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Full Moon in Aquarius
August 5, 2009
5:55 pm PDT
The
Full Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise so she is visible all
night long. The Moon opens up, blossoms and flowers now as we too can
express our own unique beauty, illuminating our true purpose in the
process.
The Aquarian Full Moon will strongly effect those of
you with sun, moon or rising sign in Aquarius so if you're already a
little 'out there' then prepare to crank things up a notch! If not, you
can still have fun experimenting and tuning into radical ideas,
futuristic planning (like way, way into the future - space age style!),
getting together with friends to celebrate (internet chat rooms could
be zany today), or just plain getting creative and letting loose the
unique you that never gets out to play. It's also a good time to
brainpick & brainstorm and let impulsivity just plain party crash your day! (Is that even a word?)
I'm
getting excited just writing about it, but then again I do have an
Aquarian Moon (in the Aquarian 11th house to boot, so no wonder!)
Aquarian Keywords: independent, inventive, unpredictable, tolerant, artistic, eccentric, logical, intellectual, radical, shy, altruistic.
This
month's featured Aquarian artists are weaver and jeweler, Leslie Maltby
in New England and fabric artist Stephanie Maher in Michigan.
Leslie Maltby
CoffeeBreakDesigns.etsy.com
Knitted Silk Sunset Tarot Bag
As
an Aquarian, one trait I embody is wide-eyed curiosity of both the
animate and inanimate combined with passion and strong opinions. My
love affair with fiber began when I was very young in the form of
knitting lessons from my aunt and grandmother. I proudly gave scarves,
complete with uneven edges, to family members for Christmas. This hobby
gave way to poetry, drawing, and writing, all of which I still like to
incorporate into my mixed media jewelry.
In
true Aquarian fashion, I was struck, as if by lightening, by the urge
to knit again in 2001. Going beyond the basic knit and purl, I read
magazines and taught myself stitches and shaping. One of my first
projects however, was not going to be merely a scarf. In bigger than
life fashion, I was going to knit a sweater! Ok, it was harder than I
thought, but as is typical of an Aquarian, I was undaunted (aka,
stubborn) and simply changed projects to simpler things, gradually
working up to sweaters.
I
had wanted to weave for a long time but the whole idea of a loom and
how big it was, along with the dilemma of where I would put it and the
fact that I didn’t know how to weave delayed doing anything about it.
First I decided I had to learn to spin. At first glance, spinning has
nothing to do with weaving, but it is fiber-related. I picked up a drop
spindle and some fiber and attempted, per the directions included, to
spin. I repeatedly dropped the spindle. The spindle and fiber sat on a bookshelf for the following five months.
Then I thought, how can I not know how to do this? That’s unacceptable.
I love fiber. I spent one weekend at it and was spinning yarn by Sunday.
"I Don't Get It" Necklace
My
passion with the
