Aquarius Full Moon, lunar eclipse edition.

The midpoint of Leo season, a time of creative growth and play.

It continues nudging us to be bold in our actions and purposeful in our choices.

Today's full moon ignites its polar opposite energy of Aquarius, channeling the surprising and innovative power of Uranus, here to make sure that these actions and choices are in full alignment with our unique, inner selves. No time for bullshit now. Surprise yourself by doing what's out of your ordinary. By just not giving so many fucks.

Pour out the waters of the past and replenish for a fresh start.

Know that the freaky you, that rebel you, the true you, it can't stand in the shadows right now if you plan to make those dreams happen.

Remember, you can't make a better world if you can't make a better you.

You need to trust that the world will love your authentic self. It will love all of you.

And in the process, you'll learn to love a little more of you too.

Artwork by Ian O'Phelan
IG: @ianophelan

Leo Season. 

Initiated by today’s Leo new moon. 

A time to connect to what you want and need to create in your life, so that you can feel fully on point. On path. Now, you can put you first again and feel good about it. 

It’s time.

The planets are ready. 

Mars is there, pushing you to walk that talk. No more lies. 

Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus are all making connections too, giving us the ability to get clear, inspired insight into what aspects of ourselves/areas of our lives we want to move forward and how we can do so. 

Venus is also on hand, allowing the right people to come along and urge us into growth. But we have to be ready and willing to accept the call. 

At the root, it’s all about creativity. Making things. Generating ideas. Bringing a representation of your essence into form and having pride for it.

So get into it. 

Be the creativity you want to see in the world.

The Scorpio Full Moon wants you to shift away from your outdated ways of thinking and feeling and trade in your old stories for some new ones

Recently, I had an interesting reading with a client who didn’t really feel like she was all that connected to spirituality. Sure, she thought crystals were cool and she was open to her friend’s gift of a reading with me, but she didn’t really have a firm foundation for her own connection to spirit. In reading her chart, it basically said that she needed to establish one in order to live as her best self. “Spirituality doesn’t have to be religion or some big deal. It can simply be about cultivating a relationship with presence”, I told her. “Sometimes you just have to learn how to be okay with stillness and silence so that you can be present to the signs and symbols that are trying to appear in your life.” That idea resonated with her, and she seemed to open up to thinking and feeling about a relationship with spirit in a whole new way.

At the end of the reading, I glanced at my deck of small animal cards. The Moose was visible, as it was the last one I had pulled myself. I had the thought to have her pull one, as I sometimes do with clients but then brushed it off. Our reading had already gone long and it was getting late. We chatted as I moved a chair back into place and saw that a larger version of the Moose card was on the floor. Unbeknownst to me, it had fallen out of the back of my notebook where I had placed it after a reading long ago. She asked me about it, and I told her the crazy story associated with it, and my wedding – I’ll tell you another time. But it all made me think that perhaps she should pull a card. Maybe it was a sign. So I grabbed the small deck and shuffled them up a bunch. I told her to use her left hand and pick one. She did. And, there was the Moose. Immediately, we both flipped out, laughing. She couldn’t believe it. Skeptical, she shouted, “Let me see that deck!” I fanned them out, showing her that each one was different. She had just chosen that one. Its message:

It was beyond prophetic in regards to everything we’d just spoken about in our reading. Neither of us could believe the serendipity. I exclaimed to her, “The signs! Pay attention to the signs! “ It amplified everything we had been talking about, and it was a good reminder for her to shift her perspective on living a more present, spirit-based life. It was also a reminder for me to have someone pull a card the second I think of it, without a second guess. I have usually been a person who second-guesses everything I do or think. In the past, I’ve allowed fear and insecurity to get in the way of belief and trust. But that shit’s got to change. If I can help shift an agnostic woman into believing there is something connecting us all and offering us guidance, then I can certainly shift myself into being someone that no longer allows self-doubt to distract me from my truth. And that is my new story.

I am no longer someone who allows self-doubt to distract me from my truth.

The Scorpio Full Moon wants you to shift away from your outdated ways of thinking and feeling and trade in your old stories for some new ones. Where or how in your life have you been keeping yourself in a mental or emotional rut? Who or what have you been a “victim” to in your heart and mind, even though the reality of the situation has long been gone? It’s time to honor our subconscious, spirit-based desire to transform in a big way and release whatever old patterns we have been perpetuating. We all allow ourselves to get caught up in our beliefs to the point that we can’t see past them. We become unable to free ourselves from how we’ve grown accustomed to seeing ourselves in certain areas of our lives. We may be saying, “I’m unlucky in love.” “I will never forgive him/her.” “If only I’d done something different, my life would be so much better.” There are a ton of these stories that we’ve told ourselves forever that have now created the present state of our heart and mind. But what if we released them for good and wrote new, more self-loving ones?

Now is the time to believe in YOU in a whole new way. I know that you’ve heard this kind of message before, but more than ever, you must let go of the old shit. It’s time to forgive, make amends, and move on. It’s time to release the feelings and thoughts of the past that have hoarded away inside of you for far too long, causing you to hurt and heartache.

It’s time to believe in a new beginning

Approach the situations of your life in a new way, with new eyes and new ideas. Pay attention to how you talk to yourself and to others. If you’re always feeding negative speak to your mind and to others, then you’re simply cultivating a life of negativity. That’s all you’ll be able to see. So give yourself a brand makeover, as the kids would say. Ground into the reality of who you actually are – not whom you’ve been seeing yourself as for years now. Or more so, as the person you told yourself to be based on what parents, the cool kids, old friends, TV told you to be.

Be willing to change. That’s all it really takes. You need the recognition that there are parts of you that need to change so that you can grow. Whatever you’ve been most stubborn about releasing is exactly what needs to go. It doesn’t need to be hard. It doesn’t need to derail friendships or careers or ruin lives. You simply just need to start, inside, with a little personal shift within. The rest, like that Moose card lying on the floor, will then appear to you and guide you toward your next step.

The Libra Full Moon is here, inviting us to release whatever is halting our life’s complete balance. The key is in how we approach all of the aspects of our lives. Are we entering into every situation with our authenticity intact? Can we bring our whole self into every relationship without censorship, without fear of judgment or ridicule? What piece(s) of ourselves are we withholding from the people in our lives in order to preserve what we think is our truest self?

In order to fully welcome balance in, we must embrace the chaos alive at this time. We must dive into it, ready to transform, apt to release whatever piece of ourselves isn’t helping us to activate our highest power. What can we contribute at this time that is in alignment with our most authentic being? How is our unique self able to play a role in making our life, our world better? When are we fully willing to change what isn’t working?

The sky is full of retrograde at this time, so take the next few weeks to reflect on how to best serve your mind, your heart, your sense of personal responsibility, and your relationship with joy. That last one is key. Without a sense of hope, there is no current to swim into. Remember that you can love yourself through all of the heartache and sadness and confusion. 

You have to believe in you, wholeheartedly. 

You have to believe that you, at your core, are great enough to achieve your goals. To help yourself and others heal. To make a difference, as best you can. And by following your heart, with sincere passion, that you will be called into situations and relationships that nurture you and make you feel whole. That give you balance.

Happy Libra Full Moon!