Tibetan Buddhist Altar

7/18/2023 Wednesday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: A great opportunity, sort of…

With the Moons nodes heavily engaged with Pluto, Venus and Neptune this is an important ‘clearing house’ time in respect of karma. Whatever difficulties have been generated in the past can now be addressed through your access to spiritual tools and your capacity to respond to wise advice. You can grasp opportunities that you may not have wished to in the past because the opportunities were too unfamiliar. Now is the time to make friends with the unfamiliar.

There is a way out of every box, a solution to every puzzle; it’s just a matter of finding it.~Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek

7/17/2023 Monday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Continuity

Some things stay they same and right now there continues to be a lack of the element air – meaning impartiality and decision making are harder to achieve and interpreting others behavior is proving more challenging. The Pluto square to the Nodes continues to ripen deeply ingrained habitual patterns to the point where you just have to change or be forced to change. Today the Sun and Moon form a a grand square to the Pluto square to the Nodes adding more vibrant energy into the change equation and bringing a level of optimism to seemingly intractable issues.

We are the only species with the power to destroy the earth and also the capacity to protect it.~HH Dalai Lama

The Moon is Void of Course today between EDT USA 11.0 6pm until 12:36am the next day. Avoid starting new projects, making new purchases, planning big events or signing contracts during this time. Take time for inner reflection and self-care.

7/16/2023 Sunday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Grace

With the Moon in Cancer sextile Jupiter there is a generosity of spirit in the day that includes both giving and receiving. As both the Sun and Moon are in Cancer there is also an emphasis on the inner imagination, nurturing, and understanding what feeling at home really means. Water signs like Cancer are the most sensitive of the zodiac and are more prone, than other signs, to self-protection. With the sign of Cancer so emphasized explore dropping your guard and opening your heart.

When you come virtually face to fin with the “world’s most dangerous sharks” you will realize as I have, that sharks aren’t the enemies – the only thing we have to fear is ourselves.~Julie Andersen

7/15/2023 Saturday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Indeterminate energy

With the Moon square Neptune there is an element of frustration in dealing with the intangible. You are less connected to your feelings and thus more at the mercy of them. It’s important to find quiet time today to reflect and reconnect with your spiritual path and your heart. The Moon moves into Cancer today bringing you an avenue to connect more with your nurturing side.

The way people treat us is their karma. The way we react is own own.~His Holiness Trulshik Rinpoche

The Moon is Void of Course today between EDT USA 8.35am until 1:15pm. Avoid starting new projects, making new purchases, planning big events or signing contracts during this time. Take time for inner reflection and self-care.

7/14/2023 Friday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Directions

You are being pointed in specific directions. It may feel like fate but it’s more like things have been heading that way and now you see more clearly the path ahead. You are more at peace with the challenges and changes that you are experiencing. The art of balance is helpful, along with inner discipline and the support of good friends. Knowing that things are constantly changing you can adopt a posture that accommodates change more easily.

You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice.~Shunryu Suzuki

7/13/2023 Thursday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Transitions

The Moon moves into Gemini today bringing a flurry of communications. The Moon also forms a T-Square with Saturn and Mars – not the friendliest planets in astrology – and doubly so when in difficult aspect to one another. Today you may receive unwelcome news. It’s good to really analyze your situation which you can with the aid of Mercury – helping you communicate and connect with others.

You can make friends with your discomfort.~Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

The Moon is Void of Course today between EDT USA 2.11am until 3:26am . Avoid starting new projects, making new purchases, planning big events or signing contracts during this time. Take time for inner reflection and self-care.

7/12/2023 Wednesday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: Unpredictability

Uranus is conjunct the Moon in Taurus today straining equanimity. Taurus does not deal well with sudden change or altered routines. Better to let go of expectations, and use circumstances as an opportunity for focus, which is what Uranian energy can help with. Underlying all these changes and other challenges today there is an innate inner harmony that you can find when you remember to breathe!

You see the splinter in another’s eye but fail to see the beam in your own.~Romani proverb

7/11/2023 Tuesday by Wangmo & Miranda

Theme: The power of thought

With Pluto opposite Mercury – square the nodes- you can deepen the investigative part of your brain and dive deep into researching how your thoughts shape your world including the more deeply embedded habits of compulsion, obsessiveness and trying to control situations. Hiding from your true self is not an option. There is a beautiful conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon today in Taurus bestowing beauty, harmony and generosity. Given the generous spirit involved in this conjunction you will overdo what your favorite thing to do is!

I’ve always spoken too much. Today for the first time – listened.~dialogue ascribed to St Augustine in the film Restless Heart…