Virgo Writer’s Challenge: Day 8
Day 8 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge-
30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/30/23
With the Full Moon in Pisces greeting us this evening, the emotional waters may feel as though they are rising around you. You are not alone. This Super Blue Moon is amplified by the watery energy of the constellation Pisces as well as Mercury, Venus, and Uranus all stationed retrograde. Today’s prompt is a strong message to assess the emotions behind our writing practice. To offer an inquiry to look within about what value and resources writing brings to our lives and why we write.
Here is my response to today’s writing prompt:
Today’s prompt was inspired by a the Moonology Oracle Cards by Yasmin Boland.
As seen here I pulled Void-of-Course Moon card. This card shaped today’s prompt as it transmits the message ‘Nothing will come of this situation”. The overt negativity of this card was hard to digest to be honest but did inspire some introspection in which I share in today’s response.
The harshness of the oracle card pulled today for this writing prompt fully redirected by path. The message of the Void-of-Course Moon speaking the message ‘Nothing will come of this situation’ holds the energy of confusion I feel deeply during this Full Blue Super Moon in Pisces. Not knowing what is worthy of my time and what is mere distraction. I question my passion for writing daily and that is what makes me feel this challenge is important to me. As an accountability to hold importance for my gift of writing even if no one else reads my words and loves them- even if this creative endeavor does not pay my bills- it is worthy.
I hold an open heart for more clarity and direction for the situation this card refers to. The many astrological movements occurring at this moment help me understand my imbalance and know that like all things in this expansive world this moment shall pass and I will see more clearly on the other side. So for this Full Moon, I release the pressure to have it all figured out. I stay steadfast in my dedication to writing knowing nothing may come of it in the physical sense of resources but that does not detract from the great resource of fulfillment and love I gain from allowing words to flow through me to the world beyond. I can indeed be anything and at this moment, I choose to be a writer. I choose to press forward into the unknown even though it scares me. I choose to do it scared because this is the path I keep being pushed towards. I am enough and this knowledge is enough for where I am in this moment here and now.
I shall gaze upon the full magnified cerulean face of la luna and ask her to wash me anew to find my way step by step. Even though I feel the pace is slow, it is just right and I have the perfect timing for all I need to accomplish. Be here now my child. This is the anthem of my present life whether it feels comfortable or not. I press forward because it is the only way. I walk through knowing that I will stumble and then I will rise. The ebbs and flows of my life are for my gain. As this is happening for me - not to me. Each grain of wisdom collected to help me find the newest version of myself I seek. It will always be like this- bliss peppered with doubt- unknowing ushered away by clarity- this is my true flow. To become familiar with these new resources and to see them with an eye of value and appreciation.
I am motivated to create because it is innate to my existence. I believed I wrote to help people and because it was my purpose but now I see I write because it’s an integral part of being alive for me. If I don’t write I wither, I fade, I dwindle far away from the light of my source. When I write the time passes as the figment of my imagination it’s always been. I float through the creation as an active observer of a great dance of 10 fingers. I wish to do this always. I strive to fill my days by the light of the forest's sky pouring forth my words to a page as if I am attempting to empty the sea of my mind. This is my joy but for now I will embrace that even if no outward success is destined to come, I will hold space for it anyways because it is the great love of my life. I choose to share this gift even if just one is meant to hear my words and find a moment of reflected joy. I choose to be a writer today, tomorrow and each day after as an inherent part of myself that I will not throw out just because it doesn't have obvious face value at this moment. I keep going. I keep writing. I keep discovering. Because I am a writer.
Till tomorrow with love and light,
Erica
Founder of Summit of Wellness