Blessings to you for Solar Samhain on Monday November 7th at 2:45pm PST and the Taurus Blood Moon on Tuesday, November 8th at 3:02am PST with the Total Lunar Eclipse at 2:59am PST.
As we complete the Samhain portal to initiate a new wheel of the year, this is a powerful time for prayer, forgiveness, celebration, self-love, sensuality and grounded connection.
This Venus ruled Taurus moon activates our earthy, sensual nature. With the total lunar eclipse happening, you will be supported through this great transition by giving yourself exquisite self-care, honouring your feelings and body temple, and connecting with our Mother Earth.
The Taurus Blood Moon will eclipse the light of the Scorpio Sun to reveal our deepest feelings and sacred desires related to pleasure, connection, and freedom within the body. It can bring up where you limit these essential parts of your life so you can reflect on making new choices for your life that support your Liberation and Empowerment.
You may feel an urge to sing and dance to release or rejoice, or both. You may feel the urge make love or to sob, or both. Whatever your truth is, express your feelings with your body. When you allow your feelings to flow through you, you can activate healing and transformation within.
During this time of Solar Samhain and the the total lunar eclipse, allow for any sadness, grief, anger, or fear to have their holy moment of being acknowledged and felt. Any distorted beliefs that have been leading your life can be revealed and dissolved. Honour and thank them for how they have served you and with power of your choice, let them go!
On the other side of the shadow is liberation! Through this deep excavation of your being, you are creating space for a potent rebirth of love and true mastery for your life and for the benefit All.
Remember, this eclipse is conjunct with Uranus, the planet of great and sudden changes. It is also connected to the North node of Destiny and Karma. It initiates momentum to the direction of where you are headed. Through the eclipsing of shadow and light, know that you are supported and blessed.
Shaman's Moon Attributes:
Tarot: Death
Herbs: Grains of Paradise, Verbena, Borage, Blessed Thistle
Colors: Black, Orange, Red, Sea-Green
Stones: Topaz, Hyacinth, Lapis Lazuli, Rose Quartz
Animals: Crocodile, Owl, Goose
Goddesses: Cerridwen, Mawu, Hecate
Medicine: Honoring our ancestors; Releasing the past; Transformation; Gratitude; Reflecting on the lessons of the past year; Shadow work
Solar Samhain & Full Moon Eclipse Rituals
Eclipsing Earth Connection: Stand or walk on the earth with bare feet. Imagine roots growing down from your feet and/or your womb space to the womb of Mother Gaia. Feel this as an anchoring pillar of light connecting you to the Earth and welcome in the magick of the Moon descending down from above moving through you, as you continue to send the energy deep into the earth to ground you, release stagnant or pent up emotional energy and have you feeling supported and nourished for rebirth.
Take Off The Mask: Feel into any ways that you may be inauthentic with yourself and any masks that you may be wearing that aren't serving the essence of who you are. Draw or paint these out or write them down and then lay to rest any of the false faces that you may be wearing. In this way, the more you peel away the masks that aren't you, the more you can rise into the truth of who you are, right now, and emerge more fully as your radiant self.
Honour Your Ancestors: Write down all the things you are grateful for about your lineage. The gifts you have received. The lessons you have learned. Perhaps you may wish to create an altar for your ancestors. In your unique way, create the space to offer gratitude to those that came before you and acknowledge them for the wisdom that now flows through you. They love it if you make something delicious and offer it to them!
Fire Release Ritual: You may also wish to connect with the parts of your lineage that may be less than joy filled. If you desire, you can get in touch with the part of you that feels feels angry, sad, frustrated and confused about what your blood line or lineage has passed down to you and offer this into the fires of transmutation (by literally building a fire or safely using a candle). You can write these down or say them out loud, or both. Then, move your body and make any desired sounds to finalize the release. When complete, you can offer any authentic words of forgiveness, empathy and realizations.
Empty The Mind. Feel Into Your Dreams: Give yourself the gift of moving from your head to your heart. It's an auspicious time to FEEL your dreams. Your goals. Your desires. Scorpio is all about feeling. Bring any visuals or ideas about what you'd like to experience for your life into the visceral experience of your body. In this way, you are sending out messages to the universe to magnify these experiences into your life. Take some time to literally experience how your desires and dreams FEEL in your body. This is truly the magick of creating your life.
Dream Illumination & Sacred Release Journal: What dreams is your soul illuminating for you at this time? What sacred desires are being called into the light? What visions do you have for yourself? How can you clarify and amplify your dreams? Why are they meaningful and full of purpose? What is between you and your dreams? What is stopping you from living them (focusing on your own patterns, thought forms, behaviors, beliefs)? Burn this paper now for sacred release in a fire or with candles outside in the full moon light. Dance / speak/ move/ sound it out. After the moon has eclipsed (and you feel more space within you), write down and speak aloud how you now choose to commit and devote yourself to your dreams. How you can take action, receive support and rest into the divine timing of these dreams.
Burn it: Write a list of the thoughts that are happening inside your head that you are ready to shift. Beliefs, stories, habits, all that you wish to leave behind while we are in the Dark time of the year, illuminated by the full moon. What are you letting go of? Free it up. Give it voice. Let it out. Let it go and burn it (safely) with a candle or campfire or fireplace. Then proceed to ritual below.
Heart Share: Write a letter, make a phone call or speak with a person you need to communicate with for any completions. Express your truth with heart and sincerity.
Important Gemstone Reminder: This is NOT a time to place your gemstones or jewels out in the lunar eclipse. Save this for the next full moon.
Solar Samhain & Full Moon Eclipse Blessings to you!
Love, Achintya
*Included references for Moon Attributes: Moon Magick by DJ Conway
