Over the centuries women have been shamed for literally everything. From their natural menstrual cycles to their power to have children and bring life into the world. We have been feared, time and time again. Told to stay small, belittled our bodies, our sexuality and just being us. But I have felt for such a long time that this is ending.
It is not that the masculine should be shamed or hidden just as the feminine has been but we need to find a loving, compassionate balance between the two. This is why for women, aligning with the energies of the moon can be such a powerful way to do this. By honoring your own cycles, your body, and your wisdom we can start to find balance in our lives again. To truly understand our deepest nature.
What Does Moon Magic Mean?
The Moon goes through a 28-day cycle, the same way as a woman does. On an energetic and spiritual level, it takes a woman longer to process her emotions, her needs, and desires. The issue at hand is that within our current Western society, we only go by the Masculine cycle. A man’s entire hormone cycle only lasts 24 hrs. This is the time frame that we are on and it can cause havoc to our bodies and minds.
Our current society encourages and pushes us to manifest our desires as quickly as possible. In the same way, we click the checkout button on Amazon. But what if manifestation works on the woman’s cycle instead? What if first, you need to work through your desires, and get really clear on your needs? If manifestation works on the same cycle as the moon then it means that we need to work through each phase to really, truly align with our heart’s desire.
The Phases:
New Moon – Clarity, New Beginnings, Creating Foundations
The first phase is aligned with the New Moon and this is the phase of clarity and expanding our consciousness. Within this phase, we need to work on manifesting from our heart, not our mind. We all have desires, but some of those desires aren’t always for our highest good.
For example, imagine winning a million pounds in a lottery. Sounds great right? But what if we have blocks around money or our self-worth? So as soon as that million hits our bank account we feel guilty, worthless, and fearful. So it’s important to lay the foundations first for what you want to manifest. Delve deep into the ‘whys’. What would it mean for you? Your family? Who will it benefit? Really get clear and try and focus on manifesting from your heart, a place of love as opposed to fear.
Waxing Crescent – Taking Action
After we really get clear on our needs we need to then take action. The art of manifestation is bringing what was in the ethereal spiritual realms down into the earth plane. Where an idea becomes much more than that. The first step is to really get clear on what those next steps are. Then break those steps down into smaller ones till eventually, you have a simple step-by-step action plan.
First Quarter through to Full Moon – Working Through Your Blocks
This is the most important part and the one that takes awhile. So often we have to work through our fears and blocks but it takes courage and patience to do this. So when you’re writing out your action plan notice any blocks that come up. Where are they in your body? Give them a name, a word, or an image. Get clear on your blocks and then you can work on reaffirming a new mindset.
Create a new belief system or pattern. For example, maybe you are afraid to start a new business. The first step is to work on ‘why’. What is truly stopping you? Write it down and then work on building a different mindset. Meditation, listening to positive affirmations. Take action on your goals and push yourself outside your comfort zone.
The Full Moon is always when the energy of this cycle is at its most powerful. This is the time to release and clear your energy. Meditate, go inward. Have a relaxing bath. This is a period of synchronicity, where the Universe starts granting your wishes. During the full moon its important to rest and recharge.
Waning Gibbous – Wisdom, Truth, and Alignment
During this phase you work on connecting to your soul. To stay in alignment with your highest truth. This is a powerful phase to really delve deeper inward. You may feel like you want to retreat from the world during this phase. Your energy is also more sensitive so its important to create clear boundaries and not to do too much.
Last Quarter – Rest, Self-Care, Love
This is the phase to really recharge and work on your self-care. Again this may bring up blocks as we can often leave our own needs at the door and tend to everyone else’s first. During this phase it’s important to trust what your body needs. Tune into your body more. Work on intuitively living and eating. Trust your own inner wisdom.
Balsamic – Preparation, Healing, Karma
The Balsamic is the final moon phase before the New Moon and Balsamic means “Balsam – to Sooth.” It is one of the most healing parts of the moon cycle and it’s important to work on preparing for the New Moon by healing any blocks or past karma. Notice within this cycle if you got so far in your ideas but then stalled. What happened? What blocks came up? Often our bigger blocks come from long-held belief systems. This is the time to clear them.
