Photo credit: David Middlecamp
As I wait for the moon to become visible behind the clouds, I muse about the significance attached to this full moon. April’s full moon is characterized as the Pink Moon because of the colors of the flowers that dot the landscape and decorate the gardens this time of year. It’s also called the sprouting grass moon. This particular moon is also in Scorpio, which holds meaning for me since my sun sign is Scorpio.
I hesitate to take Astrology too literally, but I am certain that our cycles and energies are affected by the phases of the moon as well as the position of the stars in the sky at the time of our birth. Since our modern culture robs us of our sacred connection to the Earth, the sky, the moon and the stars, I make a point to consider how all these elements of our universe affect us.
According to several astrologers that I consulted today, this full moon marks a time of transformation, a time to tap into your inner powers. Another astrologer named Victor Oddo calls this time a “total paradigm shift.” He also says something that I find super interesting. He claims that this is a time in the world where we can transcend our problems in a short span of time. We are reminded that we don’t have to attend to all the aspects of our wounded selves. A more efficient way to live is to expand our consciousness. We know we aren’t actually the character that we’ve been playing so we don’t have to perform in the show.
He mentioned a book that sounds intriguing called Disrupt You by Jay Samit that addresses this disruption of perception that can change our way of thinking and disappear our problems in the blink of an eye.
I’m reminded of just how many times that I’ve dreamt that I am in a play and don’t know my lines. The butterflies in my stomach are on fire and I have to do everything in my power to wake up and get out of this theatrical production for which I have not memorized my lines. What a joy and relief it is once I disrupt the bad dream and free myself from the burden of that performance!
It also reminds me that most of my so-called problems are not problems of survival but of self-actualization in a society that is incapable of affording basic subsistence for the majority of humanity. No wonder we are distraught, anxious and depressed. If only we can realize our role to repair, revolve, transform our isolating individualism into collectivity and connection.
Goodnight Pink Moon.
Wendy Lea Writing 