Tuesday: Mars in Gemini—Time to Prioritize Facts Over Feelings in a World of Misinformation
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Written by Jamie Epstein
Focus on Facts — Not Feelings
It’s Tuesday, August 27, & Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini this afternoon (4 p.m. MDT for you sticklers) while being supported & transported by the starspace or Nakshatra called Mrigashira. As I mentioned yesterday, Taurus vibrates with the frequency of our comfort zone. what is comfort? Ultimately, it’s being fine-ok with whatever is—pain, sorrow, joy, love, etc.—including, as Pema Chödrön has famously said, discomfort. Scorpio is directly opposite Taurus, reminding us of this very fact by reminding us of our greatest emotional discomfort. this polarity between opposite signs is like an ongoing conversation between people with contrary opinions who eventually but inevitably, through compassion & courage, are able to find common ground. One definition of yoga is the ability to hold two opposing thoughts simultaneously, to not have to choose one or the other, but embrace both. Try it & see if it doesn’t bring more, rather than less, comfort. then get ready to get curious in Gemini!
Mrigashira is the wandering deer ever seeking the next tender morsel—a new physical or mental adventure—that will end the search, satisfy the craving. This asterism brings a lesson about desire being an insatiable beast, an unquenchable thirst … until we realize that it is.
It’s the ninth lunar day (tithi), the ninth phase of the waning Moon, until early afternoon (2:09 p.m. MDT to be exact), then the tenth. So we’ll be supported in unpacking & finding wisdom in our (Scorpio-ish) shadow this morning so we can focus on our dharma this afternoon, on fulfilling our destiny, being all we are meant to be.
“You create your own destiny. but as long as you create it unconsciously, you think it is decided by some other force.”—Sadhguru
Tuesday is ruled by Mars, who has just barely moved into Gemini, where he’ll be hanging out for the next two months, giving us a great good opportunity to courageously prioritize data & discriminating intelligence rather than emotions, which couldn’t come at a better time, imo, given all the craziness & spinning of info & downright lying we’re being subjected to (ok, only if you are paying attention!) by American politics (ok, & world affairs!) Right now. oh, & given moon’s move into Gemini & thus cozying up with mars for the next two-ish days, let’s do try to keep our anger in check by focusing on facts not feelings!
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.