Tibetan Buddhist Altar

8/3/2021 Tuesday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: Breaking through inflexible thinking

Your ideas and ways of communication are challenged sufficiently to enable breakthroughs in how you think – and how you communicate. Any rigid ideas are vulnerable. Learning to be more spontaneous and innovative can help you move past fixed ideas. You are more emotionally reactive today with friends. You may not be the best judge of what’s going on. …I will speak with gentleness. I will not speak in order to gain anything. I will not speak with a view to harming anyone.~The Buddha

8/2/2021 Sunday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: Dealing well with limitations

You’ve had a lot of practice in dealing with limitations over the past year or more. This puts you in good stead for the next few days when forces outside your immediate control constrain you. With self-discipline, focus, and some helping hands you can work productively at this time. Handle naysayers with skillful words. Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.~Martin Luther King

8/1/2021 Sunday by Miranda & Wangmo

Theme: Resting in Stability

It’s refreshing to have a little more stability today with 5 planets in all 3 earth signs. Venus, Mars, Moon, Uranus and Pluto although not in a Grand Trine, there are plenty of trines to go around.
It’s a good day to enjoy nature or gardening, putting your feet and hands on the earth to reconnect with being grounded. Even in times of grief and turbulence the smell of a flower, seeing the sunrise with a chorus of birds or eating a peach ripe from a tree bring us back to the simplicity and joy of living. A heart contented. There is no phenomenon in the universe that does not intimately concern us.~Thich Nhat Hahn

7/31/2021 Saturday by Miranda & Wangmo

Theme: Mercurial moments

A day of conversations, brilliant ideas shared. You’ll find your mind is sharp and clear, easier to concentrate. It is a great time to start a new venture. With Moon conjunct Uranus you may well feel inspired, charged and ready to go. In fact travel is a possibility today. Go while the going is good, these transits will only last for the weekend, although they do tie into the T-square we discussed yesterday, so your communication and ideas today may impact your future too. Instead of waiting for change, be the change.~Clay Stubbs

7/30/2021 Friday by Miranda & Wangmo

Theme: Revisiting

The push-pull of Uranus and Saturn is now joined by the Sun in Leo to form another T-square. Because the Sun is involved this may affect you personally but is obviously affecting us all. The freedom of Uranus seemed to be winning the day against Saturn’s restrictions and lockdowns through the year. Many of us have enjoyed freedom to breathe and socialize again. Now the tension rebuilds again and some of us may buck at restrictions being revisited. This configuration will culminate at the end of the year. Could be good, could be bad. Who knows?~Tibetan children’s story

7/29/2021 Thursday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: Changing energy

Jupiter has moved into Aquarius which places an emphasis on the equality of all beings and humanitarian values. It compliments the expressive solar energy of the Sun in Leo. There is still much energy to accomplish tasks, although you may be stretched to your limits. Today Mars moves into Virgo bringing a methodical approach to activity. Coupled with Venus, also in Virgo, the downside of these planetary placements is being overly critical. The antidote is compassion for oneself and others. Animals bring joy into your life at this time. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.~George Orwell

7/28/2021 Wednesday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: Channelling energy, transforming frustration

You have a lot of energy right now and you would be wise to avoid misdirecting it through power struggles. Instead harness the energy to be of benefit to others and accomplishing big projects. With the Moon in Aries you also have more drive and are able to work alone giving you space to think through your objectives more clearly. Once your inner and outer purpose is aligned you will find harmony. You should give with unceasing generosity, without any hope of repayment.~Ngulchu Gyalsay Thogme Sangpo

7/27/2021 Tuesday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: Deep dreaming

With the Moon in Pisces conjunct Neptune, and the Moon in good aspect to Pluto it’s a low key day with a touch of an inquiring mind. Your night dreams are deep and your day dreams seem more real. It’s a good day for contemplation and meditation and receiving nourishment from the element of water. Relationships take on more significance and self-discipline is the key to avoiding a sense of feeling overly burdened. One step at a time can bring you into the present moment. The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.~Maria Cristina Mena

Today the Moon is Void of Course from 9.13 am EDT USA until 5.58 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. With

7/26/2021 Monday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: Mirror mirror on the wall

Your encounters with others reflect back what is inside you: what you experience is not separate from you. Emotions, habits, relationships, assertiveness are all grist for the mill. With the Moon in Pisces the subconscious is closer to the surface enabling hidden aspects of your personality to be more seen. It remains a time of responding flexibly to unanticipated events. There is nothing permanent except change.~Heraclitus

7/25/2021 Sunday by Miranda & Wangmo

Theme: Olympics

Looking at today from an Olympian standpoint, you can really steel your mind and find the depths of mental concentration you’ve been working on for so long. Moon and Mars are opposed to balance your emotions, vitality and ambition for that burst of energy needed to obtain a medal.
Then the Moon joins Jupiter to bring great jubilation and happiness to your day. Enjoy! The greatest victory is not winning against people, but winning against self. ~Anonymous