The light is changing, the days are shorter. It's a time to go inward. It's a time to get quiet. And it's also a time for two eclipses.
Saturday October 14 ~10:55am Pacific
The new moon arrives this Saturday in the U.S. It arrives with a total solar eclipse, which a lot of folks will be able to see. I'll see a sliver, I heard.
I wonder what people or animals thought when they first saw the sun darken. I wonder if they thought it was the end of all things. And in that ending, what would I think? What thoughts would be first to my head?
That's my question right now: what is really that important?
Measuring Heartbreaks
I don't have enough knowledge to comment on some of the current affairs of the day, but it is heartbreaking. And heartbreak is happening all the time, all over the world, in noticeable and invisible ways.
Heartbreak is not measured by its ability to make the front page. It is measured by the ache a person has to carry when everyone else goes to bed. When they are alone with their thoughts.
What has happened?
Why?
What do I do now? What can I do now?
I once was asked about the motivation or the influence for my witchcraft these days. I immediately answered: heartbreak.
It's not that I turn to magick for healing or comfort, though it has offered me that. I turn to my godds because they don't look away when I am shattered. I turn to my practices because they are not what fixes me, but what holds me.
And I return to the question: what is really important?
How can I make space for that?
How can I let go of stories, patterns, and habits that take up too much space?
How can I coax new stories, new patterns, and new habits into the spaciousness of my own intentionality?
How can I breathe into the blessings of destruction and rebirth?
How can I see shadow as (only) a brief covering of something that always shines?
The sun doesn't go away. The moon doesn't disappear. It's just about perspective and position. It's just about what gets in the way and shows us something different.
All that said, I think this is a time of reflection versus action. A time for watching the patterns and stories that arise, noting them and thanking them for how they attempt to protect us.
And in a few days, maybe then start to think about what you want to change - and how.
Another eclipse arrives on October 28 to seal the deal, perhaps. Or maybe to make sure you're on the path you want to be on.
And maybe you aren't. Maybe you don't want to be yet.
It's okay. The sky will keep moving.
And so will you.
I believe in you.
In love and magick,
Irisanya
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This is part of my Heart Magick newsletter that arrives before every New Moon. You can sign up for that newsletter here: www.irisanyamoon.com
Very insightful as always. Love it. Thanks.