Happy New Moon in Libra. This is also Diwali, the Festival of Lights as practiced as a Hindu tradition marking the celebration of light over darkness, good over evil. The rites include lighting lights and lamps as a symbol of bringing the Sun into our lives and hearts. Another includes placing Ganesh and Lakshmi at the top of an altar on top of rice or grains with a lotus flower drawn on top to usher in abundance and remove obstacles. Lakshmi is the goddess of abundance a

Today’s Full Moon is in the sign of Libra based on the sidereal zodiac used in Vedic Astrology. Libra is the masculine expression of Venus, a place where ideas about our happiness and connection to others form and fluctuate -- based on the development and growth of Venus in our own personal charts. If Venus is immature, we may find that our happiness is tied to ‘what other people think of us’ as opposed to ‘connecting to divine’ and letting go of expectations we have of othe

On May 7th at 5:45AM CDT in the sidereal zodiac the Moon is full in the sign of Libra, specifically in the Nakshatra (star map) of Vishakha. One symbol for Vishakha is a decorated gateway which indicates triumph, or a goal achieved. The Nakshatra before it is Swati, where the triumph actually occurs - think of a runner crossing the finish line and the ribbon is a symbol of Vishakha. This transit of the Full Moon in Vishakha can carry with it a sense of longing or a feeling