#Guidance
This waning moon is guiding towards Saturday’s new moon
and the pre-shadow period of our next Mercury Retrograde.
And so…  
Under the waning last quarter moon
We are asked to clear the way, wrap up projects, tie up loose ends, energetically clear our spaces…
but also to rest as needed, in preparation for the weeks ahead.

This upcoming Mercury retrograde will highlight communication and personal/interpersonal relationships.
It will also highlight where balance, wellness, and accountability {The Justice card} are needed.
In preparation,
this is also a good time to clear the lines of communication. Including having any conversations you’ve been avoiding, be they at work, at home or with a friend.
Take the time beforehand to get clear with where you are coming from but also to step back a bit from any strong emotions that may arise in order to stay on task – to the point – to get results
without getting lost, deflected, or deflated by unnecessary drama.

As well, this is the final push of the summer season.
As the Autumnal Equinox, first day of fall – the season of harvest, is September 22.
Just one month away.

If we look at our life in relationship to the wheel of the seasons
through the metaphor of a garden,
this is a good time to reflect on the seeds of intention that were planted in the spring.  
Look to the garden of your intentions.
How is your garden growing?
What is ready for the harvest ahead? What needs fertilizing? {NURTURE}  
Where are the “weeds” taking over?
What “fall crop” would you like to plant?
What fields will you lay to rest?
With the New moon will support that final growth spurt before the harvest. So weed the garden, creating the space for abundance to flourish.

Friday’s DARK MOON
brings extra support to communications and those conversations you may have been putting off.  
It is also the time for ritual cleansings of your creative and “creation” spaces.
A ritual bath for the body through which creation flows and a ritual space clearing of those places – office, studio, kitchen, bedroom… is recommended.

I went deeper into this in my Facebook live last week, The recording is still up on my page.

Finally. I’ll end with where I began in that Live…
We’ve been given a reprieve to recharge, and to integrate the lessons of the last several years (months)

We’re not through this transition yet

If we look to the last many years guidance we see authenticity, accountability, heart-based focus

… and the conflict between tradition and necessary innovation & change

{what’s worth hanging onto vs a new way of being} are highlighted.

And that if we still insist on not fully confronting, accepting, moving through – or insisting n being afraid of the Dark therefore only engaging “The Light”

We will not avoid the process. We will simply prolong it. As what must happen will happen.

Much conflict and {if necessary, forced} change is still to come.

The intensity will be amping up again as we work through the end of this calendar year

But for now,
the guidance is to utilize this moment through these next few weeks to help ease the bumpy ride ahead.
Check out the Facebook Live I did last week for more insights.

~ Jill