(inspired by the Virgo New Moon of 2017)

In a culture filled with images and videos, it’s easier now than ever to look outside and compare ourselves to who and what we see out there. Humans often feel lonely for other people, and we seek validation from "them" that we are doing okay. We forgo the simple, beautiful, lovely and magical things in favor of mindless scrolling. 

Mercury has just turned retrograde, inviting us to revisit our relationship to the outside world, and to shift our orientation to Source. I’m using the word Source these days rather than Truth, as “truth” has been quite distorted and upended, and ironically, i don’t quite trust it. We are in a time of adulterated information - a time when it’s difficult to discern factual from fictional news and information. 

Are you ready for some activation? Are you ready for your patterns to be eclipsed? It’s coming. It’s here. I felt it strongly during the Leo New Moon which initiated this current lunation, soon reaching its peak with the Aquarius Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse at 11:11am PDT on 7 August, 2017.

Your desires are holy, sacred, desired. This morning i meditated with Saraswati - goddess of wisdom, eloquence, poetry, music, intuitive wisdom. I asked her what wants to awaken in and live through me. She called me to a deep, sweet place beneath the longings for this or that and the other things. She reminded me that the poignant longing for longing, desire for desire is the space to muse upon and create from. 

Sometimes the Moon pulls you in and spits you out on the Otherside. Maybe there is no dark side, only an other side. Sometimes the Earth draws you down, down, down…and you keep going until you think you hit rock bottom. But perhaps there is no rock bottom, perhaps you arrive at the point where down becomes up…and you find that without even knowing it, you are going up, up, up and resurfacing to the light with an entirely new perspective and place within yourself and in the world.