New Moon Circles
When the Sun and Moon are occupying the same space in the sky, at "zero degrees of separation" from our point of view on Earth, the Moon is not visible, and we call this either the "No Moon," or the "New Moon," and it is considered to be the beginning of the lunar cycle, hence:  The New Moon.  We consider it to be the beginning of the MONTH, a word that comes from the English word for Moon.  While we're here, we'd like to point out that the Hebrew calendar is actually correct, in that we do have 13 lunar cycles for every solar cycle: There are in fact 13 months in a year. Think about it, they're 28 all days long - a familiar cycle for women and others who live with women:

28 x 13 = 364.

This is the time of the month to plant your seeds for the upcoming cycle, to take action toward your intentions, and put some oomph behind your heart's desires.  Even if they are just baby steps, real actions tend carry us forward more than usual at this time.  Many farmers in Europe still practice this tradition very literally, and if they want their grass (or hair) to grow longer, they cut it now.  If they want them to grow thicker, they cut them closer to the Full Moon.  If you work with this cycle consciously for about six months, you will see that you are gaining real traction.

Full Moon Circles
Two weeks later, we have the "climax" of the cycle. When the Moon appears as a full white circle in the sky, it is said to represent the culmination of that cycle of events, for that two-week period, and that means it is time to gather the harvest - to that point. This doesn't mean it's all that is going to happen, forever, but it means that for the time being, it's better to let go and do some reflecting and checking in, and explore any adjustments or course corrections to be made in the next two-week period.  If you hold everything lightly, you just may find that you are ready to explore a whole new direction or stop altogether. At any rate, this is a time to Let Go and Let the Universe Take a Turn. In contrast with the conventional wisdom of push, push, push - try to let go of all the heavy lifting and see what "wants" to happen at this point. This is similar to the esoteric wisdom for working with periods known as "Mercury Retrograde," which also advises Letting Go, but for different reasons.  In the realm of "Co-Creating With the Universe," this is a good time to study the situation and prepare, and visualize, but try to let go of all the "efforting" and see what comes back. Then you can pick up the slack again at the next New Moon.  At the Full Moon, we are invited to integrate opposite polarities in our individual charts, which can be explained if you provide your exact time of birth ahead of time.

If you think this all sounds like a lot of hokum, we hope that you will be willing to conduct an experiment and see what happens for you in an empirical way.  Consider that Modern Science is at a crossroads: After five hundred years of advancement, it has become clear that only a small fraction, perhaps 5%, of the mass / energy of the Universe has been studied, with the remainder called “dark.” This is not a minor problem, this is huge; with the best and brightest working around the clock to resolve it. The answer to this is found in the East and not the West, in Book Three of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali; in the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha; in the Tao of Lao Tzu; and also from the Middle East, in the Way of Jesus of Nazareth.

When biological entities meditate, they can approach a state of pure love and compassion over time and with practice. If they can sustain this in daily life, they can raise and lower their energy to resonate more or less with different archetypes. Walking the labyrinth is one modality of meditation, and as an ancient archetype in and of itself, its spiral structure functions as a portal to new opportunities and possibilities, opening up what Bart & Marjorie call “Synchronicity on Purpose.”  See if you agree with us that the use of the Labyrinth can help build a bridge between your old picture and the new.

If birth data (including exact minute and city of birth) is sent at least 24 hours ahead, bonus individualized key words will be provided to participants, to help pinpoint which areas of your life are ripe for growth at any given time. Brief “doses” of hands-on Reiki will also be available during the Circles.