Hello and welcome to this Aquarius solar eclipse ritual meditation.
Solar eclipses occur on new moons and this one in the sign of Aquarius is the start of the Aquarius Leo eclipses that will continue through 2028.
The north node will be in Aquarius,
Indicating a collective pull towards community,
Serving humanity,
And sharpening intellect.
This solar eclipse may feel extra turbulent or like there's a lot of change happening because it's also the start of lunar new year on this new moon.
So this meditation will serve as a grounding practice during these potentially chaotic and turbulent times.
To start this meditation,
Find your comfortable position,
Whether that is seated or laying down.
Allow yourself to surrender your body and enter a state of peace within.
Once you find that easy meditation position,
Check in with the length of the spine,
Creating a long line from the tailbone up the spine and out the crown of your head.
This length in the spine ensures you are alert and awake for this practice,
While also opening all of the energy centers along the channel of your spine to receive exactly what you need from this practice.
Close the eyes or soften the gaze.
Melt the shoulders down towards the earth.
Sink the hips down a little bit deeper.
And we'll start with a 5-5-5 vasa breath.
In this breath,
We will inhale for five,
Hold for five,
And as you exhale,
Purse the lips and blow out as if you're blowing a feather.
We'll start all together,
Exhaling all the still air from your lungs,
Really pushing all the air out at the bottom.
Inhale through the nose for 5,
4,
3,
2,
1.
Hold at the top for 5,
4,
3,
2,
1.
Exhale,
Blow the feather for 5,
4,
3,
2,
1.
Inhale through the nose for 5.
Hold it at the top for 5.
Exhale,
Purse the lips,
Blow the feather for 5.
Last round,
Inhale through the nose for 5.
Hold it at the top for 5.
Exhale,
Blow the feather for 5.
Gently let go of that breath,
Easing into your natural rhythm.
Connecting with your inner landscape as the outside world becomes more and more quiet.
Then begin to take gentle circles with the neck,
Starting by tucking the chin into the chest.
Roll the chin over to your right shoulder.
Circle it up towards the ceiling.
Exhale,
Roll over to the opposite shoulder.
Making your way back,
Chin to chest.
Slowly and mindfully roll out the neck on your own time,
At a pacing that your body is calling you for.
Keeping the eyes closed,
Notice how you can see different perspectives,
Different ways of thinking as you circle the neck in one direction.
Aquarius is a fixed air sign and tends to be rigid in its opinion and intellectual knowing.
These neck rolls help settle that somatic experience by opening ourselves up and our minds to new ways of thinking.
Begin to circle in the opposite direction if you haven't yet.
Then slowly tucking chin into chest again,
Meeting in center.
Pause here and notice how your brain feels,
How your mind is open to varying opinions and perspectives.
Gently bring the chin back up to neutral.
Find your nice long spine once again.
As your body eases into stillness,
Invite your awareness back to your breath.
Then on your next inhale,
Send the breath to the top of the head.
Meeting the thoughts in your brain.
On your exhale,
Send the breath to the heart and pause.
Hold the breath in the space of your heart.
Inhale,
The breath floats back up to the head.
Exhale,
The breath moves down to the heart and pause.
Hold it here.
Inhale,
The breath ascends to the mind.
Exhale,
The breath descends to the heart.
Pause.
Hold it at the heart.
Inhale,
The breath moves up to the mind.
Exhale,
The breath drops down to the heart space and pause.
Hold it at the heart.
Continue to take a few more mind to heart breaths on your own.
Each inhale,
The breath floats up to the head.
Each exhale,
The breath falls to the heart.
Spending a bit more time at the bottom of the exhale with your heart on each round.
As you continue with this breath,
Notice the energy in your mind begin to dissipate and fall towards the heart.
Feel into the intelligence of the heart with each breath.
Take a few more rounds on your own.
And finishing with one final exhale at the bottom with your heart and gently release the breath,
Returning to your natural rhythm.
With heart and mind aligned,
Open your inner vision to the possibilities of the future.
See old patterns falling away,
Stepping into your individuality.
Take a moment to clearly see this new reality.
This new reality may challenge your current viewpoints and opinions,
Yet you still feel your heart magnetized towards it.
Allow that vision to crystallize.
Now,
With the calling of the north node,
Magnetize that reality into your current one.
Like two timelines and meshing.
How does your body feel accepting this visionary reality you have?
Tune into where your body is resisting it.
Surrender to the fated calling of the north node during this eclipse.
Realign your awareness to your life presently.
What fixed opinion is preventing you from aligning with this new reality?
Perhaps it's an opinion on a community you aren't a part of.
A limiting line of logic holding you back from taking action.
Mental loops and or constant questions.
See yourself objectively and question the foundation of this opinion.
Why did you start thinking this way?
What does your heart say about this fixed opinion?
Align your mind with the truth of your heart to soften the intensity of the mind's conviction.
Envision the Aquarius new moon sitting in the space of your heart.
Feel the Aquarius sun shining its warm light into your heart.
Awakening the wisdom of its voice.
As the solar eclipse approaches,
The sun and moon align at your heart.
The sun and moon together then travel up to your mind,
Sharpening your ability to see perspectives clearly.
Clearing the path to the vision of your new reality.
The pull of the sun,
Moon,
And north node calls you into the arms of Aquarius empowered to innovate and connect with community.
Where you see patterns and break them.
Shift perspectives in your truth.
The south node calls you to let go of Leo's tendency to focus on the self.
As the north node guides you to lean into Aquarius's tendency to focus on the collective.
As the south node releases and the north node magnetizes.
Trust how this will naturally unravel for you in your life.
Close your practice by shining your gratitude to the solar eclipse.
The sun and moon's alignment on this orbital path.
For offering this space and time to move towards our destined path by letting go of the old to prepare for the new.
Align your awareness with your breath.
Breathe into the borders in the space you take up.
Close this meditation ritual by placing your palms on your heart and bowing in gratitude for yourself in this moment of time.
Gently flutter the eyes open when you're ready and journal on any insight you received.
Thank you for watching.
