"Never Let Go of Hope"

By Molly Hall, About.com
"Never Let Go of Hope"
Monday March 15, 2010


It's the New Moon in Pisces today, which joins the Sun and Moon in the last sign of the Zodiac. Endings. Emptiness. Emotional Fullness. A time of reflection on all that's happened. There may be a wake-up call (surprising news, shocking messages) with Uranus-Mercury in an alignment. And it's a psychically rich week of deep soul searching, before the busting out of the season (and Spring Equinox, March 20th).

Michelle Lessirard of the New Moon Journal, says the entire week can be powerful for intention-setting. Michelle writes, "Gather friends to honor the change in seasons...create an object or drawing that represents what you are giving birth to this next season. Dust off your New Years vision board. Give the muse a voice. Honor her presence in small rituals that feed your mind, heart and soul."

And in her poetic post, Out of the Formless, CJ Wright of Auntie Moon has thoughtful suggestions for this moment. One is to analyze the year since last Spring, since the subtle nuances could be lost when the Sun bursts into Aries. She writes, "Pisces/Pisces, the end of the cycle. In only a few days, we'll enter a new world and the cycle will begin again. Spring! The ancient one becomes a child."

A metaphysical writer I follow, Karen Bishop, says it's a time when we may feel like empty shells, before the new comes in. Even so, she writes in her latest post, "Many are making sudden and massive changes within themselves, and becoming new people in leaps and bounds. Many are noticing that something is at hand."

That "something at hand" is the awakening of something within us, that'll help us move through the darkness we're in now. I like this anonymous quote of encouragement from the Auntie Moon site, "Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself...How did I get through all of that?"

So, it's fitting that today I picked the Bat in the Medicine Cards, the totem of rebirth, but not before a ritual death. As the guide book says, the natives of Turtle Island (America) sent their initiates to dig a grave, and spend the night in the womb of Mother Earth all alone in the dark. "Darkness, and the sounds of animals prowling, quickly confront the initiate with his or her fears."

These last days of Pisces find us hanging upside-down like the Bat, preparing for rebirth. Which, Medicine Cards points out, is the position babies assume before they're born. The human future is so uncertain these days, that the anticipation can be mixed with dread or foreboding. But Pisces has the potential of showing us the way to real hope. That's when we know that no matter how dead, empty, lost, betrayed, victimized, forsaken or tainted we feel, there's always a chance to come out the other side....for a real rebirth.

Solane Star wrote:

By Molly Hall, About.com


A metaphysical writer I follow, Karen Bishop, says it's a time when we may feel like empty shells, before the new comes in. Even so, she writes in her latest post, "Many are making sudden and massive changes within themselves, and becoming new people in leaps and bounds. Many are noticing that something is at hand."

That "something at hand" is the awakening of something within us, that'll help us move through the darkness we're in now. I like this anonymous quote of encouragement from the Auntie Moon site, "Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself...How did I get through all of that?"

Well I for one cannot wait for the part where I look back and laugh because at the moment my face feels like stone - serious, unimpressed, still-wading-through-the darkness stone.... BUT I do subscribe to the idea of never letting go of hope (or faith) and I absolutely feel the massive change happening inside. There are so many levels in my life where what was just isn't enough to fully realise my potential as a human being and a spiritual expression of source energy. You know those movies where the main character seems to have it all and then they find themselves dissatisfied with their lives and at a pivotal moment in the film they let go of everything and take a totally different unexpected direction that leads them to where they seem to fit perfectly and gives them all the rewards of happiness and peace and love that they have been longing for all along? Yeah, well that is how I feel. Like I am standing at that point and it no longer matters what anyone thinks - not even me! I have this strong pull in my gut and I need to follow it because when I don't, it feels like it is ripping me apart. I cease to function from all the conflict. Choice has always been a word that made me uncomfortable and with good reason. We as co-creators make choices every moment which shape our destiny and of course impacts on others. What a responsibility! But also what a power!