Heather Roan Robbins - Moon Wisdom: Transform your life using the Moons signs and cycles

MOON WISDOM

MOON WISDOM

Transform your life using the
Moons signs and cycles

Heather Roan Robbins

This edition published in 2020 by CICO Books An imprint of Ryland Peters & Small Ltd

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Text Heather Roan Robbins 2015 Design and illustrations CICO Books 2020

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Contents

Why have a disaster (dis=against, aster=the stars) when we can constellate instead (con=with, stella=stars)? Its my personal belief that were not influenced by the planets but that the planets are influenced by the same universal patterns that influence us. My metaphor is that if you see horns on top of the fence you might not want to put your foot underneath itthe horns wont hurt your foot, but whatever moves the horns moves the hooves, and the horns (and planets) are easier to see. Use astrology to make your life easier and to explore how you are connected with the breath of the world and the cycles of the stars.

Here we look at astrology in two different dimensions. First we look at the astrology of the moment (Part I: Navigate your day with), the astrological energetic weather conditions created by the signs and patterns of the planets as they are right now, and how best to engage those patterns for a full and happy life. Then we look at you, how you encapsulate the astrology of the moment of your birth (Part II: If you were born under), what this implies about your personal nature, and how to inhabit that nature most comfortably.

You may notice an interesting subtle spiritual shift that grows as you use astrology. The more you work with it, the more youll notice its surprising accuracy. The fact that it works points to a deep symbolic interconnection through all beings, all worlds, and all events, a flexible connection influenced by divine grace and our free will, but a palpable and hopeful connection nonetheless.

So lets constellate, work with the stars, and use them as a way to feel connected to the big cycles of the world. The Moon is a great place to start. We see it in the night sky, we feel it in the wax and wane of the tides and the ebb and flow of our personal moods.

The Moon sets the tone of the day. As it shines through a sign, it colors our emotional milieu and lends us the gifts and strengths of that sign. The fastest of the celestial bodies we watch in astrology, it circles the Earth and moves through the whole zodiac in approximately 28 days, changing sign every two and a third days.

When you know where the Moon is on any given day, you get a snapshot of the general attitude and mood of the day. You get clues about how to deal with people, how to reach the public, how to navigate the subway in relative safety, and what to expect from your loved ones.

You may not always have a choice about when to tackle a challenge, but you can always choose your response. If you work against the sign of the Moon on any given day, it may make life harder, but it can be done with a little extra attention. For example, the extroverted Leo Moon brings an expansive, sociable, dramatic mood. If your taxes are due tomorrow but the Moon is in Leo and a party beckons, it may not be easy to keep your nose to the grindstone. Bribe yourself with the promise of a little Leonine indulgence or social outlet along the way.

Likewise, it might be prudent to avoid going to court with a jealous ex just as the Moon enters brooding and suspicious Scorpio, but if you have to, you can go in prepared with shields up, willpower on, and ready not to take the bait for a fight. If you had a choice, life would be so much more comfortable if you did your taxes under a careful, introspective Virgo Moon and scheduled your divorce-court date under a freedom-loving, forgiving Sagittarius Moon.

These basic astrological guidelines apply to anybodys chart, but the Moon will affect each one of us differently as it reacts with our own natal chart. Just as a farmer with parched fields will respond to a report of rain differently from a lover about to set up a picnic, how we respond to the Moon in Aries versus the Moon in Cancer depends upon our own chart and situation. So it helps to take notes about our personal responses to the cycles of the Moon.

An interesting benefit accrues with this work when you notice how moods change in response to the Moons cycles. You feel the same, but become less identified by, and attached to, your personal mood, and therefore mediate your feelings more comfortably.

When you were born, you imprinted the astrological pattern of that birth moment and live out that pattern, with a lot of choice about how, for the rest of your life. Most people know their Sun sign. The Sun spends a month in each sign at more or less the same time every year and gives us the skeletal underpinnings for the rest of the chart, but it only tells us part of the picture. Your Sun sign sketches out how to work with you, but doesnt tell us what drives you or makes you special, how to tick you off or make you feel at home. The rest of the chart does that.