Moon4Balance

Living life in balance. Today my blog takes a new direction. Much synchronicity, in all the teachings I've received lately, has helped me to realize that it is time to create my own integrated teaching instead of merely writing random blog posts. I have lived my life according to the phases of the moon for the past several years, discovering so many fabulous things about myself, the moon, and the moon's effect on the cosmos.

When I started observing the moon nightly, within 2 months, my own cycle began to synchronize with the moon's phases: ovulating at the full moon and menstruating at the new moon. In my anthropological ignorance, I didn't realize that that was pretty normal -- at least it was in the past. As it continued month after month, my curiosity was piqued. I started to recognize that this must be why fertility rituals were so often performed at the full moon -- if the women were ovulating, it would be the most likely time to conceive.

Apparently, in earlier eras,  such synchronicity was common, but anomalies of modern life have taken their toll on today's woman -- crazy schedules, exposure to industrial lighting, stress, lack of time spent outdoors, invasive methods of contraception, all wreak havoc with normal cycles. Even living according to the Gregorian calendar, instead of the natural lunar calendar, all too often keeps women from experiencing this synchronicity.

As a Libra, I love balance. As a quadruple Libra (my natal chart indicates 4 planets in Libra), I am all about getting balance. And yet the balance I seek has so often been missing from my life. As I have researched and observed, my life has come much more into equilibrium. As I continue now to avail myself of personal development reading and coaching, I see how it all comes together. 

In this blog we will explore moon lore, mythology and cultural practices, bring together lunar correspondences, the elements, and natural sciences in an attempt to create balance, and to fulfill our highest potential -- to be able to live in abundance and prosperity in every aspect of our lives. In my next entry, I will explore the moon's effect on us and our natural surroundings in surprising ways you may never have noticed, and her symbol as the figure of primordial receptivity.