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An Unexpected Challenge to Individuality — Leo Full Moon Report Feb 5, 2023
You Experience the Unexpected. Now What? — Aquarius New Moon Jan 21, 2023
The Exhilarating Spark of Freedom — Full Moon Astrology Report Jan 6, 2023
The Wise Use of Personal Power — New Moon Astrology Report Dec 23, 2022
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What is Lunar Astrology?
Lunar astrology is the study of the eight phases of the Sun/Moon relationship in the monthly lunar cycle.
Each New Moon there is a release of cosmic energy to the Earth. This new energy transforms life and consciousness through eight phases of development.
What is The Lunar Journal?
The Lunar Journal follows the lunar cycle. This bi-monthly astrology publication maps personal success to lunar astrology and the lunar cycle.
The Sun and the Moon work in harmony to energize all new successful growth. The Sun provides the energy, while the Moon supports integration through natural processes of time.
The Lunar Journal helps you connect to these potentials in your daily life.
The Lunar Cycle
The lunar cycle is divided into four quarters. The Moon travels through these quarters during its orbit around the Earth. The Moon’s movement consists of the following quarters, each representing 90°.
- New Quarter
- First Quarter
- Full Quarter
- Last Quarter
In addition to the four quarters, the Moon also presents in eight lunation phases as the result of the Sun and Moon working together.
The truest meaning of the Moon in any astrology chart takes into consideration the significance of the Sun/Moon phase. For example, to fully understand the success and growth dynamics of an individual we use both the lunar cycle and the eight phases of the Moon.
The Eight Lunar Phases
The New Phase
The 1st phase of the cycle releases a new pattern with the momentum and zest to discover its potential. Each New Moon is unique and follows an organic and instinctual pattern of growth.
The Crescent Phase
In the 2nd phase the original momentum begins to slow, with a natural willingness to overcome any obstacle that is in the way. A spontaneous approach with small successful steps ensures steady and continued growth.
The First Quarter Phase
The 3rd phase is critical to the quality of growth throughout the remaining cycle. Practical and decisive activity is critical in establishing the best outcome or direction forward. Choices and circumstances will shape the individual character, determining what and how life unfolds.
The Gibbous Phase
The 4th phase is creatively in sync with the rational and analytical processes of making adjustments. Aligning with the intelligent design of Nature allows inquisitiveness to become one’s teacher of success. This phase prepares for the coming shift in consciousness and the realization of purpose.
The Full Phase
The 5th phase activates a new level of awareness with the realization, or full picture, of the purpose of what was originally released at the beginning of the cycle. Objectivity and clarity are in full operation. There is an understanding of what must be done to successfully relate circumstances to personal potential.
The Disseminating Phase
The 6th phase consciously expands one’s individual awareness to include more of the world around them. Past learning, including experiences and challenges that were overcome, become markers of success to be shared. Common experiences then unite like minds to participate and share in a larger process, expanding one’s success to include others.
The Last Quarter Phase
The 7th phase is critical to the development of consciousness. It supports mature thinking, where the bigger picture of life is firmly grasped. There is a great power that lies within the choice to change one’s own perspective. The quickness of an individualized mind understands the ways that growth and success have been conditioned by society. Changing one’s perspective has the power to change one’s reality.
The Balsamic Phase
The 8th phase brings to conclusion the current growth cycle. The potential of what was originally released has now reached its pinnacle and all that’s left is the future. At this phase, each cycle incorporates its success, growth, and understanding into the seed of the cycle to come.
This final phase is full of hope and new potential. It inspires forward thinking. Letting go of past failures allows for unfettered momentum to nourish the soul that desires growth.
A Complete Astrology Reading
A “Complete Astrology Reading” is highly recommended in order to move forward in life with a solid understanding of how you function as an individual.
This reading covers many important aspects not typically included in a traditional natal chart reading, including an introduction to your Cross of Dharma, and how your specific type of intuition operates.
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The Unique and Special Nature of the Astrology Kite Pattern
The most intriguing of the geometric astrology patterns is called the “Kite Pattern ” or the “Astrology Kite Formation.” Its most distinct feature is the actual shape outlining a simple kite. (See image below.)
The inspiration for this article is the upcoming kite formation occurring on at the exact moment of the Winter Solstice of 2015. My prediction is that, in retrospect, astrologer’s will look back to this date, and in particular this astrology kite pattern of Dec 2015 and say that it was a major turning point 21st century history. Will history reflect an element of fate or free will?
Preparing for Future Events — New Moon Astrology Dec 2015
Our New Moon Astrology is focused on the Sun and Moon at 20° Sagittarius. The integrated energy of this New Moon will help you on an individual level to prepare for upcoming future events. This type of supporting energy is designed to help you manage future circumstances in your life in a positive and loving way.
The raw energy of Sagittarius is supporting the New Moon through new levels of understanding. One element of this understanding is an awareness of the unfolding of events through the ebb and flow of larger currents and cycles of time.
With this understanding comes a responsibility to act on this new awareness. Your actions this month are supported with this New Moon’s quality of ingenuity that brings a creative mindset to how you interact with your life, both now and moving forward.
Remembering Your Past: Full Moon Astrology, Nov 2015
This Full Moon opens up and reveals a personal opportunity that may have been hidden from you until now. The energies that are coming through our Gemini Moon are centered around a new discovery in your life. Specifically, this discovery represents an ability to summon and retrieve old memories that are held underneath the surface of your consciousness. These may be forgotten memories from this lifetime, or even past life memories. Whatever the source, these memories will connect you to the very source of your being and your highest purpose.
A Hidden Opportunity — New Moon Astrology Nov 2015
The New Moon energy from this week’s November 20° Scorpio Sun and Moon conjunction is focused on the discovery of hidden opportunity.
New Moon Nov 2015New choices and opportunities may be directly in front of you, yet remain undiscovered. In order to actualize these undiscovered potentials you must find your own hidden pathway.
The Power of Wealth is Coming Your Way: Full Moon Astrology Oct 27, 2015
The Taurus Full Moon is offering you the opportunity to open up to receive new forms of wealth at every level of life.
Taurus represents all forms of health and abundant well-being, including the gathering of resources that are important for personal success. The Sun is opposite in Scorpio. Scorpio brings a depth of power and personal meaning to this Full Moon, with the ability to connect to the deeper level of what wealth represents.
This symbology of wealth is individual to each person and can be experienced in many ways
A Solid Step Forward: New Moon Astrology Oct 2015
We are currently in a phase of growth initiated by the Lunar Eclipse two weeks ago. The New Moon supports this opportunity for growth by bringing a stabilizing force to your life enabling you to step into a larger relationship with your community, and by extension, the entire universe. During the coming Lunar month, circumstances will provide opportunities to take action that will allow you to inspire others and serve your fellow human beings in a larger, even spectacular, way.
Stepping into a New Dimension: Lunar Eclipse Astrology Sept, 2015
This Lunar Eclipse brings a remarkable and potentially life-changing opportunity. With this astrology chart I see us literally being offered the opportunity to step into a new dimension, or frequency, of life.
Expanding Through the Vitality of Life-Force: New Moon Sept 2015
This month’s New Moon in Virgo is supported by a strong astrological pattern with a powerful energizing effect to support positive changes in your life. This month your expansion will come as you learn new mastery of your life force. The biggest opportunity for practicing this new mastery is through your ability to integrate and expand through personal relationships and combined group efforts.
Improving and refining are two things Virgo excels at. A third aspect of Virgo excellence is finding meaning through your work. This is effort or work that expands your life force and activates an emotional response that supports you working toward a greater purpose. There’s the potential to expand into a new sense of personal fulfillment, as you align with greater purpose to your own dharma.