Pt. 1: How To Reflect alongside Lunar Phases in Cycles Journal Undated
Cycles Journal Undated How-To Part 1 of 4
As the new, undated Cycles Journals are being printed and prepared to arrive in this autumn, let’s talk a bit more about how you might use the updated designs~
While the daily journaling pages are probably the biggest redesign, and I want to reassure you that despite the new layout, you can still use it much the same or to your liking!
What’s beautiful about it is that there’s now even more fluidity for those of us who don’t journal everyday~
These spreads invite a cadence of journaling at least once a week alongside the quarter moon phases.
With light vertical lines between each phase/day, you also have the option to still journal daily.
Yet writing beyond and between the lines is welcome here. :)
Fluid + Undated means that you get to bring your personal preferences to every page, which will evolve with you through your ever-changing cycles ~ menstrual, mental, lunar, solar, and any other rhythms that carry you through life.
Claim Your Cyclical Companion
How To: REFLECT & WRITE ~Weekly or Daily~
You can note your experience in more detail, and rest your thoughts on the page here.
Columns are there to provide structure for those who want it, but the lines are faint~ you get to decide whether you stay within them or express freely across the page. You’ll see here that I do both. Trust yourself to use the pages as you need and want to in each moment.
0. PREP THE DATES: Reference the lunar phase bookmark key and fill in the dates to the left of each moon’s illustration (see note above).
1. ACROSS TOP • CYCLE DAY: You can also include your own cycle day # here or just beneath. If you bleed, day 1 is your first full bleed day. If you don’t bleed, day 1 can be the new moon.
2. TOP LEFT • PHASE’S PROMPT: In the first column, and/or beyond, reflect on the current lunar phase and how it relates to you through the suggested prompt.
3. LEFT • BODY PROMPTS: Under each day/lunar phase’s column you can reflect any observations or on each realm of your body & life. Feel free to go outside the lines and categories, and flow here, or use the prompts if they’re helpful.
4. BOTTOM • SEASON, ASTRO, WEATHER: Circle the season and weather that’s occurring around and/or within for you during this phase. You can also circle the astrological sun & moon signs.
5. RIGHT • ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS: Optional Cyclical Mindfulness prompts (page 29).
The expansiveness and possibilities are exciting, liberating, and truly yours.
Cycles Journal fluid + undated will help usher us all into the new era of empowered, embodied awareness~ curated by (y)our hands, on (y)our terms, and for (y)our eyes only.
In cyclical solidarity~
Rachael Amber
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Next Lesson: Pt. 2: How To Realize Intentions with Lunar Phases + Solar Seasons in Cycles Journal Undated
