Podcast Episode: Falling Back Into Relationship Connections With Libra, Full Hunter Moon, Mercury In Retrograde & A Tea Cup Of Celestial Seasonings Steeped In Autumn’s Ancestral Portals
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Falling Back Into Relationship Connections With Libra, Full Hunter Moon, Mercury In Retrograde & A Tea Cup Of Celestial Seasonings Steeped In Autumn’s Ancestral Portals
Energetically, Libra season officially kicks off on September 22nd, which is also the date of the Autumn Equinox. Libra’s seasonal imprint will last till October 23rd.
Coming right up, a Full Harvest Moon on September 26th honors sacred ancestral rituals like moon-viewing dinners outdoors, harvest blessings, candle-lit gratitude circles, and a Mid-Autumn Festival with mooncakes.
Looking ahead to the New Moon in Libra on October 10th, balance and harmony are dually noted.
Are you feeling driven to be nice rather than speak your truth authentically?
Are you taking an honest look at your deeper feelings and sharing them when the situation calls for it, despite of what is expected of us by others?
As we blaze trails further into this Year of the Fire Horse, ponder how the energies around the next Full Hunter Moon on October 26th may affect a personal sense of safety that could depend on the need for stability.
Remember that an awakening of Fire Horse’s archetypal energies reveal greater movement, decision, freedom and courage so that we can effectively explore unknown frontiers.
What old narrative have you noticed fading away into the rearview mirrors of yesterday?
Have you observed healthier relationships emerging and leaving you feeling a more perceptible sense of emotional, financial, and spiritual rebirth?
Do you see people embodying love, empathy, compassion and kindness?
Although this moon goes by many names, the name Hunter Moon was inspired by the hunting of game animals like deer, turkey and pheasants in mid to late autumn.
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 day and night because brush is not as thick, making tracking and hunting 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.
Around this full moon, connections with Taurus can be seen as a friendly reminder to accept that change is a natural part of life. Regardless of a Bull or Bear market, our own sense of self-respect does not really come from the coins we circulate in this world of 10,000 things, if you’ll pardon the animal spirited financial pun.
Truly, self acceptance for who we really are does make it easier to see peace and tranquility in the outside world.
In this blog, we have been exploring self-care rituals and strategies.
Full Moons are certainly a powerful time to reinforce self-care rituals and strategies.
Just as an example, consider writing down what needs to be released on a small piece of paper, and then burn it down safely outside under the moon. At this time, fire rituals can be a powerful way to release and let go of whatever we need to let go of in our lives that no longer serves us to clear space for what’s next.
Additionally, the last Mercury in Retrograde of the year will happen on October 24 to November 13, 2026
Mercury in Retrograde aka The Twilight Zone is a good time to look into the rearview mirror, and take a closer look at what issues we may not have resolved in the past yet.
Speaking of reviewing rewiring revolutionary energies, it’s always a good idea to check your own inner state of consciousness as you navigate life’s everyday aches, pains, pleasures, situations and moments. Remember that you can’t feel good when you’re feeling bad about feeling bad!
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.
The Samhain will happen on October 31 to November 1, along with other thinning of the veils energies falling on All Saints’ Day on the 1st, and All Souls’ Day & The Day of the Dead on November 2nd.
This is a powerful time to honor our ancestors who have passed on and tune into the spirited energies that will be more perceptible during this time where the boundary between the spirit & material realm becomes less concrete and more permeable.
Meditation on the medicinal energies of Bat can awaken transformation through the dark cave of death of the old self, and resurrect the process of rebirth into who you are becoming.
What messages does spirit have to say to you about this?
Keep in mind that playing around with wearing masks can stimulate movement through portals into consciousness, and awaken sacred connections with animal spirit guides like Bat.
Are you aware that a growing body of brain science has consistently shown that brainwaves do change during this extra or non-ordinary states of consciousness?
People who become consistent meditators often learn how to 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.
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, one foot in ground.
Our ancestors honored the thinning of the veils; where the lines between the spirit & material realm can be perceived as thinner. That’s why it can be harder to differentiate between the 3-D & spiritual realms during this season.
Costumes, including masks are traditionally worn during the thinning of the veils period. From a consciousness perspective, wearing masks can awaken shapeshifting, transformation, and portals into other alternate or imaginative realms.
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 extraordinary, non-localized and linear free states of consciousness.
May All Beings Be Free Of Suffering and Awaken To Planetary & Universal Peace,
Ari
Falling Away From Entrapment, Warding Off Negative Energies With Turkey’s Spirited Guidance & Leaving It To A Full Beaver Moon In November
Transformation Within During The Process Of Letting Go Without Revisited – Classroom Mothership Earth
A Podcast Version Of An Article Written By The Author.
October ends with the modern holiday of Halloween, which traces its roots to the Samhain. The Samhain marks the approximate mid-point between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice. Our days are getting darker and we are turning more yin-ward. Our ancestors honored this spirited time by recognizing the “thinning of the veils” between the physical and spirit realms. As such, it is an especially good time to connect with our loved ones that have passed on into the spirit realm. There is so much help in the spirit realm if only we ask. Keep a picture or memorable item of power that reminds you of your beloved on an alter and meditate on that to connect with their energy.
In the beginning of November, we welcome the traditional All Saints Day, All Souls Day and the Day of the Dead and a Scorpio New Moon on the Fourth. Even today, mask wearing remains a powerful spiritual practice that invokes portals into other dimensions and alternate realities, and can also be a good exercise in empathy through perception of other viewpoints.
A Beaver Full Moon rises on Friday, November 19th, 2021. Our ancestors honored this Full Moon by recognizing this time when beavers finished their winter preparations and took shelter into their lodges. Civil Rights calendar highlights include National Native American Heritage Month, Solidarity Week, Diwali, Transgender Day of Remembrance on the 20th, Thanksgiving, and the beginning of Hanukkah at the tail end of the month. Reflect on how we are all equally part of oneness and yet we are diverse expressions of Spirit. Also, the winds of a powerful astrological Eclipse season are blowing in, which will trigger the status quo and further rattle the cages of our global community. Specifically, there will be a Lunar Eclipse on the Full Moon this month and a Solar Eclipse on the New Moon on December 4th. Keep in mind that the Universal Pillars of Love and Truth are what really hold things together, not the ego made structures that appear to run the show. The shake ups are meant to move us into alignment with that. Remember that what we resist will only persist and lead to more pronounced suffering. Might as well say yes to the present moment and be mindful of the home of your breath.
Artwork by Barbara Merlotti
A Full Beaver Moon awakens an attitude of gratitude for shared blessings.
Picture a Turkey to give you the spiritual power you need to
ward off any negative energies that want to suck off your aura.
As you wake up your Third Eye,
you become a more powerful spiritual watcher in your day-to-day operations.
Remember to think in moments, and just be with them,
one breath, one step, one moment at a time.
The time is now for feasting on an attitude of gratitude
Be thankful for everything that comes your way, even if it
doesn’t feather your ripple!
Don’t let that bum vibe hold back your spirit.
Picture a Turkey to fluff your energy field.
Are you feeling thankful for your blessings?
Or are you focusing on what you do not have, but wish that you did?
Turkey guides us into the shared space of gratitude and infinite blessings –
Even if they are notorious for stealing their fellow nervous woodland creature
squirrel friend’s winter stockpiles of food storage . . .
In this way, Nature holds up a mirror to look at the power of leveling impulses.
Let us give back to our Mother Earth –
As a way of saying thank you for the abundance She has provided us.
Picture a Turkey to ward off any negative energies that might be
sucking on your energy field and leaving you feeling drained.
A Full Beaver Moon reminds us of a time when peak beaver activity
inspired our ancestors to set traps before swamps froze.
We all need enough fur to keep our bodies warm to survive the cold winter months.
In that industry, Turkey helps our souls warm up to the idea of
feeding ourselves a clean spiritual diet.
We are waking up to the birth of a New Age and Paradigm.
We are lifting the veil from our Third Eye that has been
sleeping in a hypnotic trance for a long time.
A critical mass of feminine energy is gaining power in numbers . . .
Trying to put the brakes on this yin bound train will only delay our gratification –
Met with predictive futile resistance
Equal access to resources is an unfolding convergence of harmony again –
Of sustainable living for our planetary consciousness and beyond.
Commentary:
Imagine all of us sharing our resources and gaining equal access to the greater good. We know that we have been well-trained to divide and conquer and view ourselves as separate from one another. In that, we have become good at making judgements about each other as being either superior or inferior by sizing one another up. But in today’s tumultuous times, we have been given a clear view of perspective taking. A culture of egalitarianism is being born, albeit not without the labor pains. While the pain is inevitable, suffering is a choice. The freedom to choose whether or not we will continue to suffer is a powerful choice. Waking up to finding a way out of the suffering is in our best interest as a collective consciousness. Abundance is a real possibility. We will know when a critical mass is here when enough of us choose to believe it and see the change reflected in a New World as it is revealed before our eyes. May any benefit from this practice help relieve my own suffering. As well as the suffering of all beings. Today my body, mind, emotions, my speech actions and deeds, will embody Loving Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity. May all Beings Be Free!
Take care of yourselves everyone,
Ari
Feathering Our Mystical Ripple with the Mindful Eyes of Turkey’s Energetic Vibrations
Artwork Created by Aunt Barbara Merlotti
A Full Blue Moon is happening on the Samhain, aka Halloween.
Our ancestors payed special attention to this time of year because they perceived that the veils are thinner between the spirit/material realms.
All Souls Day, on November 2nd, further reflects ancestral celebrations that honor those that have left their bodies, but live on with us in spirit.
It is tragic to see how many friendships, and family relationships have died due to opposing political views that are culturally dividing friends, and family members.
Is this an invitation to heal whatever polarity that might be living within you to reconcile those diametrical oppositions, and make friends with those differences on the inside?
Could this lead the way into a dimension of digging up, and then reexamining any buried relationships?
In my civil rights work with students, and as a social worker in public schools, it is always challenging to find ways to discuss our diversity in ways that are done respectfully.
But it is a good communicative skill that we need to breathe more life into our planet today.
It is an interesting synchronicity that Mercury goes back direct on Tuesday, November 3rd, the same day as the official Election Day.
When Mercury is in Retrograde, life can feel like living in the Twilight Zone, where non-localized/non-linear realities are more real, and logical/rational thought/machines systems tend to break down, and become more disrupted.
If you are more of a left-brained thinker, who finds security in the creature comforts of concrete thought forms, then you might need to work harder at letting go, and surrendering to these energetic shifts right now.
Tis the season to get in touch with your feminine side, turn inward, and go into deeper meditations/dreaming.
It’s hard not to see the Presidential Election process being without more ugliness, and controversy.
It could take a while before the results are conclusive.
But then again, if enough of us get out to vote, any cheating or attempts at rigging or buying the election are trumped by we the people.
Those statistics fall apart when enough of us stop our silence, and exercise our right to vote.
Regardless of outcome, try not to predicate your relationship with happiness or suffering with which side wins the election, or dominates the Supreme Court.
What really matters is that we focus on finding inner peace on the inside, and become the change that we want to see in the world.
Giving up your power to the circumstances of life, as much of an armageddon as it appears to you, is a sure fire recipe for more inner misery, and turmoil.
Like Einstein said, insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.
There is a great awakening, and freedom in the surrendering to the heart space of Love, and head space of Truth.
A New Moon on November 15th awakens new beginnings, while a Full Beaver Moon on November 30th reminds us to set traps before a long wintry freeze.
Beavers are doers, and know how to get things done.
They also know how to build multiple exit strategies when it is time to leave the security of their old comfort zones.
Are you building new neuronal pathways inside yourself so that you can expand beyond your familar dams of consciousness?
Rituals can be a form of wellness.
But rigid aderance to them can dim the soul, and cramp the brain.
November is historically the gloomiest month of the year in Maine, as the days are getting shorter till the dark climaxes on the Winter Solstice on December 21st.
We will be at the tailend of 2020 by then.
Take a look back at how much the old world has changed over the past years, and this year especially.
Will there be a peaceful transition into a New Aquarian Age with a new administration?
Regardless of what side wins, it is time to let go of an old age that rewards/punishes winners/losers.
It is time to say goodbye to the dying ways of us/them segregations.
Instead of you’re this, you’re that, we are the fountain that springs from Source.
We are an interconnected diversity within unity.
November is a good reminder that everyday can be a true thanksgiving with an attitude of gratitude, and yield a peaceful harvest within.
It is within our DNA, and spiritual powers to ward off negative chi that wants to suck off of our energy fields.
Meditation on Turkey can satiate your spiritual appetite by fortifying your energy field with a hearty meal of energetic protection.
Gently allow Turkey’s shared blessings to feather away an unwanted ripple effect of dark energies that want to feed off of the amazingly powerful life force that lives within you.
Give this form of self care to yourself.
Till we tweet again peeps,
Ari
