Day of the Moon

Yessss...it's Moon day again...my favorite day. I'm hoping it will become yours too. 

I'm hoping you will appreciate a day reserved for all sorts of lunar endeavors and stop thinking of it as the worst day of the week because it's the farthest from Friday.

If the mass media can develop the idea of Cyber Monday, then we of the moon can certainly conceive of the many embracing Moon day. 

 This particular Moon day finds our Lady Moon in the disseminating phase in the sign of Leo. This phase of the Moon means something is

being given, spread around, distributed. Because it's in the sign of Leo gifts of confidence, autonomy, leadership, courage, and being comfortable in your own skin are available for the taking. That is if you have taken the time to cultivate these qualities. Is this bounty currently ripe in your inner garden and ready for pickin'? If so, you will find these gifts simply fall off the branch and into your outstretched hands. Open and receive.

If not, if you're inner garden has been neglected, then at least these attributes are up for investigation. Ask your self if you would appreciate more confidence, more freedom to be you, more opportunities to have your brilliant ideas be heard and the courage, above all, to pursue and express them. Look into classes or books that provide opportunities to practice these qualities in small doses at first. Even though Lion energy is big energy, and you need to be willing to not only take it in but also to let it loose out in the world, because we're talking lunar here there's a softer, more gently penetrating quality to it. Sip it in.

And if you're not into investigating, then dream them. Dream of yourself today as already being confident and free to express yourself creatively and boldly in whatever way makes the most of who you really are. Does the image of the Lion or Lioness appeal to you? Daydream a little.

Is there a shadow side? You betcha. Superiority, narcissism, shallowness, arrogance, looking for 'love' in all the wrong places, self-hate. If these are what's growing in your inner garden, then you've got a little weeding to do. Just take it easy, spare your back, and plant what you want as you weed. Ask Lady Moon to light the way to a more wholesome you. Just be willing.

But here's the best part, because we're talking about the Moon, these qualities are softened and best integrated through intention, reflection, and faith. This means if you're not a Lion type, you still get avail yourself of the best of Leo through the gifts of this disseminating Moon. It may astonish you when you least expect it - a sudden burst of confidence; the lightbulb flashing with a new idea; being honored for your contributions at home, work or play; or feeling happy for no reason at all. Await the unexpected.



Bless this day, bless the Moon, bless our shape-shifting, softly radiant lunar nature!