The Elder guides you till the end of the year. The end of the year means transformation and a new beginning. Elder encourages you to take a step back during this period. To look back on, to consider and evaluate the year. What do you want to leave behind in this old year? And what do you want to bring into the new year? What did you learn? What have you released and what more can you release? Come to terms with yourself and forgive yourself for what didn’t go well, what you should have done differently, forgive your own inability to do anything about it or against it. Also forgive people and situations. In this way you ensure that you can go into the new year free of all the ballast of the old year. Throw out old ideas and projects, worn-out patterns or broken relationships and everything that no longer serves you. Let go of your disappointment and forgive yourself for your mistakes. You are no longer the same person as last year at the same time. You have changed and you will continue to do so. Give yourself credit for what you have achieved. Reflect on your successes and feel them all over again. Let the innovative energy of the Elder flow through you for something new and proudly step into the new year with all kinds of new opportunities and possibilities.
Her message to you:
“I am the Elder and I come very close to you, because I stand for completion. I help you when you let go of your past and see what you have realised. I will hold you while you see what has happened so far. I thank you for your efforts and hard work. I see your joys and your disappointments. I honour you for everything you have been through in this last growth cycle. I fully support you as you wrap things up and I support you as you look to the future and to beautiful new horizons. It’s time to start a whole new chapter in your life on a whole new level. I help you when you sow new seeds and make new choices. I join the old people and your ancestors, we are here for you. We give you wisdom.
It’s time to do something that will help you move forward. You may be in a pond that is too small. Maybe you should have more confidence. If you dare to take the plunge, a whole new life will be in front of you. Just go. You have thought about changes long enough. You have thought about the consequences and you have asked for advice. Accept your fears, but don’t let them hold you back. Move forward and embrace all that is new.” Source: The Oracle of the Celtic Trees.
Let the lovely Elder guide you during these last weeks of this peculiar year.
This Full Moon is also called the Moon of Awakening or Resurrection. Everything in Nature is awakening and rising. Greenery has come back everywhere, young animals, birds. Butterflies are back again. Bees are flying from here to there for their pollen. Everything breathes activeness and energy and business.
Keeping the balance between the pushy Aries and the playful Lamb remains a challenge for me
Spring time!
So happy! I love this time. The huzzbuzz gives me energy and everything cannot go fast enough for me. As a true Aries I sometimes really have to restrain myself not to go too fast and that is not easy, at times a real challenge. I become cranky and feel rushed, because it is not going the way I like it. My flow and focus are interrupted and yes, that really does something to me. By focusing mainly on and trusting the natural processes, the Aries in me becomes the Lamb again and I start playing instead of pushing;) Easy? Anything but! Fortunately there is Willow and Taurus / Cow who will help me with that this month.
Grande Dame The Willow; Under her branches you will find a sheltered place where you can sit and can fully regain yourself
The Willow
This beautiful Grande Dame stands for intuition and feelings. She asks you to make contact with your intuition and your feelings, because that will give you new insights and empowerment. If you find this difficult, take a look around how Nature works at the moment. If you notice something, ask yourself why you notice that at that specific moment, what does it mean to you, what were you thinking when you spotted it and whether you can make a link to something that you are currently working on in your life. The Willow also asks you to stand firmly with both feet on Mother Earth, so you won’t be overwhelmed by emotions, feelings or by a current, so that you become unbalanced. Just look at the Willow, she is standing on the waterline, her long branches reach to the water and sometimes lie in the water. But no matter what the flow of the water is, she stays firmly in place. When you put a branch of the Willow in the ground, it grows into a new tree. As a result, the Willow also symbolizes death and rebirth. Willow energy gives you the power to live with confidence, to trust your own abilities and your own talents and qualities.
Taurus and Cow, two beautiful Spirit Animals that will guide you through this Full Moon and Moon Period until May 18, 2019
Taurus and Cow
The Cow
with its beautiful print that sometimes resembles a world map is traditionally
honoured, because it takes care of, reinforces, guides and carries people. Cow
asks you this Moon Period to go back to the source within yourself that feeds
and cares for you. When you reconnect yourself to that source within, you will
heal yourself, put an end to what you are missing and you will become happy in
the here and now. Go to your inner meadow, rest, ruminate, feed and recharge
yourself. You have creative potential, express your creativity and show the
world your ideas. Cow asks if she can guide you during this Moon Period to
return to your own nature, so that you can regain the power within yourself and
grow into the next phase of your spiral of life.
Taurus
stands next to Cow. Female and male energy or Yin and Yang side by side. Bull
is a symbol of fertility and virility, prosperity and abundance, potential and
prosperity. He points out that that true wealth can only be found in the heart
and soul. He also wants to tell you that it sometimes takes some time to reap
the rewards of your hard work. Trust in the natural processes. If you have to
work long-term in difficult circumstances to reach your goals, Taurus will help
you to do this without becoming exhausted or becoming depressed.
What
thoughts could keep you occupied this Full Moon:
Do
I focus on what I want?
Where
do I want to grow? Or what do I want to grow?
What
do I have to let go in order to grow?
Do
I have faith in my plans?
What
can I do to make my plans a success?
In response to this, the Willow asks you this Moon Period: “What would you like to hang in the Willows?” What would you like to let go? What is keeping you from realising your plans? Maintaining your focus, growing or trusting your self-wisdom and self-worth? What emotions may be released so that they can be processed and released?
Let go what’s holding you back and release your wishes in a Full Moon Ritual
Your own Moon Ritual
Go
outside this Full Moon and sit under the Full Moon Light. Make a fire in a safe
way, for example in a fire bowl or a patio fireplace. Grab a pen and paper and
write down what no longer serves you, what holds you back or what does not work
anymor. When your list is complete in your opinion, throw it in the fire and see
everything you want to let go, go literally up in smoke. You got rid of it.
Feel that liberating feeling and enjoy it. Then take a new paper and write down
for yourself where you would like your focus to be, what you would like to
grow, what plans you would like to realize and what you could do to make those
plans succeed. When your list is complete in your opinion, throw it in the
fire. Look at how your wishes are taken away by the smoke and the wind, so that
they can land in places where it can to help you.
Do you
have questions about the Moon Ritual? Or would you like some insights or
answers to the questions you are dealing with? Don’t keep walking around with
them, but make an appointment with me. I will gladly help you further.
That you
may have a beautiful Full Moon of awakening and empowerment!
The Alder Scrolls 