September
September is ripe bouquet of personal peace, balance and calm that opens a new season. As trees are full of bounty, this is the time to harvest your gifts-and come together in community to pay them forward.
With September comes great endings. The end of Summer Season. The end of the growth season. The end of the expanding Sun Energy. As Mother Nature is preparing to slow down, we too are asked to settle into the mood of Autumn by slowing down, finding balance and counting our blessings
Re-evaluate and Re-align.
Astrologically, most planets remain in retrograde motion during September with the spotlight staying on our journey of refinement, reflection, and realignment. The retrograde energy keeps underlying the need to go back before we move forward, to address unfinished business and gain a better understanding of the true motivations behind our choices.
During September, we will be given a unique chance to examine our lives and relationships from a new perspective and deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us, while we make progress in our healing journey. It is an invitation to focus on all our soft sides and corners, question our relationship to work and service, and reflect on what our Soul truly is in service to.
The first half of September is characterized by a strong emphasis on the Virgo archetype. Virgo is the sign of the Maiden, the Goddess archetype who discerns what is right for her. Separating the wheat from the chaff, she is separating what is not good from you and retaining what is healthy. Virgo is the sign of Health, Wellbeing and Self-sustenance.
The Energy of September is all about knowing what is right for you. The Energy of Discernment is a theme for the entire month, and this is a time where we can truly develop new and different ways of being as we pause for a short while before moving forward for the last part of the year with a clear heart and renewed sense of purpose.
Slow Down
During retrograde seasons, we are asked to slow down and re-examine, before we move forward. Similar to some first-nation indigenous people, who believe that if we travel too fast, the soul cannot follow suit, we can adopt a mindset of slowness as a path to making the right decisions.
This is the month to pause any fast-forward motion for a while and catch up with your inner life. This is the time to fix things, that are not working in your life by re-collecting lost parts of your psyche, your consciousness in order to find the bits and pieces, that you have been missing.
September is truly the month to slow down after a hectic summer schedule. To practice mindfulness in everything you do. From the mundane everyday tasks to figuring out your next steps - and even your new life goals. The soul cannot speak to you, if you are too busy overriding your life with all you to-do lists. This is a time of being and setting time aside to really listen. What does your soul call you to do - or be?
“There are things in your life that you have healed at this time. Things that will never affect your the same way again.”
Time for finding balance
The energies of September are supporting us in finding a new sense of balance in relationship to ourselves, to others and to the surrounding world.
As we reach the Autumn Equinox, where day and night are equal all over the world, we can enter a time of balance, as we seek for harmony and beauty as a driver for finding a balance of body, mind and spirit. The Autumn Equinox marks the time, when we can start move forward with a re-newed sense of self.
September brings us the Full Harvest Moon, a Full Moon that will amplify our emotional energy. Full Moons help us bring things to light, so we can let it go. The Harvest Moon will help us move forward with more confidence and clarity with an invitation to release cords and attachments to what is no longer supporting our growth. And to integrate newfound wisdom in how we show up in our relationships with others and ourselves.
September be a very spiritual time where we can come so much closer to knowing who we truly are and what we love. Be soft to yourself, forgive much and be open to suddenly finding yourself in a position to balance relationship and master emotions, that before was only just a dream.
September Blessings,
September Rituals
Nourish Yourself.
As you go through your day, ask yourself if the activities and people that are part of your life are good for you. Are they nourishing you? Or are they draining you? Take note of the energy drains in your life and consciously let of whatever drains your precious life energy. This is the time to start pouring our into your own cup. Journal, medidate, go forestbathing or medicine walk. Find ways to simply be with life. And yourself.
Build Healthy Habits
September is the perfect month to make changes in your habits. Instead of throwing over everything or introducing radical new-year-resolution-type goals, this is the time for small, incremental changes. Introducing little changes, that one at the time build up sustainable transformation in the long run. Maybe you want to amp up your training regimen, set aside time for breathwork or meditation. Or cut down on caffeine and late-night scrolling. Whatever the change, start slowly, so you make even the change a healthy one.
Come together
September is the perfect time to host a Harvest party. Think pot-luck style get-to-gethers, where everybody brings a dish. Building community can be as simple as that, and an Autumn gathering is such a great way to lean into the energy of bounty and feeling of abundance, as we share our gifts.
New MOON in Virgo
The New Moon in Virgo invites you to simplify your life by sifting and sorting in order to prepare you for your next cycle.
