XVIII-The Moon

So now here you are, wandering down the path towards a Goal that is mostly defined, but Steps that are not. Like when you take the road less traveled and GPS shits the bed halfway in.

Take a moment here to revel in the glory and the suck of that moment. I’m pretty sure we have all been there in one way or another.

The thing about The Moon is that it is the full manifestation of what we are being asked to accept in the Star. Play it all the way out. You can’t be in control. You have to make a goal and then trust that it is being acted upon. You have to let go of the lower frequency need to be all up in manifestations face, trying to orchestrate every step just so. Not easy. So what does spirit do?

Makes damn sure that you can’t see a fucking thing. It takes that ability right on up out of your hands, and forces you to let go and maybe even sit still in the unknowing. At least until you feel comfortable enough to access an even deeper level of trust, and an even deeper ability to know. Because when you are dealing with the Moon, you have to develop your subtle senses, and then you have to rely on them for your next steps. You can’t just fall back into old habits of surface logical progression. Spirit doesn’t roll that way.

Think about it. When you are out in the moonlight there is plenty of light. But there isn’t really enough light. Your eyes are diminished, and you have to learn to use your other senses to help you find your way. You learn to develop your hearing, your smell, even your sense of “knowing”. Furthermore, the things you do “see” may or may not be what you think they are. The classic tale of the monks and the snake/rope comes to mind.

Had that one monk used his ears instead of his eyes, he may have realized that the rope on the path wasn’t moving or making any noise. Maybe then he wouldn’t have jumped. Maybe he would have taken a little bit more time to sense if it was a danger at all. Are you following this metaphor?

You are possessed of so many more intuitive senses than you are trained to use. And, in everyday life, you aren’t conventionally asked to develop these into a functional skill set. Telling your boss that a deal doesn’t ‘feel’ right probably will not get him/her to act. Giving them a list of logical explanations will. We value that skill, and we devalue the other. But that intuition you have is probably the singular most powerful tool you have to manage your life, and I bet you rely on it more than you want to admit.

The Moon is asking us to develop another level of trust: trust in the darkness and in our own inherent skill at navigating inside uncertainty. It is when we don’t think we know what to do that we actually have the best chance at developing new ways to succeed. But it is uncomfortable, and it asks you to lean into things that cannot be seen, or qualified. Your intuition. Your psychic connection. Your ancestral power lines. Your dreams. It may also ask you to develop a new sense of time, one that is not tied to your personal comfort zone.

There is much to uncover when we encounter the Moon. It is an influential energy that asks us to access deep energies within ourselves and to be at peace with what we find. The Moon is not obligated to show us anything, and oftentimes the only thing she shows us is where we are making illusion. Clarity comes when we stop demanding clarity and learn that most things known and unknown will only really be understood when we stop trying to filter them through the prism of certainty.

Be adaptable. Be slow. Be present in your super senses and you will navigate the Moon’s challenge just fine. But if you think you are going to blast through and try to shine your irrefutable light into her shadows, you best just think again.

Be okay in the shadow. It is one of the best places to grow.