for those interested in their bodies' languages, the patterns inside, the land beneath them, and the unknowable between all of us
Your Moon knows what's up. [Free π Meet Your Moon π Event Invitation]
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Hello Friend, Your Moon doesn't care what you told everyone you're capable of. It knows what's true in your body. And most of us override that signal a hundred times a day. We say yes when the body said no. We push through when something pre-verbal already registered: stop. And then we wonder why we're burned out, resentful, or can't trust our own decisions anymore. Physician Gabor MatΓ© writes that we learn to silence the body's No to maintain belonging (When the Body Says No, 2003). In astrological language, the Moon holds that original signal. But it can't be talked into ignoring what it feels. I'm an astrologer, yes, but I feel more like I'm doing everything I can to get back into my body after years of bypassing its urgent messages. Sometimes astrology feels like a fancy override strategy. But I want to use astrology to get back to myself. My Moon, your Moon β they know what our bodies really need. You know the sway test? Hold something at the grocery store and notice if your body leans in or pulls back. I think that's your Moon answering before your mind (Mercury??) can argue. In ancient astrology, the Moon governs the body itself. Astrologer Demetra George, translating 2nd-century astrologer Vettius Valens, describes the Moon as physis β the body's innate intelligence, the part that responds before reason (Ancient Astrology in Theory and Practice, Vol. 1, 2019). The Moon doesn't know how to plan or rehearse. It only knows: right now, am I safe? Right now, what does this body need? When you work with your Moon as a part you can speak to, you're doing what Jungian analyst Robert Johnson called active imagination: direct dialogue with the psyche's figures (Inner Work, 1986). You're asking: What do you need? What are you trying to tell me? You're meeting the part, instead of memorizing its traits. The Moon sees the gap between what we say and what's actually true. In conversation with that Moon part, we gain back all that excess energy we waste trying to convince ourselves β and everyone else β against our body's wishes. An invitation: I'm leading a free session at the Shadow Summit (May 2) called Meet Your Moon β make contact with this part as a figure you can talk to. Register here. XOXO, β1:1 Astrology Sessions | Substack: Astrology for Makers | Podcast: Parts & Charts: The IFS and Astrology Podcastβ Sources:β |
KP Kaszubowski
for those interested in their bodies' languages, the patterns inside, the land beneath them, and the unknowable between all of us
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