Weekly Moon Forecast: March 15-21, 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010 (1st Waxing; Pisces/Purva Bhadrapada ~ “The Commitment to Growing Beyond Boundaries”)

Have you ever noticed that right before you’re about to land your big break, you most feel like giving up?

I can’t tell you how many times I decided to give up on something right before my fate aligned with the miraculous.

I distinctly remember crying on innumerable occasions in my doctoral adviser’s office sputtering that I wasn’t cut out for all the cruelty of academic rigor. He’d just nod his head as he’d feed me sheets of tissues and (pretty good) pieces of dark chocolate.

(A note to all you graduate school hopefuls: former rabbis make the best PhD advisers. And actually, for that matter, probably the best cellmates, the best bankruptcy attorneys, and the best chess players.)

I tell you — after the tantrum, the drama, and the catharsis, the rainbow always came out.  I’d get some boon.  I’d be shown a sign. I’d pass some difficult test.  And I’d take a few more steps forward.

I became such a believer in this every-now-and-then-the-universe-tosses-you-a-bone magic, that even now I profess it every chance I get.

Believe me, I’m not a pom-pom wielding Polly Anna on this one, my friends. This is genuinely a good start to a good week to a good spring to a good financial recovery. The seed is definitely spinning under ground almost ready to pop forth in all its green goodness.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 (2nd Waxing; Pisces/Uttara Bhadrapada ~ “The Blessed Lotus Feet”)

Finally a Tuesday I can feel good about. Our noble Moon has won the heart of the lovely and lusciously beautiful princess Venus, while our heroic Sun-king battles the intrusion of the rival prince Mercury – the unwelcome guest at the fest who threatens to steel away the princess and the royal bounty together.

I say – fie on you Mercury!

Now where is my May Pole? Where are all the fine young lads and maids?

Let us frolic. Let us frolic. Let us frolic.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (3rd Waxing; Pisces/Revati ~ “A Fish Swimming in the Transcendental Ocean of Bliss”)

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments
Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds…
O no! It is an ever fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken…
(Sonnet 116 ~ Shakespeare)

Don’t give up on the reality of perfect, joyous and ever-lasting love. But know this: you’ll never find it until you realize the perfect, joyous, and ever-lasting love inside of you.

You are what you seek.  Open your eyes and see how everything is nothing other than what you project.

Thursday, March 18, 2010 (4th Waxing; Aries/Asvini ~ “The Twin Brothers Who Rescue Us With Truth and Hope”)

Okay enough with all this sickening sweetness already.  Time to ride out bareback onto the open prairie and find some damsel in distress to rescue at the last minute.  Or a hungry orphan to adopt.  Or a load to take off the back of a tired old man.

Who are you meant to serve in this lifetime? What story do you want to tell around the fire when your riding days of glory are over? If this were your last breath, what in your life just lived would bring the biggest smile to your lips?

Stop thinking about it.  Pretend the house is on fire.  And just do it.

Friday, March 19, 2010 (5th Waxing; Aries/Bharani ~ “The Boatman Who Rows You Across the River of Samsara”)

Call me weird, but I must confess that when Death arrives at my door with his crooked grin and poor timing I kinda feel like I’ve woken up from a dream to what’s really real.

Of course I don’t like the grief part.  At the same time, I feel so grateful with each Death who comes to visit for the opportunity to straighten things up for myself.  I like the resolutions I make to laugh at how foolish we are when we think we have a plan, to go ahead and love even when you know one day you’ll have to move on alone, and to not resist the tremendous urge I sometimes feel to run –  full on — into the ocean totally naked and shout “hurray!”

So what if the boatman arrives at your shore today? Are you ready to step aboard? Will you let him take you across the river of your fear, doubt, and insecurity over what you did in the past or what you’re worried about happening in the future — to the eternity of the present moment?

Saturday, March 20, 2010 (6th Waxing; Aries-Taurus/Krittika ~ “The Ascent of Kundalini, the Liberating Power”)

I must confess one thing: I genuinely love all people.

Sunday, March 21, 2010 (7th Waxing; Taurus/Rohini ~ “The Fertile Goddess”)

Have you been trying to conceive a child, a new career, a satisfying love life or even a single good idea for a long time, but nothing adheres?  All lights are green today.

Thinking about dumping the old paradigm, packing up the bags and heading out of town?  The train just arrived at the station.

Wondering if the karmic retribution due to you will ever be paid back in full?  The tax man is at your door with your refund check in hand (with compounded interest).

Tired of seeing everyone else get all the happy breaks, while you continue to pine away in your self-pity, unworthiness, and impoverishment of spirit? Good news! You’ve just placed first in swimsuit AND evening gown.

Now practice a bit more on the self-confidence act and you just might win this pageant, baby.