So, this past Thursday-through-Sunday was the Aries new moon. For those of you who are not astrologically-minded, that's the first 3.5 days of the zodiacal new year. Aries is the first sign, and the new moon is a time of envisioning what you want to manifest during the coming year. Because Aries has to do with vision and sight, lots of people make a collage, or treasure map, so they can see what they want to manifest. You know, if you believe in that kind of thing.
A bunch of mamas on my messageboard were doing it, and I decided to give it a try. It made a lot of sense to me -I usually get a burst of inspiration around this time of year, and I loved the idea of putting together a piece of art that helped me visualize all those plans and ideas.
It turned out awesome! I put it together using nine pieces of 12x12 scrapbooking cardstock (many people design the map using the 9 feng shui baguas as a template, and I went with that). Here 's the result!
And here are detail shots of each square:
1. Wealth/Prosperity/Abundance
2. Fame/Reputation (aka "What do you want to be known for?")
3. Love/Marriage/Relationships
(Sorry this and the following ones are sideways...I don't know how to change them without going into iPhoto...and I'm boycotting iPhoto because it hates me)
4. Health/Family
5. My Centre/Ground/Home
6. Creativity/Play/Children
7. Knowledge/Self-exploration (Things I want to learn/meditation)
8. Career (not just "how I want to make money," but also unpaid activities: "What do I want to do?")
9. Travel/Angels/Helpful people (places I want to go, people/guides who will help me)
So there you have it! Sorry again about the sideways-ness, but I think you still get a pretty good idea of the whole thing.
I'm hoping to update weekly, possibly with reports re: my Joy Rebel Army assignments. This was actually last week's, so stay tuned for this week's VERY soon (maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow)
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