Saturday, April 4: Total Lunar Eclipse @ 4:54 am PDT ~ Libra Full Moon @ 5:07 am PDT
I am beyond grateful for all of the teachings that have been passed my way. As a Gemini, I crave learning. I love it, love reading, writing, questioning, musing. And though my dualistic mind likes to twist and turn and figure it all out and then change it up again, I cannot dispute that when it comes down to it, everything comes back to letting go into love.
Maybe it is not phrased exactly that way. But as I look at the lineages of yoga, shamanism and earth-based religion and cosmology, there does seem to be a integrating thread that says “yes, we suffer, yes, we change, yes, there is loss and death and lessons but there is also love. There is also peace. There is also joy. And we only appreciate these things because of the other stuff. ” Again, I am summarizing. But I feel like this is the message I get out of the occasional sermon I catch or blurb I read from other spiritual paths, too. Yup, there are some hard knocks but there are a lot of sweet touches, too.
As we move into the finale of the current eclipse cycle and begin to absorb and process the solar eclipse from this month’s equinox/new moon, we enter the sign of Libra. She is ruled by Venus, Goddess of love, beauty, harmony and relationship. She is symbolized as the scales and is a seeker of balance. I carry Libra as my rising sign and as I grow into my ascendant (or try to) I feel the two faces of Gemini soften into one wise, lovely and compassionate gaze. This, to me, is Libra. Sure, she has some people pleasing issues and trouble maintaining her autonomy from time to time. She can get a little caught up in making sure everyone has the same and everything is aligned and appropriate, but when she rises in the total lunar eclipse of this full moon, the same weekend as numerous religious holy days, I see her as the spirit of love.
Love is patient, love is kind, love also hurts and can be pretty darn confusing and overwhelming. But love is what takes us out of the head and into the heart. As she is an air sign, the tendency right now as we sense all this energy moving towards release, (total lunar eclipses signify big endings) that air gets stuck in the head, trying to figure it out, hold on, breeding anxiety, confusion, fear, anger; but when we start to take a deep breath, and then another, and another, we move this air energy into the heart, where it really is happiest, and we find it possible to expand. We find it possible to deepen, to slow down, to feel fully and to let go.
There is so much good astrological info on the Internet right now about this full moon alignment that goes into so much more of the energy and possibility, but this Vata deranged Yogini is trying to keep it simple today, and when I hear the Goddess tell me to breathe, let go and just love, I’ve got to say “yes, ma’am.” And I hope you will, too.
Sending prayers and blessings of beauty, harmony, abundance, compassion, peace and LOVE to you all,
Bekah
Bekah Finch Turner is a yoga teacher, shamanic practitioner and moon devotee. For more information on her work and writing please visit www.sacredwayyoga.com.
