Spring Is Springing, Fiery Energies Are Heating Up & Aries Rams Into A New Season Head On . . .

Consider April 2025 as an effectively co-creative intersectional bridge between the out with the old and in with the new mantra!

A New Moon in Aries and Solar Eclipse on March 29th will amplify the sentiment. Listen to yourself deeply on the inside. As you get better at knowing thyself, it really won’t be that different from hearing others.

I remember learning in my T’ai Chi classes about the importance of listening and being sensitive. The internal martial arts emphasizes this knowledge and quantum leap into a directly observable experience.

Might as well affect change by exploring inner peace within your own soul; as well as envisioning the same for others.

Energetically, it’s like the passing of a season. We are saying goodbye to dreamy, mystical and watery Pisces; while at the same time ushering in fiery Aries the Ram. Pisces is the end of the Zodiac, while Aries is the beginning of the Zodiac. In this way, it’s like a new year energetically.

Aries is the I Am consciousness that asserts the deeper truth of who we really are at our core. Pisces dreams and Aries acts. Back to back, they reflect the balancing act of the yin and the yang.

If Pisces gets too stagnant, Aries lights a fire and can vaporize Pisces waters. If Aries gets too hot and single minded on its target, then Pisces cools them down, and gives a friendly reminder to go with the flow.

Nature reveals to us the seasons of change. Pisces signals the end of the Zodiac; while Aries marks the beginning of the beginning thereof.

How can we marry the mystical waters of Pisces with the creative fiery energies of Aries?

What intentions do you want to become for the New Lunar Cycle and also for the new Zodiac year ahead?

Mercury and other Retrograde energies, magnified by powerful Eclipses during the Ides of March Madness are blowing in the winds of change. We can see within ourselves and the world around us if we are perceptible to it. This is all connected to Climate Change.

Speaking of Mercury in Retrograde, Mercury will go back direct on April 7 after being in Retrograde since March 14th. It’s a good time to look in the rearview mirror and reflect back on who were were, where we are now, and who we are becoming. Not so good for signing big contracts or making big decisions if you can avoid it till after the fog lifts.

Of course, it is also a great time for journaling, meditation and getting in touch with our right brain creative, intuitive and psychical sides of our personalities. Left brain faculties, linear, logical and order of operations; not so much. Better to go with the flow, and allow what is to happen as will.

Ask yourselves, “can I allow for that?”

Our capacity to break old cycles, generational patterns, traumas, wounds, and deep healing are amplified by the Universal pillars of Love and Truth, during this time especially. Water and Fire are powerful elemental forces that reflect the ancient Chinese symbol of the Yin and the Yang.

The Full Pink Moon on April 12, 2025 springs forth the hope of a new season. The sunlight is gaining momentum, and rebirth is in the air. And yet grieving winter’s dirge is also a real internal experience at this time.

The name Pink Moon has long been associated with April’s full Moon as flowers begin to bloom, particularly moss pink or creeping ground phlox, which is one of the earliest and most widespread spring flowers. The butterflies love this vegetation, and their appearance together is a welcome sign of April and the growth of a new spring season.

In colonial times in some of the Northern Americas, this Full Moon is called the Sugar Maker Moon, and gets its name from collecting sap and making maple sugar and syrup. Mainers really get into this process particularly.

I remember when I was growing up in Michigan during my formative childhood years, some of my favorite elementary school field trips were visiting nature centers that taught us about this process, wildlife and the ecosystem around us.

Looking back, these school field trips helped us make connections between humanity and the natural world. I remember when some of my peers and my favorite part of these field trips was when we had some free time to run off into the forrest if we wanted, and pretend we were Jedis or other imaginative beings. Tasting the different stages of the maple syrup making process was enough to make you pucker or taste like a hot tea cup of sunshine.

In the Celtic tradition, this Full Moon goes by the names including the Budding Moon, New Shoots Moon, Seed Moon, and Growing Moon; while In Jewish tradition, the name is the Passover Moon and marks freedom from Egypt.

Chinese and some other Asian traditions named this Moon the Peony Moon after their native flowers that flourish at this time. These flowers have pink hues, as well as cream and white shades.

During the awakening process, it can be tempting to try to compress, and speed up the process of personal or spiritual growth. Just let the growth seep in like herbs, and bake in a way that feels organic and patient without trying to push the river or force new growth to happen.

As we leave behind the old world and paradigm, and as the old patriarchal world dismantles around us, we will be co-creating a New Earth that is already in the process of birthing.

Do what light up your heart and sings to your Soul. Meditate on the old spiritual song and positive self talk mantra, this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine . . .

From a higher energetic perspective, the time has come to get in alignment with the massive changes coming that are like the 60s on steroids.

There will be so much light shining on and exposing the darkness around us.

Like Dr. King said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that”.

There is no time to hide anymore. Meditation is no longer a luxury. Like the Hopi say, “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for”.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari

Swimming Away From Winter & Surfing Along Arriving Energetic Waves Of Spring

It is a Pisces time of year; the tail end of the Western Zodiac, if you’ll pardon the nautical pun.

As we reach the end of the month, the soft and sensitive Pisces New Moon arrives as wise guidance on February 28, 2025.

May we use this energy to get in touch with our emotions, and remember the strong psychic wisdom that we all possess within.

Tis the season for a time to bring more empathic and psychic communications into the dreaming as well as within our waking 3-D realities.

Fish are highly sensitive creatures and the elemental forces of water are building gradually.

Shorelines are in between times where land and sea come together; intersecting and smoothing out the rocky and edgy seasonal transitions.

As you all already know, the signs and synchronicities are blowing in the wind.

They are illuminating the shadows and shining light on the darkness on the edge of town.

A Full Worm Moon will happen on March 14, 2025. And add on to that is that it’s also a Total Lunar Eclipse, which is like a full moon on steroids.

Remember Eclipses bring shakeups in our inner and outer worlds. More of that happening now that ever; in more recent human history at least.

In medieval English and neo-Pagan circles, this moon is called the Chaste Moon; reflecting the purity of the season as life renews after winter.

It’s no coincidence that the fish and worm are showing up now energetically. To catch fish, you often need worms.

The Fish are incredibly sensitive creatures, and amazingly perceptive of their surroundings. Feelings of insecurity, the path to least resistance passive, and a wait and see approach are natural tendencies.

It’s a good time to work with creative, spiritual, and imaginative realms of Pisces.

Given that Pisces are energetic mutable chameleons of the zodiac, they help us all to see ourselves through new lenses, and shapeshift or transform accordingly. 

Empathy is a flowing experience with Pisces.

Keep in mind that self-compassion as a form of self-care can build resiliency.

Mercury in Retrograde on March 14 to April 7 stirs the pot of deep revelations in love, relationships, communication, and life philosophy.

The Vernal Equinox will arrive on March 20, 2025. Spring and Fall equinoxes reflect equanimity between light and dark, yin and yang, masculine and feminine energies in Nature.

In the Northern Hemisphere, days will continue to get lighter till they climax on the Summer Solstice in later June.

In the Southern Hemisphere, it will be the opposite as they move closer to their darkest day of the year on their Winter Solstice after their Autumn Equinox.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari

A New Moon in Aquarius, A Chinese New Year of the Snake, The Imbolc, Groundhog Energy and the Security Blanket of a Full Snow Moon.

A New Moon in Aquarius and the Chinese New Year of the Snake will both happen on January 29th!

Lots of new energies in the air to percolate in our souls to rework old patterns, and let go of old ways of doing things.

As we have been exploring in this blog, Snake is good energy medicine for shedding our old skins (death), and transformation (rebirth) with the new skin taking root.

And with Groundhog Day coming up, the death of the old self, and a rebirthing new self is front and center at this time.

Whether the groundhog sees his shadow or not, Spring will officially arrive on March 20, 2025.

Seasons, like the cycle of life, is full of shades of grey and not all black and white.

New ideas and new inspirations are in the air!

Perhaps we will experience more ah-ha moments, explore novel neuronal pathways, and even recognize new potentials in the mirror of our minds.

Remember the old meditative mantra to keep an open, passive attitude that rests in a mindset of allowing what is unfolding in the theater of the mind by letting go of the clinging and grasping.

This is a universal experience because we humans have a lot of hangups.

There’s an internal charge that triggers or gets triggered by our tendency toward the clinging and grasping. It’s hard to know what comes first in the behavioral trap; the chicken or the egg.

When you notice rigid thinking or a fixed mind; shift instead to positive self talk without trying to push away or fight any visiting thoughts, emotions or feelings.

Even with the recent stretch of arctic temperatures that many of us have experienced, there is an awakening taking place in our inner worlds. This perceptible experience is in alignment with the rebirth of spring coming down the pike in later March.

In the stillness of Old Man Winter, do you feel the subtle stirring of the seeds underground starting to think about waking up?

During the quiet of Winter, it’s a good time to turn yinward, slow down, and reflect on our darker emotions.

Tis the season to venture into our inner caves as the light gradually gains momentum as we make our way toward the Imbolc aka Groundhog Day on February 2nd.

The Imbolc marks the approximate halfway point between the past Winter Solstice and the forthcoming Spring Equinox; when the light and dark energies will be equal again in both hemispheres.

The energy of Groundhog symbolizes the spiritual experience of death without dying, and reflects the metaphorical death of the old self without physically dying.

When we let go of who we were in the past, we become more receptive to new ways of becoming our future self in the here and now.

The new energies in the air at this moment in time are good catalysts for that.

Old wounds or unfinished business may surface now.

Further, they may light a torch to make the changes needed to make and release what is needed to release for new growth and rebirth to take place.

Even as we move through our challenges; by focusing on the silver linings, it will be easier to focus on seeing the positives in all situations.

We are being called to focus on new possibilities and to see things from a more expansive viewpoint.

May we open our minds, open our hearts, and to see the positive side. We will be guided there if we lean into the messages and divine signals around us.

Speaking of the celestial seasonings, a Full Snow Moon will happen on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

In many places in the Northern Hemisphere, this moon typically embodies its name with historical peak snowfall accumulation. Many other names capture the depleting winter supplies of this moon cycle.

For example, other names reflect that after months of the death cycle of Winter; February can be a month of low food supplies with no new plants to replenish supplies.

But in this apparent emptiness, may we allow for expanding spaciousness within our unfolding awakening consciousness.

At this moment in time, use the new energies to cultivate the transformation you want to see come about in your inner and outer worlds.

Remember that there is a lot that you have little or no control over what happens to you during our earth walk.

But like Nelson Mandela would say . . . Our power to choose our attitude is something nobody can take away from you unless you let them.

Pretty powerful statement made by a beautiful soul who said that during his 30 incarceration for standing up to Apartheid before he was released and became the new President of a new South Africa.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari

A New Moon In Capricorn, New Year, Full Wolf Moon & The Chinese Year of the Snake

A New Moon in Capricorn happened on December 30th; marking the last new moon in 2024. When I think about Capricorn, I think about digging in and finding the determination to keep going along the trails of life. Goat’s energy has been a powerful spirit guide for me at times. Specifically, their medicine remedied some of the more challenging hiking adventures I’ve experienced. Somehow, I was able to keep going by taking it one step, one breath, one moment at a time. Secure footing can be hard to come by. But the Goat has got your back.

Truly, it can be challenging when feeling a strong need for being useful to society; magnified by looking for justification in the outside world. At the end of the day, seeking approval from the outside doesn’t get rid of self doubt and is harmful to the self. Trust your inner values. Or like an old friend’s High School yearbook quote stated, “evaluate yourself by your own standards, not someone else’s.”

New beginnings that are always associated with new moons and New Years. Magnify that with a Full Wolf Moon on January 13, 2025, and then the Chinese New Year of the Snake on January, 29th. Lots of new energies are in the air! In the Northern Hemisphere, it is the death cycle of Winter. Things are quieter now. Energetically, it’s time for the soil to rest (as well as our souls) before the next season of Spring’s rebirth and new growth.

The origins of this full moon also comes from Celtic and Old English ancestral roots. Werewolf myths can be found in ancient Greek and Roman societies, throughout European history and among some Native American tribes. These transformational stories appear to align with the mysterious energy of Snake; where old skin is shed to clear way for a renewed sense of self. During this process, Snake’s eyes glaze over with a misty like mucus that reflects the alchemy associated with the cyclical death of the old self, and forthcoming rebirth of the new self and new growth.

Of course the Lunar New Year is always different because it is based on the moon cycles, and doesn’t line up exactly like the Gregorian, sun based calendar. Nothing against the Sun, but man can our egos can get scorched by our control issues. Too much playing with fire, and we can all get burned.

According to legend, a celestial race took place long ago in ancient China. When the first 12 animals finished the race, their energies were honored to become members of the Chinese Zodiac. All the other animals were reportedly surprised by Snake finishing 6th in the competition because Snake effectively swam so stealthily with the river’s currents; hardly perceptible to the other animals.

Because humans often reflect certain traits of animals; appreciate that snakes are cautious and introverted observers. Snakes are adaptable and intelligent, and their cool and mysterious behaviors intersects with their suspicious and insecure nature. Beneath their coat of armor is abundant sensitivity, wisdom, and passion.

Wishing you all much inner peace,

Ari

A Full Cold Moon Sheds Light on a Dark Winter Solstice . . .

A Full Cold Moon on Sunday, December 15 awakens our ancestral heritage foundation of pre-colonization American history and Celtic culture.

Not long after that, it will be the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21st. This is the darkest day of the year on this half of the planet.

In much the same way as our ancestors did; we are given the opportunity to meditate on coaxing back the light because every day will show a little more daylight till light and dark are equal again on the Spring Equinox in later March 2025.

In the Southern Hemisphere, it will be their Summer Solstice or the peak amount of daylight there. And then their days will be getting shorter till the arrival of their Autumn Equinox, where light and dark will be equal again.

This Full Moon aka Gemini Full Moon also represents a powerful point of completion and endings. This is the perfect time to set intentions for anything we might wish to leave behind and let go of as we move into 2025.

Taoism and ancient Chinese culture reveal that digesting bitter is an age old mantra; especially during this Bitter Full Moon. Bitter doesn’t taste good, nor does the experience of digesting bitter feel good.

Like the commercialized long, drawn out American election season; special interests spend mad money on propping up candidates backed by big money and the mega rich. Who payin’ you?

Just imagine the possibilities when we pour the bulk of those resources into the the well being of our planet, humanity and all sentient beings . . .

The dying old paradigm is hard to stomach and sit with. If we aren’t attending to our mental health and spirits, then our souls can fade and remain easily traumatized and triggered. Everything feels personal from that experience.

In the Northern Hemisphere, darker days align with a yin-ward focus. Coming down in our souls aligns with the spirit of the season and will harmonize with all creation.

Time to go within our inner dens and visit the dream lodges during winter’s death cycle.

Tis the season to slow down, get more sleep, rest, journal, meditate and play around with lucid dreaming.

The reason we say Happy Holidays is that there are so many cultural celebrations that honor spirit at this time of year.

And yet, the emphasis on consumerism, shopping and the cultural norm of being up all the time. But it isn’t natural with a time where we are meant to come down into our souls and gather with each other with festive vibes.

Mercury in Retrograde continues till December 25th. As always, we can expect more spacing out, mental fog, compromised left brained cognitions, and machines behaving badly more than usual during this time.

Might as well take it easy and prioritize self-care while surfing these Yule tidings, if you’ll pardon the seasonal pun.

Mindfulness is not about polyanna or looking at life thlough rose-colored glasses. It’s about where we put the spotlight of awareness.

Focusing on positive self-talk is far more supportive and empowering than getting sucked into negative self-talk stories and learned helplessness.

Last year, it was the year of the Dragon.

As you reflect back on the last year- what awakenings did you notice with relation to self-love and empowerment by tapping into your inner royal and power?

According to the Chinese Lunar calendar, it will be the year of the Snake on January 29th, 2025. From this perspective; an awakening of wisdom and elegance will take place because the energy of Snake symbolizes transformation and adaptability.

Snake will be an important spirit guide to help us move further into the throes of Climate Change; as well as effectively transition from a dying old world into a New Age and Paradigm.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari

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Letting Go of Attachments, the Sweet Sound of Surrender & Giving Inner Peace a Chance . . .

The Full Beaver Moon will happen on November 15th, 2024.

Beavers reflect the origins of this full moon because the first snow historically falls in the northern US and Canada at this time. Most of the trees and shrubs have shed their leaves, morning frost appears, and beavers are beginning to build their dams before the ground freezes. And November is historically the gloomiest month in Maine.

Beavers enter and exit their lodges through hidden underwater channels. They spend most of their time in their homes during the Winter, and keep their living quarters well stocked with Winter supplies during the colder months.

How many extraterrestrials, high ranking secret government officials or undercover journalists are enamoured by the elaborate and perceptibly invisible native beaver engineering projects that are invisible to the naked eye?

Ponder that Beaver is the animal spirit guide of the Freemasons, and that their energy medicine captures the design of political area of Washington, D.C.

Water also symbolizes the connection to the elemental forces of creation.

Beavers foreshadow the arrival of the winter months. Keep in mind that Winter reflects the death cycle in Nature.

Their energies beg the question: are we ready for Winter yet?

Ready or not, it will be be the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21st. This marks the darkest time of year.

And then after that, we will coax back the light as our days will get a little brighter every day till light and dark are equal again on the Spring Equinox in later March.

What seeds will grow inside of our inner lodges during the colder and darker months?

If it feels like the ground is shaking underneath your footing, and things are being flipped upside down in your world . . . Try to look at these shakeups as part of your spiritual growth; as well as giving yourself consideration about what is awakening inside of you.

Speaking of any upside down energies showing up in your lives . . . Remember that people in the Southern Hemisphere are moving away from their Spring Equinox. Their days are getting longer, till the light peaks on their Summer Solstice in later December. Even in darkness, there is light.

What spiritual lessons and gifts want to be dug up, unearthed and show up in your life?

It can be hard to examine the magnified shadowy side of humanity when it comes out into the sunlight. Remember that the purpose is to wake people up vis a vis the process of energetic cleansing and purification. This is a form of soulful mulching, composting and transformation.

Regardless of how intentional our commitment to our spiritual development might look like, we humans will always have attachments while we are in this form aka the 3D realm.

For example, after a long election season; The Donald was crowned President of the United States again.

By and large, the American Public, and many from the General Public around the world continue to show their support for Trump’s Cult of Personality.

And while many assert a radical opposition to another silver spoon candidate . . . We clearly have an attachment to a convicted felon who has won the American Presidency again.

Do you remember the good old days- when conservative republicans asserted that an American President should be a statesman- over an electable candidate that can win at all costs, if you’ll pardon the Billionaire Class pun?

Liberals and progressives have parroted this mindset as well. And they too, have shunned their coworkers who have deviated from voting from their perception of Coke or Pepsi being the lesser of 2 evils.

Is Coke or Pepsi Democrat or Republican?

This is how the American Public and General Public on a global scale continues to be hoodwinked and vote against their own interests. Know your history!

Think about it . . . If you identify as a white woman that talks tough on affirmative action or replaces Black Lives Matter with an asserted All Lives Matter correction . . . Do you realize that white woman have benefited the most from affirmative action policies (as in how women now edge men out in college enrollment?).

Being pro-black doesn’t mean you’re anti-white. White privilege isn’t something you have to hide behind or deny. There’s nothing wrong with privilege. Just don’t be a con artist conning yourself that you don’t benefit from a leg up in race or class.

But as always, a deeper spiritual transformation is happening on the consciousness of our planet and universe throughout. And in case you hadn’t heard it through the airwaves . . . the ringing in our ears is getting louder.

Power is often perceived as a tool or a means to achieve ends, whether in personal relationships, societal roles, or spiritual quests.

The pursuit of power frequently stems from an unconscious sense of disempowerment. Individuals may seek power as a way to compensate for feelings of vulnerability or inadequacy.

Like the changing seasons, the best thing we can do is to go with the flow, and remember that change always offers us the opportunity to keep trying, and make the necessary improvements.

In much the same way as shedding dead skin; letting go of the ancestral baggage that has been passed down to us, gives birth to new vantage points.

On November 19th, Pluto will moves solidly into Aquarius for the next 20 years. Like Beaver’s penchant for industry and multiple exit strategies; we will have the power of love to illuminate the shadows of what has stayed hidden in the darkness.

Release the old paradigms that no longer serve. Awaken to new ways of being that will create a New Golden Aquarian Age in alignment with Unity Consciousness.

The Empire’s pushback toward the inevitable changes coming down the pike reflects the patriarchy’s last stand. The chimes of freedom flashes a system that is naturally leveling itself and expelling dead air one breath, one step, and one moment at a time.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari

A Spirted Full Hunter Moon, Honoring Our Ancestors During The Thinning of the Veils, and Letting Go of our Old Selves & Awakening to Who We Are Becoming . . .

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The Astrological Eclipse season ended at the beginning of October, but it’s aftershocks can still be felt.

What shakeups have you noticed in your inner and outer worlds? Are you clinging and grasping to who you were before or are you welcoming the changes with open arms?

A Full Hunter Moon will happen on Thursday October 17. Although this moon goes by many names, the name Hunter Moon was inspired by the hunting of game animals in mid-late autumn; particularly deer, turkey, and pheasants.

Cooler temperatures also make it easier for storing and preserving meat for the winter. Falling leaves and more Moonlight allows for better vision to see and hunt animals at night; as well during the day because brush is not as thick and hunting and tracking are easier.

The energies of Fox are also associated with this time of year. Fox reflects the art of camouflage, which also reflects adaptability and shapeshifting. Meditation on Fox can help you fade into the backdrop, and blend into your surroundings without being noticed.

Scorpio season takes place at October 22-November 21. During this time, be mindful of highly transformative and emotional vibrations in 2024.

Meditation on the archetypal energies of the Shaman awakens new pathways revealed in our field of vision. The capacity to acquire and access novel ways of thinking are key dynamics of Growth Mindset. Meditation on shamanism reveals non-ordinary states of consciousness.

At the end of the month, it will be Halloween. Our ancestors honored the traditional observance of the Samhain on October 31st; which is where Halloween gets its name.

Other relatable spiritual celebrations include; All Saint’s Day, All Soul’s Day & The Day of the Dead, which are honored through November 2nd.

A New Moon in Scorpio on November 1st is a good time to set an intention of shedding our old skins. This process clears space for an awakening a developing new self underneath the old version of who you were before. 

Our cross-cultural ancestors observed, and named this period as the thinning of the veils; where the lines between the spirit & material realm are believed to be thinner. That’s why it can be harder to differentiate between the 3-D world and spiritual realm.

Costumes, including masks are traditionally worn during the thinning of the veils period. From a consciousness perspective, the wearing of the masks can awaken shapeshifting, transformation, and portals into other alternate or imaginative realms.

But there’s nothing to get spooked about!

For example, brain science has confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that brainwaves do change during this extra or non-ordinary states of consciousness. By simple shifting our awareness to the Third Eye, we can experience perceptual shifts into different dimensional vibrations.

People who become consistent meditators change their brains, their DNA, and their general experience with life. That’s why it’s really hard to go back to the old ways once you awaken to these novel neuronal pathways. This transformation is Alchemy.

On deeper levels, our journey is a balancing act of feeding our humanity versus feeding our souls.

It can be enticing to get too caught up in the material world or the spiritual world. This is why our ancestors came up with the mantra of walking with one foot in spirit and one foot in ground.

Finally, Mercury in Retrograde will happen on November 25–December 15, 2024. This is a good time to look into the rearview mirror, and take a closer look at what issues we may not have yet resolved in the past.

And then we can reexamine the direction we need to go so that we can move forward to see from new vistas. When we change the way we look at the world, the world changes the way it looks right before our eyes.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari

May Autumn’s Transitional Energies Yield A Full Moon Harvest Of Super Relationships

A Lunar Eclipse arrives in the form of a Full Harvest Supermoon on September 17th. Perhaps peaks in novel mysterious and magical energies will harmonize; as well as align with highly transformative events that can bring us closer to actualizing our soul purpose. 

May the energies of this full moon reveal a friendly reminder that now is the time to reap what was sewn in the spring. Time to squirrel away the abundant bounty of summer for when rainy day winter nest egg supplies are dwindling.

Speaking of squirrels, they are good teachers about sniffing out, and finding where their acorns are buried so that they can access their stash when supplies are short. To their chagrin however, turkeys have other leveling impulses that drive squirrels nuts because turkeys are notorious for stealing their hidden stockpiles.

Of course turkeys do that because they reflect shared blessings and an opening of a wider angle of spiritual sight. In chakra meditation speak, they open up the Third Eye, where the pineal gland is located.

The arrival of the Autumn Equinox on September 23rd breathes in transitional new energies for new direction, guiding things to change, evolve, and grow. Days are getting shorter and we will turn our clocks back in a ‘yinward’ direction soon.

Keep in mind that it is Eclipse Season, and another eclipse in the form of a solar eclipse falls on October 2nd. Eclipses really know how to shake things up on the inside and out.

Energetically, transformation is in the air. When we work consciously with these energies, we are more equipped to surf with the changing tides, rather than try to push the river. Expect more intensity not less during this timeframe. Become the tides rather than getting washed out by their waves.

The Equinoxes are a good time to reflect on Nature’s showcase that masculine and feminine energies are in equal alignment with each other, like the yin and yang reveals.

The Fall Equinox is accompanied by Libra energies on September 23 to October 22. Meditation on healthy giving and receiving in all of our relationships is good medicine.

Our ancestors noticed that the veil between the spirit and material realm thinned significantly at this time; resulting in an increasing intersection between these realities.

Today, the idea of a vibrational shift and dimensional bleeding are examples of this from both a scientific and spiritual perspectives. Inner peace is a knowable and practical experience.

Try to remember that the old patriarchy isn’t about men abusing their power by trying to control everything.

Of course there are still plenty of men that do that and are too codependent with their sun.

But we all know woman that do that too; many who are more masculine than plenty of men who are in touch with their feminine sides, and not afraid of their moon.

The patriarchy is about a hierarchical, vertical system that is dying; while at the same time, a horizontal system is birthing.

People are still buying into the old paradigm- even though a growing body of souls are waking up to how ineffective, unfair and unjust the current paradigm is for most.

In a new and different world, relationships are based on equanimity in a society that is more equitable for everyone; not just those that are privileged or in positions of power.

Those on top won’t even know the difference. Except eventually, they will come to see that everyone wins in a win-win world.

The idea of profiting off the ignorance of your audience will fade away into what Catholics call Limbo.

What issues are showing up in your relationships?

Do you feel this relationship has karmic ties or is written in your soul contract? If so, what do you think the higher purpose of it all is?

Be mindful of your projections. Take ownership for them, release them and let them go.

See yourself becoming the change you want to see in your relationships. Start with your relationship with yourself first. Where are you feeling stuck or blocked?

Human relationships are complex because human beings are not without our complexities.

For example, we have all been programmed by a longitudinal societal matrix that does not like us to deviate from an old dream of normalcy. You know the drill, buy into the game plan, shut up, follow orders, winner takes all and find clever shadow building ways of manipulating and controlling others to get what you want.

But once you see beyond the set-up, puppeteering and those selling a false narrative; like the old saying goes- the truth shall set you free.

Yes, chaos, the unknown, uncertainty and unpredictability are anxiety provoking and can easily seduce people into conformity, complacency and following the heard mentality.

Gently allow yourself to surrender to the Universe, and trust that it will guide you toward the mysterious shorelines that will become your safe haven. On these coastlines, you will suffer less from the clinging and grasping that accompanies and amplifies suffering.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari

The Waning Sound of Crickets Yields to Squirreling Away a Back to School, Back to Business Mindset; Mixed with A Crop Full of a Harvest Moon.

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As summer wanes, Mercury in Retrograde went back direct at the end of August. After that lifting fog reveals clearer skies ahead.

Time to reflect back on where we were in the earlier days of our lives and contrast that to who we are now, and who we are becoming.

A New Moon in Virgo on September 2nd (like all new moons) brings in energies of new beginnings. It’s back to school and back to business; getting down to the nuts and bolts, whilst mindfully shining the spotlight on our executive functioning faculties.

Every New Moons are a powerful time to set sacred intentions along with a simple ritual honoring intentions comingling with these energies. It is a time of thanksgiving for the breath of life that Mother Earth gives us.

May the Wise One within guide us into making meaningful connections to facilitate movement into life’s new chapter. Out of the ashes of old, what new structures will be built?

Feeling safe is now related to order and clarity, even in emotions. Organizing everything chaotic and disorganized helps restore a sense of order and grounding force in our lives.

Being more tolerant and accepting of life’s imperfections awakens a sense of inner peace. It is better to trust life and let it run its own way. Not everything must be according to our expectations.

Allowing ourselves to follow our bliss, and feeling our joy isn’t always easy; especially because it takes repetitive conscious interactions of working with the Universe. Same with welcoming abundance through including building positive sources of strength, while facilitating healthy community connections.

Taking risks, expanding our horizons, being mindful of the future, finding perfect balance in all areas of life will happen when we trust everything will align in favorable ways.

This experience can look like reaching synergy between mind, body, and spirit; along with becoming fascinated with our inner worlds.

Elevating our game by showing the world our unique gifts can manifest as a rebirthing process of the most powerful version our ourselves in the mirror of the mind.

Belief in a universe that lifts us up will lead to our best foot forward; like understanding a divine plan in motion flows with the rhythms of our hearts.

A Lunar Eclipse arrives in the form of a Full Harvest Supermoon on September 17th. Perhaps peaks in novel mysterious and magical energies will harmonize; as well as align with highly transformative events that can bring us closer to actualizing our soul purpose. 

My the energies of this full moon reveal a friendly reminder that now is the time to reap what was sewn in the spring. Time to squirrel away the abundant bounty of summer for when rainy day winter nest egg funds when wintery supplies are dwindling.

And then the Autumn Equinox arrives on September 22nd, followed by a solar eclipse on October 2nd. Days are getting darker, temperatures are cooling down, and the sounds of nature are singing a to a different tune.

Take care of yourselves everyone,

Ari