The New Moon represents the beginning of our 29 day lunar month. During a New Moon, the moon is roughly sitting between the Earth & the Sun, hence the Sun is shining on the ‘dark side of the moon’, the side of the moon we never see. As a result, we cannot see the moon as the side that faces the Earth is not illuminated.
The Moon & the Sun emanate frequencies and these energy waves influence the tides, and all life forms on Earth, including human behaviour / consciousness. In addition, during a New Moon, both the Moon & Sun are in the same Zodiac sign… giving an exponential boost or concentration of the energy.
The Sun represents our ‘outer-world’, our identify, our personality, our ego. It represents how we ‘shine our light’ out into the world, the present moment, our yang or masculine archetype expression. The Sun offers us strength, courage and illuminated insight of the Soul.
The Moon represents our ‘inner world’, our hidden emotions, desires, our shadow-self, fears/worries and our dreams. It represents our feelings, our unconscious beliefs, the past and our yin or feminine goddess archetype. The Moon offers us the ability to feel, learn from the past and creatively unlock and express our essence.
During a New Moon, the side of the moon that remains invisible to us here on Earth is being illuminated by the Sun. Thus our own ‘invisible’ side, our inner feelings, emotions and desires are also being illuminated during a new moon. During this illumination, we are given a window of opportunity to start a fresh, let go of the energy of the previous cycle and set our intentions, dreams & inner-most desires into conscious action.
The New Moon is a great time to set your intentions, write down goals or begin new projects for the forthcoming cycle. Consider sitting in ceremony or personal meditation and affirming to the Universe your intentions & inner-most heartfelt desires for the cycle.
Sharing with you below a number of tools to help you connect with and embrace the energy of our August 2016 New Moon.
NEW MOON – August 2/3, 2016
Tuesday, 2 August 2016 – 1:44 pm PDT (USA)
Tuesday, 2 August 2016 – 4:44 pm EDT (USA)
Tuesday, 2 August 2016 – 8:44 pm UTC
Wednesday, 3 August 2016 – 6:44 am AEST (Australia)
Moon & Sun in LEO
Moon – past, Intuition, unconscious, emotions, nurturing, feelings
Sun – now, Identity, consciousness, self-esteem, expression
Leo (Fire) – Leader, affectionate, generous, outgoing, stubborn, authoritative
Ahh, blessed LEO… such a welcome relief after some of that heavier energy earlier in the year (and some challenging aspects coming up later in the year).
This new moon will be a time of having fun, breaking free and opening our big ol-hearts to the world. It is a time of play, opening to the care-free spirit of your inner-child in joyful exuberance.
When I think of Leo, I think of a generous and wise Lion, with a Heart of Gold. A Lion that is courageous and lives with whole-heart… so it will be time to really cut-loose, be passionate and put yourself out there in the stage that we call life.
Interestingly this New Moon, the Moon is trine (at a 120 degree angle) to Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius. This is a very positive aspect (phew) as it gives you an opportunity to channel all of that fun, creativity and play into something positive and productive in your life…. your work, your family and your day to day routines.
I feel this Leo new moon will give us an opportunity to become aware of areas of life where we maybe too serious or hung up on ‘responsible adult stuff’ and give us an opportunity to lighten up, play & foster freedom.
The journey of personal growth can be fun.. so lefts laugh more and make this a priority in our lives.
NEW MOON – Ceremony Grid Video
Please watch my short video below where I discuss our August New Moon and my New Moon Ceremony Grid.
NEW MOON – Ceremony Grid
The New Moon is a sacred time to create a Ritual or Ceremony to set your intentions / goals / visions / dreams for the forthcoming cycle.
I recommend that you download my New Moon Ceremony Grid (simply click on the image/s below) and then print the grid on an A4/US Letter sheet of paper .
Or, if you prefer, you download the Grid to your phone/tablet for use during the time of the New Moon or in a New Moon Ceremony.
Sharing with you some ideas of how you could incorporate this New Moon Ceremony Grid into your New Moon Ritual/Ceremony.
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- In the days leading up to the New Moon, collect items from nature (crystals, minerals, rocks, flowers, leaves, seeds) or what ever calls to you for your New Moon ceremony.
- On the day of the New Moon, prepare yourself for your ceremony by swimming in the ocean, having a salt bath, burning sage/eucalyptus leaves, toning/chanting or even playing crystal bowl if you are the lucky owner of one of these ancient instruments.
- To commence your New Moon ceremony, Light a Candle and honour your connection with the elements – Earth, Fire, Air, Water & Aether/Spirit. You may also like to embrace my Galactic Heart Breathing Meditation.
- Lay out your New Moon Ceremony Grid and then intuitively place around or on top of your New Moon Ceremony Grid your items from nature. These items have been chosen by your ‘higher-self’ our Soul. They symbolically represent all that you are stepping into, embracing and co-creating over this next lunar cycle.
- Now place your INTENTION into the Heart (the centre) of your Ceremony Grid ie your goals / visions / dreams for the forthcoming cycle. Your intention should be clear & concise, from the Heart and stated with courage and conviction. You may like to say your intentions out loud or may prefer to write then down and sign your name beside the words ‘And it is so’. These sacred words honour that you intention has taken place in all directions of time and space in the present moment.
- Offer a final blessing of Gratitude & Thanks and open your heart and share the LOVE out into the world. You may wish to then blow out the candle, or keep it lit until you go to bed and ‘dream’ with the New Moon.
- With Sacred Purpose over the next couple of weeks, allow yourself the opportunity to take ‘conscious action’ in order to birth your intention within the aetheric field into physical reality. As you wake up each day, ‘feel’ into the day and take conscious/guided steps toward you goals. Transcend the need to have to make it happen or the fear of it not happening, such that you free yourself to experience the magickal and miraculous space of manifestation through spirit. Let go of the egoic need to make your intention ‘have to happen in a certain way’ and embrace the cherished co-creative principle that everything will be manifested into form in a way/divine time for your highest good and the highest good of the greater all.
- You may wish to place your items from nature on a Altar as a sacred reminder of your New Moon intentions… or I prefer to gift mine to nature (I release them to the Ocean) as a way of releasing my need to control and allow the tides of source to bring my intentions into physical form.
OmAhOm
xx Simone
