Connecting with Your Natal Moon Phase {tutorial}
“Each of us is born at a particular phase of the Moon and we express part of our nature through the quality of that phase.”
AWARENESS OF Self AND PHASES
A unique way for people of ages and genders to develop a personal, intimate relationship with the moon cycle is to connect with the natal moon phase.
This moon phase birthday is the moment when the moon returns to the same phase it was in when you were born. Since this happens once every lunar cycle, you get 12 to 13 moon birthdays a year!
Find out more about connecting with your lunar phase in Part One of the Natal Moon Phase videos below:
your Natal Moon
Enter your day, time, and place of your birth on this website to get the sign that your moon was in along with the phase: Natal Moon Phase Calculator
The moon is a mirror and bridge that helps us connect with our inner wisdom. Every phase has a distinct quality, and developing a relationship with your natal moon phases may illuminate a dimension of yourself that may have been hidden. Focus on the qualities of the moon that you love and then see how you might begin to internalize, integrate, and embody those qualities.
Watch the video tutorial below for step-by-step instructions.
Creativity and YOUR MOON BIRTHDAY
In the mid 1950s a Czech doctor named Eugen Jonas discovered that in addition to the scientifically established hormonal cycle, there is another fertility cycle that resonates with the cycles of the Moon. It began from an Assyrian source that Dr. Jonas happened to find in a library: "Woman is fertile during a certain phase of the Moon." (source)
Whether you are a human who menstruates or not, is trying to conceive or not, notice your experience on your natal moon phase return and see if you feel more ‘fertile’ - productive, juicy, radiant - in your relationships and work around that time.
Get a list of your natal moon days here: Fertility Days Calculator (think of it like your creative days)
Once you know the dates for the current year, you may wish to mark these days on your New Moon Calendar Journal and notice how you choose to direct your life force energy on these days. You may even wish to create a personal practice or ritual to honor this day as your Moon Phase Birthday!
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This simple and beautiful circular calendar establishes the new moon as the starting point for each monthly cycle. By using a circular calendar you perceive time in relation to nature more clearly, and patterns in your own experience become more apparent. It provides a structure for connecting to your inner wisdom and natural rhythms.
To learn more about the phase of your natal moon, this article written by the astrologer Kelly Surtees may give insight into some qualities or characteristics of your relationship to your lunar self: Eight Phases as Personality Types based on the work of humanist astrologer Dane Rudhyar.
Just like any personality type take it with a grain of salt. Allow this to be a tool for understanding and awareness rather than an overly simplified category or box to fit in. We are all multifaceted, multidimensional beings.
The moon illuminates our emotional needs, home and belonging, comfort zones, and intuition. The realm of the moon is private rather than public, the lunar self seeks nourishment and to nurture others. Intentionally connecting with the moon can take the form of building trust so that your inner child feels safe to ask for what they need. It can also support creating containers in your life for healing.