Following the Moon: Hearty to the Core

Portrait of the Atist as a Young Girl, Drozda, ink on bristol board, 8x10"

Welcome to Following the Moon and the closing days of the Cleansing Moon. Each year we move through the first four weeks of the calendar being able to consciously, or intuitively, clear out the cobwebs. This allows us to refine our commitment and make space for the infusion of Renewal that comes in February.



Since last Saturday, January 29, late in the evening (EST), the Balsamic phase of the Cleansing cycle has been providing time to rest. As you’ve been noticing, week by week, we’re all deep in the quadrant of the year that makes available ample opportunity to hibernate, hunker down, relax, reclaim and rejuvenate. This entire quadrant that extends for just over 90 days carries the quality of The Mystery. Here at the tail end of the Cleansing cycle you might think of it as a vacation within a vacation…you might:

Imagine sinking into a rejuvenating well distilling out the impurities in body, speech and mind.

Imagine a long spa day while you’re on holiday.

Imagine you’re already in a rest and recoup state and you go even deeper by devoting a stretch of time to being inaccessible to the outside world.

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Following the Moon: Like the Heartbeat of the Universe

Journal Page, Drozda, media blend, 12x9", 2011

Welcome to Following the Moon and the Disseminating Cycle which extends through the early morning of Wednesday, January 26. The Disseminating Phase is the place to be for sharing what you have gained thus far. Since the New Moon was January 4 you have only to look over your shoulder to reconnect to what you've learned, and now, in a way that reflects the energy of the Natural Wheel, discover your own way to express this learning out into your Art/Life.  Demonstration can relate to any area of the Art/life and generally provides you with the chance to be reminded what you're up to, what interests you and how you would move this information out into the world. What's your platform?

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Following the Moon: The HeART of the Matter

Sabbatarrian, (detail), Drozda, Acrylic/canvas, 2006

When everything falls apart and we feel uncertainty, disappointment, shock, embarrassment, what's left is a mind that is clear, unbiased, and fresh. But we don't see that. Instead, we feel the queasiness and uncertainty of being in no-man's-land and enlarge the feeling and march it down the street with banners that proclaim how bad everything is. We knock on every door asking people to sign petitions until there is a whole army of people who agree with us that everything is wrong.

Pema Chodron

There are as many different ways to experience this time on earth as there on people on the planet. This cycle allows the room for you to pay attention to what can kindly drop away.

On Sunday, January 16 at dawn (EST) we entered the Gibbous Phase and we'll be there until Wednesday afternoon, January 19. This gives you a space of time for filtering and digesting what you've been focused on since the New Moon on January 4. Seasonally this is the time of year, and energetically this particular year suggests paying close attention to the level of trust you carry for your Art/Life.


This is the month for Cleansing, take some time to discover what that means to you at this time. I followed a thread based on what I'm addressing in my Art/Life and I discovered connections to words like: modification, alteration, improvement, enhancement, fine-tuning, elegance, culture, style, maturity and civility. These give me ideas for ventilating current challenges....read more


Please read my full length article for 2011 and find your Personal Year Energy gift here 
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Following the Moon: Each Heart is a World

Journal Page, Drozda, 2010

The January cycle continues the turning inward of the Winter season. Even though the days are lengthening and the pull of the year is exerting itself on each of us, the Wheel continues to offer space for deep inward connection.


Introspection is a major component of the Art/Life no matter what the season. I tend to see this point in the calendar year as pendulum-like. There's a swing from 'where you've been' to 'where you're going' and you recognize that you're actually in an in-between state.
You're chomping at the bit one minute because it's the New Year and there are all these new dreams, visions and goals. Yet the natural energy is saying be quiet, continue to rest, relax, snuggle deeper into your womb-cave, hibernation is not yet complete. No wonder you may feel 'out of sorts and uneasy'. There's an undercurrent.

Think of the inland rivers and streams. In January the ice is thin. We can peer beneath the frozen surface and see the water's current is increasing as the melt begins. How is your Art/Life mirroring this state?

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Following the Moon: Heart Work

Journal Page, Drozda, collage, 12x9", 2011

Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

                                  Steve Jobs (there's a fabulous 15 minute TED talk at this link)


Welcome to the Newest Year in your Art/Life and to all the practical work that the year will offer.

I've just completed the writing of my yearly Lifecycle Forecast: a creative overview of the energy that will be visiting us for the coming twelve months. I post the full article at one place only and that is here with my good friends at Zodiacarts, David and Sandra Mosely...you may choose to bookmark it so you can drop in from time to time to 'tune in and tune up'.

Each month, moon by moon, I also scribe the Lifecycle/Luna See newsletter where I offer ideas for crafting your Art/Life~Heart/Business using the natural rhythms of the lunar cycle and the seasons...

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see you next Monday for the next installment of the Cleansing/Renewal Moon

~Iona

 

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