The Lady of the New Moon ~ The Maiden

It's here!  The new moon!  When I first saw glanced at the evening sky during the last New Moon, the simple, yet elegant beauty honestly took my breath away.  Since the time of the Waning Moon, I have been quietly counting the days and nights, and knew the new moon would soon appear in the night sky.  And now, it's here again once more.

Before going any further, I would like to say that I am not attempting to sway anyone's opinion or degrade anyone's personal relationship with God, Goddess, Source, the Creator, whether personal or through a religious affiliation.  That is not what my blogs (and work) is about.  Rather, I firmly believe an open discussion with a pure intention of sharing and learning with each other is a wonderful idea; to share our hopes, delve into our interests and share what we know, helping one another to learn and grow, encompassing all and everything we desire, while helping this world be an ever-constantly better place by all our thoughtful expressions truly based in love.

Traditionally, in following the rich works of tapestry woven by the ancient Celtic homelands that I love, New Moons genuinely are fun and exciting times; they herald truly new beginnings.  As I previously mentioned in my other blogs, each phase of the moon represents a stage of womanhood: the Full Moon represents the Mother, full of bounty, abundance and the culmination of work, while the Waning Moon speaks to the Matriarch or Crone, a wise lady, a grandmotherly figure who, after much time spent in the world, has accumulated great wisdom from an expression of knowledge and experience, and holds the keys of transformation into abundance and beginning anew.  In following, we are now beginning at the start - the New Moon.  As always, one phase leads to the next step on the path we take that we all share together, in a wonderful cycle and journey of learning more about ourselves.

In the Celtic teachings, New Moons are representative of the Maiden Aspect of a
woman, the maiden aspect of the Goddess, of the Divine Feminine.  Among other meanings, this phase of the moon represents new beginnings.  This can be seen in almost any form or area of our lives: emotional, spiritual, physical and/or material.  She might represent the environment around us, and life situations we are experiencing.

The New Moon is a Maiden.  She is a young woman.  A girl.  A student.  She is learning; as yet, she has not enacted and experienced for herself the knowledge she has or is learning.  It can indicate frequent study.  Raging with passion and excitement for Life, the Maiden is ready to learn and practice all the things she is learning, to experience for the first time.  She is many people, and she lives in each of us, women and men alike.

Like our inner child who needs to rest, play and have fun to help us appreciate and enjoy everything Life has to offer, the Maiden is all this and more.  She also calls newfound wisdom to her table.  Just like the seasonal beginning of the year, the Maiden aspect of the Moon can also represent the season of Spring, and she breathes new life into her garden.  She represents the emergence of something new; who calls in all of us time to explore, to seek a new world, creative forces that are catapulting into form reality before our very eyes.  She looks at each of us, smiling with gratitude that we are ready to call forth the barge of truth, hope, honesty, enlightenment, love and understanding.  She wants so much to learn, to feel, to live.  She doesn't always know the answers the questions she is looking for, at least right now, however she is ready to seek, explore and experience, first-hand, the journey.  A traveller just beginning - sometimes inner and sometimes an outer route - she is ready to bring forth her self and ready to love, and live, in this, a world that is new, exciting and unfamiliar.  It is the experience which precedes wisdom.  Sometimes impetuous and/or impatient, she is at the beginning of her journey.  She has knowledge in form beginning.  As children have to come into their own in order to live and function as self-aware individuals in the world, so is she.  She is the Maiden.  In her journey, in her self, we can see ourselves reflected in her boundlessness, unending love, desire for fulfillment of dreams and perceived goals, ever-ready to try something new, to acquire more knowledge and understanding.  To learn more about who we are.

The ever-gently waxing New Moon, seen in the sky as a newly emerging glowing silver crescent on the horizon, brings with it a time of new beginning.  A wonderful time to release our heartfelt desires to God, the Goddess, the Source, the Universe, the God of your understanding and absolute Love and delight for the inner - and outer - manifestation of what is for our highest, and greatest good.  Lend your attention to the stars, to God, to the Creator, and to the soulful and heart-filled ways of the ancient moon that has attracted and offered a resilient reminder just how powerful our dreams really are - a physical manifestation of the Divine, Sacred Feminine Who lights our way, night and day.  Always remember your worthiness, your sacredness, and your innate and Divine birthright as a child of the One who conceived you before you were born here on Earth.  They love you, and so do I.

In Love, Gratitude, Starlight and Service
My Love,
Sarah


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