January 01st, 2022

New Year. New Moon. New You. Well not quite... I'm going to keep short and sweet for the first blog for this year: With retrograde Venus having a lot to say at the beginning of the year (and also ruling the year in numerology) we head inwardly into the heart of the past to start 2022. A Purva Ashada moon is fanning the flames of the heart but perhaps invigorating feelings that no longer exist or do not reside in the present reality. The symbol of a winnowing basket is key here to understanding this new beginning arising tomorrow. A winnowing basket is like a sieve - it's important to discern what is precious here and what is just dirt weighing you down. This is a process and may take some thought or arduous action.

Quite an aggressive moon promising to energise the mind and may even make one feel invincible - be careful at knowing the difference between protective strength and closing off to the world like an impenetrable fortress. For the goal here is love not survival.  Yet love may be a battlefield for many of us right now. Venus herself being in Uttara Ashada and continuing to retrograde til the end of January we may not see clear results until then. But there will be a long-lasting victory ahead so stay the course and stay true to what you desire. With this new moon in vedic Sagittarius we have much to be hopeful about even if the new years blues got us off to a rocky start.

Stay light,
Mark :)

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