Tuesday’s Mars Energy: Breaking Free from the Material Grind

Written by Jamie Epstein

It’s Tuesday July 30, & Moon is in Taurus, in the starspace or Nakshatra called Rohini. Earthy Taurus is like one of those deep, overstuffed shabby chic couches that invite sinking into with a riveting novel, pot of tea & fave dark chocolate (my go-to is Akinosie, but I also love fine and raw & mast, fyi!). But/& you know how that goes, or can go: once sunk it’s hard to unsink. As the roman emperor & philosopher Marcus Aurelius pointed out two thousand years ago, “comfort is the worst addiction.” why? b/c it is enervating, can cause mental & physical stupor, can make us say, “I don’t wanna” or “I’ll do it later.” Under the sway of Taurus we can allow ourselves to get stuck like bulls in mud up to their elbows. While ruling planet Venus is transiting the nether zone between Cancer & Leo right now, we may be more likely to indulge in coziness, fall into a comfort (or chocolate!) coma, so let’s make a deal to rest up but set a timer, ok?

Rohini is ruled by Prajapati, the creator of all that is, & gives us enormous creative powers. but & this asterism also brings a lesson about not flaunting those powers to the point where we incite jealousy in others.

It’s the eleventh lunar day (tithi), the eleventh phase of the waning moon, which is related to spiritual practices like meditation, b/c our mind is said to be the least bizzy during this phase & thus the most receptive.

Tuesday is ruled by Mars, who is hanging out in taurus these days helping us fight against torpor & the false happiness of materiality.

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.