The Cycles in Nature: Embrassing the Moon

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The Cycles in Nature: Embrassing the Moon

 

The cycles in nature are important when doing any kind of empowerment

work. When working with the energy of natural cycles, you are likely

to get better results. The cycles of the moon have great power when

doing empowerment work.

 

The moon has a powerful relationship to our lives. The moon's

influence can be seen by its connection to the Earth's tides. There

is a connection to the moon and the intuitive aspect of one's nature.

The phases of the moon relate to seasons, color, menstrual cycles,

life cycles and along with the sun, the moon's energy is a higher

conductor and amplifier of our moods and emotions.

 

This influence is not a constant, unchanging thing, however, and an

understanding of the basic lunar cycles can help us to understand how

these cycles influence our lives. The moon orbits the earth about

every 29 days, and this first cycle is the one most people are

familiar with. The moon is illuminated by sunlight, the giver of all

warmth, light, and life in our solar system, but we can't always see

the part being lit. As the moon goes around the earth, we see the

moon from different angles. When we see a full moon, the moon is

directly opposite the sun, when we see no moon, its because the moon

and sun are in the same direction.

 

The moon goes from dark moon (no moon visible) through the waxing

stage, to the full moon, to the waning moon stage, and then back to

the dark moon stage. This first lunar cycle is one of the main

factors controlling the amount of reflected light we get from the

moon.

 

The second lunar cycle is distance: the moon's orbit around the earth

is not perfectly round, and so the moon is not always the same

distance from the earth. This changing distance is what makes the

moon seem bigger sometimes. The moon's power is up to 25% greater

when it's at its closest point. This second cycle also effects the

amount of reflected light we get from the moon.

 

The third cycle is the height of the moon in the sky. The moon's

orbit is not parallel to our equator, and so the moon " wobbles " in

its path around us. This wobble makes the moon higher in the sky at

some points of its orbit than it is at other times, and effects the

quality of the light we get from the moon.

 

Like all living things, we are closely tied to light and its effects.

Though most people don't think about it, the amount and quality of

light we get has a big impact on our lives. " Quality " is more than a

sense of a light's " warmth " or " coolness. " These terms are used to

describe light that is either more towards the red end of the

spectrum (warm) or towards the blue end (cool), and studies reveal

that the " color " of light effects us greatly.

 

But the moon does more than simply reflect sunlight, it also

transmutes it, changing its energies slightly and adding its own

subtle vibrations. Moonlight may be reflected sunlight, but, in being

reflected, it takes on a character all its own.

 

The three basic lunar cycles control both the amount and quality of

light we get from the moon and its gravitational and magnetic effect

on us, as well as all living things.

 

All you have to do is learn to listen to the heartbeat of nature and

begin to dance in time with its rhythms. Where the sun can be seen as

life and spirit, the earth seen as body and physical, the moon can be

seen as the successful combination of physical and spiritual. In it's

dance through time and space, the moon is in balance with the forces

around it... it is in harmony.

 

" As without, so within " . Knowledge of the basic cycles of life is an

understanding of the forces that motivate and drive us; the forces

that affect our lives.

 

*When the moon is waxing, that is when it is growing toward a full

moon, it is time to do empowerment work in manifesting, expanding and

growth.

 

*When the moon is waning, that is when it is shrinking after a full

moon, it is time to do empowerment work in diminishing, decreasing

and dissipating.

 

*It is important to work WITH the cycles of the moon. Once you

accustom yourself to the cycles of the moon, you will be able to use

that energy for more than just empowerment work.

 

 

 

Adding these principles to your empowerment work can increase and

energize all that you do. Whether you are seeking a new job, making a

major decision or making any change in your life, you may just create

a very satisfying and rewarding outcome.

 

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

http://www.peacefulmind.com

Therapies of healing

mind, body, spirit