The Furious Spinner

Today is full moon, Blood Moon, with a lunar eclipse around 8:00 p.m. P.S.T. It’s a powerful moon. I feel something going on. Two nights ago I had one of the worst allergy attacks of my life, and Mario had one of the most restless nights of his life. Something’s in the air. (If Mario has trouble sleeping, it is nearly always within a day or two of the full or new moon.) You don’t believe the moon has an affect on your life? Why wouldn’t something that can cause tides on Earth not affect our sea-filled bodies? Of course maybe it doesn’t affect your life. After all, it is your life. However, I do notice subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) differences in my body depending upon the cycle of the moon and my own cycle.

In some cultures, eclipses are considered auspicious times. One is encouraged to either be still and mindful during the eclipses or, at least, engage in actions which are healing and helpful because whatever a person does during the eclipse is magnified in the coming months. (I believe this is a Buddhist belief, but I can’t put my hand on a source right this minute.) In ancient Peru, they believed the Jaguar or Serpent swallowed the Moon or Sun during an eclipse.

Mari Susan Selby in We’Moon 2002 writes, “Eclipses demonstrate deep processes of transformation. They crack open doors to our true selves. We can use the alignment of sun, moon and earth as a great ally in our own process of deep transformation.” In We’Moon 1993 Selby wrote, “Eclipses bring us in touch with our dark side: fears, wild woman selves, emotional patterns, animal natures.” I like that. I’m going to be dancin’ and howlin’ tonight.
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