day 11: Vijaya: Nitya of Victory
Om Vijayayai Namaha
Sun: 16 Pisces
Moon: 04 Leo, 138 degrees from Sun, Waxing Gibbous Moon
Inner Moon: transition between proliferation and ovulation
Moon Vibes:
The lover in ecstatic union with the beloved and the creator in sync with their audience. This phase relates to Beltane, spring equinox. Heightened senses, pleasure, amusement. In tantra yoga, this is the descending in-breath from soft palette to the throat, represents the first quarter of daylight and the element is water. In the hero’s journey, this is where we are facing fears, doubts, and uncertainties. We get an opportunity to show what we know through the trails and tests that are occurring now. In the menstrual cycle, waxing gibbous is a transition phase between the building up of the uterine nest and the high of ovulation. Use warm comfort foods and root vegetables.
Moon in :
Leo
🌔Moon opposite Saturn feels like archetypal Mom and Dad looking at each other across the room, waiting for you to create form or structure from your ♌inner child’s creativity. If your life depended on you sharing your inner child’s creativity, what would you be doing?
Moon at 90° angle with Venus/Uranus challenges your ::sense of ♌self-worth:: against ::what you value:: This challenge can show you how to earn money sharing your inner child’s creativity, the thing you have loved your whole life.
Nutrition suggestion:
Ritual:
Self Love Ritual
The Love you have for yourself is the same Love you have for the Divine, loving yourself is an invocation of the Divine Love within you.
For this ritual you will need a mirror. I keep a hand mirror at my altar for this ritual and veil the mirror when not in use I honor this particular mirror as sacred. Any mirror will do well for this ritual. Create sacred space in front of your mirror and make eye contact with yourself. Gaze into your eyes.
And say to yourself, “I Love You.”
Again and again. Take your time to feel the resonance after your words each time. Witness any thoughts that arises in your mind. Feel the currents of emotions that flow through you. Notice any insights that drop in. Practice with the mirror for at least 5 minutes or longer if you like. Before closing sacred space, leave time to reflect in your journal on what this experience brought up for you and how you are feeling. Wrap your arms around your chest giving yourself a warm and loving hug. Make tea for yourself. Massage yourself. Make your bed for yourself. Love on yourself in any and all ways you need tonight.
Conclude in Gratitude.
Astrology info to consider:
Mercury 60° angle with Venus/Uranus makes it easy to comprehend, allow changes and gain insights into what you value, love and want to be in relationship with.
18°Neptune/16°Sun in Pisces attunment with unity love vibration.
Menstruation cycle and Moon:
What phase of your inner Moon cycle are you in? What hormones are most prominent? How does this relate with waxing gibbous Moon’s follicular/proliferation? Remember, your cycle and Moon cycle do not need to match. Read more about the correspondences here.
Dreams:
Hypnagogia is the threshhold between waking and dreaming states of awareness. Ego boundaries expand, associations between things blur, body falls asleep but mind is still awake. When giving massages, I’ll see people twitch and do the hypnagogic jerk. This magical state of awareness is the place Nikola Tesla and other creative geniuses reported receiving some of their greatest ideas. Before practicing the lucid dream induction techniques in hypnagogia, become aware of this phase of your sleep cycle. Try to stay at the edge of wake/sleep to extend hypnagogia. Maybe not on purpose, but you have been here before. Tomorrow we’ll practice getting lucid from here.
