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New Moon in Virgo

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Happy New Moon!

This new moon falls in the sign of Virgo in the lunar house of Hasta culminating at 4:05 am PDT on October 6th, making tonight the height of the New Moon.  In Virgo, we have the Sun, Moon, and Mars all within one degree, and Mercury not too far away.  

This new moon marks the last night of Pitri Paksha, the fortnight of the ancestors.  If you haven’t remembered your ancestors over these last 15 days there’s still time to do it tonight! A small offering or remembrance will do.

From tomorrow it is the start of Navaratri, the Nine Nights of the Goddess Durga.  This is an important festival throughout India, and if you have access to a temple near you I highly recommend visiting!  Through the 9 nights, Durga is worshipped in a different form each night.  

The dark moon cycle is a time of shedding and letting go.  With 3 planets retrograde (Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury) we may be revisiting old themes at the moment and feel a bit unable to move forward.  With Saturn going direct next week we can expect some forward movement, especially if we are able to put the hard work and steadiness themes of Saturn into effect in our lives.

Though Mercury is retrograde, he has returned to his sign of exaltation of Virgo, which gives strength and goes direct right around the next full moon.  Virgo is connected to organizing and getting things in order, and retrograde brings editing and revisiting.  The New Moon in Hasta connects this next moon cycle with our hands, and the power we hold in them to actualize the things that we want in life.  So take rest and go inward tonight, and from tomorrow use this energy of Navaratri to begin to create and grow!

Love and Blessings,
Mrinmoyee
www.mrinmoyeeastrology.com

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Mrinmoyee Prajna

Mrinmoyee is in a long term love affair with Mother India, the land of her spiritual birth. She has lived primarily in India for the last 2 decades, and while she appreciates most all aspects of the culture, Vedic Astrology, Meditation, and Devotional pactices have been her primary focus.

Having grown up on the East coast of the United States, she deeply sees the need for the Vedic sciences in the modern Western life. She lived for 10 years in an Indian Buddhist spiritual community in North India where meditation and seva (service) were the foundations of her practice. Here she experienced the traditional teachings passed down through a lineage that is customary in India. As her interest in Vedic Astrology grew it took her to different regions and teachers of India and the US. She has studied Vedic Astrology for the last 10 years, and has given hundreds of readings to people all over the world in the last 5 years.

She offers introductory workshops on Vedic Astrology, and retreats in India. But the main focus of her work is personalized birth chart consultations. She has studied with both traditional and modern teachers, and gives a traditional analysis of the chart combined with a modern, applicable interpretation. While Vedic Astrology is Hindu in its origins, a person need not be following that path to benefit from her readings. Advice on career, relationships, finances, ideal living locations, and spirituality are just some of the areas of life that can be covered in a session.