Today there is a solar eclipse from 5.40 am to 6.29 am EDT. Eclipses often bring unexpected change in areas of our life and can mark a turning point. Something ends and something begins. This time it involves Sun, Moon and Mercury in Gemini. If you have Sun, Moon or Ascendant around 19 degrees Gemini, no doubt you will have some important and surprising communication or information coming your way. During a solar eclipse the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied by 10,000. Therefore spiritual practice is emphasized. Life is what happens to you as you’re busy making other plans.~John Lennon
With Mars and Pluto forming a T-square with an Aries moon, this is a day with a potential for interpersonal power struggles and accidents. Wherever possible avoid driving, travel, demonstrations and kitchen knives! You may find yourself or others rather irritable and later regret hasty speech or actions. As Dharma practitioners we can always transform obstacles through practice. Consider a day of retreat working with practices that help remove obstacles. Compassion, the thought of bringing benefit to others will eliminate any kind of anger or aggression.~Khenpo Namdrol
Today the Moon is Void of Course from 6.47 pm EDT USA until 1.46 am the next day. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.
There is a lot of talk and communication currently about COVID restrictions opening up and with it some confusion of where to and when to. Today brings clearer communication around social interactions with beneficial guidelines in place. Venus and Jupiter are beautifully placed to enjoy meeting with friends and family for a meal or enjoyable outings. It is also a wonderful day for practicing generosity and making offerings to the Dakinis (female aspect of enlightenment). And then a 100 million Dakinis with one voice called to me.~Guru Rinpoche
The Moon moves into Pisces today making a conjunction with Jupiter, and connecting you to the river of life and humanity in general. There is a healthy dose of optimism and joy to tap into. Smiles come more easily. The underlying causes of tender spots in your heart are more evident. Today is an opportunity for deepening your compassion for yourself and others. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water.~Bruce Lee
Today the Moon is Void of Course from 2.14 am EDT USA until 5.07 am. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.
Today one to one connections with others connect you to your heart. There is such a thing as having too much of a good thing today! Disciplined thinking brings results. There is a beneficial link between your sense of purpose and being spiritually nourished. The Moon moves into Gemini today bringing communication, conversation and changeability to the table. “And what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”~Alice in Wonderland
Today the Moon is Void of Course from 8.23 am EDT USA until 8.43 am. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.
Where one door closes another opens, as the saying goes. It’s a day astrologically that facilitates generosity, gratefulness and optimism. Experienced people offer guidance, wise counsel and support. Communications and connections with others are a little contested today. A focus on security continues. We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.~Ethel Waters
Today the Moon is Void of Course from 8.05 pm EDT USA until 10.09 pm. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.
Today we feel more harmony with others and are ready to indulge ourselves as well. We are not in the mood for hard work, except for beautifying our surroundings. Mercury, our thought and communication, finished the retrograde period last night. In a few days the speed of activities that involve a lot of communication will be much greater. It is now a better time to start new projects. Unaware about my surroundings, unconscious I live, for I am in oblivion. ~Suman Pokhrel
Today the moon is void of course from 1:40 pm EST USA until 10:54 pm . If you are in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or sign contracts during this time.
Now is the time to think about doing things differently and going against the grain – mostly your own grain! Let the Age of Aquarius stream ideas your way. Open the door to difference, change and challenges. Friendships are rewarding. You fall in love in an idealistic kind of way today with the world and a pig named Pearl – or some other being from another planet. No one agrees with you and that’s okay. There’s no geist like the zeitgeist.~Robert Hughes
“Alas! O mother of great kindness! This mind has taken rebirth in this form of aggregates and elements! Today I ventured up to the palace roof and saw for the first time the suffering of the negative karma that is endured in this world. The suffering of birth, old age, sickness, and death is unavoidable! Alas! I can no longer bear the thought of it! Women in samsara are tied down, imprisoned, with no means to end their karma. It is like the relentless pounding of waves. All who are born in existence must experience such suffering as though they were a group of heartless fools! Now that I know such suffering exists, I cannot remain idle. However examined, samsara is something to seek liberation from. One cannot avoid the process of growing old. There is no way to prolong youth or prevent decrepitude. We are like grounded birds, unable to fly. We must struggle along like cripples, our limbs helplessly retracted. This suffering, however examined, is inescapable! “Now I must find the path to freedom. By the power of previous karma, the pain of illness, like being pierced a hundred times by a sword, must be endured. Without believing in the reality of karmic cause and effect, one will continue to think that obstacles and suffering are imposed by some external force. I must free all beings from this deluded misconception! We who are born in this world must, with each passing day, month, and year, experience the exhaustion of our lives. No one is capable of postponing the miseries of death when its time arrives. Even though one is surrounded by relatives and dear friends, one must enter the narrow passageway of death alone when life is snatched away, like a candle flame that flickers and dies, like a strand of hair pulled out of butter. Even parents, relatives and friends cannot grant refuge or protection from our solitary journey down the narrow paths of the bardo. Until karma is exhausted, all the suffering that must be endured is beyond comprehension. When death arrives, it is far too late to feel remorse. Our remorse and regret must then be laid bare before the Lord of Death50 himself. I wonder when this unavoidable event will happen to me? I cannot help but weep uncontrollably at the futility of our condition. As we fail to appreciate this opportunity, life passes by like a burst of wind. I shall ponder this until I cannot even stay at rest in my own bed due to the intensity of my fear and anticipation. Now my only thought is to go as quickly as possible to where I can practice the sacred Dharma. O parents of great kindness, please grant me your permission!”
