus. The heat is on. Mars is not friends with Virgo’s ruler, Mercury, which becomes weak in degrees later this week (sandhi) as it transits into Scorpio. Watch for mind games, tension with communication, strains on relationships as well as quick and sudden changes in thought. Mercury moves to Scorpio on 11.30 at 22:19 CST where it joins the Sun. This is a time where relationships are at the forefront of our life experience. How are we relating and who are relating to? What old communication systems need to be addressed and re-patterned? There is both expansion and contraction likely- what is your response? Cultivate a sense of presence and compassion for your Self and others- even in the face of challenges. Keep tabs on emotions and use them as a tool for cultivating awareness. Jupiter and Venus have been giving direct drishti to each other from Gemini and Sagittarius respectively. In the early hours of 11.28 (Thanksgiving day for those in USA) they will be in exact degrees. These two planets cross and then separate in the coming days. The recent expansion with relationships, business, creativity and knowledge begin to shift. Later in the week a new intensity enters our relationships, expression and communication. A certain pressure will be felt as Venus gets both expansive and contractive drishti and a heated intensity from Mars. Striving for a new sense of balance will be even more important in the coming weeks. Expect a few tests. Utilize my jyoti/creative arts activities as a healing & awareness tool. This week's Jyoti/Expressive Art Therapy Creative Engagement Activity is centered around support and stability and has us working with the hands. *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: Watch for missed opportunities with communication, relationships and self development. These coming weeks bring the ability to work with old patterns enmeshed in anger, mental turmoil and old soul wounds. Will you take a step forward or retreat? Will you let the negative Self talk win, or choose a relationship with a more positive outcome with new awareness? Quit beating your self up, just pick a direction and take a step forward. Trust your Self to make good decisions. Taurus: Relationships are getting an overhaul right now. Use insights from the past but gain new resources for increased depth and comfort. Mind and body are deeply interconnected. Your gut intelligence gives powerful information to you. Can you hear its messages? Passion, romance and intuition are high right now. Same old predictable patterns, or are you using a new strategy this time? Look and listen before you leap. Gemini: Head and heart continue their dance. The coming weeks offer insights into some bad habits that you continue to maintain unconsciously with your relationships and romances. Care to take a gander at your old bag of tricks? Friends and older siblings may be able to give some insights for growth. Make your self accountable for relationship issues and don’t bypass them. You will be tempted by many shiny objects, but this time you must make a different choice in order for a different outcome. Cancer: Courage and communication hold clues to your present circumstances. What are you not saying? What needs to be communicated? Is there a better way to do so? There may be accurate mental awareness that is not yet fully integrated. You are learning a lot about how to protect and honor your own needs, but watch for land mines, old patterns and default behaviors- especially in your relationships. Don’t over consume sweets and intoxicants. Leo: Lessons come in dark packages sometimes. The kind that burn your mouth, are hard to swallow, and leave you with heart burn. But a lesson learned offers great rewards when approached with attention. Use courage to step into the hard parts, touch the rough edges and navigate your inner, rocky terrain. Dare your Self to look at your own actions with a microscope and use what you see for a new type of action. Virgo: Action steps are coming. Stepping towards goals and desires are becoming more possible with new and powerful momentum. You gain some mental focus in the coming weeks that will help make this more possible, but watch for turmoil within the mental body as there is risk of stop/start tension and action/inaction anxiety. Take baby steps if necessary, but action steps are essential, even if you go in the “wrong” direction at first. Don’t worry, you can always Self correct. Libra: You and your relationships are subject to sudden outbursts. What are the take-aways with these experiences? What needs are not being met for you? This is a time of great metamorphosis for you. Keep track of what you are learning. Use art as a courageous resource and cultivate a new relationship with self expression. Everything and everyone is a potent mirror. Use it. Scorpio: Some things are actually going your way right now and a sense of accomplishment and pride are what you have to show for it. Maybe even a sense of resilience and focus that has been missing recently. You are, however, feeling a sense of urgency with goals, agendas and inner work. Use this time of soul shine to get the job done on the inner/outer dimensions. Continue to count your gains and blessings. Sagittarius: Ride this wave of expansion and desire happening right now and see where it takes you. Strong career desires have set in suddenly as well as an urge to act on them. They will go through a transformation in the coming weeks, as your soul transforms from the inside out. Perhaps your aspirations get more clear and more focused as a result? Quit worrying about the small stuff, just take action steps. They really add up. Capricorn: A change is coming to you from your depths. Words are changing, mind is moving into deeper and darker places of illumination. Ask friends and older siblings for insights and to help you make connections, but rely on your inner guidance for the bottom line. Take much needed time in bed- alone or with a special lover. Retreats, extra pampering and R & R are in order. Aquarius: The awareness you have been working with over the past few weeks begins to gain strength and becomes a resource now, an offering to you in your work and personal relationships. Some new integration has taken place in the mental body but the coming weeks bring new ways to challenge these insights. Be courageous enough to look into old territory and question what you have thought to be true. Pisces: Suddenly you are feeling more focused and ready to charge forward. A bit more support is being felt too which helps with career, creativity and joyful courage. However, relationships may be heated and subject to miscommunications and misinterpretations so pause before speaking. Mental body will be in a place of power and growth in the coming weeks, so take every experience in as a lesson for expanded awareness and Self mastery. 11.5
Moon debilitated in Scorpio and moves to Jyeshtha nakshatra mid morning. Mind moves fast today. Get mental tasks in order but strive for balance. Keep your focus and use executive abilities for best results, just don't over do it. Expect some delays and frustrations. 11.6 Moon moves to Mula nakshatra early in the morning. Jupiter goes retrograde later in the day. This is a time of striving towards dharma, clearing out the old, outmoded and getting priorities in order. Attend to health and wellness. Dishevelment rules the day so plan for a bit of choas. You will need extra time to get things done so plan ahead and work backwards. Read more about Jupiter's retrograde motion via this week's horoscopes and my Jupiter in Gemini article below: http://www.swatijrjyotish.com/1/post/2013/11/horoscopes-for-the-week-of-114.html Moon is now waxing (bright half/Shukla Paksha) and moves through Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and into Aquarius this week. Moon is debilitated in Scorpio the 4th and 5th.
Last week's big planetary shifts and changes created a crack for new light to enter (through ideas, awareness, possibilities, ways to find support, desires, creativity) and this week continues in a theme of clean-up, re-do's and refocusing our efforts and attention. Saturn moves to Vishaka nakshatra on 11.4, ruled by the dual god, Indragni. This nakshatra is about working together, finding alliances and support systems through the merging of higher and lower entities, energies and enterprises. It is about bringing together the relative and the spiritual in order to create something sustainable, focused and life supporting. Indragni is also connected to the altar- the sacred place of offering to the gods, as well as the alchemy involved in such sacred transformational acts such as yagyas. The mouth is the portal that food enters, before it is transformed into life force. It is important to be mindful of our food choices and health at this time- to eat as though it is the sacred act that it is. The following months will give us a new spiritual focus; keep your pilot lights bright and sharp. Align with the purpose of Seva for maximum benefit. May the light of Diwali continue to carry us through the darkest days and this time of turning within. Mercury began its retrograde motion two weeks ago- which kicked off a "dance of returns" so to speak that will continue through the end of May 2014. Over the course of the coming weeks and months Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Mars will all retrograde with a sort of domino effect- back to back- one after another. We will be experiencing clean-up on nearly every level of our lives. The next seven months are about re-evaluating and reminding ourselves what are the essential ingredients for life and what is "best practice" for our efforts. This week Jupiter retrogrades. On 11.6 at 22:32 CST, Jupiter begins his focus on clean-up, fixing and healing until March 3rd of 2014. Jupiter's movement back through Gemini will bring elements of uprooting and change as well as "getting to the root of things" with knowledge and insight, understanding and compassion. Retrograde Jupiter reminds us to find healthy boundaries in our relationships- boundaries that sustain our energy and efforts- without feeling the need to "fix" or take on partners as patients, heal the entire world, be co-dependent etc. This transit will ask healers to get really clear on why they "do what they do"- the root of their need to help and be of service. We will each be working with these issues in our own way and hopefully we will find healthy ways to recreate balance in our lives. It is a good time to revisit my Jupiter in Gemini article from several months back for reminders about this current transit. Utilize my jyoti/creative arts activities as a healing & awareness tool. This week's Jyoti/Expressive Art Therapy Creative Engagement Activity moves us into the light of possibility and expansion via song. *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: Continue to find new ways to support your self, notice the myriad of ways that support comes to you and your life. What gifts do others bring to you. Are you willing and able to receive them? Your intuition is sharp right now. Go with gut instincts. Find resolution for anger towards children, friends, loss and the past. Let your Self and others off the hook for making mistakes. Taurus: Speak the sweet truth and sing your heart songs. Cleaning and clearing past relationships feels important to you suddenly. Work with the underlying anger. Your healing work is directly connected to digestion, gut, enemies, vulnerabilities, fears and bad habits. A clear and clean gut gives a clear and clean intuition. Gentle detox is best- avoid fast and furious healing endeavors- they will only lead to greater vulnerability and chaos. Slow and steady wins the race. Gemini: Think of your Self as a computer getting a re-boot, a re-programming. Your natural ability to connect and communicate is finding an expansive and sensual side right now. How does it feel? Can you get out of your mental body and into your emotional/imaginal body? Can you step outside of your default mode and hit control + alt + delete to get a fresh start? Listen to your gut response, your intuitive wisdom for guidance. Be mindful of your food choices for optimum intelligence. Cancer: Relationships are getting a new opportunity to heal and find ease. Perhaps you are gaining some new wisdom about how to respond from the heart, while keeping safe and healthy boundaries? You can be clear and poignant with your words and needs while still being loving and kind. Your growth is entirely unseen by others, but trust your process any way. This month, mind your gut and watch your diet. Bad habits and enemies will take extra bravery and courage on your part. Leo: Sharpness and quickness rule supreme right now. Courage and bravery are required with intelligence, relationships and passions. What is your emotional response to others and how might this be a signal for you in other ways? Use friends as teachers and seek their messages and metaphors. Finding balance with your courage, efforts and strength is paramount right now. Burning out and burning up are way too easy, yet not sustainable. Virgo: Speak, yell, sing. Howl, cluck, meow. Change the way you use your words and how they emerge. Your gift with words are finding a new way of expression right now. Move with it. Find channels to unleash your emotions and use this as a tool for liberation and creativity. Relationships are going through deep transformation. See them as your guru- the Great Messenger. Be mindful of your words and what goes in and out of your mouth. Eat well. Libra: Grounding and Self care are so important for you right now. When the storm winds blow and get too intense, it is crucial to get into your physical body and out of the mental body. Mind the emotions and work with them- not against them. Use their charge to spawn new creative efforts and wisdom. Cultivate a practice of listening, pausing, breathing- before acting. And at all costs, remember you can trust your Self and your abilities. Be resourceful. Scorpio: Working from your little island is proving successful, yet alliances and support systems are more necessary than ever. What's the resistance? Trust issues? Fear of losing/giving away power? Lack of finances? All of the above? Your priorities need an overhaul. You can't do everything alone. Success come from asking for help from the right people, places and things as well as trusting. You're about to get a chance to do some major re-do's. Great. Now let's re-prioritize. Sagittarius: Some sense of nurturing is available now- are you letting it seep in? Friends and children offer support, wisdom and new insights. You are cared for and loved. Trust the Universe to provide and nourish you. Long standing internal anger is your greatest teacher right now. What does this fire stoke within you? How can you harness it rather than let it burn you up? What does this rage want, need, desire? It takes up a lot of energy to push it away and put it out. Why not work with it in a new way? Capricorn: Your creativity is focused on the foreign, travels, healing and relationships. These areas give a boost to your career, but will come with effort, attention, and structured wisdom. It is important to listen to gut instincts. Clarity will come by eating sattvic foods, lightly, with a gentle Ayurvedic cleanse. This is a time to be bold and courageous. It's who you are. Don't listen to the self doubt. Aquarius: Teachers come in all shapes and sizes. You are getting a chance to change some old patterns, beliefs and philosophies that no longer work or serve you. Friends and older siblings may prove as valuable resources right now and bring a wealth of information with them. Listen up! If you notice resistance within, anger towards others, or judgement and discrimination, I suggest you do some deep introspection and thoughtful investigation as to where it is coming from. Old habits die hard. Pisces: Vulnerability is your greatest strength. Some new healing is available to you now that may have not been available before, as well as some tools to help others and be of service. You are also able to take your insights and turn them into offerings in new and profound ways. Use your dharmic resources and trust your instincts. Heal and be healed. Forgive your Self and your enemies and nourish and nurture. From darkness there will come light. Moon Mind :::
Sunday, Sept. 1st Moon has entered Cancer (its own sign) where it joins debilitated Mars. Both are transiting Pushya nakshatra, ruled by Brihaspati, the name of Jupiter as deva-guru. Today is about finding a sense of balance, emotionally and mentally. Watch where you are pushing too hard or not enough. What toll do the emotional/mental bodies have on the physical? Look to your emotional buttons- what was a missed opportunity for a different choice in behavior or choice in boundaries? Use today to change negatives into positives. Watch the blame game and self-victimizing. |
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