Dragon Times Three

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Well as we all wake this morning, we should sort of be aware of some things on this a truly AUSPICIOUS day.

Where are we?
First, in our Aries Lunar Cycle we are in a waning phase.  Meaning, this is the most appropriate time to discard that which is just not for you anymore.  That's right, toss it away, let it go, give it walking papers!  Secondly, the moon right now, at this very moment is in Capricorn, a sign so strongly connected to Saturn and the Teacher-Student relationship we have with our lives.  Again, use this time to self teach, self correct, and learn.  Really we don't have to make the same mistakes twice, we choose that road.

The Dragon that we rode in on
Lastly and most importantly, today April 13, 2012 is a Triple Dragon Day! What is that you may ask, well the 13th is a Dragon day, April is a Dragon month, and 2012 is a Dragon year.  What exactly does that mean? It means this...we all have triple the impact of the energy we can use, we have triple the impact of the connection we carry to each other and ancestors, and we have triple the impact of the great things we can conjure into being today.  Can you feel my excitement? I am overjoyed we have one day to really knock many things out the box. 

Demarcating this time
So we have all of this information, now what you ask? Well my strongest intuition is telling me to mark this day not only with a ritual of some sort, but just be open.  Open to lessons, open to change, open to the goodness that has possibly been waiting on the sidelines of our lives for a moment such as this.

Seeing what I can not see
My personal goal today is to accept wholeheartedly the shifts and altering that life is gifting to me.  There is greatness in change for me and I will use it and go to heights I have never seen before.  Today I am challenging my sight to see way beyond what is visible through my eyes.  Tall challenge, but one I know I can surmount with all of the Dragoness around me!

What informs your dragon?
Below is a possible totem and concept to keep in mind.  See if it helps and opens you to new possibilities.  Or hey, strike out with any symbol that is meaningful for you today whether it be deity, totem, natural element or self.  See what the dragon roars into your path today.

Triple Dragon Totem

Dragonfly-Illusion

Winds of Change

Break Barriers

Nothing is as it Seems

Wisdom & Enlightenment

--Andrea/DaughterofWaters

Enter the Water Dragon

Dragon in Chinese

A recent funeral of a colleague opened my ears wider to the whisper of Spirit saying "Walk your life's path".  So in that same vein I am looking to this coming Lunar New Year and saying - "Yes!".  Yes, to the highs.  Yes, to the lows.  Yes, to the mundane.  Yes, to the truly jubilant.  Yes to the everything that there is for me.  The next new moon cycle, which is the premiere of this Lunar New Year, or the next coming 13 new moons, gives us the greatest opportunity to intentionally charge ourselves and our lives with what we are going to be about.  It's about deliberateness, self-knowledge and self definition.  Make this the Lunar Year you decide all by yourself just who you were, who you are, and who you will be.  It's that trinity of awareness that will bring about great strides in our efforts to do our works here while we are blessed with the time.

Now, this Lunar Year falls during the time when Aquarius (which is Uranus ruled) is shining on the moon.  So yes that idealism, artistic, and dreamer energy is available for us to harness this ultimately positive vortex and strive forward for ourselves and the planet like never before. And what better usher to assist in that striving than the amazing Water Dragon, the animal that leads this Lunar Year in Chinese Astrology.

The Water Dragon, coming for the first time in 60 years will add such power to all the magic and medicine that we access.  All the things we want to soar at this year, call on the water dragon.  All the situations that have stumped us in the pass, call on the Water Dragon.  All those self identified limitations we want to break beyond, call on the Water Dragon. Basically anything that is a challenge or seems impossible, call on the Water Dragon.  And then, sit back and watch the unexpected or should I say expected unfold.

Below are  suggested Lunar New Year tools for the first few days of this new year and beyond.  Feel free to devise your own as well.  My meditation for all of us this year is "we are the ones we have been waiting for".  We have the gifts, it's time to put them to use. 

Tools for a Lunar Year

Use these tools as often as you like or need: daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly.  Set the space, make the time, do the works.

• Journal
• Sacred Space (altar, ritual space)
• Stones or Rocks 
• Water or water related objects (shells, sand)
• Sage or Rosemary smugdes or dried herbs to burn (clears the energy of spaces)
• Written Intentions for the year as a visual, living, reminder
• Candles colored to match your intentions
• Spiritual tools or books that are helpful

Totem Meditation for the Year

Instead of providing a totem for the Lunar New Year spirit has led me to guide us all to do it for our selves.  You know...the give a fish or teach to fish allegory.  Find a quiet undisturbed space and do a meditation on asking for an animal spirit to lead you through this Lunar Year.  Do not prescribe any animal, be open and do this for as long or as short as you may need.  Once the animal has spoken to you check this site Linda's Domain http://bit.ly/z9Q0Yl to learn more about the animal medicine that revealed itself for perspective on the coming year.



Looking forward to your comments and successes this year.  Wishing us all the power of the Water Dragon..... 

---Andrea