Golden Alexander & Eclipse Season

Golden Alexander — medicinal & edible wildflower native to Appalachia. Eat the flowers as you would broccoli or toss into a salad. Native Americans used the roots to reduce fever & treat wounds.

Been drawn to these gorgeous, golden wildflowers more each year as their bloom marks the arrival of my birth month on the zodiac.

And my, what a month it’s been thus far.

Eclipse & retrograde season has just begun for 2023.

We’ve already experienced a new moon

solar eclipse last month & are now experiencing a full moon lunar eclipse this month amongst Pluto Retrograde. While a solar eclipse opens the portal for new beginnings & change, a lunar eclipse reveals energies that help us complete a journey or shift our course in some way.

Lunar eclipses are also much more emotionally charged compared to a solar eclipse & are more feminine in nature, affecting the emotional body to a greater degree. Scorpio is the most emotionally charged sign of the zodiac, so its full moons are always emotionally intense, creating a push-pull dynamic between radical vulnerability & an inner need to protect ourselves from harm – the kind of harm that comes from being honest & risking rejection or being misunderstood.

But remember that vulnerability is the key to strengthening relationships with people & ourselves. If you want to strengthen meaningful human connections, then embracing yourself & owning your vulnerability is a good place to start as you consider with whom you’re comfortable sharing your raw vulnerabilities & fostering that connection.

Ruled by water & the planet Pluto, Scorpio asks us to confront our deepest emotions while reminding us that we are magicians & healers. We can transform any energy, emotion or behavior. We can turn darkness into light & tension into relaxation. We can heal from the most painful wounds & navigate the most brutal storms, turning these experiences into wisdom.

The key in working with Scorpio energy is a willingness to feel. This eclipse asks us to quiet our logical mind. It reminds us that when we analyze our feelings, we only prolong them. We need to feel to transform & that means slowing down, courageously looking inward, crying, or holding space for any energy to rise from our subconscious.

The energy of the lunar eclipse will affect everyone, and its energy will be intense. There will be no hiding from the vibrations this eclipse will bring everyone in the world. Through its intensity, this eclipse has the power to create any transformation you need in your life right now. It may not feel particularly good at the time it is occurring, but the change it creates ultimately opens the door for your highest energetic potential.

What makes Scorpio’s energy so intense is that it brings us face-to-face with the present moment. It asks us to stop in our tracks, let go of our distractions & confront our inner reality. In the red glow of this lunar eclipse, our facades are stripped away. This energy cuts through any exterior & brings us to the heart of the matter. We cannot lie to ourselves on this eclipse & we cannot be lied to.

It is a time of revelation, when our shadows come out to be seen in the full light of the Moon. Our unprocessed emotions come out to heal, our suppressed memories are triggered to awaken & it is obvious how we project our wounds onto others.

This revelation can cause many emotional reactions & may even make us feel as if we entered a downward spiral of negativity against ourselves. It’s important to know that when shadows are revealed, it’s best to accept them & understand them. It is through love, compassion & acceptance that our shadows come out of the darkness and meet us in the light. This lunar eclipse is a potent time for shadow work & its resulting transformation. It all starts with the willingness to look beneath the surface of your conscious mind & become keenly aware of who you are. Transformation begins with confronting what is occurring right now.

Scorpio points out that what is underneath the surface is still controlling you even if you don’t acknowledge it. We are puppets & our unconscious energies are the strings that pull us.

When you face your deepest fears, triggers, beliefs & conditioned patterns, you cut the strings & therefore free yourself. You take control of your life & your behavior.

Facing the depths of your shadows & revealing the truth of your soul is the work of the Scorpio lunar eclipse. It’s scary, intense & full of raw emotions. It’s also incredibly healing & empowering. This eclipse is here to remind you of your power.

While Scorpio energy can sometimes manifest as dark, obsessive, or spooky, we’ll each be given an opportunity to explore new avenues of the psyche. Intimate exchanges will allow you & your closest allies to understand one another more thoroughly. However, you should remember that trust is established over time, being mindful of revealing only what you’re comfortable with when it comes to budding companionships. You may also find that it’s easier to pick up on the subtle nuances of those around you as your intuition and emotional intelligence heighten. 

Issues that have been brewing throughout the last twelve to eighteen months will come to a head during this astrological event, which could trigger breakups, severed friendships & professional fallouts. You may feel like you’ve lost the will to fight for certain people or situations, though final farewells may still be difficult to process. 

Give yourself plenty of space to sort through your emotions, both good & bad, choosing what you wish to build upon & what you’re finally ready to be liberated from. On the other end of this spectrum, you may want to tread carefully when addressing tense dynamics, as your counterpart may suddenly decide they’ve had enough. 

As we work with the power of Scorpio this eclipse, we also work with the power of Taurus. Scorpio & Taurus stand in opposition in the sky & on the zodiac wheel. While the Moon is in Scorpio, the Sun remains in Taurus. Scorpio & Taurus both want us to become completely absorbed in the present moment. They ask us to set aside our anxiety about the future or pain of the past & just feel the moment. Taurus encourages us to connect with Mother Nature & use our senses to find presence. In contrast, Scorpio asks us to connect with our inner world & release emotional reactions to find presence.

Both of these signs ask us to align with the rhythms of the Universe—Taurus, by connecting with the Earth & Scorpio by connecting with ourselves.

Over this lunar eclipse, we have the opportunity to feel one with everything & know that we are part of the magic in the Universe. We can feel how we are made of the same molecules as the trees, the oceans, the mountains & the stars. We can feel the vastness of life & become inspired by our own power.

While Scorpio & Taurus both connect us to the infinite rhythms of the Universe, they differ in their view of resources. Scorpio focuses on energetic resources, such as the time to transform, space to feel & courage to travel inward. On the other hand, Taurus focuses on tangible assets, like the physical space to feel supported, external comforts to soothe & nourishment for the body. Both of these signs give us tools that help us ground our energy, transform what we need through healing & step into unknown territory. Both want us to feel our power and our oneness with everything in the Universe. They each have a different method for getting us to this place.

This lunar eclipse brings us great opportunities to do shadow work, which helps us understand how we limit ourselves out of fear & insecurity. Our shadow is where we store all of our unprocessed emotions, including those from childhood. It forms the basis of our unconscious reactions. It also represents our deeper wounds that forced us to store emotions that the conscious mind could not understand when they occurred. Our shadow works behind the scenes & often undermines our conscious efforts to manifest our dreams. We can begin to understand our shadows by looking at the lower frequencies of zodiac signs on the eclipse. They can help us understand how we may act on our shadows & bring light to unconscious patterns. Scorpio’s and Taurus’s low sides bring us away from our power & place it outside ourselves. The Scorpio eclipse allows us to look at our shadows around our self-worth, fear, inner reliance & overall power.

In working with this eclipse, ask yourself if you’ve become preoccupied with things outside yourself as a means to distract you from what’s within. Have you looked to others for security instead of owning your power? Have you felt obsessed about resources and untrusting of your ability to create abundance? Furthermore, have you forgotten your connection with the Universe?

As you look at some of these lower aspects of Taurus & Scorpio in yourself, have compassion & courage. Release what you can & know that just becoming aware of these energies is enough to be a catalyst for great transformation.

It all starts with your willingness to look deeply at yourself as you stay grounded in the present moment. Align with the Sun in Taurus to feel held by the Earth as you align with the Moon in Scorpio to feel into the deepest places of your soul. Revel in the journey of learning about yourself & seek your higher power.

Happy Eclipse Season, friends. Trust the divine. Perform the inner work. Ascend your souls.

#spring #ascension