As September arrives, so does a unique planetary configuration known as Kala Sarpa Yoga. Once the Sun moves to the other side of Rahu, towards the edge of Leo on September 4th, a unique planetary yoga occurs. Many astrologers are talking about the various effects of this upcoming four month period when all planets will be scissored in between Rahu and Ketu. This unique combination will continue until late December, once Mars moves to the other side of Ketu.

This is unique yoga called Kala Sarpa, The Serpent of Time. It will intensify each month as Moon enters Leo and moves into Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and through Aquarius. Moon mirrors and magnifies, so issues provoked by these signs and the planets in these signs, will be amplified as a result. Kala Sarpa Yoga's effects intensify the planetary combinations at play as all planets are essentially "hemmed in" by the malefic shadow nodes, Rahu and Ketu. The types of Kala Sarpa and the effects of this combination are widely disputed- probably because the nodes themselves bring confusion and uncertainty.

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The eclipse portal continues until mid month, provoking another delicate layer of planetary effects. With all the elements of the masculine, father, power, purpose and empowerment that have been stirred and provoked over the past few months as multiple planets have moved through Leo, the September new Moon marks a poignant time of closure. What themes have you been healing with your father wounds? What is your intention moving forward? How can you honor your masculine needs with action steps, clarity, creativity? What does right-relationship with your power and dharmic purpose look like? Feel like?

Read more about the waxing Moon cycle and this unique eclipse portal


Mercury Retrograde- Mercury in Leo

Mercury will go retrograde in its sign of exaltation on August 30th. Mercury will be exalted in Virgo (not in its mulitrikona degrees) during this retrograde. An exalted retrograde planet becomes debilitated, impacting the expression of the planet and turning it inward, rather than outward. For over a week, the mental body will be on a unique, inward journey. On September 9th, Mercury will re-enter Leo, joining Sun and Rahu here. This will bring the mind more clarity and external focus, while supporting a unique and innovative process.

The retrograde journey of Mercury will impact finances and comforts primarily. It will ask you to look more closely at your needs for financial support and stability, as well as self expression and communication. These themes are specifically tied to your visibility, empowerment and ego at this time. It is a cycle to re-visit and re-evalute your needs. You may find yourself re-visiting conversations, connections and communication until he goes direct on September 22nd. Use this time to clarify your sense of power and purpose. Seek clarity with your words and think outside the box in terms of getting seen and noticed in more creative and potent ways.

Once Mercury goes direct in Leo, he won't re-enter Virgo again until October 3rd. As he re-enters his sign of exaltation, he joins Jupiter and Sun as well. At this point, we may finally get the positive effects of an exalted Mercury, with the expansive wisdom of Jupiter and the illumination of the Sun to support the awareness. A strong mind will bring more clarity, purposeful communication and potent resources. For the benefits of exalted Mercury to be felt, it will require patience and strong intentions.

Stay true to your direction and continue to take action towards goals and desires. Increased financial support will come with your diligence. Work consistently and pro-actively on clearing limiting beliefs and mental/emotional blockages during this cycle- all that is hindering your ability to step more powerfully into financial abundance. Gather resources and support for this process. Jupiter will be activating your expansion, but only with the right guidance and support.

Sun in Virgo

Multiple back to back planetary changes occur mid September with Sun’s transit into Virgo starting the change process. On September 16th mid morning, only a few hours prior to the full Moon in Pisces, Sun moves out of its favorite sign and into Virgo. Sun won’t re-enter Leo for another year. The focus of the past few months on Leo and multiple planets moving through this fire sign, begins to shift towards Virgo and its earth based energy. Currently Jupiter is making his year long passage through Virgo, and Venus is finishing up its month long journey of debilitation here.

As Sun enters Virgo, Leo is on the horizon, which puts the Sun in the 2nd house of speech and communication. Themes of verbal mastery continue and the Sun illuminates this tendency. Speech and diplomacy are necessary in this coming cycle. Refine your speech and word choice. This impacts your relationships greatly. Relationship challenges will be mitigated by thoughtful and compassionate connections, words and honesty.

The heart will require your patience and tenderness in the weeks to come. Integration and balance are essential. Passion and grief will both require equal attention and intention. Relationships will continue to be a place of learning and awakening- particularly emotionally and spiritually. Balance is essential. It may feel like you have one foot in and one foot out. This may bring a lack of clarity with your relationships. Understand that this is ultimately a reflection of your relationship with self. Are you in or out? Connected or disconnected? Embodied or numbed? Stay present, connected and in your body as much as possible.

This is a powerful time to navigate your emotional body and use it as a resource for awakening. Connect heart and communication. Share authentically- but from a place of loving kindness. Learn the art of heart centered communication. This is a place that honors you as well as the recipient. Lead with your heart and this will create sustainable, lasting results.

Full Moon in Pisces

Just after Sun shifts into Virgo on September 16th, the full Moon in Pisces occurs with a penumbral lunar eclipse. This eclipse ends the unusually long eclipse portal that began on August 18th with an “almost” lunar eclipse. At the time of the full Moon (Purnima), the Moon has barely entered Pisces and will be under a degree- literally propping open the door between Aquarius and Pisces. This sandhi Moon is in very fragile and vulnerable territory, yet extremely spiritual as well.

The penumbral lunar eclipse on the 16th will be visible in much of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Western South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic and Antarctica. It will not touch North America. The eclipse will begin at 10:54 am MDT, ending at 14:53 MDT. The maximum eclipse will occur at 12:54 pm MDT. From a Vedic perspective, it is not advised to be outside during the eclipse. Stay covered if you have to be out and about- especially your head and eyes. As the eclipse portal comes to a close, a release process is taking place. This may take several more days or weeks to integrate fully.

Moon in Pisces and Purvabhadrapada nakshatra during the time of the full Moon amplifies themes of release and letting go during the coming waning cycle. Pisces correlates to the 12th house of the zodiac, the final bhava (house) of the jyotish chart, connected to endings, release, transformation and retreats. It is the house of marriage (a transformational process) and finality. The 12th house is also connected to the ancestors because it is a house of death, endings and release. The next step is the spirit world.
 
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Mars in Sagittarius

On the heels of the full Moon, Mars moves into Sagittarius after months of being in a tense, pressurized dance with Saturn in Scorpio. The tight conjunction of Saturn and Mars in Scorpio has been provoking tests, lessons and all out war, since Mars began his Scorpio transit late February of this year. He has since danced back into Libra and returned to Scorpio to finish off his tempestuous battle with his enemy, Saturn. Mars finally leaves Scorpio on September 17th, when most of us will finally get to take a long sigh of relief. This battle between opposing forces has occurred in the vulnerable sign of Scorpio, digging up your deepest, darkest and most challenging personal mythology.

As Mars moves into Sagittarius, he lands in the chaos inducing nakshatra, Mula. This is Nirrti’s domain, the goddess of adharma. Her job is to pull you off your dharmic path, provoking chaos, turmoil and challenges simultaneously. This roughly three week period of Mars in Mula (until October 8th) will orchestrate uprooting, changes and release. Transformation of any kind brings turmoil, so understand that this is the nature of this time period. Simplify everything. Notice where you are addicted to the chaos. Are you creating it? Instigating the turmoil? Mula also has the propensity for great healing- as old pain and darkness is removed and released. You are creating space within your being right now- consciously or unconsciously. Be intentional about what you are filling yourself up with. What are you moving towards? What are you saying yes to?

The transit of Mars through Sagittarius lasts until November 1st, marking a time of powerful healing and change. Mars is the warrior planet. He acts, moves, creates and activates. He supports powerful movement and momentum as he makes great strides through this fire sign. Passion is activated- channel this effectively and use it authentically. Touch your power in potent ways and use it to build momentum. Pursue dharma with steady, consistent steps.

Use your emotional body wisdom to heal and gain awareness. It is your emotional body that is supporting your change. These changes will be felt on the mental and physical body levels as well. The mind is a powerful resource for healing and transformation. Focus your efforts on using your thoughts, words and stories to connect and co-create. Relationships will support this process. Passion is activated and enlivened. There is a lot of life force energy moving at this time; be intentional with how you use it and who you use it with.

Endings are provoked, while simultaneously beginnings arrive. What are you letting go of in order to make space for more of what you want and need? Gather the resources, support and guidance that you need for more stability, support and wholeness.

Venus in Libra

Ending three days of back to back transits, Venus shifts to its mulitrikona sign, Libra, on September 18th. This cycle is relationship oriented and will ask you to address feelings and emotions connected to loss, separation, release and transformation. There is an uprooting process taking place that will require letting go of the old. What you let go impacts your sense of comfort and safety, as well as security. Are you clinging to outworn people, relationships and experiences because it feels safer then letting them go? It's imperative that you cut away the excess, the frivolous and the unnecessary. Clean, clear and purge your relationships and emotions so that you can create space for the new to enter. Refine your speech and communication so that you can speak more authentically and from a place that honors your feelings more fully. Speak powerfully from your heart.

There will naturally be grief emerging in this Venus cycle. Your ability to honor your emotional body will impact the level of joy you receive in return. Where are you resisting your feelings? How can you deepen your relationship with your emotional body? Trust this process of breaking open that is occurring in your heart right now. Crack open so the light can enter. Be truly authentic with your heart wisdom and allow spirit to support your process of awakening in the weeks to come. Seek integration and balance with self and others, inner and outer, spirit world and human world.

*Horoscopes are based on your Vedic (sidereal) rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your Western sign (Tropical) as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart.

Aries: Digest, assimilate and process. Attend to your gut intelligence right now as it’s able to help you transform past experiences, emotions and sensory input. Grief and your emotional body begin to stabilize later in the month, but it’s essential that you honor this cycle of release and letting go. As Venus shifts into your 7th house, stability, integration and balance arrive. Use your pelvis as a grounding resource. Honor and attend to relationships very consciously. They are a mirror for growth and deeper awareness about your needs. What is working? What is not working? What needs to shift and heal within you in order for more nourishment and support? The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your gains and empowerment. Trust your gut wisdom.

Taurus: Some stability comes to relationships later in the month. Let the anger go. Move it. Change it. Underneath this is passion. Channel it and work diligently with sadness and grief. Heal relationships and use them as an awakening resource- a mirror of the self. Everything showing up is a powerful resource for inner change. Lean into the challenges and transform the heart pain into spiritual offerings. Let others into your pain and go deeper into your darkness. But be sure to use this as a resource for change, transformation and healing. The current Kala Sarpa yoga effects heart, home and career. Awaken through balancing giving and receiving.

Gemini: Heart is expanding and finding more nourishment, let the illumination in later this month. Find balance and harmony with playfulness, romance and intuition. Use this as a resource for your offerings and how you share in this world. Digestion has been challenging and frustrating these past many months. Attend to constipation directly and honor this process of withholding through honoring Saturn and his requests. More stability and movement will be taking place later this month. Find your passion and connect with others! This current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your creativity and dharma directly. Use your challenges and turn them into gold by teaching others about what you are learning.

Cancer: Get creative and lead with your heart. Find more stability and balance within your emotional body later this month. Turn challenges and obstacles with self power into resource. Speak, share, connect and co-create by leaning into your relationship with self. Digestion improves as Mars arrives into Sagittarius mid month. Use your words, voice and sounding to start the digestion process. What needs to be said? What do you need to voice and express? Where are you holding back from sharing your truth? Dig deep into your depths for this wisdom. The places that terrify you, the vulnerable parts of you, are your biggest resource. The Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your speech and vulnerability directly. Get comfortable with the discomfort.


Leo: Self worth and self efforts gain some momentum later this month. Making money and self expression are a major focus right now. Channel your words into creative action after the 18th. Write, dance, paint, move, create. Relationships are a resource for your creativity. Share your spiritual insights and awareness. Heart and home find more stability in the second half of the month. It’s vital that you’re honoring your grief and emotional body pain simultaneously. Get clear on your offering in this world. Share your powerful wisdom and insights. This is your gift! The current Kala Sarpa yoga will impact you and relationships directly. Let the mirrors wake you up.

Virgo: This is a powerful time of growth and expansion for you, even if there have been frustrations and setbacks simultaneously. You are refining your needs and finding a new sense of self and courage. Movement and momentum comes mid month. Seek stability, balance, integration and simplicity. Ground and honor your need for landing. How can you land more deeply within? Find nourishment and support with relationships. What are others teaching you about your need for intimacy and connection? The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your need for alone time and digestion. Find solace and sacred space- inside and out.

Libra: Speaking and sharing your words becomes more refined as Mars leaves your 2nd house mid month. Focus on simple words and expression, but don’t hold back. There’s a tendency to resist sharing and connecting- especially from the heart. Lean into your emotional body very consciously and harvest the wisdom here. Then use it for full self expression. Work with release, endings, letting go. You are actively in a transformational cycle that supports closings. As you close doors, new one’s will open. Make space for the new. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your gains and sense of empowerment. Release the ego and make space for the unknown.

Scorpio: The career pressure of the past many months begins to shift and ease once Sun moves away from Rahu on the 16th. A whole new way of being is arriving. Mars moves away from Saturn finally- giving some new clarity and stability to your head. Venus begs for more support mid month. Outer and inner need more integration. Continue to focus on communication- especially in relationships. You’re learning how to express yourself, your needs and wants, very authentically. Lead with your heart.  Your vulnerability is your power. Continue to crack open. The current Kala Sarpa Yoga will impact career and heart in all the right places. Turn your pain into your offering.

Sagittarius: Your life offering has the potential to expand and nourish you in more powerful ways. Pay attention to what feeds your heart. Let your light shine in the coming weeks and step into your power more consciously. Speak and connect through your knowledge and wisdom. Attend to solace and silence, grief and release. Connect with friends and relationships later this month for more integration and balance with inner and outer life. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your dharma and creativity directly. Move towards your passion and purpose, while fearlessly creating.

Capricorn: Remarkable changes are occurring within you. You’ve been shining the light into some very dark and vulnerable territory for many months. Closure and release is taking place. Use the wisdom you’ve gathered on this powerful journey as a resource for your dharmic work. You learn best by teaching, so become both teacher and student very actively right now. Gains start to emerge and show up as you release the old and outworn patterns, behaviors and choices. Make space for what you really need and want. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your speech and nourishment, as well as your vulnerability. Ask for what you really need.

Aquarius: Your depth gets deeper. Just when you thought you couldn’t peel back another layer, you find another trap door. Career finds some momentum and strength later this month. Stay connected to purpose. Focus on stability and steady steps. Relationships bring power and challenges simultaneously. Navigate choppy waters with dignity and clarity. Watch your words. Relationships are in fact an important teacher for you right now. Later this month, this increases and relationships will become a potent and powerful guru. Everything and everyone is a mirror of the self. You are waking up right now. Crack yourself wide open and lean into the challenges. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your relationships directly. Look in the mirror.

Pisces: Relationships continue to be your biggest resource for growth, knowledge and wisdom. This amplifies later this month as Sun shifts into your 7th house. Dharma and life purpose are causing challenges and hardship. Use the challenge as a resource for awakening your passion. Share and connect, teach and advise, using the wisdom of your grief and pain. This is a resource for your spiritual awakening. Lean in closer. Momentum and action arrive with your offering and career once Mars moves to Sagittarius. Start putting your inner knowing into action. The current Kala Sarpa yoga impacts your health and healing, as well as your need for retreat and solace. Use your alone time specifically for healing and awakening.

The week begins as Ganesha Chaturthi ends. Monday morning finishes the celebration of the revered elephant god who removes obstacles from your path of enlightenment. A great way to start the week off! Moon continues to wax as challenging planetary configurations and alignments activate. Some relief may be felt despite the current Kala Sarpa Yoga effects (see more below) depending on your natal chart. With Mars and Saturn separating now, as well as the tight conjunctions in Virgo, some progress is made. Sun continues to conjunct Rahu closely, however, bringing challenges with ego, masculinity, self expression and power.

Monday, September 5th
Moon in 5th tithi
Panchami

Late Monday morning, moon shifts into Swati nakshatra, Vayu's territory. Movement will be maximized- whether small or large, gentle or harsh. The nature of Vayu is air, cooling things off softly and also brutally. As Moon moves through Libra at the start of the week, the need for balance, integration and connection increases. Ketu's gaze upon the Moon brings sudden changes, shifts and awakenings. Emotions may be sparked suddenly, but will release just as quickly. There is a link between Vayu and Rudra- which indicates great strength is available here. Vayu is also breath, the breath of life, life force energy. He can bring balance or imbalance, but Prana (your inner winds) will restore and bring health and vitality. If you can get your inner winds in balance, then everything else falls into place. Use pranayama, physical movement and breath awareness into your day.

Sun is still in very close proximity to Rahu and will continue to move past him in the coming days. Issues with ego, sense of self worth and inner resiliency are amplified. As Sun moves to the other side of Rahu, towards the edge of Leo, a unique planetary yoga occurs. All planets will be scissored in between Rahu and Ketu until late December (once Mars moves to the other side of Ketu). This yoga is called Kala Sarpa (The Serpent of Time) and will intensify each month as Moon enters Leo and moves through Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn and through Aquarius. Moon mirrors and magnifies, so issues provoked by these signs and the planets in these signs, will be amplified as a result. Kala Sarpa Yoga's effects intensify the planetary combinations at play as all planets are essentially "hemmed in" by the malefic shadow nodes, Rahu and Ketu.

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Tuesday, September 6th
Moon in 6th tithi
Sashthi

Moon continues through Vayu's domain the first half of the day. Powerful changes and shifts are possible. Emotions are changing, but you may miss their messages. Be sure to connect within and spend time in your emotional body landscape. Mid day, Moon shifts into Vishaka nakshatra. Ketu gives his gaze, sparking sudden shifts and emotions. What are you feeling and why? What is the need emerging? Vishaka requests collaboration and co-creation. Two is better than one. Are you resisting support and relationship? We are inter dependent, community oriented, tribal beings. Who are you in service to? What needs are not being met and what resources and relationships do you need to get these needs met? Avoid isolation. Sun and Rahu continue in close conjunction, with Saturn giving his gaze to both. Be diligent with the physical and spiritual bodies right now. Go slow and honor your ripening.

Wednesday, September 7th
Moon in 7th tithi
Saptami

Moon continues through Vishaka, Indra and Agni's constellation. Late morning, Moon moves to its debilitation sign, Scorpio, and moves into conjunction with Saturn and Mars. The emotional body will feel the heat and pressure in the coming days. This may show up as anger and sadness, or both. What is your emotional body telling you about your needs? What is working? What is not working? As Moon shifts into Anuradha nakshatra early afternoon, the Aditya, Mitra, brings resources through friendships and support. Mitra is your friend, your confidant. He honors you and brings you what you need for more nourishment, comfort and connection. Are you reaching out? Are you reaching in? Is there balance with both? Retrograde debilitated Mercury is now at the edge of Virgo, preparing to return to Leo- where he will run right into the Sun. The mental body is very fragile right now. Be clear with communication and connections. You may find yourself repeating and re-doing right now. Go slow and be methodical to avoid mishaps.

Thursday, September 8th
Moon in 7th to 8th tithi
Saptami to Ashtami

Moon is in Mitra's domain the majority of the day. Anuradha is symbolized by a decorated gateway, inviting in openings, celebrations and success. Triumph is given under this constellation- which is good for anything auspicious or ceremonial. Ask for what you need and gather the resources, support and connections you need to get your requests fulfilled. Mitra is an Aditya, which means he gives resources. Feel into the emotional body. What is helping you feel nourished? What is not? Make the necessary adjustments and reach out for what you need. Early evening, Moon shifts to the last nakshatra of Scorpio, Jyeshtha. This is a Mercury ruled constellation and connects to a powerful mind and senses. Mercury however is in the gap between Virgo and Leo, in very delicate degrees. The mind and senses become vulnerable and overly sensitive as a result. Don't get overly stimulated. Meditate and get embodied.

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Friday, September 9th
Moon in 8th and 9th tithi
Ashtami to Navami

Jyeshta's influence continues, bringing Indra's strength and sensitivity to the forefront. Mind your senses today or they will mind you. This is a vulnerable day for the mental body as ruling planet of this constellation, Mercury, shifts signs mid morning and will be in very weak degrees today, lingering in the gap between Virgo and Leo. As Mercury continues to retrograde, his debilitation is canceled once he enters Leo. This will provoke a more externalized experience with the mental body in the coming days. Early evening, Moon shifts to Sagittarius and Mula nakshatra, Nirrti's domain. She brings breaking, uprooting and transformation- usually in a chaotic form. Mula can also bring spiritual realizations and awakening- if you are willing to move beyond the pain, trauma and challenges this constellation offers. This requires your diligence with using the pain as a resource for healing. Consider this a spiritual evening. Stay inward and be gentle with yourself and others.

Once Mercury goes direct in Leo, he won't re-enter Virgo again until October 3rd. As he re-enters his sign of exaltation, he joins Jupiter and Sun as well. At this point, we may finally get the positive effects of an exalted Mercury, with the expansive wisdom of Jupiter and the illumination of the Sun to support the awareness. A strong mind will bring more clarity, purposeful communication and potent resources. For the benefits of exalted Mercury to be felt, it will require patience and strong intentions.

Read more about retrograde Mercury in Leo

Saturday, September 10th
Moon in 9th tithi
Navami

Moon continues through Mula today as Rahu gives his gaze. Though this constellation can bring healing and awakening through breaking, opening and uprooting, Rahu's gaze can challenge the process further. Allow yourself to move towards the chaos and challenges today. Lean in closer and investigate the why. There's some possibility of being dis-empowered today. What is the wisdom you can extract from this experience? What is the resource in the challenge? Late evening Moon moves to PurvaAshada, into the domain of the water goddess Apas. She requires your transformation through moving the inner waters. Purge the emotional body. Allow tears to flow. Dance and move your inner waves.

Sunday, September 11th
Moon in 10th tithi
Dashami

Apas continues to rule the day with her watery wisdom. She brings strong feelings and keeps one searching, longing, as a result of inner emotions. Rejuvenation arrives through movement and sweat- which is an alchemy process, a form of inner transformation. Change the emotion by moving your physical body.  Transform challenging inner emotions into awakening, awareness and realization. Stay close to the physical body today. Be near water and ride the waves. Late evening, Moon shifts into the latter half of the Ashada constellation, UttaraAshada. The Vishvadevas bring a sense of accomplishment and purpose when you are aligned with right action, choices that serve your dharmic path. What does right action look like to you? What does it feel like?

Monday, September 12th
Moon in 11th tithi
Ekadashi

The week begins with Moon moving through UttaraAshada, shifting into Capricorn mid morning. Saturn gives his gaze, requesting steady, consistent steps and attention to sadness, loss and grief in the coming days, as well as hard work. The Vishvadevas rule this constellation, requesting powerful actions and choices that align with your higher purpose. They provide the tenants for good character, integrity and nobility. The Vishva devas insist on dharmic action and will not settle for anything less. Where are you aligned with your dharmic path? Where are you misaligned? What adjustments need to be made? Early evening, Moon passes through the sacred nakshatra, Abhijit, opening a portal into the spirit world. This is a sacred time of connecting to higher forces and inner realms. The door is open until just after midnight. Pause, check in, meditate, spend time in nature. Connect with your dharmic truth and inner power. Say yes to your inner wisdom by showing up in presence.

A new cycle begins as this week starts. The waning Moon shifts from Pisces into Aries just as Monday ends, signaling release and beginnings. Let go! Mercury shifts to Leo on Tuesday, bringing fire, power and ego to the mental body. There is agitation at the start of the week, so be attentive to your emotional body and the needs arriving as you navigate new waters. Jupiter is winding down his year long transit through Leo right now. Extract the final resources and wisdom from this powerful time of change and healing.

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Monday, July 25th
Moon in 6th and 7th tithi
Sashti and Saptami

Just as Monday arrives, Moon enters the final nakshatra of the zodiac. Endings and release are present, while openings are awakened simultaneously. Be conscious about this release process. What are you letting go of? What are you closing to? As the Moon moves through the last sign and nakshatra of the zodiac, the emotional body will feel the watery release, triggering your inner waters to flow. Find your fluidity, movement and motion. Ease and move towards the release. Notice where you are resisting and refusing your inner waters. Follow the currents.

Before midnight, Moon crosses into new territory, ending a passage through all twelve signs. As Moon enters Aries, sudden shifts take place. Begin again.

Tuesday, July 26th
Moon in 8th tithi
Ashtami

Moon moves through Aries, getting used to a new dance through the zodiac. Ashwini nakshatra is enlivened today, increasing healing and rejuvenation for the body and emotions. Use the healing arts as a resource for inviting and opening into more space and fluidity. Let the heart awaken your intention for healing and transformation. What do you need to feel more safety and stability within? What needs are arriving?

Just before midnight, Moon shifts into the second nakshatra of Aries. Yama rules Bharani nakshatra and requests transformation through restraint.

On July 26th at 19:27, Mercury moves to Leo, joining Rahu and Jupiter here. The mind gains strength, power and potency, yet reflects some confusion and uncertainty with these themes at the same time. This cycle provides great learning and growth from relationships. Relationships become a powerful guru, teacher, in the weeks to come- whether it feels supportive or painful. The mind will be oriented to the challenges and resources coming to you. Most will arrive in the form of the “other”. What do you need on a deep, core level- for greater support and stability? Who and what do you need to guide you towards greater power and inner wisdom?

Read more about Mercury in Leo

Wednesday, July 27th
Moon in 9th tithi
Navami

Moon moves through Bharani nakshatra today. Yama, the king of restraint, calls for restriction and simplification today. Cut the cords that are holding you back. Release and let go of attachments in order to invite in the new. There is a certain death taking place today, offering success in destruction and detachment. Allow the endings to arrive. There will be time for awakening to the new, but for now focus your awareness on attending to the release. Grieve and express your emotional pains. Connect with the power of destruction today.

Early evening, Moon moves to Krittika nakshatra and the transformation process intensifies. Burn away the excess and allow the form to change. Deep inner change is possible right now. What are you releasing? How can your personal power be a resource?

Thursday, July 28th
Moon in 10th tithi
Dashami

Moon moves through Krittika nakshatra and leaps into its exaltation sign, Taurus, a few hours after the day begins. Mars and retrograde Saturn give their exact gaze to the Moon, instigating big emotions. Both sadness and anger emerge. You're re-visiting old grief. What is this story and what does it have to share with you about your needs? The transformational and purifying qualities of Krittika bring change and transformation. Purge, release, let go. Move from the heart and allow the wisdom of your heart center to invite in more nourishment. As evening arrives, Moon shifts to Rohini nakshatra. Lord Brahma invites creative activation. The space that you cleared today in your heart is a resource for your creativity. What are you inviting in?

Friday, July 29th
Moon in 11th tithi
Ekadashi

Moon moves through Rohini nakshatra, Lord Brahma's territory. He brings the creative life force energy into form with the help of his wife Saraswati. Creativity is high today. How are you channeling this inner intelligence? What are you putting into action? It's Friday, which means it's Venus's day. Still moving through Cancer, conjunct Sun, the Venus energy is heart centered and passionate for a few more days. A Cancer new Moon arrives early next week. Attend to your heart and home. Meanwhile, today is watery and wet. Let your inner tides flow and the emotional body release. This is your creative life force energy! Don't let it stagnate. Put your emotion into creative activation. Late evening Moon shifts to Mrigashirsha nakshatra. Keep branching out, extending towards your inner nourishment. Reach in before you reach out.

Saturday, July 30th
Moon in 12th tithi
Dvadasi

Mid morning, Moon shifts into Gemini, an airy, changeable and creative sign. Mars and Ketu give their gaze, sparking heat, sudden flashes of insight and emotional outbursts. Mind and emotions will be sensitive in the coming days. Moon travels through Soma's domain, inviting more life force energy to move, flow and stir. Symbolically, this nakshatra is ruled by an antelope's head with branching antlers. There is constant growth and a medicinal quality to this star, as well as a lunar nature. Fickle and changing, Mrigashirsha nakshatra brings change, transformation and creativity. Notice where you are taking steps towards your nourishment. Notice where you are taking steps away from your nourishment. What are you moving towards? What are you moving away from? Late evening Moon shifts into Ardra, the aggressive and emotionally powerful star ruled by Rudra. Let the emotions moving through you be powerful and transformational.

Sunday, July 31st
Moon in 13th tithi
Trayodasi

Moon continues through Ardra the majority of the day, bringing intense emotional waves and aggression. Rudra, the storm god, guarantees powerful and passionate emotional outbursts. Anger and sadness co-mingle in this nakshatra, stirring waves of grief and pain. This is your power. Put your attention on the pulse of your emotional currents. Let this power move you into action. What are you creating? What needs to be cleared and severed for greater life potency? Late afternoon, Moon shifts to Punarvasu nakshatra and the light and softness returns. Can you feel the fluidity returning? Clarify your needs and move towards your deepest nourishment and wisdom. Hopefully you've been attending to your emotional body and creating more space for the new. What seeds are you planting for lasting results?

Leo becomes a packed house in the coming weeks as Venus moves into this fire sign. Jupiter, Rahu and Mercury are also here and Sun will arrive in Leo mid month as well. As Venus moves into Leo on July 31st at 13:40, the sign of the father, power and ego intensifies. This magnification occurs as Jupiter prepares to leave Leo after a yearlong transit here. The lessons of the past cycle are magnifying, culminating in a stronger, more intense awareness. Relationships are the core focus at this time, instigating a deep desire to change, transform and heal the battles within your polarities. Masculine and feminine forces are ripe and asking for integration and co-creation.

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Monday, August 1st
Moon in 14th tithi
Chaturdashi

Late Monday morning, Moon shifts to its own sign, Cancer, joining Sun here. Moon loves its own watery, heart centered sign. It loves the fluid nature of Cancer and the orientation towards home and heart. It needs the structure and landing force of home and heart in order to feel safe and secure. From this place, love can flow. As Moon continues through Punarvasu nakshatra, Aditi brings her resources, wisdom and awareness. She supports and nourishes through her knowledge, offering support and abundance to those who worship her. As the Mother of All Goodness, she brings freedom and release from struggle and strife. Notice how her support and wisdom arrives today. Do you say yes to it or no? How open are you to receiving? Late afternoon, Moon shifts to Pushya nakshatra and the nourishing star brings heart expansion and contraction. There is an opening and a closing happening simultaneously. Inhale and exhale. They are interdependent on each other. What are you opening to? What are you closing to?

New Moon Gemini + Ardra

New Moon is on July 4th at 05:02 am. Metaphorically this is a day of independence in the US, which suits this new Moon and waxing cycle to come very well. How much freedom will you feel? That depends on your willingness to show up for yourself and break open the shadow you are clinging to.

At the time of the New Moon, four connections to Ardra nakshatra occur. The new Moon is in Ardra as well as the Sun. The sign on the horizon is Gemini, placed acutely in Ardra. Gemini's ruling planet, Mercury is in this constellation as well. The ruling planet of this star pattern is Rahu, insuring that shadow will be encountered.  Rudra owns this part of the sky and as the storm god, he is sure to deliver. He especially offers emotional outbursts connected to anger and rage. Big waves of tears, grief and pain can be moved as well, which is an important next step for all of us- after just finishing up a Mula Nakshatra waning cycle that certainly tilled the inner soil.

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Mars Goes Direct In Libra + Mars Re-enters Scorpio

As Mars moves through Libra, your focus on balance, stability and comfort may intensify. There will be an exchange of energy between Libra and Scorpio now as Mars rules Scorpio and Saturn is considered exalted in Libra. This may balance out the conflicting energy of both planets, helping polarities to harmonize and integrate more fully. Simultaneously it will be necessary to clarify tasks, goals and business structures in order to move forward without delays and frustrations. Relationships and finances will also request your focus, insisting that you pay attention in more concentrated ways. The need for balance and harmony with these areas of your life will be provoked, transformed and upgraded. Support this process by aligning with the theme of balance and honoring inner and outer needs. Forcing and pushing will result in excess frustrations and delays. Slow steady steps will win the race and help you move forward in a sustainable way at this time.

Mars goes direct on June 30th and must travel back through Libra once again, covering the territory he already moved through. This will take him until July 12th when he re-enters Scorpio. As Mars moves back to Scorpio, he rejoins Saturn here, this time until September 18th. In total, Mars will march through his own sign the majority of the year. Because he must contend with Saturn as well, there is ample opportunity in the coming months to truly integrate polarities that are causing you disconnections and disassociation.

The misalignment may activate in charged, passionate and contentious ways, however, the healing that can take place within Scorpio’s territory is like no other. The nature of this sign is depth and transformation. If you are willing to lean into the hidden parts of your being and diligently dive into your subconscious and unconscious territory, you will harvest pearls undoubtedly. However, those who resist, avoid and continue to suppress their emotional body messages, will find their discomfort and challenges amplified. The soreness and pain is nothing more than a request to lean in closer, look, notice and allow the shadow to emerge. As your dark matter rises, it can find its natural way of release. Movement is the medicine. Remember that the majority of this Mars and Saturn conjunction in Scorpio, the conjunction of Jupiter and Rahu will be active as well. Your darkness is requesting more wisdom on multiple levels as a result.   

Themes for this coming Mars transit strongly include unifying polarities and extremes within your being. This may be through masculine and feminine forces, authority and subordinates, shadow and light. You may identify that your force versus surrender needs more integration. Strong themes of opening and closing will emerge in forceful and dramatic ways. Be prepared to let go. Clinging will only intensify the pain. Trust this process of release as it is moving you closer to your inner truth, the purpose of your life and path.

Dharmic awakening is possible as old doors will close swiftly. Are you willing to open new doors? Reach for the knob even if you’re in the dark. Work with your power authentically and consciously. Be true to your needs and move towards your strength, but notice when you are misaligned with your empowerment. True power is the harmony of masculine and feminine forces. Can you feel this within your body? Let the spine be an integration point and notice the sensations that strengthen and support this understanding. Expand what you think is possible for yourself. What are you willing to risk, to let go of, in order to receive more nourishment, truth and power? Move towards the nourishment of balance. Can you find the simplicity in the complexity?

Venus in Cancer

At 03:57 am MDT Venus moves from Gemini into Cancer, joining Moon here for a few hours. Venus separates from the Sun once again until the 16th. Once Sun moves to Cancer, their heated dance reactivates. Mercury joins Venus in Cancer on the 11th and the Venus, Sun, Mercury trio will activate again- heating mind and body, creativity and inner life force energy. Stay in and near water and use it as a resource for cleansing as well as cooling.

Nourishment of the heart becomes a central theme for this cycle as you navigate what feels supportive and what does not. Some will get complacent and even lazy in the coming weeks, mistaking the comfort zone for alignment with abundance. Just because there's no pinch, doesn't mean there isn't work to be done. You're likely avoiding something important. You'll know if you're truly aligned with your deep nourishment, if the body feels safe, grounded, supported and stable. Where do you feel this safety within?

It's your heart and home that will need your attention the most in this cycle. Your emotional body will be seeking greater nourishment and containment. Boundaries will be vital. Where are you pushing past your inner knowing? What does it feel like when you are in alignment with your boundaries? When you are out of alignment? This is an important time to learn the difference and notice the effects on your emotional body. There's a vital need for inner and outer balance being provoked. Are you awake enough to notice the inner messages arriving- or pushing past your inner wisdom? Let your heart lead the way and listen carefully to the ways it supports your need for safety, comfort and support. How do you get these needs met? Do your choices honor your true needs or are you fooling yourself? Move closer to the feeling of stability and support within your body.


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Mercury in Cancer

Mercury moves into the watery sign of Cancer at 22:05 MDT, joining Venus here. Outside of the gaze of any other planets, this creative duo can express itself more potently. This pair likes to be entrepreneurial, to create and co-create. Align with the flow of your abundant inner wisdom and activate resources and support to help you manifest dreams into reality. Use your feeling body to get the job done as this is the most crucial resource for manifestation that you have available to you.

This cycle is intimately connected with inner and outer balance. Personal and relational boundaries are key as you navigate internal and external influences arriving. Clarify what you need and what steps need to be taken for activation. The mirrors arriving are powerful and supportive in the coming weeks. They will help you work more harmoniously with what you are attracting if you choose to work with relationships consciously. Relationships as a whole will be very telling for you. What is being mirrored to you. Do you like what you see? The challenges are vital messengers. Everything from the outside is just a magnification of what needs to awaken more fully within you. Where are you resisting your shadow? If you want greater nourishment and support from the outside, you must be willing to uncover all the darkness within keeping you from experiencing this. It's the inner work that needs your attention.

Sun in Cancer

Sun moves to Cancer at 22:21 on July 15th, joining Venus and Mercury here. This Sun cycle brings healing and transformation with heart and relationships. Address your longings and cravings. Find the root of these needs and identify your actions and choices. How do you either support or negate your needs? What helps you align with your values and what moves you away?

Relationships become a very central resource in this cycle- a resource that mirrors and instigates new desires and new needs. There may be comfort and discomfort. Use everything as a resource for opening the pathways that you know nourish and support you. It's time to be very direct and intimate with what is showing up on your path. Everything is a mirror of your inner landscape. Everything is a resource for you to deepen and awaken your inner realms. Everything is arriving to help you dig up your pain and shadow so that it can be presented to the light. Sun brings the light this month to your heart and home. Let the chambers of your heart center awaken. Open the doors that have been locked for too long and let your inner wisdom soar. 

This cycle also calls for deepening your support systems and asking for more guidance. The resources are here and everything you need for maximum growth and brilliance is surrounding you. Where are you resisting the resources, the guidance and support arriving? Take a leap of faith. If it feels impossible- it isn't. Where are you making it impossible? Work diligently with your resistance and notice where you are refusing to allow and accept. Where are you saying no to your receptivity, your ability to receive? Why?

Momentum and change in this cycle will require diligence, patience and compassion. Forcing and pushing will result in loss and suffering. Slow, steady steps will support your movement and change process. Meanwhile, keep dreaming and strengthen your imaginal realms. As you deepen your knowing, the next cycle can support the actions needed for bringing it into form.

Guru Purnima

The most auspicious full Moon of the year arrives on July 19th at 16:56. Guru Purnima is considered the fullest full Moon of the year, dedicated to gurus and teachers who bring you wisdom, guidance and support. This year, Guru Purnima occurs while the Moon is in Capricorn and UttaraAshada nakshatra- just a few degrees shy of landing in the sacred portal of Abhijit nakshatra. The Vishva Devas are enlivened, sparking support and assistance from universe and spirit.

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Mercury in Leo

On July 26th at 19:27, Mercury moves to Leo, joining Rahu and Jupiter here. The mind gains strength, power and potency, yet reflects some confusion and uncertainty with these themes at the same time. This cycle provides great learning and growth from relationships. Relationships become a powerful guru, teacher, in the weeks to come- whether it feels supportive or painful. The mind will be oriented to the challenges and resources coming to you. Most will arrive in the form of the “other”. What do you need on a deep, core level- for greater support and stability? Who and what do you need to guide you towards greater power and inner wisdom?

Great forces of change are present in this Mercury cycle. Through depth, learning and being present to the wisdom arriving- in the form of teachers, relationships and desire- allow these people to be resources for change. The mind is oriented towards greater support and courage. Inner power increases as you clear away the blockages and challenges keeping you from stepping into your power more directly. There is renewal, rejuvenation and healing happening in the weeks ahead. How do you show up for yourself and your journey of awakening? Be intentional with your momentum and seek the necessary support for more expansion.

Venus in Leo

Leo becomes a packed house in the coming weeks as Venus moves into this fire sign. Jupiter, Rahu and Mercury are also here and Sun will arrive in Leo mid month as well. As Venus moves into Leo on July 31st at 13:40, the sign of the father, power and ego intensifies. This magnification occurs as Jupiter prepares to leave Leo after a yearlong transit here. The lessons of the past cycle are magnifying, culminating in a stronger, more intense awareness. Relationships are the core focus at this time, instigating a deep desire to change, transform and heal the battles within your polarities. Masculine and feminine forces are ripe and asking for integration and co-creation.

Father wounds increase with this cycle as you more acutely work with the masculine energy within you. What stories are being enlivened- especially with regard to relationships? How does this mirror your relationship with your own father? Emotions will be strong, painful and forceful. Work with anger and rage consciously and channel this power into positive actions. Simultaneously the heart will be feeling more compassionate and expansion. There is a breaking open, a breaking free that is occurring within you. It’s your emotional body that is leading the way towards your freedom and liberation. You must work with your feelings very consciously in order to awaken from your depths. Your emotions will truly be your biggest teacher and resource for change in this cycle. Use them to heal and transform, to identify your needs and to attract resources that you need for lasting change.

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Aries: Heart and home are central to your month. Creativity and imagination turn into heart centered momentum. Lead with your feelings and the wisdom within. You’re intuition is deepening and your gut intelligence is leading the way. This is helping you with relationships and your dharmic path. Trust your steps and the momentum being created- but don’t force or push for outcomes. Dig into your depths and move old karma diligently. It’s easy to keep these shadows covered, but growth on the levels of relationship, heart and self development depend on it.

Taurus: Relationships become confusing and tense with on and off momentum. They seem to lurch forward rather than progressing smoothly. What is in the way of your movement forward? There’s resistance in your heart, causing challenges with saying yes fully. What does this resistance tell you about your needs- for safety, security and support? Allow your creativity and heart to mingle. Let your hands awaken both. Write, create art, dance, make music. This will clean and awaken your heart.

Gemini: Communicate from your heart and honor your creative powers. Be courageous as you cultivate your artistic skills right now. Move towards relationships with awareness and recognize the mirrors coming to you as teachers. Healing is taking place in your gut right now but there is some resistance to digesting and assimilating the past. Where are you stuck, constipated and resisting the release process? Purify your diet and all that you are eating in your life. Let your words reflect a more authentic connection with your emotional wisdom.

Cancer: This is your month of awakening! Rise and shine, open your heart and head. Let your inner power and creativity lead the way. Pull from your depths and get authentic with yourself. Then share from this place of knowing. Relationships are your biggest resource for growth right now. Open your heart and allow the love to flow more fluidly. Speak your truth and use it to influence others. The light is coming on more fully as you dig deeply into your depths. Release and let go so you can make space for the new.

Leo: Work consciously with self and relationships. Part of you is growing and expanding because you are clearing and creating space for the new. Keep releasing and letting go so that there’s room for more of what you really want and need. Your heart is stuck in stops and starts, opens and closes. It is learning how to open and close more smoothly. What is the resistance to opening more fully? Work with this diligently. There is a lot of release and letting go this month for you. Consider it a rest phase, a preparation.

Virgo: Continue to clear your gut so your intuitive wisdom deepens and strengthens. Release, clear and liberate yourself from the past. Endings are coming to a close as you prepare for a new cycle of wisdom, growth and relationship with self. Honor this need for release and notice where you’re resisting the transformation process. Courageously move in the direction of your dharma. Awaken arms, hands and shoulders as they have wisdom to share with you. Gains come from your forward momentum and not lingering in the past.

Libra: Take your dharmic wisdom and turn it into an offering. Share, co-create and express your inner knowing to the world. Clear away the rubble and the resistance and step forward with more conviction and clarity. Clean up your gut and intuition will get stronger. Gains come from your efforts, relationships and action steps. Refine your speaking and word choice. Speak carefully and honor your feelings. Comfort is a main priority right now. Work on finding stability from within.

Scorpio: As you work with your self more closely right now, honor the slow and steady pace of your steps. There has been less rushing and forcing, more dropping in to the ease and gentleness of not pushing. This is a new pace for you. Work with this feeling as a resource for creating deeper trust- with self and universe. Relationships continue to be a resource for stability and support, while also mirroring the resistance you have with this. Use the wisdom you’re experiencing as an offering to others. Open and awaken your heart. This is the guru within you that has been waiting to share some powerful messages of truth with you.

Sagittarius: Slowly work with liberation, release and letting go. Away time and alone time are essential right now but you’ll need to find a healthy balance of inner and outer. Attend to the inner guru and outer guru by diving deeply within your unconscious terrain. Relationships and your own heart wisdom are big teachers for you right now. Attend to the deep feelings emerging. Attend to lost love and grief from endings. Old memories and stories may emerge to trigger the clearing and release. Honor your needs and be truthful with yourself.

Capricorn: Relationships are a powerful resource this month. You have learned a lot recently about your inner needs- what works for you and what doesn’t. Part of you is ready to merge with others, while the rest of you is hesitant to step forward. Go slow and be methodical. Gains come with conscious steps. Imagination is strengthened with collaboration. Invite others into your process. Work on finding support and stability within, then reach out to others for extra guidance. Roots before branches.

Aquarius: Healing and releasing comes from the heart and stomach right now. The heart is being cleared and cleaned so that you can see and feel more clearly. This is effecting your finances and your stability and support. What is the resistance to clearing the past and releasing the pain? Part of you wants to move forward, while the rest of you is stuck in the unknown. Your offerings become erratic as action steps are challenged with stops and starts. This is effecting your trust- in self and others. You’re learning how to slow down and work with challenges in new ways. Honor your steps and the steadiness that is being cultivated within.

Pisces: Cleaning up your gut means that your heart is also being cleared. Attend to to your heart and your digestion will improve. The connection between heart and stomach is strong right now. Clean, clear and purify. Keep moving out bad habits and bringing them to the surface. There’s confusion about your needs and how to get them met. Particularly with regard to money and relationships. Honor your needs- both worldly and spiritual. Keep moving in a direction that honors these needs and integrates them. Your efforts will pay off.