Full Moon in Sidereal Cancer, Vedic Astrology Forecast
The Sanskrit translation of Ashlesha is ‘the Clinging Star’. It has the coiling quality of an embrace that comes from the depth of longing in the heart to hold someone or something. It is located in the last portion of Cancer in the Sidereal Zodiac and is associated with the constellation of Hydra, which the ancients from the Greeks to the Babylonians revered as the ‘Feminine Water Snake’.
Soma, the water of the Moon, is being consumed by Agni, the fire of the Sun.
On a new moon, the Sun and Moon merge and become One. This union creates a special yoga that represents completion.
Full Moon in Capricorn in Dhanistha Nakshtra. Finding your Rhythm
The moon will reach its peak fullness within Dhanistha Nakshatra is the lunar constellation at the very end of Capricorn. Dhanistha’s translation means ‘the wealthiest’ and ‘the most beneficent’’. The Ancients correlated Dhanishta with the drum, the heartbeat of the universe, and a sense of good timing.
New Moon & Solar Eclipse in Bharani Nakshatra
Our ancestors both feared and revered eclipses for their potentially disruptive influences on the Earth by way of weather & earth changes, and for their ability to stir to the surface layers of the subconscious, hidden impulses and the ripening of certain karmas from the Deep and previously unmanifest. Eclipses are not to be feared. All experiences we attract are necessary for our personal and collective evolution.