Eclipse Blessings: Liberate Yourself
Harness the increased energy of this Full Moon + Eclipse in Libra
When the Moon is at her brightest in the sky, she is opposite the Sun, 180 degrees away standing across from each other. The Mother and the Father — he casts his light onto her dark contours and we feel her love shine upon us at the apex of her Lunar Cycle. Right now we are under a Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse.
Eclipses are opportunities to review our lives and issues over the past 6 months and set intentions for the next 6 months. But more than that, they are reminders to review and reset as needed. What do you need to cut ties with? Eclipses invite you to be bluntly honest with yourself in self examination. This particular Eclipse of Libra and Aries is specifically about the polarity of YOU and that of your relationships. What is your relationship to yourself and who are you in relationships with others? We all have different masks and show versions of ourselves, but this is a chance to relinquish any need to people-please or be inauthentic for the sake of harmony. There is too much work ahead of us to hem and haw, to put off what needs to be said and done to self actualize AND to help the world and others reach a better state of being. We ARE responsible for others and ourselves, but there is a delicate balance.
Always putting others first is a disservice to your ability to help others. It leads to resentment or codependency and is unbalanced. Always putting yourself first without thinking of how others are affected by your choices is selfish, detached and unbalanced. Speaking to what you need and how you feel is healthy and empowering, as long as it's done with compassion. As long as it’s done from a place of understanding that all people have shit going on and we don’t always know how to carry it or express it. We don’t always behave the way we should to invite dialogue but so what, right? It requires forgiveness to be in relationships. Including the one with yourself. What do you need to forgive yourself for? What do you need to leave behind you so you can be here now and enjoy life in the present instead of holding onto bad memories? What needs to be said now so it doesn’t get bigger?
LIBRA — the sign of harmony and balance, love and relationships, negotiation, art and beauty. Connecting others and seeing the beauty in all things is how they expand their spirit. Downside: codependent and wishy-washy
ARIES — the sign of self determination, action, risk taking, fighting for love. Being able to take risks and forge ahead in self expression is how they expand their spirit. Downside: impulsive and impatient, hot headed
Are you brave enough to speak truth in all situations about how you feel, what you want and need while also realizing that to be in relationship it can’t always be about meeting your needs? It’s okay that sometimes they’re met and sometimes not, as long as communication is happening and everyone feels there is balance. Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself and sometimes you have to fight for others. The more you can speak truth with peace and calm, even when uncomfortable, the more you can have open-ended conversations that allow both parties to grow and expand together.
Ceremonial Work on Libra Lunar Eclipse
March 25 - 26, 2024
My offering and prayer: Upon this Libra Eclipse, I liberate myself from my self-imposed limitations. I honor the highest version of humanity by being the highest version of myself. I am honest and true while considering how my existence affects others. I am willing to be a warrior for love while working for peace.
Write out a message to yourself about how you are in relationships. Or at least speak it out loud. What do you want from them? Are you lonely? Are you looking for love? Are you looking to end a relationship or in the process of ending one? What about yourself — how is your self-talk lately? Are the people you’re in relationships with (all sorts, romantic and otherwise) meeting your needs? Are they good companions and friends or do you need to reexamine? Are you expanding or contracting in these relationships? Can you do anything about it? If so, what are you waiting for?
Using the metaphor of war (Aries) and peace (Libra): Do you ever feel like you are at war with something/someone in your life? Where do you feel the most peace in your life? How can you create more peace and less strife in your own life?
Set intentions for the next 6 months. Write them on a piece of paper. What do you want to see change? What are you willing to discard from your own behavior or attitudes that can adjust how you treat yourself, how you carry yourself, and you are in relationships?
Light a candle — a small ceremonial taper or a tea light. Make sure you have somewhere safe to burn your paper (take a pic of what you wrote so you remember it). Burn the paper with your intentions and what you’re willing to release, watching the paper burn and turn to ash. Scatter the ashes in your yard same night or the next day. Make sure you are facing North and visualize your intentions happening as you scatter the mixture.
If you have any dried flowers, mix those with the ashes before you scatter them. If you have fresh flowers, that will also work. Grab some petals and mix them with the ashes, then spread in your yard, facing North.
Add whatever kind of prayer you’d like to this ceremony. This is a non-denominational ceremony rooted in Nature that is open to all belief systems.
Happy Full Moon and Eclipse season! Next one is April 8 - Total Solar Eclipse and New Moon in Aries. Kapow! We’re just getting started!
Follow me online: @holliseesyou and connectowisdom.com
Images — Pixabay
AI Libra/Aries woman: foupax
Lunar Eclipse: dvumedia
Multiple prayer candles: NoName_13