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INSPIRATION HEALTH REVIEW & ARTICLE We’Moon 2017 – StarDust Lunar Calendar and Datebook I n our fast-paced world where technology is becoming all-pervading and more and more of us are removed from the planet’s cycles and rhythms, I need reminders to slow down, unplug, and reconnect with nature. In a world where women silenced, I need reminders that women are respected, valued, and powerful. In a world where we are inundated with the profane, I need reminders of the sacred. There are not many tangible sources or spaces where one gets these reminders and messages, let alone has them embraced simultaneously. Therefore, what a gift We’Moon is to offer us its trinity of ecological connectedness, women’s culture, and spiritual centeredness. We’Moon is a lunar calendar/datebook for womyn that offers so much within its pages. I marvel at the abundance that it gives me each time I pick it up. From daily lunar and astrological information in a week-at-a-glance format to an extensive primer on astrology basics, Sun, Moon, and Earth cycles, and seasonal Holy Days, We’Moon brings together the 59 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW interior and exterior lives of women and our relationships with womyn-affirming spirituality, the earth, and each other. The information on astrology is coupled with stunning artwork by womyn artists from around the world and moving poetry, prose and meditations. This combination of visual imagery and text (which has been thoughtfully arranged) gives the datebook a life pulse that is profound, spiritually lush, and transformative. The theme for We’Moon 2017 is StarDust and emanates from the Tarot’s Major Arcana card, The Star XVII. Star imagery, energy, and magic abound and illuminate women’s journeys, triumphs, and battles -- for wholeness, synthesis, social justice and revolutionary change. In We’Moon 2017, women’s voices resonate like the North Star, guiding womyn through the harmonies and upheavals of life and death, across space and time, and energizing us to vaster possibilities. Give the magic of We’Moon 2017 to yourself and to the women in your life. This goddess-inspired creation will remind you of the strength, beauty, and resilience of women and women’s culture, the planet and the sacredness of all things. It will also reflect brightly the cosmic brilliance around us and in us. Be a part of it!  Reviewed by Garine Roubinian, Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion & Activism