Full Moon in Libra Ritual Guide
Sun in Aries, Moon in Libra. The axis of partnership and independence, lighting up any areas of our relationships that need balancing out. This is an excellent time to resolve conflicts - internal or external - around how we maintain healthy and beneficial boundaries in our most personal interactions.
Moon exact full on Sunday, March 28th, 2021, at 11:49 AM PST.
Libra is symbolized by the scales, always seeking peace, balance, diplomacy. With the moon in Libra, these qualities are focused on our emotional realm, bringing that sacred stability into our hearts. Relationally, this means paying close attention to how, when, and why we prioritize the well being of others over our own and vice versa.
The full moon in Libra is our annual opportunity to communicate our needs and limits with ourselves and others, clearly and lovingly.
Libra is ruled by Venus, now conjunct the sun in Aries, pulling us to focus on love of Self first. It’s like they say on the airplane - put your own oxygen mask on before helping anyone else with theirs. This may feel uncomfortable, selfish, wrong. Remind yourself that by caring for your own needs first, you are ensuring that you have the energy stores to care for others.
The relational axis of Aries/Libra connects to the foundation of our emotional training. Whatever we were taught as children about the “correct” way to be in relationship, the values ascribed to independence and codependence, how much autonomy we were given, whether we were punished or celebrated for being ourselves. These patterns stick. Long after we have identified them, even after many years of work to undo the most harmful among them, that legacy is ours. It is not our job to erase them, it is our job to illuminate them so we can work with them, with ourselves, in a healthy and productive way.
As you dive into the energy of this moon and its pull toward relational examination, use the Libran peacemaker impulse as your guide. Make peace with yourself, with your legacy, with any past missteps no matter how big or small. Make peace with yourself so can move through the world sharing your peace with others.
This ritual is designed to balance your being and clear your heart, opening a path forward toward peace, love, and fulfillment in all relationships.
Use what you have on hand in your home. Work with what you have, both in terms of physical items and knowledge and experience. Be more concerned with doing what is authentic to you than with what is “correct”. The most correct thing is the thing the you truly connect with and evolve through. You have everything you need.
Gather what you have of the following:
CLEANSER: sage, palo santo, incense, energy cleansing spray, selenite wand, a bell – whatever you use to clear the energy of your space is great.
IMAGES: Print outs or drawings of the Justice card (you’ll want to keep the actual cards in your deck to use for readings)
CANDLES: Two 7-day ritual candles (the tall kind in glass) in different colors. When choosing, think about yourself when choosing one, then about others when choosing the other. If you don’t have ritual candles, you can use tea candles or simply follow the clearing, incantation, and visualization prompts.
CANDLE DRESSINGS: Dried rose petals, olive oil. If you are using a ritual candle and it is pre-dressed, leave it be.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Any crystals or other symbolic items you wish to include. Ideally, rose quartz as a central stone and any others you wish to add. If you don’t have rose quartz, feel free to improvise with what you have on hand.
PRACTICAL THINGS: matches, a pen, a napkin or paper towel to wipe oil from your finger.
Perform the ritual:
STEP 1: Clear the energy of your space, then close your eyes and take 3 deep cleansing breaths to ground yourself in space and time.
STEP 2: Place the Justice card in the center of your altar area, the candles on either side with the rose quartz in the center with the Justice card.
STEP 3: Place a drop of olive oil on top of the candle and trace it around 3 times clockwise, then sprinkle a tiny bit of crumbled dried rose petal on top. Olive oil is symbolic of pease. Rose petals bring love and abundance.
STEP 4: light the candle and say “I am full of love and compassion for my Self and the Selves of others and I make peace with all previous versions of myself.”
STEP 5: Close your eyes and spend a few minutes finding the most complete stillness you can. Breathe in for 4 counts, out for 4 counts for 4 full cycles. Then breathe in for 3 counts, out for 3 counts for 3 full cycles, then in for 2, out for 2 for 2 cycles. Finally finish with one deep, long inhale, filling your entire being with your breath and exhaling all of the air out of your lungs completely. Bring your awareness to your heart. Breathing normally, find a flicker of light in the center of your heart and grow it with every breath until your entire being is filled with the light of your heart. Then gently bring your consciousness back to the present, bringing this light with you, and open your eyes. Repeat this visualization daily for 7 days. If you are using tea candles, dress and light a new one each day and repeat the incantation.