Astrology for 10/31/2019

10/31/2019 Thursday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Finish, don’t start

Mercury, the indicator of communication and thought, goes retrograde at 11:43 am EDST today. Until it goes direct again on November 20th, starting projects or signing legal documents will at best lead to unpredictable results. Finishing projects or commitments is advised, as is research, reflection and retreat. Intuition is particularly favored during these 3 weeks. Happiness and suffering are dependent upon your mind, upon your interpretation. ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Today the Moon is Void of Course from 10:31 am EDST USA until 10:39 pm. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.

Astrology for 10/30/2019

10/30/2019 Wednesday by Jampal

Theme: Lighten up

With the Moon in Sagittarius there is more optimism, idealism and acceptance of others. The down side is bluntness and preachiness. Any disruptions today are ultimately beneficial. If you’re feeling thwarted align yourself with spiritual values. My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.~Ashleigh Brilliant

Astrology for 10/29/2019

10/29/2019 Tuesday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Passion and Patience

The theme of Scorpio energy is especially strong today as the Moon unites with three other indicators. Communication is emotional and heart-felt. Patience is the antidote to strong emotions, including disagreements. For two more days unexpected events continue, along with sudden insights. At the end of the way is freedom. Till then, patience. ~Buddha

Today the Moon is Void of Course from 1.36 pm EDST USA until 6.00 pm. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.

Astrology for 10/28/2019

10/28/2019 Monday by Jampal and Wangmo

Theme: New start

With the new Moon in Scorpio it’s a good time to start meaningful projects and be emotionally aware of your past, and where you want to go in the future. This is a time for passionate, creative expression and communication on a deep level. Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.~Martin Luther King Jr.

Astrology for 10/27/2019

10/27/2019 Sunday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Intensity, Deepening, Generosity

The Moon moves from Libra into Scorpio today which means a total of five planetary bodies in Scorpio for the next few days. Scorpio brings intensity, passion and depth to encounters. It also makes it harder to let go of attachments. Other planetary energy continues to highlight the benefits of generosity and seeing oneself as part of a larger whole, especially in relation to nurturing and inspiring others.~The time will come when the sun shall appear from behind the clouds. Written from prison by an anonymous Tibetan Nun

Astrology for 10/26/2019

10/26/2019 Saturday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Being resourceful

Today you may feel you have little room to maneuver. However, there is great benefit in thinking outside the box and coming up with solutions. You will feel in unfamiliar territory. There are rewards, including help from others. With the Moon and Mars, both in Libra, there will be more difficulty in decision making. However, given some forethought the right decisions can be made. Sideways thinking [is] the cross classifying habit of mind that comes from learning many different ways to look at things.~Roger Smith

Astrology for 10/25/2019

10/25/2019 Friday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Slowing down

Mercury, the indicator of communication and thought, is slowing down before it starts to moves backwards in 6 days. It is time to focus more on completing tasks than starting them anew, and on becoming more introspective. Relationships are intensified for a few more days. And there will be changes that could be distressing. If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. ~ Pema Chodron

Today the Moon is Void of Course from 9:01 am EDST USA until 4:21 pm. If you’re in another country check what that means for you time-wise. It’s best to avoid making major decisions or signing contracts during this time.

Looking For Happiness

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo called “Faults of Cyclic Existence”

If we broaden our perspective, we look out from our own self-absorption into our immediate environment which is generally pretty easy for most of us.  We have friends and relatives that we don’t mind increasing our space to include and we look at them and we consider them part of our lives. But let’s move out and see all the rest of humankind.  They are all, in the same way as we are, striving to be happy.  And then look out beyond that to the animal realm.  Even though these animals don’t have a forehead, even though these animals cannot conceptualize in the same way that we do, still each one of them in their own way is trying to be happy according to their capacity. The predator is trying to be happy when it chases its prey.  The prey is trying to be happy when it fixes itself or creates for itself a safe environment and develops coping mechanisms with the reality that the predator is always out there.

There are many different ways to view this, but we can see if we really study, that we all have that in common and so we become, in a sense one family with a fundamental genetic code.  Even across species, even across the form and formless realms, we become one family with this particular underlying reality in common. Now if we were to really contemplate this issue in this way, we might come up with a new world view.  Wouldn’t that be wonderful!  We might come up with a new, more universal perspective.  Wouldn’t it be delightful!  We could use that tool as a way to end self-absorption, and to really open our eyes and look at everything around us with a new kind of vision, a new kind of empathy, a new kind of understanding, a new kind of willingness to put oneself in the place of others, a new kind of planetary human, you know, aware of life around itself, a new kind of cosmic perspective, a new understanding as to what life is all about.

Now how does this relate to refuge?  Well, as we are turning our minds towards Dharma,  that means softening them, preparing them, fertilizing them, plowing the field so that the mind is turned toward the path that leads to liberation and renouncing what does not lead to liberation.

Where does the idea of Bodhicitta actually come into play?  Actually it comes into play as both a motivator and as a clarifier.  As a motivator , we understand that part of the process of turning the mind towards Dharma is to truly look at the six realms of cyclic existence and all the conditions and situations of sentient beings.  Having done that, we see that cyclic existence is faulted and that these sentient beings, although they do wish to be happy, have no understanding of the causes of happiness.  That’s the main different between a Dharma practitioner, and the serial killer.  The Dharma practitioner wants to be happy just like the serial killer, but they are engaging in method.  Method means we are looking at cause and effect relationship.  We see the faults.  We look at cause and effect relationships and we are trying to work it out where we produce the causes that allow the desired effect.

The serial killer is also trying to do that.  He perhaps feels some kind of need build up in him and then he goes and tries to satisfy that need.  So in his way, this serial killer is doing the same thing.  He is engaged in trying to create the causes that produce happiness.   The difference is he does not understand.  There is such heavy delusion that there is no understanding of what causes produce happiness, so the serial killer is in a way, like a completely ignorant, completely confused, completely hatred-oriented basket of misconstrued ideas acting in a knee-jerk way to get some kind of result.  He is not able to think it through and has no guidance to think it through.  So the serial killer is yes, engaging in method, but what method?  The serial killer is engaging in the method of hatred, is engaging in the method of destruction, is engaging in the method of harm-doing, and is thinking that it will bring some sort of power or happiness or relief in some way.  And yet what this person doesn’t understand is that the seed and the fruit cannot be unrelated.  You cannot produce happiness from the fruit of hatred, destruction, ignorance and harm doing.  You cannot produce happiness in the same way that a peach seed cannot produce a banana tree.

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Astrology for 10/24/2019

10/24/2019 Thursday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: Happy Birthday Scorpios!

The Sun, our sense of purpose, enters the sign of Scorpio. This adds to the many energies already in this passionate, probing sign. More of the truth will come to the surface in our lives, and powerful emotions should be tempered with patience and kindness. For the next week, your encounters with others will provide some surprises. We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. ~ Whoopi Goldberg ( a Scorpio)

Astrology for 10/23/2019

10/23/2019 Wednesday by Jampal & Wangmo

Theme: A Social Vision

Today Jupiter is tightly united with the asteroid Ceres bringing a sense of expansion and hope. Generosity and social concern are strong themes. There is an harmonious connection between one’s sense of purpose and emotions today. It’s a time of outer and inner balance. Where there is no vision, there is no hope.~George Washington Carver

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