Everything is art...
No.06 - It's Friday, Venus day and and a Full Moon in Taurus. Let's talk about beauty...
This letter will be a gentle, loving reminder to you to romanticize your life even more and to invite more beauty, sensuality and grounding into your days. Connecting with the pleasures of life. Engaging all the senses. Everything is art and to see life with a lens of beauty is practice and a way of living. The Full Moon is in the sign of Taurus tonight (and the energies will linger a couple of days). Taurus is a very grounded earth sign deeply connected to beauty, comfort and sensuality. If I had a bathtub at home (a manifestation for our next home) I would take a luxurious bath tonight after dinner to align with these energies with a cup of hot chocolate or tea. Soothing music. Candles and deep breaths. Relaxing. A perfect ritual for this moon…
Self-worth, daily routines, healing, the physical body, values, style, authenticity, finances, aligning with our desires, and feeling deeply secure and nurtured are all themes that can be activated by this moon. Relationships may also come to the surface for reflection and transformation, even if it’s just small adjustments. This is a time to ground dreams into reality and release anything that blocking us from fully embodying abundance and joy. It’s an activation of our authentic selves. A little fun fact, one of my middle names is Joy…
Speaking of the senses and being deeply nourished. Writing this, I have two cups by my side. One cup with steamy hot bone broth and one with rooibos vanilla tea and honey. Classical music and a candle. I’m wearing a cream cashmere cable knit and chocolate brown corduroy trousers. Soft, warm layers. Bare feet on our wool carpet. I loved the feeling of the soft November sun on my walk today. I will embrace a lot of nature this weekend and connecting with my body. Gentle pilates and walks. Kundalini yoga and nourishing, grounding food. Cuddles and kisses with my daughter and family. The intention is a soothing weekend for the soul. Cooking, journaling and reading. This week leading up to the moon has been a deep journey of inner transformation for me, many of the themes above has been activated. For me, a lot around my soul purpose and the work I’m here to do in this world. It’s been a process and I can see and feel clearly why things has been orchestrated this way. Everything happens for our highest alignment. Inviting newness and expansion.
Last night, when the moon was almost full we brought our daughter Elise out with my jacket wrapped around her and we watched the moon and it’s luminous light. It felt special, the light, like a halo, an aura around the moon. It feels so beautiful to get some moon bathing and absorb the potent energies. Elise said that she could se rainbow colors around the moon. And then we looked at the stars. Small moments. Golden moments. The gold in the mundane. Fully present.
Friday is the day that is ruled by Venus, the planet and goddess deeply connected to all things beauty, the arts, poetry, creativity, self-love and a divine feminine energy. There’s so much magic to the archetype of Venus. She embodies grace, harmony and the power of creation through beauty and desire. It’s an energy that reminds us to slow down and enjoy life and practice self-care and beauty rituals as a sacred, spiritual practice. She calls us to honor our bodies as temples and embrace love and romance in all forms…
Here are some beautiful questions to contemplate this weekend:
How can you invite and create more beauty in your life?
How can you show yourself more love and appreciation through daily routines and actions?
What makes you feel deeply nourished?
What brings you joy?
A movie I’d love to recommend is We Live In Time. I watched it last weekend and it moved me deeply. It felt like the Universe had orchestrated us to see exactly that movie, exactly that day. To be able to feel the whole spectrum of emotions and being moved to tears by a movie. That feeling. And then walking home through the city inspired and reminded of the gift of life.
And, speaking of art, this is a new commissioned piece I’ve created. Brown lines on hand made cotton paper. Two golden stains and thin, black lines. One of my intentions for this moon is to create more space for my art and creativity and I will share more about it here too…
I’m wishing you a lovely weekend, filled with the things that lights you up, makes you feel cosy, relaxed, inspired and makes your heart sing. Live and breathe your unique Venus elixir.
Life is a canvas. You are the creator. Everything is art.
How do you want to paint it in the most beautiful way that is true for you?
Love, Josephine
