Full Moon in Aries

Saturday, September 26 @ 10:49 (MTN)

Happy Full Moon!

It’s officially autumn, the season of transition. It is the time of abundance and impermanence. Autumn is when we start to slow down; the days get shorter and the nights get longer. We start to cozy in, nesting in our homes. It’s a time of reflecting on what is important and what we wish to spend our time on.

Full Moons are periods of illumination in our life. The moon shines bright and full as she helps us release what no longer serves. This is a time of closing doors so that new ones can open. Without constant change and introspection, we would never evolve. Humans are meant to expand and contract as we move about life. Remember: there is beauty in letting go. The more space we create, the more that can enter our sphere.

It’s officially Libra season, the season of balance. Ruled by Venus, this season is all about harmony, beauty, and relationships. Libra asks us to reevaluate the love in our life and where we can add more. (hint, hint: there is always more room for love). An airy sign represented by the scales, it asks us to take stock on our life and see what is in balance and what has fallen out during the go-go-go months of summer.

This full moon in Aries invites us to look at our relationships in our life. This means all relationships - romantic, friendships, familial, work related. What is in balance? What feels like an equal give and take? Remember, this does not mean that it has to be a purely reciprocal relationship. It means that we need to evaluate if we are giving in our relationships to those who only take or drain us, as well as if we are only taking from those who are close to us.

Make sure that the way you are showing up in relationships is how you would want others to show up for you. Are we making ourselves smaller in certain relationships to keep the peace? Are we allowing our own needs to be swept to the side for the sake of others? Are we giving to those who do not care? Are we mainly taking without giving?

Aries is a sign all about beginning and leading. Take charge in your life, in your relationships and connections. Be the leader of your own life (spoiler alert: you are the leader). Libra season asks us to find out what is out of balance, and Aries invites us to be strong enough to make the changes that we need in order to continue moving forward.

During this time, keep track of the interactions in your life. Note what gives you energy. Note what only takes. Note how you spend your time and how that makes you feel. Be observant as you slow down in your day-to-day. Now is the time for more stillness, more rest, more beauty in the slowness. Libra season is all about beauty. Consider how you can add more beauty in everything that you do. Consider how it would feel if you saw all the beauty that surrounds you. Abundance is everywhere.

It’s important to reflect on our relationships and energy. Life moves fast. If it is time to share an inner truth with someone close to us, it can only open more doors. The truth will set you free. Sharing our inner truth will either make a relationship stronger or close that door if not received well. Both ways open more doors. If it is time to end a relationship, know that the doors will open from that. It might be time to stop playing small. Stepping into your power allows more doors to open.

Slow down during this time. Move as if you are surrounded by sweet syrup and deliciously stretch in the morning. Allow yourself more a few more minutes at the beginning of your day so that you truly can slow down. Read in your warm bed. Slip on cozy slippers and marvel at how comfy they are. Close your eyes and enjoy the sensation of washing your face and putting on moisturizer. Romanticize your day. Notice abundance. Practice noticing all around you. Marvel at the magic that surrounds us in the transition of seasons.

ALIGNED ACTION

Make an audit of the closest relationships in your life. It’s important to keep track of how your energy feels when you spend time with certain people. Make a list of the 5-10 closest people in your life and how your relationships are with them. Feel free to customize this in whatever way it feels good. Write down ways you feel abundant and ways you feel small. Consider the aspects of your relationships and if there’s anything that you wish that you could change or shift. Relationships are all about balance - it is normal for them to fall out of balance at times. This is okay. What can you do to bring them back into balance? Take notes of adjustments or conversations that you could have with your loved ones. Check in with yourself and if you are showing up the ways that you want to. Doing the hard thing is difficult but always worth it. Practice your communication with your loved ones (and yourself). See how the love grows even more from this.

JOURNAL QUESTIONS

What area of my life feels the most balanced?

What is currently out of balance?

What door do you feel ready to close in your life? What doors do you think will open because of this?

as always, thank you for being here - and thank you to the Moon for always guiding us.

all the love,

markie