and the snake says farewell

Well, you can't hold me, I'm too slippery
I do no sleep in, I get lonely
You can touch me if you want to
I got poison
I just might bite you
Lie in circles on the sunlight
Shine like diamonds
On a dark night
Ain't no mercy in my smilin'
Only fangs and sweet beguiling
Well future, he don't try to find me
Skin I been through
Dies behind me
Solid hollow wrapped in hatred
Not a drop of venom wasted
Well, you can slip in, try to find me
Hold your breath and flat deny me
It makes no difference to my thinkin'
I'll be here when you start sinkin' ~Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

​My mum was born with an Ashlesha moon. When I read her vedic chart for the first time she was in her 60s. I said to her an Ashlesha moon has the tongue of a snake and like a snake it has potency, power and poison symbolically in its words. My mum without any delay retorted back "I've never been afraid to say what I think or ask questions that might make people uncomfortable". And thus the joy of reading for someone who has lived and grown to know themselves. Moreso the joy of reading for an Ashlesha moon. Unafraid to speak the truth. And this is where we find ourselves this full moon.

Now Ashlesha is the snake or naga. Nagas hold the secrets. And within holding these divine secrets they can be used to poison or enlighten. That is the test of Ashlesha. When to strike and when to be still. This will be your test this full moon. To express or hold your tongue, otherwise risking the effect of rattling those in front of you. Now this isn't the full story. There are a plethora of planets opposite in Capricorn - Pluto, Mars, Sun, Venus and Mercury. These 5 planets are holding the energy that reflects onto our dear moon (or mind) creating a very strong anchor and pressure on integrity, responsibility and timing. 

What does this tell me? Wait, there is a little more left to uncover before you can move ahead or speak. And this Chinese year of the snake is (unfortunately) not done with us. This full moon we remove our last skin before the new moon in a fortnight that takes us into the year of the horse. Fascinatingly the process of skin removal for a snake takes 7-14 days which is lunar timings so: Let. Go.

Stay light,
Mark :)