Moon in Pushya

Indian astrology divides the sky into twenty-seven nakshatras, or lunar mansions. The Moon crosses about one a day, and the one it is in colours the day.

The nourishing star, the steadiest of the twenty-seven. Feed something: a friendship, a habit, yourself.

A Rikta tithi in the waning fortnight — the emptiest of the lunar days. The tradition clears on these and starts nothing.

Try this: say no to one thing, so you can say yes properly to another.