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"You are Agni, Svaha, Pitrgana, Svadha, the Ether, the endless Time, Space, and external objects. You are beyond comprehension, unmanifested and above form and shape. You are Kalaratri and the supreme eternal force."
- Kalikapurana
Art: Kali, Bengal School, Early 20th Century
Indian depictions of Shani (Saturn)
He is the god of Karma, justice and retribution. Shani also symbolises asceticism, sacrifice, penance, discipline, hard work & time itself. In iconography he often rides a crow & is associated with graveyards, prisons & factories.
"I poured in his ears lyrics of love:
O my life, my lover it’s you I want.
Life-giving arms, it’s you I crave.
Crazed lover, for you I thirst."
- Forugh Farrokhzad
Monday is the Day of the Moon. Withdraw inside of yourself. Explore the vast world of your subjectivity. Allow the things to go inside of you & feel them without judgement. Remember that the Moon is the Source of Light during the night & that we seek it during the darkest hours.
“Hold my hand in yours, and we will not fear what hands like ours can do.”
― The Epic of Gilgamesh
Art: Hand sketches by Dürer, Da Vinci & Del Sarto
"The Love of Jupiter and Juno", Annibale Carracci (1560 –1609), Italian
Chand Bibi (d.1599, wife of 'Ali 'Adil Shah I of Bijapur) is out hawking on a white horse; Hyderabad, c.1800
She was an Indian Muslim ruler and warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur Sultanate & Ahmednagar Sultanate.
“Woman Washing Her Face”, Hashiguchi Goyo (1880 - 1921), Japanese