This Week's Intention: Transform your darkness into light. Use your pain, challenges and suffering to transform and heal. This is a powerful week for the emotional body. As we approach the total lunar eclipse and full Moon, our inner waters are likely feeling the pangs. Remember we are still in the delicate portal between eclipses, the gap, which intensifies our feelings. It can also shadow our experiences and our receptivity. This is not a time for risks or starting new projects, however it is an excellent time to be thoroughly navigating and attending to our darkness, shadows and personal mythology. When the challenges come, it's a reminder to do the necessary inner work for clean up and healing. Retrograde Mercury in Virgo, conjunct Sun and lunar node, Rahu, reminds us to clean up the mental body right now. Your efforts will be supported at this time. Ganesha Chaurthi continues this week until the full Moon, helping to remove obstacles and challenges along our path of awakening. Monday begins with Moon transiting Sagittarius and the first nakshatra of this one-pointed sign, Mula. As the Moon moves through Mula nakshatra, we may face our challenges directly as this constellation brings chaos and tumult from the dark goddess herself, Nirrti. She brings calamity with her, as well as crisis, confusion and destruction of inner power. Her forces are meant to keep one from dharma, a path of truth, power and inner knowing. Her darkness can bring great misery, or great healing. The healing only arrives when we are willing to face our own darkness and use it as a means of transformation, change and awakening. Are you working with the challenges consciously or resisting them? Any force against the challenge will not be a good use of your efforts or energy. Instead, surrender, let go and allow release. Simplify and do less- in order to accomplish more. Evening arrives with Moon shifting into PurvaAshada nakshatra, the domain of Apas, the water goddess. Let the waters flow and allow yourself to be purified. My final *free* Dharma Awakening class is this Saturday the 26th! This is the last time to receive my dharma resources until fall 2016. Discover your dharma and life path through the wisdom of jyotish, embodiment and art therapy. Join the List. Day of Mars, Tuesday, continues with the potency of PurvaAshada, Apas and ruling planet Venus. With Venus still in Cancer, our heart center and emotions are extra sensitive and feelings are stronger. Moon receives drishti from Jupiter which can increase swelling, expansion and excess. This will effect our emotions and spiritual body. Allow the nourishment to fill you up. Let the water within you flow, move and heal. Use creativity, gentle movement and nourishing relationships for extra support today. Let water soothe and clarify you by walking near it, soaking in it, or both. As evening begins, Moon moves to the latter half of the Ashada constellation, UttaraAshada. The Vishvadevas, or all gods, arrive and help us align with truth, purity and wisdom. Invite in the sattva. Wednesday begins and Mercury flavors the day. Moon moves to Capricorn but continues to transit through the domain of the Vishvadevas. Here, our emotional body (Moon) receives drishti from Venus, Saturn, and Rahu. Sun and Rahu are in exact conjunction today. The light within is truly shadowed and darkened. Turn on the light and flip the switch! Shine light on your darkness and transform your shadows! Align with dharma, truth and purity. Where there is darkness, there is an opportunity for more light. Don't stray from your path! Around noon, Moon moves to the sacred 28th nakshatra, Abhijit, which supports deep spiritual awakening and healing. This special portal lasts until just after 19:00. This is an ideal time to set intentions, meditate and say prayers. Align with your truth, purpose and dharma at this time. Let the universe know your desires and take steps to bring them into form. Moon continues through Sravana nakshatra which is Vishnu's domain. A certain expansion and spiritual wisdom is available right now. Listen carefully. Fall equinox is September 23rd when the Sun crosses the celestial equator (an imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator) north to south. Fall equinox occurs at 03:22 CDT and marks shorter days (more darkness) for the northern hemisphere. Longer days (more daylight) will now begin for the southern hemisphere. Thursday continues with Vishnu's expansiveness and wisdom. He is responsible for dharma and aligning with sattva, truth. He is akasha (space) and therefor exists everywhere. Akasha transmits dharma and allows us to hear truth. Traditionally, dharma was passed orally and the ears were the main vehicle for attuning and acquiring dharmic understanding. Sravana nakshatra translates as "hearing, listening, studying and learning". There is a connection to "hearing the teachings" and being receptive enough to follow them with potent action steps. The symbols are an ear, footprints and a trident. Align with your truth, inner power and wisdom today. Let your feelings and intuitive knowing be your guide. Move towards dharma and take action that supports its unfolding. Late afternoon, Moon moves to Dhanishta nakshatra, the domain of the Vasu Devas and Mars. The Vasu Devas bring increased light and shining. Let your light shine! My final *free* Dharma Awakening class is this Saturday the 26th! This is the last time to receive my dharma resources until fall 2016. Discover your dharma and life path through the wisdom of jyotish, embodiment and art therapy. Join the List. Friday shares the divine light of the Vasu Devas as Moon continues to transit Dhanishta nakshatra. In the wee hours of the morning, Moon shifts to Aquarius, receiving direct gaze from Mars and Jupiter, bringing a certain stare of warrior spirit and wisdom from the guru. The Vasu Devas love to sparkle, shine and be seen. Their inner light, or jyoti, insures increased awareness, awakening and inner strength. Power and prosperity go hand in hand and the Vasu Devas bring both. As shine and share your truth, your potency and power increases. Shine your light on your darkness and shadows, step powerfully and courageously towards your truth and life purpose. Early afternoon, Moon shifts to Satabisha nakshatra and Varuna offers his certain intensity. He sees all with his thousand eyes. Align with his desires for truth and the universality of Natural Law and you will gain from his resources. Stray and he will bring punishment through ill health and misfortune. Make truth and integrity your priorities today and attend diligently to your health and wellness. Saturday continues with Varuna's potency. He can offer great healing and transformation, as well as resources and support, when we align with his desires. When Moon transits through his domain, the constellation Satabisha, it's a reminder to pay close attention to our physical body and our overall health. Let your physical body be well nourished and follow Ayurvedic regimens for maximum support from this fierce deity. Late morning Moon moves to PurvaBhadra nakshatra, as it enters the 14th tithi. Ruling deity, Ajaikapda, arrives to help us balance challenge, obstacles and difficulties. The Moon is almost completely full and the swelling tides will be creating challenges, discomfort and excess on the emotional body level. Surf these tides with awareness and intention. Use today as a clean up day. What personal development has been left unattended? What shadow work has been kept in the dark? How are you preparing for the full Moon and lunar eclipse? Now is the time to release and surrender anything that you are gripping to, holding tightly. If it's not serving your deep nourishment, let it go. Moon jumps into Pisces, the final sign of the zodiac, early Sunday morning, joining south node, Ketu here. Both receive drishti from Rahu, retrograde Mercury and Sun. Moon arrives into the 15th and final tithi (phase) of the waxing Moon and our emotional body swells with the high tides. Our Moon cups are full! Late morning, Moon shifts to the latter half of the Bhadrapada constellation, Uttarabhadra. Ahirbudhnya arrives to support our deep awakening and transformation process. As serpent of the deep, dark, hidden territory of our subconscious, he helps us bring our depth to the surface for more light. What are you missing? Dig up your depths and offer it to the light. Full Moon is September 27th at 19:50 PDT while Moon is in Pisces and Uttarabhadrapada Nakshatra. There is a total Lunar Eclipse at the time of this full Moon, which intensifies emotions, feelings and shadows being cast upon our emotional body. This full Moon brings a sense of beginnings, renewal and rejuvenation with it, themes which carry us through the waning Moon cycle. Moon conjuncts south node, Ketu leading up to the full Moon and continues its close proximity afterwards. This encourages cutting away and letting go of what no longer serves us in our emotional body. As Moon passes through Pisces, the final sign of the zodiac, this theme of letting go, endings and release, amplifies. The heart requires expansion and more fluidity, while the mind is tenacious, focused and radical. Blend these two elements and seek more inner harmony. Retrograde Mercury is conjunct Sun and Rahu in Virgo, which gives an opportunity for more light to shine on our darkness and illusions. Do you invite in the light, or continue to stay in the dark? Take the veils off and shine light into the dark corners of your mind. Mars gives his gaze to Moon and Ketu in Pisces at this time, and both receive the penetrating gaze of Rahu, Sun and retrograde Mercury seven houses away. It's a time of radical house-cleaning of mental and emotional bodies. Leave no stone un-turned and be diligent in your release process. Wishing you had the extended version of my Full Moon Details? Purchase my 2015 Moon Wisdom Calendar. This total lunar eclipse marks the ending of the delicate two week gap between eclipses. It is never advised to look at an eclipse directly nor be out while it's occurring. (This particular lunar eclipse will be visible in Europe, South/East Asia, Africa, Much of North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica). Eclipses are a time to meditate, follow spiritual practices, chant and adhere to rest. Leading up to the eclipse, fasting or eating lightly is traditional. It is a time to reflect, turn inward and work consciously with our shadow parts. After all, an eclipse is showing us the shadow on our Sun or Moon qualities quite directly. Monday, mid morning, Moon moves to the final nakshatra of the zodiac, Revati. Ruling deity, Pushan, supports and assists our journey and travels. He brings nourishment and resources for our path, while also requiring attention to sensitivity and digestion. As Moon finishes up another transit through the twelve signs, use today for the necessary clean up and release after the full Moon + lunar eclipse. What are you holding onto that needs to be released on the mental and emotional body levels? *All calculations given are Pacific Daylight Time.
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The partial solar eclipse and new Moon on September 12th, ushered in a waxing Moon and multiple planetary changes for the cycle to come. Back to back, Mars and Sun both change signs, while Mercury goes retrograde just after. These changes bring a separation between the tight conjunction of Mars and Venus, while Sun leaves its own sign for his enemy's sign, Virgo. September 12th began a delicate two week period between eclipses that lasts until the total lunar eclipse and full Moon on September 27th. The gap between eclipses is a sacred time where we must be diligent with spiritual matters and notice the messages that arrive. Traditionally, it is not a time to start new ventures or take daring or dangerous actions. It is however a time to reflect, turn inward and work consciously with our shadow parts. After all, an eclipse is showing us the shadow on our Sun or Moon qualities quite directly. Any solar eclipse is a shadow to our Sun self, our inner light, the soul. In the coming waxing cycle, be diligent with your masculine energy, ego, father and personal mythology connected to these. This includes being seen, noticed and heard and the outward manifestation of our desires. In fact, manifestation is a huge part of this cycle. For some, blessings and gains may arrive with powerful force and purpose. Others may experience power struggles inside and out. Relationships take center stage. Are you in right relationship with others? This begins with having a very honest and courageous relationship with yourself first and foremost. Get aligned with who you are and what you stand for. Be bold in what you ask for and take a leap towards your power, path and purpose. Trust your inner knowing. At 08:22 on Tuesday September 15th, Mars makes the leap officially into Leo, joining Jupiter and a sandhi Sun here. All receive drishti from Saturn's stern and focused stare. Mars enjoys the sign Leo and its ruling planet Sun, for their fiery, passionate ways, as well as the great teacher and wisdom giver, Jupiter. Saturn and Mars, however oppose each other energetically. Mars is fast while Saturn is extremely slow. Take this advice into the coming cycle as there will be a desire to push, force and rush, while Saturn will insist on slow, methodical steps for greater balance. If you feel frustrations with your desires, action steps, relationships and creative passions, it is Saturn reminding you to slow down and be more intentional with your actions. He reminds us to stay aligned with the wisdom of Nature. Are you listening? Part of this Mars transit includes another tight conjunction between the warrior energy of Mars and the fluid, creative and feminine, Venus, once again. There is a brief separation as Mars shifts to Leo, but Venus joins him here two weeks later on September 30th. The fiery, passionate and focused warrior planet dances yet again with the creative, relationship planet, Venus, who shares the wisdom of feelings with us. This duo in Leo will increase passions on all levels of life- including creative, artistic, romantic, and relational. Power increases and our drive to achieve passionately, unfolds. Increasing this potent creative, life force energy, as well as a focus on romance and relationships, comes from the shift of Jupiter into Purvaphalguni nakshatra on September 14th. Jupiter's expansive qualities intensify the potency of the Phalguni constellation and their sensual expression. Bhaga brings resources, comforts and the ability to manifest desires into form. Be conscious about what you are creating in your life at this time. Increase your feelings of nourishment, happiness and joy, in order to create more of this in your life. Seek wisdom that brings inner harmony and open your heart to gratitude, passion and allow the romance of life to lift you up. Creativity takes courage, so use your creative powers very intentionally and courageously at this time. Just before midnight on Wednesday, September 16th at 23: 26, Sun shifts into Virgo, joining Rahu and Mercury here. All receive drishti from Ketu, the re-structuring lightning bolt. Sun is not fond of Virgo and this can cause discomfort for our mind, strategies, connections and communication. His light wants to shine potently and powerfully, at maximum strength, yet Virgo is very specific, overly focused at times and too direct. This can cause mental burn, overwhelm and excess heat in the mental body so be vigilant at this time with your mind. Are you pushing too hard? Are you feeling taxed, overwhelmed or dissatisfied? Virgo's precision and the mental body, may be keeping you from nourishment. Allow in the feelings of light, awakening and new insights to encourage healing and greater support. This transit of Sun can be a powerful opportunity for awakenings, depending on where we put our efforts and energy. Great healing and inner light is possible, if we diligently look at our shadows and courageously attend to our inner struggles. The mind will be telling you one thing, but listen to the heart and its wisdom instead. Go for nourishment, go for healing old wounds, go for your inner gold this time. Join me for a *free* Dharma Awakening class. Discover your dharma and life path through the wisdom of jyotish, embodiment and art therapy. Join the List. Mercury begins his 22 day retrograde motion at 11:07 on Thursday, the 17th, moving back through his favorite sign, Virgo. The conjunction of Mercury and Rahu during this cycle will effect individuals differently. For some, the confusion of Rahu will undermine the potency of Mercury being well positioned, intensified by Mercury's retrograde motion. Others will experience a massive upswing in finances, connections and creativity. Your ability to resource from your inner strength and power will determine your success during this extra long Virgo transit. What is your relationship with your shadow? Can you tame the beast, call it on its self-deprecation and consciously work with overcoming limiting beliefs? Success will come to those who take the dark and turn it into the light. Your biggest struggles are asking you to rise to the occasion. Turn struggle and challenge into gifts and awakening. This Mercury cycle is extra long and unusual. In many regards it is an offering with extra graces- if we choose to use them as such. Mercury usually makes fairly swift movements, yet his retrograde motion will prolong his dance through his favorite sign. He will retrograde on September 17th, then go direct on October 9th, and finally leave Virgo on the 28th of October. During this back and forth shuffle, he will move in and out of his most potent degree range and also slide in and out of his mulitrikona and own sign degrees. We get a smorgasbord of his support, struggles and potency. An exalted planet shares 100% of his energy, mulitrikona 75% and own sign 50%. Remember that once he retrogrades, at times he will be considered debilitated as he moves back through his exaltation degrees. (Exalted planets in retrograde motion are considered debilitated). This occurs from September 28th to October 9th to be exact. At this time he is closely conjunct Rahu and combust (burnt) from the Sun. Certainly a time to be very diligent with our mental body, our shadow work and our ego. Use this time for conscious self development work and spiritual practices. During this Mercury transit through Virgo, we will all need to pay special attention to our mental body, our imaginal body. Stories, thoughts, ideas and words will be extra strong and powerful as will our creativity and imagination. This is the part of our being that can create magic, or destroy us. Depending on Mercury's placement in your chart and your relationship with him, this could be an extra challenging cycle, or a powerful and creative game-changer. Being on top of your mental/emotional body dynamics will be vital. Fall equinox is September 23rd when the Sun crosses the celestial equator (an imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator) north to south. Fall equinox occurs at 03:22 CDT and marks shorter days (more darkness) for the northern hemisphere. Longer days (more daylight) will now begin for the southern hemisphere. Full Moon is Sunday, September 27 at 19:50 PDT, while Moon is in Pisces and Uttarabhadrapada Nakshatra. This full Moon coincides with a Total Lunar Eclipse. *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: Clean up your diet and finances, as well as fears and lack of clarity about both. There are nourishment issues surfacing. Use them for transformation and healing. Put focus on your children, romance, creativity and digestion. Prepare clear strategies for work and make sure there's support in place. Time spent on spiritual pursuits and meditation will be well worth your efforts. Attend to your feelings, heart and emotional body as well as self care. Taurus: Find stability and support within relationships and work directly with challenges, fears and sadness that surface. Be passionate in heart matters and listen to your emotional body wisdom for insights about your needs. Get bold, real and authentic! Use creativity and the arts to deepen your inner awareness and gain insights. Attend to your stomach and digestion as well as power struggles. What is keeping you in the dark and away from your light? Gemini: Nourish and be nourished. Are you resisting or allowing, giving or receiving? What blockages in your heart are keeping you from fully, deeply feeling the nourishment of your life? Use your stomach as a resource for awakening- as there is deep digestion taking place for you. Use your creative power as a resource for being seen and noticed. Allow support and guidance from others and align your work with a more spiritual focus. Let the internet be a resource for career growth. Cancer: Allow your creativity and connections to blossom. Use your voice powerfully, carefully and strategically in order to increase your power and presence. Use your creativity strategically, with focus and intention. Work on overcoming shadows, doubts and limiting beliefs connected to your artistry, creative powers and courage. Spend time with teachers and spiritual guides. Share messages of light and your insights. Keep life joyful and playful even if it feels challenging. Leo: Be bold, powerful and affirm your truths. Share your wisdom and power with others and get noticed. There is a lot of energy moving through you right now, use it authentically and intentionally. Speak your truth, but do so sweetly and carefully. There are fears, uncertainties and confusion about your comfort and finances. Do you work with these issues directly or keep pushing them under the rug? Take time for leisure and extra self care. Continue softening the rigidity of your heart. Virgo: You are receiving a big opportunity for awakening, yet it will be disguised as challenge, uncertainty and confusion. Use mental obstacles as resources for transformation and healing. What veils of illusion can you start ripping off? Your spiritual practices will be valuable resources for deep awareness and more wisdom. Be a spiritual warrior at this time. Use embodiment for grounding and land on your feet. You may notice your feet have a special message to share. Let friends be a resource for gains. Libra: Make spiritual connections between your health, healing and finances. There are some interesting links that will help you let go of old burdens. Time spent on retreat, in meditation and on spiritual pursuits, will prove valuable for your release and liberation process. Speak methodically and carefully for gains, and to avoid mishaps. Make room for the new, by cleaning up your past. Get creative and make connections for your career. Scorpio: Your focus is strong. Too strong? Are you able to zoom out and see the big picture? Are you letting in softness, play and joy? Use your tenacity to make strides in your career but let your heart wisdom be a guide for you. Gains come from your powerful career moves and by overcoming shadows, doubts and illusions consciously. Work with power and authority issues and step into your own power with commitment and diligence. Take your power back and stand in your greatness! Sagittarius: Worldly desires and pursuits are gaining strength and momentum. Ideas and connections from the past are returning to lend their support. Are you paying attention to the messages arriving? Use your words, imagination and creativity for being seen and noticed. Put yourself out there and make your desires known to the universe! Teach, advise, guide and allow in resources that will support you with the same. Clean, clear and purify your heart. Capricorn: Gains come with your slow, methodical actions steps and harvesting from your depths. Share your vulnerability and darkness as a resource for others. Strip off veils of illusion that are holding you back from being authentic and real. Teach, share and observe. Let relationships and connections nourish you and support your career. Get spiritually creative and innovate. Your words are potent, let them be a healing balm for others. Aquarius: There's passion and learning from all your relationships right now. Use the mirror as your biggest resource for awakening. Challenge and conflict are reminders to re-assess your needs and desires, while also noticing where you are mismanaging your power. Dive deeply into your depths and transform your shadows, fears, illusions and doubts. This is a time for extra spiritual support. Don't push too hard or force outcomes. Pisces: Relationships continue to bring confusion, vaguery and uncertainty. Is it you who is unclear? Stories, fears and illusions from the past return and resurface with potent reminders. Clean up your issues with power and heal issues with the masculine. Your heart and emotional body wisdom can support you with awakening. Are you able to hear its messages or is the mental body overpowering you? The body is your resource back to a grounded more stable place. Let it guide you home. *All calculations given are Pacific Daylight Time.
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Notice what changes and releases have to happen in order for this new, inner structure to take form. Continue to courageously and creatively face your feelings and emotions as this is the territory that impedes the nourishment you desperately need and want. Your emotions will give you the clues. Dive in! Gemini: The coming cycle helps you finally release and let go of some career pieces that are holding you back. Trust this letting go cycle as it affords you space to step forward in some very momentous and powerful ways. The endings are so vital for the gains to come. A new sense of balance arrives in your body. Speak from your heart, find stability from your pelvis and feet, and let your stomach be the source of your power. Cancer: Gains arrive as you submit to inner egoic change. As you do so, life opens up and reminds you how important it is to allow change and transformation into your life. Use your challenges and awakenings as a gift to share with others. Let the world into your process of enlightenment and upliftment. Show us a bit of your inner realms and vulnerability. Expect gains and improvements as a reward. Leo: With all the deep transformations you've been undergoing, the coming cycle will bring some much needed relief. More nourishment, support and wisdom are on the way. Give yourself some rest time as this will be how you digest and assimilate the past weeks and months of change. Use the influences of joy and seriousness, fun and commitment, in order to find a new sense of balance in your life. A very strong time of dharmic change is coming. Get ready to move! Virgo: I'd like to tell you that the pain of all the letting go is coming to a close, but in fact the full release has yet to begin. You've actually been in the preparatory phases. But this part of your process has been vital so that you can embrace the new cycle of power that is arriving. Get ready to purify, cleanse and transform inside out. A tiger is gently purring within you, but soon it will be roaring and shredding your inner darkness. Gather your support and your fire offerings. Libra: The power is coming to you in your hips and pelvis and from head to tail. Roar like a lion and get comfortable with prowling. You are working through some old hurts and haunts right now. The support and stability can be found in your body, so don't neglect this source of power and strength. As Sun moves to Aries, your hips will be unstoppable. Let the passion of life into your life and share it consciously with others. With so much heat moving through you, use this time as an opportunity to learn how to be more mindful with how you use your power. Scorpio: Suddenly you can hear the messages coming to you in a new way, a more nourishing way. Stability and support are finding a recalibration point in you from head, through spine, into pelvis. Use these body parts to help you align from the inside, out. Trust your pelvis to guide you and support you. Recommit to your power and dynamism. Channel it to into your clients and through your gifts and services. There's nothing you can't accomplish. Don't let the shadows keep you from moving forward. See and be seen. Sagittarius: Home and heart have been getting shredded, restructured. This has prepared you for the coming cycle of passionate and powerful stirrings within you. How will you channel this fire? Where would you like to put your strengths and efforts? A new sense of balance is coming with your losses which offers some healing and support, a mending to your broken heart. Use your passion constructively. Now is a great time to start anew. Listen to you gut and watch over-indulgences. Capricorn: The only way out is through. The only way through is with courage and creativity. As your ego and sense of self get restructured, take notes. What gives you your ability, your will and desire to move forward? Passion continues to build in your heart, but watch out for heart burn. Channel this heat effectively as romance and shakti flare. Keep moving towards the nourishment, the support, the vital stability you seek. Watch for mixed messages and smoke signals. Aquarius: Do what you say and say what you do. Do what you feel and feel what you do. Share what you feel and offer what moves through you. Be courageous enough to be authentic and you can't go wrong. Your courage and passion to do so increases in the coming weeks, but it's important to watch the doubts that appear. Work consciously on these old themes as they have stopped you from achieving your greatness in the past. Now is your opportunity to move beyond the old haunts. Pisces: You are the case study for us all right now Pisces. You've been getting cracked open raw and getting cut into a variety of pieces. With all this restructuring inside, finding your footing, a way to land, has been challenging. There's more change on the way- but the kind that will support some integration and greater stability. Using your voice will be vital in order for you to get your needs met. You are learning how to express yourself more powerfully. Getting what you need requires that you know what you need, then you can ask for it. Horoscopes for the Waning Moon Cycle {April 4th to 18th} Themes of deep transformation continue thanks to Saturn’s retrograde motion through Scorpio with the re-structuring effects of Ketu‘s transit through Pisces as well. Expect awareness and changes that connect to endings, release and letting go. Sun continues to touch Ketu as he moves through Pisces (endings) and then into Aries (beginnings), on April 14th. We may feel our egos and sense of self getting reformatted as immense changes from inside out continue. Look for themes surfacing that have to do with power, personal empowerment and authority in the coming cycle. The delicate gap between Pisces and Aries opens up once again as Mercury moves out of its debilitation in Pisces and into Aries on the 11th. This gap opens yet again when Sun moves out of Pisces and into its sign of exaltation, Aries, on the 14th. This gandanta (gap) is particularly challenging, signifying deep inner change, while ushering in insights and support from higher realms. Multiple parts of ourselves are going through upheaval and release right now. Be willing to let old parts of yourself get burned, purified and released as this is a time of alchemical changes. As the eclipse portal closes with the April 4th full Moon and lunar eclipse, a softening arrives with some relief from the intensity of the past weeks. We are still in a period of deep inner change, though our shadows will have more chances to see the light now. The delicate two week period between solar and lunar eclipses will ends much of the intensity, yet we still have some remnants to work with on the level of ego and SelThe eclipse portal closes with the April 4th full Moon and lunar eclipse. The delicate two week period between solar and lunar eclipses will ends much of the intensity, yet we still have some remnants to work with on the level of ego and Self.The eclipse portal closes with the April 4th full Moon and lunar eclipse. The delicate two week period between solar and lunar eclipses will ends much of the intensity, yet we still have some remnants to work with on the level of ego and Jupiter goes direct on April 8th after four months of retrograde motion, offering greater support with our expansion now. Wisdom will begin to feel more supportive and helpful once his exalted status returns. Read more about his transit through Cancer and his effect on your sign. Venus moves to his own sign of Taurus on April sixth, helping us find more stability with relationships, creativity, manifestation and abundance. Use the pelvis very intentionally to gain deeper insights with your needs. Timing is everything. Make a fresh start and take powerful action steps aligned with Nature. Are you working with her cycles or against them? Use my 2015 Moon Wisdom Calendar to help you align your actions, intentions and goals with the cosmos. *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. Did you catch my *free* class Ultimate Self Care for Sensitive Types? You can still listen to it until April 8th. 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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: Gather the abundant resources swirling around you and within you. Invite in a new level of support and nourishment. Moon is waxing and is gaining potency this week as we near the full Moon on Saturday. We are still in the delicate two week gap between solar eclipse and lunar eclipse though. With Sun, Mercury and Ketu still transiting Pisces, themes continue to surface around endings, loss, letting go and surrender. The sacred celebration of the Divine Mothers, Navaratri, has ended but if we've been paying close attention, some new nourishment and awareness should have arrived. The full Moon arrives this week on Saturday, marked by a lunar Eclipse. Eclipses represent the shadowed self, our inner darkness that must come to the light. In the Vedic tradition, this is not a time to take risks, start new endeavors, or to over-exert. It is a time, however, of turning inward, of meditation and contemplation and a time to take extra care of the physical body with good routine etc. The solar eclipse on March 20th marked the beginning of a delicate two week period which will end with the lunar eclipse and full Moon on April 4th. Traditionally starting new endeavors during this delicate eclipse period is not advised. There are still challenges until we see Sun and Mercury move out of Pisces and into Aries mid month. Be gentle and work with power issues. Monday begins with a waxing Moon in the 11th tithi, with swelling lunar tides expanding our emotional cups. The emotional body is a potent theme because Moon transits its own sign of Cancer and conjuncts retrograde Jupiter here. Both are in Ashlesha nakshatra today, enlivening Sarpa, the serpent deity. Don't get pulled off course by illusions and overconfidence. Diligently going beyond the surface of the mental body will be vital for gaining clarity and wisdom. Tackle emotions head on and inquire what the need is underneath the emotion. Pacify the mind today. Magha nakshatra insists that Tuesday start with a jolt of energy and extra charge! The ancestors are conspiring with us today to insure that we learn something new about power and force. Ketu and Sun are in exact conjunction right now so be aware that the ego may get a few jolts of electricity- either positive or negative charges. Sudden shifts are possible today. Try not to let the mind run away with you. Use your stories to uncover hidden inner terrain that is keeping you from your full potential. Now is the time to shine. Let yourself be cracked open. Did you catch my *free* class Ultimate Self Care for Sensitive Types? You can still listen to it until April 4th. I've also just re-launched my Be Your Gift class series for those seeking deeper support for their sensitivity. Sign up to hear the replay. As Moon shifts into Purvaphalguni early Wednesday morning. The day offers us an ability to plant new seeds and cultivate a rich sensuality thanks to the deity Bhaga and PurvaPhalguni nakshatra. Whatever was re-arranged yesterday has offered us an opening into greater nourishment and creativity today. Are you allowing in the creative flow of ideas and possibilities? Don't block the life force and let in the support as it shows up. Get your needs met. Early Thursday morning, Moon moves to UttaraPhalguni nakshatra, the latter half of the Phalguni stars. This constellation gives us the opportunity to be nourished from sustainable endeavors, things that last. It's through time that we ripen. Time allows us to deepen our trust, commitments, a sense of stability and support. It's through long term relationships of all kinds that we can find deeper nourishment. Notice where this sustainable nourishment and support is arriving for you today. Even if you are still feeling fragile and raw from the previous days, I encourage you to look for the people and places that are helping you gather your strength and resiliency. Let Saturn's drishti on the Moon right now be a support for finding helpful structures. Moon is in the 14th tithi now and our inner tides are high! As Moon jumps into Virgo midday Pacific time, it conjoins Rahu. Both get the impact of debilitated Mercury, Sun and Ketu from seven houses away in Pisces. Moon and Rahu give their drishti to this energetic combination in Pisces as well. There is a strong dance of the mind right now and though it's highly fragile due to Mercury's debilitation and its conjunction with Sun and Ketu, we can also access a more intensified awareness at this time if we are diligent with it. We must "strong arm" the mind to keep it from going into fear and terror. Keep yourself out of mental torment with clarifying tools like EFT- Emotional Freedom Technique. Get embodied and stay grounded. Use somatic wisdom to get you there. Make sure to be checking in with all three levels of awareness. Are you using a three level check-in? Mid morning on Friday, Moon moves into Hasta nakshatra, nearing Rahu. This is Savitr's domain. He brings the light at the end of the tunnel and reminds us there is light to be had. With Rahu's shadow effect on the Moon we may be struggling to find the light source, or challenged in some way emotionally. Trusting in the light will guide you back to it. Affirm your sense of self, strengthen your inner core. The ego and our sense of power are both getting restructured right now and the mind is spinning its many stories to support or negate this process. Stay true to who you are and what you are. Keep moving towards what you want for your self and your life. Be nourished by wisdom and working with the hands. Full Moon, Saturday, April 4 at 07:04 CDT with Moon in Virgo and Hasta Nakshatra. A Lunar Eclipse occurs simultaneously and it is Hanuman Jayanti. Total lunar eclipse begins at 04:03 CDT and ends at 09:58 CDT. Eclipses bring a shadow effect to everything they touch. In this case, our emotional body, the Moon, receives this touch of darkness, of illusion. Moon conjoins Rahu during this full Moon, while in Hasta nakshatra, Savitr’s domain. This full Moon offers us a chance for a new beginning, new light. Savitr is responsible for bringing us light, jyoti, and is associated with the first crack of dawn that emerges on the horizon each day. It’s this dawning that awakens us, helps us rise into a new day. Savitr brings us new possibility, new potential, new hope, and he does so with awareness— seeing with fresh eyes, with awakened eyes— often through new wisdom. Recite Gayatri Mantra for extra support at this time. Want more Vedic details about the power of this full Moon and the coming waxing cycle? Need some new resources to help you embody the theme of this time? Get my 2015 Moon Wisdom Calendar and embody this cycle. As the Moon moves away from Rahu on Saturday, we may feel a bit more emotional breathing room within us, however manage lingering feelings of pressure and overwhelm by getting embodied and attending to your self care. Tides are high right now, so everything will be bigger and more intense- positive and negative. Moon transits Chitra nakshatra after midday and Vishkarma brings his support for building and creating. His plans require that you take one step at a time and watch your steps add up. This is important for whatever you are building- good health, a solid relationship, a prosperous business. Take calculated and powerful steps today. Be intentional with your actions. Just after midnight on Sunday, Moon shifts into Libra, receiving direct gaze from Mars and Venus who are both in Aries. Moon changes to Swati nakshatra midday and Rahu's influence reappears. (Swati is ruled by Vayu and also the shadow node Rahu). Both qualities intensify change and movement. Vayu is the wind god and his role is to bring us the "winds of change" to help us make necessary shifts in our life- whether forced or gentle. Whatever changes occur, use them as a way to deepen your awareness and bring you a new level of inner sight. This theme carries us through Monday. *Timing and calculations are using Pacific Daylight Time. Did you catch my *free* class Ultimate Self Care for Sensitive Types? You can still listen to it until April 4th. I've also just re-launched my Be Your Gift class series for those seeking deeper support for their sensitivity. Sign up to hear the replay. 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. Themes of deep transformation continue. Changes that connect to endings, release and letting go are emerging for each of us. As multiple planets touch the re-structuring heat of Ketu on their way out of Pisces (endings) and into Aries (beginnings), we will feel many areas of our being getting reformatted. The portal between Pisces and Aries opens up once Venus starts the procession from the end of the zodiac into the beginning. Mars follows suit March 23rd, then Mercury and Sun in April. This gandanta (gap) is particularly challenging, signifying deep inner change while ushering in insights and support from higher realms. Multiple parts of ourselves are going through upheaval and release. Trust the process and learn the art of surrender as you face your fire. Saturn begins his six month retrograde motion on March 14th. This is an event of re-visiting our structures, support systems- both internally and externally. The returning process is happening on an emotional body level which will demand our complete attention- especially as Jupiter continues to transit through the heart-centered emotional water sign of Cancer. The inner work that we commit to at this time will be lasting, deeply rooted change. This will bring transformation on the physical and emotional body levels. Read more about Saturn's transit through Scorpio and how he is impacting each sign. This waxing Moon cycle falls in between the delicate two week gap between solar eclipse and lunar eclipse. The spring celebration of the Divine Mothers, Vasant Navaratri, falls during this delicate two week gap. The nine day celebration begins Saturday March 21st with Moon in Pisces conjunct Mars, Sun and Ketu, intensifying themes of loss, release and letting go. Read more about Vasant Navaratri and how to make the most of this sacred time. I'll be sharing a 10 Day Self Care Challenge in my newsletter in the coming days for some extra resources. Make sure you're on my list. Remember that eclipses represent the shadowed self, our inner darkness that must come to the light. In the Vedic tradition, this is not a time to take risks, start new endeavors, or to over-exert. It is a time, however, of turning inward, of meditation and contemplation and a time to take extra care of the physical body with good routine etc. The delicate two week period between eclipses will end with a lunar eclipse and full Moon on April 4th. This full Moon will also be Hanuman Jayanti, the birthday of the sacred Monkey god who symbolizes heartfelt devotion. Timing is everything. Make a fresh start and take powerful action steps aligned with Nature. Are you working with her cycles or against them? Use my 2015 Moon Wisdom Calendar to help you align your actions, intentions and goals with the cosmos. My special price Navaratri prices ends on March 29th. Get the details. *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. Enrollment for my April Jyotish Basics classes is now open! Don't miss out on these transformational and healing classes and my special Navaratri pricing. Registration closes March 29th. 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. Aries: There is fire in your head and if you choose to use it wisely, you can get a lot accomplished at this time. Take bold and powerful action steps. Stand in your power and resolve to get your needs met. Don't take no for an answer. There is fear, uncertainty and a weakened ego to contend with, but confronting this darkness is part of the battle right now. These are old haunts and you are all too familiar with them. How you choose to work with these emotions and stories right now determines how you will move forward from here on out. Be bold.
Taurus: As you work more consciously with gains and losses, you may be noticing how life becomes almost neutralized as a result. Plus one, minus one, the result is still the same. There is an important message here for your ego and your mind. You don't change, no matter what is occurring around you, to you, through you. You stay the same. You are the neutral, the non changing. Be that non-dual state and use it as a way to overcome the fears and illusions that arrive. Gemini: It's important to be using your career right now as a self development tool, a resource for inner change. The way we handle our business is the way we handle our life and vice versa. If you are feeling the upheavals and changes with your offering to the world and how you offer yourself, it's time to start surfing the waves with more intention. How can you use these challenges as an opportunity for growth? What new resources and support do you need as you strengthen your business skills? Cancer: Very necessary parts of yourself are being restructured- pulled apart so you can put them back together more consciously. This re-structuring process has everything to do with you stepping into your dharma, your path, more aligned and more certain. Take some courageous action steps and put yourself out in more visible ways. Get the attention and recognition your ego needs to feel more confident in moving forward. You've done this before and you will do it again, but right now, your actions determine how you will thrive in the coming months. This will change the course of your path so let your steps be conscious. Leo: Changes are occurring in you from the inside out and helping you touch upon deep wounds of the past. Your ego and sense of self is going through many transformations. Some new passion is being re-kindled in this process so tend to this inner flame carefully. This requires being diligent and gentle with your emotional body right now. The keys are within your heart. The emotional body will be a necessary resource to help you unlock other hidden messages. Keep your eye on the prize and trust there is light at the end of the tunnel. Don't go down with the sinking ship! Stay connected to your purpose. Virgo: Uncertainties continue to plague you. By now, I hope you are figuring out that the best use of your time and efforts is to deeply surrender. Not roll over and take it, but in fact release and let go of your old attachments. These attachments are causing you great pain and suffering which are in fact the wounds you must transform and heal. Ketu in your 7th house is helping you shift your relationship attachments and find a new sense of inner strength simultaneously. You are building courage but this is a slow process. Let your steps be intentional. Libra: You are truly getting a chance to work on some very lingering bad habits. To heal and transform parts of yourself that are keeping you from succeeding powerfully and with conviction. Ego and mental body are getting cracked open, undermining your sense of comfort and support. Nourishment may feel fleeting or lost, but if you're paying attention, these themes are all too familiar. How can you move forward more consciously? How can you get some new support? What relationships are showing up to help you with this? Build a deeper relationship with your vulnerability. Scorpio: Feeling sensitive? That might be an understatement, so tending to your fragility with grace is truly the challenge. I believe this is possible as you acquire and gather new resources for yourself right now. Notice what is arriving to support you at this time of great transition and change. Learning to trust your gut intelligence, your instincts and intuition in deeper ways is part of what you are learning. This deeper relationship with your inner intelligence is truly just the thing you need for becoming more empowered. Trust the process. Sagittarius: Let the small comforts in, whatever may be returning. Notice if some of these returning comforts are actually bringing more pain instead. Perhaps you've outgrown some parts of yourself? Your needs have changed? Whatever this new awareness is, mark it and pay homage to it intentionally. The heart is learning and growing and helping you expand into new territory. Honor this and sense the strength in your core that is helping you reframe this time for yourself. Celebrate small victories. Capricorn: It feels like you've been here many times before. There's a strange comfort in this pain and transformation. Are you addicted to the pain? Do you use it as creative life force energy? Do you require it to thrive? Is it somehow a strange sort of medicine for you to stand in the fire like this? I believe so. There's something you still need from this darkness and all that you are confronting right now. What are you ready to release this time once and for all and what do you still need to cling to? Suffering can get very comfortable. Be aware of your comfort levels. Aquarius: You are finding new ways to be nourished, but not without facing your malnourishment in the process. The pains, the turmoil and the angst is a result of not being able to absorb the nourishment in you and around you. There are reasons for this and they come from your family system, your early childhood experiences. The sooner you are willing to bravely unpack these challenges and haunts, the sooner you'll be able to rebuild the life you've been waiting to live. Ask for support. Pisces: You've been getting the pressure from all sides dear one. In fact the major planetary shifts that have been happening for weeks now have all been happening inside your head. This is a time of deep awakening, of being cracked open in very intimate and intense ways. It would be completely normal for you to be feeling fragile, vulnerable and raw right now. The most important steps though are the ones you take to slowly piece yourself back together. Like Wabi Sabi, let the gold replace the broken places. |
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