The moon has reset and will soon start to wane. This is your monthly reminder that now is the time to release any bad habits or negative thoughts you might be holding onto. As our view of the moon shrinks, sliver by sliver, let it take that which you wish to release. Allow yourself the freedom to let go. It’s during this lunar phase that the growth of leaves on plants and trees starts to slow, because as the moonlight fades, the plants push their energy down to the their root systems. Focus on strengthening your own roots, the part of you from which everything else grows and flourishes.
The quote on the photo above is from one of my favorite books, The Girl Who Chased The Moon by Sarah Addison Allen. The story is enchanting and always inspires me to go out and chase the moon. I took the above photograph during our full August moon in Orlando, Florida, United States on August 1, 2012 at 9:22 p.m. EST, using my iphone.
Good therapy. I like it!
A lovely and thought provoking post…at the moment I would tend to agree with you but pretty soon the plant sap will start to rise in our plants…at least I HOPE that it will! Tasmania has had a pretty mild but cold winter this year and many places got snow out of season this year. We didn’t (being on the river) but it certainly felt cold enough. I dare say the US will be very cold this year to follow the heat of the summer. We are being told to brace for a hot one here in Australia and as we are used to heat it must be going to be sub nuclear! Hopefully our move to Tasmania will be rewarded by nice cooler temperatures and balmy summer days and nights that we won’t have to lay gasping in the river to bear 🙂