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I was in Hawaii with my husband, walking by the gift shop of our resort when I saw them: a precious group of hula dolls. My inner child went \u201coooh!\u201d and I immediately texted a picture to my sister, saying \u201cI would\u2019ve died for one of these\u00a0when we were kids!\u201d I bought a\u00a0doll for my niece, whose eyes went\u00a0wide as plates and then\u00a0squeezed tightly shut\u00a0as she hugged her new toy, exclaiming \u201cI love her so much.\u201d So, so sweet.<\/span><\/p>\n As we explored\u00a0each glorious detail of the doll\u2019s costume, together -the\u00a0little gold arm band, the purple ribbon threaded in\u00a0braided hair, and one, not two (as a serious Ella Rae pointed out)\u00a0ankle lei- at\u00a0the grass skirt, a memory was triggered. I remembered being in a school\u00a0show as a child, probably around 8 or 9. I was excited to be dressed up as a hula girl in our class’s Hawaiian performance. The girls\u2019 skirts were made out of trash bags cut into strips and cinched at the waist, which wasn\u2019t as bad as it sounds. But standing in line to go onstage, I noticed mine was a green color indicating a capacity for\u00a0heavy duty lawn yard work, while all the other girls\u2019 were black. I remember feeling awkward, ashamed at my difference. Onstage, my excitement continued to plummet when my classmates continually stumbled over the\u00a0graceful arm movements that made the dance so lovely, which had the effect of\u00a0making everyone extra shy, our\u00a0words accompanying\u00a0the ukele barely\u00a0audible. I so enjoyed the feeling of being my little lei, my tube top and the fact that I could hula. \u00a0I wanted a star moment. Instead, I was one of the – mediocre – crowd.<\/p>\n It was an interesting reflection for me, today, because I\u2019m an introvert who does not covet the spotlight. Yet my younger self was very practical about her\u00a0need and desire for it. She knew she had something to offer. She took pride in in the beauty of her costume, and her skills. She was excited about sharing this. She also experienced how being one of a sea of many, in a group, can either support an individual to shine, or not, and how conformity can create alienation and shame. Subsequently, she felt aching emptiness at having been\u00a0denied feeling\u00a0the fullness of her self.<\/p>\n Leo is the Divine Child.<\/strong> She is the part of us who wants to step under the spotlight simply because we are excited to be there. He is the part of us who recognizes we have a contribution that perhaps only we can make, and that knowledge fills us with enthusiasm, zeal and makes us feel (rightfully) a bit special. She is our inner child who can say, with utter practicality: I enjoy this, I\u2019m pretty good at it, I\u2019m excited about it, so logically I need to be seen and share what I have with others.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the first of the Leo-Aquarius eclipse sets (the mean nodes shift from Virgo-Pisces to Leo-Aquarius\u00a0on 4\/28\/17). The North Node will enter Leo, which is to say, it’s a good idea to practice being the best of Leo. <\/strong>The\u00a0South Node in Aquarius\u00a0speaks to leaving something Aquarian behind, perhaps having spent too long alienated from people around us, thinking we don\u2019t belong. Often\u00a0it’s a self-concept that’s expired.\u00a0Like having\u00a0gotten so used to being an \u201coutsider\u201d that we don\u2019t realize we\u2019ve arrived, that we are the one we\u2019ve been seeking all along. Or maybe\u00a0we\u2019ve been wondering whether we\u2019ve incarnated on the wrong planet at the wrong time. The fact is, you\u2019re here, and that means you\u2019ve got something to contribute, create and share. Likewise, if an agreed upon \u201cnorm\u201d of mediocrity feels uncomfortable, wrong, and stymies your light, that\u2019s a sign that it is.\u00a0Gather ’round people who feel\u00a0good to you.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve read several astrologers focus on the potential for narcissism with this eclipse set.<\/strong> Given our new leader, their concern is relevant. Those who grew up with narcissistic parents see all the signs. We know\u00a0the way they manipulate to get their way, how they present themselves as confident,\u00a0self-consistent, clear and yet they aren’t those things at all. They have no discernible\u00a0plan other than getting what they want. We understand their emotional desire for power causes them to do things (like, saying the thing no one else will) that push the boundaries of right and wrong until everyone\u2019s compromised (if you grew up with a narcissist and your unhealed issues are re-triggered by Trump, I highly recommend this article<\/a>). The entire world is now getting a crash course in this personality style. Yet while this is certainly Leo\u2019s shadow, that\u2019s not the astrological Leo, not really. It\u2019s just a small percentage.<\/p>\n So let’s all\u00a0make the decision right now to allow Trump to carry and work out that shadow for us, because most of us don\u2019t have to worry about having style over substance, or tooting our horn too much, but it\u2019s opposite- not celebrating our self, enough.<\/strong>\u00a0I like an observation\u00a0I heard recently that most of us\u00a0could stand to be more diva-like, not in the sense of telling other people what to\u00a0do or not do around me, but honoring what I\u00a0truly need\u00a0so that my life\u00a0works for me.\u00a0If, to be effective, I need to book first class airfare, or start out every single\u00a0morning with a salt bath,\u00a0or go to bed at 2 AM and start work at 11 AM, so be it. Few\u00a0of us are primadonnas. The greater chance is our life could use some diva-tweaking.<\/p>\n This eclipse period (thru January\u00a02019)\u00a0offers the opportunity to\u00a0make\u00a0a whole\u00a0new level of creative contribution to the world. If you feel mediocre people are taking up too much space onstage, regard\u00a0it as a personal invitation to step forward. <\/strong>As Divine child\u00a0of Leo we only need to own what we love, what we are good at, what we enjoy. Choose to be around\u00a0people\u00a0who allow\u00a0you to shine, because they play a supporting role in helping you succeed.\u00a0Whether you\u2019re in an industrial green hula skirt when\u00a0everyone else is wearing a black one, or you show\u00a0up at \u00a0ballet school in a hotdog outfit on princess day<\/a>, your panache, your differences no longer hold you back but make\u00a0you beautifully unique. You\u00a0have no excuse not to share your self. After all,\u00a0if for the first time in our country\u2019s history someone with absolutely no qualifications for the job can be elected president, the sky\u2019s the limit for me and you.<\/p>\n Want to know\u00a0how Spring’s eclipses (Leo 2\/11\/17 & Pisces 2\/26\/17) will impact\u00a0you?\u00a0Read more right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Leo Full Moon Eclipse: Be More Leo<\/a> appeared first on Moonkissd by Jessica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was in Hawaii with my husband, walking by the gift shop of our resort when I saw them: a precious group of hula dolls. My inner child went “oooh!” and I immediately texted a picture to my sister, saying “I would’ve died for one of these when we were kids!” I bought a doll for my […]<\/p>\n The post Leo Full Moon Eclipse: Be More Leo<\/a> appeared first on Moonkissd by Jessica<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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