Astrology

12/31/2017 Sunday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Create, Love and Empathize 

Venus approaches exact conjunction with the Sun now till January 1. Creativity and Love are enhanced for the next 10 days (Venus conjunct Sun) and so there is good energy for entertaining, and for relationships with both sexes. You seek beautiful surroundings and create this kind of art if you are a creative person.  As Eric Jerome Dickey said,“It is impossible to explain creativity. It is like asking a bird ‘How do you fly’. You just do.” With the moon opposing Mercury today, beware of your judgement tendencies in your interactions, yet you can learn about your own emotions through nonjudgmental introspection, perhaps in a close relationship.

12/30/2017 Saturday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Lightness, but not superficiality.

The moon enters Gemini today, so keep it light, tell some jokes or imitate your favorite or least favorite celebrity. The danger today is not picking up on the subtle undercurrents in relationships, and responding superficially to others. There is a lot of energy to continue on with projects especially if you can harness and focus your energy. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.”– Conan O’Brien 

12/29/2017 Friday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Forward thinking can be forward motion

Communication is a touchstone for connecting with a broader group of people and agenda today – even if it’s a social stretch for you. Change comes from working in unison with group energy and navigating the challenges between our individual needs versus being in harmony with group enterprises. Right now is an opportunity for our eyes to be opened to the larger patterns at work in the universe. It could concern returning something that has been taken from the environment. It’s a restoration themed day. The grand fire trine with Mercury will be there until about the 8th of January bringing creative, inspirational thinking and communication. The heart of all matters remains compassion. As HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche said: ‘Compassion is the awakened heart itself.’

12/28/2017 Thursday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: When in doubt serve good food 

With the moon trine the sun there is inner harmony and emotions flow well with what you want to do. Bringing people together over food is one direction to consider today. A good soup goes a long way – all the way from the soup of good soup kitchens all the way to a cup of soup with a friend. Environmental goals are favored today and for much of the week. There are many endangered species in the world today and one of them is our shared humanity. Reach out in any way you can to those in need and be inspired. In the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsa, India they offer food to 100,000 people daily from all walks of life.

12/27/2017 Wednesday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Unexpected emotional separations

With the moon square the sun there is a challenge to the structure of your daily life. There could be an unexpected emotional separation or disruption today that is a learning curve for everyone involved. Hidden tensions come to the surface of your mind, and getting along with others, particularly the opposite sex is more difficult.  It is both a high energy time and a constrained time. So it is a day of harnessing very different energies for a common goal. Tensions and disruption could also allow a birth of new ideas.  Offering helpful insights at just the right time can make a big difference along with having the courage of your convictions. As William Arthur Ward wrote: ‘The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.’

12/26/2017 Tuesday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Beneficial Mediation

A person of grace and skill could appear to navigate what appears to be immovable. It could even be someone softening the post-holiday blues – the kind where you’ve had too much of a good thing. Yes it’s time for those digestive enzymes! And be mindful of pie in the sky thinking. ‘Even though short-cuts are tempting it is the long-road that winds around the mountain of wisdom’. We made up that quote today!

12/25/2017 Monday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Dignity comes through effort

With the Sun, Saturn and Venus so close to one another this week there is an uprightness in the air lending strength to those seeking to create a more virtuous work ethic and or environment. Relationships are more constrained and restrained today. It remains a letter of the law time so remember to check details; especially with Mercury square Neptune, and the moon void of course until 8:28pm eastern time in the USA, avoid major new commitments today. Be generally mindful in communication this week.  You could feel a bit weighed down physically. Gravity tends to do that. But it can take a while to identify the cause. As Isaac Newton wrote: ‘I have not been able to discover the cause of those properties of gravity from phenomena, and I frame no hypotheses.’

12/24/2017 Sunday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Boundaries

Today you could feel the tension between too many boundaries and constraints, and not having enough. It’s a kind of a ‘patting your head, rubbing your belly’ day. It’s a day when any addictive tendencies can be more evident. The antidote is really interrogating the causes of happiness. You may feel the urge to ask for help from others today. Try and see the big picture and yet be aware of the nature of reality. As Edgar Allan Poe wrote: “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

12/23/2017 Saturday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: A spiritual time

Today with the Moon entering Pisces there is opportunities for contemplation and reflection and for giving rise to compassion. As Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo says: “Compassion is not a feeling at all. It is not an emotion. It is logical. It is meaningful”. You may have a preferred form of meditation that illuminates reality. Try having interior communications with one-self (a form of contemplative meditation) as interactions with others are prone to miscommunication even though Mercury is now direct. Energy is now starting to build for big projects. 

12/22/2017 Friday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme:  Opportunities within constraints

Sometimes it might feel like a slog today but efforts do bear fruit. There are opportunities in your emotional life to connect with others for mutual learning. Answers to deep questions can happen today. This is the last day of Mercury retrograde so focus on communicating clearly and finishing projects today. On other fronts, meetings with beneficial people can occur today. Kindness towards others brings good results. As Lena Horne says: “I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people”.