Aquarius Blue Moon: Goddess Durga

This full moon is the second in a row in the sign of Aquarius. I discuss its significance as well as its relation to the energies of Goddess Durga, known as the Great Mother. We close with an in-depth meditation to experience the Great Mother's healing energies.

Transcript

Hello and welcome.

Welcome to Everything is Energy.

Welcome to The Full Moon in Aquarius.

The Full Moon is exact on August 22nd,

2021.

But boy,

We have some strong energies going on that we likely became aware of exactly one lunar cycle ago with our previous Full Moon,

Also in Aquarius.

I'll get to that in a little bit more depth in a moment or two.

But I want to touch on some of the energies that are literally in the air as we are experiencing this Full Moon in Aquarius.

We have Jupiter conjunct the Full Moon.

Jupiter is retrograde in the sign of Aquarius.

Jupiter is simply the planet of expansion.

But Jupiter retrograde is inviting us to review and revise,

To review our goals and our structures and our plans for expansion and potentially to revise them.

And the theme here with Aquarius is Aquarius is the planet of high technology.

And I would like to offer that we are the technology.

Aquarius is reminding us of our true energetic nature.

All of those capacities that many lifetimes ago we may have known on a very familiar level,

That we are just sort of scratching the surface right now,

Remembering how powerful we are as creators in this world.

Aquarius is also high technology in the sense that it's helping us to simultaneously exist in this physical world,

This 3D world,

But also connect to the fourth and fifth dimension,

To connect to the oneness that is ever present.

And we not only have Jupiter in retrograde right now,

We have all of the outer planets in retrograde.

That would be Jupiter,

Saturn,

Neptune,

Pluto and Uranus.

So this is some powerful energy here.

If we consider the general message of the outer versus inner planets in our solar system.

The inner planets are the Sun,

Moon,

Mercury,

Mars and Venus.

Those are very quick moving planets and they tend to affect our day to day lives.

The outer planets are slower moving.

They tend to shape the overarching trends in our life.

They also tend to shape,

Well Neptune,

Uranus and Pluto are known to shape generations.

So all of these being retrograde is another review,

Revise,

Reset the larger picture of what we think is possible,

How we think we're going to do it and where we're headed.

And one of the messages that's coming through so potently right now is that we don't have to have it all figured out.

Quite possibly the old structures are still needing to shake themselves out so that the new rememberings,

Awakenings,

Realizations of ourselves as the answers that we seek,

The high technology,

The potent creators of a bright new world so that we can come online and create the world we wish to see.

Right now we have this retrograde energy which is,

It can be a little bit uncomfortable in the sense that it is supporting change and transformation.

And transformation means that we must let go of the things that we think are true,

The ways that we know how to do things and how to be and how to live so as to be able to be open to the new awakenings that are being ushered in with this Aquarian energy.

And now I mentioned this is the second full moon in Aquarius.

It's known as a blue moon.

And blue moons are sort of resets and it's perfect because we have all this retrograde energy which is review,

Revise,

Reset.

So I did a podcast on this,

The first full moon.

It happened back on the 22nd of July.

Full moon in Aquarius at one degree,

Aquarius conjunct Pluto and Chariklo.

And if you remember,

Pluto is the planet of death and rebirth and transformation.

Chariklo is the female counterpart of Chiron,

The wounded healer.

So that first full moon,

Full moons are realizations,

Culminations,

Basically highlighted some themes of what needs to go so that we can truly be the powerful transformed healers and creators that we are here to be.

And exactly one lunar cycle later on August 22nd,

We have the full moon in Aquarius at the anoretic degree of Aquarius.

That's 10 degrees.

And now this full moon is conjunct Jupiter,

Which is retrograde.

So expansion but not quite so fast.

Expansion with a larger vision.

And I would like to invite us,

The message that's coming through is that we need a higher level vision to take ourselves up out of our patterns.

The ways that we think the world is,

The ways that we have known throughout our entire lives of how things get done.

To be willing,

As uncomfortable as it might seem,

To be willing to let go of the reins so that we can have new awakenings.

And we have a goddess here to support us in this endeavor.

Durga.

Durga is the great mother who helps us remove the limitations,

The emotional and mental limitations,

Obscurations that prevent us from shining our true light.

We are all light beings.

We are all powerful creators and I truly believe that our heart center,

Our energetic heart center is quite possibly the most powerful part of ourselves.

And Durga is sort of supporting us in wiping that slate clean so that we can shine our light.

The saying,

The light is only as bright as the window through which it shines is appropriate here and we are being invited to cleanse the windows of ourselves,

Of our hearts,

Of our minds,

Of our mental,

Emotional and physical bodies.

All of it.

Durga is also the goddess of strength and justice.

She brings compassion,

Peace,

She brings calm and order to times of chaos and destruction and conflict.

And I think we can all feel how needed she is right now with the events in our world.

As I am recording this right now,

I am camped at an evacuation site in Northern California.

Thankfully the retreat center is very safe,

But the chaos and the transformation is oh so potent and I love the metaphor of just releasing.

And I think we can all sense that these messages are universal.

Whether you're camped next to me,

Whether you're across the globe,

The energies are here for us as our planet is in need of so much awakening and so much healing and this goddess,

Durga,

Goddess of strength and justice,

Bringing compassion and peace to chaos.

Because chaos is the precursor of a bright new future.

Chaos seems very fear inducing,

But chaos is actually the old structures breaking down that must break down so that we can build new ones with our awakened,

Brightly shining selves.

And now Durga,

I'll post a picture of her in my blog post,

She appears on her tiger.

And her tiger,

Well we also just,

The new moon for this lunar cycle was the energy of the white lions and I spoke about the calm and serene nature of the lion and the fierce,

Motherly,

Protective,

Courageous and strong energy of the lion and Durga is riding a very similar energy in the tiger.

Calm but fierce and oh so brave and strong.

And when she rides her tiger she is depicted as being serene and composed and centered and calm.

She's often dressed in a beautiful red silk sari and she has between 8 and 18 arms in her depictions and in these arms she's carrying weapons,

Denoting her fierce and fearless nature as the great mother.

And the name Durga means invincible,

Unconquerable.

And this is exactly the deeper message that's there for us as we entertain and step into letting go of our old ways of being and doing.

To really dig a little deeper,

To anchor ourselves down even more into our mother earth and realize that all is well,

That we are fully supported.

And Durga teaches us that the divine light of love and truth and wisdom will always prevail over chaos,

Disorder and pain.

And she's helping us individually as we carry our unique role for the collective to cleanse our mental bodies,

Our physical bodies,

Our emotional bodies as if there's a dirty window that just needs to be cleansed and cleaned so that the light can come through.

She is here to support us in that.

Let's get to practice.

I will post a little bit more about Durga's myth in the blog.

I'm feeling that what we need most right now is just to be with her.

So go ahead and find a quiet,

Safe,

Sacred space where you can sit or lie comfortably.

Let your spine be as straight as is comfortable,

But you just want to be comfortable and breathe.

Find your breath,

Close your eyes and just connect to that beautiful breath.

Notice how you're breathing.

Notice if your breathing might be a little bit more shallow than usual.

And notice if as you come into your body,

You instinctively just drop in a little bit more and your breath does deepen.

And now letting the breath be easy,

Breathing in through your nose.

Let your exhale be the release.

Whatever's distracting you,

Whatever's on your mind,

Let your exhale just be a chance to let go for a little bit.

Let's take a few more cleansing energizing breaths here as you breathe in.

Just imagine you're breathing in pure energy,

Light,

Truth,

Peace.

And as you breathe out,

Anything that is not that is releasing.

With the breath releasing from your field,

Breathing in.

This goddess is already ever present and surrounding all of us.

And greet her,

Feel her in the air around you,

Feel her in the natural world around you,

Feel her beneath you.

In Mother Earth,

Feel her above you from the heavens.

Breathing out,

Let that be the release.

You might know what needs to go around this full moon.

We often get realizations of things that are ready to be released.

You might just feel the energy that's ready to go.

Let the exhale be the release.

And we're just going to breathe here for a little bit longer.

Breathing in,

See if you can breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth.

And now I invite you to imagine an orb of light coming down in front of you,

In front of your heart center.

And this orb of light,

As you connect with it,

Begins to expand and grow.

And if you're comfortable,

You can allow this orb to merge with you as if it's enveloping your field.

And notice as this light merges with you,

It's as if the Great Mother has wrapped her arms around you.

Still breathing,

Allowing the inhale to be receiving and taking in light,

Love,

Peace,

Truth.

And the exhale to be any fear or worry,

Any heavy energy goes to the exhale.

And here you are seated or lying,

Merged with this orb of light.

This is the energy of the Great Mother.

One way to understand her is through this goddess Durga.

And she invites you to go on a journey with her.

And imagine that this orb of light becomes a portal,

A tunnel of sorts.

And you are simultaneously held,

Cradled in her arms,

And you're beginning to move through this portal.

And it's as if there's a tunnel of light that you're moving through.

And you see flashes on the walls of this tunnel of the world,

Your life,

The things that might be troublesome or feel like blocks.

And this Great Mother is showing you yourself,

But also she's showing you herself on this fierce tiger.

Serene and calm,

And you see yourself on the back of the tiger with her and she's meeting all of these fears and magically transforming them.

Allow her to show you not only the things that are ready for change and release and transformation,

But also to feel the energy of the transformation.

And as you release a little bit more into her arms,

Into this orb of light,

Feel how ready you are to let go of old patterns,

Old beliefs,

Old ways of understanding it.

This is how things are.

This is how I must be.

Let her show you all of it,

Everything that's ready for release.

And whether you're witnessing yourself on her tiger seated behind her or just her showing you the transformation,

Witness also and come to feel and receive the higher vibrations,

The transformed vibrations.

And the more time you spend here,

The more you come to realize how ready you are to let go,

How easy it is to let go.

That this is the perfect time to release.

Easy breath and just simply being held.

Held in this orb of light.

Maybe you're still seeing images flash on this tunnel that she's transporting you through.

Maybe it's just turned into a vibration.

Your exhale is clearing,

Your inhale is harmonizing.

New vibrations,

New understandings,

Transformation is happening right here.

As much as you're ready to release,

This great mother is ready to support you in transforming.

So let's just spend a little bit more time here with her.

Reviewing all of the thought forms,

The beliefs that we might still be holding on to and revising them so that they are transformed.

And in this process coming to understand at a deeper level than ever before that you are the high technology,

The transformation that you are seeking and that you are that powerful,

You are that light and that your soul's purpose,

Your right on task,

Your right on point is to shine light.

And it's as if she's cleansing your aura,

Just holding you,

Allowing you to surrender even more,

Release and let go everything that you're ready to release and receive more love,

More light,

Truth,

Peace,

Wisdom.

And now notice how easy and effortless this feels.

If there was any resistance at the beginning of this practice feel,

It's just melting and feel how right on point this feels.

Now is the perfect time to release.

You are just the person to transform these energies that you're carrying.

Wonderful.

And now the images fade into this beautiful,

Brilliant,

Golden light that is the wisdom,

The compassion,

The peace,

The strength and the justice of the great mother.

And she wants you to know that she is you and you are her and all that's needed is just a conscious choice to connect with her.

She is always available.

And now especially during the close of this lunar cycle,

We have the full moon peaking and then we have the rest of the cycle,

The next two weeks more or less to continue to release,

Continue to release,

Continue to release.

That she's here for you,

That this practice is here for you,

That all you need to do is connect with her and surrender into her arms,

Her light and receive transformed vibrations,

Upgrades.

Every time you're willing to let go,

She is there to nourish you as if to feed you more light and love and wisdom.

And with this blue moon,

The second full moon in Aquarius,

Headed into the age of Aquarius,

This is such potent energy and times to surrender to the process of transformation,

To be the change that we seek and to allow the window that shines our light to be cleansed,

To be upgraded,

To be transformed.

Ultimately,

These energies are reminding us that everything we seek is already inside of ourselves,

That it is not out there,

That it is within.

And gosh,

I am so grateful for the thousands and thousands and thousands of people who are joining and I hope you can feel that this is real,

That together we are co-creating from the fifth dimension,

Experiencing our oneness,

Grounding down through the fourth,

Which is the dimension of learning how to be powerful creators down into the third dimension,

Which is this beautiful physical world that we live in.

Such a powerful and potentially joyful time to be in these bodies.

I thank you.

I'm grateful for each and every one of you.

I'm grateful to the Great Mother for her ceaseless love,

Light,

Support,

Compassion,

Strength,

Justice,

Peace that she brings to us.

Whenever we seek to connect with it,

She is there.

So you can listen to this again as much as you need.

You can just connect with her whenever you need.

All right,

Thank you all for joining.

As always,

I will post some more information about this goddess and these times that we live in in the blog post and I look forward to seeing you in the new moon.

Bright blessings and so much love.

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