Necessary Actions for the Waxing Moon Cycle

The clan mother archetype for the October moon cycle is Weaves the Web.  Notice her name is in the active tense.  She is not called 'Weaved the Web'.  Life is not a 'once and done' process.  Like spider, we continually deconstruct and reconstruct parts of our lives. We are often called to begin again. Sometimes we must move our 'web'.  Usually, we just need to do a little de-cluttering or possession consciousness.

During the waxing moon phase, we are invited to clean up what get's in the way of  our ability to work and walk our vision for our life.  A cluttered mind impedes our ability to hear Guidance and Truth.  Cluttered relationships are prone to dishonesty and disconnection. Cluttered environments breed self-sabotage.

As we move through the waxing phase of the moon cycle and toward the full moon, it is important to give time each day for both decluttering our 'web' and for doing small actions and connections (with others and the world) to grow our vision.

Self reflection: What part of my 'web' needs decluttering? Is this an inner decluttering or decluttering in  my external world?  Or both?

Connecting Our Hearts to Our Visions

Carolyn writes:

One summer, I had the privilege of spending a weekend with Bob and Lee Nitsch, the son and daughter-in-law of the late Grandmother Twylah Nitsch.  Twylah was the Seneca Elder who shared the Seneca teachings of Cycles of Truth, a foundational part of the Moon Circle Journal, with all who would listen.  Bob and Lee carry on her work, and came to Philadelphia to lead a weekend seminar for contemplating and experiencing the meaning of the Cycles of Truth in our life.  Participants were invited to take contemplation time outside in the gardens surrounding our meeting place.  During one walking meditation, I came across this placard peeking out from among the flowers:

When I uploaded the pictures off my I-phone, the photo I snapped of Jung's quote was the one that 'just happened' to land in the front of the album. Jung's quote is fitting for the waxing moon phase for October's call to walk and work with/in Truth. I think about my difficulties having 'clarity of vision' and I reflect on Sara's intuitive interconnection of visions, dreams, goals and desires on the Waxing Moon journal page. I ask myself, "where inside myself, do I need to look (or sense) more fully, deeply, thoroughly to be more fully awake to my work and to the way I walk in my life? Am I willing to look there?"

Self reflection: Are they places I need to look within myself to be more fully awake to my vision for my life? Am I willing to look?

There Are Many Ways to Have a Vision for Your Life

Visions have always been difficult for me.
I sense an opening, rather than seeing a well laid out path;
a kaleidoscope of images, rather than a clear picture;
ways of feeling and being, rather than having and achieving.
Is this a tangible way of visioning?
Or, am I like a boat in the sea of possibility, without a rudder?

Carolyn writes:  I've always hated those vision exercises with instructions to write down clear visions for the future, or  business growth, or what my life will be like in 1, 5 10 years from now.  I rarely get 'clear' visions.  I get brief flashes of image and a lot of 'felt sense'/feelings that are more like a kaleidoscope of possibilities rather than a clearly defined path to the future. I realized today how much shame I have been carrying about not being able to create a clear vision. I was asked in an interview to share about my vision, embarrassment and shame were lumps in my throat as my mind flipped through my mental Rolodex  wanting to grasp something inspired, or at least acceptable.

But, the interviewer, in her wisdom, gave me a wonderful gift.  She gave me permission to have my vision my way, and she validated it, and most important, truly seemed to understand it.  Having a vision for how I want to feel and be in the future, rather than what I wanted to be doing and what my life looked like, isn't so odd after all.

Self Reflection: How do you create vision for your life, for living, working, walking your Truth?