
08/27/2025
On Friday evening, as I was driving into town, I let out a loud OUCH because a spider crawled into my dress and bit me.
Wow, did my thigh hurt!
I knew this was happening FOR me, NOT to me. The spider was bringing me a message. Was I willing to hear?
I know exactly what I was thinking when it happened. I had just passed an Airbnb visitor walking on the road with her dogs off-leash. There are dangerous dogs in my neighborhood that get out often, and I wanted to warn her.
As the swelling, heat, and itching set in, I noticed something very interesting. The swelling, as you can see in the photo, is in a heart shape! Can’t make this stuff up! My mouth dropped in awe!
This is my interpretation of it all so far:
• A spider is often a symbol of creativity, patience, feminine energy, and destiny
• A bite can be seen as a wake-up call, a warning, or an activation
• A heart-shaped swelling might symbolically be interpreted as:
A message about love, self-love, or emotional healing.
A transformation happening through discomfort—emotional or spiritual growth.
A sign to pay attention to matters of the heart (relationships, intuition, desires).
All of that resonates.
I share this because it is also very representative of the energies this week, starting with the new moon last Saturday, which marked the beginning of the eclipse season that runs until October 21. These are big energies.
Here are are few questions to meditate on:
⚡What are you eclipsing out of your life?
⚡What are you so DONE with but haven’t quite had the courage or strength to release yet?
⚡What is your soul aching to become?
⚡Are your emotions demanding to be felt (the feminine energy)?
⚡Have you received a wake-up call?
⚡How can you lead with more love?
Know that this eclipse season will support and quite possibly push you to let go of, surrender, and change.
In addition, the collective consciousness energies are becoming more and more intense. If you are an HSP/empath, you might really be feeling it. Why is this? The spiritual battle of the dark and light continues to build, like a pressure cooker. This is all part of the Great Awakening of humanity.
Because of this, you might be feeling more anxious, on the verge of tears, have heart palpitations, be waking up many times during the night, have a buzzing in your body that feels like caffeine but you haven’t had any, the inner critic voice could be particularly loud, feeling the inner rumblings of change, and so much more.
Suggestions on how to work with all of this:
Set your intentions for who you’d like to be/become on the other side of this eclipse season.
🌲Get out in nature.
🧘♀️Take stillness breaks throughout the day
😋Eat high vibe foods
💧Drink extra water
😴Take daily naps
🍫And if it resonates, let the ceremonial cacao and our community support your process in our upcoming Sacred Cacao Ceremony with Shamanic Journey, September 21, Boulder. It is going to be a very potent day: solar eclipse and the fall equinox.
Or consider a deeper container, the Divine Feminine Reclamation Mentorship.
Hold on to your hats, stay grounded, surrender, and let’s do this!