Oct. Full Moon 2024
- Didileia
- Oct 10, 2024
- 3 min read
FULL MOON - High Tide, Share
17th October, 10:26 p.m., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sidereal Zodiac: Ashwini Nakshatra in Aries (Aries Pada)
CELEBRATE and express appreciation for all that we have.
WANING
Share, give back, contribute abundance.
Empty and release and let go.
Then RETREAT to restore and re-energise at New Moon.
MAKING IT EASIER FOR PARENTS
Southern Hemisphere Season: Middle of Spring
Dosha: Vata-Kapha
Seasonal qualities: Cold-warm, dry-moist, light-heavy
Predominant Taste: Astringent
Balance with opposites: More pungent, light sweet and salty.
Balance your individual metabolic type within the seasonal qualities and energies. Note that transition times between seasons requires attention and diligence to dynamically balance observable qualities with opposites. It is good to stay close to our body, listen, feel, and pay close attention to what it is showing us, and what we are thinking and feeling. Then take necessary action for personal balance and well-being.
Food suggestions: Light, easy-to-digest food that is adequately warm and moist to prevent dryness. Vegetarian food comes into its own at this time. Soups and stir fries are good. Rice Biryani dishes with almonds or pistachios. Dhal with chappatis. Pasta with basil and pistachio pesto. Stewed apple with a teaspoon of ghee. Stewed rhubarb. Mashed celeriac and sweet potato.
OBSERVING NATURE, CHOOSING BALANCE
A MOTHER'S REFLECTIONS
Balancing Vata
Vata is the first dosha to address for our physical health. Vata is the principle of movement and the energetic force within nature that animates, brings life and movement, and transports all other elements throughout our body. It's main site physiologically is in the colon where it governs absorption and elimination, and put simply, the sufficient removal of waste has prime impact on our health and inner harmony; like emptying a rubbish bin and not letting it overflow back into the systems of our body. Balancing Vata is key for us all!
The master form of Vata is Prana, the very breath of life that causes us to be alive, breathing, and moving. The strength of Prana is aliveness, adaptability, lightness, lack of stagnancy.
Excess Vata is reflected by too much movement in all its forms, erratic movement, depletion, and ungroundedness. "Flighty" is a word that comes to mind. Dryness is a key sign of excess movement, like a constant dessicating wind with cold, bitter, astringent qualities that dries and wears away and wears out. It may move until it wears out, never choosing a moderate, steady rhythm that enables healthy transformation and stabilisation.
For inner well-being, our Jyotish chart reflects Vata in the planet Saturn, and often with Mercury, and the lunar node Rahu. Saturn represents earthly limitation and boundary, and the effort we must make to do what is needed in life. This inevitably brings feelings of grief. Rahu represents strong desire and compulsion to develop a capacity or area of life within us, and this can bring confusion, anxiety, and unsteadiness. Mercury represents our intellect and the ability to gather facts, directly observe, and desire to communicate. Mercury likes to be neutral and sociable and when we meet with disapproval or lack of being seen and heard, this also brings grief. Too much information gathering can also create ungroundedness with contemplating too many ideas and opinions. What these aspects of our nature have in common are qualities of bitterness, coldness, dryness, erratic movement, and excessive movement. All the qualities of Vata. The Moon is also swift in her movement and our flow of feeling can also unground us if we don't digest our feelings and thoughts effectively.
I also experience that when we have a lot of Jupiter in our nature, i.e. broad awareness and a heart for life at large, the busyness of our thought and feeling to seek solutions and bring broad awareness and kindness can make us be "too much in our head" and not be grounded in our body and breath. Jupiter is related to the element of space, akash, and hearing. Too much Jupiter can impact the next element of air which is Vata. If we have our Sun and Mars in Jupiter signs, Sattvic Pitta, we will have the dual impact of heat and air which will dry us out internally if we don't express our inner fire out of ourselves in constructive ways.
These are some things to consider with Vata, and balance with steadiness, routine, warmth, moisture, and healthy sweetness.
