According to folk-lore, the New Moon and waxing phases are fertile and wet. This is the best time to set intentions, start goals, and launch projects. Meanwhile the Full Moon and waning phases, the tide recedes and thus things dry up. So this is a good time to thin, weed out, and prune.
Another New Moon is upon us and now is the time to clarify our intentions and solidify our commitments for the lunar month ahead. With today’s reading we will explore the energies of the Four Pillars of Wellness and our current point in the Journey of Life. In doing so we can take the time to consider what we do and don’t want in our lives and set the appropriate intentions and goals towards what we desire.
Here is the spread for this New Moon’s reading.
Current Point on Life’s Path – Nine of Swords
Address whatever is causing anxiety, worry, or dread for you.
The life path for this lunar cycle is addressing whatever is causing anxiety, worry, or dread for you.
One of the biggest side effects for harboring feelings like this is poor quality sleep, which in turn perpetuates the cycle since poor sleep lowers your ability to cope.
Ask yourself what triggers these feelings in you and how you can better manage them. Avoiding a trigger entirely isn’t always possible, so focusing on developing better coping skills is ideal.
Spiritual Needs – Four of Wands
Examine your daily rituals and routines to discern which ones provide you with a greater sense of connection and rapport with yourself, others, and the universe.
Spiritually here you are being asked to examine your daily rituals and routines to discern which ones provide you with a greater sense of connection and rapport with yourself, others, and the universe.
Whatever habits, behaviors, situations, or environments you have that are causing you to feel disconnected or pulls you out of alignment needs to be abandoned or altered.
A true sense of belonging only comes when you are feeling connected to and in alignment with your authentic self.
When you are aligned with your authentic self, a great deal of anxiety subsides because you know you are doing what is for your highest good.
Anxiety is the desire to escape the present moment. If you are feeling connected to yourself and the world around you, this desire cannot exist.
Emotional Needs – Eight of Wands
There is a need to feel like you’re making progress and really moving forward in your life.
Emotionally there is a need to feel like you’re making progress and really moving forward in your life.
Allow yourself to flow and let life unfold before you as you work on your goals. Things don’t always go according to plan, but they do go progress in the way you need them too. Instead of resisting this process, be willing to learn and develop from it.
Fears, worries, anxiety, and dread will hinder your momentum and progress.
By working through these feelings using your coping skills, you can overcome them and move closer to achieving your goals. As you get better with this, you will discover greater peace within yourself.
Your daily rituals and routines have the greatest impact on your forward movement in life. Be honest with yourself about how you are feeling and what you are doing that promotes it. Change the things that need to be changed to open up your path.
Mental Needs – Eight of Cups
There is a need to discern when and what to let go of and what you need to keep working on.
Mentally there is a need to discern when and what to let go of and what you need to keep working on.
The path before you clears as you become better able to manage the difference between holding on and letting go. When you are willing to accept that you have done everything you can in a particular situation, you are then able to take the lesson from it and move on. Doing so breaks the cycles you feel stuck in.
Holding on to things creates unnecessary worry, stress, and anxiety.
While you can’t avoid all the things that trigger these feelings, you can determine what things to let go of to release yourself from those feelings. Better you get at doing this, the greater peace you will feel in your life.
Pay attention to how your daily habits and routines actually make you feel.
Are they raising your vibration, increasing your energy, and expanding your sense of well-being? Or, are they lowering your vibration, decreasing your energy, and constricting your well-being?
Be really honest with yourself on this one as you discern which habits and routines need to be abandoned. Anything that is constricting your well-being is what disconnects you from yourself and throws you out of alignment.
The moment that you let go of something that you need to move on from is the moment you pick up or regain momentum in your life.
Hanging on to whatever needs to be released will only hinder your progression and create additional challenges for you until you accept and learn the lesson from it. If you are feeling stuck in life or don’t feel like you are making the progress you need, take a deep look at what is obstructing your path.
Physical Needs – Ten of Pentacles
Pay attention to the environment you live in.
Physically there is a need to pay attention to the environment you live in.
Your environment not only influences your well-being, but also reflects your current state. Disorganization and clutter will cause you to feel more stress. Uncleanliness will create greater risk of illness. With that said, don’t allow your environment to become too structured since this will generate feelings of being boxed in with restricted movement.
When you are feeling stress, worry, or anxiety take a serious look at your environment.
Is it promoting peace in your life, or is it encouraging these feelings? What needs to happen in your environment to make a shift to more peaceful feelings?
How do your daily habits and routines influence your environment?
Do you tend to keep things tidy as you go, or do you tend to save it for later? Do your daily habits and routines promote or hinder your wellness? Be really honest with yourself as you ask this. Make a commitment to realign yourself in such a way that promotes physical well-being.
If you are feeling blocked or hindered in your progress, ask yourself how you can change your environment in such a way to encourage your flow.
Are you always hunting for what you need? Is your environment physically obstructed? Do you feel distracted by the space you’re operating in?
By asking these questions and addressing them, you can create a better sense of organization in your process. This promotes the flow state and momentum.
Examine the things you own. Pay particular attention to the things that create your environment.
Is it useful and serving a purpose? Does it bring you joy? Answering these questions will let you know what needs to be gotten rid of and what to keep.
Hanging on to anything you need to get rid of only creates clutter. Do yourself a favor by clearing the space you need to move around in.
Conclusion
Overall, the primary take away here is managing the stress levels in your life.
As we come to the end of the reading, let’s look at the entire spread and review the key points presented.
Your life path right now is calling you to address whatever is causing you to feel fear, worry, anxiety, stress, or dread.
Spiritually you a being asked to examine your daily habits and routines in order to change them in such a way that you feel connected and aligned with yourself.
Emotionally you are being asked to look at what generates a feeling of forward momentum versus what causes you to feel obstructed in your progress.
Mentally you are being asked to discern when to let go versus when to hang on.
Physically you are being asked to examine your environment to determine what promotes well-being and an overall sense of fulfillment.
Overall, the primary take away here is managing the stress levels in your life. What needs to be done in your life right now to reduce the stress you feel to a more productive level?
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Is this reading helpful to you? In light of what’s presented here, what are your intentions for the month ahead? What are you committed to doing?
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