THE MOON AND HER MYSTERIOUS WAYS

I have spoken before about how much I love the Moon and relish the Full Moon, and the surge in creativity it sends me. Thinking about the moon, and at the moment we are heading towards the dark day of the Moon, I thought I would do a posting to try to explain how important the moon is in our lives.

The Moon replicates the natural rhythm of the whole universe. The Moon throughout the year, enacts our lifetime every lunar month. She is born, she grows, she is magnificent in her full prime, then she fades and in the darkness dies, to be reborn again. This is the circle of life, and the Moon repeats it month after month.

As opposed to the twelve month solar calendar we get a thirteen month lunar calendar. Our solar calendar is very familiar to us, we know the twelve months, and the seasons that contain them. We follow this solar calendar easily, knowing when to plant our seeds, when to harvest them. It is the world in which we live and we happily take part in its ebb and flow without thinking too much about it. The lunar calendar, on the other hand, is a more subtle calendar, yes we can see the waxing and waning in the sky, but not all of us realise the invisible but powerful energies of the Moon and the effect they have on us. The energies of the Moon reach into our secret cores of feelings, knowing and intuition, in fact the Moon governs all of these emotions. What we need to do is learn these phases of the Moon and use them in the same way we use without thinking the solar days. We must learn to flow with the Moon's phases, as do all animals and nature and not fight against them.

At the Dark Day of the Moon, the Sun and Moon, work together affecting us in a very intense way, I want to say something about this later on. We should try to use this time, carefully and gently, it is a time to meditate on what we have achieved during the previous moon and prepare our activities for the next. A time to connect to our inner selves for guidance and insights and also a time to take note of what we dream. This should be our quiet time, almost a hibernation, don't overstretch yourself on these days.

The first Crescent Moon is the best time to begin new projects and try out new things, also to begin journies and travels. Whatever befalls you during the phases of the Moon, this first crescent it a time when you can start afresh. You need never fear failure, you have the chance thirteen times a year to try again until you are satisfied. As the Moon waxes, work towards what you are wanting to achieve in goals and nurture what we are growing. After the first quarter, try not to start any new projects.

At the Full Moon and Sun and Moon are directly opposite one another, some people can feel unbalanced at this time, as well as in the Dark Day. What some people cannot cope with at this time is the pull of the different directions. The pull between our inner and outer lives. We must try to overcome this and use this time to fulfil our projects, our creative juices run freely and we feel most inspired.

By the last Quarter, our projects should be finished and we should be spending the time finishing, ending and decluttering, ready once again for the Dark Day and the cycle of creation of our projects starting all over again.

I just want to talk about the two crucial times of the lunar month, the Dark Day before the Moon begins to wax and the full moon. On both these occasions the power of the Sun and the Moon are equal, they both have an equal gravitational pull at these times. I once read this simple explanation of these two times which has stayed with me. It is as though the Moon breathes all the time but at Dark Day and Full Moon, she takes in an extra deep breath as though pulling more air into her system. This is like the whole Moon pulling at Earth. There are differences in effect on us from these two times.

The adverse effect of the Full Moon can be more on the physical body, if we can't channel our creativity at this time, we can become hyper, disorientated, feeling slightly off balance, in fact actually feeling the physical sensations of dizziness and sickness. The effect of the Dark Day, is to me more dangerous if you don't recognize it, it is a more subtle and intangible effect that works on our minds and inner souls. If we don't recognise the effect of the Dark Day it can do us harm, it is a time when you can find yourself doubting yourself, feeling yourself lacking, just that feeling that something is not right.

The best way of overcoming these terrible times that some people feel at the Dark Day and the Full Moon, is to try to work with the Moon, try to organise so you go with the flow of the Moon's essence, begin, peak and end with her cycle as described in the phases of the Moon above. Once you work with the Moon, you will love the surge of creativity at full moon, and find you can get so much done. Also never forget the way to being 'Moontuned' as I like to think of it is by wearing Moonstones. This also has to be approached correctly, and I'll tell you about them another time.