The heads of horses and the body of men is a clue to the cycle of this new Moon……not of this world, and not yet born.
Merging with the Sun in Aries, the April New Moon in Ashwini marks the start of movement an incitation of sorts. Occurring in the natural 1st house, the womb, the beginning of birth, the first becoming, a reorientation of self. The form beginning to become manifest.
The Sun is exalted in Aries the first house of Dharma, self-illuminating start. The embodiment of energy, swiftness and miracles. An intelligence as well as sharpness. A strength to move beyond limitations.
Yet we have a powerful Yama Yoga formed 12th from the Moon, involving the lord of Aries, Mars. Saturn and Mars in a Graha Yuddha ( a planetary war ) very heavy energy. Mercury is also joined with them and will soon be in exact degree on the 19th. The conflict in the waters, the endings and beginnings. This Yama Yoga with Mars and Satrun continues through May 11th.
The Kalasarpa Yoga sealing all planets between Rahu and Ketu gives the whole period a certain breathlessness, like being held inside a closed hand. The invitation is not to fight that enclosure but to look inward where the real movement is happening.
This new Moon cyle is not a time to start new projects; it is a time to focus on health and renewal, and restoration, a time for rest and recovery. The balancing of energy. This cycle is linked with the prana and the breath, the ida and pingala, the balancing of the hemispheres, the miracle of life. The emergence of the individual.
Ashwini is the most initiatory nakshatra, ruled by the horse-headed physicians who gifts are in miracles and rapid healing, yet the chart's overall message is let yourself be fully ready, let yourself be healed first.
Key dates to note: the intensity peaks around the 19th–21st, with some softening after. The Yama Yoga holds through May 11th, so patience with conflict and endings is needed well beyond this immediate week.
May we all find peace, and may we all pray actively for peace in the world.
Wishing you a beautiful New Moon Cycle of restoration and healing,
with infinite love and affection,
Siri Prakash
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