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The Moon throughout the Month
The data indicate the nakṣatra and tithi present at sunrise in Varaire (France). Their combination provides a daily point of support for directing intention and choosing one of the month’s kriyās.
Āśleṣā reveals knots, attachments and mechanisms of control. Amāvasyā and the eclipse amplify perceptual disturbance: do not immediately turn feeling into decision.
Puṣya or Revatī only. Support and integration, without an intense target posture. Silence and rest take priority.
One main kriyā is enough. Revatī may serve only as a brief closing practice when the chosen practice leaves residual agitation. In cases of fatigue, shortness of breath, throat tension or emotional overload, choose Puṣya or Revatī directly.
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AstroYoga: applying Jyotiṣa to the practice of body, breath and inner conduct.
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Energy Forecast
August 2026 is a month of contained fire. The climate does not call for a more intense practice, but for the prevention of overreaction. The main risk comes from the following combination: a saturated nervous system, unstable perception and a wounded ego. When these three factors meet, speech cuts too quickly and decisions become excessive.
The core of the month is concentrated around 12 August: a new moon with a solar eclipse, in a climate already charged by Rahu in Dhaniṣṭhā and Mars in Ārdrā. The practical rule is strict: slow down before the peak, reduce exposure to conflict and make no irreversible decision while emotions are amplified.
After 17 August, the Sun and then Mercury move into Leo and Maghā. The focus shifts to identity, authority, role and image. Inner truth may become simpler; the ego may also harden. The end of the month therefore calls for less display and greater restraint.
Rahu in Dhaniṣṭhā establishes a more mobile, rhythmic nervous tempo.
The eclipse on 12 August makes perception less reliable.
Assessment of the three bodies
nervous system, shoulders, arms, neck, throat, back, heart, diaphragm, lungs, stomach, calves and ankles.
Prāṇa easily becomes rhythmic, electrical and dispersed.
The mind overinterprets before the eclipse, projects during the peak, then hardens around roles after 17 August. The danger is not only emotion, but premature conclusion.
Sequences
A gentle Dhaniṣṭhā practice to regulate rhythm; Puṣya for protection; avoid lengthy debates.
Keep practice short; reduce information; establish regular sleep, meals and breathing.
Use only a gentle version of Ārdrā. Give priority to rest, silence and exhalation.
Maghā to strip away image; Āśleṣā to clarify bonds; avoid ultimatums.
Dhaniṣṭhā and Revatī. Consolidate; do not restart too quickly.
Key dates
Be precise without criticising; protect sensitive speech; slow the tempo.
Withdrawal, relative silence and rest. No irreversible decisions.
Allow the ego to lose its hardness; clarify attachments.
Restrained speech; harmonise without aestheticising the problem.
Integrate; avoid overwork and emotional escalation.
Restart gently only if the rhythm has stabilised.
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The Dharma of Time
The Dharma of Time here means right conduct within a qualified time. In August, courage or sincerity alone is not enough. Inner fire must not become cutting speech, an irreversible decision or a demonstration of ego.
Clarify without humiliating.
Speak a truth in order to wound.
Protect the nervous system.
Close the heart through control.
Postpone the decision.
Make a decisive cut during the peak.
Strip away the image.
Save one’s role through hardness.
The main risk in August:« a truth delivered too quickly, born of breath held too high. »
Meditation guided by the cosmos
may fire become clarity, may speech wait for the breath, may action arise from peace rather than reaction.
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The practices
A kriyā is not an isolated posture. It is a three-stage unit of work: support posture, target posture and integration posture. The support posture prepares the ground. The target carries out the operation. Integration gathers the effect.
Protect
Sheltering kriyā: protect, nourish, then integrate for a long time.
Face, lungs, stomach, ribs
Lunar passage window: when the Moon crosses Puṣya, Mercury and Jupiter are activated. Use this kriyā to shelter the chest, protect the nervous system and prepare for the peak without overreacting.
Rule of reduction
When August is too charged, do not multiply kriyās. Return first to Puṣya or Revatī. If the breath becomes stable again, then choose the kriyā corresponding to the day’s threshold. If the breath does not stabilise, remain with long exhalations and simple sitting.
What restarts at the end of the month must be slower, less defensive, better verified and more peaceful.05
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