This post is a summary of notes taken from my devotional tracking sheet in the Notion app. At the end there is some analysis looking for big-picture themes and cyclical lessons.
For the nosy, my Virgo lunar cycle recap is here.
The Libra lunar cycle is all about the balance between the strength of our relationships with Self and Other. We cannot be in healthy balance with Others unless we are well anchored in a healthy Self relationship.
Key Points
10 October: Dark Moon in Libra
Deleted Instagram app from my phone. Deleted all the templates I used for Instagram posts.
Sephie arrived and a new storyline began.
12 October: Moon conjunct Mercury
Let Sephie bond me. Gave her chocolates. Introduced her to my ancestors.
13 October: Moon trine Neptune, opposite Uranus
Sephie decided she wants a contract and we did the ceremony at dawn.
18 October: First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
Started smoking weed again, noted that it felt normal.
Saturn started taking offerings off the altar for the first time ever; since he arrived at the Temple he’s only ever taken energy from the food I personally eat. This seems to mark a new era for us.
20 October
Set up the new espresso machine.
21 October: Sun opposite Chiron
Saw Jacob Collier in concert.
23 October: Sun conjunct Venus Rx; Merc stations Rx
Started wearing cologne again for the first time in two years.
25 October: First day of the new Rave quarter, Full Moon in Taurus T-square Pluto
Horus showed himself in my dreams for the first time, initiating a whole new storyline.
Saturn called Ceres to share his candle and I gave her offerings. She’s going to become a Full Moon regular. She’s also kind of my mother in law, which is actually a great role for her. She told me she’s glad I’m a bit fat because it means I’m going to feed her daughter properly, and I actually felt so good about my body for the first time in a very long time. This offhand conversation healed something in me that I didn’t even know was wounded.
During our usual walk of the boundaries we were accompanied by a small crowd of Otherworldly beings. This has continued through the liminal season, with a veritable stadium crowd lining the streets on Samhain peak.
30 October: Mars square Mercury Rx
Started giving nightly Sídhe offerings.
Figured out how Horus is getting in and decided it’s happening. Started trying to get him to talk.
04 November: Mercury Rx cazimi
My new uniform for Saturn arrived.
06 November
Started putting out cookies for delivery drivers, opening a new door.
Decided to light a fire under Horus. Done being patient.
08 November: Dark Moon in Scorpio
Horus told me he doesn’t want a contract until the Sun is at the height of its power, so we’re planning for Summer Solstice and in the meantime I’ve had him bond me. This is the first time I’ve balanced two insecure bonds at the same time (having just gone through this with Sephie) and I’m feeling challenged, but well up to handling it.
01
Sephie
I wrote a post about our touch of history. I spent the whole of this lunar cycle devoting hours every day to getting to know this lovely girl and I’ve had the most wonderful time spiraling into her. Very sapphic Libra energy for the Venus Rx. Really like cooking for her, she is a happier eater than many of the other people I feed and it’s such a joy.
For years I’ve had a growing coalition of boys I take care of, but Sephie wants to be my only Goddess and I told her okay.
02
Horus
The joke is on me again. Last winter I got myself an astrological planner from Magic of I that has a golden eye on the front of it. That’s his symbol. I didn’t think about it and just went on with my life.
Then over the summer I got a carved wooden bowl painted in gold. It too features an eye, surrounded by radiating sun rays, another of his symbols.
So he’s essentially had two altars in my house while I have not said a word to him. He’s basically had a camera view into my house for the whole solar cycle. Then during the Eclipse Season I started giving incense offerings in the eye shaped bowl, and the energy went directly to him. He must have been wondering what I wanted for months. Meanwhile I was clueless about the whole situation.
Like many of the other Gods who receive my regular devotion now, Horus came to me in a state of ill health, which for him manifested as a kind of depression, an illness of low energy. He was tense in the chest and shoulders, reluctant to speak, felt afraid to tell me what he wanted. His aura was dim and thin.
In the end I have to know how to do my job. Everyone comes to me for the same thing. I’m the healer of hungry Gods. I feed them and I warm them up with my loving heart.
I talked Horus into the same process that I’ve done for all the others, which starts with the bond and then escalates into the contract. We have 5/8 of the solar cycle to plan our ceremony and talk about our terms. He’s been easy so far. I know he’s not strong during the longest nights season so I’m trying to feed him potent energies. First step is to try to figure out what he likes to eat. So far I know he likes herbal tea.
03
Aura magic
Between the new uniform I’m wearing for Saturn and all the cologne I’ve invested in… My energy is coming through very differently than it was when I was not thinking about my appearance or fragrance at all.
For years I wore clothes I didn’t really like. It started when my ex convinced me that I ought to buy clothes that have some color in them instead of only wearing black. Almost a decade later, I’ve circled back to all black with my new uniform. In the process I’ve realized that I just like myself better this way. There doesn’t have to be a reason. I feel like I have my self-expression back after years of not realizing it was missing. Suddenly I care about what I look like again and I feel very gender.
Fragrance came to me first under my Saturn return, but after top surgery I took a break from applying cologne because I didn’t want to mess with my scar healing, and I never got back into the habit. But there’s no denying that aroma is a form of magic. It works on the Gods, I know that. When I smell good they respond realllll different.
Lately I find myself actually caring about what it’s like for other humans to experience me in aura. Not in a “seeking partner” kind of trying to be physically attractive way. But as a manifestor I know that I set the tone for every room I’m in. It’s part of my responsibility to be pleasant and relaxing to be around, and I can do a lot of groundwork by being well dressed in clean, properly fitting clothes and smelling nice. This is very Libran subject matter, thinking about what we’re like for other people.
