Tibetan Buddhist Altar

7/8/2024 Monday by Wangmo

Theme: Contemplating home

With the Sun in Cancer now is the time to tend to your home environment and strengthen your ties to those you consider family. Nurturing these ties provides a web of support for you. Mercury is sextile with Jupiter, and conjuncts the Moon today in Leo bringing a light, expansive touch to connecting and communicating with others. It’s also a learning opportunity about communicating in ways that uphold the dignity of others.

…to have the dharma just strikes me as being so extraordinary. I mean, what an extraordinary privilege to know that you have within you a refuge that nobody can ever touch.~Helen Tworkov

Theme:  Firing up the Grill

With the Moon moving into Leo and conjunct Mercury conversations could get heated or even inflamed. Moon is also opposite Pluto which can intensify emotions further and really expose the depth of any conflict you may be experiencing. Even though your encounters may feel verbally chaotic and overwhelming, Pluto always works on bringing to light what needs to be changed. Generally that doesn’t happen overnight.

“ It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
Charles Darwin

Theme:  Love

Moon and Venus flavor the day bringing ease and warmth through sharing time with friends and loved ones. Your heart is open and it’s easy to give and receive.
Enjoy a day of sharing an abundance of good food in the company of good women.

“ What if you could cultivate this understanding so deeply that, because of your realization, compassion and profound generosity become as much a reflex as breathing?”
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

The Moon is Void of Course today from 11.47pm until 11.56pm EDT. Do not make any big decisions during this time.

Theme:  Fleeting moments

The Moon moves into Cancer and conjuncts the Sun creating the New Moon cycle. All lunar transits are fleeting by nature lasting only a couple of hours, but the influence of the New Moon can reset the body and mind for a month. It is a good time for new beginnings. The moon rules the feminine side of us and being in Cancer magnifies this energy also.
Sensitivity and nurturing are heightened, bringing maternal feelings to the fore.
Surgery is not favorable at this time.

“ It’s not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

7/4/2024 Thursday by Wangmo

Theme: Preparation

With Mars inching towards Uranus, and exact on the 16th of July, physical energy builds that will need to find release. The challenge is to infuse this potent aspect with beneficial change, rather than unthinkingly responding to difficulty. The Sun and Venus in Cancer remind us that loving kindness and caring for others changes the environment we live in for the better. It’s also about setting boundaries that make environments safe and nurturing for others.

Some people can remain in the true nature all the time, some for a while, and others only briefly. But everyone has the potential to achieve permanent recognition.~Patrul Rinpoche

7/3/2024 Wednesday by Wangmo

Theme: Expansion

With the Moon still in range of Jupiter you continue to have a lot on your plate today and tasks, more or less, gets accomplished. Mercury has moved into Leo firing up conversations. Mercury works best impartially and with its placement in Leo, and opposite Pluto, there is more likelihood of pride, and hidden agendas, causing rifts in communication. The antidote is giving dignity when communicating and aiming for transparency in communication.

Cultivating loving kindness stands as the profound essence of my spiritual path-the very heartbeat of my Dharma.~Namgay Dawa Rinpoche

7/1/2024 Monday by Wangmo

Theme: Energized with care

Mars is conjunct the Moon in Taurus today which gives you more drive to accomplish but also can trigger outbursts. The good thing about Taurus is that it takes a lot to make this sign mad. Still, be on your guard. Mercury is trine Neptune creating a portal for insights from the unconscious. Dreams may carry more meaning than usual.

As you begin to understand the empty nature of things, your poisons will decrease.~Gyatrul Rinpoche

Theme:  Slowing Down

Moon moves into Taurus bringing emotional stability and appreciation of being in nature. Inner contentment can be found in stillness or meditation.
Saturn in Pisces has just gone retrograde and also brings us back to our inner lives, sometimes by thwarting worldly plans and projects.
Know that the time isn’t right to push forward and relax into non-action.

“There is no ‘way to peace’, there is only peace.”
Mahatma Gandhi

The Moon is Void of Course today from 12.56am until 8.00am EDT. Do not make any big decisions during this time period.