Friday’s Venus – Vedic Date Night!
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Written by Jamie Epstein
TIME FOR A SYSTEM UPDATE?
It’s Friday, July 12, & Moon is in Virgo, in the starspace or Nakshatra called Hasta. Virgo is the sign of our routines, our systems & habits—the good, the bad & the ugly. Are yours intentional, conscious, or not? Did you, say, roll out of bed this morning on autopilot? It can be challenging to change habits—I started doing lemon water before my coffee (not giving that up anytime soon, lol!) A week ago & now I can’t not—but Virgo invites us to do so if they’re not working for us, b/c, as James Clear, author of “atomic habits” (I just accidentally wrote “automatic”!), reminds: “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” Do your systems need a reboot, an update?
Hasta means “hand” & wants us to use our hands, literally or metaphorically—for healing, for artistic purposes—& brings a message about offering our offering with open hands, reminds us that we are the vehicle for the divine to flow through us. This asterism is ruled by Savitur, the creative, inspirational & transformative aspect of the Sun (Surya), & gives us the power to get what we want, for it to be placed in our hands, to achieve our goals, especially but not necessarily creative ones. Of course, humans are creative by nature, we are always creating (think about it!). If we are going to get what we want, let’s aim as high as high, yes?!
It’s the seventh lunar day (tithi), the seventh phase of the waxing moon, which gives us the courage (& humility!) to overcome our negative tendencies (habits!). “Until you make the unconscious conscious,” wrote Carl Jung, “it will direct your life & you will call it fate.”
Friday is ruled by Venus, planet of love. Guess what? “Love is not meant to make you feel comfortable,” says relationship coach Lorin Krenn. “Love is meant to initiate you, to awaken your soul. to tear down your armour, the limiting stories you tell yourself, the illusions you believe, until there is nothing left but the truth.” with Venus in her not happiest places for the next three-ish months, we have a great opportunity to double-down on healing (upleveling) our relationships, getting under the hood. Friday, Vedic date night, is always a good day for that.
And that’s your daily bliss! which is a sort of lunar weather report. May it allow you to align with the day’s cosmic energy so you can find & create a little more bliss.