Happy Equinox and New Moon in Libra! The Equinox became exact at 9:03
PM New York time on Thursday, September 22 (01:03 GMT on September 23),
and the New Moon in almost 3 degrees of Libra becomes exact at 5:54 PM
New York time (21:54 GMT) on Sunday, September 25.
Each time the season turns, it is a cause for celebration! In the
Pagan tradition, the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is
called Mabon. It is a festival celebrating the middle of harvest
season—a time to give thanks for and to indulge in the abundance of
crops available to consume.
You can take this literally and indulge in healthy fall fruits and
vegetables like squashes and apples! Also, you can take this
figuratively and give thanks for all the abundance in your life right
now.
Look in your refrigerator. Is it full of food? Visit your local
supermarket—is it teeming with aisles and aisles of delicacies from
around the world? This is really quite a miracle, but we often take it
for granted.
There are billions of people around the world that can barely afford
to feed themselves and their families, and even then, they may only be
able to survive by eating a meager diet of rice or junk processed foods.
There are millions of people under the dark influence of war in Eastern
Europe right now, constantly fearing for their safety.
Do you have friends and family in your life right now? I know, you
want more friends and a new family (LOL), but on this Equinox, give
thanks for the friends and family that you do have. Most of our Soul
Lessons are worked out in relationships. No one comes into your life by
accident. So give thanks to God/Source/Universe/Creator for all of the
social connections in your life, be them in person or online.
A great practical exercise you can do to honor the Equinox is to make
a gratitude journal or list. Write down at least 20 things you are
grateful for (they can be anything). This can be a daily practice if you
wish!
FINDING THE BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE
On the Equinox, day and night are of approximately equal length
everywhere on the planet! This only happens twice a year. So on this
special celestial event of day and night being in perfect equal harmony,
ask yourself if you are in perfect equal harmony?
If you had to guess, which side of you is more dominant: the
intuitive, emotional Divine Feminine side or the logical, practical
Divine Masculine side?
Also, which side of you requires more healing: the Shadow Masculine
(which can manifest as overagressiveness, greed, narcissism, or
impatience) or the Shadow Feminine (martyrdom, codependency, playing
small, afraid to say no)?
Take some time to contemplate and journal on how you could improve the balance between your masculine and feminine sides.
Does your physical life feel like it is in balance? For Lightworkers,
it is often more comfortable for us to engage in meditation and
spiritual practices, but our grounded 3D life can often remain out of
sorts. If you want to truly make it to 5D and be able to stay there
consistently, you’ll need to get your 3D life in order so that it
naturally becomes a 5D life.
Here are some other Equinox-themed questions of self-inquiry that you can ask yourself. It might be helpful to journal on these:
- Am I as grounded as I am idealistic?
- Do I spend as much time taking care of my present-time Earthly
responsibilities as I do meditating, reading spiritual books, or doing
other spiritual things? Or, conversely, am I not allowing enough time
for myself to focus on my spiritual life?
- Do I spend enough time expressing myself artistically or creatively on a consistent basis?
- Am I taking the best care of my physical body? Does my diet need to
be cleaned up? Am I drinking the cleanest water? Am I exercising daily?
Am I sleeping enough? Are there health issues that need to be addressed?
- Am I balancing time spent on social media or on my phone with time spent outdoors connecting with nature?
- Do I spend as much time appreciating all that I have now as I do
dreaming of more, desiring more, or being jealous of those who have
more?
- Do I spend as much time loving myself as I do giving love to others
- Do I spend enough time taking care of myself? Do I spend too much
time taking care of others? Or conversely, do I need to give more to
others?
- Do I give and receive equally?
- Do I allow myself time to relax to balance out the time I spend working hard?
- If I had to guess, which side of me needs most of my attention right now? The physical? Mental? Emotional? Or spiritual?
- Which areas of my life feel most out of balance—career,
relationships, health, daily practices, etc?Which areas feel most in
balance?
- What steps can I take in the near future to bring more balance to the parts of my life that feel out of balance?
- What plan can I make for the far future to experience a complete balance and optimization between all areas of my life?
If you’d like to really dive in and work on balancing all areas of
your life, I’d recommend checking out my Creating the 5D You Mastery
Empowerment Course: https://payhip.com/b/2wUt.
NEW MOON IN LIBRA OPPOSITE JUPITER
The Equinox marked the moment the sun moved into Libra. This New Moon
occurs at approximately 3 degrees of Libra, opposite Jupiter (with
exactly 1 degree of orb).
Libra is a cardinal air sign. A cardinal sign signals the beginning
of a season! Libra is in charge of welcoming in autumn in the Northern
Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. As tropical astrology
was created to align the signs with the Northern Hemisphere seasons, it
makes sense that fall is ruled by an air sign, with the leaves flying
through the air and the wind blowing, foretelling the return of winter
soon.
Libra is a cardinal air sign that is represented by the glyph of
scales, demonstrating the need for balance and harmony as one of the
irreplaceable facets of a healthy life. Libra is ruled by Venus, the
planet of love and relationships. Libra is associated with
relationships—including romantic and familial—and diplomacy, fairness
and balance. It is the ruler of the 7th House, which is the House of
Partnerships, governing—as you might guess—relationships and
partnerships.
During Libra season, we have the opportunity to create balance and
harmony in all areas of life. It is also the perfect time to make amends
where amends need to be made. Mercury is still Retrograde, but now it
has moved backward into Virgo.
Mercury conjucts Venus and trines Pluto, making it a good time to
revisit unsettled energies from romantic relationships from the past, if
you feel the need to. With Mercury and Venus in Virgo, logically
talking things out will be the way to make progress in achieving
energetic resolution.
I’ll spend some time later in this article discussing both family and
romantic relationship dynamics from a soul level, as this is also very
much a Libra topic.
There are two really significant aspects being made in this New Moon
chart: one is the sun and moon opposing the Retrograde Jupiter in Aries,
as I previously mentioned; and the other is Saturn and Uranus coming
into a nearly-direct square with one another (just 41 minutes of orb).
Oppositions are very polarizing aspects. So, on one hand this
opposition provides an opportunity to create success and
growth—especially in relationships—and can make us feel quite friendly
and generous toward others; but on the other hand, it also creates the
risk for uninhibited growth, in an unbalanced way, and for people to get
greedy.
Saturn and Uranus have been squaring one another on and off since
about the beginning of last year. Saturn and Uranus squaring can cause
violence and unexpected geopolitical events and natural disasters. They
also squared one another during the Great Depression from 1929-31.
A good example of the negative side of these aspects currently
playing out in the outside world right now is the sick psychopath Putin
drawing up 300,000 Russian soldiers—many unwilling to fight–from the
general populace to try to save face in a war he’s clearly losing. It
makes me so sad that so many people are dying, families are being
ruined, nature is being poisoned, and the safety of the entire world is
at serious risk, all because just one psychopath wants to leave some
sort of sick legacy of conquering land before he dies.
Another negative example is the plethora of tropical storm activity
we are currently seeing in the Atlantic. Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona has
just battered the Maritimes of Canada after causing a ton of
destruction in Puerto Rico, Bermuda and the Dominican Republic. Please
pray and visualize protection and recovery for all those that have been
affected by Fiona.
In
addition to Fiona, we have Tropical Storm Gaston, which seems to be on
track to strike Florida; and Tropical Storm Hermine, which could end up
heading anywhere, really.
The moon-Jupiter conjunction could also temporarily cause mental health issues to worsen.
The Saturn-Uranus square is coinciding with very real recession
concerns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 500 points the
other day following the Federal Reserve’s third consecutive 75 basis
point interest rate hike, putting us at the highest interest rates since
2008. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has also announced that the plan is to
sharply increase unemployment in order to decrease demand for products
(how cruel).
I think that more pain is in store for the stock and cryptocurrency
markets. I think we are at the beginning stages of a multi-year
worldwide recession that will serve the desire of the powers that be to
almost eviscerate the middle class in first world countries. The rich
will get richer and the poor will get poorer. So, now is a crucial time
to build your wealth. And remember that in a recession, the safest asset
is the dollar.
Because Saturn and Uranus are both outer planets, they will affect
the collective and the outside world more—however on an individual
level, this powerful square could cause you to have unanticipated
emotional outbursts or to act overaggressively in any situation where
you feel stuck or restricted.
Keep this in mind, and remember to take a pause before responding
emotionally in any situation (unless you are in some sort of danger, of
course!) It is difficult to keep a level head in the heat of a moment,
so the key is usually to allow some time to pass before responding or
addressing a situation at hand, when you are feeling less emotional and
thinking more logically, pragmatically, and with a keen eye toward what
you want to manifest in the future.
On the positive side, a good example of this opposition playing out
in a benevolent way in the outside world is Yvon Chouinard, the aging
billionaire owner of Patagonia, giving away most of his fortune to
fighting climate change.
This would be a great time to make donations to charity, and to give things away to friends and family as you feel called to!
As promised, let’s dive deeper into discussing the topic of healing family and romantic relationships.
HEALING FAMILY & ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
As I mentioned before, one of the great things about Mercury
Retrograde is that it gives us the opportunity to renegotiate and heal
difficult family and romantic relationships. With Mercury conjunct
Venus, it is an especially good time to work on the latter.
One of the most fascinating parts of my spiritual skills/Service Work
is that I have the special ability to read the karmic ties between two
people. You can be assured that almost always, those people in your life
with whom you have had the most complicated relationships with (think
family members, close friends and romantic lovers) are people that
you’ve known before in past lives.
You see, souls like to ‘dress up’ and play different characters in
each others’ plays. Your mother may have been your brother in another
lifetime. Your husband may have been your daughter in another lifetime.
Souls that know each other well often incarnate with each other over and
over. These souls that you know well may be fellow souls in your Soul
Group of twelve—or if not, then they likely are in your Monadic Group of
144 souls.
When two souls that know each other quite well dress up as different
characters and have different relationships between each other in a
series of lifetimes, karma is accumulated between those two souls.
In this context, think of karma as a log of every word spoken and
experience shared between two souls when they are incarnated at the same
time on the Earth. Your history with your current boyfriend,
girlfriend, mom, or dad likely goes much deeper than just what you can
remember from your current lifetime.
The natural trajectory of all things is balance and resolution (which
is exactly the energy that Libra brings to the Zodiac Wheel)—and it is
no different in this case. Each soul desires to resolve any past
negative karma with other souls. Sometimes, it is planned for the
resolution to happen in this lifetime, but sometimes not. Sometimes the
resolution may be planned for a subsequent lifetime or for after one or
both of the souls has left their physical body and is now existing in an
afterlife realm.
As Lightworkers, we naturally want to resolve everything. We
generally carry a deep-down aversion to people being mad at us or
disappointed in us. Lightworkers tend to be martyrs and people pleasers
rather than narcissists. However, although the natural trajectory of all
karmic relationships is complete resolution, it may not always be the
right time for that to happen. One of the most difficult lessons for
many Lightworkers could be to learn when to walk away or cut someone out
of their life.
Please receive these words clearly and with compassion: you are under
no obligation to continue to receive someone’s abuse or negative energy
simply because they are your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, son,
daughter, mother, father, friend, or co-worker. You have complete free
will to cut anyone out of your life if you feel so inclined.
I know this is not an easy thing to talk about, but you are likewise
under no obligation to continue to be emotionally and energetically
drained by someone, no matter your history with them. I realize that
sometimes it is not practical nor possible to completely cut someone out
of your life—or you may not want to or be ready to–but in many
instances the solution may be to keep some geographical distance between
you and that person or to just interact with that person less often.
You don’t have to pick up the phone every time someone calls. You
don’t have to respond to every text. You don’t have to hang out with a
person every time they are feeling sad or want to complain about their
boyfriend or boss or mother. You don’t have to tolerate being drained.
But there are of course relationships that you do want to keep. You
don’t want to avoid the other person, but there are some difficulties
that need to be worked through. For these kinds of relationships, we can
harness all the Libra energy in the stars right now to harmonize.
With the Retrograde Mercury in Virgo making an out-of-sign
conjunction with the sun and moon, the most important factor that will
give us the opportunity to harmonize our relationships is effective
communication—and focusing on the details. And the best way to keep
focused on the details is to be a good listener!
Listening to someone else deeply and fully is one of the best gifts
that you can give somebody. Practice listening without immediately
inputting your opinion—try letting someone just let out everything they
need to say, so they feel fully heard, and then speak your mind. Usually
when people feel listened to, they’ll be more apt to listen better to
what you have to say.
The Libra energies support a healthy back-and-forth dialogue. With
the sun and moon forming a wide trine (over 6 degrees of orb) with the
Retrograde Pluto in Capricorn–and with Venus and Mercury forming nearly
exact trines to Pluto–it’s a wonderful time to heal perceived issues of
misuse of power between people (especially in families and
partnerships); and to establish a more commensurate balance of power
between you and others–that can cultivate a healthier relationship for
both you and other into the future.
As Libra rules the House of Partnerships (the 7th), it also very much
has to do with romantic relationships. Unquestionably, the one factor
that differentiates successful, harmonious, long-lasting romantic
relationships from those that come and go with frustration, is effective
communication.
When things are left unsaid between lovers—or when what is said is
vague and unclear–it builds up tension in both parties. Even the most
unintuitive person can sense that something is amiss when a lover isn’t
telling them something important.
There are cases where people stay married for decades while still
holding back from telling their partner their true feelings. Oftentimes,
people get into a long-term relationship and things become familiar.
They end up literally becoming afraid of what life would be like without
their partner. They may wish their partner would radically change, or
deep down they may wish that they had the courage to walk away–but they
believe these endeavors would be futile.
Afraid to leave the marriage, they just bottle up the resentment
inside. This type of resentment can even manifest itself as illness
years down the line if the feelings are not dealt with and the necessary
difficult conversations are not had.
If we want to build 5th-dimensional partnerships, the most important
facet is open communication. When the communication is open from the
start, it is a lot less likely that one partner will feel afraid to
bring something up to the other later in the relationship.
If you’ve been in a relationship for awhile where the energy feels
stagnant and you feel like there is a lot that has been left unsaid, one
helpful tip is to plan an excursion out in public and plan to have a
difficult conversation there (or alternatively just go on a walk with
your partner).
Getting outside of your home (if you live together)–in which the
energy has become stagnant–and into a fresh environment with fresh
energy can also bring fresh energy to the way that you and your partner
have become accustomed to communicating with one another.
Venus in Virgo trines the Retrograde Pluto in Capricorn nearly
directly on this New Moon. This aspect causes us to feel intense passion
and sexual desire. If you’re in a romantic relationship, it’s a great
time to revisit and augment the romantic and sexual passion that first
brought you two together as a couple! Enhancing the romantic and sexual
passion in relationships can go a long way toward repairing the broken
aspects of the relationship.
Of course, the truth is sometimes relationships—whether romantic or
familial—are irreparable, at least for the time being. Sometimes a
relationship requires a period of separation before two people can
really come back and repair what had been damaged.
Or sometimes a relationship needs to reach its conclusion, and the
karmic issues will need to be worked out later when the two people are
in a different stage in their lives, or even in future lifetimes, or the
dream space, or afterlife realms.
EXPLORING YOUR MASCULINE AND FEMININE SIDES
As I mentioned earlier, the Equinox and New Moon in Libra present the
perfect time to create greater balance and harmony between your
masculine and feminine sides. If when you are contemplating and
journaling on your masculine and feminine aspects, you feel that you
could use a greater influx of healthy Divine Feminine energies, then
regardless of your sex or gender, allow yourself to indulge in things
like beauty, art, softness and pleasure.
And if it’s Divine Masculine energies you need an influx of, push yourself to exercise, play sports, build or fix things, etc.
Ultimately of course we should strive to achieve a balance between
our masculine and feminine energies and we should be participating in
both Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine activities often! But at
certain points in our journey, we will need more of an influx of one
rather than the other.
JEWISH NEW YEAR
I also want to acknowledge that this New Moon is Rosh Hashanah, the
Jewish New Year. It is the beginning of the new year on the Hebrew
Calendar. So Happy Rosh Hashanah to all that celebrate!
Wishing you a Happy Equinox, a Blessed Mabon (to those that
celebrate), a Happy Rosh Hashanah (to those that celebrate), and a Happy
New Moon in Libra!
With Love,
Matthew John
About the author: Matthew John is an
internationally-known Spiritual Teacher, Spiritual Mentor, Writer,
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