The Art of Adaptation - On Time

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Welcome to the Sup!

Today's instalment of my 2025 series, The Art of Adaptation, is focused on TIME and the direction it flows. 

I've written about this before when discussing Arrows of Time from my 2008 Quantum Enchantment series. It basically challenges every concept of time so far imagined. But today, I want to look at how easily we adapt to time, from an author's belief that they are under time constraints to the readers' suspension of disbelief of time's reality.

Let's start with constraints. For most of us, our understanding of time follows a linear path: we assume a "First, Then, Finally" mindset, evaluating tasks and scheduling our commitments as neatly into order as possible. However, what if we took a moment to explore alternative perspectives by adopting a mindset that embraces the opposite, a "Finally, Then, First," perspective? As my first publisher at Voyager pointed out, the English language doesn't have the language to easily describe this.

Enter the world of literature and time-travel novels. 

These stories invite us to rethink our assumptions about temporality. Works like “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells or “11/22/63” by Stephen King, and even my own series like Quantum Enchantment and Amassia, can provoke thoughts, at least while in the story, that time could move differently, or maybe not exist at all. They can spin our traditional notions of causality right off the board by suggesting that time is malleable, allowing for sequences that defy our everyday understanding. When a character leaps forward or backward in time, it ignites a possibility within us—what if we could navigate like that, too? 

Wouldn't that be amazing? We might even start saying things like, "I have all the time in the world."

It sounds more supportive than our usual "time-poor" thinking: I don't have enough time. And, as Einstein suggested, time is an illusion, and the constricting nature of our schedules may be more a product of our mindset than an absolute reality. Adopting a perspective that allows for fluidity in how we engage with time might just create space for new possibilities.

Repeat after me: I have all the time in the world!

Consider how this idea, and that of backward causation in quantum physics—where effects can precede their causes or even change the past—challenges us to think outside the conventional timeline box. Could we consider allowing our future goals and desires to inform our present actions rather than simply reacting to our past?

Engaging with film and literature that plays with concepts of time can create a bridge to this new way of thinking. As we lose ourselves in these narratives, we might adapt to a less rigid belief and align with non-judgmental experiences flowing from a well of infinite possibilities. 

Maybe it's less about whether time is "real" and more about how we relate to it. 

So, in the spirit of exploration, let’s challenge our perceptions and embrace the myriad ways we could redefine our relationship with time. After all, the narratives we engage with not only touch our imagination but also offer novel insights that can inspire realities.

Start Simple by changing thoughts from I'm out of time to I have all the time in the world, and see where it leads.

xxKim

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Other Posts in the Art of Adaptation 2025

January - The Art of Adaptation - Films in 2025

February - The Art of Adaptation - Authors' Response to External Pressures

March - The Art of Adaptation - The Healing Magic of KDrama

April - The Art of Adaptation -  Reader Persuasion

May - The Art of Adaptation - Fantasy Monsters Part 1

June - The Art of Adaptation - Fantasy Monsters Part 2 

July - The Art of Adaptation - Alternate History

August - The Art of Adaptation - AI: A New Chapter for Writers

September - The Art of Adaptation - Crafting Mood with Language

October - The Art of Adaptation - Take Five

November - The Art of Adaptation - On Time

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About Kim Falconer

Kim Falconer, also writing as AK Wilder, has released Crown of Bones, a YA Epic Fantasy with Curse of Shadows as book 2 in the series. 

Currently, she is ready with the third book, planned to be out in 2025. TBA

Kim can be found on AKWilder.com, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and KimFalconer.com. 

Throw the bones on the AKWilder.com site.. See you there!

Read Blood and Water, a PNR alt history that will leave you questioning every natural disaster ever endured.

“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.”

From The Backlist: Eat, Drink, Magic!

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We're definitely into the season now where food is a large part of the festive magic — so we just had to refeature Helen Lowe's Eat, Pray, Magic for our backlist post. 

In it, Helen shares and celebrates the importance of food & foodie celebration to the genre. We think it's a humdinger, so read and enjoy!

Eat, Drink, Magic -- Fun With Food in Fantasy Fiction

by Helen Lowe

From Persephone's consumption the fatal pomegranate, which meant she had to spend six months of every year in the Underworld, to Snow White and the poisoned apple, or Hansel and Gretel and the Gingerbread House, food plays a vital part in myth, folklore, and fairytales – just as it does in real life.

Unsurprisingly, therefore, food also has its part of play in the Fantasy novel, covering the whole gamut from temptation, celebration, and simple sustenance.

The White Witch tempts Edmund with Turkish Delight in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. And the Elvish waybread (lembas) in The Lord of the Rings is essential for sustenance on the great quest-journey to destroy the ring. The return of students to Hogwarts in Harry Potter is always marked by a feast, while the Honeydukes sweet shop in Hogsmeade is an essential destination for the aspiring students of wizardry...

Food can also play an important part in Fantasy worldbuilding. For example, the unwholesomeness of the Turkish Delight, which makes Edmund feel sick even as he longs for more, is contrasted with the hearty fare of the beavers' house – fresh-caught trout with potatoes and butter, followed by a "great and gloriously sticky marmalade roll." Hungry yet?

In my own The Gathering of The Lost (The Wall of Night #2), seasonality is an important part of the worldbuilding and food one of the contributing elements, from the "spice bread and sweet pastries" made for Summer's Eve, through to the fresh cherries associated with the Midsummer Festival.

Food can ground the action, too, like the pie a ravenous character (Carick) eats after having been on the run for days on end:

"The pastry was stale, but he devoured it in ravenous mouthfuls and wondered if he would ever again, in the life that had been returned to him, eat anything that tasted even half as good."

Sometimes, though, food is not just a supporting element for worldbuilding or to ground the story: sometimes it takes center stage, as in Robin McKinley's Sunshine.

The main character, Rae (aka Sunshine), is a baker and her baker's routine, including the early hours, and the food she cooks are essential to the story. Muffins definitely star! Similarly, in Joanne Harris's magic-realism novel, Chocolat, the chocolate and its magic are the heart of the tale.

And everyone who deals with the fairies and the fay knows one must not eat or drink anything offered in a fairy hill, lest one suffers the fate of Persephone or Tam Lin.

his prohibition comes up in Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson novels when Mercy is required to enter Fairyland; similarly in Gillian Bradshaw's Hawk of May when Gwalchmai (Gawain) enters the realm of the Fey.  And it's definitely a theme of Raymond E Feist's classic Faerie Tale.

These are just a few examples that spring to my mind – but how about you? Got any favorite foodie reads in your Fantasy lineup?

If you do have a favorite, let us know in the comments!

To check in on Helen and more on what she's up to, outside of her regular monthly post here, visit her ...on Anything, Really. J

Great Leaders In Speculative Fiction #10: Coltaine in "Deadhouse Gates" by Steven Erikson

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Draw near, gentle readers, and let me tell you of Coltaine and the Chain of Dogs! Know, too, that my tale is praise — for no series on great leadership in the pages of speculative fiction could be complete without Coltaine.

Coltaine: © Jason Dement

For those who know the Malazan Book of the Fallen (Malazan) series by Steven Erikson, I suspect no more need be said. For others, to whom the name Coltaine is new, I shall commence my tale by sharing that he is a central characters in Deadhouse Gates, which is #2 in the Malazan series.

Coltaine is a leader among the nomadic Wickan tribes, who formerly opposed the Malazan empire but were convinced to join their ranks. When the story opens, he is now a Fist (think, general), in the Malazan armies, but is still regarded as a barbarian outsider by many. He is newly posted to the territory known as the Seven Cities, with command over both his own Wickan cavalry and the Malazan Seventh Army. Yet at the time of his arrival, the entire region is on the verge of an apocalyptic revolt, which erupts almost immediately afterward.

Foreseeing the revolt and that he cannot hold where he is, Coltaine leads a fighting retreat to join the main Malazan army in the stronghold city of Aren. What follows is a march that comes to be dubbed the Chain of Dogs, in which Coltaine must hold together his vastly outnumbered troops and defend thirty-thousand civilian refugees, in the face of privation and constant battle.

One of Coltaine's most significant leadership qualities is his ability to read events and his enemies. So when the revolt comes, he's prepared his troops and secured the supplies that make a fighting retreat possible. Throughout the Chain of Dogs, he out-thinks and outfights his opponents—although not without luck, given the degree to which he's both encumbered and outnumbered.

Mostly, though, Coltaine makes his own luck, through a combination of preparation, tactical and strategic thinking, and daring. And although his leadership style is more distant than charismatic, he wins his army's unswerving loyalty through his genius and successes—which they understand, quite rightly, is what's keeping them in the fight.

Any distance, though, is only of personality, because otherwise Coltaine is strikingly present, leading a fight in which the one thing he can always be relied upon to do, militarily, is the unexpected. Yet his most surprising act, in the eyes of several of the tale's observers, is burdening himself with the civilian refugees, when militarily, jettisoning them would make more sense.

Coltaine's greatness, though, lies in his ability to see a much bigger picture. He chose to join the empire, rather than continuing to fight it, because he perceived its strengths, particularly those of unity and organization. Strengths that will not be served by abandoning thirty-thousand civilians to be massacred, fueling the flames of rebellion, and replacing his outnumbered force's resolve with shame.

I believe there are few story arcs in speculative fiction more compelling than that of Coltaine and the Chain of Dogs. He is neither invulnerable nor infallible, but his courage, resolve, and sacrifice, see the thirty thousand to Aren, and put those who dismissed him as a barbarian outsider to shame. From the beginning of the Chain of Dogs to its end, he sees what needs to be done, and does it, by means of a combination of qualities that make him one of the outstanding leaders in speculative fiction.

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© Jason Dement

Coltaine Image: Thanks to Jason Dement

I would like to thank Jason Dement for allowing me to feature his wonderful depiction of Coltaine in this post. As I said when making my request, it's always special to see a depiction that resonates with the visuals in one's head.

If you would like to see more of Jason's art, which features other characters from the Malazan series, as well as Star Wars and Marvel characters, click on Jason Dement. I believe you'll find that his site repays a visit. J

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Prior Posts: Great Leaders in Speculative Fiction ~ 
Where To Find 'Em & Why They Rock

February: Mara of the Acoma in the "Empire" series by Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts

March:  Kaladin and Dalinar in "The Stormlight Archive" by Brandon Sanderson

April: Pyanfar Chanur in "The Pride of Chanur" series by CH Cherryh

May: John Aversin in Dragonsbane, by Barbara Hambly

June: Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

July: Ulric of the Nadir in Legend by David Gemmell

August: Signe de Barbentain in A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay 

September: Dr Mensah in the "Murderbot" Series by Martha Wells

October: Katsa & Bitterblue in "The Graceling Realms" by Kristin Cashore
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About Helen Lowe 

Helen Lowe is an award-winning novelist, poet, and lover of story. With four books published to date, she is currently completing the final instalment in The Wall Of Night series.
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Helen posts regularly on her “…on Anything, Really” blog, monthly on the Supernatural Underground, and tweets @helenl0we.

From the Backlist: Tis the Witching Hour

Warm Bodies - Love with an Emo Zombie  - Salon

Welcome to the Back-list! Today we are featuring Amanda Arista's 2013 post, focusing on the one thing that can send shivers straight up the spine. 

Fear is such a powerful sensation, don't you think? ... so tell us, do you have this one?

Read Amanda's full post HERE! 

Tis the witching hour: The one irrational fear of Amanda Arista

by Amanda Arista

 

As you know, we are a blog dedicated to the sexy things that go bump in the night. So it really shouldn't surprise you that most of us aren't really afraid of the dark. We have demons, vampires, werewolves, and fey running through our heads most of the time. And those are the good guys. Each year, I take months to plan what scary little devil I'm going to be for Halloween.

With this new series that I am still working on, I've discovered that it takes a lot to scare me. If you've read the blog before, I grew up on a steady diet of serial killers and exorcism movies growing up. I'll take a good haunting any day. Doesn't phase me much.

Even it comes to the real world, I'm pretty much the same. No fear of flying. Heights don't bother me. I'm the girl who picks up the bugs in the office and takes them outside. I used to be squeamish around needles, but working in a hospital for eight years got me over that. I love deep water, have no problem with pitch black rooms, and don't mind being in a big crowd.

However, Hollywood has finally revealed to me what I am afraid of:

LARGE HORDES OF FAST-MOVING ZOMBIES

At least I can say it outloud now. 

 

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About Amanda Arista:

Amanda is the author of the Diaries of an Urban Panther series and The Merci Lanard Files. She is represented by Kimberly Brower of Brower Literary Management.

Along with her BA in English & Psychology and her MA in Education, Amanda is a graduate of the SMU The Writer’s Path and taught other aspiring authors for six years in the program. She has delivered lectures at several writer conferences and loves discussing craft, character, and structure. 

 

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Thanks for dropping by! We hope you have a spine tingling Witching Hour. 

 

 

The Art of Adaptation - Take Five

 

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Welcome to the Sup!

Today's instalment of my 2025 series, The Art of Adaptation, is focused on taking five. 

In other words, taking a break. 

In this context, we know that most authors have adapted to an intense and competitive work expectation, but is this good for us? Our creativity?

Do we have to work so hard to meet deadlines and other expectations? 

No, we do not.

Before you shrug this off for any multitude of reasons, consider some interesting facts from our historians and evolutionary biologists.

Rest Versus Work from a Historical Perspective

Before AI, the internet and the home computer, before jazz, the industrial revolution and even the pyramids, our ancestors knew how to take a break. They did it all the time, and they benefited greatly from it.

Evolutionary biologists speculate that the average cavewoman/man worked less than 15 hours a week and spent the rest of the time in leisure, eating, digesting, dancing, socialising, playing music and hanging out with the kids.

Even up to medieval times, before the Industrial Revolution, rest and sleep were revered, but cycled between two major nighttime blocks. We'd wake in the middle of the night for an hour or two and enjoy intimacy, prayer, food and reflection, then go back to sleep for another block of rest. During the day, food breaks and naps were considered normal, even for basic labourers. 

But, somewhere along the way, our modernisation with a 9 to 5 mentality has produced work-machines, with some cultures placing the work ethic high above everything else, including health, joy, community and wellbeing. Now, the 40 - 90-hour work week and powerhouse, 8- 16-hour work days, depending on the profession, is the norm.

Unfortunately, writers belong to the professions that entail very long hours and often for so little financial reward that a second or third job becomes necessary. It can be gruelling.

I'm not going to elaborate on the average hourly income for a mid-list author, but you can think of the minimum wage in a third-world country and halve it, if you want a prompt.

Back to the notion of rest versus work. A pro-production/anti-rejuvenation lifestyle can harm our health, well-being and even capacity for creative inspiration. 

Here's why.

The harms of Overworking

Neglecting relaxation can lead to physical damage, constant anxiety, and a decline in overall well-being and joy. 

This is because chronic stress leads to inflammation, which leads to disease, ending in conditions like cardiovascular diseases, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and respiratory illnesses such as COPD and asthma... you get the idea. Stress is bad for our health!

How can we avoid it?

Simple. 

Take Five.

The Benefits of Taking Breaks

There's no disputing that relaxation reduces stress, improves focus, and replenishes energy. 

Consistent downtime allows the body to recover from stress hormones, which lowers blood pressure and heart rate and gives the mind a chance to reset. This opens the way to better concentration, creativity, memory, and positive thinking. 

My friend Jeannette Maw puts it like this:

Our culture tends to promote hard work as a way of proving we’re worthy of the reward. It’s easy to get caught up in that routine, since we’re often managed for productivity (or even manage ourselves for it) – constantly looking for ways to be more efficient and get more done.

That’s why it’s counter-cultural – or even radically revolutionary to put it all on pause to do a lot of nothing... (but) there’s something magical about doing nothing that invites our favorite dreams to come true! Read more here...

Great Ways to Take Five

Jeannette asks: What does a good break look like?

First, close your eyes: Tune in.

And then, be intentional. Choose leisure activities you love or are keen to try: Games, yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, grounding, napping...

Do what calls to you. 

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It could be nothing, or maybe it’s something fun to do. It could be solo, or maybe it’s with others.

The idea is to incorporate short breaks throughout the day and longer periods of rest to allow your brain to switch between different states of activity and rest... to allow you to recover from STRESS.

Conclusions

When in doubt, or wound tight in stress with deadlines closing in, don't do more. Do less.

Take a break.

Have a nap. Goofoff. Explore the infinite possibilities of leisure. 

You and your creative life will thank you for it.

Meanwhile, I'm taking five, and loving every minute of it.

Are you?

xxKim

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Other Posts in the Art of Adaptation 2025

January - The Art of Adaptation - Films in 2025

February - The Art of Adaptation - Authors' Response to External Pressures

March - The Art of Adaptation - The Healing Magic of KDrama

April - The Art of Adaptation -  Reader Persuasion

May - The Art of Adaptation - Fantasy Monsters Part 1

June - The Art of Adaptation - Fantasy Monsters Part 2 

July - The Art of Adaptation - Alternate History

August - The Art of Adaptation - AI: A New Chapter for Writers

September - The Art of Adaptation - Crafting Mood with Language

October - The Art of Adaptation - Take Five

November - The Art of Adaptation - On Time

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About Kim Falconer

Kim Falconer, also writing as AK Wilder, has released Crown of Bones, a YA Epic Fantasy with Curse of Shadows as book 2 in the series. 

Currently, she is ready with the third book, planned to be out in 2025. TBA

Kim can be found on AKWilder.com, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and KimFalconer.com. 

Throw the bones on the AKWilder.com site.. See you there!

Read Blood and Water, a PNR alt history that will leave you questioning every natural disaster ever endured.

“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.”

From The Backlist: "Halloween Cometh" by Merrie Destefano

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We're into that month -- so we can think of no better way to herald Halloween than with a backlist post on that very topic. And from the wonderful Merrie Destefano, no less!

Enjoy!

Halloween Cometh

~ by Merrie Destefano

When I was a kid, Halloween was always my favorite holiday. Autumn came with brisk winds and falling leaves and carved pumpkins that lined everyone’s porches. Days grew shorter and shorter, as if soon it would be one continuous night. My neighborhood was filled with old, Victorian homes, tall houses with wrap-around porches and too many windows. It always seemed like some creepy person was watching me from behind the curtains, so that made trick-or-treating seem all the more dangerous.

For years, all of these elements stayed with me, through my teenage years and adulthood. Whenever Halloween approaches, my skin shivers and I expect something—insert sound of creaky old door opening here—unexpected, but slightly magical, to happen.

That was why I wrote FEAST: HARVEST OF DREAMS, and why I set it in a quiet mountain village, during Halloween. I wanted to share those emotions and expectations I had as a child. My main character, Ash—who is more than a little bit magical and possibly quite dangerous—even lives in a creepy, old Victorian house...

To read the original post, click here.

To check in on Merrie, who's written plenty more books since Feast, click on Merrie Destefano Home

Great Leaders in Speculative Fiction #9: Katsa and Bitterblue in Kristin Cashore's "Graceling Realms"

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You may recall, way back in March, that I couldn't decide between Dalinar Kholin and Kaladin, when it came to picking a leader to feature in Brandon Sanderson's "Stormlight Archive" series. 

And I feel pretty much the same when it comes to Katsa and Bitterblue, from Kristin Cashore's "Graceling Realms" series. 

In the case of Dalinar and Kaladin I went with both, so I'm going to follow that precedent for today's post, and spend a little time with both Katsa and Bitterblue. 

When it comes to their leaderhip roles and style, they're even more distinct than Dalinar and Kaladin. Of the two, Katsa is far more an inspirational leader, in the same way as Katniss in The Hunger Games. (Ha! Loving the overlap between those names!) 

The two Kat's are not entirely the same, though. Where Katniss is a very public figure who inspires a nation, Katsa works in secret to bring about change. She definitely leads in those endeavors, and inspires those about her though, which helps the changes ripple wide -- but her role is that of an eminence grise, rather than a public leader. 

Bitterblue on the other hand is a ruling queen, so a very public figure. She has also inherited a kingdom--Monsea--that was traumatised by the tyrannical and exploitative rule of her father, King Leck. It was Katsa who rescued Bitterblue from Leck when she was a young child, giving her the opportunity to grow up unharmed and  learn different ways of ruling. When she becomes queen, Bitterblue works hard to right Leck's wrongs and bring peace and reconciliation to Monsea.

Where Katsa is charismatic, Bitterblue is conscientious. She is also, as Kristin Cashore herself said when I interviewed her for Bitterblue's release:  

“…I love her loyalty…I love how hard she tries, and I love her refusal to give up.”

On first reading, I was also struck by Bitterblue's generosity as well as her fidelity, by which I mean the way she strives to keeps faith with her subjects, and the truth of Monsea's past. Hard yards for a young and conscientious woman.

Audio book cover

The trait she and Katsa have in common is their commitment to ensuring change and building fairer and stronger societies. Katsa works behind the scenes, where Bitterblue must endure the scrutiny of public life. Yet together and separately, they stand among the great leaders of spec-fic lit. 

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About Helen Lowe

Helen Lowe is an award-winning novelist, poet, and lover of story. With four books published to date, she is currently completing the final instalment in The Wall Of Night series.
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Helen posts regularly on her “…on Anything, Really” blog, monthly on the Supernatural Underground, and tweets @helenl0we.

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Prior Posts: Great Leaders in Speculative Fiction ~ 
Where To Find 'Em & Why They Rock

February: Mara of the Acoma in the "Empire" series by Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts

March:  Kaladin and Dalinar in "The Stormlight Archive" by Brandon Sanderson

April: Pyanfar Chanur in "The Pride of Chanur" series by CH Cherryh

May: John Aversin in Dragonsbane, by Barbara Hambly

June: Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

July: Ulric of the Nadir in Legend by David Gemmell

August: Signe de Barbentain in A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay 

September: Dr Mensah in the "Murderbot" Series by Martha Wells

From the Backlist - New Moon Rising

 

In Tarot reading, the Ace of Cups means joy and inner peace from friends and family. In the Rider–Waite–Smith deck, the five streams pouring out of the cup represent the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.^[

 

Welcome back to the Supernatural Underground Back List! 

 

On the brink of the New Moon in Virgo (a partial solar eclipse at the very end degree of the sign), September 21, 2025, we thought it would be fun to reread Kim Falconer's hints and tips, sign by sign. 

 

Kim tells us they are as relevant today as they were Sept 2012!

 

Enjoy! 

 

New Moon Rising

by Kim Falconer

Hi Everyone!

The NEW MOON is in VIRGO  and here is the scoop!

This lunation is a symbol of love reborn, deep compassion and reverence for all life, beginning with your own. It’s a time to amp up self-love, acknowledge attractions, welcome compassion and connect to the environment. Intuition deepens, love awakens and yes, you get to be brave!  

Virgo stand(s) for instrumentation, implementation and technical competence. Dennis Elwell

Think new beginnings, initiation and awareness! You start creating habits that make life better. Now. Here are some hints and tips to get you started. Read your Sun sign and rising sign if you know it. If not, comment and I'll walk you through the steps to work it out.

ARIES: The New Moon in your house of health is the perfect time to start supportive new habits in the realm of diet, exercise and daily ritual. Think of your body as your best friend. What do you feed her? How do you keep her fit and active? When do you let her rest? Play? Explore? Connect?

TAURUS: The creative and playful sphere of the heart is awakened at this New Moon. Ask what rituals do you have in place around your artistic expression? Is it haphazard, random or so strict there's no room to breathe? Set into motion some healthy ways to connect to your inner child. Make them fun!

GEMINI: The New Moon lights up your home, family and emotional security sector. What are you doing to feather your nest, metaphorically and literally? Ask how ritual can improve this area of life. Regular family dinners? Time with rels that could use your expertise? Renewed Feng Shui in the home? Go big!

CANCER: This is the perfect time to create new habits around self-talk, verbal communication and written or spoken expression, teaching and leaning. Notice how you connection socially around familiar haunts then start putting more conscious awareness on your thoughts. Remember, they do become things!

LEO: New Moon amps up your house of money, a representation of your inner core values and self-esteem. This is excellent for boosting feelings of self-worth and setting in place new habits of care, respect and generosity. Let go the critical and embrace the abundance of non-judgment. So freeing! 

VIRGO: This is your 'birthday' New Moon and ideal for starting any new project that has your 'heart's desire' in it. Most likely opportunities are rolling in. You get to pick your favorite and lavish it with positive energy. The trick is to not become totally obsessed. Start a habit of balance in everything you do.

Read the rest of the signs on Kim Falconer's original post: Libra to Pisces!

Find out more about Kim Falconer here. 

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We would love to hear how you are going on this partial solar eclipse VIRGO paloosa, in the comments.