January 6 brings a Full Moon at 16º of Cancer (5:08 pm Central). This cardinal water sign is ruled by the Moon, which is the luminary that shows our heart and soul. The Moon is our sensitivity and how we feel, our general mood. The sign of the Crab is most aligned with the archetypal expressions of the Nurturer or Healer. Home or our homeland, heritage or lineage, our safety and sustenance, who we care for and how we are cared for are themes for us to explore. This first full Moon of the year will likely increase sensitivities of all kinds and we will become acutely aware of our emotions and biggest feelings. While a protective mechanism may be defensiveness, a healthy expression would be to remain open, accepting of ourselves and loving to those around us. At certain times, being emo can be a conscious act of resistance against capitalism and popular society; take a break from social media and negative rumination, and let yourself pay attention and tend to what most needs care and nourishment.
Retrograde Mercury in Capricorn will oppose the Cancer Moon; we must be sure to listen to our deepest emotions and make room for sorting ourselves out with self-soothing and understanding. While overthinking or taking everything personally may be an unconscious response which won’t be helpful, intuition can be a strong guide for navigating through this time in a healthier way. Mercury is having a moment for the next couple of days, so pay attention to how you talk to yourself and others, how well you tune in and listen to yourself and others, and where your attention is concentrated.
Chiron in Aries forms a square to the Sun and Moon, which underscores the sensitivity inherent in this particular moon- give yourself permission to feel how you feel. Protect yourself by not engaging in reactionary debates or projection at this time, but rather attend to working through your own sticky issues that seem to be resurfacing again. This Moon also occurs under the influence of the trine between the Capricorn Sun and Uranus in Taurus. Imagine the spark of one’s vitality and willpower for life harmonizing with their assertion of non-conformity to norms and resistance to societal expectations. Consider how this might manifest and be enacted in your life. Can you establish boundaries, or daily practices, which include solitude and meditation and savoring some precious joys of embodiment?
The polarity of Capricorn-Cancer encourages us to engage with tending the heart and hearth of embodiment generously, balanced with our Great Work which can be offered to the world. For this Full Moon, allow your vulnerability to remind you to look after the sore spots, protect what’s most valuable, and feed the hungry ghosts with care and comfort.
Affirm:
- I allow for rest and renewal when it is needed, rather than waiting until I’ve reached my breaking point.
- Silence and solitude are medicinal.
- I can feel and tend to the variety of emotions that unfold within, which remind me that I am alive.
- Strong feelings deserve space and investigation rather than judgment.
xo,
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Sagittarius Season began on Tuesday, November 22, with its own New Moon on the following day. Jupiter, the planetary ruler of Sag, stationed direct in Pisces right around that time. Sagittarius is a mutable fire sign, the archetype of the Wanderer, Adventurer, Philosopher…
In line with the quintessential Sag qualities, this season can represent a “quest” that must begin now, whether enacted as a literal quest or an internal one- a time to renew our search for the meaning of life, to remain open to all possibilities.
I am navigating toward closer alignment with this energy and sentiment, having entered my own renewed deep search for meaning. When life gets so heavy and profoundly uncomfortable, Sagittarius and Jupiter encourage us to hold on to hope. How do we navigate when we feel lost, and how do we lift our spirits when we have sunk low? When in doubt, I intuitively turn to rose plant medicine- as an ally to Venus, it has an innate ability to ease the heart and offer support during grief. As far as herbs connected to Jupiter, sage or ashwagandha are good choices. These can be used in a culinary way, or taken as an elixir or tea.
Tend to your hearts and inner hearths.
Blessings~
Affirmations to practice for Sag Season:
* When I feel overextended or in denial, may I take a moment to reorient toward what feels like solid ground.
* May I wrap myself in a sense of faith in the wonder of life itself and the continuation of consciousness in the realms beyond this earthly life.
Today we have a New Moon Solar Eclipse at 10º Taurus (4/30/22 at 1:28 PDT/ 3:28 CST) , part of the current series of eclipses occurring along the Taurus/Scorpio axis. This axis encourages the exploration of silence and solitude as medicine (Taurus), and feeling deeply and living intensely (Scorpio). Something will dissolve or catalyze, either internally or externally, which is the standard script that eclipses follow. In Taurus, this eclipse asks you to be mindful, reflective, attentive to your body and instincts, to make time for solitude, to make space for your version of serenity. It also may call attention to where you feel stuck, and where you’re resisting change.
Not only are the Luminaries (Sun and Moon) in Taurus, but Uranus is also there, along with the North Node of the Moon. Uranus brings its signature authority-questioning assertion of individuality and rebellion against the status quo to the eclipse energies. Look for 10º Taurus in your natal chart to determine the arena of life most impacted by this eclipse. And you can also reflect on what themes were present for you during the Taurus eclipse in 2014 (8º Taurus).
It’s also notable that we still have a Pisces pileup, with Mars, Neptune, and the Jupiter/Venus conjunction (exact) all in the mutable water sign of Pisces. (Venus and Neptune formed an exact conjunction on Wednesday, 4/27). These aspects with Venus provide the potential for deeply creative imagination to be sparked, for increased love and self-love to unfold, for art, beauty, and dreaminess to coalesce in our hearts, even if only briefly.
We’ve also come to the Beltane part of the year, which invites a pause as we enter a new threshold. Here is an excerpt from a brief Beltane post I wrote in 2011:
The wheel of the year turns once again, moving us forward into the Light. The hearth/home fires are extinguished and re-lit for Beltane. If we don’t have a bonfire or campfire to dance around, we can light a fire in our home cauldron or light a beeswax candle, and hop over it with a heart full of inspiration and deep wishes, for protection and good luck. Traditionally, cattle were driven through two great balefires for fertility and prosperity. People danced in the smoke from the flames for the same reasons….
The fire that purifies and clears also ignites and inspires. Beltane invokes sparks of creativity and new abundance, celebration and creation, praises and pleasure. With the Sun in Venus-ruled Taurus, may we feel the irresistible desire to make beauty and live artfully.
Under the influence of the Solar Eclipse energies, you may find it necessary to increase rest or quiet time. You may want to journal or draw, to sleep, to spend quality time with yourself, especially in an outdoor setting, or to listen to music and dance. Some other soothing activities include taking a salt soak, having an oil massage, meditation, yoga nidra or savasana, and napping.
Beltane Taurus New Moon Eclipse Affirmations:
I listen to my instincts and trust my inner voice.
Silence and solitude soothe my soul - I make time for them daily.
I am wise and worthy.
◆ 3/19/20 ◆
The current Capricorn stellium (so many planetary bodies crowded together in Capricorn): Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, South Node, also Pallas and Chariklo. Saturn is at a critical point (29º) of Capricorn, preparing to enter Aquarius on Saturday night. That move will initiate a major collective shift in consciousness, focus, and work, and we are already seeing aspects of Saturn in Aquarius... (systems collapsing, social distancing, quarantines, and shut downs, humanitarian help on both small and large scales, education via technology, etc). The Disciplinarian planet will be in the sign of the Genius/Outcast for three months to start, then will retrograde back into Capricorn until December, and then will settle in to Aquarius until March 2023. December is also when we have Jupiter conjoining Saturn at 0º Aquarius (on the 21st).
For now we have Mars and Jupiter conjunct in Capricorn (exact on Friday early morning hours), and Mars conjunct Pluto on Sunday night. Jupiter/Pluto conjunction at 24º Capricorn coming soon, exact on April 4. Generally speaking, the energy of Mars is active, assertive, passionate, and ferocious. Jupiter's vibe brings more of everything, and on a grand scale- it is excessive and optimistic. Saturn restricts and limits, maintains boundaries, requires discipline. With Pluto we see elimination, transformative reformation, and the underbelly/underworld of everything; it works on us in deep and somewhat disturbing ways. The lunar South Node represents well worn habitual patterns that are hard to break, a comfort level in our habits that resists change. Altogether, this can create somewhat uncomfortable to deeply disturbed experience.
Many are more worried than usual about how to pay rent and bills and have food under these current circumstances, along with a multitude of other concerns. For some, survival and trauma are trials frequently and familiarly traversed and this is an occasion to call on inner resources, and for others this is an entirely new and different challenge to face. We may feel pushed to the limits or forced to surrender, or we may be reinspired to help actively, or to keep looking for and reasserting hope in our own meaningful ways.
All the action in Capricorn holds gravitas right now, where we will be forced to face severity of some sort. But today is a day to acknowledge a new astrological year beginning. Today in the Northern Hemisphere it is Spring Equinox, with the Sun leaving Pisces and entering Aries, the beginning of the zodiac tonight. We have Chiron in early Aries, but no more fire energy in the skies until the Sun arrives. This lack of fire for several months has been obvious in our (lack of) expressions of motivation, passion, inspiration, and confidence. If you can find it, be in the sunshine today. Let the Aries Sun inspire or encourage you in some small way, in whatever feels appropriate to your inner state.
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xo,
KK
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Wednesday 9/18/19: SATURN turns DIRECT (13º 55’ Capricorn) at 1:47am PDT.
The planetary Teacher of Reality has been retrograde since April 29 (rx at 20º 31’ Capricorn) and this retrograde cycle has felt particularly perilous because of the South Node conjunction, plus Saturn is extra Saturn-y while in its home sign of Capricorn. Saturn’s retrograde dealt with themes of self-sovereignty, responsibility, and general integrity. With Saturn and the South Node linked together closely, we have been called into deeper deliberations about karmic contracts, unhealed generational trauma, unhealthy patterns that haunt and hinder us, and where we are stuck. It has been important to see where we lack the boundaries necessary for a strong foundation (in our sense of self as well as structurally in life) and where we lack maturity. We may have been confronted by the ways in which our conditioning and reactions inhibit our progress and maybe how our lack of boundaries or overuse of armor first began. During the retrograde we were invited to investigate and re-define our boundaries, commitments, and responsibilities. With Saturn direct we will hopefully integrate the insight and clarity we discovered about these issues and can now iimplement the lessons and allow for growth. It is possible to appreciate the oftentimes uncomfortable, hard-earned lessons Saturn brings us when we realize that nothing would ever get done without this planet’s influence. Saturn’s energy fortifies and solidifies, it grounds and empowers. It coallesces the will and inner reserves of faith within even the most reluctant recepient. Saturn’s shadow period will last about another three months, until December 26. And this all leads up to the much anticipated Saturn/Pluto conjunction at 22º 46’ Capricorn on January 12, 2020, a major event.
For now, pay attention to the areas that have felt blocked for the past five months of Saturn’s retrograde period, the projects or works that have been stalled, and any changes that arise. You may feel things start to shift soon. Saturn places the obstacles in the way but also supplies the means to overcome them and make things happen. Apply what you’ve learned. This Saturn freqency will be expressed politically and socially as well as intimately in your personal life. Some have had a rougher and more intense time with this retrograde than others, so if you’re feeling bruised and humbled, or disassembled and back to an inner origin point, remember that within the confines of Saturn’s stern stare and uncompromising discipline, immense freedom is granted.
Equinox arrives soon.
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Wild Moon Wisdom Horoscopes
for the week of Monday, January 9 - Sunday, January 15
Mercury, the communication planet has just turned direct finally, early on Sunday morning. You can feel hopeful this week about mishaps and miscommunications not being so commonplace, however, this week and next we are in a shadow period as Mercury adjusts and gains momentum. You can certainly begin to reach out this week to smooth over miscommunications, but hold off on the really big stuff a bit longer.
We have a full moon in Cancer on Thursday morning, bringing a culmination of a lunar cycle and possibly some changes. Also on Thursday Mercury goes back into Capricorn, where it was retrograde most of December.
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Recommendations:
Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)- Anjaneyasana
Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)- Grounding essential oil
Fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)- Tanzanite
Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)- Urdhva dhanurasana
Aries & Aries Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your tenth house of achievement and success. Use this time to your advantage and reboot your material success and career goals.
We have a full moon in Cancer on Thursday, illuminating your house of home. Plans you set to motion at the Cancer new moon six months ago have now unfolded. There could be a sense of completion, or even an ending. This is the house associated with women and mothers, so you may receive some news about a mother-figure.
Stay rooted in your heart this week, Aries.
Taurus & Taurus Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your house of mental exploration. You can move forward with your travel plans or education plans or goals, and they won’t feel so… blocked or stuck. You’ll feel that you’re better able to express yourself clearly and be understood, speaking out when appropriate, and always prepared to offer the truth.
On Thursday we have a full moon in Cancer, your third house, bringing an emphasis to communication and self-expression. Full moons can bring changes or endings, and they often illuminate. You may receive news or find yourself on a spur of the moment trip, or there could be a breakthrough or changes in your immediate family.
Focus on expressing your ideas and spending time with the people closest to you this week.
Gemini & Gemini Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your mystical eighth house. You will begin to feel your energy return and balance come back to your most intimate connections. Any problems regarding joint assets or shared wealth can also be attended to and corrected now.
We have a full moon in Cancer Thursday morning, illuminating your career. Most full moons represent an ending, or the completion of a cycle, including the lunar cycle that began on the Cancer new moon; there could be realized plans or a completed project now. Let this full moon remind you of your inherent worth and value, Gemini, whether or not you feel financially stable right now.
Focus on self-worth this week.
Cancer & Cancer Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle over the next few days.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your relationship sector, putting the spotlight on marriage, partnership, and shared goals.
We have a full moon in your sign on Thursday, in your first house of self-interest. Full moons often bring change into our lives, or the completion of a cycle, and that could be true for you with this moon. This moon may feel more personal for you, and you could feel more emotional and intuitive now.
Spend time with your favorite people this week, and try to take a moon bath under the lunar beams.
Leo & Leo Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your house of health and service. Don’t set a bunch of resolutions that you won’t keep, just eat well, get rest, spend time outside, and exercise.
There’s a full moon in Cancer on Thursday in your house of self-undoing and closure. Since full moons often bring the end of a cycle, the sense of an ending, you may experience that more strongly than others. Let yourself process and work through all your feelings, release what doesn’t serve, and even contemplate the meaning of life. It won’t be such a social full moon for you this time, Leo,
This week focus on compassion for yourself and getting as much rest as needed.
Virgo & Virgo Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your house of creativity and pleasure. You’ll feel more inspired to pursue artistic talents, dive into romance, express yourself and lead with your heart. Any lovers quarrels, sexual or creative setbacks suffered during the retrograde will soon have to potential to be healed.
We have a full Cancer moon on Thursday in your eleventh house of friends and hope; it is possible that some of the seeds you planted at the new Cancer moon months ago have started to bloom, with ideas and projects and relationships transforming. Full moons often bring closure or an end of a cycle. This would be a good time to consider your long-term goals and dreams.
Clarify where you’re headed now, Virgo.
Libra & Libra Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward-motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin the work of smoothing out the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back in Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your domestic fourth house. You’ll be able to put energy into home and family now and not feel so misunderstood. There may be a conversation you need to have, likely with your mother or a female mentor.
There’s a full moon in Cancer this Thursday morning in your house of career. Full moons generally bring endings or change to light, and usually the intentions you set at the Cancer new moon have come into being. You may get exciting news at work, maybe about a raise or promotion. Focus on growing your material success for now.
This week, consider what in your life is most valuable to you and direct time and energy there.
Scorpio & Scorpio Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward-motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your third house, putting energy back into your self-expression. Your technology will finally start working again. Any misunderstandings you’ve had with your family can be cleared up, and your thoughts will be clearer and communication smoother.
Also on Thursday we have a full moon in Cancer. This lights up your ninth house of mental exploration and self-discovery. You could get unexpected news or experience some minor upheaval, or you could get some exciting news that changes your plans.
Focus your energy on clarifying or evolving your own personal mindset, philosophy and views.
Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward-motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves from your sign back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward moving communication planet back to your money house. If there were mishaps with finances or at work during the retrograde period, you’ll be able to get back on track now. Put energy into increasing your income and stability in general.
We have a full moon in Cancer on Thursday morning, illuminating your house of transformation and intimacy. Full moons often bring lunacy, heightened emotions, changes or endings. You could be faced with making a decision about commitment, either in a romantic relationship or business partnership. This part of your chart is about sex and psychic energy and merging with another, either intimately or financially.
Tune into your intuition this week to make important decisions.
Capricorn & Capricorn Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into your sign, Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your first house. While Mercury was in Sagittarius, which was only for a few days, you likely felt mental confusion or brain fog or had difficulty making decisions. This should feel better now.
There will be a full moon in Cancer early Thursday in your relationship house. Full moons bring heightened emotions, changes or simply the completion of a cycle. This will be a potent moon for you, especially with the major alignments surrounding it (Grand Cross), so stay focused on what is most important to you. The sun will enter Aquarius soon and you’ll feel more stable and rooted in the next cycle.
This week, know that your determination and hard work will pay off.
Aquarius & Aquarius Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your house of endings and closure. Capricorn season for you is all about rest, release, and hibernation to prepare you for your birthday season coming up next. With Mercury direct now you should feel more clarity and insight.
There’s a full moon in Cancer on Thursday morning, highlighting your health and organization. Full moons always bring lunacy, unpredictability, change or completion. This is a good time to declutter and reorganize your life, get back on track with workouts, and start eating a little healthier. Don’t feel pressure to do it all at once, just begin.
This week focus on self-care, getting enough rest, good food, sunshine and quiet time.
Pisces & Pisces Rising
This week we will be adjusting to Mercury adjusting to forward motion, and although things will feel better in general than last week, we are currently in the shadow period. You can begin to smooth the rough edges of the retrograde cycle this week.
On Thursday morning Mercury moves back into Capricorn where he spent all but a few days of the retrograde period. This brings the forward-moving communication planet back to your eleventh house of friendship. If you dealt with technological mishaps and other problems at work or miscommunications with friends during the retrograde, these issues will clear up now.
There’s a full moon in fellow water sign Cancer this week, landing in your house of pleasure. Full moons always increase lunacy, with heightened emotions and unstable or erratic behavior. With this moon in your sexy fifth house, you may feel passions rise and drama increase. Your creative self-expression will be on fire and your powers of seduction and romance will be strong. You could have a breakthrough either creatively or romantically.
This week spend time remembering what it is you want.
Venus is the planet of love and relationships, beauty, value and self-worth, money, attraction, also jealousy and possessiveness, seduction, flirtation, self-love, affection, pleasure, how we adorn and beautify ourselves and our surroundings. Venus as archetype is the goddess of love, and as such rules over what and how we love, what we value, how we want to be loved, and what we find beautiful.
Venus turns retrograde every eighteen months.The personal planets (including Mercury, Mars and Venus) have shorter retrogrades compared to the outer planets, which spend much of their time in retrograde cycles. When a planet is retrograde it means that from earth’s viewpoint the planet is seemingly moving backward. During a retrograde cycle the archetypal energy of the planet is exaggerated on the station days (when the planet is turning retrograde or direct) and then it is turned inward deeply and experienced inside rather than expressed outwardly. Retrogrades are times for review and reevaluation, not a time to take direct action or make big decisions but rather a time of contemplation, inquiry and self-reflection.
Venus will be retrograde from July 25 - September 6, beginning in the sign of Virgo but with most of the cycle in the sign of Leo. Leo acts as the child of the zodiac, being the most impetuous, playful, and childlike, and is a self-focused sign (along with Aries). Leo also represents the heart. Venus is the planet that relates to all things heart-related. Leo is a boisterous and dramatic sign, and while retrograde Venus is shy and introspective, but the emphasis of the cycle will be on heart matters.
Self-love is the biggest and most important theme, to be explored honestly and re-ignited if necessary. As we all know, self-love is the only place to begin if we want true, healthy, extraordinary love in this life. As a “me” sign, Leo can often turn self-love into self-obsession (no one loves Leo more than Leo as they say) but when done mindfully, Leo can teach this concept of directing love and appreciation to oneself in a healthy, non-narcissistic way. This takes practice for most.
For this cycle we will be compelled to do some deep digging into our desires, needs, and wants. Everything related to love and money will be up for review during this time. During these next weeks we are called to look deeply at what we value in relationships and life. Are our desires and our actions in alignment? We will think about how much we value people, relationships, things and situations in life and if it is worth it or not. How do we want to be treated in relationship? What are our most heart-felt desires?
It isn’t recommended to make luxury purchases during this time, or to begin a new relationship. Most couples working with an astrologer will not plan a wedding during a Venus retrograde cycle. Since retrogrades encourage review, past loves and exes will often return during this time; this could be for closure and healing, for a reminder of why you are no longer together, or for a reconciliation depending on the circumstances. It may be time to reconnect. Use discernment and turn inside to your inner wisdom to help guide you here.
The last Venus retrograde cycle was December 21, 2013 - January 31, 2014. And the longer Venus cycle takes us back to eight years ago. If you can remember back to significant issues during those times you will have an idea of the themes or energy of the current cycle.
This is a time to reevaluate our thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes around self-worth, love and relationships, money, looking deeply into our hearts and shadows, reactions and patterns regarding these issues. It can be an important time of self-reflection birthing new insights and even healing around core wounds and issues if done with intention.
In esoteric and shamanic terms, during this cycle Venus descends into the Underworld and will transition from Evening Star to Morning Star, undergoing a profound transformation. We too will make this journey at some point in life if we have not already. We will be stripped, laid bare, all established personality and persona dissolved as we leave behind everything we are and everything we know and enter the mystery, enduring metaphorical death, and eventually emerging changed forever.
Make a self-love altar, complete with rose quartz, rhodonite, and red wine, and sit at it daily to reassert your heart’s desire and intention to yourself. Feel your connection to the cosmos and the earth. You belong. Your heart can begin to unfold, whether it feels strong or broken. Let self-honoring seep into your bones and belly then rise into your heart.
May this cycle be a blessing of authentic self-revelation and the beginning of a genuine sense of falling in love with your Self.
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