LUNAR ECLIPSE - MARCH 14, 2025

The Full Moon is a Lunar Eclipse on Friday, March 14, at 1:54 am CDT in 23° Virgo.  If emotions are high at a normal Full Moon, they are intensified in the days before and after the Lunar Eclipse. Eclipses bring change, so we look at aspects to the Moon to see if those changes will be harmonious or inharmonious. The Moon in this Lunar Eclipse is opposed to Saturn at 22° Pisces and, of course, the Sun at 23° Pisces. Saturn in this configuration makes it a difficult time for changes, often indicating that the changes could be forced on you by a boss or other authority figure (or the government).  Under any Saturn aspect, tasks will take longer than planned or be a greater commitment than described. .
 
With the Moon in Virgo involved, there is a tendency for everyone to ramp up complaints and critiques. While Virgo types might imagine they are being helpful pointing out the faults of others, Pisces types take it personally and feel hurt or victimized. 
 
Goswami Kriyananda taught that "santosha" or contentment was the most important of the yogic observances. In his book "The Spiritual Science of Kriya Yoga" he explains that verbal contentment means not complaining. I talked about this in my noon meditation last Sunday for the Light of Kriya Sangha. The video is listed below.
 
If you want a Lunar Eclipse challenge, try a "complaint fast". So instead of going for 24 hours without food as a spiritual discipline, try going without verbally complaining about anything for 24 hours. If you think that won’t be too hard, step up your game and try not to complain silently in your mind for that time.

I love reflecting on the actual astronomy of the planets. For something new about Saturn, check out this article about The Moons of Saturn.

Online:
I gave a talk for the Light of Kriya Yoga Sangha last Sunday called "Bloom Where You are Planted." Along with my thoughts about living in this wondrous garden of God and how to gain more contentment, there is also a guided healing meditation at the end.

This week:
My four-week "How to Read Tarot Cards" starts this Friday, March 14 at 5 pm central time via Zoom. Class description and registration information. 

Coming Up:

Kriya Yoga Teachings invites you to a short talk and meditation to celebrate the arrival of the Sun at 0° Aries, the start of spring, and a time for new beginnings.

Vernal Equinox: The Blessing of New Beginnings
Thursday, March 20, 2025
12 noon central time via Zoom
With Swami K. Adinadananda (Marcia Sacks)
Email: [email protected] for the zoom link

Ongoing:

The topic for this week's talk and discussion is "Reincarnation" at Astrology Kriya Yoga and the Path of the Mystic (every Friday at 11 a.m. central time).  Class description and registration information.

Astrology Study Group: once a month Q&A or occasional webinar. Description and registration.

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