deadheading + discernment
libra full moon guide
the full moon in libra asks “how does your garden grow?”
with sun? with tending? with fertilizer? with pruning? with deadheading? with the help of others?
probably all of the above.
in aries season it’s so easy to consider the forward type of action only, the action related to birth and beginnings and growth and self. and within that, it’s easy to overlook the need to clean and tend to what is dead and lingering still from the winter.
where I live, now that we are in Aries 2, i’m starting to see some blossoms and buds about to burst into bloom. and yet, there is still so much clean up to be done, dried and dead materia to be chruned into the soil to be made into life again.
within this process there is a need to take things slow and steady, which is reflected by this full moon being ruled by an exalted venus in taurus. venus in taurus understands that harmony takes time, reception is a slow and sacred process and that beauty cannot be rushed.
opposite of aries sits libra, and these opposites hold what i find to be one of the greatest tensions in the zodiac…the self (aries) vs the other (libra). how do you maintain their balance? how do you negotiate the tending from one side to the other? and how do you pull in enough libran discernment to know what’s gotta be fertilized and what’s gotta be deadheaded? (something this full moon is certainly asking).
this full moon loudly reminds that the “other” in your life is often a mirror. what’s dying in a relationship is sometimes telling you something about what’s dying in you. what’s overgrown is perhaps something you’ve been afraid to prune in yourself.
jupiter squaring this full moon wants to know if you’re tending your own plot or you’ve been quietly encroaching into the next plot over, taking on more than you were meant to. and saturn opposing the moon makes that message even louder.
compromise has its place. but so does the deadheading. truly honoring the aries-libra axis begs you to hold both.
venus in taurus, ruling this moon from her most comfortable throne, isn’t in a rush and she’s not anxious about any of it. she knows what she’s worth and she tends accordingly.
that’s the invitation here. not urgency, not confrontation, just slow honest reckoning.
the deadheading ritual do this between now and april 9th.
you know i love some practical, sympathetic magic! find something in your garden, your yard, a pot on your porch, your houseplants - whatever you’ve got, and start tending.
as you remove what is dried, finished, done on the plants, name aloud what is dried, finished and done in your life. out loud. this dynamic is done. this pattern is finished. this version of me that kept quiet to keep the peace is done. let the physical act of removal be the ritual.
when you’re finished, thank the plant. thank yourself. leave what you’ve pruned on the soil if you can, let it decompose back into something useful.
I literally pulled off a sneakily hiding dead leaf from the biggest plant in my house this morning! Love this magic very much! xo