Hi everyone, it's Amanda Rigu Green. Welcome to Soul Sessions. Today, we are moving into the second of two major eclipses. We are still in eclipse season. There is a new moon solar eclipse in Libra on October second. The exact time of the eclipse is two forty nine pm Eastern Time on October second. So just a quick reminder and rule of thumb. Whether you're dealing with a new or a full moon, or we're dealing with an eclipse, there's like this build up before the exact point of the new or the full moon. So whatever is happening in the days leading up to it's like that's where you're gathering data. You know it's coming to a head, it's coming to a culmination point. So just remember on October second, wherever you are in the world and whatever time zone in you convert it, you do the math, but it's basically two fifty in the afternoon Eastern time. After that moment, that's where the clarity starts to come in. That's the apex and the crescendo of the energy. It's almost like, don't act before you have all the data. That's the way I think about New and full moons, but eclipses are pivot points, they're about transformation. They signify six month cycles. And we had the Pisce's full moon eclipse which was pretty immense. Let me just say this because I want to like put some food for thought out there for you. Pisces is ruled by Neptune and many astrologers because we've had Saturn in Neptune and there was a lot of net tune activity during the Pisce's full moon eclipse. A lot of astrologers were talking about massive flooding because Pisces is the water sign, and we have Saturn in Pisces right now, and they've been talking about rising waters flooding, and look at what happened in the United States with the hurricane. Also there's been massive flooding in Poland and other places in the world. And so a lot of love to everyone in all the states affected by the hurricane because it kind of came out of nowhere. I don't think people anticipated the damage, but damage from rising waters. And as someone who primarily grew up in Louisiana, I've been through my fair share of hurricanes, and the first one I remember that was really difficult was Hurricane Andrew. I think I was in maybe fourth grade or fifth grade something, fifth grade, sixth grade, something like that, and we didn't have power for two weeks. But rising water is no joke. You know. We we sometimes take for granted our safety and the things that we have. And I think about being in times of natural disasters or when something really major happens, and how people come together no matter our socioeconomic status, our ideologies, and so oftentimes whatever you're experiencing in life, even when it feels like a disaster, a natural disaster, sometimes that's when our true colors come out to show up and support people and help people. So I want you to think about that eclipse season wise, these last couple of weeks for you and moving into this Libra new Moon eclipse on the second and the couple of weeks following, because we're still in eclipse season through about the twentieth of the month. But whatever may be showing up in your life, you know who is rising up to meet you or who are you rising up to me and coming from your heart? Because the Libra new monoclipse it's Libra, so it is about relationships and for goodness sakes, that's one of the cornerstones of being human. Like it or not, relationships is a thing we cannot escape on this planet. And even if you isolate and even if you seclude yourself, you still are stuck with the relationship with yourself. So anyway we look at it, this is a fundamental aspect of being human. So Libra libranwmon eclipse, so the sun and moon will be together in Libra. I was actually born at the exact point of a Libra new moon, so I kind of know this energy, like it or not, you know, it's hardwired in my genetic code, in my blueprint, in my bones. And here's what is important. We're starting out this six month cycle. It's a new moon eclipse, so it's about beginnings, and over the course of the next six month there will be an emphasis on the rebalancing of relationships. I mean that is just the one oh one of it. But any time we have an eclipse, whether it's a new or a full moon, there's an element of closure. Eclipse is signify beginnings and endings. So before you go to conceptualize what you want to call into existence or heal or grow or expand in your relationships, in the months ahead, I would encourage everybody to think about what needs to be let go of, what needs to be healed, what has out moded, outserved its purpose, what is no longer relevant for you in relationships? And when you think about relationships, it's easy to go to the relationship with a partner or a spouse, or a child, or a parent, or a co worker, a friend. But I think sometimes in broader terms with relationships, I think about my relationship to work, my profession, my relationship to my home and family, my relationship to my spiritual life, my relationship to my health and well being. Like you fill in the blank and get a little bit broader, zoom out and think about the top two relationships in your life. Like if I ask you that right now, what are the top two that come to you? For me? The first one is my relationship with God, spirit, my soul, my spirituality, and my like just my optimal health and well being. All of that falls into that category for me. And the other one is home and family. And multiple things fall into the category of home and family. So what are your top two? Is work the first thing that came to you, And look, don't judge yourself like, be honest, what's the first relationship that you think is the most important to you today, and what's the second one, or what's tied for first and second place, whatever it is is, think about those relationships and get honest. Okay, you know what needs to be healed or rebalanced in those relationships in order for me to feel healthy, happy, well seen, respected, significant, abundant, peaceful, fill in your blank, but really recognize what relationships are standing out for you. And sometimes the relationships that stand out for us are the ones that are the most painful because they exhaust us the most or they cause us the most challenge and pain. And that's okay too, because those are the ones that have the most to show us where we get to grow. And the important thing in thinking about Libra, Libra is an air sign, so it is about looking at things from both perspectives. Libra likes to look at both sides of things and then decide the fairness, the middle point, the balance. It likes to gather the data and then make a decision that it feels like is even keeled or balanced. And then on the flip side of that, Libra is indecisive as all get out. You know, So it's either decisive and clear or it's indecisive. And the other thing about Libra that it's important to consider is avoiding conflict, and that is one of the cornerstones of Libra's shadow side, is not speaking up for itself in order to keep the peace, to keep the balance, to keep everything stable and harmonious. Let me deny my needs, what I want, my perspective in order to just not rock the boat, and that won't fly. So what we are coming into as a collective is this ability to assert ourselves, to speak our voice, but also consider the other. What is someone else's perspective, what do they need, what are they bringing to the table, and how can we both be heard and seen and find the ideal way forward, the middle way. To me, the best Libra ares statement there is is stand up for yourself and not against the other person. And that has been one of those cornerstones. My friend Gwenn told me that I don't know ten years ago, and it's like, yep, stand up for yourself, not against the other person, which means speak your truth, speak your mind, but come from a place of honesty and valor and integrity, not fighting against or I'll show you or in the sake of you know, we're not doing it for conflict. So really finding your voice in this energy, Where can you feel seen, recognized and supporting in your relationship. So I would take a little bit of time to sit down and write out two or three relationships, whether it's one to one personal relationships or your relationship with work, or your health, whatever it may be. Write down two or three relationships in your life that you're like, this is amazing, this feels good, this relationship is mature, this relationship is healthy. Wow, I feel seen and I genuinely love and support the other person or the other party. And then on the flip side of that, write down two or three relationships in your life that are a freaking hot mess. You know that just it's like, Oh, I've got to pick up the phone, or oh I have to do that today, you know, whether it's your health and go into the gym, or eating something healthy, no, let me just snack again, whatever the relationships. Write down the relationships that cause you grief, that cause you disease. Because what you get to look at here is polarity, and the deepest cornerstone of Libra is about polarity. Right now, We've got so much polarity in the world that this is a massive opportunity for us on an individual level and in our relationships to impact the world and the collective on a greater frequency. So, with your little checklist of the ideal or the healthy and the unhealthy and the frustrating relationships, look at your part, what do I bring to this relationship on the healthy side of things, What do I bring to this relationship? What do I appreciate and receive in this relationship? And then when you look at the shadow frustrating what relationships? You know, what is this taking from me? This relationship? What is this depleting me of? And also how am I not using my voice in a healthy way and asserting myself in this relationship? How am I stuck? Usually it has to do with kind of being stuck or complacent, which is totally Libra like okay, decisive, I'll just stay with it. And the best example I have, let's say, if you're it's in a relationship with a job or work. So often and I can raise my hand for this, we're in a job or in a profession or in a role, and you know, we come home and we're like, oh gosh, work was hard again today, or so and so did this today, or yes, you know, and we either just feel that way in our body and have that rhetoric going on with ourselves, or we come home to our spouse or or whomever and it's like we're broken record. Yeah they did this again today. H work was so ugh? This happened? You know. It seems to go on and on and on. I've been there. It's been a while, but I've been there, and usually it's like I am stuck in a broken record of not taking action, not asserting myself. And what I always share with people is freaking rewrite your resume, you know, like you don't have to go look for another job yet or know which job you want, but just sit down and rewrite the darn resume. And I don't know about you, but I don't like to rewrite my resume. I can help somebody rewrite their resume, no problem. I can knock it out, we can edit it, you know. I can share with them and see what they're good at or remember things that maybe they've done, you know, and I can help somebody edit it. Like it's nobody's business. But when it comes to rewriting my own resume, it's like, h oh no, I'll do it later. I'll do it another day. But the funny thing is when you sit down to update your resume and you take the time, you're like, WHOA, I did that. Wow, I have experience in this and the other thing that comes with rewriting a resume, and this is always like a one oh one. Thing that I suggest to people is pick up the phone and call some people you work with or who know you well, and say, Hey, I'm updating my resume. You know I've put these things on it, but what are some qualities in me that you think are outstanding? You know? Or where do you think I have a little bit of work to do? And that in and of itself, you have to ask for help. You get input from people, and you see things about yourself, hopefully more positive, that you couldn't see alone, that you needed another person to support you in. So the rewriting of the resume is the vibe for this eclipse. Wherever you are stuck in your relationships, whatever relationship that may be, how can you rewrite your resume? Meaning how can you stand back and look at your history, take account and take stock of your side of the street. Look at the beautiful attributes you bring, and look at where you are a Tasmanian devil, because we all I know how I give be a Tasmanian devil, and I'm better today than I ever have been. But I know how that rolls. And let me give you some food for thought on this. We had a lead braa new moon eclipse in October of twenty twenty three. So if you want to do a little research, I would encourage you sit down and you think back to last October and what transpired between October and March ish, what was going on in the relationships for you at that time, Where were you growing, what were you learning, where were you struggling, where were things going well, whatever your assessment is, I would encourage you to revisit that timeframe. And the wonderful thing about revisiting and revising things to me is I have to sit down and I have to like literally pull out my calendar. Sometimes it helps on a cognitive level, but it also helps on an energetic and a cellular level. So going back and revisiting last October to March and looking at your relationships what changed, what was frustrating. You can collect a lot of data which will give you better and more clarified and involved perspective today. And I have to tell y'all, I've already done this, and it was like I was looking at my calendar and I was looking at the shifts, changes and growth, and it was significant. There was a lot of growth and shifts going on, and shifts in perspective and maturity maturity. And the funny thing about that is from you know, February of March twenty twenty four until now, I'm like, dang, I've grown even more. Wow, I'm even more mature and clarified. So the stuff that I was having to practice with myself and in my relationships like from October to March of last year, now it's more innate. I feel more empowered in places, and mature and clear in my voice, clear in my yes and my no. Am I always great at this? Heck no? But there's a lot of growth. So I encourage you all to do some con templation and some retrospective thoughts during this eclipse. A couple of things that are really important to take note of. Pluto is stationing to turn direct and Pluto turns direct on October eleventh at twenty nine degrees of Capricorn. Additionally, on October thirteenth, Jupiter station's retrograde. So Jupiter is stationing to start moving backwards from our perspective in the sky, and Pluto is stationing to start moving direct from our perspective in the sky. Why is that significant. You've got two big power players that move slow on bigger ellipticals and orbits during this eclipse season and during this time standing still in the sky Pluto death rebirth transformation. It's at the twenty ninth degree of Capricorn. Which is all about power struggles. And if you don't think that that applies to relationships, I don't know what does. But that's been a massive theme energetically. It's power struggles. So look at yourself and where you experience power struggles? Is it within yourself? A lot of mind is internal power struggles. I mean that I fight with myself more than I fight with other people, because I'm a libra, I'm a lover, So on the outside I'm like great, and then on the inside I'm having like a whole you know, like boxing match or what relationships in your life. Are the power dynamics imbalanced and off? Are you the victim? Are you the perpetrator? So Pluto standing still in the side at twenty nine degrees of Capricorn is really illuminating, kind of a push and pull and a power struggle energy and the Libra new moon eclipse gives you the opportunity to gather the facts, look at both sides of things and figure out the most diplomatic discerning way forward. With Jupiter slowing and standing still, which is at about twenty one degrees of Gemini, a sister sign of Libra, another air sign, it's like sending positive energy flow into the eclipse. Jupiter expands things, so Jupiter can expand our conscious thinking here and our ability to communicate. Now, can Jupiter exacerbate things absolutely? Whatever Jupiter touches, it expands, so it can also blow things out of proportion. Share too much, talk too much, but utilize Jupiter's juju to help you clearly communicate what it is that you want to heal and shift and see in your relationships over the course of the next six months. Some attributes of Libra just to think about. Some attributes of Libra, just to think about Libra is about harmony, it is about relationship. It's also about honesty. And with Libra there's this element of honesty and dishonesty. So the honesty comes from getting very clear and honest with yourself, so you can be honest with other people. You're insides matching your outsides. And I remember for me, and I'm not sure if I've ever shared this before. Gosh, years ago, I had a coworker say to me and she was just exceptional. She oversaw the bereavement department when I was in hospice, and she was just an expert in grief and bereavement and I'm just a badass lady. Her name is Marty, and I remember her sitting in my office one day and I was really kicking off my healing journey. I had just gotten sober, and you know, it was like the light bulb was starting to turn on and I was really honestly for the first time in my life life, looking at my side of the street and being honest about who I was, the gnarly and the beautiful alike, and it was it was so empowering. And she said to me, she said, you know, Amanda, a lot of times what happens with that, you know, when we were talking about addiction and alcoholism and just healing, our healing journey, and she says, you know what happens, most people's insides don't match their outsides. And I remember just looking at her and I said, you just told my whole story. You know. It was like one of those moments where she's I had never heard that before. My insides don't match my outsides, And I said, you just told the story of my entire life. And it was like, from a young age, you know, whatever I was feeling on the inside didn't always match what was going on externally. Or if I looked nice or if everything was put together in a nice package on the outside, then I was fine on the inside, you know, and all these discrepancies of dichotomy or living a double life or behaving in two different ways. And when she said, you know, your insides didn't match your outsides, and I'm like, and today my insides are starting to match my outsides. So that's the other thing, when we're talking about honesty and dishonesty, where your key moment of empowerment is in this eclipse of rebalancing things, is getting honest internally about what you need, your side of the street, your role, and where you have authority, sovereignty and empowerment. Get honest about that, and the action, the clear, healthy, balanced action will start to come to you intuitively. So this is not so much an eclipse of external practical outward action as it is is really getting quiet, taking notes, journaling, putting some puzzle pieces together so you can figure out where the best bang for your buck is in creating balance and harmony internally and externally in your life. And if you think about it, we're in an eight year in numerology, and a huge frequency that correlates with the eight is balance and flow. So use that energy of what feels imbalanced and what is my role? And am I ready to heal it? Am I ready to be honest first and foremost with myself, then with your soul, your higher power, and then ask the universe, ask your soul to reveal to you the next steps forward in the days, weeks, months ahead, So spend some time journaling, and like I was saying, wait until the clips you know, kind of reaches its exact point in the afternoon of October second, and then on the night of October second, do some journaling, Light a candle, put your crystals out, you know, like there's a new Moon ceremony on my website and a new Moon blog that has some good cornerstones. We linked those in the show notes. So grab a new Moon ceremony and make it your own. Do a little ceremony. It's an eclipse for goodness sakes. Use that energy to set some intentions for yourself around creating balance and harmony over the course of the next few months, and so you can be clearly shown what your role is, where your sovereignty is, and the action you need to take in the most harmonious way. In closing, one thing that I want to share about Libra energy that is more clear to me today and it's ever been. Libra truly is about beauty, romance and poetry. And for the longest time I didn't understand that. And I mean, it sounds so bizarre for me to say, Hey, I'm a Libra sun and moon, you know, and I have Libra and other planetary placements, but I'm like, Libra is about beauty and poetry and romance. What do you mean? I mean, it's ruled by Venus for goodness sakes, but today I get it whenever I see beauty in life, whether it's in a beautiful sunset or sunrise, or for me having fresh flowers in the house and doing the fresh flowers, or esthetics, having things organized and looking pretty, or you know, cleaning my makeup brush is doing my makeup. However beauty shows up, I have learned to recognize how soothing it is for my ner system. Like I didn't make this correlation, but when I see beauty or create beauty in life, it does something to my central nervous system and creates peace because ultimately, when you're talking about balance, harmony, and flow, you're talking about peace and a peace that passes all understanding, the still waters that run deep. And for me, because libra is an air sign, it does resonate with our nervous system anxiety, disease, agitation, frustration, so I know when I am feeling irritable or agitated or anxious. Apart from breath work and some of my practices, the cultivation of or the recognition of beauty in my life in a superficial way or in a sunset in nature that helps reentrain my body and creates and it's funny. On my desk, I have all these colored pencils and they're in a clear jar, and it's like a bouquet of colored pencils, which makes me think of you've got mail. There's nothing like a fresh, a fresh bouquet of sharpened pencils. I mean, if you know you've got mail, you totally know that. But basically, I have every color under the rainbow, and they're in this beautiful clear glass and they're colored pencils, and I pick them up and I use them and I color oftentimes when I'm sitting at my desk to just soothe my energy feel but also looking at all these colored pencils in here, it's the most delightful thing you've seen. And when I look down, I smile. So figure out ways during this new moon eclipse and the remainder of Libras season, figure out ways to cultivate beauty. What does beauty look like to you? And how do you appreciate it? How do you recognize beauty in your life? All right, everyone, happy eclipse. Be well, everybody, Thank you so much for listening to soul sessions. If you've got questions, do not hesitate to reach out email us podcast at soulsessions dot me. If you love this podcast and you want to hear more, make sure you're following it, liking and subscribing, and sharing it with other people. 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Hi everyone, it's Amanda Rigu Green. Welcome to Soul Sessions. Today, we are moving into the second of two major eclipses. We are still in eclipse season. There is a new moon solar eclipse in Libra on October second. The exact time of the eclipse is two forty nine pm Eastern Time on October second. So just a quick reminder and rule of thumb. Whether you're dealing with a new or a full moon, or we're dealing with an eclipse, there's like this build up before the exact point of the new or the full moon. So whatever is happening in the days leading up to it's like that's where you're gathering data. You know it's coming to a head, it's coming to a culmination point. So just remember on October second, wherever you are in the world and whatever time zone in you convert it, you do the math, but it's basically two fifty in the afternoon Eastern time. After that moment, that's where the clarity starts to come in. That's the apex and the crescendo of the energy. It's almost like, don't act before you have all the data. That's the way I think about New and full moons, but eclipses are pivot points, they're about transformation. They signify six month cycles. And we had the Pisce's full moon eclipse which was pretty immense. Let me just say this because I want to like put some food for thought out there for you. Pisces is ruled by Neptune and many astrologers because we've had Saturn in Neptune and there was a lot of net tune activity during the Pisce's full moon eclipse. A lot of astrologers were talking about massive flooding because Pisces is the water sign, and we have Saturn in Pisces right now, and they've been talking about rising waters flooding, and look at what happened in the United States with the hurricane. Also there's been massive flooding in Poland and other places in the world. And so a lot of love to everyone in all the states affected by the hurricane because it kind of came out of nowhere. I don't think people anticipated the damage, but damage from rising waters. And as someone who primarily grew up in Louisiana, I've been through my fair share of hurricanes, and the first one I remember that was really difficult was Hurricane Andrew. I think I was in maybe fourth grade or fifth grade something, fifth grade, sixth grade, something like that, and we didn't have power for two weeks. But rising water is no joke. You know. We we sometimes take for granted our safety and the things that we have. And I think about being in times of natural disasters or when something really major happens, and how people come together no matter our socioeconomic status, our ideologies, and so oftentimes whatever you're experiencing in life, even when it feels like a disaster, a natural disaster, sometimes that's when our true colors come out to show up and support people and help people. So I want you to think about that eclipse season wise, these last couple of weeks for you and moving into this Libra new Moon eclipse on the second and the couple of weeks following, because we're still in eclipse season through about the twentieth of the month. But whatever may be showing up in your life, you know who is rising up to meet you or who are you rising up to me and coming from your heart? Because the Libra new monoclipse it's Libra, so it is about relationships and for goodness sakes, that's one of the cornerstones of being human. Like it or not, relationships is a thing we cannot escape on this planet. And even if you isolate and even if you seclude yourself, you still are stuck with the relationship with yourself. So anyway we look at it, this is a fundamental aspect of being human. So Libra libranwmon eclipse, so the sun and moon will be together in Libra. I was actually born at the exact point of a Libra new moon, so I kind of know this energy, like it or not, you know, it's hardwired in my genetic code, in my blueprint, in my bones. And here's what is important. We're starting out this six month cycle. It's a new moon eclipse, so it's about beginnings, and over the course of the next six month there will be an emphasis on the rebalancing of relationships. I mean that is just the one oh one of it. But any time we have an eclipse, whether it's a new or a full moon, there's an element of closure. Eclipse is signify beginnings and endings. So before you go to conceptualize what you want to call into existence or heal or grow or expand in your relationships, in the months ahead, I would encourage everybody to think about what needs to be let go of, what needs to be healed, what has out moded, outserved its purpose, what is no longer relevant for you in relationships? And when you think about relationships, it's easy to go to the relationship with a partner or a spouse, or a child, or a parent, or a co worker, a friend. But I think sometimes in broader terms with relationships, I think about my relationship to work, my profession, my relationship to my home and family, my relationship to my spiritual life, my relationship to my health and well being. Like you fill in the blank and get a little bit broader, zoom out and think about the top two relationships in your life. Like if I ask you that right now, what are the top two that come to you? For me? The first one is my relationship with God, spirit, my soul, my spirituality, and my like just my optimal health and well being. All of that falls into that category for me. And the other one is home and family. And multiple things fall into the category of home and family. So what are your top two? Is work the first thing that came to you, And look, don't judge yourself like, be honest, what's the first relationship that you think is the most important to you today, and what's the second one, or what's tied for first and second place, whatever it is is, think about those relationships and get honest. Okay, you know what needs to be healed or rebalanced in those relationships in order for me to feel healthy, happy, well seen, respected, significant, abundant, peaceful, fill in your blank, but really recognize what relationships are standing out for you. And sometimes the relationships that stand out for us are the ones that are the most painful because they exhaust us the most or they cause us the most challenge and pain. And that's okay too, because those are the ones that have the most to show us where we get to grow. And the important thing in thinking about Libra, Libra is an air sign, so it is about looking at things from both perspectives. Libra likes to look at both sides of things and then decide the fairness, the middle point, the balance. It likes to gather the data and then make a decision that it feels like is even keeled or balanced. And then on the flip side of that, Libra is indecisive as all get out. You know, So it's either decisive and clear or it's indecisive. And the other thing about Libra that it's important to consider is avoiding conflict, and that is one of the cornerstones of Libra's shadow side, is not speaking up for itself in order to keep the peace, to keep the balance, to keep everything stable and harmonious. Let me deny my needs, what I want, my perspective in order to just not rock the boat, and that won't fly. So what we are coming into as a collective is this ability to assert ourselves, to speak our voice, but also consider the other. What is someone else's perspective, what do they need, what are they bringing to the table, and how can we both be heard and seen and find the ideal way forward, the middle way. To me, the best Libra ares statement there is is stand up for yourself and not against the other person. And that has been one of those cornerstones. My friend Gwenn told me that I don't know ten years ago, and it's like, yep, stand up for yourself, not against the other person, which means speak your truth, speak your mind, but come from a place of honesty and valor and integrity, not fighting against or I'll show you or in the sake of you know, we're not doing it for conflict. So really finding your voice in this energy, Where can you feel seen, recognized and supporting in your relationship. So I would take a little bit of time to sit down and write out two or three relationships, whether it's one to one personal relationships or your relationship with work, or your health, whatever it may be. Write down two or three relationships in your life that you're like, this is amazing, this feels good, this relationship is mature, this relationship is healthy. Wow, I feel seen and I genuinely love and support the other person or the other party. And then on the flip side of that, write down two or three relationships in your life that are a freaking hot mess. You know that just it's like, Oh, I've got to pick up the phone, or oh I have to do that today, you know, whether it's your health and go into the gym, or eating something healthy, no, let me just snack again, whatever the relationships. Write down the relationships that cause you grief, that cause you disease. Because what you get to look at here is polarity, and the deepest cornerstone of Libra is about polarity. Right now, We've got so much polarity in the world that this is a massive opportunity for us on an individual level and in our relationships to impact the world and the collective on a greater frequency. So, with your little checklist of the ideal or the healthy and the unhealthy and the frustrating relationships, look at your part, what do I bring to this relationship on the healthy side of things, What do I bring to this relationship? What do I appreciate and receive in this relationship? And then when you look at the shadow frustrating what relationships? You know, what is this taking from me? This relationship? What is this depleting me of? And also how am I not using my voice in a healthy way and asserting myself in this relationship? How am I stuck? Usually it has to do with kind of being stuck or complacent, which is totally Libra like okay, decisive, I'll just stay with it. And the best example I have, let's say, if you're it's in a relationship with a job or work. So often and I can raise my hand for this, we're in a job or in a profession or in a role, and you know, we come home and we're like, oh gosh, work was hard again today, or so and so did this today, or yes, you know, and we either just feel that way in our body and have that rhetoric going on with ourselves, or we come home to our spouse or or whomever and it's like we're broken record. Yeah they did this again today. H work was so ugh? This happened? You know. It seems to go on and on and on. I've been there. It's been a while, but I've been there, and usually it's like I am stuck in a broken record of not taking action, not asserting myself. And what I always share with people is freaking rewrite your resume, you know, like you don't have to go look for another job yet or know which job you want, but just sit down and rewrite the darn resume. And I don't know about you, but I don't like to rewrite my resume. I can help somebody rewrite their resume, no problem. I can knock it out, we can edit it, you know. I can share with them and see what they're good at or remember things that maybe they've done, you know, and I can help somebody edit it. Like it's nobody's business. But when it comes to rewriting my own resume, it's like, h oh no, I'll do it later. I'll do it another day. But the funny thing is when you sit down to update your resume and you take the time, you're like, WHOA, I did that. Wow, I have experience in this and the other thing that comes with rewriting a resume, and this is always like a one oh one. Thing that I suggest to people is pick up the phone and call some people you work with or who know you well, and say, Hey, I'm updating my resume. You know I've put these things on it, but what are some qualities in me that you think are outstanding? You know? Or where do you think I have a little bit of work to do? And that in and of itself, you have to ask for help. You get input from people, and you see things about yourself, hopefully more positive, that you couldn't see alone, that you needed another person to support you in. So the rewriting of the resume is the vibe for this eclipse. Wherever you are stuck in your relationships, whatever relationship that may be, how can you rewrite your resume? Meaning how can you stand back and look at your history, take account and take stock of your side of the street. Look at the beautiful attributes you bring, and look at where you are a Tasmanian devil, because we all I know how I give be a Tasmanian devil, and I'm better today than I ever have been. But I know how that rolls. And let me give you some food for thought on this. We had a lead braa new moon eclipse in October of twenty twenty three. So if you want to do a little research, I would encourage you sit down and you think back to last October and what transpired between October and March ish, what was going on in the relationships for you at that time, Where were you growing, what were you learning, where were you struggling, where were things going well, whatever your assessment is, I would encourage you to revisit that timeframe. And the wonderful thing about revisiting and revising things to me is I have to sit down and I have to like literally pull out my calendar. Sometimes it helps on a cognitive level, but it also helps on an energetic and a cellular level. So going back and revisiting last October to March and looking at your relationships what changed, what was frustrating. You can collect a lot of data which will give you better and more clarified and involved perspective today. And I have to tell y'all, I've already done this, and it was like I was looking at my calendar and I was looking at the shifts, changes and growth, and it was significant. There was a lot of growth and shifts going on, and shifts in perspective and maturity maturity. And the funny thing about that is from you know, February of March twenty twenty four until now, I'm like, dang, I've grown even more. Wow, I'm even more mature and clarified. So the stuff that I was having to practice with myself and in my relationships like from October to March of last year, now it's more innate. I feel more empowered in places, and mature and clear in my voice, clear in my yes and my no. Am I always great at this? Heck no? But there's a lot of growth. So I encourage you all to do some con templation and some retrospective thoughts during this eclipse. A couple of things that are really important to take note of. Pluto is stationing to turn direct and Pluto turns direct on October eleventh at twenty nine degrees of Capricorn. Additionally, on October thirteenth, Jupiter station's retrograde. So Jupiter is stationing to start moving backwards from our perspective in the sky, and Pluto is stationing to start moving direct from our perspective in the sky. Why is that significant. You've got two big power players that move slow on bigger ellipticals and orbits during this eclipse season and during this time standing still in the sky Pluto death rebirth transformation. It's at the twenty ninth degree of Capricorn. Which is all about power struggles. And if you don't think that that applies to relationships, I don't know what does. But that's been a massive theme energetically. It's power struggles. So look at yourself and where you experience power struggles? Is it within yourself? A lot of mind is internal power struggles. I mean that I fight with myself more than I fight with other people, because I'm a libra, I'm a lover, So on the outside I'm like great, and then on the inside I'm having like a whole you know, like boxing match or what relationships in your life. Are the power dynamics imbalanced and off? Are you the victim? Are you the perpetrator? So Pluto standing still in the side at twenty nine degrees of Capricorn is really illuminating, kind of a push and pull and a power struggle energy and the Libra new moon eclipse gives you the opportunity to gather the facts, look at both sides of things and figure out the most diplomatic discerning way forward. With Jupiter slowing and standing still, which is at about twenty one degrees of Gemini, a sister sign of Libra, another air sign, it's like sending positive energy flow into the eclipse. Jupiter expands things, so Jupiter can expand our conscious thinking here and our ability to communicate. Now, can Jupiter exacerbate things absolutely? Whatever Jupiter touches, it expands, so it can also blow things out of proportion. Share too much, talk too much, but utilize Jupiter's juju to help you clearly communicate what it is that you want to heal and shift and see in your relationships over the course of the next six months. Some attributes of Libra just to think about. Some attributes of Libra, just to think about Libra is about harmony, it is about relationship. It's also about honesty. And with Libra there's this element of honesty and dishonesty. So the honesty comes from getting very clear and honest with yourself, so you can be honest with other people. You're insides matching your outsides. And I remember for me, and I'm not sure if I've ever shared this before. Gosh, years ago, I had a coworker say to me and she was just exceptional. She oversaw the bereavement department when I was in hospice, and she was just an expert in grief and bereavement and I'm just a badass lady. Her name is Marty, and I remember her sitting in my office one day and I was really kicking off my healing journey. I had just gotten sober, and you know, it was like the light bulb was starting to turn on and I was really honestly for the first time in my life life, looking at my side of the street and being honest about who I was, the gnarly and the beautiful alike, and it was it was so empowering. And she said to me, she said, you know, Amanda, a lot of times what happens with that, you know, when we were talking about addiction and alcoholism and just healing, our healing journey, and she says, you know what happens, most people's insides don't match their outsides. And I remember just looking at her and I said, you just told my whole story. You know. It was like one of those moments where she's I had never heard that before. My insides don't match my outsides, And I said, you just told the story of my entire life. And it was like, from a young age, you know, whatever I was feeling on the inside didn't always match what was going on externally. Or if I looked nice or if everything was put together in a nice package on the outside, then I was fine on the inside, you know, and all these discrepancies of dichotomy or living a double life or behaving in two different ways. And when she said, you know, your insides didn't match your outsides, and I'm like, and today my insides are starting to match my outsides. So that's the other thing, when we're talking about honesty and dishonesty, where your key moment of empowerment is in this eclipse of rebalancing things, is getting honest internally about what you need, your side of the street, your role, and where you have authority, sovereignty and empowerment. Get honest about that, and the action, the clear, healthy, balanced action will start to come to you intuitively. So this is not so much an eclipse of external practical outward action as it is is really getting quiet, taking notes, journaling, putting some puzzle pieces together so you can figure out where the best bang for your buck is in creating balance and harmony internally and externally in your life. And if you think about it, we're in an eight year in numerology, and a huge frequency that correlates with the eight is balance and flow. So use that energy of what feels imbalanced and what is my role? And am I ready to heal it? Am I ready to be honest first and foremost with myself, then with your soul, your higher power, and then ask the universe, ask your soul to reveal to you the next steps forward in the days, weeks, months ahead, So spend some time journaling, and like I was saying, wait until the clips you know, kind of reaches its exact point in the afternoon of October second, and then on the night of October second, do some journaling, Light a candle, put your crystals out, you know, like there's a new Moon ceremony on my website and a new Moon blog that has some good cornerstones. We linked those in the show notes. So grab a new Moon ceremony and make it your own. Do a little ceremony. It's an eclipse for goodness sakes. Use that energy to set some intentions for yourself around creating balance and harmony over the course of the next few months, and so you can be clearly shown what your role is, where your sovereignty is, and the action you need to take in the most harmonious way. In closing, one thing that I want to share about Libra energy that is more clear to me today and it's ever been. Libra truly is about beauty, romance and poetry. And for the longest time I didn't understand that. And I mean, it sounds so bizarre for me to say, Hey, I'm a Libra sun and moon, you know, and I have Libra and other planetary placements, but I'm like, Libra is about beauty and poetry and romance. What do you mean? I mean, it's ruled by Venus for goodness sakes, but today I get it whenever I see beauty in life, whether it's in a beautiful sunset or sunrise, or for me having fresh flowers in the house and doing the fresh flowers, or esthetics, having things organized and looking pretty, or you know, cleaning my makeup brush is doing my makeup. However beauty shows up, I have learned to recognize how soothing it is for my ner system. Like I didn't make this correlation, but when I see beauty or create beauty in life, it does something to my central nervous system and creates peace because ultimately, when you're talking about balance, harmony, and flow, you're talking about peace and a peace that passes all understanding, the still waters that run deep. And for me, because libra is an air sign, it does resonate with our nervous system anxiety, disease, agitation, frustration, so I know when I am feeling irritable or agitated or anxious. Apart from breath work and some of my practices, the cultivation of or the recognition of beauty in my life in a superficial way or in a sunset in nature that helps reentrain my body and creates and it's funny. On my desk, I have all these colored pencils and they're in a clear jar, and it's like a bouquet of colored pencils, which makes me think of you've got mail. There's nothing like a fresh, a fresh bouquet of sharpened pencils. I mean, if you know you've got mail, you totally know that. But basically, I have every color under the rainbow, and they're in this beautiful clear glass and they're colored pencils, and I pick them up and I use them and I color oftentimes when I'm sitting at my desk to just soothe my energy feel but also looking at all these colored pencils in here, it's the most delightful thing you've seen. And when I look down, I smile. So figure out ways during this new moon eclipse and the remainder of Libras season, figure out ways to cultivate beauty. What does beauty look like to you? And how do you appreciate it? How do you recognize beauty in your life? All right, everyone, happy eclipse. Be well, everybody, Thank you so much for listening to soul sessions. If you've got questions, do not hesitate to reach out email us podcast at soulsessions dot me. If you love this podcast and you want to hear more, make sure you're following it, liking and subscribing, and sharing it with other people. 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