Red Overtone Moon Year
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Resonant Truth presents NATURAL TIME A 13 Moon Calendar inspired by Mayan cycles Red Overtone Moon Year July 26, 2010 - July 24, 2011 July 26, 2010 - July 24, 2011 HowRED Can OVERTONE I Best Empower MOON Myself Red Overtone Moon is the fifth year in a cycle of 13. Four years ago, we began a new 13-year ‘wavespell’ that celebrates the energy of Red Moon. A wavespell is any cycle of 13, be it days, moons or years. As its name indicates, a wavespell is a spell of time that builds and breaks in a wave formation. There are 13 stages in the growth of the wave and its dissolution, each offering a specific teaching for us as guidance in our own transformation. In the Overtone time the wave begins its ascent in earnest. For the past four years we have been making preparations, in a sense, laying a foundation for the accomplishment to come. We have been held in check, a little, from taking off with our dreams, but only in order to be truly ready when they come closer to reality. The Overtone energy is described as an act of empowerment; we are given the life force to rise. Think again of the ocean and the moment when the swell that began in the depths pushes above the surface, starting a visible arc towards the sky. We are in that magic transit, when we not only feel ourselves uplifted but see the reflection in our lives. The journey to the wave’s peak is very much a movement towards the sun itself and the enlightenment it holds, so we will feel some pleasure and ease this year, that we are steadily climbing closer to the heavens, and towards the divinity that lives there. This 13-year wavespell is an ode to the Red Moon, one 0f 20 archetypes that the Maya celebrated in their sacred calendar. Our purpose for 13 years is to celebrate the moon itself and its tidal influence on the waters of our planet, including our own liquid make up. The moon makes our moods, as we reflect its shades of dark and light in the night sky. Water purifies, and teaches us to go with the flow and look for the path of least resistance, the opening through obstruction. We are individually and in the planetary collective learning to be more fluid and pure, and to listen again to nature’s cycles - such as the moon phases - in order to remember we are part of nature, and not above it. In this year of the Red Overtone Moon, we will become empowered by the moon’s guidance to purify, flow and find the water- way through our lives. It’s a perfect time to be guided by the Natural Time calendar and its reverence to lunar cycles! Red Overtone Moon is also called a ‘portal’ year, a gateway for exponential growth. Every day of its unfolding will have a precious intensity and opportunity to choose the open door instead of feeling shut out. And we will be open ourselves, as portals for each other. July 26, 2010 - July 24, 2011 how the calendar works 13 MOONS THE TZOLKIN (‘zol-kin’) COUNT WAVESPELLS Each calendar page celebrates a 28-day The Maya had a sacred calendar of 260 The wavespells are counted in the Mayan ‘moon’, divided into four weeks of seven days (reflecting our gestation in the womb). numeric system of ‘dots’ and ‘bars’, like days. Each week is oriented to a direction Each day is oriented to one of the four stones and sticks. Each dot represents one, of the medicine wheel: Red/East, directions, is part of a 13-day wavespell, and a unit of five is a bar. White/North, Blue/West & Yellow/South. and is pictured in the glyph as one of 20 A wavespell is named for its first day. We The directions also describe a process of revered archetypes from the Mayan continue to track its resonance over the growth from initiation to purification to culture. If we follow the 20 days in con- entire 13 days as an overlying energy and transformation to ripening. Follow the sciousness -meditating on the names and theme for growth.The wavespells also move guidance of these words to feel the distinct images - we honor all aspects of life in through the four directions - East, North, changes in each week’s energy. balance, and feel reflective harmony in West & South - and their themes. ourselves. PORTALS GUIDING POWER CHAKRAS & LUNAR PHASES Within the Tzolkin count are 52 portal Every Tzolkin day is guided either by an- To honor other spiritual traditions, the days that signify a doorway through dif- other archetypal energy or ‘its own power Natural Time calendar offers a daily orien- ficulty or obstruction, They are also con- doubled.’ Magnetic, Rhythmic & tation to the chakras and the moon’s ebb sidered higher-energy days, so that they Spectral days are guided by themselves, and flow. radiate a certain intensity of focus that can while the ten other stages of the The chakras are experienced in a spiral be simply exhilarating. On these days you wavespell are guided by glyphs that share formation instead of a vertical line: Crown, might notice when time seems to shift or the same direction of the medicine wheel. Root, Third Eye, Sacrum, Throat, Solar- stand still, or you have heightened clar- Use the Guiding Power as a marker to seek plexus & Heart. The length of a complete ity. The invitation is to move through the or follow as you move through your day, lunar cyle is 29.5 days, so is not the same open door without doubt or fear, for your or reflect back at day’s end and see if you as a ‘moon’, but certainly influences us tid- own positive growth. can identify how this power aided you. ally as it waxes and wanes. Feel it! MAGNETIC Moon of Purpose The first, Magnetic moon is the moment when we naturally, effortlessly attract our purpose for the entire 13 Moon year. We are ourselves magnetic, pulling in the next piece of our destiny, The moon has an in- tensity - a density - as we draw in people, events, and a preview of the whole year’s unfolding. Our purpose will be the refrain every moon, and finding it now, early on, is almost unwieldy, so we have to be patient with ourselves and the process of a potent new beginning. The overwhelm will sort itself in time, and some tired parts of us will fall away to make room for the year’s changes. The Magnetic moon is a rush of new possibilities. Balance the excitement with the stillness of centering, strengthen- What is my purposE? ing your magnetism for holiness - instead of hard karma. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 7/26 2 7/27 3 7/28 4 7/29 5 7/30 6 7/31 7 8/1 pop Red white blue yellow Red white blue overtone rhythmic resonant galactic solar planetary spectral moon dog night human skywalker wizard eagle initiateguided by earth guided by Dog guided by EAGLE guided by warrior guided by moon guided by wind guided by eagle 8 8/2 9 8/3 10 8/4 11 8/5 12 8/6 13 8/7 14 8/8 yellow red white blue yellow red white crystal cosmic magnetic lunar electric self-existing overtone warrior earth mirror storm sun dragon wind guided by star purifyguided by dragon guided by mirror guided by monkey guided by seed guided by earth guided by Dog 15 8/9 16 8/10 17 8/11 18 8/12 19 8/13 20 8/14 21 8/15 uo blue yellow Red white blue YELLOW RED rhythmic resonant galactic solar planetary SPECTRAL CRYSTAL night seed serpent worldbridger hAND STAR MOON guided by night guided by warrior guided by moon transformguided by wind guided by eagle guided by STAR guided by DRAGON 22 8/16 23 8/17 24 8/18 25 8/19 26 8/20 27 8/21 28 8/22 white blue yellow Red white blue yellow cosmic magnetic lunar electric self existing overtone rhythmic dog monkey human skywalker wizard eagle warrior guided by wizard guided by monkey guided by seed guided by earth guided by Dog ripenguided by night guided by warrior LUNAR Moon of Challenge When we enter the Lunar Moon, our experience of life is defined by shadows and light, We notice that within our purpose for the year there lies a distinct challenge - an invitation to strengthen and grow. It can also feel hard, and most often is an old burden or battle we can’t believe is surfacing once more. But it’s close to our skin in order to find direct sunlight and shift from an inner darkness to an outer glow. Let the black moods and accom- panying doubt have their place. Know shade is simply a counterbalance to bright light, and like the moon phases shifts back again. WhaT is my challenge Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Red white blue yellow Red white blue resonant galactic solar planetary spectral crystal cosmic earth mirror storm sun dragon wind night initiateguided by moon guided by wind guided by eagle guided by star guided by Dragon guided by wizard guided by hand 8 8/30 9 8/31 10 9/1 11 9/2 12 9/3 13 9/4 14 9/5 zip yellow red white blue yellow Red white magnetic lunar electric self existing overtone rhythmic resonant seed serpent worldbridger hand star moon dog guided by seed purifyguided by earth guided by Dog guided by night guided by warrior guided by moon guided by Dog 15 9/6 16 9/7 17 9/8 18 9/9 19 9/10 20 9/11 21 9/12 blue yellow Red white blue yellow red galactic solar planetary spectral crystal cosmic magnetic monkey human skywalker wizard eagle warrior earth star guided by eagle guided by guided by dragontransformguided by wizard guided by hand guided by sun guided by earth 22 9/13 23 9/14 24 9/15 25 9/16 26 9/17 27 9/18 28 9/19 white blue yellow Red white blue yellow lunar electric self existing overtone rhythmic resonant galactic mirror storm sun dragon wind night seed guided by dog guided by night guided by warrior guided by moon guided by wind ripenguided by eagle guided by star The Electric Moon holds the arrival of a divine influence ELECTRIC Moon of Service -a force of healing that settles between us and whatever we feel distanced from or in conflict with.