The Black Moon

Now this is something so interesting to me! The Black Moon! In astrology, we equate that phrase or title to Lilith, the asteroid out there that just tosses a wrench into our lives as found in our natal charts of Astrology. Something I may talk of another time.

But that is not the Dark Moon that I am talking of right now. This is the 2nd New Moon in a calendar month. Just as the 2nd Full Moon in one month is known as a Blue Moon, although I have recently come across something that explains that otherwise being the third full moon in a season.
The 2nd New Moon in a calendar month is known by some as the Black or Dark Moon.

So just what does that mean? Well anytime there is some kind of unusual or rare happenstance in nature, it seems that it is a great opportunity for magicke and energy. The Black Moon is said to hold a great deal of power. It is time to let go of the bad habits, a time for endings and with endings, comes new beginnings. It has felt like 2011 itself has been about that to me.

So June has, that is today, is the day of the Black Moon, stretching into tomorrow, carrying the New Moon straight into July. July, that will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays so it will of course have two New Moons, the second one will be on July 30th, extending into the 31st. My birthday and Lughnasadh eve! Very powerful time. Even better, I will be on the beach on those days and I am so looking forward to it!

Is it just me or have you also felt that something big is about to happen? That we are on the edge, the verge of something huge? I don't want to get into all the prophetic things about 2012, but besides all that hoopla, there seems to be something else going on. I am not too sure yet but I can feel it and sense it as of late.

Take this time tho' to really look at your life and see what sort of bad habits you might have, what you would like to discard and take note of what triggers you to it and how you might be able to recognize it when you do start to go down that path and start to try to change that. Leave behind the shell, discard the old and let go of the past. Forgive yourself if need be, forgive others and step forward to the light once more.  We all need these times of the year to truly reflect upon ourselves and see what we might like to change, what is possible and what is a work in progress and continue to take those steps forward. Give that gift to yourself.

See yourself as your friends do, be kinder to yourself and take care of you!