Wednesday Wisdom: Dive into Communication and Curiosity with Mercury’s Guidance

Written by Jamie Epstein

Staying Sane Amid the Crazy

It’s Wednesday, July 24, & Moon is in Aquarius & will be in the starspace or Nakshatra called Purvabhadra by the time you read this. Under the sway of Aquarius we want to do our bit to improve the world around us, which may seem like a tall order these days, with humanitarian & political crises every which way we look, with crazy times in just the USA alone. When I asked a friend who works at the UN how she manages to not feel totally helpless & useless & hopeless in the face of so many challenges, she said she takes comfort in doing whatever she can, doing something rather than nothing. Every little thing we do to make the world a better place makes the world a better place for us as well, & just might keep us sane during the crazy times. So it’s in our enlightened self-interest to do so. As opposed to the selfish interests of those trying to destroy the world for the sake of profit. And all the small things each of us does just might add up to big change.

To embody humanitarianism is to desire, & work for, the happiness & freedom of all beings everywhere. “the really important kind of freedom,” wrote David Foster Wallace, “involves attention, & awareness, & discipline, & effort, & being able truly to care about other people & to sacrifice for them, over & over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”

Purvabhadra is the lightbulb going off in our head, the “aha!” moment of insight or inspiration. Ultimately about the true nature of reality & what we are doing here, but not necessarily—it depends on where we are & what intel from the universe we are ready to receive, how aware we are, how attentive we can be.

It’s the fourth lunar day (tithi), the fourth phase of the waning moon, which feels like a lack of support, feels like obstacles blocking our way forward. Our mission is to, for one thing, not put anything super important on our agenda today & for another, to see any hurdles we face as challenges to overcome, leap over, so we can evolve. we got this!

Wednesday is ruled by inquisitive, communicative mercury, who invites us to dive into research projects, get educated, send emails, make phone calls.

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.