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Art Journal with the Moon November 14-20 2022

Art Journal with the Moon November 14 – 20, 2022

This is a summary of the moon’s energy for the upcoming week and the inner work and magic you can do in your art journal to make the most of the opportunities the cosmos is gifting us with.

Every week the emotional and magical opportunities the moon is sending you are different because the energy she is drawing down from the planets and stars changes moment to moment. Planets and stars and moon phases and moon signs each carry their own unique energy .This is my weekly update (Mon-Fri) of the moon’s comings and goings to support you in aligning with her energy.

Get your art journal or a scrap of paper you see lying around, your art supplies or those pencil crayons you have hidden away somewhere and have fun. Spend 10 – 20 minutes focusing on the themes the moon is supporting you to explore that day while you play with colors and shapes and watch what happens over time.

It’s amazing what a little consistent creative time can do.

A Few Thoughts Before We Get Started

I have a collection of recordings called The Moon Mapping Year where I use the MAP Method to rewire the brain in rhythm with the seasons and lunar cycles. One of the recordings in the collection is called Leading Your Inner Critic with Love”. In it we tend to those common inner critic beliefs like…

I’m bad.

I’m not good enough.

I make bad choices

I’m a failure.

It won’t work.

I’m a loser.

I don’t belong.

I don’t fit in.

No one likes me.

It’s already been done.

Who am I to do this anyway?

I’m a mess.

There’s something wrong with me.

I’m broken.

I make bad choices.

I’m a failure.

I am inherently flawed.

I’m incompetent.

I don’t know what I’m doing.

No one will like what I’m making.

I’m not as smart as I need to be.

…and so on.

I turned to this recording this week because I’ve been so hard on myself. Obviously, it’s not like I planned to be an asshole to myself. It just happened to be one of those weeks where I placed harsh expectations on myself.

Expectations can be cold and demanding, can’t they? These things that we expect ourselves to be and do without a lot of patience or understanding – the things we believe we should become or the things we believe we should achieve. Expectations come with a lot of pressure and bucket loads of stress.

I’m not always aware of the expectations I place on myself. Some of them are sneaky and I don’t notice them until the stress and pressure build up in my body in a painful way or build up to the point where I’m grumpy and snappy and miserable.

The expectations I tend to place on myself include being wise and perfect in my relationships – which, of course, I never live up to because I’m human and deeply flawed and always learning.

I also get in a rut sometimes of placing expectations on my art making. I expect myself to be as talented or successful the people I see on social media seem to be. I stop playing and having fun. Instead, I focus on getting a certain result or outcome. I become serious and constricted. My creativity stops flowing. My body feels tense. My art no longer soothes and comforts me. It becomes work.

Then the sacred activity I turn to for solace and support becomes a weight that pulls me down. Goodbye curiosity. Goodbye fun. Goodbye magic.

This week, as we turn inward during the phases of the waning moon, I hope both you and I approach our art journals with a sense of joy and curiosity. I hope we leave our expectations behind and allow our inner five-year-old to play.

The energy of Sagittarius coming from Venus and Mercury moving into this zodiac sign should help and thank goddess, because after all that deep Scorpio energy, we deserve a little diversion and delight.   

Monday

The moon is in a happy relationship with Jupiter today.

Jupiter wants to bring harmony, well-being, kindness, justice, abundance, growth, expansion, good luck and balance to your life. The moon is supporting Jupiter’s desire to do this in your life today.

The moon is the queen of the night. She wants to illuminate the darkness, bring about change, be a mirror to reflect us back to ourselves and awaken our receptive and intuitive powers. She represents your body and emotions and reminds you that life is an ever-changing cycle of birth, death, decay and rebirth. She wants to bring kindness, nurturing, novelty and adaptability.

Together, the moon and Jupiter are shining more peace into our lives today. They’re helping us feel open-hearted and generous. They’re supporting us in focusing on what connects us to each other and what brings us together. It’s energy that helps us feel calm and safe and willing to see and receive the goodness other people want to share with us. It’s energy that reminds us what’s good in our life.

One of the best ways to work with this energy is to drop into your heart and choose something in your life to feel grateful for.

Choose that one thing now and focus on it for a moment until you notice a calming, an opening or a small shift in your heart center.

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image that shows something about this current moon cycle you are grateful for.

For those of you who have joined the Moon Mapping Year and receive the MAP Your Mornings podcast, on Monday, the moon is in the disseminating phase. This phase is when the moon is just starting to become smaller.  It is a time to rest, relax and rejuvenate and move inward and focus on self.  We use this moon phase energy to acknowledge one of your accomplishments.

The moon starts the day off in the sign of Cancer. The moon in Cancer is calm, compassionate and nurturing but it is also emotions that move up and down and all around. This moon sign energy wants to help you meet your emotional needs and teach you have to feel emotionally safe. It can help you change and transform your inner landscape so we work with that moon sign energy and your subconscious mind to nurture your body, heart and spirit. 

The moon is void of course from the late afternoon to the late evening in the mountain time zone. I think of this time as though the moon is just hanging around alone and in the in-between space – no longer where it was but not yet where it will be. The moon likes reflecting energy down to us but when it’s void of course there’s nothing substantial for it to reflect so its reflecting that emptiness back to us.

When the moon is void of course it is a good time to rest and relax and look inward. It is a good time to connect with your subconscious mind and your intuition so we work with that energy to surrender to the Divine a troubling situation you are currently dealing with.

The moon moves into the sign of Leo right before the day ends. Leo energy wants to bring loyalty, dependability, power, radiance, generosity, warmth, optimism and solidity. It wants to help you shine your light in the world, believe in your worth and boost your confidence. It is warm and expressive but sometimes can bring energy that influences you to be abrupt or impulsive. We use that moon sign energy to imagine your inner light growing brighter and attracting goodness to you all day long.

The moon is in a happy relationship with Jupiter. Jupiter wants to bring harmony, well-being, kindness, justice, abundance, growth, expansion, good luck and balance to your life. The moon is supporting Jupiter’s desire to do this in your life today. Together, the moon and Jupiter are shining more peace into our lives today. They’re helping us feel open-hearted and generous. We use the MAP Method to magnetize that harmonious, abundant, expansive, kind, open, calming and positive energy.

The other energy we tend to is the energy of the sun being in a happy relationship with Neptune. Neptune and the sun both carry this sense of connecting to the divine and in this happy relationship they remind us to surrender and let go. We use this energy to consider a problem in your life you want to surrender to the divine.

Tuesday

The moon is in a square, or in other words, a tense relationship with the planet Uranus today.

The tension between the moon and Uranus might have you feeling constricted by responsibility. Because the moon rules the realm of emotions, you might feel annoyed by the expectations other people place on you or the expectations you think other people are placing on you or even the expectations you place on yourself. The benefit of this, of course, is that you end up wanting to break free from the expectations that are not aligned with your highest self so shake it all off my friend. I support you following the beat of your own heart instead of living in the land of shoulds and should nots.

Bring to mind an expectation you or someone else is placing on you.

Do you actually want to meet this expectation or is it time to let it go?

In your art journal, create a page that represents an expectation you want to release.

If you have joined the Moon Mapping Year and receive the MAP Your Mornings podcast, on Tuesday the moon is in the disseminating phase. This phase is when the moon is just starting to become smaller.  It is a time to rest, relax and rejuvenate and move inward and focus on self.  We use this moon phase energy to acknowledge one of your accomplishments.

The moon is in the sign of Leo right before the day ends. Leo energy wants to bring loyalty, dependability, power, radiance, generosity, warmth, optimism and solidity. It wants to help you shine your light in the world, believe in your worth and boost your confidence. It is warm and expressive but sometimes can bring energy that influences you to be abrupt or impulsive. We use that moon sign energy to imagine your inner light growing brighter and attracting goodness to you all day long.

The moon is in a tense relationship with Uranus. The tension between the moon and Uranus might have you feeling constricted by responsibility. Because the moon rules the realm of emotions, you might feel annoyed by the expectations other people place on you or the expectations you think other people are placing on you or even the expectations you place on yourself. We work with the MAP Method to release the expectations that no longer serve you.

The moon is in an intense relationship with Saturn today. What I like about Saturn being in relationship with the moon is it reminds us to do what we need to do to feel stable, grounded and safe in our bodies. We use this energy to tend to any anxious energy you may be carrying.

The other energy we tend to is the energy of the sun being in a happy relationship with Neptune. Neptune and the sun both carry this sense of connecting to the divine and in this happy relationship they remind us to surrender and let go. We use this energy to consider a problem in your life you want to surrender to the divine.

Venus is in a happy relationship with Jupiter today. It’s generous, warm, uplifting and encouraging energy that helps you feel good about yourself and helps you see the possibilities in your life. We use this the MAP Method to magnetize this harmonious, just, soft, warm, gentle, uplifting, expansive and encouraging energy.

Venus moves into the sign of Sagittarius. Venus brings her attention on our relationships with ourselves, our relationships with others, our relationship with money and the pleasures and hobbies that make life wonderful for us. When Venus is in Sagittarius she brings flavors of discovery, hope, adventure and excitement to these areas of your life. We use the MAP Method to magnetize this encouraging, lively, expressive, exciting and forward-looking energy.

Wednesday

Today the moon is in the last quarter phase.

This phase is when the moon is once again half in light and half in shadow.

To me, this symbolizes choices and decisions. Take time to consider the choices you make in your everyday life and how they impact you, your goals and your community.

It also symbolizes seeing both sides of a story so finding ways to put yourself in the shoes of someone you disagree with at this time can help you gain wisdom or a perspective you had not considered before.

It also a time to celebrate how far you’ve come, how much you do and how much you’ve grown.

Take a moment to consider how much you’ve learned since the new moon.

What have you learned about relationships in the last few weeks?

What have you learned about yourself in the last few weeks?

What have you learned about reaching your goal since the new moon?

Where have you grown the most in the last few weeks?

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image of something you have learned since the new moon.

If you have joined the Moon Mapping Year and receive the MAP Your Mornings podcast, on Wednesday the moon is in the last quarter phase. We work with the last quarter moon phase to celebrate how far you’ve come and acknowledge how much you’ve grown since the last new moon.

The moon is in the sign of Leo right before the day ends. Leo energy wants to bring loyalty, dependability, power, radiance, generosity, warmth, optimism and solidity. It wants to help you shine your light in the world, believe in your worth and boost your confidence. It is warm and expressive but sometimes can bring energy that influences you to be abrupt or impulsive. We use that moon sign energy to imagine your inner light growing brighter and attracting goodness to you all day long.

The moon is void of course for a small part of the late afternoon in the mountain time zone. I think of this time as though the moon is just hanging around alone and in the in-between space – no longer where it was but not yet where it will be. The moon likes reflecting energy down to us but when it’s void of course there’s nothing substantial for it to reflect so its reflecting that emptiness back to us.

When the moon is void of course it is a good time to rest and relax and look inward. It is a good time to connect with your subconscious mind and your intuition so we work with that energy to surrender to the Divine a troubling situation you are currently dealing with.

The moon moves into the sign of Virgo today. Virgo energy wants to help you find the most effective way of doing things. It brings practicality, attention to detail, a love of quality and precision but it can cause you to get lost in the details. We use this energy to consider what adjustments you want to make in your life.

The moon is in a tense relationship with Mercury. In your relationship with others this can look like moody conversations, disagreements, not considering the other person’s perspective. Internally this can look like your inner parts not agreeing with each other and causing you tension or inner conflict. We use this relationship the moon is having with Mercury to tend to memories of feeling defeated or hopeless.

The moon is in a tense relationship with Venus today. In the kind of relationship Venus is having with the moon today, it makes receiving Venus’ good and harmonious energy difficult so you might struggle to see your beauty or the beauty in your life or the beauty in others or you might long for pleasure and joy but feel incapable of doing what brings you happiness. We prepare for this challenging energy by taking a moment in the morning to focus on the beauty in your life – especially in the areas where its hard to see.

The other energy we tend to is the energy of Venus moving into the sign of Sagittarius. Venus brings her attention on our relationships with ourselves, our relationships with others, our relationship with money and the pleasures and hobbies that make life wonderful for us. When Venus is in Sagittarius she brings flavors of discovery, hope, adventure and excitement to these areas of your life. We use the MAP Method to magnetize this encouraging, lively, expressive, exciting and forward-looking energy.

Mercury is in a happy relationship with Jupiter today. It’s a great day for looking ahead and thinking about your long-term or big picture goals. You’ll most likely be in the right frame of mind to see your true potential or the true potential of your business. We magnetize this harmonious, abundant, expansive, communicative, productive and profitable energy.

Mars is in a tense relationship with Neptune today. Mars and Neptune can support you to connect to your intuition or receive divine guidance so it would be a good day to do some light divination. We use this energy to drop in your body so we tend to whatever challenging energy you may find yourself dealing with today.

Thursday

The moon moves into the sign of Virgo today. Virgo is ruled by the planet Mercury so it’s carrying a little of that planet’s energy as well.

Virgo energy is nocturnal and of the earth. It is mutable and versatile. It supports you in being efficient and organized. It wants to help you find the most effective way of doing things. It brings practicality, attention to detail, a love of quality and precision but it can cause you to get lost in the details.

When the moon is in Virgo, it’s the perfect time for review and adjustments.

Do you like what you’ve been creating in your life lately?

You’re not in control of creating everything you experience in your life but of the things you do have control over, which situations and experiences that you’ve been creating do you enjoy and which situations and experiences have you not been enjoying?

If you don’t like what you’re creating, what adjustments can you make?

In your art journal, create an image that explores an adjustment you’d like to make in your life. 

If you have joined the Moon Mapping Year and receive the MAP Your Mornings podcast, on Thursday morning, the moon is in the last quarter phase. We work with the last quarter moon phase to celebrate how far you’ve come and acknowledge how much you’ve grown since the last new moon.

The moon moves into the sign of Virgo today. Virgo energy wants to help you find the most effective way of doing things. It brings practicality, attention to detail, a love of quality and precision but it can cause you to get lost in the details. We use this energy to consider what adjustments you want to make in your life.

The other energy we tend to is the energy of Venus moving into the sign of Sagittarius. Venus brings her attention on our relationships with ourselves, our relationships with others, our relationship with money and the pleasures and hobbies that make life wonderful for us. When Venus is in Sagittarius she brings flavors of discovery, hope, adventure and excitement to these areas of your life. We use the MAP Method to magnetize this encouraging, lively, expressive, exciting and forward-looking energy.

Mercury is in a happy relationship with Jupiter today. It’s a great day for looking ahead and thinking about your long-term or big picture goals. You’ll most likely be in the right frame of mind to see your true potential or the true potential of your business. We magnetize this harmonious, abundant, expansive, communicative, productive and profitable energy.

Mars is in a tense relationship with Neptune today. Mars and Neptune can support you to connect to your intuition or receive divine guidance so it would be a good day to do some light divination. We use this energy to drop in your body so we tend to whatever challenging energy you may find yourself dealing with today.

Mercury is in the sign of Sagittarius today. It can help you communicate what lights you up and it’s great for helping you vision the future which to me means, it’s a great day to pull out your art journal and paint, collage or draw images that capture how you want different areas of your life to look or feel like. We use this energy to imagine how you want an area of your life to look or feel like five years from now.

Friday

The moon is in a happy relationship with Uranus today.

Uranus wants to bring unexpected changes into your life to inspire you to awaken or grow emotionally and spiritually.

In this happy relationship with the moon it can mean happy surprises that are beneficial for you or the people you care about. Trust your intuition today, go with the flow and don’t hesitate to act on a whim if your heart is pulling you towards something.

Uranus energy wants excitement and change and it celebrates being different so this energy might also support you in loving yourself even when you don’t fit in. It’s stimulating, exciting and bubbly energy.

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image that celebrates your intuition.

If you have joined the Moon Mapping Year and receive the MAP Your Mornings podcast, on Friday morning, the moon is in the last quarter phase. We work with the last quarter moon phase to celebrate how far you’ve come and acknowledge how much you’ve grown since the last new moon.

The moon moves into the sign of Virgo today. Virgo energy wants to help you find the most effective way of doing things. It brings practicality, attention to detail, a love of quality and precision but it can cause you to get lost in the details. We use this energy to consider what adjustments you want to make in your life.

The moon is in a tense relationship with Mars. This moon energy can also cause you to project your pain onto other people, take things personally or live from what Eckart Tolle refers to as your pain body. We use this energy to address inner wounds and emotional needs that might surface today.

The moon is in a happy relationship with Uranus today. Uranus wants to bring unexpected changes into your life to inspire you to awaken or grow emotionally and spiritually. In this happy relationship with the moon it can mean happy surprises that are beneficial for you. Trust your intuition today, go with the flow and don’t hesitate to act on a whim if your heart is pulling you towards something. We use the MAP Method to magnetize that exciting, adventurous, bold, self-accepting, fun and stimulating energy.

The moon is in a happy relationship with Pluto today. Pluto wants to illuminate what is hidden in your subconscious realm to help you transform. It can bring endings, new beginnings, deep spiritual growth and rebirth. We magnetize this deep, transformative, ancestral, wise, connected, receptive and intuitive energy.

The moon is in an intense relationship with Neptune. The moon and Neptune both carry spiritual, dreamy and intuitive energy so it’s a good day to slip into liminal space, connect with your spirit guides and angels or focus on your creativity and divination rather than productivity and being rational or practical. We magnetize this soulful, imaginative, dreamy, divine, therapeutic, unconditionally loving, psychic, intuitive and caring energy.

The other energy we tend to is the energy of Venus moving into the sign of Sagittarius. Venus brings her attention on our relationships with ourselves, our relationships with others, our relationship with money and the pleasures and hobbies that make life wonderful for us. When Venus is in Sagittarius she brings flavors of discovery, hope, adventure and excitement to these areas of your life. We use the MAP Method to magnetize this encouraging, lively, expressive, exciting and forward-looking energy.

Mercury is in a happy relationship with Jupiter today. It’s a great day for looking ahead and thinking about your long-term or big picture goals. You’ll most likely be in the right frame of mind to see your true potential or the true potential of your business. We magnetize this harmonious, abundant, expansive, communicative, productive and profitable energy.

Mars is in a tense relationship with Neptune today. Mars and Neptune can support you to connect to your intuition or receive divine guidance so it would be a good day to do some light divination. We use this energy to drop in your body so we tend to whatever challenging energy you may find yourself dealing with today.

Mercury is in the sign of Sagittarius today. It can help you communicate what lights you up and it’s great for helping you vision the future which to me means, it’s a great day to pull out your art journal and paint, collage or draw images that capture how you want different areas of your life to look or feel like. We use this energy to imagine how you want an area of your life to look or feel like five years from now.

Join Me

If you are ready to enhance your alignment with the moon and rewire your brain at the same time, check out the Moon Mapping Year. When you subscribe, you now receive the MAP Your Mornings private podcast as  a BONUS. MAP Your Mornings is where I align with the moon’s energy for the day and use the MAP Method to teach your subconscious mind how to rewire your brain. Every morning (Mon-Fri), we work with the MAP Method AND the emotional and spiritual themes the moon and the planets and stars are supporting us with to rewire your brain and help you manifest the changes you most want to see in your life.

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Dana da Ponte

 

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