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Artwork by Savannah King from The New Moon Circle Journal
"New Moon in Aquarius | Aquarius is the innovator, the humanitarian and out-of-the box thinker determined to express themselves in new and surprising ways. This new moon, square intense and strategic Mars in Scorpio and sextile changemaker Uranus is that push forward we've been building towards. It also marks the Chinese New Year (and the year of the 🐵). We may feel angry or frustrated today as tension builds. But like anything, these feelings are only trying to communicate a deeper truth. Where are we headed when the dam breaks? Where is the current taking us? Can we flow with it, embracing change and new beginnings? Or will we fight what is, clinging to shore? And what's the wider angle here as we pull back the lens and, like the butterfly, take flight?" Danielle Beinstein
Artwork by Savannah King from The New Moon Circle Journal
I'm in New York awaiting tomorrow's Leo full moon and a blizzard that's moving up the coast. I'm grateful for the storm, for the cold, because it offers time to go inward. The beginning of 2016 has been bringing in some major soul searching, excavating the past to break into the future with love. This moon will shine light on the shadows so I open my heart to it's truth.
"LEO full moon | Leo is the star, the shining one, radiating warmth for all to see. This Full Moon (opposite the Sun in Aquarius) is a bit layered as Mercury retro conjuncts Pluto in Capricorn and Mars in Scorpio trines Neptune in Scorpio. The mood is deep, as we contemplate the structures of our lives, reassess and let go of what no longer serves. Makes me think of this painting by Manet. The subject, Berthe Morisot (herself an Impressionist painter), seems to be in mourning, bearing some kind of secret. And yet, is she not the star of the painting, front and center for all to see? Are you willing to show up for yourself, not in spite of but perhaps because of all you have seen, witnessed? Are you you yourself willing to be seen? Exposed? Or are you pretending to cower in the corner, afraid that you don't measure up? This Full Moon offers us a profound opportunity to stand up in who we are, releasing our fears and self-doubt, the (very) old patterns that threaten to rob us of the light we crave, the light we are |" Danielle Beinstein
It was such a joy to shoot my muses with photographer Kate Danson. To see my pieces come to life on Paula and her daughter Madeleine makes my heart sing.
