3 easy ways to use the cycles of the moon for your life

Why are the moon cycles important for us?

The moon has always been fascinating for humans throughout history. The connection of its changing nature with the cycles of nature was obvious. And so people took the phases of the moon into account for harvesting or working with wood.

What is the connection of the moon to human beings?

As we know the moon has got a huge impact on the water on our planet. And well, we are made 2/3 out of water. So is it likely there is some effect on us by the phases of the moon? You bet there is.

The energy of the moon phases

There are two main energies in the moon cycles. The waxing moon is the time to create "more of". The waning moon is the time to "let go of".

How can you work with the energy of the moon phases?

This is really simple to do. There are two turning points of the cycle and two questions to ask.

• The Full Moon: What do I want to let go in my life?
• The New Moon: What do I want more of in my life?

Working with your answers to these questions

There are 3 easy ways to work with your answers to these questions throughout the next phase of the moon.

• Drawing a daily card
  You can draw an oracle card daily about the thing you want to let go or that you want to have more of in your life.
  Use these follow-up questions:
  How can I let go? What is standing in my way to let go?
  How can I get more of / be more...? What is standing in my way to get more of / be more...?
  
• Journaling
  You can use the following journaling prompts:
  The last time I wanted to let go of this...
  Others look at me letting go of this and...
  I deserve letting go of this...
  Having more / being more of ... means to me...
  Others will react to me having more of / being more of...
  This is my future when I will have more of / be more of...
  
• Create an affirmation
  "I love letting go of... and I´m fine when I´m not."
  "I love having more of / being more... and I´m fine when I´m not."
  (On affirmations see Affirmations don´t work for me - why?)
  You can use it 10 times in the morning and 10 times in the evening in front of your mirror (see Mirror mirror on the wall - why should I talk to you?). You can also write it down 10 times every day.

As always, these are only suggestions. Let your creative juices flow and work with the phases of the moon and your answers to the questions in any way you feel good about. 

Affirmations don´t work for me - why?

What affirmations are not

Can you make yourself healthy by telling yourself that you´re healthy? This is a BIG question and not easy to answer.

We are talking about affirmations. Let´s make clear what affirmations are not: If you repeat a sentence over and over, that´s not an affirmation. It´s repeating words. Totally different.

Affirmations give your thoughts a new direction

Let´s take a look at the deeper meaning of an affirmation to get clear about this. What an affirmation should do for you is giving your mind and your thoughts a new direction.

This is easy to understand. Every day we think hundreds and thousands of thoughts, we are thinking all the time. And most of the time, our thoughts go in a similar direction. If our thoughts go into the same direction all the time, this is what we call a belief.

There are helpful beliefs that we have about our lives, for example, the belief that the sun will rise the next day. The belief that we can sit on something that looks like a chair. Definitely helpful in our daily lives.

What we want to talk about here are the beliefs we´ve got about ourselves. Because these are the most defining beliefs for our lives.

How did we form these beliefs?

We formed them by experience in early childhood. We are seeing ourselves in the way that our environment reflects us. I am the funny one, I am the pretty one, I am the helpful one. Or I am the bad one, I am the ugly one, I am the outcast.

The first ones we would call positive beliefs, the second one negative beliefs. But what they have both in common is that they are limiting beliefs.

Let´s take for example the belief that I am the funny one. Sounds great, but what about the days when I don´t feel like being funny? What is the alternative?

Or let´s take the example of I am the pretty one. What if I get ill and lose my hair? What about my identity as the pretty one now?

Using affirmations with an intention

So the trick is to use an affirmation to acknowledge where we are now. Then define the direction we want to choose in our lives. This would be: I love being funny and I´m fine when I´m not. I love being pretty and I´m fine when I´m not.

This is our intention: Acknowledging - moving on. No ignoring and no limitation.

What is your constructive affirmation?