Jane’s Blog
The First Full Moon
of the Calendar Year
The Full Moon In January
The first Full Moon of the calendar year is also the last full moon of the current Lunar Year. The next Lunar Year begins at the next New Moon, which is known as Lunar Imbolc, Chinese New Year, and many other terms by other cultures.
The moon’s association with women can be traced back to dusty prehistory. Our moon controls all moisture, including water, blood, and the emotional body, and so controls and regulates everything from ocean tides to women's menstrual cycles.
The lunar year begins at the first new moon after Winter Solstice, and a lunar year consists of 13 lunar (moon) cycles. Incidentally, which is why the number 13 is sacred to the Goddess. Of course, once the patriarchy took hold, the number 13 got a bad rap!
In ancient times the moon was considered to have three phases; the birthed and growing moon (New Moon), the full and fertile moon (Full Moon), and the last phase being the dying moon (the waning Moon). These phases were personified by the Goddess in her three phases, the maiden or virgin, the pregnant mother, and the postmenopausal crone. Maiden-Mother-Crone.
The full moon is a great time to honor the manifestation of what you planted in the last new moon cycle two weeks before, the Winter Solstice. Since this is also the last Full Moon of this Lunar Year, it’s a great time to honor what you’ve been gifted and are grateful for in this past year. In my opinion, gratitude is one of the most powerful energies we can muster.
In my work as an intuitive, when I see clients who maintain an active gratitude practice, their energy is vibrant, clean and powerful. I would go so far as to say it creates a field around them that seems to attract good things, lovely people and miraculous blessings.
The last Full Moon of the Lunar Year is also a beautiful time to let go of any final negative energies for the year: what you no longer need to carry, such as resentments, anger, unfinished business and outmoded ways of thinking. How you think is extremely important… it defines your future possibilities.
