WATER
In the direction of the West we surrender to the elemental power of water in the waning cycle of the moon. After stoking the Fire we surrender to the alchemy that is born by combining these elemental forces. We invite the intention to purify, clear and soften ~ releasing what has been shown to us in the apex of the moon cycle.
Ho do you relate to this element within this season?
I soften, I release. How does it feel in my body to let go. To surrender some tasks, some thoughts, some patterns, to watch the waters cleanse and renew that which stays to be revived and rebirthed. Coming through the fire season, moving towards the water - with the wane of the moon there may be some bone deep tiredness
FIRE & EARTH
Heat is still building as the seeds form
Whilst we may be moving into ‘Summer’ holidays in the sense of the Gregorian calendar and the sense of flow dictated by our ancestral harvest pattern. Actually we are to some degree slowly closing out ‘Summer’, whilst the heat of the year is actually still building (think the warmest time to go in the slowly warmed ocean). We can feel confused as our bodies attune to what is actually going to be moving towards Lammas and first harvest by the end of this month.
It is helpful to consider the effect that this possible dis-regulation has on us and our flow state if we are resistant to the constant turn of the wheel and the yearning for the Solar maximum. We are moving from Cancer to Leo Season on the 23rd. In Leo Season we are all about celebrating the Solar ‘I am’ - especially that which has been. We are nostalgic. For now we are still in Cancer season. So what is arising in our nurturances? What is being reflected in our journeys sa we close out this seasons opportunities with a final breath of the moon scape?
The moon is now in her last quarter lunar (water) phase in the initiatory fire sign of Aries. So the subconscious is having a chance to initiate a new way of being. There is alchemy in this fire x water axis.
How can we initiate the smoothing of edges to allow the tumble stone to take form. We are not static ~ and yet we believe we should ‘stay’ in a certain state. Or that what we are, or what stories we hold define us. Can we recognise and action an awareness within ourselves that pours a balm on these old wounds. Knowing that this is far more about integration of what has been, than trying to change, fix or eradicate a part of ourselves. How can we allow the purifying waters to soften us. To clear the grubby reflection and create new expanded perspective. Can we reinstate a relational way of being in a new light?
What are we willing to transform in ourselves in fire Season? What has been transformed in the light half of the year? As we reflect on what has come about - how can we celebrate what is going to be harvested across the next three ‘thresh’-holds. How have we wielded our fire and can we be proud of how it has been tended? Where are we still gleaning medicine from that?
Our ancient kin understood the Sun as a deity to worship - before Science confirmed the material and alchemical reasons why - we connected to it as the Spiritual Sun and the life giver. That which in its steady burn sustains and creates life. All of life thrives on its bountiful rays. Like leaves and their process of energy creation - we too can not be afraid of the solar fire. We should be wary of anything that tries to minimise our fire, even if it is disguised as well meaning. We must not be gaslit into demonising our fire and our authentic expression.
Lammas
The festival of ‘Loaf mass’ is traditionally celebrated on the 1st August. The first of the three harvests in the wheel of the year. Baking the harvested corn, offerings of corn to the land and wild crafting corn dollies. It is a time of the year where we become even more attuned to food production and the land as a significant and life giving entity all of its own. It requires us to be in close conversation with our bodies. Many of our ancestors would have been involved in the community harvest. Now most of us are separating the wheat from the chaff in more metaphorical sense. And yet we are being called back to this intrinsic relationship with the body, land AND the spiritual element of this connection. Start to notice the wheat fields and golden colours that are beginning to seep into our consciousness. Start to consider the harvest you are preparing to bring in
Lughnasadh
In Celtic mythology, Lammas is associated with the god Lugh, a deity representing craft (fire) and the sun. In the stories of Lugh, his tale speaks of his ultimate sacrifice to ensure the land's prosperity. The festival celebrates the literal harvest of crops and acknowledges the full wheel of commitment to one's labor and achievements. It also reminds us of what is needed to be done to ensure the continuation of the next harvest. It is circular and not short-sighted in recognising it is a perpetual process of regeneration.
Retrogrades
Mercury has gone retrograde (clarify conversations and keep double checking details!) joining Neptune, Saturn and Chiron. Expect themes of misunderstandings in communications, the potential for avoidance and addictive patterns, karmic happenings and confrontations with our inner wounded healer. Go gently as you navigate these opportunities to re travel the water ways
Lunar suggestion
What does it feel like to do a ritual in the last quarter phase of the moon?
We put so much emphasis on new and full moons, but to really flow in harmony with the cycle, none of them should be considered more important that the other. Consider how you might balance this aspect. Perhaps if not in this last quarter but in the new first quarter of the building moon
Our Next Community Call
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Blessings as you move towards your first harvest
Next Steps on the pathway
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