Tibetan Buddhist Altar

7/28/2023 Friday by Wangmo

Theme: Patience

With the Moon square Saturn and Mars there will be ample opportunities for reactivity. In other words your buttons are bound to be pressed, or visa versa. See if you can find some space between reaction and action. You’ll be grateful if you do. Luckily for all of us the Moon moves out of this aspect, and the day is illuminating overall. Mercury moves into Virgo today bringing a sharper edge to inquiry, and communications. The small details are revealing.

Patience and shuffle the cards.~Don Quixote

7/27/2023 Thursday by Wangmo

Theme: Heave Ho!

With Mars trine Jupiter and opposite Saturn you can harness physical energy and move tasks forward. There are lots of square aspects today which can translate into an activity day – without much rest time in between. So take a moment if you can. Venus and Mercury are conjunct providing increased opportunities for kind and courteous communications, and diplomacy. The Moon moves into Sagittarius later in the day bringing renewed optimism to bear in dealing with challenges.

The blossoms of the apricot blow from the east to the west, And I have tried to keep them from falling…Ezra Pound

The Moon is Void of Course today between EDT USA 6.36pm until 8:24pm. Avoid starting new projects, making new purchases, planning big events or signing contracts during this time. Take time for inner reflection and self-care.

7/25/2023 Wednesday by Wangmo

Theme: Dynamic energy

With the Moon in Scorpio trine Mars and opposite Jupiter there is both more energy available and more available resources that can be harnessed for beneficial activity. With Jupiter involved this can mean circumstances may feel bigger than what you can personally manage. Everyone else is in the same boat too, so look around for partners. The Sun and Moon are in fixed signs so don’t expect anyone to budge from their position. Conversely, fixed signs are great at persevering.

A frog in a well does not know the great ocean.~Japanese proverb

7/25/2023 Tuesday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Humdinger

With the Sun and Moon forming a grand cross with Pluto and the nodes we can integrate the challenging energy of the square through movement and flexibility. On the world stage events are effecting everybody. Now is the time to commit your personal energy to broader, humanitarian goals. It’s not easy. In fact it’s difficult. But deep transformation comes with reaching deeply into oneself. The Moon moves into Scorpio today reinforcing the theme of transformation.

Can imagination act Perpendicular to fact? Can it be a kite that flies Till the Earth, umbrella-wise, Folds and drops away from sight?~Philip José Farmer

The Moon is Void of Course today between EDT USA 11.06am until 12:55pm. Avoid starting new projects, making new purchases, planning big events or signing contracts during this time. Take time for inner reflection and self-care.

7/24/2023 Monday by Wangmo

Theme: Circumscribed movements

With major aspects such as T-Squares, Grand Crosses and Yods, there is a certain fated quality to the situations that present themselves to you. You could be forgiven for thinking that you have no control or say such events, and there is some truth in that with world-wide planetary influences shaping our personal lives – think climate change. However, every day brings opportunities and today there is opportunity for healing your vitality through rest and play, and an ability to communicate your feelings clearly.

We already have the facts and solutions. All we have to do is wake up and change.~ Greta Thurnberg

7/23/2023 Sunday by Wangmo

Theme: Incisive thinking.

The Sun has moved into Leo today bringing a dynamic, dignified energy into play. Pride is also a feature or the sign of Leo. Mercury is square Uranus giving a keen edge to communications. People are more likely to have bursts of communication. The Moon in Libra brings a striving towards balance, peace and harmony at a time when forces greater than any one individual are at work. In this environment communication is key.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.~Peter Ustinov

7/22/2023 Saturday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Who is in control?

With the Sun exactly opposite Pluto today you have good reason to feel that forces outside your control are pushing you to respond deeply – whether you like it or not. There is a balance between letting go and voluntarily making the deep psychological changes that this aspect invites, versus involuntarily changing, kicking and screaming. The Moon is in good aspect to Jupiter today counterbalancing the angst and challenges, and bestowing good will. This is the last day of the Sun in the sign of Cancer.

When you listen you learn, and when you learn you listened.~Bahamian Proverb

7/21/2023 Friday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Never give up!

The Sun forms a Grand Cross with Pluto and the Moon’s Nodes – bringing an opportunity and strength to one’s resolve – and energy to continue. Pluto is renowned, energetically speaking, for being a force of nature and unrelenting but it’s bestows a survivor’s instinct in the face of the most difficult and trying circumstances. Pluto invites us to do the inner work to transform our posture, and in that process, find opportunity and strength.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.~Rumi

7/20/2023 Thursday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: A wake-up call

With the Moon conjunct Mars and the asteroid Pallas-Athena – and all three opposite Saturn you have to face the music of your own actions. Even though it’s jarring and uncomfortable the outcome can be very positive. You can learn from your past actions. Humor is also helpful turning angst into laughter, as long as it comes from a good place. You spiritual path anchors you today and you gain insight.

The contributory factor that helps bring about bodhicitta is having the courage and superior motivation to take upon oneself alone the great burden of the welfare of all beings, without exception.~HH Dudjom Rinpoche

The Moon is Void of Course today between EDT USA 10.08am until 1:13pm. Avoid starting new projects, making new purchases, planning big events or signing contracts during this time. Take time for inner reflection and self-care.

 

7/19/2023 Wednesday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Integrate, Think

With the Moon conjunct Mercury you can put your thinking cap on today and problem solve domestic issues. Mars and Saturn continue to be directly opposite one another. The intensity and difficulty of this opposition is tied in more potently today with the T-Square to the asteroid Astraea. Astraea invites us to synthesize our ideals through finding a sublime inner balance. With Mars and Saturn involved you may feel fragmented and pessimistic with what life brings. However, Astraea offers us the possibility of re-constituting ourselves in order to better align ourselves with virtuous ideals and therefore attain them, in spite of the barriers.

Young people, I happen to believe, are the world’s most precious natural resource.~Nicholas Negroponte