August is now upon us.
This is the New Growth Moon according to my childhood Native American mentors people. That might seem odd at first ponder. However, when do many people plant seeds for their autumn garden? When do many of the trees produce their buds for next year’s spring growth? Why in August of course.
August is a time for New Growth, and this is reliant upon something else, which happens to be the medicine of the August Moon – Abundance. New Growth can only take place when there is an abundance of resources to support it. The tree cannot produce next year’s leaf buds unless it has an abundance of light, water, air, and minerals from life around it. Many summer plants have already produced seeds. Gathering these seeds and replanting them will give rise to new crops that will be harvestable in mid-autumn. Late harvests require New Growth under the August Moon because spring and early summer plants cannot typically live that long.
New Growth not only allows for the continuance of life but can also be seen as a sort of reward for doing the work necessary to get this far. Look to every aspect of your life and you will see this pattern. You work, you create, you produce and you gain. The gain is a reward that allows you to continue moving forward and create anew = New Growth. It’s very simple.
This is the August Moon – simplicity. It is still a time of ease and abundance in the wilderness, still high summer. There is little else to do besides celebrate the Abundance of life by creating with it through movement. But remember, what you create now, what grows anew now will set your fate for winter. How we treat our bodies in spring sets us up for autumn, and how we treat them in summer lays out our health for winter.
This is the New Growth Moon according to my childhood Native American mentors people. That might seem odd at first ponder. However, when do many people plant seeds for their autumn garden? When do many of the trees produce their buds for next year’s spring growth? Why in August of course.
August is a time for New Growth, and this is reliant upon something else, which happens to be the medicine of the August Moon – Abundance. New Growth can only take place when there is an abundance of resources to support it. The tree cannot produce next year’s leaf buds unless it has an abundance of light, water, air, and minerals from life around it. Many summer plants have already produced seeds. Gathering these seeds and replanting them will give rise to new crops that will be harvestable in mid-autumn. Late harvests require New Growth under the August Moon because spring and early summer plants cannot typically live that long.
New Growth not only allows for the continuance of life but can also be seen as a sort of reward for doing the work necessary to get this far. Look to every aspect of your life and you will see this pattern. You work, you create, you produce and you gain. The gain is a reward that allows you to continue moving forward and create anew = New Growth. It’s very simple.
This is the August Moon – simplicity. It is still a time of ease and abundance in the wilderness, still high summer. There is little else to do besides celebrate the Abundance of life by creating with it through movement. But remember, what you create now, what grows anew now will set your fate for winter. How we treat our bodies in spring sets us up for autumn, and how we treat them in summer lays out our health for winter.
