"Be gentle with yourself as you uncover your best kept secrets yet to be discovered in stillness, boys, clear water to the bottom, you will do better in the morning.”
— Birdtalker
Happy Friday the 13th everyone. I hope you are having a beautiful October season so far. Tomorrow, visible from Western Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, & the Arctic, we will be able to see an annular solar eclipse! This eclipse happens in the sign of Libra, and on the day of a New moon! I will get more into the meanings of the astrological event and our other topics I will be discussing, including the emotions and feelings of the Lymph system, the importance of self-love and rewriting negative thoughts, and a cord cutting ritual!
But first, in honor of the upcoming eclipse I think it would be fitting to share this short story about Solara & Luna, the celestial bodies of the sun and moon. It goes something like this.
“Since the beginning of time, when looking to the sky, there have been celestial bodies. Large, beautiful, ancient and each holding their own energy that governs the energies of us on Earth. It is said in ancient lore that the Sun God Solara, and the Moon Goddess Luna, were part of the sentient beings in our skies. Solara knew his purpose, he knew he shone light to the other beings and gave the possibility of life to the Earth. The Goddess Luna was soft, and mysterious. She never questioned whether or not she had a purpose and this never bothered her. She was perfectly content watching over the Earth during her orbit. One day, during a full moon, as Solara was just setting over the horizon, he noticed a beautiful glowing Goddess shining brightly in the night sky. He was only able to catch a small glimpse before disappearing for the night, yet he could not stop thinking of her beauty. The aloof and gentle Goddess never questioned where her light came from, yet this night when she noticed the final glimpse of Solara she immediately fell in love with the stranger across the sky.
They kept at it this way, always admiring each other from afar. As they themselves were governed by the laws of the universe that said they would never cross paths. As their everlasting love was growing deeper, they went to the celestial counsel among the stars for help. They were unable to focus on their purpose, as their hearts were full of love and longing. The celestial counsel was very understanding, since one of the laws of the universe is also that of Divine Oneness, and comes from a source of great love. They agreed to Solara and Luna that every now and then they could meet in the sky, during an eclipse. They eagerly agreed to these terms, as meeting each other in the sky for even a brief amount of time was better to them than dancing across the sky far from one another. Now during every eclipse they grow closer and the energy is felt around our universe. We make special plans down on the ground to see this very rare sight, and all other celestial happenings have a duller effect to make room for their remarkable event where they can finally embrace each other.”
With that in perspective, let’s get into the meanings of this Solar Eclipse and New Moon in Libra!
In the past I wrote a newsletter about Libra season, and what energies and attributes it held. I mention in that letter, that Libra is all about balance, and harmony, being represented by the scales and the justice card in tarot. During this whole October season, the veil between the subconscious and the conscious becomes smaller and thinner as we near Samhain where it is at its thinnest. Tomorrow during the Eclipse this veil becomes very thin for a moment during the event, making it a great time to practice any magick, spells, manifestations, or communications to spirit. This is also the time where your shadow self is going to be more prominent. You may experience setbacks, negative emotions towards yourself or others that seem to come from nowhere. You may also feel a change in your energy levels, and whether the change is lower or higher, this is going to bring you motivation to make changes in your everyday life. Whether this is showing up as needing to take control of your physical health, deciding you need more insight on your mental health, or being motivated to make changes to relationships or careers that affect your everyday life.
This Solar Eclipse and New Moon, are also bringing about energies from the past. If you are finding yourself reliving moments, thoughts or emotions that are being triggered from your past, then this is why. Good intentions to set during this event would be, healthier boundaries, alignment to our higher self, balance between your mental, physical and spiritual bodies, and growth in areas you wish to see growth.
Libra is ruled by the planet Venus, so it is also important during this time especially, to practice self care, self-love and compassion. Practicing catching negative behaviors and thoughts and replacing them with positive thoughts and behaviors that will help you align to your best self and your most magickal life, is a great form of long term self care. It’s very important for your physical health to let go of things that are hurting you mentally and emotionally. When you let things build up in your emotions and sit and turn toxic, it has the same effect on your body, especially your Lymph System which is responsible for taking toxins and releasing them from the whole body. The Lymph System is also responsible for processing our emotions. It shows us the importance of letting things go and showing ourselves self-love. I will get more into the Lymph System Emotions in just a moment, because I want to give you a good reference and ideas for reframing negative thoughts that you may be having about yourself or about others or about your past.
One of the best practices I have seen so far in my journey, is replacing the words you have written with the opposites. If you are feeling alone, instead of saying “I am so tired of being alone” you can rewrite the thought with something like “I am ready to feel connected”. Another example, instead of saying to yourself “I am angry with this person because… etc etc” you can say “I choose to forgive this person for etc etc” or “I choose peace by forgiving this person”. Our words can be a great form of releasing, and October is a very important season for releasing, forgiving, letting go and transforming.
Reference guide for other emotions you wish to rewrite:
Alone - Connected
Angry - Forgiving
Anxiety - Trust
Blocked - Open
Broken - Healing
These are just a few examples, but you can use it with any emotion you feel. Look up the opposite word, or just imagine what you want to feel in place of that emotion and use it instead.
There are other items you can use for self-love as well, cacao or rose herbs in your spells or in tea. Rose Quartz can be carried around with you to help invoke self love and compassion, and of course taking some time out from your usual day to day tasks and doing something you enjoy doing.
Self-love is a perfect practice to manifest during the Eclipse as well as with the New moon, since one is about creating your ideal life and the other is about what you can release and manifest for your best life. What a perfect time to utilize the energies to suit your own relationship to yourself!
Lymph System Emotions
(as referenced in Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
by Karol K Truman)
If you currently have any lymph system issues or dis-ease, then consider these emotions as a reason you might be having these struggles. You can also look into finding a massage therapist that specializes in lymph drainage, getting a footzone, yoga practices, or herbal remedies.
Thank you for sticking with me here as we near the end of this week's newsletter. I am so grateful for the platform to be able to share knowledge and healing advice as you take your journey on becoming more connected and magickal. I want to share with you a really fun cord cutting ritual I have been practicing lately. Cord-Cutting Rituals are great for anyone who wants to disconnect from a specific person's energy, wants to cut ties from specific behaviors or patterns, and wishes to be free from anything that may be draining their energy.
What you will need:
2 chime candles of different colors
String
Fire
A safe place to light candles
Optional: Herbs and essential oils for dressing the candles
(Some good options for this are, rose oil, orange oil, rose petals, lavender, or sage)
How to perform the ritual
- Carve into the candle that will be representing you, your name.
- Carve into the candle representing what it is you wish to disconnect from, you can write someone’s name, an emotion, or anything else. With mine, I simply wrote “Shadow emotions”
- If you choose to dress your candles, dress them with oil and roll them in your herbs.
- Set the two candles in a safe place that you will be able to burn them all the way down, and take in consideration the string might make the flames larger.
- Tie the two candles together with string or twine about halfway down the candle
- Make an offering to your higher power that this spell and it’s intentions will be effective and lasting
- Light the candles at the same time, (one after another)
- Watch them burn all the way down, do not leave unattended.
- Make note of any shapes in the wax, or the way the fire burned. Did your flame burn hotter than the other candles or vice versa? Did one of the flames go out? Did it burn really fast or really slow? These are all indications of how the energy between you was and whether or not the letting go was effective.
- Repeat as many times as you wish or as necessary!
Thanks so much for reading along this week! I hope the celestial events find you well and you are able to utilize their energy to your best intentions.
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Good luck, and I will see you next week!
-Ashli