Written by Jamie Epstein
Mind the Gap (Mind, the Gap!)
It’s Wednesday, September 11, & Moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius this morning without support or transport, makes the leap from the starspace or Nakshatr5a called Jyeshtha (which ends where Scorpio does) into Mula (which starts where sag does) like Evel Knievel. The transition from Scorpio into Sagittarius is one from fear & paranoia into hopefulness, & gives us an opportunity to pause & rev up before we go full-on daredevil, let go of one so we can embrace the other. The starless gap means our mind/consciousness (the part of us that is the moon) will feel unsupported, suspended in midair. so do mind the gap. or, as Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati reminded (re-minded!), “mind, the gap”!
Jyeshtha gives us the ability to take responsibility for our personal development, for our transformation, to meet whatever challenges come our way. Mula gives us the ability to uproot what has outlasted its expiration date—people, beliefs, habits—what no longer serves us, so we can make space for what will. that space, that void is where the mystery lives. Can you embrace the mystery, the gap between what has been & what might be?
It’s the eighth lunar day (tithi), the eighth phase of the waxing moon, until midday, then the ninth. The eighth tithi supports us in holding both our lightness & darkness simultaneously. According to Shri B, being able to hold opposites in mind at the same time is one definition of yoga. The ninth tips the balance, supports slithering into the nooks & crannies of our psyche to excavate our negative tendencies, limiting beliefs, destructive habits/people/situations, which might make us mad but yield wisdom if we can answer the question, “what do they have to teach me?”
“The truth will set you free, but first it’ll piss you off.”—Gloria Steinem
Wednesday is ruled by info-nerd Mercury, who knows that the remedy for mis-, mal-, & disinformation is more information, not less, not censorship, more speech & dialogue, not less. Whether we’re Mercury curious about the assassination of JFK or why we went to war after 9/11 or are Monday-morning debate quarterbacking, we might do well to take supreme court justice Louis Brandeis‘s words to heart:
“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood & fallacies … the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.”
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.