How are you feeling today? Complex skies could make this tricky to answer. The moon is transiting its own sign of Sidereal Cancer where it’s especially intuitive, filled with compassion + generosity towards others + longs for love, a peaceful heart + mind. It cherishes home + homeland.

It’s the moon that sets the tone of each day. Wherever we are today, softness with ourselves is key to integration of life’s broader dialogue, as reflected in the skyscape (more about this below).

Pressuring the heartfelt, idealistic baseline of this moon are a trio of toughen-up tamasic planets. Saturn likes to impose limits while grumbling ‘suck-it-up it’s for your own good’. Ketu whispers, ‘go within and honor the need for alone or meditative time – god is everywhere’. At the same time, a very strong Mars encourages, ‘how about focusing energy + attention to accomplish something useful or honorable?’

We might be experiencing these aspects as distractions from inner peace, or as presenting opportunities for growth and organic change – maybe both.

The moon is constantly waxing + waning, absorbing + releasing. Without its cyclical changes birth and life could not exist on earth.

Viewed from a more complete astrological perspective, we are experiencing a highly creative skyscape, potentially transformative … if we allow ourselves the space to let go of resistance and open to allowing life to guide us somewhere new. The less we resist the smoother the ride will be.

Impactful moments of self-awareness are the gift of Sun + Jupiter transiting Purvabhadra nakshatra, a star that’s iinspired, profound + occasionally violent, wanting to grab our attention with a sudden realization or intense event that just might jolt us out of confusion or a habitual mindset. Because Purvabhadra carries within it that touch of the grandiose, wanting to alter our consciousness in a powerful, unmistakable way. From Purvabhadra’s perspective how else would we grow?

Wherever you are today, breath, be gentle to yourself, honor the journey and try to open to life. You are a breathing thing, a memory to someone, a home to a life. You are loved.