Traditionally, the night of the full moon is a time of powerful energy. It’s the perfect moment to set intentions and realise ambitions, connecting with the current of abundance and growth. 

Tonight’s full moon also coincides with a lunar eclipse which intensifies its power even further. If you’ve been having weird dreams or feeling like your energy’s all over the place, the looming full moon eclipse could be the explanation. 

Tonight’s eclipse takes place in the sign of Scorpio, which means that it’s time to face up to the truths which you’ve been maybe too afraid to deal with. Keeping secrets from yourself or others bring with it feelings of shame and guilt, low vibration emotions which can hold you back from realising your full potential. Releasing that tension can allow you to fully embody your true self, the person you were born to be. 

All that power and potential is combined with the current Beltane tide. It’s late spring with the summer solstice just over a month away. This means that flowers are starting to bloom, possibilities are starting to come to fruition and opportunities are opening up all around you – you just have to identify them and have the strength and confidence to take advantage of them.

Birthing a new life isn’t always easy. Birth brings with it an element of pain and danger. Whatever happens, things will never be the same again. Working with the lunar energies in Scorpio means that it’s time to acknowledge the ways in which you’ve been holding yourself back. If you really want to experience change in your life, you’re going to have to make a change! It’s time to do things differently, scary though that might be.

We talk about our comfort zone, but often, it really isn’t all that comfortable staying there. Sure, you feel safe, but that comfort zone could be keeping you in a job you hate because you’re too afraid to find one which fulfils you in case you fail. It could be keeping you in a relationship which isn’t working for you because you’re afraid of being alone.  It could be encouraging you in bad habits because you’re afraid of what might happen if you try a different way. 

The scorpio lunar eclipse combined with the full moon means it’s time to lose all the emotional baggage weighing you down and be prepared for spiritual growth. It’s time to take a good hard look at the things you’ve been avoiding dealing with and changing those patterns once and for all. 

When I was doing my meditation teacher training, my teacher would talk about the push back before the push through. Sometimes when we start making changes for the better, it feels like the universe sends us things to test us to see whether we’re really serious about wanting to level up. You might have been thinking about moving house only to have your landlord serve you notice, giving you no choice about finding a new place to live. You might have been having money troubles and lose your job, creating even more uncertainty over where the money you need is going to come from. 

But as Marcus Aurelius put it, the obstacle can become the way. These challenges contain with them opportunities for growth. It’s time for you to ask yourself whether you really want to stay in your comfort zone or whether you’re ready to make the leap to the next level. 

Trust that whatever challenges you’re facing right now are there to support you in becoming your truly abundant, authentic self and be open to trusting that the Universe has got your back. 

Because it always does. 

If you’d like some support in navigating this difficult full moon eclipse energy, my free meditation and manifestation circle is at 6.30pm BST every Sunday night. We’ll work together to ride the tides to get you closer to where you want to be.