September Blood Moon Rituals

Dealing with endings & new beginnings gracefully

I woke up this morning and practised some breathing techniques; that was followed by a beautiful guided meditation centred around the September blood moon lunar eclipse in Pisces that is taking place today. Some of the themes for this blood moon and lunar eclipse are: ending karmic cycles, shadow work, learning to let go with compassion, acceptance, transformation, and regeneration.

The Lionsgate portal began an introspective journey I had unconsciously set up for myself months before, years, actually. And the cycle of eclipses this month is continuing this process of cleansing myself from patterns I was not ready to acknowledge and release until now. At the beginning of the year, a friend of mine who is a fellow Aries sent me an astrological reading by an astrologer she listens to. My friend was excited to share it with me because, in the video, the woman announces that 2025 is the year for Aries, that we are finally breaking through and breaking free. Up until then, I only had a slight interest in astrology as a tool to support my inner guidance and my endless soul-searching journey. I had some knowledge of it, but only to the extent of knowing my sun and rising signs and how those shape my personality somewhat. I listened to the entire reading because of my mentioned interest and because I thought it was very sweet of my friend to think of me. Also, the astrologer was very good, and although I also took it with a pinch of salt, because this was a general reading, it did resonate and spark something in me. I didn't know that my friend's message would mark the beginning of an exploration – and education – of the world of astrology, my chart, and the influence of the planets on my life.

I've always felt strongly influenced by the cycles of the moon and the sun, as well as a deep fascination with them, so the idea of being impacted by other parts of the sky made sense to me. I've learned so much about myself in the last 8 months, and I realised how much my emotions and life cycles have coincided with the movements and shifts in planets – not only this year, but throughout my life. For someone who enjoys the unknown, it has been quite scary to realise how much the mystic sky dictates who I am at my core and my path in life. I generated my chart last month, and wow! My mind is blown. I always knew that life has very much to do with the cards that one is given from the beginning, I just didn't know that those cards are courtesy of the sky we are born under. The reassuring thing is that, even though a lot is written in the sky, life is also about what we do with those cards. I won't go too much into details, but I found out that I have Pluto in my first house, and it explained so much: the themes of death (death of people around me from an early age) and rebirth (the resilience that came from dealing with death) throughout my entire life, the fascination with my dark/shadow side and the desire to learn from it, and this path of self-knowledge I embraced from very early on in life.

When I came back from Portugal at the end of July, I was called to spend a lot of time alone, focusing on self-care practices (more so than usual). I've been looking at myself with new eyes, or maybe with eyes fully open, or without rose-tinted glasses. And despite the discomfort that comes with doing so, it has also been the most liberating experience I have put myself through. In this morning's meditation, we were invited to visualise ourselves walking down a path leading to the temple of Pisces; there, we were to let the karmic cycle(s) we are supposed to end show themselves to us. Visualisation doesn't always come easily to me during guided meditation, so I wasn't expecting anything. I actually didn't think anything would show up, but I let myself soften into the moment and the guidance anyway, and, to my surprise, I clearly saw myself walk down that path, enter the temple, and someone I was not expecting to show up showed up. And I cried, tears from a grief I thought I had already dealt with many, many moons ago. But some wounds run deep and leave marks on the soul that shape us long after. This meditation was wonderful, I got up from it feeling light-hearted and thankful.

I am fasting today to mark this magical lunar event. I also plan to write some things I want to let go of, some things I want to make room for in myself, and things I want to move forward with in my body, heart, and soul on the heels of this eclipse. This year, I have learned that eclipses impact our lives not just on the day of, but they unfold and ripple for up to 6 months after the actual event, and can sometimes be felt weeks before they occur.

I feel that the whole of 2025 has been about endings and beginnings for me, not only with my path in life, my relationship with myself and with others, but also where I am at this point in my life as a woman. Interestingly, it has been almost 6 months since my last period. If it keeps up, this blood moon could mark the halfway point to menopause. That is kinda insane_, we'll see. I've been feeling really peaceful and more or less free of perimenopausal symptoms. I'm ready, I hope it is the case; I'm ready to say goodbye to that old me and welcome this new phase of life. Whereas, there was still a part of me hanging on (which is a normal phase of any transition) to that part of my life in the last couple of years – wanting to restore the 28-day cycle I was used to all my life – these past few months I have softened into the fact that I am entering a different time in my feminine journey and that my periods are now ending, and I cannot go against that. Instead of "fixing" my changing menstrual cycle, I just go with the flow (or lack thereof, lol) and learn to say goodbye and age gracefully. Endings do not necessarily mean that something is gone forever; it is simply an ending to begin again more beautifully, mindfully.

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