A warm welcome to the Descent
The cringe of all of our past versions of our selves + meanderings on body wisdom + dates and reflections for the new lunar cycle
Hey wanderer,
Firstly, a warm welcome to the new version of the Lunar Invitations which is now called The Descent.
Why the name change?
It has become clear to me that there is this power within me that is wanting to express itself. I think, underneath it all, I have been afraid to admit to it, to claim it, to nurture it, to call it my own. And what’s happened is that the more I try to suppress it, the more it wants to emerge.
I had a powerful reading with a fellow magician recently that reverberated through my whole body. It was an act of deep remembering. It was an act of owning the path I am here to walk. I feel it deep within me, this readiness to fully commit to it, even though the human self would still very much want to run and hide. But my soul self knows. And the drive of that knowing is becoming more powerful, to the point that the fear no longer has a say in it. Very much feeling my Aries Moon and my Leo Mars giving me a gentle push there.
So, it is time to descend and own the darkness within us all because, as SYML sings:
In the dark I learned to love again
A sacred place it's always been
Where souls depart and life begins
The dark led me to light again
I hope you’ll descend with me.
Even though I talk the language of astrology and I truly believe in its usefulness, there are still moments when it literally blows my mind. I mean, there is still so much to learn about this sacred modality that’s been around since at least the 3rd millennium BCE.
Even just the Moon itself can be explored in so many different ways. We have the collective lunar phases. We also have our individual Moon placements and the phase under which we entered this world. We have our individual moonthly Lunar Returns. And we have something called Progressed Moon cycles which I am deepening more into in my own practice as I’ve been lit up by cycles in general. And if we’re feeling more aventurous, we might even add in our Human Design Moon placement along with the Gene Keys contemplation.
There is literally no end of tools available to us to connect with ourselves and each other on such deep levels.
As an avid journaller and writer, I would always seek out these magical moments between planets through my own lived experience. Just the idea of pattern making through astrology lights a fire in me.
I discovered recently that as my Progressed Moon was transiting over my natal Sun, I wrote this piece on the boldness of (re)claiming our creativity and this piece on believing in our magic. I remember being deep in the process of reclaiming my magic and the light that I am here to shine. In a way, I am still very much in that process seen as my Progressed Moon is about half way through my 2nd House where my natal Sun resides. I can't wait to see what will emerge when it'll pass over my natal Pluto at the end of that house.
According to Steven Forrest 2nd House Progressed Moon is all about finding the courage to follow through on the new beginning that started with the Progressed Moon in the 1st House a few years prior. You see, Progressed Moon spends around two and a half years in each house. As we laid the foundations of our next three decades during the 1st House progression, we are now being invited to deepen that commitment.
That’s exactly what this progression feels like to me. This new cycle started in June 2020 for me, right in the middle of the lockdown. I was still doing my wellness thing but I could feel the fire burning out. I remember going through a phase of pivoting how I was running the whole thing and yet something still felt off.
I craved for a slower pace and less time on being visible. I was so done with hustling to get ahead. I was so done with chasing after people. That is not how I wanted to operate. And, as it turns out, I was actually operating against my Human Design. But that 3rd Line energy kept me going. I needed to learn that lesson for myself.
But back then I did not have these modalities to cultivate a deeper sense of self-awareness. So, in a way, I learned it the hard way which seems like such a 3rd Line way to do things. We gotta poke and prod even if it comes back to bite us. But we'll also have some cool stories to tell.
The rest of the essay is for paid supporters as it feels a little too vulnerable to release it for the whole world to see.