February's Full Moon

Full Snow Moon

Other Names: Hunger moon, Little Famine moon, Bony moon, Ice moon, Budding moon, Wind moon, Storm moon,

Generally named the snow moon because the month of February was when the heaviest snowfalls occurred.  Other names reflect the difficulty of hunting and finding food sources during the harsh winter months.  Each name has a specific cultural/geographical significance and sometimes it is hard to get a true feel for the season following a calendar name that doesn’t match so I know some people who name their own moons and others that don’t name them at all.  Personally, living here in California I’m leaning towards the Chinese Budding moon name as its definitely turning into spring here, no snow to be found :)

When working with the moon this month why not take the time to harness her energies to help promote your own self love.  Acknowledge yourself for who you are, see your perceived flaws as part of what makes you perfectly you.  Embrace the promise of warmth to come by shedding a little warmth on your own soul and self.

Shadow working and Intentions

Seems to be a day for posts - but I am a believer that if I put it down somewhere physical and plan it out somewhat I am more likely to carry through with my intentions.  And so to that end I am writing of my plans (or some of them at least) for my spiritual journey this year.

This year I want to delve into shadow working, I know that I have some pretty big stuff that is holding me back from reaching my full spiritual potential and I think that it is time this was dealt with.  I don't expect the journey to be an easy one, facing ones own truths and aspects of the self that we like to deny is never easy or pain free, but I feel that I've come to that point in my path where I can't really progress forward until I've delved into my own depths first.  So with that intent in mind I plan to work with my shadow self each new moon/dark moon - and the first one is this coming Monday night.  I don't know if I'll write of my experiences on here or if it will be to personal or two raw, that will have to be seen.

Of course working with the shadow on the new moon/dark moon isn't all I want to do.  It is important that I incorporate the moon in all her phases this year in my work so I want to use the waxing moon to build myself back up again, to tend to the areas that are identified within my shadow work specifically.  I want to celebrate the full moon and embrace my own inner goddess each month, and spend some time studying each of the moons and their history.  The waning moon is to be used to focus on getting rid of my negative attributes that are tying me in place.  Ambitious goals, but I'm going to do this because I need to do this.