Astrology

Sunday 5/28/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: Joie De Vivre

The Moon is predominant today and the majority of the aspects are very pleasant bringing you close with family, friends and loved ones. It’s a time of joy, harmony and gathering, with good healthy vitality. Emotional excitement may be part of your day also bringing unexpected but generally good surprises. Expect news from past connections. The main challenge is Neptune/ Moon bringing strange moods and feeling emotionally sensitive. There is the potential for some confusion and misunderstandings but just so long as you don’t overindulge you should be able to get through any rocky moments.

Life has been some combination of fairy-tale coincidence and joie de vivre and shocks of beauty together with some hurtful self-questioning.

~ Sylvia Plath

Saturday 5/27/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: From Caution to Connectivity

After the exuberance of Moon in Leo, the Moon in Virgo may feel a bit like waking up after the party is over. Emotional caution colors the next couple of days. Particularly with Moon opposite Saturn, you may feel a sense of duty or responsibility creep in. Emotional analysis is also available to review the changes and challenges that are arising in your life and the world. A positive contact between Moon, Mercury and Jupiter brings balance with feelings, allowing you to listen sympathetically to others. A strong sense of well being and altruism connects you with many people.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

~ Jesus

Friday 5/26/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: It’s Up to Us

Moon square Uranus has us feeling a little edgy, a bit impatient. This is added to by Mercury/Mars and we may find our beliefs challenged or have some form of combative exchange. A positive aspect between Sun and Pluto may save the day if we use it for inner contemplation at some depth and bring about beneficial changes in how we channel our energy.

It is futile to generate Bodhicitta if you have not given up causing harm to sentient beings.

~Guru Rinpoche

Sunday 5/21/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: Breathing Easy

The Sun has just moved into Gemini bringing some fresh air to areas in your life where you felt a little stuck over the last month. There is an increase in your mental energy, and creative ideas stimulate your ability to communicate clearly. The Sun is in a positive aspect with Mars increasing your vitality. This is a good time to give a presentation to people that will be very interested in hearing from you. Pluto is added to the mix, so facilitating changes in your life can flow easily now. If you’ve been thinking about studying, now is the time to do so.

Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no-one else ever thought.

~Albert Einstein

The Moon is Void of Course today from 6.12pm until 11.28pm EST. Do not make any big decisions during this time period.

Saturday 5/20/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: Ground Zero

A T- square has formed in fixed signs with 3 intense planets; Mars, Pluto and Jupiter, all at exactly zero degrees. This intensity has been building and will be felt for some while but today is ground zero. The potential for a clash between titans is great, a power struggle that could be ruthless and relentless. Ambitions arise with the energy and optimism to succeed but it will be met with opposition. With the benevolence of Jupiter at the apex, the development of wisdom may ensue from a search for greater meaning of life. Otherwise self aggrandizement may dominate with a wish to enrich one’s life. This planetary configuration can signify violence.

If Earth were your body, you would be able to feel the many areas where it is suffering.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Friday 5/19/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: New Beginnings

The New Moon is exactly conjunct the Sun today bringing a day of internalization and integration. A good time to begin plans of a personal nature, from the mundane to the sublime. Maybe house cleaning or a silent retreat for the day. Sun and Moon are in beneficial aspect to both Neptune and Mars which could give an energetic balance of yin and yang. Likewise it can give you energy to house clean first, then go into silent retreat. Another possibility could be to get involved with a humanitarian charitable organization.

If we understand the full implications of compassion on the many different levels it exists we would think compassion is not only desirable, but essential.
~ Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

The Moon is Void of Course today from 1.51pm until 2.48 EST. Do not make any big decisions during this time period.

Sunday 5/14/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: Choices

Moon and Neptune are in close proximity today, increasing our creative expression or appreciation of music, art and poetry. Our sensitivity and empathy are heightened, bringing forth our compassion. The other side of this transit can increase our desire for escapism from reality through fantasy or partaking of alcohol and drugs. Deception and misunderstanding can easily arise. The influence of Mercury and Pluto give rise to an interest in studying psychology or Buddhism, subjects that deal with the mind.

After cultivating diligence, set your mind to concentrate. For those whose minds are slack and wandering, are caught between the fangs of affliction.

~Shantideva

The Moon is Void of Course today from 10.56pm until 3.56am EST. Do not make any big decisions during this time period.

Saturday 5/13/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: Contemplative Moments

Amongst the backdrop of the Uranus/Sun conjunction and Pluto shaking everything up like a deep earthquake, Moon and Saturn are also conjunct. The effect is very temporary though and may bring a time of quiet retreat and inner reflection. This could be good medicine if you’ve felt overstimulated by all the upheavals in life and the world. For some it may be a little depressing to feel isolated from others again. But as Venus is involved it should generally be a positive transit and can actually bring strong emotional commitment either in a relationship or to the spiritual path you are on.

What form will your compassion take? Making compassion your root commitment to sentient beings must take some form.
~ Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo

The Moon is Void of Course today from 11.15pm until 12.39am EST. Do not make any big decisions during this time period.

Friday 5/12/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: Re-Visiting the Underworld of our Mind

Pluto went retrograde on May 1st and on June 12th goes back into Capricorn. How you experience Pluto retrograde will depend on whether you wish to attain self-mastery or have power over others. Pluto works relentlessly and sometimes ruthlessly to bring our deepest levels of being into transformative awareness. For the self aware it can bring light to deep seated tendencies that have chronically resisted constructive change. For those less aware you may simply react to perplexing events and are inclined to feel victimized.

If you can’t separate yourself from your ego, you’re completely misguided; you’ve created for yourself a totally unrealistic philosophy of life that has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. 

~ Lama Yeshe

The Moon is Void of Course today from 11.59pm until 12.39am EST. Do not make any big decisions during this time period.

Sunday 5/7/2023 by Miranda and Wangmo 

Theme: In Motion

Moon moves into Sagittarius bringing a lot of enthusiasm and energy, heightened by a Mars/ Jupiter aspect which can bring success to any projects or endeavors you initiate. Sun and Uranus are conjunct so expect surprises over the next few days. The biggest surprise could be you! If you embrace the energy of change you may appear differently to those around you. Whatever form it takes, the next few days should be stimulating and exhilarating.

Change is disturbing when it happens to us, exhilarating when it is done by us.
~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter