| Like the moon, we all go through phases in our | | | | from here. It's a time to explore new ways of |
| lives. We have ups and downs, we go forward | | | | thinking and to prepare for a new path of travel. |
| and backward - and sometimes we seem to | | | | This phase marks the ideal time for connecting |
| circle back around. We may hide behind the clouds | | | | with our inner selves and our heart's desire. By |
| or peek from beneath the clouds. But in the midst | | | | looking for the "light" and knowing that it's there, |
| of darkness, when we are open to making a | | | | somewhere, waiting to be discovered - we can |
| connection with our authentic self, we can get to | | | | face our "dark side of the moon" and reach a |
| a point where we're able to beam with full light. | | | | place where our personal reflection begins to shed |
| During a new moon phase, the sky is completely | | | | its own light. |
| black, with the exception of little sparkles of light | | | | This is a time where dots start to connect and |
| in the form of stars. It's the point in every month | | | | patterns start to reveal themselves - just as the |
| when the moon takes a retreat and begins to | | | | stars do in the night sky. Everything has a place |
| grow again, redoubling her light and reflecting new | | | | and everything has a purpose. Now it becomes |
| creative energy on all worldly things. | | | | our job to find our place in the next phase of life's |
| For creative individuals, this phase represents a | | | | journey. |
| time for our own retreat and withdrawal from | | | | The energies of the dark moon can feel especially |
| the outside world. During the darkness, it's an | | | | potent. That's because they are. They represent |
| opportunity to reflect on who we are - | | | | the unknown and can send a magnetic pull to lure |
| underneath the layers of life. It's a time to turn | | | | our willingness and our desire to find out - "What |
| within and write about our inner thoughts and | | | | is it on the other side that is waiting for me?" |
| feelings. The new moon can be a potent time for | | | | Grab your journal during this dark moon phase |
| both reflection on and acting upon soul desire. | | | | and ask your authentic self, "Who am I and |
| This is a time to ponder where we've been, how | | | | where do I want to go from here?" |
| we got to where we are now and where to go | | | | The timing couldn't be more perfect. |