Tomorrow morning at 5:13 am EDT the Moon will be Full in the loverly, watery sign of Pisces. As Cafe Astrology tells us: "The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time—a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships." This Full Moon is also the Harvest Moon, so called because it is the closest Full Moon to the Autumnal Equinox, a time of harvest, of laying in stores of the things we have prepared to get us through the long winter and of offering thanks for their abundance. How can we help but be struck by the powerful confluence of energy this particular Moon brings us? Certainly, this is a moment of very powerful symbolism for me, for I am reaping an abundant harvest of love and professional success that have been a long time coming.

Blogickal was down at Lughnasadh, the first of our harvest festivals and lately I have been more focused on other things (relationship, job, POLITICS) than on my spiritual life. Yet right around Lughnasadh, the one dahlia bloom that I was to see from the planting I had done this Spring was beautiful and especially resplendent for it's singularity and I did pause to reflect on the metaphor of one perfect blossom as the harvest from my efforts. I wrote this:

"We know we have to assess where and what we are, what we have accomplished this year in the garden, in the land, and just generally in our lives"

This weekend I got to see the one and only dahlia blossom from the bulbs that I planted this past Spring. My boyfriend made the comment that I had done a lot of work for one little blossom. And he was right. I told him that better to have one blossom than nothing. And it wasn't until I read Luna's post that I realized just how profound that one not-quite-so-little flower is.

What is my one flower?

"The time of assessment is really always upon us as we work and play and love. The need for self-knowledge is never greater than during these times of pause and sacrifice."

Luna and I could just as easily have written those words today and they would be just as applicable.

What I know is I am at the point in my career when I can get a new job because of the experience I have gathered and the relationships I have built. For these things I am both gratified and grateful. I also know that true love, a connection of the soul, is a rare and special thing worthy of patience and careful tending. I may have sacrificed certain things along the way, but if I can go into this winter knowing that the love I have so patiently tended can now nourish me in its abundance, then was it not worth my efforts?

So I find that I actually have many flowers, much abundance to harvest this Autumn.

While our community's celebration of this Harvest Moon was curtailed due to weather, the woman who brings us together spoke beautifully when she said:

This lunation is a powerful time to dream, to meditate and psychically tune in to your deepest emotional connections. Look at the sacrifices that you have made in order to achieve your goals and fulfill your dreams. This is also a time to say farewell to the tides of Summer and make offerings in gratitude and in hope for continued blessings as we prepare to turn the Wheel and welcome the Autumnal Equinox.

The Piscean energy invites us to dream but is balanced by the solar energy in Virgo - a sensible counterpoint that reminds us that we must not become lost at sea - that the Neptunian tides that rule Pisces can be overwhelming at times and we are wise to remember the firm ground upon which we truly live. We are given an opportunity to further intentions that are grounded in both heart and mind, those that require thought out, calculated risks and yet engage our faith and intuition.
  
May you find that you are well grounded in your efforts to manifest your dreams and may your dreams inspire your reality as well.

Indeed, my friend. Blessed be.

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 10:00 PM