see yourself clearly
REFLECT
Reflection is an invitation to look inward, to notice the patterns, energies, and experiences that have shaped the way you move through the world.
Through the wisdom of the moon and Hermetic principles, we begin to understand ourselves with greater awareness, compassion, and clarity.
What was the moon doing when you entered this world?
BORN UNDER THE MOON
The moon was in a particular phase at the moment you were born. Each phase carries its own symbolism offering a beautiful lens through which you can reflect on your natural rhythms, tendencies, and the way you experience growth and change.
Discover the phase you were born beneath and what it may invite you to reflect upon.
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the initiator
Beginnings, instinct and possibility. A natural energy for planting seeds and initiating something new.
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the dreamer
Intention, curiosity and emerging potential. An invitation to trust what you feel even before you can see where it is leading.
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the catalyst
Action, challenge and growth. You may discover yourself through movement, decisions and learning to move through resistance.
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the seeker
Refinement and deeper understanding. An energy that invites questioning, learning and looking beneath the surface.
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the illuminator
Awareness, expression and illumination. Life may reveal itself through relationships, emotion, revelation and moments of clarity.
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the guide
Sharing, integration and wisdom. An invitation to transform personal experience into something that can be shared with others.
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the releaser
Transformation, reevaluation and change. Life may repeatedly invite you to release what no longer fits.
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the mystic
Surrender, intuition, rest and completion. A deeply reflective energy connected to stillness and the unseen.
AS ABOVE, SO WITHIN
The Moon - The Energy Body - You
Just as the moon moves through phases, so do we.
There are seasons of beginning, expansion, illumination, release, and rest…Cycles reflected not only in the world around us, but within our own energetic experience.
Through the lens of Hermetic wisdom, the rhythms of the moon can become a mirror through which we observe the movement of energy within ourselves inviting us to notice where we may be opening, expressing, releasing, grounding, creating, or returning inward.
The moon does not ask us to remain in one phase.
It reminds us that every phase belongs to the whole.
Inspired by the Seven Hermetic Principles
SEVEN REFLECTIONS
Hermetic wisdom traces its roots to the ancient spiritual and philosophical teachings associated with Hermes Trismegistus, a figure traditionally connected with both the Egyptian god, Thoth, and the Greek god, Hermes. At the heart of this tradition is the exploration of the relationship between the mind, the universe, and the unseen principles believed to shape our experience.
The Seven Hermetic Principles, as presented in The Kybalion, offer a framework for contemplating mind, energy, polarity, rhythm, cause and effect, and the patterns reflected throughout life.
Here, each principle is honored in its traditional wording and followed by a reflection, not to redefine the teaching, but to invite you to turn its wisdom inward and consider how it may be expressed within your own life.
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“THE ALL IS MIND, THE UNIVERSE IS MENTAL.”
REFLECTION: What story have you been telling yourself?
Everything begins within the mind. This reflection invites you to notice the thoughts, beliefs, and inner narratives that may be shaping the way you experience yourself and the world around you.
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“AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT.”
REFLECTION: What if your outer world is inviting you to look inward?
This principle invites you to recognize patterns across different levels of our experiences. What appears around us may sometimes offer a mirror through which we can become more curious about what is happening within us.
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"NOTHING RESTS; EVERYTHING MOVES; EVERYTHING VIBRATES.”
REFLECTION: What kind of energy are you bringing into your life?
Everything is in movement. This reflection invites you to become aware of your own energetic state: your thoughts, emotions, intentions, environment, and the energy you carry into the spaces you enter.
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“EVERYTHING IS DUAL; EVERYTHING HAS POLES; EVERYTHING HAS ITS PAIR OF OPPOSITES; LIKE AND UNLIKE ARE THE SAME; OPPOSITES ARE IDENTICAL IN NATURE; BUT DIFFERENT IN DECREE.”
REFLECTION: What if your shadow isn’t something to overcome, but something to understand?”
Opposites can be understood as different expresions along the same spectrum. Light and shadow do not have to exist at war within us. By understanding both, we may begin to experience ourselves with greater wholeness.
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“EVERYTHING FLOWS, OUT AND IN; EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIDES; ALL THINGS RISE AND FALL; THE PENDULUM-SWING MANIFESTS IN EVERYTHING; THE MEASURE OF THE SWING TO THE RIGHT IS THE MEASURE OF THE SWING TO THE LEFT; RHYTHM COMPENSATES.”
REFLECTION: Can you trust the season you're in?
Just as the moon moves through phases, life moves through cycles. There are seasons for expansion and seasons for retreat, moments for beginning and moments for release. This reflection asks whether we can honor the rhythm of where we are instead of believing we must always be somewhere else.
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“EVERY CAUSE HAS ITS EFFECT; EVERY EFFECT HAS IT’S CAUSE; EVERYTHING HAPPENS ACCORDING TO LAW; CHANCE IS BUT A NAME FOR LAW NOT RECOGNIZED; THERE ARE MANY PLANES OF CAUSATION, BUT NOTHING ESCAPES THE LAW.”
REFLECTION: What small choice could change tomorrow?
Our choices participate in what comes next. This reflection invites greater awareness of the thoughts, actions, patterns, and decisions we set into motion, and the possibility of consciously choosing differently.
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“GENDER IS IN EVERYTHING; EVERYTHING HAS ITS MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES; GENDER MANIFESTS ON ALL PLANES.”
REFLECTION: When was the last time you truly listened to yourself?
Within the Hermetic teaching, Gender extends beyond biological sex and refers to complementary masculine and feminine principles expressed throughout creation. This reflection invites us to explore the relationship between action and receptivity, expression and listening, movement and stillness within ourselves.
Sometimes the question that stays with us is the one our soul is ready to explore.