Your First Signal Prompt 5: Name the earliest trace of yourself that still lives in you Every cycle circles home. This week, return to the origin-point; the spark that existed before language, before ritual, before the world shaped a name around you. Some beginnings rise like heat. Some arrive as a color that followed you for years. Some settle in the body as a quiet force that shapes every choice you make long after childhood left the room. This is the week of retrieval. Here’s your map. ✳️ Orbitals Choose one or let several converge: - A sensation from early life that never drifted. - A gesture you repeated long before you understood it. - A memory that kept its grip through every season. - An instinct that called you forward again and again. - A color, soundless motion, or fleeting image that always felt like source. These are your origin-markers. 🌿 Sensory Anchor Close your eyes. Call forward the earliest version of yourself you can still sense. Let the memory rise through your body one layer at a time; heat gathering at a point, a tightening that knows its own story, a flicker that moves from stillness into shape. Whatever sensation arrives first becomes your signal. Describe that sensation as motion, texture, or direction. Begin writing from there. ☄️ Comet Path Write an origin piece. Trace the line from early self to present self as movement through time, as instinct turning into pattern, as memory growing its own structure. Let each line shift a little deeper than the last. Let the piece unfold the way growth unfolds; steady, layered, shaped by something older than intention. When the recognition settles, place your seal. ✴️ Seal of Enoughness My beginning still shapes the direction I rise toward. 🪞Sharing Your Constellation Your ritual completes its arc in three lights: Core Star → Comet Path → Seal of Enoughness. Tag it with #ConstellationsOfEnough for the Archivists tracing this final turning of the cycle. 🌠 Sky Report Feature

We have our two contestants for Week One: @Terry Holder and @Craven Smith ! Now you will vote to determine who wins! Polls close Sunday 6pm.

We have two contestants for Week Four: @Chill Will & @Craven Smith Now you will vote to determine who wins. Polls closes on Friday 6pm. We will pick back up on the 7th.

Your Shift Point Prompt 4: Name the moment something inside you changed direction Every constellation turns. Some turns arrive loud, carrying their own weather. Others slip in quietly… a breath held a moment longer, a thought landing heavier than expected, a small weight shifting inside the chest without asking permission. This week, trace that curve. The inner tilt. The quiet reorientation that shaped a new path without announcing itself. Here’s your map. ✳️ Orbitals Choose one or let them braid together: - A moment that altered your posture. - A sentence that pressed itself into your day. - A familiar act that carried a different temperature. - The instant an old feeling stepped forward,asking to be seen with fresh attention. These are your shift markers: small, steady forces that turn the inner sky. 🌿 Sensory Anchor Place one hand over your sternum and follow the rise beneath your palm. Stay with that motion long enough for a second sensation to reveal itself; a warmth, a tightening, a sudden clarity, a flicker of pressure behind the ribs. Let that sensation describe the moment. Write from that direction. ☄️Comet Path Write a shift piece. Follow the arc of the moment without naming the lesson. Let the movement show itself through image, gesture, or the way your breath changed its pace. Each line becomes a small turning. Each turning carries a different weight. Allow the piece to arrange itself until the shift feels fully shaped. When the movement settles, place your seal. ✴️ Seal of Enoughness Every turn shapes a new truth into form. 🪞 How to Share Your Constellation Your ritual continues in three lights: Core Star → Comet Path → Seal of Enoughness. Post your constellation so others can witness your turning. Tag it with #ConstellationsOfAlignment for the Archivists tracing the collective map. Tag your work with #ConstellationsOfEnough so the Archivists can fold it into the map. 🌠 Sky Report Feature - On Thursday, two luminous pieces will be shortlisted. - On Friday, the community will vote for our Featured Star. - On Sunday, the Sky Report reveals the chosen writer and the next constellation. - Winners will have the opportunity to have their pieces featured on Gimme the MiC! - Writers who complete all five constellations this month will also be eligible for a Mini Feature at cycle’s end.

Your Quiet Alignment Prompt 3: What arranges you from the inside out Every Constellation carries its own geometry. This week, trace the pattern that organizes your breath, the subtle alignment that gathers your scattered brightness and settles it into shape. Here’s the guidance. ✳️ Orbitals Choose one or fuse several: - A moment that steadies your center. - A gesture that restores your rhythm. - A word that shifts your posture. - A memory arranging itself into clarity right when you need it. Each one marks a point on the inner grid. 🌿 Sensory Anchor Sit without adjusting anything. Notice the weight of your hands or the horizon of your shoulders. Follow the next inhale as if you’re tracing a line across a sky-map. Let your body choose the first direction. Write from that orientation. ☄️ Comet Path Write an alignment piece. Let each line settle a little deeper than the one before. Follow sensation, not logic. Follow cadence, not explanation. Your poem becomes the way your inner compass reveals itself. When the piece feels shaped, place your seal. ✴️ Seal of Enoughness My center gathers itself with quiet certainty. 🪞 How to Share Yours Your constellation still travels in three lights: Core Star → Comet Path → Seal of Enoughness. Week Three reveals the shape inside your motion. Tag your work with #ConstellationsOfEnough so the Archivists can fold it into the map. 🌠 Sky Report Feature - On Thursday, two luminous pieces will be shortlisted. - On Friday, the community will vote for our Featured Star. - On Sunday, the Sky Report reveals the chosen writer and the next constellation. - Winners will have the opportunity to have their pieces featured on Gimme the MiC! - Writers who complete all five constellations this month will also be eligible for a Mini Feature at cycle’s end. ************************************************* Deadline Submit by Thursday 11 / 20 · 6 PM EST to be part of this week’s sky. Every word you add becomes another light.