dark moon recommendation

it is a dark moon from monday until the new moon in scorpio @11:02AM EST wednesday. details are in the horoscopes.

we often hold these binary ideas of what qualities can & cannot coexist. water dissolves them all. it is gentle AND forceful. it is consistent AND complex. scorpios element is water. it is in-between these binaries that the discomfort of scorpio season lies for many. it is the depth & intensity, like rivers shaping crevices that make mountains. the water that carves landscapes, the water that is most of this earth. the water that is us.

there is strength in your gentleness. there is wisdom in your complexities. there are resources in your crevices. you can carve mountains of hope with your healing, mountains of perspective & power. first, you must be water.

scorpio is water + mars + pluto. this is no lightness of heart. this is no nonchalant fluidity. this is not sagittarius season- yet. scorpio is the work of getting shit right on the inside. scorpio is the medicine of death & rebirth we need when everything hurts, when things go dark, when trust feels impossible. 

your most resilient resources are inside: accumulated from love, ancestors, relationships, and everything you’ve been intuitive enough to gather on your way here. you don’t have to suffer to prove you’re not taking your blessings for granted. you can enjoy them *because* you take nothing for granted. reach in. reach out. 

sometimes we must thoroughly be with what is ending to be present to what is just beginning.    

oxo
saltwater & stars

full moon + uranus musings on decolonization

colonization gets us caught up in hyper-individualism, thinking that it doesn’t matter what we do or how we do it because “the ends justify the means”. colonization has us thinking that there isn’t another way, that whiteness is our access point, that we are not sufficient and capable of creating power on our own. colonization has us prioritizing money and individual goals versus prioritizing relationship and critical attention to impact. colonization views community as a concept and transactional web (do good to get something) rather than a collection of real-time relationships where connection matters.


I believe decolonization is an internal, individual process but much more importantly, an active collective one. it is a set of personal commitments, direct actions, and communal practices. and it is important to call a thing what it is and what it is not. decolonization is a noun but the root of the word is decolonize, which is a verb.

Definition of decolonize
de·col·o·nize | dē-ˈkä-lə-ˌnīz 
verb: to free from colonial status.
-from Merriam Webster


decolonization is dismembering ourselves from these toxic power models and remembering our inherent worthiness that leads us to love one another. active decolonization is not centering whiteness or white proximity. It is rejecting personal agendas or capitalistic ambitions of fame, money, acclaim, or hierarchal power. it is refusing respectability or alignment with harmful leadership.

ultimately, we must be committed to destroying the power structures that oppress us. we need strategies that start with the micro and move to the macro- not because we have tons of time and a lack of urgency, but because we don’t. as I’ve gone through my own eternal learning and unlearning processes, I have come into clarity that work that preserves, invests into, or perpetuates the systems that are killing us is not aligned with collective liberation. I am here for freedom from the inside out, sustainable movement, and relationship-centered living.

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas that are queer, radical, & learning to accept their selves & identities.

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas colonized into religions not rooted in their freedom & so are afraid of their own power.

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who have been so deeply colonized they’ve forgotten they have ancient wisdom within.

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who have had to leave themselves behind to conform into white supremacist nonculture. 

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who weave magic everyday with their words and their love but don’t know it yet. 

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who are struggling to find spirituality without oppressive models. 

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who are forming their own path by being brave enough to take another step. 

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who are trying to reach back into ancestral wisdoms in order to decolonize the future. 

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who are drawn to astrology, tarot, & other magic but are scared to say yes. 

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who want to transform themselves to transform the world. 

for the freedom of Black & Brown brujas who know deep down that they are god.

I am here for all of us, for everyone, because that’s who astrology & spirituality is for. I’m not here to limit the ways source wants to channel & flow, in any shape or form. for this full moon however, on the eve of my 25th solar return, it is time to be clear about who I belong to & who belongs to me in the acknowledgement that we all belong together on this earth. (brujas including brujos and brujx)

oxo
saltwater & stars

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don't fuck with what you just got free from

full moon in taurus
wednesday, october 24 @ 12:45PM EST | 1 degree

it’s full moon day. horoscopes are in the Commune (check your inboxes, subscribers), magic is being made, love is abundant. to get us through what may end up being a wild ride, I’ve been listening deeply to the multiverse. here is what has come through…

sometimes feeling powerless comes from trauma. sometimes, ego keeps us there. power is not from outside of you. it is from deep inside.
it’s not about perfection or all-knowingness. we do what feels right in the moment. we adjust when new wisdom comes to what feels right in the next moment. adrienne maree brown says, “another thing that burns people out is wasted effort.” call your power back and call it forth. take the space you need to recalibrate the management of all your resources, including energy, because what the sun in scorpio cannot tolerate is wasted effort.

to thrive during this season, hone scorpio energy. HOLD your power, don’t run from or misuse it. deepen the intimacy & pleasure in your life by deepening the nonnegotiable boundaries with who/what harms you. we’re learning that individualistic approaches don’t care for collective needs; being resourced by your power allows you to center community without depleting yourself. now is an opportunity to do healing that transforms your long term & contributes to community. it is uncomfortable but this is what the full moon conjunct uranus in taurus, opposite sun and venus retro in scorpio is bringing.

these aren’t just fancy phrases- look to your lived experience. whatever is coming up for you IS your full moon story. reckon with your pain AND your power. when things change you’re not being punished, you’re being evolved. all the scorpio energy (sun, mercury, venus, jupiter) is asking us to redefine power by eliminating egotistical attachments to it & cultivating compassion for self & other. when we cling to ego we conflate confidence (among other things) with power. we conflate performance with truth. anything built on those conflations will be shaken under this moon + venus retro.

don’t stay afraid, that is forgetting your agency. trust, surrender. your intuition is magic. use it for good. learn to recognize your own light, love, and beauty so you can protect it from here on out. learn not to fuck around with compassion because it’s a powerful gift and we often misuse it to stay in relationship with toxicity. trust that learning what you need to know for your own liberation is a collective contribution. the freer we are, the freer the collective is, and the more we can give.

this can be a turning point, where we either spiral into who we were BEFORE or choose to let our grief generate new selves, boundaries, & possibilities. it’s important to feel through things because the emotions need to be honored or they will use ego as an outlet. this is why we need ritual, too. grieve what you need to leave. connect to what holds you steady. choose growth, choose flow. because holding on tightly to what is dying becomes toxic. uranus ON the full moon is freeing us from what keeps us small, in scarcity, or in danger. once you get free, don’t use all the fresh space to return to ways of being that are comfortable & familiar. don’t fuck with what you just got free from.


oxo
saltwater & stars


p.s: if you need help accessing your power & recalibrating your relationship to it, I highly recommend Staci Jordan Sheltons
UNRAVELED: Reclaiming Power. I have experienced it twice and each time it has changed my life.

dark moon recommendations

notice the little things. 

notice where your energy is going, from micro to macro.
plug any leaks & cut any threads draining you.
make it your business to mind your business.
let strategies & solutions weave themselves together with your intuitive trust in the multiverse.
observe where you’re busy without purpose & resonance. adjust accordingly.
trade overanalyzing for ritualizing.
use your wonder & curiosity to make space for your dreams to come true.
focus on how deeply you care & are resourced by love. let that generate joy.
get familiar with the texture of love has for you. get intimate with the taste of it.
the smell, the sound, the cellular shifts. make love to them.
cure for longing & ache? gratitude & amplification of the love already in your life.

oxo  

saltwater & stars