Pūrṇimā
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April’s bright moon culminates Wednesday evening in the constellation of Hasta (sidereal Virgo), the Star of the Hand. This Vedic lunar mansion is ruled by Savitṛ, the life giving aspect of the Sun, is symbolized by a hand, and it’s power or shakti lies in the ability to put one’s object of desire into one’s hand. This cycle is requesting us to release that which does not belong to us, so we can magnetize that which has always been ours.
I’ve titled April a month of New Beginnings: Self Inquiry & Celestial Healing. Eclipse season is around the corner, with the New Moon, Solar Eclipse in Aries on the 19th. Benevolent Jupiter makes his yearly transit from Pisces into Aries, where he’ll join Rahu (the North node) and Mercury retrogrades into Aries on the 21st. April is ripe with potential for deep investigation and healing.
Just like this constellation's animal totem, the female buffalo, who embodies the energies of abundance and prayer, Hasta awakens the power to gain what you are seeking and place it in the palm of your hand. Its whole energy is about seeking and acquiring the object of your desire. For the First Nations people, buffalo was considered sacred and was a major source of sustenance — as its entire body was honored and used, right down to the fur and bones.
Buffalo medicine reminds us to reconnect to the meaning of life and the value of peace, Hasta is about recalibration and development of our higher thinking to achieve our desires. Stay humble enough to attune with and ask higher power, Great Spirit, divinity, for assistance and to align with the frequency of gratitude for what you receive. If we could only get out of our own way, Nature has something even greater in store for us.
What would it take for you to loosen your grip, even just a little and surrender? The hand can be symbolized here by a fist that grasps, clings and is attached to controlling the outcome. From another perspective, the hand can be seen as outstretched and open, filled with creatively and refined craftsmanship… in flow and being of service.
As you hold the vision of that which you would like to manifest into fruition, realign with your intuition and higher thinking. Seek out the middle point -- neither clinging nor resisting. Get clear on who you are and where you want to go.
What are you ready to release? to make room for what you’re magnetizing with this lunation cycle. Expect the unexpected while keeping the glass half full perspective. Lean into the changes that are presenting themselves while following your heart and sticking to your personal truth.
This full moon is also Hanumān Jayantī, a day of honoring and celebrating the embodiment of devotion, friendship and courage.
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