Deepening: A Libra New Moon Reflection

Happy Libra New Moon, I hope you're finding more harmony within!

For quite a while, I've been playing with an interesting concept - We often think of Forward in a linear sense, moving ahead, making progress, seeing measurable difference based on getting from point A to point B.

I'd like to propose an alternative: Forward = Deeper.

There are so many people seeking progress in a surface way, through constructs and lenses that lack depth and meaning.

We can measure movement through relief, but we know that relief is not lasting.
We can measure progress through societal cues that slip and slide with the times.
We can pretend that we are moving in meaningful ways, when in reality, there is no ground beneath us. We're sliding through sand, or on the hamster wheel, running only in place.

On the other hand, we can measure progress in depth.
On the surface, deepening may not look as impressive. We can’t always see what’s happening in the depths of a per...

This week is a profound one, so I wanted to spend some time walking you through the energies at play, so that you can dance with them, instead of fight against them!

We spent the past 2 weeks with watery Neptune flooding us with emotion, intuition, dreams.  Some of us have felt caught in storms, drowning, unable to breathe.  All of this, along with the Full Moon in Pisces (which is ruled by Neptune) has really highlighted our relationship with the water element, and the ways it influences/enhances our lives.

For those of you ready to dry out, I have good news!  On Wednesday we change seasons with the Equinox, and the Sun moves into Libra.  Let's break this down a bit...

At the Equinox, day and night are of equal length, which reminds us that we are neither all dark nor all light.  We are complex, layered, deep and interesting.  And though we often try to make things appear 'black or white', to simplify or ease our minds, life is rarely that clearly defined.  This is an opportunit...