Theresa Cheung - The Moon Fix

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Harness Lunar Power for Healing and Happiness

THERESA CHEUNG

Illustrations by INDIGO

Talking to the Moon

Throughout time, humankind has gazed in awe at the heavens above, wondering about the eternal pageant of the stars and the meandering paths of the planets. But none of the celestial bodies, not even the sun, has inspired more myth and mystery than the moon.

Talking to the moon and listening to whatever she wishes to tell me has been my passion for as long as I can remember. From a very young age, it became a nightly ritual for me to sit on my bedroom windowsill and gaze at the moon before it was time to go to bed. On nights, when I couldnt see her shining clearly, I always felt a little lonely. During those nightly window-sill vigils, I would tell the moon everything I was thinking and feeling. Id ask her to protect me and those I loved. Sometimes I would make a wish. I felt like she was listening to me. She felt alive. The moon lights and inspires every area of my life and helps me find a sense of direction and inner peace. She guides, protects and reconnects us with ourselves and our surroundings.

The moon fix recommendations in this book blend ancient and modern moon lore. They aim to help you immediately start harnessing or drawing down the power of the moon to give you the inner strength to change your life for the better. Every moon fix, whether it is a ritual, spell, meditation or practical advice, is simple and easy to do. Performing your moon fixes will help you to tap into the moons energy at the optimum time of the lunar cycle to maximize your chances of success and happiness in every area of your life, every day of your life. The Moon Fix does not depend on astrology and New Age jargon, nor does it require any experience with magic, paganism or Wicca. You dont need to be religious or to have any belief system. All you need is an open heart and mind and a desire to tune into a higher power the wisdom of the moon.

Youll find moon fixes here to improve your mood, heighten your creativity and improve your powers of concentration, as well as lunar recommendations to attract success, boost your energy levels and help attract love into your life or rekindle passion in a current relationship. There are also fixes designed to enhance your productivity as well as enchantments to ignite your intuitive powers and help you find your reflective and calm centre. If you want to live a limitless life and discover infinite possibilities within you, this book offers uncomplicated, practical ways for you to bring the transformative magic of lunar power into your everyday.

The healing power of the moon is a part of the mythology of ancient cultures and civilizations from all over the world, from the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Sumerians and Chinese to the Norse, Celts and Native Americans, to name but a few. Each culture has different moon lore, and names and ways to describe the moon and her many phases. More often than not the names given to the moon during her different phases recorded the flow of time, but sometimes they reflected the wild, magical legends and lore about the creation of the moon. Most cultures believed the moon to be a feminine energy, and this book will use the feminine to reference her, yet according to Norse mythology, the moons energy was masculine.

Even when they appeared to hold fundamentally different beliefs about the moon, many ancient cultures were united by the firm conviction that the moon had significant power, both in the night sky and over our daily lives. Scientists and spiritual seekers today also recognize this.

So why and how does the moon influence our lives? The answer lies in the close and intertwined relationship that the moon has with the Earth in space. Most of us know that the moons lunar phases somehow impact the tides, and science has shown that the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth impacts not just the oceans but the climate, the temperature, the seasons and the weather too. In addition, without the moons stabilizing influence the Earth would be spinning way too fast for us to survive. In short, we need the moon up there in the sky looking down on us day and night to keep us balanced and, it seems, alive.

Everything in the universe is energy and that includes you, me and the moon. I believe that tuning your personal energy in to lunar energy by becoming aware of the moons many faces and phases can have a healing and balancing impact on all areas of your life. From starting new projects when the moon is full, to attracting love and success when the moon is waxing, or getting fit and losing weight when the moon is waning, working with the healing power of the moon is a powerful way to create positive shifts in all areas of your life.

There are moon deities in every culture and they are typically linked to enchantment and magic. In the great majority of cases moon deities are feminine entities, queens of the night; however, the moon has been worshipped both as a heaven man and a heaven woman, and there are certain energies associated with it which are typically regarded as either feminine or masculine. These qualities do not apply exclusively to any particular gender. Harnessing lunar power is for everyone it speaks to the hidden, mysterious and intuitive parts of a person.

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