Aware Awake Alive

27/11/2023

Full Moon in Gemini - 11.27.2023 Oak Moon

On this #9 day, the Full Moon in Gemini, ruled by the Communicator Mercury, marks a threshold that you will cross, should you be ready to end a cycle, a conversation, a commitment, a thought process or a existential way of being.

Crossing this threshold will require a commitment, the most of which is a commitment to yourself - to take yourself and your needs more seriously, to act in sovereignty over your own life, to follow a path which you know is right for you but will require some sacrifice.

The conversations you are having with yourself and others are simply a way of distilling what truly has meaning for you, where you stand on certain matters, and considering the potential of your dreams.

When you cross a threshold, you are leaving things behind, and those are the things you will not need to look back upon; decision made, you step boldly and with intention toward the future. There will be parts of yourself that no longer fit, and parts you will grow into. Although this moon may make it feel like you have to hurry into something, know that crossing a threshold is often the beginning of something, and transitions can take some time. But if you find yourself thrown into the middle of an intense transition, gather resources, then just get on with it.

This Oak Moon in Gemini, may see you withstanding some storms, yet lends strength, stability, endurance, justice, and honesty. Therefore, speak with conviction, stand in integrity, and know that you are strong enough for the transitions ahead. Not a particularly smooth energy, November's Oak Moon is a catalyst. Check where Gemini and mercury fall in your chart, these will be the areas most affected, most aligned for an internal revolution.

1. If you feel conflicted about something: Ask yourself whether you can hold two opposing thoughts at once, and be at peace with each?
2. Sift through some stories you have been convinced of about yourself, a loved one perhaps, or a situation. Is this story true? It it of benefit to you or others? Can you see it from another perspective? Communicate with your stories.
3. Practice patience, silence and introspection before reacting to something around the full moon. Wisdom is applying perspective to knowledge, and allowing it to form from insight and intuition.

Blessed be.



Art - The Phantom Painter xo

06/11/2023

When you are codependent, you don’t know it. You don’t know that unresolved trauma from the past has you emotionally arrested, seeking approval, and connections to others in maladaptive ways. You don’t know that your everyday decisions are being hijacked by the unresolved experiences of the past and that your amygdala is on fire.

You don’t know you’re making choices you would not make if you were more healed, more self aware, more grounded and more self actualized.

You don’t know your thinking process is tainted by childlike rationalizations and justifications. You don’t know the emotions you feel are so overwhelming because the one doing the thinking is the wounded inner child and NOT a your more logical rational self.

You do not know you lie to yourself all day everyday and do not know how to sit with your ABSOLUTE truth. You do not know your thinking is corrupted by fears, and that you may be an approval ju**ie addicted to needing to be needed.

You do not know you lie to others when you pretend you are happier than you are and that the mask you wear prevents you from honoring your truth, setting boundaries, and putting yourself first.

You do not know there is a wounded inner child within you running from feeling abandoned and that codependency requires you abandon the self for the sake of keeping scary ghosts away.

When you are suffering from codependency, you don’t know it. It’s so natural for you to lie to yourself, to escape and evade your truth, you simply don’t know how to be any different.

Without tools, insights, and knowledge, healing from codependency becomes a way of life, and a repeat of childhood trauma unless you begin to awaken.

Lisa A. Romano Breakthrough Life Coach

04/11/2023

In magical timing as we approach Samhain, Hecate, the queen of the witches is working with tomorrows Ta**us full moon lunar eclipse.
 
Hecate represents natural cycles, the moon, nature and major life transitions.

 She is the dark goddess to call upon when you feel lost or at a crossroads and unsure of which direction to take, and when you need to find parts of yourself that you have lost.
 
She brings guidance and protection and is known to give her blessings to witches, passing on her wisdom and knowledge and showing you the truth of how powerful you really are.
 
She is bringing her magic at this full moon to help us to transition between who we were and who we’re here to be.

This full moon is a powerful reclamation point as we are encouraged to let go of all that no longer serves so that Hecate can illuminate a new way forwards towards more purpose, truth, knowing and belief in your magic and gifts.

If you want to learn all about Hecate and how to work with her magic join us to awaken the witch within online next Monday (with the option of a week of witch work after)

We’re also gathering in London under tomorrows full moon lunar eclipse if you feel called to join with sisters to heal the witch and sister wound and step fully into your power and magic.
 
Hecate is calling you forwards at this full moon to remember and reclaim all of who you can be. Are you ready? 🧙🏼‍♀️✨🖤
 


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04/11/2023

Tomorrow Saturn stations direct at 0 degrees of Pisces, this is bringing a powerful reset point. 🪐✨

Saturn entered Pisces on the 7th March, and since then has been teaching us about spiritual mastery, how to tap into our deep inner wisdom and intuition and where and how we find meaning in our lives. ✨

These next few years as Saturn moves through Pisces brings an opportunity for immense personal growth and to bring discipline and strong foundations to our spiritual practices and connection to the divine. ✨

During its retrograde journey Saturn has been retracing its steps and in doing so showing you where your foundations aren’t strong, and you perhaps get in your own way as a part of you doesn’t believe that you can truly have what you want or you don’t deep down trust yourself, life and the divine. ✨

Look back to March and whether you’ve held yourself back from doing anything. Or limitations you put on yourself around what is/isn’t possible for you and most of all where your trust and belief foundations have been shaky. ✨

Now, as Saturn returns back to the start there is an opportunity to put some very strong spiritual foundations in place of believing in and trusting in you, the universe, your life journey, and your soul.

As Saturn moves all the way back to 0 degrees Pisces this is giving us a mini spiritual restart to help us to look at where we can bring more devotion, ritual and spiritual connection into our lives. ✨

It’s time to find a real find anchored sense of trust and belief that's going to be a foundation for you to be able to move forwards from.✨

When your spiritual foundation is strong, and you have a deep connection to yourself and the universe, you can lean into the trust that you are always being supported and guided and you begin to let your soul live through you.
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29/10/2023

What does Grief feel like?

Grief feels like you are moving through a bad dream you can’t wake up from.

Grief is constantly asking “Why?” and knowing even if you had the answers they would never be good enough.

Grief is feeling lost in the places you have been before and being homesick for the past.

Grief feels like a deep ache that you can’t seem to pinpoint where it hurts…but the pain is there.

Grief is feeling a part of you went away with them on the day they died.

Grief is people saying lots of unhelpful things because they want you to feel better. Little do they know that when they say “They would want you to happy/strong” makes us feel that we are disappointing the ones we lost for feeling like we do.

Grief is just going through the motions of your day in a steady haze.

Grief is the constant tug of war of holding on tightly to what was and letting go of what might have been.

Grief is walking through a thick brain fog with your loss always on your mind but your daily tasks far from it.

Grief is Googling if how you are feeling is normal and desperately looking for a timelines for when you might be better. Being rushed by others to move on makes this even harder to heal on your own time.

Grief is having the overwhelming feeling of guilt for moving on without them or for things that were said or went unsaid.

Grief is comparing yourself to how others are grieving and wondering if you are doing it right.

Grief is losing that feeling of “being home”.

Grief is the feeling of being alone when you are with a group of people.

Grief shakes you to your core, spins you around and drops you off in the middle of wreckage exposing your vulnerability.

Grief is judging yourself for not being further than you are in your healing. Talk to yourself like you are consoling your best friend if they were going through the same thing.

Grief can make you feel anger and question your faith.

Grief can feel different from day to day even hour by hour. There are emotional ups and downs, drop offs, exhausting climbs and switch backs.

Grief is the tossing and turning of sleepless nights and just wanting some respite from your own thoughts.

Grief cant be outrun. It catches up with you. Feeling it (even the sharpest edges) is the only way through.

Grief can sometimes feel like looking at the world through a dark filter with the colors you used to love muted in comparison.

Grief is whispering “I miss you” and looking everywhere for a sign from them.

Grief is worrying that you will never feel normal and comfortable in your own life again.

Grief feels like just wanting a hug or a simple “I’m here for you” instead of people trying to rationalize your loss or try to fix how you are feeling.

Grief is the rude awakening that when your whole world world has stopped, the rest of the world keeps moving unscathed.

Grief feels like choosing to be alone because small talk is exhausting and being with people who can’t relate feels even more isolating.

Grief feels like suffocating on the reality that there will be no new memories so you hold on so tightly to the past.

Grief feels like backing out of plans because you aren’t sure how you will feel on that particular day.

Grief feels like fear. We have seen that life is fragile and that can bring out anxiety and panic attacks.

Grief is waking up in the morning and losing them all over again.

Grief is going about your everyday tasks and being hit with a wave of sadness and disbelief at the realization that they are gone.

Grief feels like being deep in dispair and for some time, it may feel like you don’t have a place in this world.

Grief feels like being back to the first day you lost them after hearing a particular song or driving past a place you enjoyed together.

Grief is feeling a little jealous of seeing others with their loved ones and envious of seeing people in their mundane lives.

Grief feels like dreading holidays and special events instead of how you used to look forward to them.

Grief is trying to pretend you are ok on the outside while feeling torn apart on the inside.

Grief is wanting others to mention their loved one and wishing people knew that it helps to hear their name and stories about them. They are never far from our minds anyways.

Grief is learning that these feelings are ever changing and it will be with us in some degree for the rest of our lives.

Grief is a measure of how much love you gave them while they were here so the pain is of losing them fills that empty space. In time, we learn how to live with that heaviness.
The heartache begins to soften.
Tears and smiles can coexist.

Grief is learning how to keep them close to us in other ways. The best memories can never die. And because of that, we will carry it with us until we see them again.

Written by Kristie Reitz
The After Glow

29/10/2023

Stay calm and trust the redirections. You are being protected.

Alyonna Angelica

29/10/2023

Who’s feeling it? We’re building up to this weekend’s full moon, our final eclipse of the year.

As with any full moon emotions are likely to be heightened as everything we have been hiding, supressing, ignoring, or denying is brought to the surface.

This will be especially potent as this is a lunar eclipse, which is really shining a light on what we need to know, see, hear and be aware of.

Eclipses are portals of transformation and as such your soul uses these check in point to show you where you have strayed and got out of balance and alignment with your journey.

Eclipses always tend to bring sudden changes, opportunities and (depending on how far you’ve gone off your path) wake ups and shake ups.

The new moon solar eclipse showed you what you are ready to leave behind and at this full moon lunar eclipse there will be that deep sense of knowing what you are done with, what drags you down, dims your light and keeps you stuck in your comfort zone.

You will just know.

Anything not part of your path needs to be let go of now or you will keep straying off your path and feeling empty, purposeless, and incomplete in the same ways.

If you’re ready to anchor into your souls path join us for the soul space on Thursday where I’ll share with you all you need to know and we’ll move and meditate together ❤️



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18/10/2023

16/10/2023

🙏✨💓

16/10/2023

I wish you well on your journey of life,
I hope you connect with some genuine
souls along the way,
and may you move between your
failures with optimism,
and always know life is fluid,
it changes.
Some things are too heavy to carry on
your journey, but love is light,
keep that.

~ Shams Tabrizi ~

Artist Credit : Miren Asiain Lora