Following the cycles of nature will help you further or strengthen your manifestations. How? Well, although our souls are eternal and multidimensional, our human bodies are not. Our human bodies are extensions of Mother Earth, just as the trees, flowers and animals. When we don’t impede ourselves with trappings of the mind, we can find our solace among nature. Have you ever found how much you relax while sitting by a stream, leaning against a tree, or laying in the grass? This is because our bodies are connected to all things natural on a physical/material level.
Realizing this and connecting with the trees and flowers, or your pet animals, you will feel supported, connected, and loneliness dissipates. Nature can help us connect to ourselves at our most basic level; and it is at this level where we can connect to and understand all forms of nature, and therefore, each other. This is where we can find compassion for all others and all things.
Seeing as we are all nature itself, we can all connect with more of our own creative powers if we work with these cycles.
Now, what cycles of nature am I referring to? I am referring here to the pagan wheel of the year. This depicts the annual festivals that represent significant times of the year where Earth manifests change working in tandem with the sun. These are briefly described below (according to the Northern Hemisphere):
–Yule (~December 21st): The winter solstice. This festival marks the shortest day of the year. This festival is about celebrating the rebirth of light and the sun. This is because going forward until the summer solstice, the sun’s light grows every day. To work with this festival, think about what you want to bring into your life going forward, and what you want to leave behind that will not serve you in the light going forward. Thereafter, spend time working to grow the light within by embodying the aspects of you that you chose to bring with you. This is about positive transformation and change. This is a good time for shadow work.
–Imbolc (February 1st): Marks the coming of Spring. This festival is about new beginnings. It’s the time to let go of the past and leave things or ways of being not serving you behind, and look forward to the future with an excitement for what you wish to create. This is the time to plant the seeds of your creations and use your imagination to make plans for your manifestations. The ‘conception’ phase.
–Ostara (~March 21st): The Spring Equinox—when day and night are held in balance. This is when everything is held in perfect balance—as should we. We start to see the beginnings of our manifestations flower and grow.
–Beltane (May 1st): Otherwise known as May Day or Walpurgisnacht. Beltane represents the union of the God and Goddess, sacred and sexual. This is a fertility festival marking the peak of the fertile Spring season and the coming summer. It’s about the union of the masculine and feminine energies, when the creative energy of fire is at its strongest. Its fires are believed to clear away evil.
–Litha (~June 21st): The Summer Solstice. This marks the height of the light. The masculine energy is at its strongest, most potent, and the feminine is full (a cup filled to the brim with his power and love); a time when the union of the two work in perfect union to create anew. This also marks the time of year when the light begins to wane. This isn’t anything to fear, but instead a sign that the time for solitude and inner reflection will be coming soon.
–Lughnasadh (August 1st): aka Lammas. Celebrated in honor of Lugh, the sun god. This is the first of the harvest festivals: The Grain Harvest. This is the time when the grain crops (the first product of the union of the God and goddess) have ripened and must be harvested. It’s a time of abundance. A time to reap what you have sewn. This festival is symbolic of the death of the God who ceases to be the God of Light, and becomes the God of Death where he shows others the way out of the shadows—as he is slain and his blood fertilizes the earth for next year’s crops. It’s a time to enjoy the fruits of your labor, a time to enjoy the pleasures of life.
–Mabon (~September 21st): The Autumn Equinox. This is known as the second harvest festival: The Fruit Harvest. It is at this time when the masculine and feminine, and everything, are held in balance once more. After this, the darkness begins to outgrow the light. This is a time of mystery, a time when the God reaches spiritual enlightenment and descends into the underworld to rule over those experiencing the shadows. This festival is a portent to rest and inner reflection.
–Samhain (October 31st): aka Halloween, All Hallows Eve. This is the third of the harvest festivals: the harvest of nuts and berries. This marks the last of the harvest, the completion of the cycle of rebirth and growth. This is the time of death. The veil between the worlds is at its thinnest, and is the time to honor your ancestors. This is the time for inner reflection, solitude, and the time begin to work on improving intuition and psychic abilities. This is the time of mourning of the feminine for the loss of the masculine until the winter solstice when he reemerges.
All eight festivals serve a purpose and mark an important stage in our creative manifesting. If you begin to live according to these periods, you’ll find it easier to flow and be in the energy of light and abundance. There is a time for everything, even solitude and rest.
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