MARCIA SACKS

The New Moon is on Thursday, February 27 at 6:44 pm in 9° Pisces. Actually, there are a lot of planets in Pisces right now, making it a very 'watery' time. Water signs, like Pisces, enhance our intuitive nature but make us hyperaware of all the suffering that's going on around us. It can be helpful to cleanse or strengthen your own aura - not to block out the world - but to be more attuned to the unlimited flow of Divine Goodness and to be able to send that Goodness back out as a blessing to all beings.

Cleansing your aura can be as easy as taking a pleasantly warm shower, especially after work or after a difficult human interaction.  For those of you who have learned pranayama - yoga breathing techniques - those with the rapid in and out of the breath (such as the bellows breath),  give your aura a good shake, like taking a dusty rug outside and flapping it in the wind.  More simply, walking in nature, especially a walk by a river or around a pond can be aura cleansing.
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For aura strengthening, try this: standing straight, arms at your sides, turn your palms up, begin to inhale and raise your arms out to the side and over your head till your palms touch together. As you are bringing your arms up, imagine that you are pulling beautiful white or golden light up around you, from below your feet and over the top of your head. Turn your palms 'face out' and as you exhale, push the light further out around you as you bring your arms back down to your sides. Do this a few times and then relax. (PS -  If you have any physical limitations, do this sitting down, laying down, or just use your imagination and picture yourself doing it.)

NEW CLASS! 
How to Read Tarot Cards
with Marcia Sacks, Swami K. Adinadananda
4 weeks beginning Friday, March 14, 5 pm CST via Zoom

Learn to read Tarot Cards and understand their symbols and deeper meaning including a Kriya Yoga and astrological perspective.

Recommended deck: Rider-Waite Tarot (also called Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot)
Recommended text: A Complete Guide to the Tarot by Eden Gray
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There is no charge for this class because I am paying forward the generosity of my guru, Goswami Kriyananda and his abundant sharing of wisdom with his disciples. Because Tarot tradition requires some sort of energy exchange, I'd like you to send me a message requesting to be in the class - that's an easy energy exchange :) If you are moved to do so, consider making a donation to a charity that represents what you would most like to see manifest in the world.

Kriya Yoga Teachings
This Sunday, March 2, 10 am via Zoom

Life fulfillment, maximizing yoga's yamas and niyamas to unfold your life's journey
with Swami Rakshananda (Gary Wager)

The yamas and niyamas are a detailed map of where you are in your unfoldment and potential of your life.  They free you to take ownership of your life, directing it to the fulfillment that all seek. 

Email: [email protected] to receive the Zoom link. All are welcome.

Online:

​So grateful for this The Astrology Podcast episode with Jason Holley, not only because I love experiential astrology and use it when I teach, but also because he honors my beloved friend, and sister in the dharma, the late Barbara Schermer. Her book Astrology Alive! is sadly out of print but available as a used book.  Barbara and I studied together with Goswami Kriyananda and she was an inspiration and mentor to me as I began my astrology practice.

The Full Moon is on Wednesday, February 12 at 7:53 a.m. CST in 24° Leo. Each individual will find success and strength the clearer they are at knowing who they really are. Find your authentic self. Use your leadership abilities to help improve the human condition.

This Full Moon is square to Uranus at 23° Taurus. Unexpected changes of plan. Unusual happenings. At the Friday morning Q&A*, we talked a lot about our experiences with the Uranus stationary point on January 30th. Chaos in general and weird weather. But we also shared about heightened creative energy and new ideas. This will continue with the lunation. New moons and full moons are triggers to aspects, so this Full Moon may revisit these chaotic and creative type of situations from the past few weeks.

In the future:
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Mars is going direct on February 24 at 17° Cancer. Projects and programs that have seemed to be spinning their wheels will begin to move forward. But slowly. Mars is trine Saturn, a good aspect for carefully laying foundations. Don't let that Mars impatience impel you into hasty actions and decisions. Planning is where it's at.

Coming up:

*Weekly Open Q&A: Astrology, Kriya Yoga, and the Path of the Mystic
http://www.kriyastrology.com/classes.html
With Marcia Sacks, Swami K. Adinadananda
Fridays, 11 am - 12 pm CST via Zoom
This Friday we start with a question that was asked last week about intuition and having confidence in your intuition.

Registration is required to receive the Zoom link and any changes to the schedule. Register by sending your request to join in an email or contact me through my website here: http://www.kriyastrology.com/contact.html

Kriya Yoga Teachings

Sunday, March 2, 10 am CST via Zoom

KYT is a fellowship of swamis, disciples, and students of Goswami Kriyananda. Our purpose is to share the ancient, timeless teachings of Kriya Yoga as taught by Kriyanandaji, who founded the Temple of Kriya Yoga over 60 years ago in Chicago. We will start by offering inspirational talks on the first Sunday of the month, at 10 a.m., CST. Via Zoom. The 20-minute talks will be followed by a group discussion. All are welcome! 

To be on the mailing list for the March 2 zoom link and for future notifications of events, please email: [email protected]

Here's the February 2 video with Swami Mahashastrananda speaking about Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: