Healing Burnout by Moving with the Moon

Finding compassion for ourselves via the lunar cycle

source: Maggie Stephenson

Moving in accordance to the lunar cycle means acknowledging that all of life is comprised of periods of wax and wane, growth and contraction, gain and loss, loudness and quietude. It’s hard to live in alignment with this knowledge, because our culture is so geared towards instant gratification and hustle over everything else. But I’d like to remind us that we can interrupt that deluge, we can reroute that energy on our own terms. What follows is some clarification on the kinds of actions we can take throughout the lunar cycle.

For those of you reading this today, May 7th, we’re currently in the waxing gibbous phase, moving towards the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 12th.

MOON PHASES & TYPES OF ACTION

Each phase of the Moon has a particular action associated with it, and I’d like to explore these with you to help clarify what you can do, and when.

NEW MOON

We begin at the New Moon phase of the lunar cycle, when the Sun and Moon have conjoined at the same astrological degree—a monthly occurrence. With the Moon completely dark in the sky, this is a time for: