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Moon is waxing and swelling, filling and overflowing with abundance and life force energy. Simultaneously Venus is exalted in Pisces which is increasing our connection to creativity, the feminine and also with water. Channeling our inner waters will be essential at this time for maximum flow, efficiency and comfort. With Mars and Ketu simultaneously in Pisces, we may feel sudden heat, agitation and aggression at times. Passions are hot! Be aware of your sugar and alcohol intake. Excesses and indulgences are tempting right now. We will be feeling the emotional body at high tide. How do you dance with the currents? What is moving you and how are you moving in response? How can you harness the waters and go with the flow? *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: Relaxation and retreats are a strong desire right now. Stay in bed as much as you can and spend time at the spa. Marriage and relationships offer insights for you about what you need for healing and growth. What do you really want? Finding a new sense of balance in your career is a top priority. Seek support and unusual assistance for help with this. Get passionate about moving out of old patterns and ruts. A whole new cycle is coming to you soon with fresh starts and new beginnings. How are you preparing? Taurus: There is a strong sense of expansion coming to you right now! Gains, recognition, passion and creativity are high. Use this intensity to forward yourself, but don't get burned out. Balance is a crucial theme for you, as is paying attention to polarities and extremes. Integrating your separateness, your opposing forces, becomes vital for this balancing act. It will be helpful for your relationship woes as well. Let others reflect back to you where you need the most help with your shadows. Gemini: It's a time of deep learning, courage and gains with career. The past is moving you, prompting you to act in new ways, to deepen your awareness of the present. There are parts of your heart, your emotional body that don't want to budge though. Work consciously with polarities, expansion and contraction for ultimate balance and integration. What are you expanding towards? At the negation and release of what? When one door opens, you must close a door behind you. Slam it shut. Cancer: You are learning so much from art, creativity and relationships right now. Consider them your guru, your biggest teacher. Allow yourself to get cracked open, let the light into the parts of you that have resisted change and transformation. Be courageous in your creativity, your artistry. Look for overlaps in your artistic process and your life process. They are one and the same. What is the bridge that makes your art relevant to your life? And your life relevant to your art? Let this theme inspire how you connect and who you connect to. Leo: Emotional balance is a key theme for you at this time. As you passionately uncover the mysteries of your feelings, creativity swells and invites in deeper nourishment. Placing parameters on the mental body invites the emotional body to share its messages with you. Keep listening and notice what your needs are. The past is showing you parts of yourself that long for healing and transformation. Be welling to step back in time, back into your emotions to harvest insights. Let your relationships be a mirror of support with this process. Virgo: Mirrors are stirring fiery, passionate and intense stories within you. Your inner tides are swelling and inviting in resources for healing your emotional body. Seek greater nourishment and support. Soak it up! Release and let go of what is not supporting your healing and awakening- especially relationships. Watch for returning bad habits and mindlessly returning to old patterns and routines. As challenging as it may feel, it's a time to work with removing shadows and illusions. Watch for smoke and mirrors. Libra: Be vigilant with your bad habits and don't fall off the wagon! It's extremely tempting to be over indulging in excess sweets, alcohol and expenditures. Seek balance, not extremes. Passion, romance and desires are high. What is the underlying need that is pulling you towards these cravings? What nourishment is lacking? What resources do you need for greater satisfaction? Greater wholeness? Don't think your way to solutions. Feel your way into them. Scorpio: You are teaming with creativity and passion right now and you need new ways to share it! New channels, new avenues and new relationships are here to support your process. Ask and yee shall receive. You will shine your brightest and get the most notice if you share from your heart, express authentically and potently. Get focused, be timely, do less and accomplish more. Balancing work and pleasure are very important right now. Watch your gut and notice your cravings. What are they telling you about your needs? Sagittarius: Your heart is a passionate and heated mess! Bring on the heart burn! What is feeding the flames? Go for the nourishment right now and seek soothing comfort and support. Let the rivers run through you, cleansing away old residues and pains from the past. Channel your courage, desires and inner power effectively for maximum gain right now. Your career expects a lot of you, but you can profit at the same time. Don't neglect your heart with all the external demands. Capricorn: Your head is getting a recalibration right now. There may simultaneously be a sense of expansion and contraction in your mind. Find a new mental structure, a new balance point. Let your emotional body wisdom help you with this balancing act as well. Ultimately it will be the three levels of awareness that will deepen this cycle for you. How can you relate the three levels of your being to your creativity? How can your creativity inform your mental, emotional and physical bodies? Creative passions are high. Courageously use this energy to intensify your inner awareness and your outer offerings. Aquarius: The Sun is shining in your head, making you noticed and seen. What do you want people to witness about you? What parts are you showing? What parts are you not? Your words are extra potent right now which is maximizing your attractiveness- like bees to a flower. Use your speech to sing songs of freedom and share your passions with others. You're beginning a new Sun cycle. Set your intentions for the coming year and get bold with your desires. Pisces: You have so much to give and to share right now that you're likely blowing your top! Frustrations occur when you don't feel like you're getting the recognition you need. Surrender the ego for now and look for other lessons and gifts. Relationship desires offer unusual options and effects. Don't get blindsided by the passion and neglect warning signs. Find emotional balance, tend to your inner waters and learn from your inner wisdom. It's never wrong. My Jyotish Basics Classes have begun! Don't miss out on these transformational and healing classes. Sign up for details.
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Atma Karaka Planets Karaka means indicator, to make or do, to produce or create, and also that which is instrumental in bringing about an action. The Atma Karaka planet, or soul planet, is the one that you have the most karma to work with in this life. It is the most important karaka. This AK planet is the key that controls all other factors, elements and significations of the chart, as a king influences the affairs of its subjects and its lands. The natural significations of the planet will share a lot about what you are working on in this life time, what is most alive in your personal mythology, and what karmas are an intimate part of your work. The work of the Atma Karaka planet is work that is being done on the soul level of life, the Atma. How the AK planet interacts with the rest of the chart will also share how your soul responds to life, your environment, and ultimately others. The AK planet is calculated from the highest degree planet of the chart. Ketu is not used because he is not connected to a form, he is formless, and represents our moksha; he is no longer earth bound. Rahu always moves backwards and therefore his degrees are calculated backwards as well. Take Rahu’s degrees and subtract them from 30 (there are 30 degrees in each sign) so you can see how far backwards he has moved through the sign. Then see which planet has the highest degree in your chart to determine your AK planet. Saturn: Your Atma Karaka planet is Saturn or Sani in Sanskrit. This is the planet that your soul, inner nature and karmas are connected to and represented by. Saturn is the planet of grief, suffering, sadness, hard work, cycles, rhythms and slow progress. When one's AK is Saturn, it indicates that the person will experience sorrow and sadness in life and will be connected to that sadness and the sadness of others. You have a deep understanding of human suffering, and see it as the transformational tool. We all suffer and you understand this with great compassion and self-knowledge. Your dharma should be focused on helping to relieve suffering, since you are so closely connected to it. You can help others with tools and practices that can ease their grief and hardships. Saturn is also connected to ancient lineages like the Vedic tradition as well as hard, disciplined practices like yoga asanas and meditation, as well as physical movement like dance. Saturn likes to sweat. Routine is good for you, sadhana is essential. Study the various meanings of Saturn, how he operates, what he expects of you and how to be in harmony with him in order to reduce health issues and mental/emotional burdens. Ayurveda is the master source for keeping ones health in alignment with Saturn's wishes. Also, if you have connections to death and grief, grief work may be a good fit for your personal healing work- it will benefit you as well as the healing of others. Saturn is a great friend to have on your side, as long as you know how to harmonize with him. He does things slowly and represents old age. So these people tend to ripen later in life. You need life and its process for your growth and with it you gain deep and lasting knowledge, the kind that can only come with time. Rahu: Your AK planet is Rahu. Rahu is a shadow planet (the North Node) and brings us strong desires and cravings. He wants and creates desires for us on this material plane of existence. He has a strong drive and can be obsessive about his desires. He can take us off the spiritual path and keeps us from the true meaning of life- which is why the moksha planet, Ketu, always sits seven houses away from him. (Ketu snips the ties that bind us to the material realm). Rahu as AK indicates that the person is under the influence of the shadow and has to work hard at unveiling him/herself. You may be cheated by others, feel cheated, or cheat. Ultimately you are cheating your Self if you use deception so be aware of your actions and where they come from. These individuals may accidentally fall into difficult situations because of lack of judgment. They need to be very clear about discerning between what is for their highest good and the good of others. Learning to trust your Self above all else is a very important for you. The cause of creation is our desire which is represented by Rahu. Without Rahu and his appetite, his desire, we would not have incarnated and our innate ability to create our lives would not be possible. Rahu expresses our souls desire to incarnate, to be alive in this form on the earth plane. There are strong pulls here to grow, learn, change and deepen one’s understanding of life. You can use your Rahu instincts for harnessing great power and material expansion because he is so worldly wise. Just don't lose sight of your inner spiritual goals and the work that it takes to really advance in this life- which ultimately has nothing to do with worldly treasures. Rahu also represents foreign affairs (that which seems foreign to you) and you can use this fascination with the foreign to learn about ancient knowledge. (Your interest in Vedic astrology is an example of this craving for the foreign yet spiritual). Rahu needs discipline and routine to overcome him. Use ancient spiritual techniques like yoga and meditation to bring your light out, just make sure that there is a very ancient, pure lineage attached to the techniques. Nothing new agey or created by a "modern master". You can use this Rahu awareness to be two steps ahead of others, two steps ahead of your Self, and make choices that are more dharmic, rather than adharmic as a result. For you, finding the meaning of purity (sattya) and truth is an excellent Path to follow. Mercury: Your Atma Karaka planet is Mercury or Budha in Sanskrit. When one's Atma Karaka is Mercury, there is a great connection to communications of all sorts. Mercury represents the mind, the mental functions. It also has to do with computers, communicating through computers (email, websites, social media etc.) and is also an indicator of cell phones, lecturing and talking. Mercury is known as Saumyagraha, the friendly planet. These people are helpful and like to connect, need to connect and create a life based on their connections. There is also a propensity for gaining knowledge- reading books, growing mentally, seeking wisdom etc. Working with any of the above: computers, networking, communication, speech, writing, the mind and wisdom, are all intrinsic to your dharma. You may find that they all work together for you! Mercury is charming and jovial, is ruled by the color green. Mercury has sharp business skills, has an innate awareness of the markets and is a natural merchant. Mercury is a prince, studious and good at lecturing and is an independent thinker. Giving and receiving information are key traits here. The key things to remember as a Mercury AK are to be truthful in your thoughts, purify your thoughts and mind through meditation and pure knowledge. Watch your speech and what you say, be truthful. Remember that not everything is a debate nor a verbal competition. Avoid mind games. Don't dominate conversations. Since Mercury is very mutable, and adapts to the environment that it is in, it is essential to be careful of the company you keep and the environments that you are in. Moon: Having an AK Moon (Chandra in Sanskrit) indicates that an individual is connected deeply to the emotional body and must learn to surf these inner tides in this life. The primary work is to learn the emotions and work with them, not against them, to use them, not fight them. Moon AK also indicates a person who is very much connected to the things that moon represents: mother, intuition, land, home, heart, nurturing and compassion. These are very caring people and need comfort and support in their life in order to feel safe and grounded. Family and social life is a central part of their lives and they may become overly attached to family and friends. Realizing that the whole world is here to support and nurture is a good reminder and focus. Moon (Chandra) is also related to soma, the nectar of life. The moon is wise and strongly intuitive, has sweet speech and gentle manners but is fickle minded and a hopeless romantic. The moon is merely a reflection of the Sun, so the family dynamics between father and mother are particularly important for these individuals. Likely, though, a moon AK will be more attached to the mother if the chart supports this. If the Sun is not a strong support for the Moon, the Moon cannot thrive. The Sun shows the dharma passed to an individual from the father, while the Moon shows the emotional and psychological health of the child passed through the mother- in the womb during gestation, at the time of birth and throughout early childhood. The Moon is friendly towards all the planets and doesn't make enemies- Moon people are the same. Conflict is extremely uncomfortable for these individuals. Moon is very social and loves community, neighbors and social interactions. However, Moon people are mutable and change to sync up with their surroundings. It is very important that Moon people keep very good sattvic (pure) company so that they do not become overburdened with dark energy. Being in water, near water and cleansing in water daily is helpful for Moon people to clear any energy they may have picked up during the day that is not their own. Moon Atma Karaka need to feel comfort and a sense of security in order to thrive. These people are sensitive and feel vulnerable, are easily hurt and damaged. Home, mother, security, land and the emotional/psychological aspects of life are very important to their sense of well being. Bhakti yoga and devotional practices will help the heart expand and be soothed. Following the phases of the moon and making adjustments with these cosmic tides can be helpful as well. Art and creativity are excellent tools (especially singing) for Moon people to move the emotional tides they are so connected to. Somatic and Expressive Art therapies are essential for these individuals. Moon AK individuals are here to learn to nurture and be nurtured, to work with the emotional realms and to expand their compassion and devotional abilities. Venus: Your Atma Karaka planet is Venus or Shukra in Sanskrit. Venus is the planet of beauty, romance, love, passion, creativity, pro-creation, creative life force, relationships, femininity, art and artistry, music. Physically, Venus relates to the reproductive tissues of the body (semen and ovaries) hence the correlation to procreation as well as the hormones that regulate sexuality. Venus also correlates to the immune system and it is well known that love boost immunity and gives a new propensity for life. Art and creativity are just another expression of the act of creation. Venus is also water, which has a life-giving quality to it. Water literally gives life- to all expressions of Nature. Venus can give rejuvenation and health as a result and is responsible for the life-giving qualities that sustain us. In Vedic lore, it is said that Venus can bring the dead back to life- metaphoric on many different levels. On the physical level, when a person is sick or near death, it is the power of Venus that can cure them and bring health back. (Recitation of the Mrtyunjaya Mantra can be used for this purpose). It is also only through procreation that a soul can be reborn into a human body, thus Venus give us an opportunity at life. Venus is also a guru (teacher) to the demons (asuras), literally to those who don't see the light. Jupiter is the guru of the devas (gods). Venus is considered our "lower nature" because it represents our base desires, instincts. It can be connected to overindulgences as a result. Because Venus is an expression of Rajas (guna), at its worst it can create overindulgence and cravings for intoxicants- especially alcohol and sugar- as well as lust and strong desires for "love". Pure love is a deva emotion, while jealousy, greed and hatred are asura (demon) emotions. Because Venus is naturally associate with art and creativity, including music and singing, Venus Atma Karaka indicates that the soul is here to learn the elements of creative acts and creative process. Beauty is important to you as well as being involved with the act of creating and being creative- art is naturally an essential tool for learning and growing in this awareness. Venus AK also means you will be navigating sexual impulses and relationships as well. Part of your work will include navigating and controlling your sexual energy, refraining from lust and illegitimate sex. Working on relationships and being in relation are key concepts for you. Lakshmi is the deity associated with Venus. She is the embodiment of wealth, prosperity and the abundant flow of energy. She is good for you to be connected to. Jupiter: Your Atma Karaka is Jupiter, or Guru in Sanskrit. Jupiter is just that, a guru, a teacher, the planet that gives us expansion and knowledge, assistance and support. He is kapha in nature (somagenic), but relates to akasha (space) because of his all pervasiveness. Jupiter, like the sanskrit meaning of guru, is the glue that holds the universe together, creating harmony, health, wisdom and understanding. He is a nonviolent force and rather than fighting a battle, he will win the opposition over to his side. Since he rules the devas (gods), he likes to transform the asuras (demons) within us. (We can think of this metpahor as good thoughts over bad thoughts, our shadow self vs. our enlightened self). In jyotish, Jupiter is considered the most benefic planet and he brings us our blessings, graces, knowledge, expansion, wealth and wisdom wherever he is placed. He gives support and nourishment to the houses he looks at (his drishti) and helps us overcome the obstacles that come to us. He can also give luck and wealth. Jupiter shows us our values, where our “expansion of self” is directed and what we put importance on. Jupiter gives life, contentment and joy which arises from sattva (purity). Jupiter is literally the manifestation of the Divine and gives us our knowledge, truth and understanding. When the Atma Karaka is Jupiter, the soul purpose is expansion. There is a strong affinity for knowledge, growth, increased awareness and personal expansion. You will need to learn to be open to other people’s needs, opinions and thoughts, while always respecting the teacher, guru, and those that give knowledge and wisdom. Respect the husband/spouse, father and children as these are big teachers for you and help expand your awareness and enlightenment. Follow a guru that is connected to an ancient lineage and has strong knowledge sources, only pure, sattvic knowledge will suffice. Sun: Your Atma Karaka is Sun, or Surya in Sanskrit. The Sun is responsible for giving light energy so that all things can grow and prosper, however, too much light and the Sun burns and scorches. Sun represents resources and the things we need to survive as well as the soul. It is the light within us that guides our lives. The soul is what insures there is life- if the soul is not happy, the body grows sick and dies. In Jyotish, the Sun represents father, king, rank and position, power and authority, respect and rulership. The Sun will give us dharma (the proper path to follow). Traditionally, the father is supposed to help guide the child on their path of dharma. Father is responsible for instilling self-esteem, and ultimately gives the spark of life via his sperm. The Sun is also responsible for illuminating the Moon through his reflection. Together Sun and Moon represent God and Goddess who create life and our experienced reality. The Sun represents spirituality and will show us our relationship to spirituality in this life. Sun brings the light, showing us truth, sattya. The Sun is the most regular planet and the one that sets the pace of time through days, seasons and bio-rhythms. When Sun is the the Atma Karaka, power and authority are important. There is a value and deep respect for those who hold high-level positions as well as for masculine energy. These people need to learn the lessons about power and authority- that power is not everything. With great power, comes great responsibility. The lessons in this life are highly influenced by ego, overcoming karmas associated with ego and working with humility and compassion are paramount. Mars: Mars (also Mangal or Kuja) is a warrior planet (Kshatriya) by nature. He is cruel, aggressive, forces things, is inconsiderate, hasty, Pitta (fire) constitution, easily angered and hot. He carries forward actions of the King (Sun) and has a soldier mentality. Mars is a Tamas planet, does not think, he just carries out the orders he has been given. His job is to protect and thus he is naturally related to people like soldiers, policeman and guards. Since Mars is connected to the element of fire, on the internal level, he is connected to agni- or stomach fire and digestion. Health of the body is maintained when food is properly digested and toxins are eliminated; Mars is essential for strong health, but can also bring problems with excess fire and heat. He regulates energy levels of the body (digestion transforms food into life giving resources) as well as the regulation of body tissues (dhatus) and nerve tissues and nervous system. Excess heat in the physical body can bring a myriad of disorders, however, mentally, this creates a need to control outcomes and situations. Faith and trust are a huge part of taming this forceful fire nature. Mars, or Kuja, is considered “of the earth” and is thus a personification of the Earth as Ma, the Great Mother (think Kali Ma). As a result Mars relates to land, earth, property as well as the protector of these significators. However, Mars is associated with the Rudras (storm gods) as well as violence and violent acts that bring harm- through fire, cutting, bleeding, tearing and killing. However, this Mars behavior can be positive for actions that require penetrating thoughts, skills with cutting, physical prowess, mechanical tendencies, depth and research. Surgeries, occult knowledge, martial arts, things and situations that require cutting or force can be aided with the help of Mars. He deals with matters of the earth plane (bhumi loka). Mars Atma Karaka individuals need to manage their temper, aggression and anger. They are here to learn more about ahimsa (non-harming) and need to create a life for themselves free of killing and competition. Learning to be playful and spontaneous is helpful. Keeping life light and carefree is essential, a lifestyle that smooths out the harsh rigidity of the Mars tendencies. My Jyotish Basics Classes have begun! Don't miss out on these transformational and healing classes. Sign up for details.
Need some extra guidance and clarity? Schedule a session with me. Plan your week in tune with nature. Never miss a planetary update. Sign up for my weekly newsletter. Was this post helpful? Please share it with a friend! Thank you. My Jyotish Basics Classes have begun! Don't miss out on these transformational and healing classes. Register Now. Need some extra guidance and clarity? Schedule a session with me. Plan your week in tune with nature. Never miss a planetary update. Sign up for my weekly newsletter. Was this post helpful? Please share it with a friend! Thank you. This Week's Intention: Surf the abundant waves of feeling and fluidity. Channel these swelling tides into creative acts in order to maximize the potent abundance available.
The week begins with a waxing Moon in Aries in the sixth tithi. Moon continues to fill and transits through Taurus, Gemini and into Cancer this week. Our emotional containers expand, enlivening waves of deep feelings, rich sensations and maximum creativity. Monday brings transformations to our creativity and relationships. We may feel some restrictions, a sense of restraint or holding back in some way. What is keeping you contracted? What are you withholding? Now is the time to crack yourself open and face your own resistance. As Moon moves into Krittika nakshatra on Tuesday, we feel a shift in our passion, a stirring within that brings clarity, precision and more focus. Themes of transformation continue, but a sense of purification arrives to assist us with our inner change. Get dedicated and simplify. Once Moon shifts into Taurus, its sign of exaltation, early Tuesday morning, we begin to feel a swelling of our inner tides, yet restriction and uncertainty simultaneously. Keep moving towards the nourishment. The more focus and clarity you can create, the more abundant you will feel. Use innovation to maximize your prosperity. Moon shifts into Rohini nakshatra early on Wednesday, inviting us to increase creativity, to focus our manifestation skills, and to awaken our inner abundance. Move towards the nourishment. Clarify your needs. Ask for what you want. Clear away the illusions, shadows and confusion in order to fully open and receive. Last day for early bird registration! Don't miss out on my March Jyotish Basics Classes for transformation and healing. Register Now. Early morning on Thursday, a stronger more passionate level of awareness seeps in as Moon shifts into Mrigashirsha nakshatra. Drink in the soma! How are you utilizing your creative powers, your creative flow? Channel it! Reach out, spread your wings and soar! Don't let worry, tightness, contraction and restriction keep you from feeling fully alive. Don't let the mental body stop your flow! Friday morning brings a rush of energy! What kind of energy are you feeding? Stormy weather or excitement and enthusiasm? The powers of Rudra rules the day as Moon moves into Ardra nakshatra. Feelings are extra intense today. Big movement and emotional waves. Are you getting lost in the choppy currents? Find the shore, get grounded, put your feet on solid earth. Stand your ground, find your center and let the intensity swirl around you. Put your power to good use and channel it effectively. Create something with this surge of energy! Don't miss out on my March Jyotish Basics Classes for transformation and healing. Friday is the last day to join! Register Now. Saturday brings the calm after the storm once Moon shifts into Punarvasu nakshatra mid morning. Goddess Aditi soothes us with expanded wisdom, new awareness and shifts in consciousness. What did you learn this week? What has opened? What is moving through you in new ways? What powerful shifts are occurring for you? Don't let the mental body rule you. Get into your physical body, work directly with somatic wisdom and open to your inner awareness. Let the expansion in. Time for a 3 level check-in? Early Sunday Morning, Moon moves to its own sign of Cancer, joining retrograde Jupiter here. Themes of expansion, deeper feelings, opening and swelling inner tides continue. Watch out for flooding! How are you channeling this intense flow of life force energy? There is deep nourishment to be had, but can you absorb the nutrients coming to you? Keep it simple right now. Less is more and truly more potent. Extract joy from the nourishment arriving. Where do you feel this in your body? Keep bringing your awareness to this feeling and harvest its messages. Need some guidance? Use this podcast. The week ends with Moon in the 12th tithi, expanding and filling as we near the full Moon on the 5th. Themes of nourishment and abundance carry us through Monday morning. *Transits are calculated using Pacific Standard Time. Intention for the Week: Find a dance that integrates your fire and water. Bring awareness to the merging of your polarities. Let new life emerge as your separateness becomes unified. Moon is waning, deepening introspection and inner exploration. Moon transits through Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces and into Aries this week. Venus has entered its exaltation sign Pisces now and both Sun and Mars have gained degrees after changing into new signs this past week. This increases their potency. The week begins with Moon and Mercury conjunct, both receiving drishti from Saturn, Rahu and Jupiter. Use the first part of the week to get structures in place, work with timeliness, order and organization. These details are essential for growth and expansion at this time. The mental and emotional bodies are in a strong dance together, especially on Monday, which will require that you listen to more than just the mental body. What feelings are arriving? Be sure to check in with all three levels of your awareness. Do a three level check-in for deeper harvesting. As Moon and Mercury separate, we get more room for feelings, and less tension between the emotional body and mental body. Pay attention to the messages of your feelings. What feels supportive, what does not? What is bringing you a sense of nourishment and support? Where are the challenges and frustrations? Shivaratri is on Tuesday the 17th. This is a time of deep silence and strong potential. It is the marriage celebration of Shiva and Shakti, a symbolic union of wholeness- when the absolute unmanifest, conjoins with the pulse of life force energy. Masculine and feminine merge and create life- and the ability to manifest becomes amplified. From this place of union, we can ignite the power of being, the power of life. Transformations abound right now- inner and outer. Are you paying attention to polarities in your life? What dualities are you aware of and what is needed for their integration? This is a powerful time for meditation and reciting the Mrityunjaya Mantra: oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam ǀurvārukam-iva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt ǁ New Moon is on Wednesday the 18th at 15:47 PST while Moon is in Dhanishta nakshatra. Want to know more about this new Moon and how to maximize the coming waxing cycle? My 2015 Moon Wisdom Calendar is almost here! Get the details. Sun shifts into Satabisha nakshatra on Thursday while the Moon transits through this lunar constellation as well. Now waxing, but still quite small and fragile, the Moon will play an important role in our emotions today. Take note of how strong feelings play into the day. It is about healing though- if you can get close enough to the intensity, you can find a resource for your healing work. Are you willing to step towards the fire? Knit together opposites and integrate separateness. What binary thinking patters are keeping you from feeling supported? How is your critic, your inner judge holding you back from feeling the nourishment of life? Friday and Saturday bring opportunities to work on our relationships and interactions. As Moon transits through Pisces, he joins exalted Venus, Mars and Ketu here. This combination is an invitation to work with our passion in new ways, to integrate our warrior and our romantic self, our fire and water. It may feel impossible, but if you can get your warrior to go with the flow, you're making progress. Moon crosses the tricky junction between Pisces (water) and Aries (fire) on Sunday and the themes of integrating our polarities continue, yet fresh starts are amplified. Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac and Aries is the beginning, offering a sense of change and transformation to us. Pay close attention to the sensation of the new and make it poignant. What fresh start are you embarking on? What are you inviting into your life right now? What desires are you moving toward? Let this dawning carry you through Monday and invite in support and assistance from your relationships. My Jyotish Basics Classes have begun! Don't miss out on these transformational and healing classes. Sign up for details.
Need some extra guidance and clarity? Schedule a session with me. Plan your week in tune with nature. Never miss a planetary update. Sign up for my weekly newsletter. Was this post helpful? Please share it with a friend! Thank you.  We all want passion. It makes life worth living. It's the joie de vie that takes life from dull and mediocre, to exciting and fresh. It can keep us going, moving, and actually make us want to expand ourselves in a natural way. Yet most of us are often stuck in neutral, coasting through life, feeling the struggle of life's challenges, rather than the juicy, good stuff on the other side of the struggle. Passion for many, is little more than wishful thinking, a subtle desire, a yearning, or perhaps something that is fleeting. We all have access to greater and greater passion though. It's a muscle that needs to be used, practiced, flexed, explored, played with. It's not something that magically appears, rather it's an intrinsic part of our nature that has to be cultivated and nurtured. Right now, the planets are ripe with passion, helping us each to explore this part of ourselves in more intimate ways. Nature gives us these time periods to dip our toes in, or jump full body, into the rivers of passion. Venus has been chasing Mars for months- and this combination is ideal for inducing passion. Mars is our inner fire, our warrior spirit. He is decisive, clear and action oriented. He doesn't think (that's Mercury's job) but instead chooses to go forth without question. Venus on the other hand is connected to our inner waters (jala) and by default our creative life force, our shakti. Venus connects us, helps us relate, to be in relationship. Venus is a co-creative planet and it helps us to feel nourished, to receive nourishment from life, from others, and ultimately from ourselves. Venus is the planet of love for this reason. The combination of Mars and Venus induces a fire and water combination, yet these two are neutral to each other (they tolerate each other in other words). As Mars moves into Pisces on February 11th, joining Ketu here, our passions increase, as well as our desires. These themes intensify as Venus moves to Pisces on the 15th of February, its sign of exaltation. An exalted planet can fully expand and express itself (for better or worse) and so we will see our inner waters swell and increase as well. This can be a time of maximum creativity, maximum love flowing, and more open channels for all things Venus (such as money, love, the feminine, relationships, creativity, art, beauty, worldly pleasures). With exalted Venus conjunct Mars and Ketu, we get a warrior like re-structuring of our love, our creative flow, our relationships. The combination of Mars and Venus creates a feeling of passion within us. This is a result of fire and water merging, creating steam within us. This steam can be a powerful force- energizing, clearing and purifying. What steam is being created in your life right now? As you look at your jyotish chart, locate Pisces, the number 12. This is where the conjunction of Mars, Ketu and exalted Venus is happening for you until March 12th. You'll want to notice what house Pisces is in (based on your rising sign) as this placement will heighten the theme of passion in this area of your life. Pisces by default connects us to our feet (12th house matters) and therefor working with the feet as a primary body part resource can be helpful right now to assimilate the nourishment arriving, the intensity of the passions we are experiencing, and also to ground us in the now. Working with the feet allows us to "step forward" in our lives and "stand our ground" and also to "leap and land". Simultaneously, Venus connects us to our pelvis. Working with the dynamics, the relationship between feet and Pelvis can help us maximize our creative connection, our feeling level of life, while rooting us in this nourishing awareness. Here are three simple steps to help you create more passion in your life and to capitalize on the increased passion available to us at this time. 1) Connect with your feelings. What makes you feel joyful, enthusiastic, inspired? What induces a feeling of love in you? What makes you feel nourished and satisfied? Get descriptive. 2) What activities inspire the above feelings? Maybe it's cooking a wonderful meal or reading a book with a cup of tea. Maybe walking in the woods with your dog. Write down the activities that induce these feelings of joy, love and nourishment within you. 3) Circle the top three activities that bring you the most joy, love and nourishment. These are your "go-to" activities to create greater passion in your life. These activities will push your passion buttons, open the channels within you and awaken a deeper connection with your life force. Make sure that you are using these activities once a week, or even daily, to connect to the passion coursing through you. Remember, passion is like a muscle that must be flexed, used, and developed. It takes practice. I invite you to notice where the sensation of passion is stirred within your body. Where do you feel the passion enlivening you? What body part is connected to this passionate feeling moving through you? This body part can be a powerful ally of support and an important resource for you so pay attention to what messages it has to share with you. Enjoy the passion moving through you! My Jyotish Basics Classes have begun! Don't miss out on these transformational and healing classes. Sign up for details.
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