La Luna
For thousands of years the moon has been depicted as a symbol of the divine feminine, an embodiment of rhythm and time. She encloses within her dance the mysteries of cycles, both internal and in nature.
The Moon and its role in our Earth’s gravitational field has many physiological effects on us as humans. Her impact extends from the vital role she plays with the tides, gravity, circadian cycles, migration in certain species, and even to the change in blood viscosity in our bodies throughout the day. Her gentle ebb and flow reflects a vital force within us, that when we tap into it can align us to our most effortless and natural flow, creating coherence in every sphere of our lives, starting from the inside-out.
OUR DRIVING FORCE
In Human Design, the Moon represents our internal driving force. The lunar cycle marks a deeper connection to your intuition and seasonal, shifting, cyclical nature. Each month as the Moon makes her orbit around the Earth, her pathway creates a consistent energetic movement and when we slow down enough, we can feel her gentle pull.
Understanding the Moon in your chart can bring clarity about why you react to things the way you do, and what you need to feel supported and connected in the outside world. She reflects our deepest emotional needs, showing us exactly how we are designed to move consistently within our environment.
The outer world mirrors our inner world. We can utilize what we experience in every present moment to unlock deeper and higher frequencies within us and create a more aligned and effortless way to move through life.
WORKING WITH THE MOON PHASES
Working with the moon phases is both an archetypal and practical journey, creating ripple effects that impact every sphere of our lives. She connects us directly to the way we think, feel, and take action during the course of our lunar cycle and can also give us insight into our habits, healthy and unhealthy. We can use each phase of the moon to intentionally develop more of what we need: self-care, balance, productivity, connection, focus, maybe a little more grounding in the body. More importantly, working with the moon phases every month can help you recognize, reframe and release the thoughts, beliefs and emotional constructs holding you back from taking healthy action towards these goals.
Your feelings are feedback. They are options brought to you by the environment, to help you assess what is working and what needs refinement. For every heavy feeling, know that you have the capability to reframe it. Reframing is a superpower because it requires that we sit in the moment with the emotions rising up instead of pretending it's not there or trying to push it down.
As the Moon moves through her 28-day monthly rotation around the Earth, she will successfully transition through the following as part of her revolution:
All 12 signs of the Zodiac
All 64 Hexagrams of the I’Ching/ all 384 Lines (Gates in HD, Keys in Gene Keys)
All 9 Centers of the Rave BodyGraph
We can integrate the understanding from our birth chart to understand how to navigate the shifting energies between monthly lunar returns to create a holistic plan for living well, avoiding burnout, and taking aligned action towards personal and professional goals. Most importantly, we can cultivate the right environment that supports the health and harmony of our physical, mental and emotional bodies.
FUELING THE SOUL
Giving yourself what you truly need to live well is not selfish. Cultivating a healthy environment is essential for our Higher Purpose to shine through us. It is the foundation for everything you want to create in this life.
-Kimberle Rose
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL WITHIN CYCLES
Aligning your intentions with the moon phases can help you connect with natural cycles of life as well as build awareness to recognize and empower your own cyclical, internal rhythm. When you are living your truth, there is no comparison or competition - you simply are who you are, and your inner radiance shines beautifully for the world to witness. Attuning to the Moon as she moves within you helps to harmonize the relationships between your body, mind and emotions, allowing you to lean fully into your natural state of coherence - it is a beautiful and humbling process to watch the Moon guide us into our most natural flow.
When we are in alignment with our emotional self, we find that we are more compassionate and empathetic towards others. We have space for the emotional spectrum of others when we understand and embrace that spectrum within ourselves. Living in our energetic signature comes as a natural by-product of honoring our internal timing, and a commitment to seeing our process through rather than identifying and making decisions based upon the amplified pressure from the Open Centers. Developing this witnessing capacity is just one of the benefits of learning to recognize, integrate and embody the feminine, yin, principles that bring balance and true harmony to our lives. Our Open Centers can reveal themselves as deep sources of wisdom rather than present as potential sources of resistance.
Over time, working with the phases of the moon phases can:
help you set intentions in alignment with your core desires, or even get clear on what matters for you,
support you in planning your next steps (personally or professionally), and
even empower you to take aligned action towards your purpose-driven goals with greater ease (which means less resistance!).
At the core of this sacred journey of connecting with the Moon lies a very important concept - embracing your Inner Warrior. The archetype of the inner warrior represents the courage needed to face these deep-seated fears simply requires the conscious commitment to looking honestly and transparently at yourself and how you are really doing in response to what is arising. These programming patterns are not personal, so shadow work is central to your holistic well-being, not a sign that you've done something wrong. Let your Strategy + Authority guide you into what is correct and use your intuitive power of focus to witness the frequency to which you have attuned yourself.
