The Virgo Full Moon is exact on Friday, March 18th at 12:17 am PDT / 3:17 am EDT and it is a Worm Moon.
We are in the transition phase on the Wheel of the Year from one season towards another. If you are in the northern hemisphere, what do you take with you from winter's wisdom into spring? What do you leave behind? If you are in the southern hemisphere, what do you take with you from summer's joy into autumn? What do you leave behind?
This Full Moon in Virgo assists in releasing what no longer serves you and can align you with the Priestess and Medicine Woman within, as Virgo is the Divine Feminine and the 'Virgin'. In this Full Moon, we are called again to illuminate Self Sovereignty.
The word 'virgin' is derived from Virgo and originally meant 'whole unto oneself, a free woman - independent, autonomous, untied.'
What does it mean to be sovereign unto oneself?
What does it feel like to be in our full power?
At this Full Moon, we are asked to explore with a mystical lens (Pisces Sun) the ways in which we give our power away and how we can reclaim it. The moon reflects to us the importance of activating our inner discernment, wisdom, and intuition to ground our visions and dreams to Earth. This is energy of embodying your Wise Woman / Sage / Priestess Self.
As Virgo is ruled by Mercury, you have a profound invitation and opportunity to reclaim your Sovereign Power by speaking your Truth, communicating the unspoken, listening to the voice of your dreams, and following your soul calling. With the energy of the Priestess illuminated within you, deep truths can be revealed to speak what is alive and necessary. Once you speak your truth, you free yourself!
This Full Moon is a powerful Threshold moment. You are standing at the crossroads about to step into something new and/or that has been a dream that can now become a reality. Something in your life is asking you to make a commitment that seems edgy or exciting or real or scary. You have the invitation to walk through this Threshold and expand into your Diamond brilliance by taking responsibility for your actions, thoughts, and Divine mission. At this time, you are being summoned to live as a Priestess.
Step forth, Dear One, to ask for what you need, express your heart with authenticity, and celebrate the power of your emotions, wisdom, value and intuition. Now is the time to create and design your human experience from a grounded place of focused intention, service and beauty woven with mystery, the non-linear, and the magical. There is great insight and healing when we pay attention to both our dreams and the signs right in front of us!
This is our Moon Medicine.
MOON RITUAL SUGGESTIONS
Embrace The Heart: This can be a very intense part of the lunar cycle. Be patient with all the emotions you are feeling at this time. Breathe into them. Give them a safe resting place and a healthy funnel of expression. Be gentle with yourself.
Seva: Practice selfless service by doing something for someone else (maybe even a stranger) that would brighten their day.
Express Yourself: Whether through voice or movement, sing, speak and move from a place of your authentic heart to engage with the current expression of your own body & soul.
Gratitude: Now is a beautiful time to reach out and share with others what you are most grateful for about them. Gratitude can also be expressed to oneself and to the Great Mystery with reverence for all our blessings at this time.
Intentional Design: Take the reins of your schedule and create some order. Design or arrange your home space to represent your essence.
Moon Prayers: With the full moon light, write down or speak your prayers for yourself, loved ones and the planet. The full radiant moon amplifies your word.
Moon Priestess: Make time for quiet and stillness as the moon rises. Meditate in the full moon light and open yourself to receive intuitive guidance and support.
Reclaiming Sovereignty: In your journal, write down all the ways that you are currently blaming outside circumstances or people for your own discomfort or unhappiness. Take personal accountability by writing down all the choices, attitudes and actions (including non-actions) that are keeping you from living your full potential. Write down all that you are ready to release and all that you are calling forth for your present life to move forward aligned to your heart desires and to get your own needs met. Commit to two action steps to make this real for yourself. Now then, get to it. Welcome to Self Sovereignty.
Speak In First Person: Practice speaking from your own personal experience, beginning with 'I', instead of saying 'you'. Example: Instead of saying, "When you went into the ocean, you could hear the whales," you would say, "When I went into the ocean, I could hear the whales." This draws energy back into yourself, creates more power in your speech and opens clarity in your body intelligence.
Organize & Release To Beautify: Let go of physical objects that are not supporting your joy. Declutter. Clean. Organize your home space (in and out). This moving of energy supports clearing and cleansing on all levels and welcomes the full moon Light to activate you and your loved ones.
Remember: Put out your gem stones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal and activation.
Commune: Gather is an intentional way to share with loved ones. Do any of the above together and create your own. Now is a time to be with the energy of the collective.
Let's activate our Priestessing in the World.
Let's ignite the pathways of Communication through our Heart’s Fires.
Let's come together, Sister to Sister to Sister, joining for sacred Celebration.
With BIG Full Moon Love,
Achintya
Join us in Global Sistershood!
Ostara Spring Equinox Ceremony
Saturday, March 19th
As Earth dances around the Sun, she transforms from birth to death to rebirth, creating the Wheel of The Year. As her daughters, we too, can live and embody the wisdom of this sacred cycle. Cultivating connection with Gaia’s seasonal rhythms offers inspiration, meaningful purpose, relationship to self and others, belonging and stability through change.
In our Ceremony, we will evoke the Astrological, Elemental, Mythological and Archetypal Wisdom of spring equinox and then deepen with an Ostara Invocation and Rite. We will then connect in sisterhood for nourishing reflection and empowerment.Come celebrate in Ceremony and Sisterhood! Ostara is the beginning of the astrological new year with the Sun entering the astrological sign of Aries
Spring Equinox Ceremony Includes
~ Ostara Altar Creation & Spell Guide
~ Live Spring Equinox Ceremony + Replay
~ Ostara Playlist
