The Lunar Eclipse...

I got up early today so that I could see it.  I don’t know exactly why but it felt important.  The moon always affects me.  Sometimes in good ways, sometimes it just wakes me up and kind of holds me in some sort of suspended animation.  I can’t count the numbers of times I wake up from a deep sleep on a full moon and just feel it.  I can’t explain it.  I just feel its pull.

This morning’s eclipse was the blood moon and the moon was eerily red.  It was like being on another planet.  I was surprised at how bright all the stars felt, but I guess as the moon was eclipsed by the earth, everything around it shown brighter.

According to astrological charts, this eclipse and full moon signal the end of an 18 month cycle of perfectionism, self-criticism, and work-life balance.  And I feel this.  Deeply.  This lunar eclipse energy favors letting go of unhealthy routines, overextending oneself, and overthinking, demanding a shift toward self-care and surrendering to divine timing.  And I feel this too.  This has been the last year of my life for sure.

Since it is occurring in Virgo, it pushes for practical, actionable changes, making it an ideal time to organize your life, address health issues, and re-evaluate work dynamics.  Um, yep, it would appear that I am right on track for this...work/life balance?  Yep, I am in the throws of that as we speak.  And it would seem a good time to use this high-stakes, emotional period to close old chapters and step into a more authentic, aligned version.  Check, check, checkity, check!

I am not sure what I feel has anything to do with the lunar eclipse but I can tell you all the stuff being written about what the energy of this time means, lands with me.  I am not a big astrology person, but I am not not a believer either.  I like the idea that there are forces at work that support our consciousness on a level that we can barely perceive.  And right now, everything that is changing and flowing feels like exactly what I am experiencing.   And that feels hopeful and helpful to me.

My experience is my experience.  I am moving forward and living my life according to some universal action.  My job is to tap into it and seek guidance.  And having been on this path for the last almost 31 years, I can tell you that there are times where I feel God’s hand deeply guiding my life and then there are other times where I do not.  Now is one of those times.  I would not choose all the stuff that has gone down the last few months, but they happened regardless.  And I have felt the entire time, that they are happening for me, not to me.  I can see how all of the things that happened, occurred to allow me to get to this place I am now, where I am embracing my life and its new direction...

The lunar eclipse was cool this morning.  I didn’t feel tractor beamed pulled towards it, more like some sort of celestial voyeur.  My job was to watch and allow myself to be altered and moved by the moon’s blood red glow and shadowed side.  I don’t know what it will mean for the future, but today, I am glad that I took the opportunity to get my ass out of bed and witness the show.

And like all things I put myself in the way of, I am better for the experience.  There is always something magical that happens for me when I take the time to gaze heavenward.  That thin filament that feels almost as delicate and as strong as a spider’s web connecting me to some long lost origin point that I cannot really fathom with the brain I have today.  I can only feel the connection.  My experience of it is one of feeling, something much more base level than my thinking mind can conjure.  And today, starting off with feeling, feels good.  A break for my overworked and tired mind.  Today started with a resting of my consciousness in alignment with the divine energy I could feel in my soul.

Again, still...