The moon is new on April 27th at 12:31 pm Pacific Time. The next full moon is on May 12th at 09:55 am Pacific Time, taken from https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/usa/sandpoint

As the end of April and the mew Moon approach, I’m recalling the powerful energies of last month’s equinox and eclipses. I can say that I have embraced the peacefulness that comes from neutrality—letting go of attachment to outcome.

I feel a calmness, a love, a reverence for life that I had touched the edges of before, but not fully allowed myself to experience. This isn’t somber; it’s filled with laughter, joy, playfulness and feeling a childlike wonder.

In this time between moon phases, it hasn’t been hard to find tragic stories in the news. So many of these stories have the potential to bring disturbance into an untrained consciousness.
As we enter this new moon time, I invite you to discern what keeps you in states of peace, joy and love. What makes you unshakable? Cultivate that and let the rest fall away.
For me, staying in neutrality is like bobbing up and down in waves, not staying too high or too low, but gently floating in the center. While I know that everything is here to help me, it’s mine to discern how I receive the help. Sometimes the beauty of life moves me to tears, it’s so deeply felt. At other times, life is so comedic, I’m laughing until I cry. It’s all good. It’s all wonderful. I’m just riding the waves.

May you find your center in every moment. Have a good cry, a good laugh, and breathe.

With Love,
Deborah

The New Moon at 03:27 am on March 29^th. April 12^th at 5:22 pm brings the full moon. The is a partial solar eclipse on March 29^th beginning at 1:53 am. All times are for the Pacific Time Zone, taken from:

https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases

This new moon closes the ‘eclipse season’ that started with the full moon on March 13 or 14, depending on your time zone. The equinox was smack dab in the middle! This has been and will continue to be a powerful time for setting intentions, visioning, and taking the actions needed to bring those intentions and visions to fruition. For some, the action will be to cultivate stillness and discipline. Don’t underestimate the power of stillness and the ability to stand in the calm while chaos whirls around you. This is a skill learned through practice and discipline.

The Equinox has passed and Spring is finally here! There are little shoots of green in the meadow where the snow has melted, and big puddles of standing water on the land that hosts me. I’m contemplating—what has melted off of me? What newness is being revealed? What emotions are stagnant, needing to be transformed and nourish what’s been held in the stillness of winter?

One thing that has been moving in and out of my conscious thought as we move into Spring is; what does it take to make the changes my soul desires? What is it that allows me to overcome the inertia of fear?

There are times when I’ve chosen to remain comfortable in my suffering. The suffering was familiar, verses the unknown of change. It was only until the pain became truly unbearable, that I was willing to venture into the unknown place of choosing differently; letting go of fear.

What if, instead of waiting for serious illness to create the need to change my diet, I just ate more healthfully? What if, I wore colors and styles of clothing that make me feel good about my body, instead of waiting for approval from an outside source? What if, I went out and did the things that bring me joy without waiting for someone to share the experience with? These examples may sound trivial, but change comes one little decision at a time.

After contemplation, I allowed myself to sit in stillness; to listen to my heart, to look at fear with discernment. The trivial led to the truth. The superficial was masking fear of abandonment and lack. This was fuel to propel me past the inertia and feelings of being stagnant and less than.

I chose to go within and to seek the counsel of others I trust, not to tell me what to do, but to help me pull out and examine the truth that was already inside of me. I can’t unsee the truth. The discipline is to keep looking in the mirror, to keep seeing the beauty of misalignment and failure, as the building blocks of success and living with authenticity and integrity. My action steps may be different than what you need. We all have the ability to take action; the question is having the will for it. Some will choose to stay in the suffering, but we have the power of choice.

So, if you choose—Let’s allow ourselves to fail, to succeed, to explore, experience and celebrate all of it. Let’s laugh together, cry together, support each other in growing. Let’s live until we die, stepping fully into the truth of who we are, claiming our divine, eternal nature.  

 
With Love,

Deborah

The Moon is new on February 27^th at 4:44 pm and full on March 13^th at 11:54 pm. The Spring Equinox arrives on March 20^th at 02:01 am.

Pacific Time (Seattle) as noted on

https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases

This time of New Moon energy between February 28^th and the Spring Equinox on March 20^th is full of exquisite potential. For as short and powerful as February has been, this time before the equinox is even more so. I have had deep and layered clearing of densities and old programing between the January new moon and this one; many friends and clients are experiencing similar clearings. We’re making room for more of our Highest Self to be seated into our physical being. This work can be simple but not easy—restoration is good work.

When we set intention and speak our desires out loud, and, or create ritual using the flow of Nature’s cycles, we invite the Universe to dance with us. We invite Creation to surprise and delight us in ways that we may not even be able to imagine. In this time between the new moon and the Spring equinox, we have the opportunity to amplify whatever is in our hearts. We may not be conscious of how our soul desires to experience, grow and expand, but when we learn to work together, to connect, life flows beautifully.

I’ll use this new moon time to invite more clearing, healing and vision. My soul knows the most beneficial path to revealing my wholeness to my human awareness. I have the inner-standing to know that I am not broken but my wholeness isn’t always fully received by my human mind, therefore, I keep searching for what I already have. This pattern is becoming shorter as my human awareness and highest good have become more in sync.

I invite you to ask your highest and greatest self to open to your wholeness. You may not consciously know what your soul is moving toward, but It does. Allow It to guide you to a deeper connection to Source. In asking to receive the wholeness that you already have, Source may surprise you. Let go of expectation and attachment to outcome. I sometimes have to remind myself that sometimes the rapids lead to the waterfall. Once over the waterfall, I’m in calm waters again. I’ve had an experience that has brought me more of myself, in a way that I would not have chosen but is exactly what I needed. These experiences have cultivated and built trust in my connection to Source.

May you feel the comfort of being gently held, no matter the terrain as we enter into this new moon and approach the Spring equinox.