Hello, you.
And happy super blue moon! Tonight marks the closest, biggest, brightest full moon of the whole year, which makes this last of August something special. In case you haven’t heard, a blue moon is when two full moons occur within the same month. It is a very rare occasion, with the next blue moon not rising until May 31, 2026. So, here we are, closing out this August with a big, beautiful, powerful blue moon overhead. And there just has to be something significant and magical about that, right?
We began this month with a full moon the 1st and are now here we are on the last day of August special super blue moon. Like bookends to a very transitional month. So, I just wanted to pop in and write a little letter to you to mark the occasion.
I don’t know if you are affected by the moon cycles, but I am finding myself feeling all of the feels under this super blue moon. Both my sleep and my emotions have been super extreme this week, speaking of super. I’ve barely been sleeping, yet completely wiped out of energy. And, my emotions have been very intense and moody. At the same time, I feel a deepened and heightened connection to my own intuition. Actually, since this is such a special full moon phase, I feel like everything is heightened. And, honestly, I think that it’s the perfect way to end summer.
Under the first full moon of the month on August 1, I felt a sense of coming home. It was a call to leave behind the height of summer and an initiation into the slow shift of the seasons. There was a 2 day trip to my beloved NYC for inspiration and pure bliss, the homecoming to Sweden after visiting my family in the States, the return to work life and everyday routines, a few end-of-summer visits with friends, a late summer city festival, and a lovely, romantic wedding.
But, now that it is the last day of August and we have this most magical blue moon to close out the month, I am no longer being called homeward. I am there. I have arrived back to my own front porch - the place where I release the adventures and activity of summer and return to the safety, comfort, and routines of home. September beckons me now and I am ready to walk across the threshold, head inward, and settle down into a cozy, moody autumn.
But, before I embrace the warm, cozy, inward season of autumn, today’s full moon, with all of her intensity and quiet power, asks one last thing of me…
As I bid my last farewell to summer, I also say goodbye to old routines and habits that I no longer need. I release emotions, old thoughts, ways that I feel stuck, guilt for living my life. I cleanse myself, empty myself, and accept myself all at the same time.
And I ready myself to settle in for quiet, soft autumn magic. The magic that is found in taking every moment as slowly as possible, setting small goals, and practicing simple habits and routines. It is in the small, daily rituals and routines that life is changed and transformed. But, much more about my autumnal rituals and routines in my upcoming September letter to you.
In the meantime, I suppose what I really intend to do under the super blue full moon today is to just be. To feel it all, to let the memories of August come and go, to mark the meaningfulness of this moment, and to just bask in the glow of the moonlight of what I consider as the final summer night.
A night, a day, a moment, a time like this happens only once in a blue moon. May you feel the power, the intensity, and the magic of it all. And, then, may you find peace as you release whatever you no longer need now that summer is waning and you’ve turned homeward. In a few days, we will be ready to enter autumn’s cozy, quiet energy and settle in at home for the next few months.
I cannot wait to share the upcoming season with you.
xoxo. liz.