This month’s full moon is known as the harvest moon. It is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox. Because it happens so closer to sunset it provided more light for farmers to harvest their crops, helping them at this time.

It is also known as the Youthing Moon. Many ancient and tribal cultures do ceremonies on this full moon to turn back the clock both physically and metaphorically.

During this time of the month when the sun is in Libra the full moon occurs in the sign of Aries. The full moon is a reflection of the sun, so it is always s in the sign apposing the sun sign.

Aries being the first sign of the zodiac is often thought of as the child of the zodiac. Our intention for this full moon was to use the power of illumination to reconnect ourselves with that inner child.

Aries is also represented by the King of Wands in the Tarot deck. The King of Wands is a mastery card and asks us to look back at the essence of what we are, the seeds that were planted when we were born.

The illumination that we hope to receive is to reconnect with our sacred fire, our internal flame, the passion that fires us towards our destiny. In our visualization we are looking to illuminate the sacred fire to reconnect with it, to our essence. For many of us we don’t know what our essence is. Perhaps we have not yet connected to that part of ourselves, to our purpose. We can use this full moon to illuminate that part of ourselves.

Coming out of the summer, and all it eclipses, we move into a time of harvest. It is a time to look at what we have sown and tended since the spring. To see what has grown over the summer. Given all the eclipses (three rather than the usual two in a row), most of us have learned a lot. Now is the time to stop and process that. See how we have grown. One of our greatest oversights is not to see where we have been. We need to stop and look at where we started and where we are now, to see our progress.

One of our greatest spiritual tools is to write our history. It gives us perspective, lets us follow our own footsteps. Journaling is a great tool. It gives us perspective in the present. It shows us the point between the experience the ‘experience-er’, the observer. But it is also good to look back after we have had the experience, processed it, and understood the wisdom; to we see what has happened to us. It is usually at this point where we can see our experiences, especially if they were challenging, as gifts. So use the time of the harvest to harvest your own wisdom. Reap what you have sown and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

All of this takes us back to where we started. This process of recounting will give you more information about your path. Look at what unfolded, which doors opened and which doors closed. When were you ‘beating your head against the wall’, which is usually an ego driven desire rather than your destiny. Because in truth, and we all know it, when we are on path everything is smooth, you can feel it, there is a kind of peace. It may be challenging but still smooth with out resistance (unless it is coming from our own mind).