When your mind is your own You can soar to great heights Without fear of being restricted
When your voice is your own You can speak authentically Without fear of being silenced
When your heart is your own You can love fully and deeply Without fear of it being broken
When your identity is your own You can embody many versions of yourself Without fear of losing who you are
When your path is your own You can explore new roads and wander through life Without fear of becoming lost
When your success is your own You can embark upon it eagerly Without fear of failure
When your dreams are your own You can pursue them passionately Without fear of being ridiculed
And when your life is your own You can live as you choose Without fear of criticism or judgement Understanding that who you are And where you are going Need not be validated or approved of by others As it is dictated and defined by you.
Keeper of tomorrow’s dreams, Mother of the star-filled night, Show me how to live my truth And bring my dreams to light.
Teach how to use my will, Living the truth I find within, Discovering all the parts of me Where light and shadow blend.
Let me sing the song of future With concern for what will be, Up holding all of nature’s laws For creatures, stones, and trees.
Mother, I see you in the sunset And I hear you in the rain. You teach me inner knowing Through your heart’s sweet refrain.
Setting Sun Woman.
Clan Mother of the Ninth Moon Cycle.
Setting Sun Woman is the Keeper of tomorrow’s goals and dreams. She is the Clan Mother of the ninth Moon Cycle, which falls in September and is connected to the color green. Green is the color of will; Setting Sun Woman shows us how to properly use our wills to insure the abundance of the future. She teaches us that the will to live, the will to survive, the will to be impeccable in preserving the Earth Mother’s resources are paramount parts of our Earth walk.
This Clan Mother teaches us how to live the truth and sits in the West direction of the Medicine Wheel. The West direction is the home of the feminine principle, the Earth Mother, the setting sun and night sky. The abilities we gain from learning the lessons of the West are concern, dependability, nurturing, inner-knowing, achievements, and goals. The West is sometimes called the Looking-within Place because the feminine principle is naturally intuitive and is willing to be receptive.