Full moon in fiery Leo, the regal sign of self love.
When the world has gone mad, it’s time to go to ground and love up yourself until you find peace within once again.
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“We must belong to ourselves before we belong anywhere else. When we betray ourselves to fit in, be liked, not cause problems, avoid discomfort, sidestep conflict, or not disappoint people, we break our own hearts.” ~Brenè Brown
New moon in airy Aquarius, the visionary. Mercury and Pluto are also in Aquarius, stirring things up and bringing our shadows into the light.
Aquarius is all about creating unity for all beings here on Earth, despite our differences. Aquarius reminds us of our shared humanity.
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Today also marks the beginning of the Chinese and Tibetan year of the wood snake.
Yin wood snake represents the embodied Divine Feminine who knows her worth, her power and her magic. Snake is deeply connected to Mama Earth. She moves intuitively, quietly and intentionally through the world.
Snake will observe all before making a decisive strike at the right moment. She is always evolving – shedding old skins for new ways of being.
Photo by Gavin Mackintosh South Molton, United Kingdom
Full moon in earthy Taurus and things are crazy! Everything is stirred up and nothing is as it seems.
Ground, ground, ground. Get outside and walk, sit or lie on the Earth. Breathe and ground.
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And the bees have a message for us:
Hush now. The wounds run deep, but the bees are full of knowing.
They know the hive of your heart, each crooked curled chamber each hopeful hidden curve, each darkened holding cell.
They have come with wings and song and pollen. They have come to harvest each mistake each broken vessel, to touch the jagged edges of betrayal and lost chances, to collect your failures one by one, making honey from the bitter making music in the void making wings where there were wounds.
Hush now. Sleep well. The night is alive with forgiveness and your heart is a hive made for honey made for love.
New moon in watery Scorpio, the sign of the shaman, witch, sorcerer
This is also the time of Samhain – an ancient Celtic holiday in honor of our ancestors and all that has passed. Samhain marks the start of the dark half of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Now is the time to plunge into the depths of self and Soul. Examine and honor what came before and acknowledge your part in it all.
Light a candle and say a prayer for your ancestors who made your life possible.