Hello and welcome to the Cosmic Nomad.
I'm your host, Bailey Rushlow, and this is a space for the
curious and the heart lead where we explore the human experience
through travel, nature, spirituality, and real life
transformation through beautiful conversations.
As I discover my way of living what I call an inspired life, I
share the practices, stories and perspectives that have helped
guide me back to myself. Hello everyone.
Welcome to today's episode of the Cosmic Nomad.
So glad you're here. Happy Tuesday to you.
And if you have ever wondered why these episodes come out on a
Tuesday, I'm going to tell you maybe you've never wondered that
in your life. But that's my intro to this
episode because we are going on a little journey into something
that we all experience, but we don't often stop to question
which is time. We live in a world structured by
7 days named thousands of years ago, and each day and each
energy of each day carries a very specific energy.
There is the day of the Moon, Monday, the day of Mars, the day
of Venus and and so on. And we can trace this back often
the time and the naming of time and the naming of days and
months and all the stuff to the ancient Romans, which brought a
lot of wonderful things into this world and also a lot of
really not so great things. And you know, as as did many
cultures around the world, right?
We're not trying to hate on the Romans, but they were one of the
most influential civilizations that greatly impacted and
continue to impact our lives today in the modern world.
They did not come up with this whole system.
Like they inherited the names that they called the days of the
week and all of that from older civilizations, the Greeks and
the Babylonians that were sky watchers.
They they mapped the heavens and they were the first ones to ever
notice that there were well, I mean, as far as our modern day
history three goes, which you know, is questionable, the
validity of all of that. But according to that, the
Babylonians are the first ones to really recognize the seven
energy planets around our solar system and named each planet as
if each one had its own archetype.
And then the days of the week were named after those planets.
And again, I don't align with everything from the Roman Empire
or the systems that it birthed. However, this is the structure
we've inherited, right? It is, it is the one we are
still living inside. And so the question becomes, how
do we move with awareness inside a structure that we didn't
create? Because time is.
I have one of my good friends says that time is a soup time.
Time is very layered. Time is not linear.
Time holds stories and patterns and things that we've inherited
without even realizing it. And when we remember how to move
differently and more intentionally and more
creatively with time and more in tune with the natural pulse that
is beneath it all, the natural pulse of the natural world that
we are a part of, right? We're not separate, but we
forget. We forget about that.
But you know, we are a part of a bigger whole.
We can align our lives so interestingly.
And in this episode, we're going to explore the origins of the
seven day week, where the names actually came from, and then how
the energy expresses itself through the day and how we can
work with it as a collaboration. Someone first introduced me to
this idea a few years ago, and I literally have it written down
on a piece of paper in front of me that has been hanging on my
wall since then. And I have Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday written down.
And then which planet aligns with that day?
And then what is the energetic archetype of that day and the
things that would be really good for me to align my day with.
The Romans didn't create the system, they inherited it,
right? But the people they inherited it
from named the planets and the days of the week after them as a
form of connection. And the Romans took that system
and they restructured it and they created empire it, Well, I
mean, they created empire. Empire was created, but they,
they ran with it, right? And it became very political
time and weeks and months and seasons became shaped by
taxation cycles and religion. Someone might wonder, like, OK,
but by working with these planetary energies, isn't that
just giving power back to the Roman Empire, right?
Isn't that just being a part of this system that they created
for control? And I think that it is about
remembering that the sacred point of connection that was the
original blueprint for our cycles was never truly taken
away completely. And the awareness itself of this
is like an act of reclamation. And this is the, the timeline
that we've inherited, right? We are already living inside
this calendar, but we're not necessarily moving through it
consciously and with awareness. And so when I align the with the
energy of the day, I'm actually feeling into the ancient peoples
who lived by the sky and the seasons and tuning into how to
be awake inside of the system. And that is literally, I think,
what all of us are going to have to get really good at in the
coming years. If you have not already been
working on that in general with the spiritual awakening that is
happening around the world, I'm sure you are, if you're
listening to this, most likely you are awake inside the system
to some capacity. And our job is to remember that
we are free to move differently within the system.
That even though we didn't choose it, even though we didn't
personally create it or curate it, yes, we may have inherited
it and yes, we do have a part in it.
It's still really incredible that we can kind of remember the
origin and remember the the myths that our time and culture
was literally founded upon. So that's part of my deep
fascination with this and what I started to notice as I began to
align my week with the days of the week with different energies
of the different days, I started to feel like things were flowing
with a lot more ease. And you would have to try this
for yourself, of course, to know for certain how this works and
if it works for you, if you feel the difference.
For me, I did and I do. And I don't live every single
minute of every day by the energies of the week.
I think it's very similar to my perspective on astrology.
Like I honestly have found so much benefit to working with
astrology in my life. And it it's a deeper
relationship than just like, oh, I'm a Capricorn.
So I do XY and Z. Like that's not a right
relationship with astrology in the way that it could be, in the
way that could be most beneficial to you.
It is a way, it's not a wrong way, but it definitely could be
deeper and more intentional, right?
And when it is, what happens, we have, we're way more aware.
We move through the world with more ease.
We're not out here worshipping the planets and worshipping the
astrology signs and the constellations, but when we move
with awareness in relationship to them, we feel a huge
difference and a huge shift in the way that we flow.
This is a little bit of a long intro, but I just really wanted
to give you all of the back story for all of the things.
So moving into the first day of the week, we have Sunday.
You might be like Bailey. No, Monday is the first day of
the week. Actually, no, Sunday is Sunday,
the day of the sun, the day of vitality, of preparation, of
revitalization. It is the creative pulse.
It is the life giver, right? And it's interesting how in our
week today, it's the end of the week and it is usually a day
we're really tired and we're not looking forward to Monday, the
next day when the week quote starts, right?
And what if we could see it as the day that it actually is, the
first day of the week meant to begin in brightness, right?
So how can we align with it? Maybe you create a morning
ritual that is getting sunlight on your skin within the first
hour of waking. That honestly should be an
everyday thing if possible because it regulates your
circadian rhythm and it boosts serotonin.
So obviously a great first thing to do, but I could imagine that
you spend time expressing yourself and your essence.
Maybe this is having creative time scheduled creative time to
sing, write, paint, plan, decorate, whatever that thing
is. That is you expressing your
essence in the same way that the sun expresses their light,
right? Maybe you spend time with people
that make you feel alive and vibrant.
You could even wear the colors of the day.
Maybe on this day you wear gold and orange and yellow warm
colors. You eat citrusy foods and and
grains and yellow and orange vegetables and taste honey,
right? This is this is this is how we
spend Sunday. We go and picnics under big
trees in beautiful sunny parks. We swim and splash in water and
in in lakes or pools or wherever you're at if it is not sunny
where you are. I remember living in a place
during the winter that was very not sunny, and I got myself a
little sunlight, and it was called a happy light.
And it replicates sunlight in your eyes.
And it's an incredible tool to fight a seasonal affective
disorder. OK.
And then a little lightning round here at the end, which is,
if Sunday had a song, what would it be?
And the feeling that I had was walking on Sunshine by Katrina
and the waves, of course. Here Comes the Sun by The
Beatles and Don't Stop Me Now by Queen moving along to Monday,
the 2nd day of the week and the day of the moon, Monday, Moon
day. The theme of the moon typically
is intuition, emotion, reflection.
The energy is inward and soft. It is a day to honor your
emotions, to be mindful to eat food to and I I know that that
sounds maybe funny to someone like be mindful to eat food, but
really nourish yourself. The moon also governs fluid, our
waters, our blood, hormones and your internal landscape.
So this is the perfect day for a check in attunement to yourself,
setting intentions for the week of what feels most aligned for
you and nourishment, nourishment, nourishment,
whatever that looks like for you.
If it's home care, maybe it's washing your sheets.
You know, on, on Monday, I wash my sheets.
I, I cook soup, I reset my space.
I take care of my plants. I eat warm foods like soup and
broth or oatmeal. Or, you know, give yourself
permission for gentleness, for hydration, for breathing, for
stretching. You could ask yourself in a
journal entry, how do I actually feel today?
And be actually honest with yourself.
Maybe for colors, if you wanted to wear something to match the
day, you could wear white or silver or light blue lightning.
Round song of the day for Monday is Moon River.
Audrey Hepburn, Clair de Lune by Debussy and Holocene by
Bonneville. The next day we flow into is
today, Tuesday, the day of Mars. Mars is the energy of courage
and movement and action. It is the element of fire.
It is doing and deciding and acting, which is why I decided
to release my episodes for The Cosmic Nomad on Tuesday.
That was planned by me based on the energy and the archetype of
this day. It's the day for initiation, for
moving the energy, for knocking out tasks that you need to do,
for taking initiative, for executing what needs to be done.
And you know, this does not match Monday's energy at all.
They are totally different. Monday was internal and quiet
and nourishment, and today is like, let's go, let's do it
right. If you have something that you
really need to get done, today's your day, babe.
Today is the day the universe is conspiring in your paper.
That's the energy of Tuesday. That's the energy of Mars.
So if you need to dance, sweat, move the energy out, do it.
If you want to eat foods, eat spicy foods, maybe root
vegetables, iron, rich greens. And if you want to wear colors
that match it, maybe Mars colors, OK, red, rusty, deep
brown. This is just a fun way to
connect. You obviously don't have to wear
the colors. It's just fun, OK, And the music
Lightning Round for Mars Tuesday is Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
and also this. I know the lyrics don't really
fit, but the vibe does carry on. My wayward son by Kansas.
All right. Wednesday.
Wednesday is the day of Mercury. Mercury's energy is all about
communication, adaptability, play, curiosity, learning.
It is the the energy of the mind.
It is about ideas and truth and networking and brainstorming and
being mindful of your words. Wednesday is the perfect day for
writing, studying, connecting, expressing ideas, creating your
podcast episode, writing captions, planning launches,
maybe call a friend, collaborator, take a class,
listen to a lecture. The colors of Mercury are yellow
and sky blue and light Gray. It's kind of a day where
reflection and movement meet in the middle.
It is kind of the middle of the week, right?
So we've got a little bit of introspection going on and a
little bit of outward expansion. And the song of the day for me
is Golden Hour by Jake. All right, moving on to
Thursday. Thursday is the day of expansion
and abundance. It is Jupiter day, our largest
planets outside of our Sun, of course, which is technically not
a planet but a star anyways. Thursday is Jupiter's day of
growth, Optimism, gratitude, expanding your horizons,
limitless shifting perspectives, learning something new.
It is the day to zoom out and then reconnect to your purpose.
The energy is out outward. It is giving and sharing and
teaching. The colors are royal blue and
Violet and indigo. Maybe you can support a friend's
business on this day. Maybe you just give out
compliments freely. You remember that whatever
leaves me will be replenished and replaced 10 times, right?
It is gratitude mindset. It is abundance belief.
Maybe this is the day that you share things that you know you,
you teach or you mentor. On this day, maybe you're able
to donate with generosity to someone that needs it.
Maybe you celebrate the the wins in your life.
I feel like this is a good day to eat food in community.
Maybe you get people together and everyone cooks, you know, or
brings food. Maybe how a potluck, right?
The song of the day for for me for in this energy is Unwritten
by Natasha Bedingfield and Viva La Vida by Coldplay.
This is the expansion exuberant energy.
Like I want to have that song blasting in a car while I drive
down the road and give out food to people that haven't eaten.
And I'm able to bless folks that are in a difficult place in
life. And I'm able to share my
teachings and share the things that I've learned with others.
And then I'm going to get people together for a big amazing meal
at the end. Like that is the the day of of
Jupiter, right? That sounds very aligned and
exciting. This leads us to our second to
last day, Friday, the day of love, the day of Venus, the day
of art, sensuality, harmony. No drama on this day, the day of
connection and self love, treating yourself, food and
pleasure and rest. It is again an inward, outward
blend of relational and receptive giving, receiving.
It is the day of letting pleasure be the medicine.
So that could look like self-care.
One of my friends says that every Friday she does an
everything shower. So she washes her hair, she
shampoos, she conditions, she's exfoliates her body, she shaves,
she puts on oil, she puts her like a oil mask in her hair.
She does a face mask, she does her nails right.
She does all the things. This is a great day for tasting
foods that you love, feeling the textures, dancing slowly,
stretching, spending time with your friends or lovers or people
that you that feel good to be around.
Maybe that's a friendship dinner.
Maybe that's a cute date night. Maybe that's a date night with
your friends. We should really romanticize
that more dating your friends eating chocolate and berries and
figs and dates and sweet spices like cinnamon.
I pictures wearing pink or green, like springtime green or
maybe like copper bronzy tones. And it's also a good day to tidy
up or beautify your space. Maybe it's the day you buy
yourself flowers. Lightning round music edition
Friday. What song is it?
La vie en rose Friday. I'm in love by the Cure.
Just the two of us. Bill Withers and Saturday is
contrary to how we typically experience it, of like a chilled
day, first day off work day to just like be and enjoy.
It's the weekend, right? Maybe it's the day you're
dealing with a hangover from the day before.
The energy of Saturn is structure and discipline and
taking responsibility and being proactive.
We talked about the Saturn Matern in our last episode which
I would recommend everyone to listen to because it literally
effects everyone. Setting realistic goals, maybe
meal prepping. Saturn teaches patience and
maturity and sustainable growth. So this is definitely a day to
organize, clean, clear, declutter, plan, budget.
Reflect on also what you learned this week.
This is actually the last day of this whole week, because Sunday
is the first day, right? So ground your body in the earth
if you can, walking barefoot, rest, give yourself permission
to stop striving and working and hustling.
It's like, no, this is the day for aligned action.
So it's not a busy bustily day. It can be.
There's no shame if it is like sometimes Saturday is the only
day we have to, to get things done in our, in our schedules.
And that's OK. But it's also a day of knowing
how to honor your limits, you know, and integrating and
preparing. It's, it's an inward energy more
than it is and an outward external energy.
For me, the colors are like Forest Green, Navy foods,
lentils, stews, root vegetables. And I mentioned meal prepping.
That can be a great thing to do today because it's action, but
it's aligned in a specific and regimented kind of way that's
perfect for Saturn's energy. If Saturn was a song, Saturn's
energy, what would it be for this day?
This is a tricky one for me. I had to think about this one.
The first and kind of obvious choice is Sleeping At Last song
Saturn. Another option is always a go to
for me, Slow dancing in a burning room.
John Mayer. This is a little bit of a wild
card, but Fire and Rain by James Taylor and we have now completed
our week. We, we did it.
That was it. That was a lot of information.
I hope that you either took notes or are going to listen to
it again and take notes. Because what I would recommend
to do now, now that you have the information is to have it on my
wall next to where I work. And I have Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday written down,
then the name of the planet that is connected to that day, and
then a few of the energetics that I most connected with that
are going to help me align with it deeper.
I also want to remind you kind of as a bonus part of this
episode is that the moon has her own rhythm as well, which is a
cycle of about 28 days, just like the body of a woman and the
new moon when there's literally no moon to be seen in the sky.
This marks a time of stillness and reflection.
And it's it's dark as if you're planting seeds in the darkness
into the dark soil. It is turning inward and
listening for what is about to begin.
And two weeks later, the moon is full, bright, illuminating
expression release, and what was planted begins to bloom.
So you you start noticing with these moons and where they land
on your calendar, which planetary day that they align
with. You begin to see patterns.
You begin to notice when you feel energized, when you need to
rest, when communication flows. Or maybe it's a bit foggy.
It's the same rhythm that the farmers and the Mystics have
followed for centuries. And if you are wondering,
Bailey, this is awesome. But I work a traditional work
schedule. How can I live by the planets
when I actually have to get stuff done and I have alarms and
schedules and kids, You know, I get it.
I get it. And this is not about escaping
structure and being loosey goosey, right?
It is about bringing more awareness into the structure
that you already live within. So Monday still might mean I
have meetings and I have things I have to get done, right?
It's the beginning of the week that that's fine.
That's totally OK. But can you approach it with the
softness of the moon's energy? Can you have a slower morning?
Can you wake up a little earlier and have a time to yourself to
to read, to have a cup of coffee, a little gentler Self
talk? Maybe Tuesday might be your day
to tackle what has been waiting to be done.
Make that your action day. That's the day of Mars, right?
Friday, Venus day. Treat yourself with kindness.
Wear something that makes you feel beautiful.
Maybe you can light a candle at your desk.
I don't know if you know candles are allowed.
Find small ways to romanticize the week.
There's a whole episode just about that that I've recorded
prior, that I've previously recorded.
So as you move through the coming week, I would love for
you to just do an experiment. Experiment with noticing, notice
the the the moods around you. What does the day ask of you and
what does your body ask for? Because awareness is the bridge
between the the cosmos and the human.
When we are aware that this, this whole thing out here above
us, this sky, this projection of consciousness and stars and
constellations and stories and mythos and origins, it's all a
reflection of us and our belief and we are a reflection of it.
It's all connected. It's not separated.
So that's when even the work week can become a ritual.
Even our, I mean literally guys, we are here for 100 years maybe.
And I would love to have created intention and flow and
collaboration with the world around me by the time that 100
years comes to a close if I get to live that long, right?
So why not? You don't have to.
There's no pressure. But I love the idea that we can
collaborate with the time that we have here in this weird,
weird world. And that maybe we can utilize
this blueprint to not only live a more aligned life for ourself,
but also for the people around us in our lives that can benefit
from where we are shining and where we are able to as well
help take care of our community in a more transformative way.
And I don't know, I hope that this inspired you as much as it
inspires me. And I would love to hear if any
of you actually put some of this to practice what you felt and
how or if anything shifted for you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to listen.
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And thank you so much for listening, for being curious,
and for remembering that even in the busiest weeks, the cosmos is
still having a chance to shine through you.
Until next time, open heart, open mind, and stay curious.