Amāvásyā
Painting of Ganesha with Consort circa 1825. Kangra India. Pahari painting. National Museum, New Delhi
As one book closes with the standstill of time, another opens with the dark moon in the Vedic lunar mansion of Uttarāṣāḍha उत्तराषाढ़ा (Capricorn). This lunation cycle initiates the lunar new year, a fortnight of action, and invokes our ability to align with our ambitions and persevere towards a later victory.
The star of victory is slow and deliberate, just like Ganesha, who’s tusk is associated with Uttarāṣāḍha. Be patient and find strength to surrender your efforts instead of pushing forward. I believe Lao Tzu said it best, “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Your efforts thus far have not been in vain and yet have most likely been met with resistance — it is not the time to set down your pen, as this story has just begun.
Perhaps a new approach all around will aid in the momentum you seek. Take a step back towards a more universal perspective, skillfully control your desires, and focus on your needs and not your wants. Choose steps towards any available pathway that will move you in the direction you’ve been seeking. Do your best not to get lost in the details and know that this path too may also be met with a course correction down the road.
Much clarity has surfaced with the recent stationing of mercury and mars and a great weight has lifted with Saturns long awaited transit into Aquarius. There are answers upon the horizon that are available to you now — continue to distill down the wisdom you’ve been acquiring these past months, into the beginning of February. This is the time to stay the course, be undeterred by any obstacles you may find on your path and commit to the long game.
This first new moon of the year is Mauni Amāvásyā (मौनी अमावस्या) a day of honoring silence and our ancestors. This would also be an opportune moment to set your intentions for not only the next lunation cycle and also for the year to come. Contrary to popular belief, twenty-four hours after the new moon (Sunday AM) is the most fertile time for planting seed intentions as the moon has had a chance to gain more light and momentum. Take a moment to get clear, write down an intention or two, offer it to the Universe and then let it go. All my relations
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