While bathing in silence from a recent Sadhana, the greatest song of all time arose, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin, I intently listened as the guitar intro began, followed by the iconic lyrics.
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven
Robert Plant, the lead singer of Led Zepplin, declared this song as a song of hope, and I give a bow of gratitude for there is no better song to represent Our New Moon in Dhanishta, "The Star of Symphony." Dhanishta is about as hopeful as you can get and has all the elements for success, being declared as a wealthy Nakshatra. However, it depends on what the definition of wealth means to you.
There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Everything that glitters is not gold. For the stairway of heaven cannot be bought, and in the same respect, no amount of money spent to prepare yourself for the climb will be wasted.
The symbol of Dhanishta is a drum. Drums are used as keepers of time and also a call to action. Also, a flute is used as a symbol. Both instruments are a reference to the Damaru of Shiva and Krishna's Flute. Both instruments are hollow, representing emptiness. Krishna and Shiva both allow the music of the divine to move through them, allowing for cosmic creation to arise out of the emptiness. One of the dangers of this nakshatra on a human level is to fill the emptiness with materialistic pursuits that will never satisfy the soul.
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
Cosmic creation is made possible by the Deities that presides over Dhanishta, "The Ashta Vasus." They are eight elemental gods representing nature's aspects as in the five elements and representing cosmic natural phenomenon (The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars). These eight elemental forces combined stand as keepers of the gates prepared to be called into action.
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
The gates are the steps of the Stairway to Heaven. Each step representing an elemental aspect correlating to the seven chakras that reside within each of us that is part of the soul's natural development. When all the chakras are in harmony you have climbed the stairway to heaven on Earth. When out of harmony you have created the opposite on Earth. Yes, there are two paths you can take, but the destination differs in the long run.
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind
Dhanishta covers two zodiac signs, Capricorn and Aquarius. Capricorn, an earth sign, is inherently working, slaving, and pursuing materialistic goals thinking they can buy whatever they want, including the stairway to heaven. Aquarius, an air sign, wants to take on the world's responsibility, the environment, and the gathering of humanity. Only when these two join hand in hand on a common goal will they be ready to climb the stairway to heaven, step by step.
Above and below the clouds
On the horizon of our first New Moon of the Lunar Calander, the drum is getting louder for a call to action. With Seven Planets (Sun-Moon-Saturn-Jupiter-Mercury-Venus-Pluto) in the sign of Capricorn, the weight of our current existence is grappled in *Kaal Sarpa Yoga with what we can learn from the past (South Node) and the future (North Node) we wish to create.
Mars rules the Moon Mansion of Dhanishta, and Saturn rules Capricorn. These two energies are on opposing sides, with Mars wanting to rush in and get everything done now so we can get back to normal and Saturn placing restrictions with slow and steady, so we don't miss anything.
- What area of life is the drum getting louder?
- Can you set some time aside to listen to the beat of your own drum?
- Are there areas that need to be emptied?
- Are you happy with your path?
Life is not a race and I hope at this point nobody gives a dam about how many toys they have, what they do for a living, or how much money they have. True wealth is of good character, thoughts and actions in harmony with yourself and others, Mother Earth and all of Creation.
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all is one and one is all, that's what it is
To be a rock and not to roll, oh yeah
And we’re climbing the Stairway to Heaven together!!!!!
Love & Wisdom
Sachi
