Monday’s Moon: Embrace Unity and Flow Together
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Written By Jamie Epstein
To Thine Own Self Be True
It’s Monday, August 12, & Moon moves from Libra into Scorpio late afternoon while being supported & transported by the starspace or Nakshatra called Vishakha. Libra vibrates with the frequency of our relationships, Scorpio with the emotional fallout from them. Under the sway of Libra we are called to find harmony in our relationships, which entails figuring out where we are out of alignment with ourselves, where we aren’t showing up fully, authentically. Relationships entail intimacy, which entails vulnerability, which entails honesty. If we are wearing masks b/c we are afraid of being disliked, if we are denying our own needs & desires to please the other, we are creating fake intimacy, which is an oxymoron, right? being honest with ourselves & others is scary! Wondering if we’re going to lose friends or lovers or if they’re going to think ill of us if we show them our true face is scary!
“Don’t compromise just b/c you’re afraid of confrontation. If you don’t speak your mind, that’s not a compromise, that’s a coverup. &, what you are covering up is your true self. A lifetime spent censoring yourself is a lifetime spent living for somebody else.”—courtesy of Neutrino astrology
Vishakha brings a lesson (kinda like black & white cookies!) about living not either a spiritual or a material existence, but both/&, that our spirituality gives meaning to our material existence & our materiality supports our spirituality—how can we meditate if we’re worried about keeping a roof over our heads or food in our fridge or in our pets’ bowls?
It’s the eighth lunar day (tithi), the eighth phase of the waxing moon, which is the halfway point between New Moon & Full, when Moon is equally light & dark, half & half, like one of those black & white cookies, which, I just discovered, are also called half-moon cookies!. This tithi supports us in being with our darkness & our light, understanding that they inform, rather than negate, each other, are equally essential to the expression of our unique authenticity.
Monday is ruled by Moon, planet of connection, of being one with everyone & everything. Moon reminds us that we are like drops of water that together become the river & flow together as one. Which is why we want to:
“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.”—Wendell Berry
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.