Capricorn Full Moon, June 30 - The Things That Continue
Between the Gemini New Moon and tomorrow's Capricorn Full Moon, life continued. The Atlantic in Porto remained cold.The days grew longer until the Summer Solstice, then quietly began shortening again.
I returned to the sea.I visited exhibitions. I played guitar. I spoke with people I had never met before.
One conversation happened on the beach. Another in a small neighbourhood supermarket with a man who had recently arrived from another part of the world. Another may yet lead somewhere unexpected.
The artist whose exhibition I had written about shared the article. A woman working in arts and cultural funding thanked me for the information I sent about the vessels. We are due to speak.
Some conversations ended. Others continued.That is often how life moves.
The Capricorn Full Moon is frequently associated with achievement, responsibility and tangible results. There is truth in that. Yet, perhaps, there is another question worth asking.
Not What have I accomplished?
But:
What has continued?
Not everything we begin survives contact with reality.Some ideas fade within days. Some intentions quietly disappear. Some projects were never meant to become part of our lives.
Others remain. Sometimes stubbornly. Sometimes almost unnoticed.
The Listening Room HQ continues.
The Polymath continues.
Mondo Bizarre Magazine continues.
The sea continues to call.
Music continues to find its way back into my hands. Conversations continue to open unexpected doors.
None of these guarantee outcomes. Nor should they. There are seasons when we sow. There are seasons when we tend. There are seasons when the first signs of growth appear.
And there are seasons when what matters most is not forcing the harvest, but recognising what is still alive.
Perhaps that is one of the quiet gifts of this Capricorn Full Moon. To look not only at what has produced visible results, but also at what has proved worthy of our continued care.
The world encourages us to measure success through speed, certainty and immediate returns. Life rarely unfolds that way.
A friendship deepens because two people keep showing up. A piece of music becomes part of us because we return to it. A garden flourishes because someone keeps watering it. A body grows stronger because it is used.
Meaning accumulates in much the same way. One conversation. One walk. One article. One tide. One note on a guitar. One act of attention after another.
Tomorrows Full Moon does not ask me to have all the answers. It simply invites me to notice what has quietly remained through changing weather, changing days and changing moods.
Those things deserve gratitude. They also deserve continuing Because not everything that remains is merely familiar. Sometimes, what remains is exactly what is still growing.
[Painting: Jill Bliss - Capricorn Full Moon #2]
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