Once in a Blue Moon

In the 1500’s this expression meant ‘ridiculous or highly unlikely’.  We now know that blue moons are a naturally occuring phenomenon when two full moons occur in one calendar month or seasonal cycle.  On average blue moons occur once every 2 years.  Tonight’s full blue moon is also a supermoon appearing 14% larger and 30% brighter than normal .  

Ancients, mystics and sages have long believed in the power of this moon.  As the moon affects the tides, so do the waters in us rise and our sensitivities shimmer under the complete fullness of her light.  What was hidden is illuminated, and rises from our inner depths to the surface.

Three things cannot be hidden, the sun, the moon and the truth.  Buddha

Tonight we will close our eyes and slip into the other world submerging into our inner waters of receptivity and silent communication there to receive the transfer of feelings as communication from our soul.  Theperculiarbrunette.com 

The moon never beams without bringing me dreams. Edgar Allen Poe

Tonight I invite you to reflect on the dreams closest to  your heart and set considered intentions.

Full moon light shines tonight, gates break down, change enters to host life afresh. Djinn

Hope Springs

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier  - Alfred Lord Tennyson

During COVID New Zealand’s Prime Minister added the Easter Bunny to her country’s list of essential workers. In the west the Easter bunny is akin to Santa Claus bringing eggs and chocolate to children.  This tradition originated in Germany in the late 1600’s where it was believed both eggs and rabbits symbolised fertility and rebirth, both signs of spring. Eventually the practice found it’s way to the USA and Hallmark.
 
This year we are doubly blessed to be celebrating the year of the rabbit. 2023 was ordained to be a year of longevity, peace,  prosperity and hope. Tonight’s full pink moon will be celebrated as ‘Passover Moon’ among the Jewish; Muslims, Ramadan; Hindus, the birth of Lord Hanuman;  Buddhists, Bak Poya; and  for Christians Shrove Thursday.
 
Both the Chinese and Aztecs had myths featuring rabbits.  In both cases the rabbits selflessly offered themselves as food for hungry travellers.  Unbeknownst to the rabbits the travellers were gods in human form. Touched by this noble offering the rabbits were elevated to the moon. "You may be just a rabbit, but everyone will remember you; there is your image in light, for all people and for all times."

Tonight take a moment, gaze at the moon. Remember Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle Fleetwood Mac reminds us that yesterday is gone, yesterday is gong.  To open our eyes and look at the day and see things in a different way. It'll be better than before.

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New Year

I played last night on Deep Water Bay beach. The nearly full moon cast long shadows as the waves crept ever closer to my toes.  The juxtaposition of light and dark is particularly relevant as we move into 2023.  As a universal year number, 7 implies developing reflective spiritual practices such as regular meditation (or gong). Going within, listening to our intuition and allowing it to guide our actions while simultaneously reaching out to help others.  This leads to a life of choice, contentment and community.

As Steve Jobs said, the journey is the reward and to follow your heart and your intuition. They already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary

Moon cakes and moonbeams

Memories are like moonbeams, we do with them what we will. Bobby Darin

The full moon illuminates our personal journeys thus far - we pause, reflect and acknowledge the false starts, dead ends, detours and bumps in the road.  Also, the successes and progress towards living a purposeful life.  I invite you this weekend to pause, gaze, and express gratitude for your journey thus far, then turn towards the path illuminated before you.  Tread confidently.

Lunar Lessons

The moon is magic for the soul and light for the senses. Anon 

We continue to bask in the energetic glow of the first super moon of 2021 and a full lunar eclipse.  The moon appears larger because it happens to be closest to the earth in its elliptical orbit.    I do not know anyone who is not a selenophile or moon lover and the past few nights here have blessed us with a clear sky in which to observe and simply gaze at the moon.

It is no secret that the Moon has no light of her own but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the Sun. Vitruvius  And being in a synchronous rotation with Earth, it always shows the same face. Not so dissimilar to us.

This week take inspiration from the moon.

It is faithful to its nature, and its power is never diminished. Deng Ming-Dao

It stays bright when it doesn’t avoid the night. Rumi

The Sun may watch what I do, but the moon knows all my secrets. J. M. Wonderlan

It is the first milestone on the road to the stars. Arthur C. Clarke

What you seek is seeking you. Rumi

Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the Moon. Paul Brandt

Legless takes on a new meaning

Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody -Mark Twain

This post on Adultswim has garnered over 200k views. Click HERE to see the live action Personally it looks like a party gone overboard, however as a proud mom, Dylan never ceases to amaze.  This weekend we celebrate Halloween AND the second full moon in one calendar month, the Blue Moon. This means effects are magnified.

The word lunatic originally referred to epilepsy and madness, diseases thought to be caused by the moon. In the fourth and fifth centuries they thought your horoscope could predict "diseases of the mind". Aristotle felt the brightness of the moon led to sleep deprivation and therefore induced bipolar behaviours. There is no doubt that some behaviours are exacerbated during the time of the full moon.  A lesser known fact that lunatics also referred to those seeking a reliable means to calculate longitude in the 1700's. And learned members of the Lunar Society called themselves lunatiks for meeting on the nights of full moons to discuss science.

However you decide to celebrate this weekend, do take time to gaze at the magnificence of the full moon. Allow your gaze to connect you to those loved ones on the other side of the world knowing they too are benefiting from the light, the energy and the resonance of the universe.  I invite you to listen to 'Blue Moon' by Billie Holliday.
“The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love. – Debasish Mridha

We have the world in our hands

Moons evoke flow: flow of tides, of emotions, of relationships of ways of being. The corona virus is an unavoidable game changer.  The Sabian symbols for this moon refer to us coming together in cooperative effort as we “venture in faith meeting some challenge” and leave the past behind to cooperate in an “adventure in consciousness.”  Our understanding of “what Reality is” is crumbling day by day yet there is Light shinning through.  We are that light. 

Change is the only constant in life. Horaclitus
The change cycle  takes us from fear and resistance moving to discomfort, understanding and integration. This week I invite you to take a step back, reflect in the light of the moon on your realities and respond knowing that our lives as we knew it will never be the same.  We are moving forward in evolution and consciousness. 

When the winds of change blow, some people build windmills, some build walls. Chinese Proverb