Moon is waxing (Shukla Paksha) and transits Pisces, Aries, Taurus and into Gemini this week. Moon is exalted and in its mulitrikona sign of Taurus from 3.6 to 3.8.
There are three planets simultaneously in retrograde motion for the next 3 days: Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. Jupiter goes direct on the 6th which starts forward momentum with all things Jupiter in Gemini. We can expect a march forward this month (pun intended) that provides us with expansion and intelligence in the realms of Mercury: creativity, commerce, communication. With Jupiter still in Ardra nakshatra, ruled by Rahu, these trends come in worldly and externalized forms which a fair amount of cravings and "insatiable appetite" for change and movement. Read more about Jupiter in Gemini. This week may feel especially intense with the simultaneous retrograde motion of three major planets. We are each symbolically and literally re-shuffling our own decks. Kicking up dust. Internal winds blowing back in the unsettling past. Mental, emotional and physical bodies are feeling the return to the past. Nature and her cold, blustery temps concur. Be with what is. Don't resist. Move with these tides; let them move you. Use this time to sit with the discomfort and trust that new opportunities, options, ideas, choices, opportunities will come next. And so the cycles go. I have discussed the incredible waltz of Mars in the recent weeks and his movement in and out of Virgo and Libra. Retrograde, he is now moving back towards Virgo and re-enters on the 25th. As of right now he is pulling that Virgo energy into his dance which gives an extra essence of Mercury (Virgo's ruler). Use good communication at this time to express your needs and healthy boundaries. Being clear about expectations is very important right now. Read more about the unusual dance of Mars until September. There is a flurry of energy in Libra right now with Retrograde Mars, Rahu and now Retrograde Saturn. The Mars and Saturn energy can create a frustrating stop/start experience that can feel like grande "lurches" with forward momentum and then complete stops. This mixture combined with Rahu and Saturn here as well can heighten the frustration levels. Rahu and Saturn together create a "storm energy" associated with Rudra, a powerful storm god who is connected to weather. We have been experiencing this stormy weather within our internal landscape as well as our external landscape for months now because of their conjunction. Now that Saturn is retrograde, there is a greater emphasis on the physical body; a demand of sorts. A unique perspective of Jaimini jyotish dictates that when an exalted planet goes retrograde, it becomes debilitated. Saturn in Libra is considered exalted, retrograde now, and thus debilitated. He is also giving direct drishti to his sign of debilitation, Aries. The results of this will vary individually, but the overall effect will be a slowing down of systems, structure and a greater request from Saturn to focus on, well, all things Saturn. Saturn loves routine, gives prosperity with time and consistency, wants meditation, physical movement and hard work. He rules the physical structures of life (time quite literally) and within the body this means bones and muscle tissue. Until Saturn goes direct on July 20th, we may notice increased physical fatigue, depression, heightened worry, a need to focus on our physical body more directly- either through awareness or force. We will also be "re-structuring" areas of our life that involve relationships, creativity, nourishment, receptivity, vulnerability, business and commerce, contracts and obligations, boundaries and balance. Leave it to retrograde Saturn to help us re-purpose and resolve what is not working in our best interest. Remember that if there is excess pressure from his means and ways, it is likely a place we need to look for a resolution. Ask: What is working? What is not? What do I need? What needs to shift right now for greater harmony and balance? Where am I pushing too hard? What am I resisting and where am I not letting life flow? If you are curious about his movements through Libra, you can read my articles on his transits here: Part 1: Rahu and Saturn in Libra Part 2: Saturn Retrograde + the Influence of the Nakshatras For increased awareness, utilize my jyotish inspired Body-centered Expressive Art Therapy articles. Each week I post a new Creative Engagement Activity to help inspire your own unique creative process, Self-tracking, and to enrich your cultivation of presence. This week we will revisit an activity that has to do with "stopping and starting". I am now booking sessions for April. Schedule a yearly progression with me in order to make your New Year a truly transformational year and to make the most out of the current transits. *Horoscopes are based on your Vedic rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your “Western Sign” as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart. Aries: Your week starts with heat and intensity; a general theme for you right now. Too many irons in the fire? Pushing too hard? Being unrealistic about how much you can accomplish? Setting expectations too high? All of the above? What can you take off your plate? This is a time to re-evaluate relationships- to others and to Self. Make changes. Taurus: Get smart about your plumbing. Internal systems need a good scouring, purging and reconstruction. Old goop in the lines is clogging up your inner messaging system. Right now is a good time to cleanse (gently and in tune with Saturn), to pacify and nourish your physical body and outsmart some old, bad habits. Clean up, clean out. Gemini: Creative calamity can be fuel for creative endeavors. As the storms brew and test your intellectual strength and resolve, remember that balance is the number one priority right now. Build your empire with small, calculated actions. Make connections that fuel your creativity and bring inspiration. What do you need to thrive? What does thriving look like to you? Feel like? Pull from your depths. Cancer: The week brings some shifts to career. Insights? Or upheavals? Re-evaluate and re-visit what nourishes you. What brings support? Grounding? Stability? Structure? What makes you feel emotionally safe? What is not working right now? Use the weekend for inner work and create time for meditation. Leo: Outsmart your Self by putting in place some clear, healthy boundaries. You may find opponents lose their power over you suddenly. Voila! Your ability and courage to take charge of your actions and experiences has a direct impact on you and your well being. Get rid of what is not working by getting clear on what doesn't work for you. Virgo: Let your voice be heard. Practice by talking to your Self. Sing in the shower, make mental notes aloud, have conversations with your body parts. Get used to hearing your Self express and converse loud and proud. This is practice for cultivating a deeper relationship with your needs. Think big and let your imagination take you there. The shrinking violet days are over. Libra: Attention: Chaos and reconstruction taking place. Wrap your Self in caution tape and lay low if possible this week. Boundaries or boundless? Quiet or restfully alert? Heart throb or heart ache? Traverse your mind like a Jedi. Sift and sort while standing in one place. Find grounding through legs and feet. Practice standing on one leg. Less is more. Scorpio: Cutting losses and letting go begin with your energetic attachments. As you tally the endings in your life and all that is falling away, ground into the trust that a new structure and support system is on the other side. By cutting and releasing what needs to change, what isn't serving you, opportunity arises. Let there be space for your own greatness; greater health and wholeness that inspires magic. How much space are you allowing to open up? Sagittarius: As Jupiter begins forward momentum, you re-visit some emotional wounds and physical needs. The transits are helping you clear and clean up your depths; what is nourishing and what is not. How are you nourishing your Self? What are you ingesting? Who and what are you allowing in to nourish you? Be very direct and calculated with your needs. Keep a clean diet and clean company. Watch your mouth and speak the sweet truth. Capricorn: Moving and shaking. Shaking off dust and mental debris. Digesting old pieces, past, memories. It's ok to rest in softness, in the mild, in the gentle. Yet, career is pushing forward, forcing you to re-visit the body, your finances, and the keys to your self-reliance and self-support. Keep walking in circles. You never know what might turn up. Aquarius: Deja vu? You should be revisiting some old tendencies, memories, relationships right now. This is happening on an internal level as well as literally. What are these inner and outer landscapes telling you? How do these remote locales inform your life process and the journey of relating? Releasing? Remembering? Look through the cracks in your facade and let the light seep in. Pisces: Retreat mode continues. Whether you are living in an ashram or just pretending, the metamorphosis continues to work its magic on you. A lot of emphasis is put on the emerging butterfly and how magnificent that is. That may be, but right now you are still in the chaos of the change. The discomfort of transformation and endings. Late in the week your mental/emotional body begins to move forward. Soak in the feelings of nourishment and support at every turn. Seek stability and grounding.
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Three planets simultaneously in retrograde motion for the next 3 days: Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. (Jupiter goes direct on the 6th).
We are each symbolically and literally re-shuffling our own decks. Kicking up dust. Internal winds blowing back in the unsettling past. Mental, emotional and physical bodies are feeling the return to the past. Nature and her cold, blustery temps concur. Be with what is. Don't resist. Move with these tides; let them move you. Use this time to sit with the discomfort and trust that new opportunities, options, ideas, choices, opportunities will come next. And so the cycles go. More on these transits in tomorrows report + horoscopes. Moon is waxing (Shukla Paksha) and transits Pisces, Aries, Taurus and into Gemini this week. Moon is exalted on 2.07 and transits its Mulitrikona sign (Taurus) on 2.08 and part of the day on 2.09.
For a jyotish Moon-centered approach to your day, follow my daily Moon Mind posts via Face Book. This week kicks off a fascinating waltz of the signs. As I've written about in quite a few of my posts and articles recently, there will be an intricate dance of the planets this year with multiple unusual retrograde cycles happening simultaneously. Lots of overlapping changes happening all at once. This cosmic dance of planets really brings to life the interwoven web of this existence and the intricate network of movements, changes, stops and starts that life presents us with. To me, the metaphor of a "dance" is really the most descriptive way to explain the fancy footwork of the planets at this time. Mars moves to Libra on 2.04 and will join Rahu and Saturn there. He will be sandhi this week (in weak degrees transiting the gap between signs). This will bring experiences on the inner and outer levels of stops and starts- with a bit of chaos and shadow mixed in. Think: lurches. Lurches feel frustrating so I've created a special Creative Engagement activity with this in mind. He won't be in Libra for long before he retrogrades back into Virgo. You can read all about his unusual transits back and forth between Virgo and Libra for the coming year in my current Elephant Journal article Mars as the Karma Yogi and His Unusual Transits This Year. Saturn is also sandhi right now, inching towards the edge of Libra, but will soon do a retrograde of his own. Suffice it to say, Saturn is requesting us to mind his manners right now as he "weakens". This usually results in his brut force and an insistence that we attend to our lives in a more harmonious Saturn way. We may feel more fatigued at this time, some depression could set in; in general a desire and need to draw our focus inward and slow down will present it self. He likes meditation, yoga, structure and to be in tune with the rhythms of Nature. Use these tools to listen to Saturn's messages and he will grant you more stability and grounding. It is actually good timing with the rest of the retrograde motions which require and request we pause, re-evaluate, re-adjust and retrace our steps more consciously and intentionally. As per usual, Saturn has our best interest in mind. If you are curious about his movements through Libra, you can read my articles on his transits here: Part 1: Rahu and Saturn in Libra Part 2: Saturn Retrograde + the Influence of the Nakshatras In keeping with the theme of flux and change with retrograde and forward momentum- very much alive in the planets in the coming weeks and months- Mercury begins his retrograde movement on 2.06 and will be moving backwards for the greater part of February. Despite the common dire predictions associated with Mercury retrograde, I am rather looking forward to his backward dance. I offer a different perspective in my latest article Mercury Retrograde, It's Not What You Think. Jupiter is still retrograde as well and moving back through Gemini- currently in Ardra nakshatra. Here is an article I wrote months ago on his transit through Gemini and how his retrograde movements will impact each sign. Jupiter in Gemini: Expanding Our Creativity Plenty of Mercurial delights and introspection offered above through my articles! Enjoy the information and may it be of benefit for your mental body, emotional body, physical body and spiritual body. For increased awareness, utilize my jyotish inspired Body-centered Expressive Art Therapy articles. Each week I post a new Creative Engagement Activity to help inspire your own unique creative process, Self-tracking, and to enrich your cultivation of presence. This week's activity has to do with "stopping and starting". If you have been uncertain about seeking guidance and support for the coming year, I urge you to reach out and get help refining your vision for 2014. Intention is potent! It is a big year with multiple {major} planetary changes. We will experience the changes of Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu, Saturn and unusual movements of Mars all in the next eleven months. Big changes are in store for each of us! Feeling uncertain about your action steps? What needs to change in order for growth? What kind of support you need? Schedule a yearly progression with me in order to make your New Year a truly transformational year. *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: Start looking for gains in unusual places; this may be connected to returning friendships and relationships. Father and early childhood could inform these insights. Both work and personal relationships are re-presenting themselves. Career is super charged at this time; use thoughtful action steps and courage to close the deal. Watch your mouth and try not to get overheated. Avoid rushing into relationships right now in order to avoid getting burned. Learn from past gains and losses. Taurus: Creative offerings are presenting themselves from your depths. Teaching, sharing and offering your Self in new and different ways can be helpful. Father, emotions, heart, home and mother may lend some insights. Work on digestion, assimilation, processing bad habits. Being in service is your best resource right now. Gemini: Your expansion in reverse continues. Do you know where you are going or has confusion set in? You may be doubting your Self and feeling uncertain about direction. Clearing and cleaning your gut will help with intuitive (gut) responses. You're in a rest phase. Stand still. Get the most out of your recharge with yoga, meditation and the creative arts. Cancer: Your mind has some intuitive strengths right now, but slowing down to hear these messages is important. Passions are high, desire is strong, emotions are somewhat tempestuous and charged. Seek stability, comfort and support in your relationships, home life and with family matters. Regardless let these details inform your needs. Learn from the past and what hasn't worked in your favor in this regard. Leo: Cleanse and cleanup some old habits, share and offer these findings through service. Creativity, intuition and the gut can help you with your findings and are a resource at this time. Create, connect, share and take bold action in new ways. But look before you leap. Virgo: Say what needs to be said. Go ahead, blurt it out. You may end up sparing your Self some headaches in the long run. This vocalization is about boundaries and feeling like you can express your needs and wants effectively. Singing can help open the throat chakra. Go ahead, sing your desires and comfort your own soul. Libra: The storms rage on for you Libra. Carefully navigate anger and rage, passion and drive or you will burn your Self out quickly. This is a good time to use these pieces for growth and learning, rather than letting them rule you. Use anger and passion in your creative processes and let them invoke and stoke your fire of life. Stay out of blame and victim-hood. Learn from your cravings, wants and desires. What are your greatest needs? Who and what needs to be cut free and let go of for different results? Scorpio: Transitions, releases, and letting go are effective strategies for you right now. You may feel a sense of urgency to act- especially with career. Some frustrations may arise and things may go slower than you like, but act anyway. Make sure the cart is not before the horse. Romance and passion are stoked. Tend your heart fire- even if it's only mental right now. Remember to ask for what you really want and don't settle for the old ways and old days. Sagittarius: Watch what goes in and out of your mouth. Don't over indulge on sweet and alcohol. Relationship and heart matters may be more soothing now, but you are still working on these pieces: giving/receiving, gains/losses, attraction/repulsion, keeping/letting go. Listen carefully: What's working well? What is not? Take an action step. Just pick a direction and let the arrow go. Capricorn: You are gaining momentum and drive towards goals. You are learning to offer and share your Self in new ways which assists your career. Your light is shining from your depths and others are noticing. Continue to speak your mind and find new ways to do so. Teach, create, inspire. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Aquarius: Re-learn, revise, re-listen. Stop, slow down and integrate the messages fully. This is a powerful time of learning, growth and awareness. Did you get all of that? As you power down the drive and the rushing forward, power up your senses and sensibilities. Teach, advise, share. Learn as you go, but trust your instincts. Pisces: Clean up continues for you in all corners of your life. Remember to look under the furniture for dust bunnies as well as vacuuming cracks and crevices. Digest, purge, rummage, release, transform and transcend. It is good for your heart and home; tangibly and metaphorically. Moon Mind
1.15 Moon is in the 15th tithi, transiting Gemini and today (with Jupiter there), but moves into Cancer (its own sign) at 18:58 CST. Moon will be at its fullest point on 1.15 at 22:51 CST while in Cancer (Full Moon). It will have just entered Cancer and will be slightly sandhi (in the gap) in Punarvasu nakshatra. Punarvasu is ruled by Aditi, the universal mother of goodness and expansion of consciousness, as well as the planet Jupiter. In the coming weeks, expect some new assistance to be coming to you, helping with your overall expansion, fulfillment and desires for change. Aditi brings us nourishment, protection and abundance- the offerings of a kind and loving mother. Moon in Cancer will receive drishti from both Mercury and Sun in Capricorn as well as Saturn in Libra. Don't be overly critical. Surrender, let go, appease the critic and judgement as some worry may be illuminated. Trust that Aditi will provide. 1.16 Moon transits Cancer (its own sign) today and moves from Punarvasu nakshatra into Pushya nakshatra at 1:42 am CST. Pushya is a nourishing nakshatra that offers the knowledge and wisdom of Brihaspati (Jupiter) with the sustenance of "mother's milk" so to speak of the cow's udder. Brihaspati can overcome the negative asura (demon) behaviors and turn negative thoughts into positive ones- with a bit of effort as the planetary ruler of Pushya is Saturn. Perhaps the most noteworthy planetary change of this week comes today via Jupiter. He moves from Punarvasu nakshatra into Ardra today. Get all the details of this forceful, energetic shift via this week's horoscopes: http://www.swatijrjyotish.com/1/post/2014/01/horoscopes-and-transits-for-the-week-of-113.html {Movement Explorations} -SJM So much movement within the planets this week. As Jupiter moves back into Ardra nakshatra, Rudra energy will be enlivened. This is a powerful and forceful energy that brings movement and changes with it. Destruction and chaos as well as emotions and anger. The symbols of Ardra are a tear drop and perspiration- the internal waters flowing; inner tides moving and offering changes. Change requires that there is an ending but also a beginning.
This week we will play with the image of "stepping into something new" and the movement and changes that come as a result of this forward momentum. Feet bring stability and grounding. They offer us the ability to "step forward" both physically and metaphorically in our lives. We sense and connect to the earth (the ultimate support system) through the souls of our feet which helps us find our overall balance, nourishment and resiliency. It's a new year and the time of Makar Sankranti in the Vedic calendar. Time to step forward with momentum and spring into new actions in order to harvest new growth, wisdom and abundance. Use the feet as a starting point for your movement exploration, but let this be a starting point only. Spine (flexibility and support) as well as chest (expand/contract and open/close) can also be important resources for self tracking this theme. Move through space starting with your feet awareness. Wake them up! Call upon them for activation! Let them move you forward! Let your feet speak to you! Then let that wisdom rise up through the rest of your body. Harvesting: What am I stepping towards? What am I moving away from? As I move forward, what do I need/want? As I close old doors, what do I need/want? What are my actions steps for growth and change? This week? This month? This year? As you think about your 2014 intentions/goals that you created last week, what image comes to you? Put this image on paper using a medium that connects to your theme. Example: water color for fluidity and change, oil pastels for commitments, collage for healing old wounds. |
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