{"id":2187,"date":"2023-05-18T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:39:45","slug":"mondphase-darkmoon-dunkelmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/mondphase-darkmoon-dunkelmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon Phase \u2013 Dark Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Have you heard of the Dark Moon phase?<\/strong> For a long time, I didn\u2019t know it either. Even though I had been connecting with Grandmother Moon for years, I dismissed and ignored it as nonsense. But eventually, I befriended it \u2014 just as I did with my feminine cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dark Moon is the closing of the lunar cycle.\nThe sacred darkness before the New Moon gently reveals her silver crescent once again.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b64269\">It is a time of returning inward.\nA time to simply be with yourself. To rest in silence. To meditate. Or perhaps to sit quietly on the sofa \u2014 or even better, in the garden \u2014 allowing yourself to gaze softly into the distance.\nThis is the season of stillness.\nOf restoration.\nOf inner listening.\nWhen we allow ourselves to slow down, we may begin to feel what still wishes to be seen, healed, or released before a new cycle begins.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my garden, this is the moment when I prepare the earth before planting seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The darkness holds a quiet potency.\nIt gently reveals what is ready to be let go of \u2014 while also inviting us to replenish our energy and reconnect with our inner strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_20230507_141759_1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_20230507_141759_1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_20230507_141759_1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_20230507_141759_1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_20230507_141759_1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_20230507_141759_1-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img_20230507_141759_1.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many beautiful rituals that can support this phase: connecting with nature, cleansing practices, sacred pauses. But because I spend so much of my life in movement and doing, I now choose something simpler during this time:Silence.\nListening.\nBreathing.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#b54269\">I connect with my heart, my womb (our center of power), allowing its energetic body to expand and surround me. I feel the warmth, the embrace, and then I connect with Mother Earth and Grandmother Moon. Slowly, in my own rhythm. Breathing, breathing, breathing \u2014 while paying attention to what wants to arise.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, only tiredness comes to the surface. The past few days have been challenging, but also joyful. Joyful because I managed them well and because beneath the exhaustion, I can still feel so much strength.\nSometimes it helps not to stop at the first sensation, but to go deeper. If I had stopped at the tiredness, I would never have felt the energy and power lying underneath it. It waits until I surrender to rest.\nIt says:\n\u201cIt is okay to do nothing today. It is okay to rest after challenging days. To feel yourself again. To return to your center. To simply be. To reconnect with yourself. Then the energy can flow again. Then your strength can guide you forward on your path once more.\u201d\nSo I ignore everything I thought I needed to do today.\nSomething calls me to go even deeper. To let go of everything \u2014 and simply breathe.\nAnd there, I can truly feel myself. I can feel my true essence \u2014 my true self.\nI almost begin to cry, from relief and joy. It feels like coming home.\nI feel my heart opening, and I am flooded with lightness. I feel myself expanding into vastness \u2014 only spaciousness, joy, relief \u2014 while at the same time feeling deeply connected to Mother Earth, deeply grounded.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly, I sense the passionflower beside me. I can feel it within my crown chakra. It feels as if it is helping me open even further, helping me receive.\nI feel joy \u2014 joy about working with this plant. But that is another story. I do not follow the thought; I let it pass.\nI let go. I surrender. And I begin to simply feel.\nWhatever else may wish to reveal itself\u2026<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what I can clearly recognize today is a confirmation of something I had already sensed before.\nAhhh, how excited I am to work with plantain and passionflower.\nIt will be another beautiful journey. &nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kennt Ihr die Dunkelmond Phase? Ich kannte sie lange nicht und habe sie, obwohl ich mich seit Jahren mit Gro\u00dfmutter Mond verbinde, als Unsinn abgetan und ingoriert. Aber irgendwann habe ich mich mit ihr angefreundet, genauso wie mit meinem weiblichen Zyklus. Der Dunkelmond ist das Ende des Mondzyklus. Die dunkle Zeit bevor der Neumond, also die Mondsichel, wieder sichtbar wird. Es ist eine Zeit des R\u00fcckzugs, des \u201eBei sich Seins\u201c, des in die Stille gehen, des Meditieren oder des einfach nur am Sofa oder noch besser, im Garten Sitzens und vor sich hin Starrens. Eine Zeit der Ruhe, des sich Erholens und der Innenschau. Es kann hilfreich sein in die Stille zu gehen, um nachzusp\u00fcren, was sich noch zeigen m\u00f6chte, um es zu bereinigen, bevor der neue Zyklus mit dem Neumond beginnt. In meinem Garten w\u00e4re das die Zeit, wo ich das Beet vorbereite, bevor ich den Samen setze. Die Zeit der Dunkelheit ist eine sehr potente Zeit des Erkennens, was noch geheilt oder losgelassen werden m\u00f6chte, aber auch des Kraft Tankens. Es gibt einige Rituale, die einen in dieser Zeit gut unterst\u00fctzen k\u00f6nnen unter anderem das Verbinden mit der Natur und Reinigungsrituale. Aber ich bin sowieso immer im Tun, dass ich es in dieser Zeit vorziehe in die Stille zu gehen und zu lauschen. Ich verbinde mich mit meinem Herzen, meiner Geb\u00e4rmutter (sie ist unser Kraftzentrum), lass Ihren Energiek\u00f6prer gr\u00f6\u00dfer werden, mich umh\u00fcllen, sp\u00fcre die W\u00e4rme, die Umarmung und dann verbinde ich mich mit Mama Erde und Gro\u00dfmutter Mond. Langsam in meinem Tempo. Atmen, atmen, atmen und ich achte darauf was sich zeigt. Dieses Mal kommt nur M\u00fcdigkeit hoch, die letzten Tage waren herausfordernd, aber gleichzeitig auch Freude. Dar\u00fcber, dass ich sie gut gemeistert habe, dass ich unter der M\u00fcdigkeit noch viel Kraft sp\u00fcren kann. Manches Mal tut es gut, an den ersten Empfindungen vorbeizuschauen, tiefer zu gehen. H\u00e4tte ich bei der M\u00fcdigkeit Halt gemacht, h\u00e4tte ich diese darunter liegende Energie &amp; Kraft nicht gesp\u00fcrt. Sie wartet, bis ich mich meiner Erholung hingegeben habe. Sie sagt, \u201eEs ist okay heute nichts zu tun. Es ist okay nach den Tagen der Herausforderung in die Ruhe zu gehen, mich wieder zu sp\u00fcren, zu zentrieren. Einfach nur \u201ezu sein\u201c, bei mir zu sein, bei mir anzudocken. Dann kann sie wieder flie\u00dfen, die Kraft. Dann kann sie mich wieder auf meinen Weg weiterbringen. Also ignoriere ich alles, dass ich eigentlich heute machen wollte. Sie ruft mich noch tiefer zu gehen. Alles loszulassen \u2013 nur zu atmen. Und da kann ich mich sp\u00fcren, meine wahre Essenz sp\u00fcren \u2013 my true self. Ich beginne fast zu weinen, vor Erleichterung und auch Freude. Es ist ein Heimkommen. Ich sp\u00fcre wie sich mein Herz \u00f6ffnet und ich werde von Leichtigkeit durchflutet, sp\u00fcre wie ich mich in die Weite begebe, sp\u00fcre nur noch Weite, Freude Erleichterung und auch wie ich mich gleichzeitig mit Mama Erde verbinde, mich erde. Pl\u00f6tzlich sp\u00fcre ich die Passionsblume neben mir. Kann sie in meinem Kronenchakra sp\u00fcren. Es f\u00fchlt sich an, als w\u00fcrde sie mich dabei unterst\u00fctzen mein Kronenchakra noch weiter zu \u00f6ffnen, zu empfangen. Ich sp\u00fcre meine Freude, die Freude dar\u00fcber mit ihr zu arbeiten. Aber das ist eine andere Geschichte, ich gehe nicht hinein in den Gedanken, lass ihn vorbeiziehen. Ich lass los, lass mich fallen und fange an einfach nur noch zu f\u00fchlen. Was auch immer sich sonst noch zeigen m\u00f6chte\u2026. Und das, was ich heute klar erkennen kann, ist eine Best\u00e4tigung dessen, was ich schon vermutet hatte. Ahhh wie ich mich auf die Arbeit mit Spitzwegerich und Passionsblume freue. Es wird wieder spannend. &nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,61,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mondin","category-weiblichkeit","category-zyklisch-leben"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203,"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions\/2203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gureas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}