New Moon in Libra

   Here is the first installation of my feng shui of astrology blogging :) Please visit my Feng Shui of Astrology page for more info!
    With the new moon at 4 degrees Libra as of 5:09am (MDT) today, I prepared yesterday by finding 4 degrees Libra in my chart. For me this falls in my first house.  The first house in astrology corresponds to the Career/Life Path bagua in Feng Shui and the color Black. The way I determined which areas of my house to clean up and prepare to welcome some fresh energy, in order to align with this new moon, were several-fold.
    First I made a list of each room in my house, including the entrances, such as Front Door, Living Room, Dining Room, etc. There are a couple of schools of thought in feng shui, one where the Career/Life Path bagua is the front entrance (to a house/room, etc) and the other is by direction, where that bagua is in the North. I'm not sure which school of thought I ascribe to, so I decided to go with both of them.
    Next I made a list of all the areas that would correspond to this bagua from all the angles.  And because I apparently like to complicate matters, I also added another configuration where I considered my back door the 'front entrance' because I use it to leave/enter my house more than the front door.
    After associating all the areas of my house with different baguas, my First House - Career/Life Path bagua consists of these focus areas: Front door, Back door, Master Bedroom and the Stairs (in the north).
    For my new moon ritual, I cleaned the front and back doors, as well as the separate door to my garage, and cleaned all of the clutter out of the front door area. To finish up this week I am going to re-paint the outside of the entrances since the paint has chipped and is weathered a bit since I moved in (6 years ago).
    I guess it is no surprise that I am spending so much time updating my blog either, since it relates to my 'life path' which I'd like to someday turn into my career ;)

Shifting direction ...

     Ok, so as I mentioned in a previous post, I have been rethinking the direction of my 'work'. Here I mean the work I came to do in this life, my soul purpose, what I am here to do. Bear with me as I shift towards my truer purpose, and bring this blog along :)
    As you may already know, I have been studying Astrology somewhat intensely for the last year and a half or so. As I continue to be passionate about knitting as well, I've decided to attempt to combine the two, in an alchemical way that creates healing for the subject.
    My intent is to create a foundation where I take the basic aspects of knitting and astrology, relate them, and then find the alchemical healing aspects.
    If you are not familiar with Alchemy, let me give you a brief description of how I'm intending on using it. As the ancient tradition it was the way to turn base metals into silver or gold, also known as the "philosopher's stone". There are lots of mythical qualities associated with alchemy, and it is sometimes associated with spiritual concepts as well.  This is more my leaning - my goal is to take some concrete properties such as the colors, patterns and fibers of yarn and mix them with a subject's astrological birth chart, and create some sort of healing in a knitted piece.
    Long term I want to expand what I've discovered into a book, website, etc. My approach is going to start with case studies. I have already collected the astrological info of several of my friends, as well as compiled a great big amount of info of how the astrological signs, etc could possibly relate to knitting.
    My next step is going to be to print out and organize all of this information, and continue to expand it by pursuing more about the history of knitted stitches.  Then, once I have gathered enough information, I'm going to construct my 'case studies' in a hopefully scientific experimental fashion, and set out some theories as to how combining these things can help heal people.  Oh, and the type of healing I am really focusing on is more specifically helping people to achieve balance in their lives.
    I plan on taking an intuitive approach as well, since my intuition is strong.  I may also incorporate other aspects including Feng Shui of Astrology, Gemstones, and anything else that I feel could help out in this creative process.
   Btw, I have decided to publicly post this plan and these ideas as a way of laying claim to them as mine, and have dated record that I came up with them first. I find that far too often I have great ideas which I decide not to record or pursue and then not much time later I see them popping up on the internet from someone else completely.  Which is fine for those things I was not meant to pursue.  Since at the moment I feel as though this is what I am meant to pursue, I may as well make it publicly known.  Anyway... haha, thanks for following along on my journey!  I hope you find it interesting and entertaining.