Lalita day 4: Vahnivasini: Nitya of Fire
Om Vahnivasiniyai Namaha
Sun: 6 Gemini
Moon: 5 Leo, 61 degrees from Sun, Waxing Crescent Moon
Inner Moon: transition between bleeding and follicular/proliferation
Moon Vibes:
Individuality. Going extreme, leaping out, feeling a strong desire for manifesting those new Moon intentions. Feeling an extreme sense of hunger for our mission and divine guidance. Developing awareness of spiritual and sexual identity. This phase relates with Imbolc/Candlemas. In tantra yoga, this is somachara, descending course of Moon, in-breath (prana-vayu) from crown to the third-eye, relates with last quarter of daylight and the element is air. In the hero’s journey this phase is where we are feeling our desires, sensing into the intentions and meet a mentor in human, plant, animal or other than human form. In the menstrual cycle, this phase is transitional including bleeding and the building up of the uterine nest in the follicular/proliferation phase. Use clean, easy to digest food.
Moon in leo:
Moon in Leo opposing Saturn last night and this morning. Mood is firey, passion of Leo-heart. Saturn archetype of “the man” but also the tribal elders that live on in our blood and bones. Moon/Saturn wakes up ancient grandmother wisdom and the structures set up by our collective ancestors. How are these structures working for you? Do you feel supported by them? How do you feel about action or inaction you take regarding rules, laws, and “the man?” Where is your Saturn, inner authority right now? How are you Saturn?
Moon making a 90°angle to Uranus. Ancient memories, emotional patterns square up with unpredictable agent for change, Uranus. Sure to be memorable. How many people feel a riot happening in their body but have no outlet to move this big energy? Moving it shifts a seemingly insurmountable mass of earth’s core memories forever changing the future.
Astrology info to consider:
Sun and Mars squaring up, exact on June 5th. Lots of fireworks, rage, aggression and also tons of motivation, determination and willpower. Are you feeling this Sun/Mars energy? How are you using it?
Uranus Saturn makes an exact 90°angle Feb 2021. Between now and then feeling and seeing glimpses of it.
Ritual:
Moon in Leo all day and tonight, Leo has a special way of learning and showing us how to walk in Self Love. To really love yourself opens you to experience freedom in your being, when you embody Love for yourself you aren’t seeking validation and/or Love form other but rather you meet that need within. Tonight we practice one of my favorite rituals, the Leo Moon Self Love Ritual. If you have strong Leo placements in your birth chart or if you connect to this ritual in a deep way I recommend adding this practice to your daily routine as least for a few weeks and see how it helps you walk in embodies Self-Love every day.
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, in this way I honor this particular mirror as sacred. Any mirror will do well for this ritual.
- Create sacred space in front of your mirror, calling in the Self-Loving energy of Leo and call on your spirit guides to support you here.
- Make eye contact with yourself in the mirror. 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.
- As you are falling asleep tonight, say to yourself “Goodnight, I love you.”
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. You may notice yourself do the hypnagogic jerk which may wake you up. This magical state of awareness is the place creative geniuses reported receiving some of their greatest ideas. Become aware of this phase of your sleep cycle. Try to stay at the edge of wake/sleep to extend hypnagogia. From here you want to do this lucid dream induction technique:
- Set your alarm 5 hours after your bedtime.
- When it goes off don’t start playing with your phone, but do get up to get water or go pee.
- Lay back down and repeat a mnemonic phrase like, “Next time I’m dreaming, I’ll become lucid.”
- Imagine yourself in a dream scene you’ve been in before.
- Keep repeating your mnemonic phrase in your mind as your body relaxes into sleep.
Next time you wake up, write any fragments of dream images, symbols, thoughts, or insights. Give thanks.
Watch this video about dreaming.
Menstruation cycle and Moon:
What phase of your inner Moon cycle are you in? What hormones are most prominent? How does this relate with outer Moon’s transition between bleeding and follicular phase? Remember, your cycle and Moon cycle do not need to match. Read more about the correspondences here.
