☾✩☽ Guest Luminary ☾✩☽
Loretta Kennedy is an embodied business & feminine leadership coach originally from the West of Ireland. She lives in Cork, Ireland with her partner, their three daughters & their fur baby Daisy.
She is Ireland's first Trauma of Money practitioner & works with women to help them identify & rewrite their deep seated money blocks, rebuild trust & a healthier relationship with money, with their self worth & with feeling resourced.
She has a deep fascination with the Irish famine and what it is like to live a life of intention as a mother, a woman and an entrepreneur in a post colonial, consumer driven society which is still processing deep trauma. She believes this planet needs more rested and wealthy women.
☾✩☽ Astrological Resources ☾✩☽
Here is a selection of some of our favourite Astrologers you can tune into across 2023.
↠ Blue Rose School https://www.andrewsmith.ie/introduction/
↠ Mystic Mamma https://www.mysticmamma.com/astral-insights/
↠ Chani Nicholas https://chaninicholas.com/about-chani-nicholas/
↠ Virginia Rosenberg https://virginiarosenberg.com/about-virginia
↠ Lorna Bevan https://www.hareinthemoonastrology.co.uk/lorna-bevan
↠ Paramatma Siri Sadhana https://spaceweathertransmissions.com/paramatma
↠ Matthew Stelzner https://www.youtube.com/channel/
↠ Jennifer Racioppi https://jenniferracioppi.com/
☾✩☽ Other Recommended Resources ☾✩☽
↠ Loretta’s website here
↠ Loretta’s IG here
↠ A really good podcast featuring Chantal Chapman, Director and founder of the Trauma of Money
☾✩☽ Cosmic Intel + Teachings ☾✩☽
Full Moons illuminate. They illuminate so that we can see the wholeness of ourselves and our lives.
May’s Full Flower moon rises in the realm of the Scorpio and is known as one of the most potent full moons of the year. Scorpio rules power, control, and transformation — it's the mythic phoenix that rises from the ashes of destruction With such an intense lunar moment we call on the grounding sensual nature of Taurus season to help us keep our footing, even if we're feeling emotionally on edge.
Taurus and Scorpio are the signs of the zodiac that embody control and the exchange of control (giving and accepting).
About Scorpio:
Now with the Scorpio Full Moon here in full force, we get to rediscover a new layer of transformation that will hopefully lead us to a stronger experience of personal empowerment. Scorpio's often have a bad rep. Most people know the negative tendencies – Dark, Mysterious, Secretive, Cunning, Jealous, Possessive, Seductive, Vengeful, Distant, Cold etc. Of course they have our positive qualities too. Scorpio demands the highest level of integrity and sniffs out all that is not serving the higher good of all. Even when it feels like the rug is being pulled out from under us. There is a gift in the lesson of realizing that we are evolving and transforming.
Little do people know, Scorpio is actually the ONLY sign in the Zodiac that has another form! It is the Scorpion, Eagle and Phoenix that rises from the ashes.
Scorpio rules power, control, and transformation — it’s the mythic phoenix that rises from the ashes of destruction. What in your life needs to symbolically “die” so that something new can be born? Let it go—or at least, release your grip—and allow the Scorpio full moon to transmute it.
About Taurus:
We are in Taurus Season – earthly pleasures, sensuality. Nectar is risen, filling the air with thick sweet seductive scents. Sensuous flowers are blooming and bursting with colour. Fresh green leaves are popping out to decorate the trees. It’s all very tantalizing. Our senses are alive. We can see what is here all around us.
Polarity:
Full Moons also highlight polarities; and in this case, the polarity between grounded Taurus and magnetic Scorpio.
The Sun is in Taurus, sign of sensuous life and the land.
The Moon is in Scorpio, sign of mystery, alchemy, and the invisible.
Transformation and metamorphosis.
Alchemising poison into medicine.
Taurus is the sign of ownership, self-worth, and individual value, the sign of form and embodiment. Scorpio burns away the self and plunges it into the abyss; and transformational truths, a sign tuned into the primordial powers and relationships which define us.
Taurus Vs. Scorpio
When Taurus and Scorpio are in balance, we appreciate what we have because we understand how delicate, unpredictable and fragile life is. We don’t take anything for granted, yet we relax and surrender to life’s intrinsic beauty and grace.
When Taurus and Scorpio are out of balance, we either don’t appreciate what we have (Taurus) because we are afraid of what can go wrong (Scorpio), or we don’t relax into surrender (Scorpio) because we are afraid of losing what’s ours (Taurus).
With the focus on these two natural oppositions, the themes we are working through are:
• Love vs obsession
• Sensual femininity vs intimate sexuality
• Groundedness vs the unknown
• Beauty vs Wickedness
• In view and undercover
• Security vs transformation
Healthy Taurus energy enjoys life and appreciates whatever comes its way, feeling worthy of receiving it.
Unhealthy Taurus energy lacks self-worth and cannot enjoy the simple pleasures of life, looking for substitutes instead – food, pleasure, money, possessions, luxury, branded items – or “the second-best things in life” that are very expensive.
Healthy Scorpio energy knows when it needs to apply healthy precautions, and when it needs to open and share with others.
Unhealthy Scorpio energy is anxious, controlling, and daunted by guilt. Unhealthy Scorpio energy doesn’t believe that the best things in life are actually free, and will unconsciously try to work hard to get them.
The Full Moon in Scorpio lands as the portal to Bealtaine opens, the ripe midway point between spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
☾✩☽ Moon Medicine Rituals ☾✩☽
Create an altar. Create a sacred space in your home - see our guide in aftercare.
Connect with the Moon. Whether or not you subscribe to astrology, the moon is always in the sky, and attuning yourself to the moon's cycle can guide self-care.
New moon: At the beginning of the lunar month, the moon is a new moon. Metaphorically, it's a time to plant the new seeds of goals, intentions, and actions.
Waxing phase: Her growth from new moon to full moon is the waxing phase. This the Warrior Phase—where we gain momentum in our actions.
Waning phase: The Sage Phase happens as she wanes from full, —where we gradually power down, restore ourselves, and integrate lessons learned.
Dark moon: The last few days before the new moon is called the dark moon. Here's when we retreat to our proverbial caves to rest and reflect, preparing for a new cycle ahead
Cleanse. Sage your Home, Bedroom, Chariot & Office. Energetically cleanse the energetic wombs of your life, where you find yourself “creating”.
Observe. Select a journal, and record your dreams, thoughts, insights, experiences and observations.
Collect items: pen, paper, tarot cards, candles, incense, herbs, symbols to represent Luna: mirror, mother, water, seashells, etc.
Have Patience. Have patience with yourself and the journey you’re embarking. Allow yourself the emotional space to process, release, learn, develop and heal.
Lavender Oil. Have lavender in your home, bed or altar. Lavender can bring stillness, and calm an overactive mind.
I Feel. Acknowledge your emotions and journal with what emerges.
Breathe Deeply. The pull of The Moon can bring up strong sensations and emotions – and sometimes this is uncomfortable. However it’s a prime opportunity to feel more and allow the emotion to unfurl. A very practical and grounded way to do so is to focus on the breath and breathe a little deeper than you would normally. Place your hands on your Womb and Heart and take a few deep breaths and feel.
Go For A Moon Walk. Walking in the lunar light in nature can be particularly magical.Watch how the trees move and interact; with The Moon, the wind, with you, and listen, really listen in to the sounds of nature. Moon Bathing can be a truly magical and intimate experience.
Take A Long Luxurious Bath. The Moon affects the tides, the Oceans, the water in our body.
To get in touch with this aspect of nature within and around us – take a long bath.Add in Epson Salts, your favourite essential oil, play some soothing music, light candles and relax.
Tending to your Temple: BodyLiving consciously starts with taking care of your body; the temple that houses you, here on this planet. So, scan yourself from head to toe. How does your body feel? Give yourself all the O2 and H2O your body needs.. Your body will thank you for that.
Ground, Ground, and Ground
The magnetic pull of The Moon is strong so Grounding is super important. If you do nothing else at The Full Moon – ground. It’s especially helpful just before bed as being rooted in the body aids a better sleep.
Beannachtaí 💚
from Kathy and all at The Trailblazery xo