Total Eclipse of the Flower Moon (and the word that makes all the difference)
May 15-16, 2022:
Flower Moon, Full Moon in Scorpio, Lunar Eclipse, AND Mercury Retrograde.
I don’t know about you, but I’m still reeling in the aftermath of this intense cosmic event!
Sometimes it feels like I’m trying to move through molasses, mentally and physically. Sometimes I feel stuck in slow motion, while everything around me is still lightning-fast. Sometimes all the ideas in my brain are swirling around like murky water, but I can’t seem to see any of them with clarity (as a maker, musician, artist, and teacher, I find this last point particularly frustrating).
Full moons are about release.
Eclipses bring about rapid shifts and realizations and transformation.
Mercury retrograde is a period of reviewing and revisiting.
To me, this information almost reads like a recipe, and it allows me to look at this time through the lens of Blessings, not Bad luck.
Here’s what I’ve learned about moving through these days after the eclipse:
One word:
GRACE.
Grace to myself, first and foremost.
2. Grace to others.
Knowing that this season will pass - that’s the beauty of seasons, after all. Learning to listen to that wild and inner knowing of when to let something live or die. Everything has its season.
Knowing that I will inevitably have intruding thoughts, doubts, and judgments, against myself and others. Knowing that this is absolutely natural. Learning to stop fearing my own brilliance and power, and fearing others seeing or experiencing it.
Releasing my attachments to how I think people or situations “should” be. My perception of reality is just that: MY perception. If I become so tightly wound and bound to my attachments, I will suffer even more. I have to remember to breathe through the moments of frustration, the moments of getting lost in the past, or worrying about the future, and always bring myself back to the here and now.
In this moment, I have and am all that I need.
What have been your observations during this time?
What experiences have you had?
What are you learning to let go of?
Comments are so very welcome! <3
Shine on, lovelights!