Lunar Eclipse Art Ritual

I have been feeling the effects of the coming Lunar eclipse for the last couple of days. As Chani Nicholas says: "Eclipses signal times when our shadow or unconscious habits and patterns are exposed. These are times when we are well served to make our burdens, self-doubts, and self-sabotage conscious so that we can be more fully integrated as humans. Eclipses also signal times of important shifts, changes, and movements in our lives. What happens during eclipse season sets the tone for a long time to come."

Great. So what now? How do we navigate these changes?  Below is a two parter. Part one begins in the morning, to center us and empower us to ride the waves of transformation and part two is in the evening, a soothing and cathartic magick. 

 You will need:

•  A candle.
• Mala beads/prayer beads if you use them. 
• A red pen, pencil or marker
• Some paper, preferably quite thick such as sketch paper.
• A stick of palo santo, smudge or incense stick.

Part one: Morning

• Light your incense, smudge etc.
• Light a candle.
• Breathe deeply.
• Close you eyes and repeat this mantra: "I welcome change as a gift. I discard my patterns of harm." If you have prayer beads, repeat this for each bead. Otherwise repeat as many times as you feel is necessary.
• On your paper draw a circle in red, use as much space as you can.
• Inside the circle doodle feel the harm, the negativity and the lack of confidence and fear leave you and manifest in the red circle. 

Sit with it when you are done. 

Part Two: Evening

• If possible sit with a view of the moon.
• Have with you your red circle.
• Light your incense/smudge or palo santo.
• Cleanse your self with the smoke. 
• Take your incense/smudge or palo santo and burn holes in the circle.
• With each hole you burn, repeat your mantra from the morning:  "I welcome change as a gift. I discard my patterns of harm."
• Do this repeatedly thinking about the habits you have that are harming you, preventing your growth. 
  

When ready you can stop. With the paper that is left you can leave it on your altar to remind you, collage into your book of shadows, burn it and scatter the ashes under the moon. Choose whatever actions feels right for you.
Don't forget to rest! Take a bath, drink some herbal tea.