On Chaturti tithi, Bherunda Devi is inspiring us to bring more attention to all those spheres of our life, where energy is clogged and starts to spoil; where obstacles are dwelling or where the energy became “dirty”. The element connected with this lunar day is water, while the element of Mercury, co-ruling this tithi along with Goddess Bherunda, is earth. When earth and water come together, the earth becomes very damp and can start to spoil easily, turning into poison, instead of being fertile. Similarly, when our energy is clogged somewhere, and, especially, if we carry lot of negative emotions within, like resentment, bitterness or disgust, and when we don’t do anything to actually purify them, they soon start to spoil and poison our inner space. Bherunda Devi is the Goddess, who controls all the poisons – those which contaminate the body, and those that contaminate the mind. She inspires us to let go of all of them and allow them to emerge on the surface of our consciousness, so She can help us in removing them.