April New Moon Solar Eclipse
The April New Moon coincides with a total solar eclipse in Aries that marks a turning point on evolutionary journey individually as well as collectively. As a complete obscuring of the Sun by the Moon takes place in the skyes, we are invited to feel the impact of the crossing as a reset of our own energies as a kind of intensity, culmination or shift.
This New Moon and Solar Eclipse is a journey into your deepest, truest self, as you dare to take your next steps with your intuition and instinct as your most trustworthy guides.
I like to think of intuition as the whiskers of the cat, the antennas of the ant or the sensory horn of the snail. A place in us, that picks up the little nudges of the world: Obstacles, possible dangers and change of winds.
Instinct on the other hand, is something more profound. It is a deep knowing in your body. The knee jerk reaction to immediate danger or threat, but also a deep knowing of how we live our lives and the path we choose for ourselves.
For too long, we have been walking on a path, that has not been sustainable to neither Mother Earth, nor human kind. We have cultivated a culture of over-ride. Over-ride of balance, over-ride of our emotions,over-ride of following our intuition and instinct as the way forward.
This New Moon Solar Eclipse is a moment, where you can connect to you instinct again, the nature inside you that tells you ‘yes’ or ‘no’ through life’s ‘hot’s and ‘cold’s in a very simple way. Life does not have to be complicated, but sometimes it feels like that, because we get lost and entangle ourselves in paths and threads that really don’t really belong to us.
Think of this New Moon and Solar Eclipse as a moment that eclipses your rational mind and conditioning for a short while. A moment to let your intuition and instinct speak their truth about your way forward.
The universe is waiting for you and cheering on you to expand into a new expression, where you live from a place of abundance, balance and joy, a place that nourishes your whole being. This New Moon invites you to try to walk a new path and enter new territory, as you weave a new life for yourself and those around you.
Take a leap and see where you land. Don’t be afraid. Love yourself for being soooooo beautiful, brave and wise. The Moon sees you, cheers on you and whispers ‘You can do exactly that, exactly that, which is in your heart.’
New Moon & Solar Eclipse blessings,
“This time, YOU get to choose. The universe is ready to tie the loose threads together with you into a new tapestry that is even more beautiful. Even more YOU. ”
NEW MOON Eclipse PLAY-list
Train your intution
Try to play a game of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ for a day. From simply choosing whether to take a coffee or tea to touching down on thoughts on how you feel like you want to live your life. It might seem like a long way from making small everyday choices to big life decisions. But when we start to train our intuition in the small ways, then we can gradually start to apply them to the bigger life choices too. It is really similar to building a muscle. It gets stronger, as you practice.Disentangle Yourself
Acknowledge where have you been entangling yourself in the threads and paths of others. Jobs that are not your responsibility and parts that are not yours to play. As you step out of these places and jobs, that don’t really belong into your life, you automatically lighten your load and free up space for the right ones that do nourish and support YOU to arrive.
Take a leap of faith
Often the biggest reason for not following our instinct, the deep knowing, or intelligence inside you, that just knows, is the fear of being seen. As we go through life, we experience hurt and betrayal, and sometimes the hurt is linked to times where we have showed our innermost self and experienced criticism or rejection for it. As we made ourselves vulnerable to the opinion of others, we might not have gotten the loving reaction, we had hoped for. Maybe indifference at best, maybe criticism at worst. Coming back to what, you know what is true to you, and knowing how to offer your gift to the world, is a life-long journey of live-and-learn. It is one of the great re-learnings of adult life to un-own past hurt and childhood trauma and start making life choices from the autonomy of your inner knowing. As adults, we are independent of the approval of our care-takers, we have the freedom to make choices about how we want to live or express yourself, but often times our choices are still on autopilot based on inter-relational patterns from our upbringing through family and society. Taking a leap of faith doesn’t always mean jumping off a metaphysical cliff or ‘burning your boats’. Some times it can be the subtle, quiet rebellion of turning inwards toward your inner knowing field. Taking a leap of faith can be trying to leave the reaction of others our of the equation for a while and basing your choices on has a place of nourishment for yourself. As adults, we have most likely learned that how others reflect your choice is really out of our control. Choices and chances are the leap of faith, that comes with a different kind or reward though. When we stay true to ourselves and show our colours to the world, we light up, so the right people can find us. This is the gift of faith-leaping. It can be a wonderful adventure of (self) discovery and kinship in one boat. If you find themes around past hurt showing up, I really recommend the Brené Browns talk on criticism . She is the kindest vulnerability cheerleader around.
