Containing the Imperceptible II
Being the Moon
The first installment of this series, Containing the Imperceptible, was all about a planetary day / chart based method of structuring your time in order to optimize your entry into flow states.
Since today is indeed the first day of Cancer Season and hence Summer Solstice, the longest and most yang day of the year, it seems most appropriate to delve into the planet that rules Cancer and the most visible receiver of the Sun’s light in the sky — the Moon.
Rabbi Simon Jacobson’s talk in this Youtube video This Plan Will Make You Unstoppable literally blew my mind and I found myself crying in the course of it. Basically, for our purposes, the most relevant bit to the rest of this newsletter is the concept that we are each moons. We receive and then reflect light/energy back into the world in cyclical ways that reflect our individual and unique experiences of manifested existence. There are times when light floods us and we easily reflect its full glory back into the world and serve as a light for others. Then there are other instances when there’s very little light for us to reflect and are given a chance to rest and be still. He even talks about the divine purpose of instances and periods in life when we, as moons, are eclipsed — times of distress or trauma not meant to diminish us but show us the fundamental nature of our human dignity in ways that the business as usual cycles are unable to.
With that train of thought in mind, the other great astrological tool in our arsenal is one our ancient ancestors first drew on to organize time as early as 15,000 years ago: moon phases.
The User’s Manual
Using phases of the moon to plan and time events is a minimalist approach that enables you to TRUST YOUR LIFE whilst enabling you to ride that flow with greater sensitivity to and intuition of the energies available to you.
