Written by Jamie Epstein
It’s Monday, October 21, & Moon is in Gemini, in the starspace or Nakshatra called Mrigashira. Mercury-ruled Gemini vibrates with the frequency of his mental curiosity & stimulation, creating an environment in which we want to try new things, partly for the fun of it, just b/c we can, partly to flesh out or expand our sense of identity. Gemini is where we try new clothes on & either keep them or donate them. Skiing? Soooo yes. making empanadas? Not so much. Astronomy? Maybe if I could stay up later. Where might your curiosity lead you today?
Mrigashira is the star of the wandering deer, ever in search of one more tasty morsel, the tastiest leaf ever, the one that’s going to assuage the desire for more, bring ultimate satisfaction, satiation. But/& it’s sort of a sisyphean quest, the illusion being that we will ever reach the peak, will ever quell our hunger, stop the rumbling in our belly. B/C the rumbling isn’t in our belly, it’s in our soul, & no searching “out there” will fill the void “in here.” as Rumi said, “what you seek is seeking you.” Sorry! inevitably but eventually we get it, but we do have to go through some don quixote-esque adventures to get there. May we at least IN-joy the process.
It’s the fifth lunar day (tithi), the fifth phase of the waning Moon, which supports us in staying on point, focusing on our goal, not getting lost chasing dreamy fantasies in our heads à la don quixote. & this tithi likes Mrigashira & Monday, the one-two-three punch of them allowing us to extract the nectar of life & experience its sweetness. May it be so!
Monday is ruled by Moon, whose superpower is intuition. Intuition is the language of the soul, of our heart-knowing. It’s our inner guidance system. In Sanskrit, the word “hrdaya” (ह़ृदय) means “heart-mind,” suggesting just that, that our heart is the seat of our true knowing. Which is the opposite of Mercury’s intellectual knowing, the desire for facts, for empirical truth, the opposite of “I just knew in my heart it was true.” How often do you know something on a soul level, but not trust it, want evidence? Intuition, like all superpowers, gets stronger the more we use it. Today is a good day to work that superpower muscle—use it or lose it!
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.