Rattling the Bones

There are a few stories which occurred in the last few weeks that I’ve felt called to share but have been having trouble putting into words. One of them refers to a topic that I’ve been exploring for a little over a decade and that concerns the Moons of the Medicine Wheel. Like many of you know the Moons of the Sacred Circle Tradition specifically speak about our ego development. Our first moon cycle for example refers to our first 13 years of childhood and then, the Wheel continues to spins through what we call “human seasons”: Adolescence, adulthood and then into the elder phase. Every cycle repeats exactly the same thirteen moons but we explore them differently with each season. For example the Moon of Welcome which is about our birth process during the first moon cycle is suddenly very different when we turn 14 years old. In adolescence this moon is about high school and how we are received by our peers. Whether it refers to our very first moon into this world

On Dec.31 st .2009 there will be a Blue Moon which means the 2 nd full moon in the same month. The Blue Moon phenomenon usually occurs approximately every three years. The next time we will be celebrating a Blue Moon will be in August, 2012. For those of us who follow the Sacred Circle Tradition this means the crossing of the Dream Time Gates. The whole idea behind the Blue Moon is that it is a Moon of Initiation. Every three years we are basically tested or challenged on what we’ve learnt in the past three years since the last Blue Moon and offered a chance to move to a new reality of awareness and learning. If we pass the gates we are offered a major life change and if we don’t pass the gates we basically continue where we’ve left off for another three years. Unlike the Western perspective of failing and success the Blue Moon initiation only focuses on what is best for every individual. For some not making it across the gates may be the best possible solution…