Art/Yoga Fusion, Los Angeles, CA (2025)

10/08/2025

✨ The word Nakshatra carries the vibration of the cosmos. ✨

From the root naksh — to approach, worship, or attain — and the suffix tra — that which serves as an instrument — the Nakshatras were once seen as bridges between human consciousness and the cosmic mind.

Each star cluster whispers an ancient invitation:
to remember our celestial origins and awaken the divine within.

— Dennis Harness, Ph.D., Nakshatras

🌙 Journey with me through this cosmic exploration:
👉 Support Nakshatra Totem on Kickstarter (link in bio)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

10/07/2025

🌙✨ Did you know that the Nakshatras are often called the lunar zodiac, while the 12 signs are the solar zodiac?

As Dennis Harness, Ph.D. explains:
“In the history of ideas, one could argue that a lunar zodiac of Nakshatras would precede one of the twelve signs… It was probably only after discovering such a lunar zodiac that a solar zodiac would have become necessary as an additional refinement to deal with the seasons and the year.”

The Nakshatras remind us of a time when humanity’s first connection to the heavens was guided by the Moon’s rhythm—its cycles, intuition, and mysteries—long before the 12-sign solar zodiac came into being. 🌌

I’m channeling this ancient wisdom into the
Nakshatra Totem Deck, which will launch on the New Moon, October 21st. 🌑

Follow my journey and support the project here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem
(Link also in bio)

10/06/2025

✨ Did you know? Vedic Astrology is rooted in an ancient lunar zodiac that predates the 12-sign system we know today. 🌙

This Nakshatra system, 27 lunar mansions, connects us to a more primal rhythm of human culture and intuition. It remains the foundation of Jyotish, carrying profound wisdom, archetypes, and predictive power. To truly understand our origins and our most intimate bond with the heavens, the Nakshatras are the guiding key. 🌌
I’m honored to be bringing this ancient wisdom into form through The Nakshatra Totem Deck—launching on the New Moon, October 21st. 🌑✨
Follow my journey and support the project here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem
(Link also in bio)

Phalguni

09/29/2025

✨ The Sky as Our First Teacher ✨

“The sky is our original teacher of meaning and mystery of life and our purpose in this transient realm that we are striving to understand throughout our existence. Most ancient people believed that the soul travelled to the world of the stars after death, returning to the gods and ancestors from whom we arose. Some parts of the celestial sphere were regarded as more exalted than the others like the northern sky, the stars of the Big Dipper or Great Bear, called the Seven Sages by many cultures like the Hindus and the Chinese, and the pole star, identified with the Creator or Cosmic Lord (Vishnu). The stars of the zodiacal belt had a particular importance as reflecting and projecting heavenly influences that the planets travelling through them energized. They were the doors to the world of heaven.”
— Dennis Harness, Ph.D., Nakshatras 🌌

🌙 Since the beginning of time, the stars have been guides — holding our myths, our ancestors, and our longing for meaning. The nakshatras carry this ancient wisdom forward, reminding us that the heavens are not distant, but a mirror of our own soul.

Follow my journey as I prepare to launch the Nakshatra Totem Deck on the New Moon, October 21st 🌑

Kickstarter link in bio or here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

09/28/2025

🦋 Sacred Animals of the Nakshatras 🦋

“When analyzing the nakshatras, I started finding that understanding the sacred animal and which deity it is connected to had a major impact on how I understood them. I have included the sacred animal in each nakshatra analysis.”
— Komilla Sutton, The Nakshatras: The Stars Beyond the Zodiac ✨

🌑 Each nakshatra carries the spirit of an animal and its divine connection. These pairings reveal deeper layers of personality, instinct, and spiritual meaning.

This wisdom is at the heart of the Nakshatra Totem Deck — honoring both the deities and their sacred animals.

Follow my journey as I prepare to launch on the New Moon, October 21st 🌙

Kickstarter link in bio or here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

09/27/2025

🦋 The Animal Connection — Sacred Animal and Yoni 🦋
“The animal symbols of the nakshatras are full of deep meanings and esoteric significance. They indicate personality, behavior, and spiritual connection… The animal speaks to the primal energy and starting point of the nakshatra, where much of its power rests. Animals play an important role in Vedic mythology; every deity has a sacred companion.”
— Komilla Sutton, The Nakshatras: The Stars Beyond the Zodiac 🐘✨

🌑 Each nakshatra carries an animal spirit — a mirror of instinct, energy, and connection to the cosmos. This is why I have centered the Nakshatra Totem Deck on the deities and their animals.
Follow my journey as I prepare to launch on the New Moon, October 21st 🌙

Kickstarter link in bio or here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

09/26/2025

🌙 The Shifting Energy of the Moon 🌙

“Each nakshatra, and therefore each day, has a different energy, which the Moon reflects and everybody feels throughout that day. The transit position of the Moon in different nakshatras can make a difference to your life on a very personal level as well. Each day the Moon, as it is moving now, will have a slightly different relationship to the birth Moon and sometimes the aspect will be good and easy, sometimes difficult, and the energy you experience will have a different quality.”
— Komilla Sutton, The Nakshatras: The Stars Beyond the Zodiac ✨

Every day the Moon weaves a new rhythm, shaping our inner and outer experience. Some days flow with ease, others bring challenge — but each carries its own wisdom. 🌑✨

Follow my journey as I prepare to launch the Nakshatra Totem Deck on the New Moon, October 21st 🌑

Kickstarter link in bio or here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

09/25/2025

✨ The Wisdom of the Nakshatras ✨

“The nakshatras show the complex working of the mind and the underlying emotional energy behind every planet. In natal chart analysis, there is static and dynamic analysis: In static analysis, we study the nakshatra to ascertain the quality of the mind, not just from the position of the Moon but also for all the other planets. We want to know gandanta positions, ashtamamsha, vargottama, pushkara. There are certain nakshatras that are difficult by nature, so we need to know how to deal with them if we have planets in them. The Moon nakshatra gives us the auspicious name consonant or vowel.”
— Komilla Sutton, The Nakshatras: The Stars Beyond the Zodiac 🌙

🌑 The nakshatras are more than stars — they reveal the hidden emotional energy and subtle layers of our mind. Each one carries both gifts and challenges, shaping the way we live, love, and understand ourselves.

✨ Which nakshatra is your Moon in? Have you explored its symbolism?

Follow my journey as I prepare to launch the Nakshatra Totem Deck on the New Moon, October 21st 🌑
Kickstarter link in bio or here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

09/24/2025

✨ Nakshatras represent the lunar mandala ✨
“The study of the nakshatra placements are very personal and understanding their points in your natal chart will lead you to a much deeper understanding of your inner motivation and tensions. They are best reached through their symbols: meditate on them and on their meaning. Their study, even in your own chart, is the work of a lifetime; they work on many different levels and their full meaning is only revealed over time.”
— Komilla Sutton, The Nakshatras: The Stars Beyond the Zodiac
🌙 The Nakshatras are more than star clusters — they are gateways to self-understanding. Each one carries symbols, stories, and energies that unfold slowly across a lifetime.
How do you connect with the stars? Do you meditate on their symbols or notice their rhythms in your life? ✨
Follow my journey as I launch the Nakshatra Totem Deck on the New Moon, October 21st 🌑
Kickstarter link in bio or here:
👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

09/23/2025

When I was researching for the Nakshatra Totem Deck, I came across a passage from Carl Jung in Man and His Symbols that deeply influenced my work. Jung writes:

“The Self is often symbolized as an animal, representing our instinctive nature and its connectedness with one's surroundings. (That is why there are so many helpful animals in myths and fairy tales.) This relation of the Self to all surrounding nature and even the cosmos probably comes from the fact that the "nuclear atom" of our psyche is somehow woven into the whole world, both outer and inner. All the higher manifestations of life are somehow tuned to the surrounding space-time continuum. Animals, for example, have their own special foods, their particular home-building materials, and their definite territories, to all of which their instinctive patterns are exactly tuned and adapted. Time rhythms also piay their part: We have only to think of the fact that most grass-eating animals have their young at precisely the time of year when the grass is richest and most abundant. With such considerations in mind, a well-known zoologist has said that the "inwardness" of each animal reaches far out into the world around it and "psychifies" time and space.”

What struck me most was Jung’s insight into animals as carriers of wisdom—symbols of instinct, adaptation, and connection with the cosmos. This idea of the Self appearing through animal forms became an important inspiration for the Nakshatra Totem Deck.

You can follow my campaign on Kickstarter through the link in my bio, or here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

The campaign will launch on October 21st (the next New Moon).

09/22/2025

Hi Everyone,

I’d love to share a little more about my new oracle deck, The Nakshatra Totem.

You can follow my campaign on Kickstarter through the link in my bio or here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

✨ The campaign launches October 21st (the next New Moon). ✨

There are so many ways to use the deck. Here are a few ideas:

Pick a card at random and explore any synchronicities or messages that resonate with your life.

Draw a card and use it as a prompt for meditation, journaling, or another form of creative expression.

Choose a card that speaks to you and work with it in meditation, journaling, or creative practice.

Use a card in community—as a discussion or meditation prompt in a dyad or group setting.

Try a 27-day journey: pick one card a day and let it guide your meditation, journaling, or creative expression.

Track the Moon’s path through the Nakshatras with a Vedic Astrology app or tool, and deepen your connection by working with the Nakshatra currently in the sky.

Discover your personal Nakshatras: work with a Vedic astrologer, use an astrology tool, or connect message me.

You may want to place those cards on your altar or in a sacred space at home to honor their archetypal wisdom in your life journey.

09/21/2025

I’m excited to share something close to my heart. On this New Moon, I am pre-launching my new oracle deck, The Nakshatra Totem.

✨ Sign up to get notified about the official launch on October 21st — the next New Moon:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyapatrinos/nakshatra-totem

In Vedic Astrology, as the Moon travels around the Earth, it crosses the Sun’s path about twenty-seven times each year. These points along the ecliptic are known as the Nakshatras, or Lunar Mansions.

Traditionally, the Nakshatras have been described as the twenty-seven wives of the god Soma (Chandra) or the daughters of the deity Daksha. Unlike other deities, they have no detailed legends, no personal stories, and very little to define them besides their symbols and astronomical positions.

I began to wonder: Who are the Nakshatras themselves? What might they say if they could speak directly to us?

During my research, I discovered that each Nakshatra has a companion animal. Carl Jung once wrote that the self is often symbolized by an animal that represents our instinctual nature. I felt these sacred animal totems could help unlock the deeper voices of the Nakshatras — giving them shape, story, and spirit.

I had a deep intuition that building a relationship with the Nakshatras could invite us into a sacred experience of the numinous. This constellation of celestial deities feels like a matrix of wisdom, offering insight into our relationship with nature, our spiritual psychology, and even ecological healing.

In response to their missing stories, I created The Nakshatra Totem as a post-lineage womanist project — weaving together archetypal psychology, Indigenous philosophy, and Vedic Astrology.
Through this deck, the Nakshatras finally have the chance to speak in the first person, sharing who they are and what they offer to modern seekers.

The Nakshatra Totem is more than an oracle deck. It is an offering — a way to reconnect with forgotten deities, animal archetypes, and the timeless wisdom of the stars.

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