Guidance for shadow, clarity, and small acts of luminous magic
Dear Seeker of the Flame,
Do you sense it? The pulse beneath your skin, the heat rising even as the nights grow colder? This is no gentle flicker. This is the Full Moon in Aries, the spark that leaps before hesitation, the fire that remembers your name even when you’ve gone quiet.
Where Virgo’s September whisper asked you to order and notice, October’s potent fire dares you to act. This moon lights not a tidy path, but a trail through brambles—untamed, uncharted. Its message is not “wait” but “move.” Not recklessly, but bravely.
This Full Moon (October 7th) stands opposite the Sun in Libra, stirring the balance between “me” and “we.” Aries is the first sign, the igniter, the pioneer. Its question: What will you begin again, even if no one else understands?
Consider this:
“I am a circle with no center.
A maze with no map.
I shift each time you walk me.
And yet—I always lead you back to yourself.
What am I?”
🌕 Perhaps it is the labyrinth you’ve been circling quietly.
🌕 Perhaps it is your own desire, waiting for a spark of permission.
🌕 Perhaps it is Soulfire, echoing Onyx Iskra’s whisper: “Feed the pattern you’ve begun.”
And so, even in a labyrinth, the smallest flame shows the next turn.
Three Small Acts of Full Moon Fire
🔥 1. Spark of Intention
Under the full moon (or simply in the evening light), write a single act of courage you’ve been postponing. Fold the paper, hold it to your heart, and whisper: “I begin again.”
🔥 2. Labyrinth Walk (or Draw)
If you can, walk a labyrinth—real or imagined. If not, draw a spiral or maze on paper. With each step or stroke, breathe out hesitation, breathe in fire. Ask: “What part of me waits at the center?”
🔥 3. Feed the Pattern
Choose one small, persistent action to nourish your own flame. It need not be grand. It only needs to be repeated. As Onyx Iskra teaches, “a single spark, again and again, is still a flame.”
A Moon’s Murmur:
Courage is not noise, but fidelity to your own spark. Aries fire burns bright but also burns out if untended. Feed it with presence, not perfection.
Reflections for Your Flame:
• What have you been circling in your life that’s calling for action?
• What would it look like to “feed the pattern” with one small, steady spark?
• Where can you be both brave and gentle with yourself?
If your curiosity is stirred:
Onyx Iskra’s whisper “Feed the Pattern” waits in the Spiral Codex. It is a murmur of shadowfire, reminding us that even when we step away, the flame remembers. Let it echo with you.
With fire in your hands and moon overhead,
~ Your Maven ✨
Sheila
P.S. The flame whispers differently to each of us. Witness what rises. If you wish, share one small “spark” of your journey with me. We can co-create a practice to keep feeding your pattern this season (Learn More).
