Blue Moon...
The moon…it’s a symbol in all of our lives that we rarely choose to embrace. If you actually stop and listen and feel your heart at various stages in life, you’ll realize it coincides with the phases of the moon. Are we waxing sometimes, but waning others? If we feel empty, does it align with the new moon? If we feel full of life, is there a full moon out there to complement the joy? To me, the moon is a beautiful, historical, and an artistically subtle thing that is in our lives regardless if we know it is there and I truly find it fascinating.
The waning of the moon is the period that runs between the full and new moon and it supports the energy of letting go, releasing, moving on from situations or places outgrown. The waxing of the moon is the period between the new moon and full moon and it supports the time for building, gathering and creating new things, new experiences.
In astrology, it is said that a person’s moon sign (determined by the date of your birth) rules your personality, where the sun sign that we typically understand, only rules your individuality. And yes, I believe these theories since the moon is scientifically proven to create the tidal flow. After all, we are 80, or is it 90% made up of water so we must be deeply changed by its phases and character. How beautiful is that?!
But, even with all this scientific research, how many of us take the time out to just lay on the frosty grass, stare into the sky, and see the light reflection that shimmers down on earth. How many of us realize that the metaphorical phrase “once in a blue moon” didn’t just come about, but is something we express in situations of rarity, something unusual. How many of us have embraced our moon sign realizing that time is limited and we have to really inspect our inner voice? We have to follow our heart and intuition.
We may not be able to build when it is waning, or let go when it is waxing, but we can take it all in embracing the hunger, the foolishness, the joy, the failure, and the silver light that shines on us every night.
The waning of the moon is the period that runs between the full and new moon and it supports the energy of letting go, releasing, moving on from situations or places outgrown. The waxing of the moon is the period between the new moon and full moon and it supports the time for building, gathering and creating new things, new experiences.
In astrology, it is said that a person’s moon sign (determined by the date of your birth) rules your personality, where the sun sign that we typically understand, only rules your individuality. And yes, I believe these theories since the moon is scientifically proven to create the tidal flow. After all, we are 80, or is it 90% made up of water so we must be deeply changed by its phases and character. How beautiful is that?!
But, even with all this scientific research, how many of us take the time out to just lay on the frosty grass, stare into the sky, and see the light reflection that shimmers down on earth. How many of us realize that the metaphorical phrase “once in a blue moon” didn’t just come about, but is something we express in situations of rarity, something unusual. How many of us have embraced our moon sign realizing that time is limited and we have to really inspect our inner voice? We have to follow our heart and intuition.
We may not be able to build when it is waning, or let go when it is waxing, but we can take it all in embracing the hunger, the foolishness, the joy, the failure, and the silver light that shines on us every night.
posted by Betsy Blue at 9:49 PM
2 Comments:
I'm still waiting for my blue moon.
Thanks for writing this.
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