Mental Health / Tarot

The Worm Moon And A Lunar Eclipse – The 25th Is A Powerful Time For Healing

Hi Musers, just two days ago we had the March full moon, also called the Worm Moon. Don’t say ew! First of all, I didn’t name it, and second, worms are useful little fellas who don’t harm anyone.

The full moon is a powerful time on its own but this is also the start of eclipse season. Eclipse season occurs twice a year, when two or three eclipses occur in a short time, usually 35 days. There’s usually a mix of solar and lunar eclipses during this time. The next solar eclipse will be on April 8th, but sadly it’ll only be visible in North America…boo!

I try to follow the cycles of the moon in terms of journaling, tarot and self-improvement. The full moon is a time of releasing things that no longer work for us. The lunar eclipse amps up that energy even more so if you need to spring clean your life now is the time. The whole point of my therapy is to let go of my trauma from my childhood and it is HARD! I’m only a few weeks in and already struggling. I hate dragging up the past even if it will help me in the end.

Enter Tarot

When I started to learn tarot I found Biddy Tarot, run by the amazing Brigit Esselmont. She publishes a daily tarot planner every year and this year I snagged a copy. This was the first place I went to look for a full moon spread and the planner did not disappoint.

During the worm moon the moon is in Libra, a sign of balance. The spread focuses heavily on two Bs – Balance and Beauty. In the book’s own words

“The Libra Full Moon invites you to revel in beauty and release anything that negatively impacts your sense of harmony and balance.”

Where Does Balance Come In?

What does all this talk of balance have to do with releasing, you ask. Well sometimes to get into balance some things in life need to be greatly diminished and others need to be given the old heave-ho completely. Balance is something I struggle with constantly. I do far too much in too short a time and completely burn myself out.

Once this happens, I am all but useless for a while. My mood tanks, I am even more exhausted than usual and I fall back into bad habits to self soothe. Ever since I was little, my main coping mechanism was food. Even now I turn to chocolate and takeaways when times get tough. Now I am back into tarot and paganism my second habit has taken full effect – buying things. It’s mostly tarot decks and crystals right now.

Even after all this time I find it almost impossible to break free of this cycle. As I explained in my trauma personalities post, my personality is a doer. My coping and my self-esteem is all tied up in having a plan, following it, checking things off my list and feeling a sense of accomplishment. I have no idea who I would be if this personality fell away. How I would cope. Honestly, the idea scares the hell out of me.

This compulsion may change as a part of my therapy but at the moment it’s all I know and I’m not ready to let it go. However, I’ve decided I need to at least thinks about how I could let it go and this spread seems like a good start.

The Worm Moon Spread

That thought brings me neatly back to the spread.

I have to admit I found it intriguing. Balance in my relationships is a big struggle for me. I am the caregiver, I look after others and don’t know how to let people take care of me, even when I desperately need it. I was also interested to see what I would need to release as this is a key part of the full moon. It’s even more important now as I am now doing therapy and also because the worm moon is considered the last winter moon. We are entering spring and it’s time to start spring cleaning!

My Cards

My current favourite deck is the Ink Witch tarot, and I can rely on it to tell it like it is so I used it for this spread. I also busted out my Moonology Oracle deck for an energy reading to pull the spread together. Here’s the cards that I drew:

1. Wheel of Fortune. I have learned to trust that everything happens in its own time and that I need centre myself. Learning to trust myself and see what I really want will stop me being thrown off course. Before I would chafe at delays, ask “why me?” when things went wrong and was constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop when things were good. Now I need to roll with the cycles.
2. Four of Pentacles. I need to remind myself that relationships are meant to work both ways. I naturally step into the role of caregiver and find it very difficult to let others look after me. I need to remind myself that I won’t be able to care for others if i’m burned out and allow myself to step out of the caregiver role for a little while.
3. The High Priestess. My life has been very stressful and a bit precarious financially of late. I’m drained and all my mental energy has gone into planning how to get through and make things better. Despite lots of advice from my readings I am not taking the time I need to look inside. I need to grow in my spirituality and intuition and spend time learning what I really need. I won’t be able to evolve without it.
4. Two of Pentacles. I need to release any kind of rigid planning and prioritisation of one thing and go with the flow. I need to trust nothing catastrophic is going to happen if I’m not focused on x 100% of the time. Flexibility is needed as well as the belief that there are lots of options.
5. Queen of Wands. I need to embrace my power and remember all the skills and excellent qualities I bring to the table. I have accomplished a lot in my life all while experiencing a fair bit of trauma. I need to remember I am that bitch.
6. Seven of Cups Reversed. I need to stop limiting myself to what’s realistic and let my mind soar. Even if what I am planning doesn’t come true to may lead me to something else equally or more amazing.

My Moonology card was New Moon in Aquarius – Bring love into the situation. I must manifest with love and believe I can do it.

What Will You Release?

I hope you enjoyed the spread and you might think about what you need to release yourself. Everyone needs to heal an everyone clings to parts of our life that just aren’t working anymore. If you feel like sharing your insights, please feel free to pop it ion the comments. Take care til next time xx