Tibetan Buddhist Altar

10/8/2024 Tuesday by Wangmo

Theme: Be in the moment

With Venus trine Mars your senses are heightened. Take the opportunity to be present, in the moment. Mercury is trine Jupiter bringing beneficial news and an optimism to deal with challenges. With the Moon in Sagittarius for another day take the time to be adventurous, try something new and take steps to increase your knowledge. The Sun in Libra reminds us that there is always a middle way.

She was awake and bought to life. Being human came to her unbidden, it took hold of her, and changed her.~Alice Hoffman

10/7/2024 Monday by Wangmo

Theme: Feeling your way

With Venus and Mars in water signs – actions and relationships are more likely to be motivated by your emotional drives. You are more aware of the undercurrents that pull and push you, leading you towards particular outcomes. The Moon in Sagittarius gives you enthusiasm and idealism, and you are more willing to explore your place in the universe. With the Sun and Mercury in Libra you continue to seek balance.

Buddhist meditation is initally to make the mind more calm and peaceful, more concentrated, more conscious and then to turn inwards and examine the mind itself.~Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

10/6/2024 Sunday by Jampal

Theme: From Irritable to Expansive

Mercury, our thought and communication, is transitioning from Mars to Jupiter influences. The challenging square from Mars is easing and the trine from Jupiter is strengthening today. This is a good few days for planning and other intellectual pursuits. This is also a good time for business activity. And law, philosophy and religion are also favored.

If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that’s endlessly interesting and alive. ~Pema Chodron

The Moon is void of course today from 6:54 pm until 7:35 pm EDT. Do not make any major decisions during this time period.

10/5/2024 Saturday by Jampal

Theme: Social and Indulgent

Especially in the middle of the day, the Moon is united with Venus, and they both harmonize with Mars. This favors all kinds of social gatherings. We can also assert ourselves in a way that is pleasant. There is danger if one goes shopping and has to stick to a strict budget. Easier to stay away from temptation until tomorrow. Arguments are still more likely than usual today.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics. ~Joyce Meyer

10/04/2024 Friday by Jampal

Theme: Irritable and Defensive

For a few days Mercury, our thoughts and communication, is at cross purpose to Mars, our assertive tendencies. Watch out for being touchy and irritable with others. We may have to defend our point of view. This also makes accidents more likely. In the first half of the day, the Moon is square Pluto, which can trigger compulsive behavior, or this energy can be used for deep insight.

Defensiveness is usually someone silently screaming that they need you to value & respect them in disguise. ~Sharon Alder

The Moon is void of course today from 6:42 am until 7:23 am EDT. Do not make any major decisions during this time period.

10/3/2024 Thursday by Wangmo

Theme: Finding balance, seeking harmony.

With three planets and other significant points in Libra the focus is very much on finding balance and harmony. Libra is also a social air sign: friendships are key at this time. The Moon in Libra opposite Chiron invites us to heal past wounds through beneficial connections with others. The sign of Libra also signifies open enemies, meaning you know where people stand. Mars in Cancer emphasizes less direct ways of asserting oneself and approaching thorny issues.

Each being is sacred — meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.~Starhawk

10/2/2024 Tuesday by Wangmo

Theme: New beginnings

The new moon brings new energy for new efforts for new beginnings. Growth is a theme at this time, initiating activity another. The Sun and Moon close together in Libra speak to our capacity for inner union and balance. The process of finding balance can take time: patience is a helpful friend. With the Dark Moon, New Moon and Mercury also close to one another the process of finding inner union involves acknowledging the dark as well as the light.

We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.~Buddha

10/1/2024 Tuesday by Wangmo

Theme: Flexibility

With the Moon in the mutable (changeable) sign of Virgo trine Uranus, it’s a good day to be flexible as the day brings change whether you invite it or not. Neptune is also opposite the Moon signifying a bit of a mushy brain. So ride out the confusing mushiness by doing something gentle and relaxing. This too shall pass. It’s a great time, in the month of Libra, for friendly gatherings.

When thoughts move, let them. Movement arises and is liberated without a trace.~ HH Dudjom Rinpoche

The Moon is Void of Course from 5.39pm EDT to 6,29pm. Avoid staring new projects or big events.

9/30/2024 Monday

Theme: Thinking processes

With Mercury and the Sun conjunct your thought processes are more subjective. Yet overall, you are more optimistic about possibilities. It’s a news time with incoming messages and moving between two places. With both these planets in Libra you are seeking fairness and justice in your exchanges with others. The Moon in Virgo brings a down-to-earth quality to the day as you seek to attend also to the daily minutiae of life.

When combined, the small individual contributors of caring, friendship, forgiveness, and love, each of us different from our next-door neighbors, can form a phalanx, an army, with great capability. ~ Jimmy Carter

9/27/2024 Friday by Jampal

Theme: Subjective and Indulgent

For a few days Mercury is conjunct the Sun giving us less ability to think objectively, but more ability to focus on a task. The Moon square Venus, for the first half of the day. We are warm and generous but prone to having too much of a good thing. The outward 3 planets continue to be in harmonious aspect to each other, but all retrograde. Subtle but big changes continue to happen.

Who is this “Moderation” that everyone keeps telling me to drink with? ~anon.