Change has blown in!

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What just blew in

As the rain and wind blows brilliantly outside my window, I am grateful, I am humbled, I am tasked.  This Full Moon has blown in like few before; this one is riding high on the wave of change, manifestation, and force.  Today's full moon meets us in the sign of Taurus, that ever loyal, ever progressive, ever loving enigma.  So fret not, these winds, rain, and chills are a nature-made line of demarcation for us.  Are we or aren't we?  We of course get to decide all the specifics, yet delaying is NOT an option anymore.

Taurus can take us there

Does all of this sound a bit hokey? Well let me put it to you like this.  Mother Nature never makes mistakes, nor does she miss her mark.  The fact that as the moon peaks in it's current lunation a heavy and powerful storm reaches our shores is no coincidence, it is a kismet, awe-inspiring turn of events that I believe we all shall soon not forget.  How can we use this you ask? Well, I say wash away all that needs cleansing.  Release all that has been hampering you down, no matter what it is, stand in the wind and the rain and toss it out.  Take that bold step you were just a bit too concerned to take yesterday.  Be brave, brazen, bold, and brash.  Nature shows us when we put enough force behind our intentions, the immovable will move.  Abudnance, Love, Employment these are all aspects that can be dramatically changed during this Taurus full moon by the power of the full moon and the extra dose of conjure we can expect to pick up from the storm.  So hop to it my loves, I know I am.

The power of patience

And speaking of me, if you've been a reader of the blog you know I like to myself on Front Street a bit.  Just to show folks, hey, I am in here trying to figure it all out just like you.  So my valiant focus will be on patience.  I must trust that nature's got my back in all that I do and I am going in the correct direction, albeit a bit slower than I may think it should be.  My efforts will always be rewarded, just as they should be, not as I think or even when I think, for that matter.  Ever patient, that is me!

Lest we forget our Ancestors

On October 31st, I propose we all reflect on those that have come before us and what they contributions to our lives have been.  Yes children will dress up (well not sure in all of this wind and rain), candy will be eaten and lots of commercialized products will be purchased.  The day known as Halloween is often celebrated as Samhain, a day of remembering the departed.  The following day November 1st is also a day closely related, but differently celebrated Day of the Dead.  Regardless of the day and the way we celebrate, let us all allow our ancestors room into our daily lives to learn from their mistakes, get information we would have otherwise missed, and generally revel in the fact that those who came before us sacrificed to change the lives we all have.

Samhain Bonfire

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Day of the Dead Altar

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--Andrea/DaughterofWaters

Charging toward the direction of...ME!

Did you feel that?
This evening brings us to the full moon-ness of this Virgo Lunar Cycle and it happens to be when the moon is passing through the sign of Aries, which is ruled by the planet Mars.  This full moon may be stronger or tamer for you, but you're probably feeling something.  With the Autumn Equinox coming during this last week and the natural check-in that is full moon time, we have a big opportunity on our hands.  From big decisions, to dreaming big, to relocations, we must reach out and grab that which is for us to possess.

Not just another brute
Why all this possibility and action? Simply stated, Mars.  The planet usually associated with the Warrior Archetype of physical and strategic prowess, Mars, is a lesser known champion of invoking following our dreams, independence, self direction, and the awareness of personal energy.  So in this new season, direct or re-direct your self.  Be about the business of catapulting yourself into your own direction in life.  When we focus on who and what we are we are ultimately happier beings and willing to share that happiness with others around us.  Make Mr. Mars proud this full moon, dare to raise your sword for your road to self focus, self awareness, and ultimate self fulfillment.  Please keep in mind some of these feats will be larger than life and some may be just a slight shift to the left, all of them count!

Seeing more of the puzzle
My personal focus during this full moon is to integrate my power and faith in order to self actualize my dreams.  Currently my dreams have some form, but now I am getting into the nitty gritty of color, shape, definition and visibility.  I am passionate about finding that next piece of my success puzzle, like I have never been before.  And let me preface it by saying my success is also defined by me, that's a part of this whole "self" equation; by me, for me, with me.  So when you see me say, hey what have you done for your self success today? My answers should be hilarious.

Aries and Mars...work it out
Below are areas Aries and Mars dominate, so rather than my normal focus of full moon time, although feel free to still focus on those areas, I thought since I talked up all of this self-direction I could give more examples.  If you have more, use them, there never is a wrong idea when it comes from you and it's for you.

Work in Aries

Barrier Breakthroughs

Fire Magic

Warrior Energy

Work in Mars

Sexual Energy 

Reinforce Personal Energy

Following our Dreams

Candle Power

At the Full Moon there is an awesome amount of power available and a way to cement that power and your works is by burning candles.  Below is information on the color red that is associated with Mars.  Find Red candles that are safe and burn them as long and as much as you like.  Fire is a tool of creation that can ignite you towards your goals this Full Moon.

Red

Determination

Intensity

Root Chakra

Energy

--Andrea/DaughterofWaters

A friend in me, is a friend indeed

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Can ya feel it?
So, we all feeling it yet? Can ya at least tell that energies have shifted? I know I have with the coming of this new moon cycle all I wanted to do was self sequester, now granted, I was a bit stopped up this week, but it's almost as if my mind, body, and spirit are so in tuned with the cycling of the moon it even times a seasonal immune system reaction just when the moon was changing.  Okay, enough about me.  Some newness follows, hope it's useful.  Let's get into this.

Very, very, Virgo
The lunar cycle we find ourselves in is Virgo, the sign of my birth and the birth of many folks we all know.  Virgo, very much ruled by the planet Mercury, gives us an almost kismet opportunity to take a hard and long (well not that long) look at the simple yet complex concept of Friendship.  This topic has also been a subject of a few consults and conversations in the last cycle.  When Virgo rules the sky we often think of efficiency, criticism and analytics, but let's remember in the larger zodiac pantheon the earthly Virgin of Virgo is associated with the "Teenager" archetype.  Now, you tell me, were friends an important part of your teen years?

Friends in a cycle
Alright I've put it out there to lay focus on friendship, now how does this play into a lunar cycle you may be asking.  Well, at the beginning of each cycle we get to set our intentions on what we want, so what do you want? Friendship is such a vast vortex of non ending stems, so pick one thing that you think needs further investigation or transformation, set it, and see what happens. Can't hurt can it?  Remember our lives are what we create them to be so if you take stock of yourself and friendship and find out there are things you don't like it's just setting the stage for you make moves and change it, pretty cut and dry.  No fireworks, no cliff notes, no apps for it, just plain old work.

 Same everywhere?
Having said all of this you know I like to put myself out there on Front Street.  So, my trajectory for this cycle is to really explore what friendship means to me, especially with those closest to me.  Parent, child, lover, sister, grandmother, coworker, neighbor, relatives abroad, how can they all be what I need and I be what they need, especially when they are so different.  I've tried to pride myself over the years of being my authentic self in pretty much every situation, well am I the same friend in all of these situations and if I am no, accept it.  Stopping there, cause the words and questions could go on and on, but I think you get my drift.

Do you have a clue?
And you? What are you going to ask yourself?  This time instead of just the planetary or astrological domains, I came up with a list of thoughts around friendship that I think may work well as starting points for our focus during this Virgo Lunar Cycle.  Take a pick, pick one, make up one, or a combination of any of those.  I basically want all of us to use this positive, progressive energy for our personal and collective evolutions.

Friendship

Defining Friendship

What is it, who fits that definition in my life?

Self-Friending

Is this a concept I have accepted?

Letting Go

What are my signs friendships need to shift?

Expectations

Do I have realistic ideas of who my friends really are?

New Friends

Have I made new ones, if not, why not?

Virgo Cycle Totem

Movement is life creating

Allow nature to flow, forcing is not needed

Set boundaries to my sacred space

New rhythms, teachings, and dimensions

Virgo Cycle Herbs & Essences

 Bergamot - Strength 

Lavender - Gentleness

Lemon Balm -  Calming

--Andrea/DaughterofWaters 

Blue Moon that's not blue

 Look Up...
Looked up in the sky lately?  Well in case you have been hiding under a rock we were blessed with a second full moon last month.  Although it is officially September 1st, we still have about 18 hours or so left of fantastic full moon energy, better known as a Blue Moon.

 Moon and magic
The full moon we are experiencing, or the Blue Moon, is a dose of that peak energy we have come to depend upon when the moon is at its fullest.  So today there is still time.  Time for metaphysicalities, time for a personal inner journey, time for....Magic.  And please, not magic in a hocus pocus, juvenile way, rather the true magic we can make when we set our truest intentions out there and are willing to put in the necessary work to manifest a new reality.

Don't give up on you
Okay, sounds great, right.  Now what?  This full moon is in Pisces (the opposite of Virgo, the Sun sign we are in) and that means it's all about the planet Neptune and the deep down knowing and understanding that is often hidden from the outside world and sometimes hidden from our own selves.  Hold tight to what it is that you wanted a mere few weeks ago when this cycle started.  Don't be afraid to try for your dreams.  We all too frequently give up on ourselves and our dreams just as they are about to dawn in our lives.  As a person who knows about that intense tightness before a dream realized, I say encourage and strengthen cause it can be as good as we imagine it.  It's the impetus to imagine in the first place that is the gift.

See the ugly inside
Since Neptune is near I am asking to see the ugliness that needs to be left alone, I am no longer that person so why carry that baggage still? No real reason for it anyway.  I've gathered up my own courage to sashay on into my next phase of life....Have you?

Pick your success
A full moon always represents a great time to check, readjust, and proceed, try doing it in some of the following areas, you may be surprised at the success of it all....

Work in the Full Moon

Love Magic

Abundance/Prosperity

Space Blessing

Courage/Bravery

Candle Power

At the Full Moon there is an awesome amount of power available and a way to cement that power and your works is by burning candles.  Below is information on the color turquoise that is associated with Neptune.  Find Turquoise candles that are safe and burn them as long and as much as you like.  Fire is a tool of creation that can ignite you towards your goals this Full Moon.  

Turquoise

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Heart and Mind Balance

Attuning to My Higher Self

Spiritual Destiny

Life's Purpose

--Andrea/DaughterofWaters

This lil' light of mines....

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It's Leo time isn't it?

The Sun, that which we could not fully live without, has noteworthy spiritual significance and we see this quite clearly now when it rules lovely Leo, the latest Lunar Cycle we inhabit.  Another time to intention set.  Another chance to meet ourselves halfway on your paths.  Another chance to allow spirit to guide us in the best direction we ought to go.  Comfortably settled in? I hope so.  Leo, a time of great shine and public recognition, can be a springboard for true illumination and challenge of our inner shadows or limitations.

The L-I-G-H-T

The Sun offers opportunity after opportunity to get it right.  Hiding things from ourselves during a time when the Sun is key is like sitting next to a blade of grass in oppressive heat and expecting to be in the shade.  Yeah, I know, not a great image, but that's what we do to ourselves when we ignore the light that is being bestowed upon us during a Sun ruled Lunar Cycle.  In a word this Lunar Cycle should be about LIGHT. Light to show us the way.  Light to reveal the hidden.  Light we can offer to others who are courting darkness at this time.

When to light and how to light

Let's be sure to take up our torches, our matches, our flashlights, and our auras of light and shine like our existence depends on it.  So when a person angers you, shine your light.  When you feel a personal downward spiral approaching, shine your light.  When we know we are right but someone else will not give in, shine that light. To be clear, light is being the best you that is possible in any and all situations.  Often times we are light shiners until someone pisses us off or steps across a line.  If we can still shine, even in the face of ridiculous circumstances, that's us finding our light and shining it.  Last thing, door mat impersonations not necessary, be a light bearer but not a push over, you know the difference, act accordingly.

Write it, write it, write it

My personal light to shine this cycle is about embracing the creativity I have within me and putting that energy into action.  The action this particular cycle is writing.  Writing about me, writing about my various art-forms and just speaking less and writing more.  Tapping that fire for the written word and riding out the wave of creation will gleen me amazing results, but first I must write.  So if you see me, talk to me or catch me over technology ask me "How's your writing?" that will keep me focused and then some.  When I hear it enough I will get in line.  Hope some of y'all hold me to these words, TRUST I need reinforcement just as you do.

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What's your light gonna be?

Below are good realms to work on when the Sun is prevalent.  Take these and go where they lead you, whether it be these exact areas to work on or your own areas.  Also, check in when needed, my hope is to create a space where not only I speak but others as well.

Work in Leo Lunar Cycle

Healing

Belly Chakra

Attraction of Success

Dispel Negativity

Leo Lunar Cycle Totem-Dragonfly "The Power of Light"

Change

Air and Water realms

True Wisdom

Lunar Cycle Flower and Herb Essences

Orange

Cloves

Rosemary

Leo Lunar Cycle Affirmation

I am open to the awesome power that light brings,

I will carry my light with every step I take this cycle,

remembering it has the power to heal others as well as me

--Andrea/DaughterofWaters 

Release, the verb or the noun?

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As I embark on this entry so many things are swirling through my spirit, but at the root of all of it is Release. And release in the sense of am I living the verb or the noun form of the word each day.  Sure, I intellectually understand that this lunar cycle is drawing to a close and that a new one will dawn in about one week, but am I really releasing that which I do not need or that which does not serve me or my goals.  Have to give myself a B- or C+ grade on that.  I think that I truly do have all the best intentions, thoughts and ideas about release, but sometimes I dwell too much in being a release and less in releasing, know what I mean? Now granted I do not get stuck there as some others may, but I have to challenge and task myself to go beyond where I am now and LET IT ALL GO, especially when it clearly does not serve my greatest and best good.

Having gotten that out of the way, I can now say, welcome to the time of the Gemini Moon in this waning lunar cycle (happens at approx. 4:10pm EST 8-10-12).  When you read this hopefully the moon will still be passing through Gemini and this information will still hold relevancy, LOL.  Gemini, ruled by the planet Mercury, holds quick witted energy, so this would be the time to trick, jedi mind trick or reverse psych ourselves into letting go of things we no longer need.

Now, where to begin you ask? Well over the past few months one concept that has kept coming to my mind and lips is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs http://bit.ly/MZIgNl .  Yes a human theorist I paid minimal attention to in school, but his findings have colored so much of my own life as I have grown and developed.  That and the fact that I have seen so much from us humans over the past couple of months that have kind of all stemmed from a glitch in these building blocks.  So a starting point this waning moon time would be to take a look at the chart below, see which one of the blocks either you gravitate towards or are a bit repelled by, that would be the one to focus on.  This of course is just a tool and not an absolute pronouncement of anything.  Our questions and answers are within us, we use tools and exercises to pull them out of ourselves.

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My focus will be the self esteem and self actualization tiers.  Being okay with allowing myself to have exactly what I want and plainly accepting it, no explanation to myself or others.  I know for far too long my focus was on others and their well being, now I understand I must always "Put my mask on first" as the airlines have instructed us all to do for years--HA!

Although this post may be a bit out of sync with some of my others, I feel like this shift is just what I need, so maybe some of you out there might benefit from it as well.  I wish you all the best.  See ya next week, new moon post is coming!



--Andrea/DaughterofWaters

Learning from the inside out

What time is it?
If you are just starting to get worn down by those waxing moon days, you are in luck, new energy time.  This time a Full Moon, yup, its the midpoint already.  I know, where does the time go, right?  The full moon hit not quite twenty four hours ago and I know I felt it.  Full moon is such a magical time, let me lay out for us all.

See outside of you
This is peak time for the moon's energy to work for us, through us, and with us.  During full moon we are working our intentions, actions, and reach to interact with those people and things outside of ourselves that are a part of our cycle work.  Now, since the moon reached fullness in the sign of Capricorn that just means we have Fair Teacher Saturn to look to for guidance, answers, and navigational positioning.

Lessons taught are lessons learned
Yes, Saturn is the teacher and for some of us that it may be a mixed bag, but I have found over the years that getting a nod from Saturn is an ultimate blessing, even if I don't feel like that at first.  Got lessons you need to get right this time, call on Saturn.  Want to finally get some long put off task done, call on Saturn.  Need to pull yourself together from that mess that is currently your life, take that to Saturn as well.  The benevolence that Saturn provides is that he is willing to teach us the hard lessons in order for us to eventually progress, don't know about you, but I am glad for the hard lessons, it always reminds me that I am moving forward.  If this kind of challenge is not your speed, go out on a limb this full moon time and learn that hard lesson, I bet it will be totally worth it for you in the future.

Shift it because I can
For me this Full Moon deals with my ability to shape-shift my whole trajectory.  Now, don't think for a minute that I don't have the same limitations as you, I do.  I am getting better at focusing and also seeing the warning signs on the road, but I too have to keep on my path, just as you do.  I have totally embraced there is no "Final Destination Has Been Reached" sign, but rather "Good Path Walking" signs along the way.  So, I am dropping any self lies I have told myself about myself and scooping up and digesting the inner truths of who I am and just what I am capable of---GREATNESS!!!

Pick your success
So, what's it gonna be for you? Aim high these days, you will be surprised that which you can accomplish just by thinking it.  Now yes, there are domains listed below that benefit work at the Full Moon, but do not be limited by that, there is no one-size-fits-all work that can or should be done now.  And really, that thing you think you are not ready to tackle is exactly what you should be working on. That's right, I heard you thinking of that, it's not my magic, I come to that spot myself, that's how I know.

Work in the Full Moon

Love, Attraction, Passion

Abundance and Prosperity

Blessing your Space

Courage of Heart

Spirituality and Inner Awakening

Full Moon Flowers & Herbs

Chamomile-Gentleness

Eucalyptus-Mental Focus

Patchouli-Fertility

Candle Power

At the Full Moon there is an awesome amount of power available and a way to cement that power and your works is by burning candles.  Below is information on the color brown that is associated with Saturn.  Find Brown candles that are safe and burn them as long and as much as you like.  Fire is a tool of creation that can ignite you towards your goals this Full Moon.   

Brown

Grounding

Acquisition of Material Objects

Retrieval of things Lost

 --Andrea/DaughterofWaters