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
