Meet the Planets: The Moon

The Moon is the Archetype of the Reflection. The Moon reflects the light of the Sun, and like all reflections, it distorts and filters the essence of the Source, depicting a facet, a shadow, some single element of the original for deeper reflection. In a very real sense, our lives are a journey through an endless hall of mirrors. Everyone and everything we encounter is simply a reflection of our True Self. And yet, we wander, endlessly, searching for the one that is Real. We seek safety, security and comfort. We long to make a connection with the reflections we encounter, but the connections we perceive are themselves merely reflections. We long to reconnect with the true Source, and must discover that contrary to all appearances, the Source is within us.

The Moon defines the Nocturnal sect. It is all appearance, and appearances are always deceptive and changeable. Everything is reversed in the reflection of the Moon’s mirror. We must discover the Truth that what we perceive to be without is merely a reflection of what is within. To navigate the maze, we must develop our intuition. Our eyes are deceived by appearances and reflections. Our feelings are our only true guide. We long to be whole, and yet we resist the simple truth that we already are whole, and all we need to do experience this truth is to close our eyes to the reflections and illusions that surround us, and allow ourselves to align once more with the true Self and Source within us.

When we are in right relationship with the Moon, first and foremost, we feel Safe. We are free from fear and anxiety. We have confidence that all of our basic survival needs will continue to be met, and do not require our conscious attention. We experience comfort, balance, harmony and sufficiency. We have enough money, enough food, enough shelter and enough love. We are willing and able to be present with our feelings, both enjoyable and uncomfortable. We are able to feel them without needing to react, simply allowing them to express, acknowledging them, and then releasing them. We trust our feelings, our intuition, and our emotional guidance system. We are self-sufficient, yet not self-contained. We freely exchange energy and emotional connections with others. We give and receive nurturing easily and without attachments.

When we are out of alignment with the Moon, we feel unsafe. We live in a constant state of fight or flight. We are stressed, anxious, and fearful. We are obsessed with lack, with the idea that there is not enough, and with the belief that we must protect and defend things so that we can continue to survive. We actively avoid feelings, especially uncomfortable ones. We are disconnected from our intuition and react out of fear rather than respond out of wisdom. We are needy and believe that we cannot survive on our own. We either depend on others, or else we become a caretaker, meeting others needs as a way to distract ourselves from the pain and the fear that our needs are not and cannot be met.

Getting into right relationship with the Moon requires practice. In a very real sense, we must learn to navigate using a mirror. We must learn to move in the exact opposite direction that we think we should move in. We must learn how to disengage from the story, ignore appearances, and follow our intuition and emotional guidance, even when our intellect and our perceptions scream at us that we are moving in the wrong direction.

The most important thing that we can do to facilitate this process is to cultivate a new experience and awareness of Safety. Remember that we are infinite beings, and that everything that we experience in the hologram comes from within us. It is all story, and none of it is real. The only thing that is real is this moment. The past and the future are all illusion. Cultivate an awareness of the Present Moment. This will immediately begin to alleviate fear and anxiety.

As we begin to feel more safe, we can then begin to soften any judgments we may have on our feelings and emotions. Consider that feelings do not require action; they simply need to be felt. When we are willing to be fully present with our feelings, witnessing the experience without judgment, the feelings move through us quickly and then are gone. Each feeling experienced deepens our unconscious understanding of who we are. While our feelings are valid and important, they are also independent experiences that have no meaning other than what we give them in the story. Our feelings have nothing to do with anyone or anything. They simply are. When we are able to detach the feelings from the story, we are able to surrender fully to the experiences, and maintain right relationship with the Moon. We become more attuned to our inherent emotional guidance system, and are able to navigate the maze of mirrors with confidence.

To begin to connect with the Moon, meditate on some of these questions:

• How do you feel safe?


• What threatens you?


• How do you react when you feel threatened?


• What emotions are safe? What emotions are unsafe?


• What do you remember? How do you remember?


• How do you experience the past?


• How do you stay in the present moment?


• What pulls you out of the present moment?


• Where and to what do you create attachments?


• What keeps you locked in the past and fearing the future?