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Hello friends. I thought that I would give you all a little taste of the Fan coven content, just in case you've been wondering what's included. If you've been thinking about joining you will receive my Victorian Nightmare ad free. You will receive my audiobook on how to begin a lovely witchcraft practice. You'll receive my Victorian Nightmare extras, a whole extra creepy story with a deep dive each week and episodes like this one. This was the episode that I posted for last Saturday's Eclipse. I talked a little bit about what the eclipse in Pisces had brought us and included a lovely meditation that whether you are a witch or not, you might find rather relaxing. Enjoy. Hello friends. On the 6th we will have a full moon lunar eclipse in Pisces. The last sign in the zodiac initiating some kind of end, some kind of closure or a crossroads perhaps of your choosing. Imagine today you have the ability to go, as of today another way in any aspect, to leave behind a path that you have walked maybe many times before, or a perception of yourself that has been limiting you. Perhaps a path that has not been leading you to your happiest, most joyful incarnation. Are there any bad habits? Any negative self talk? Any mistakes that you find yourself making over and over? Any relationships that are not feeding you? Full moons are a time for releasing, letting go, and eclipses are the ends of chapters, turning points. You get to choose another path today and think of it that way rather than it's so hard to change. What if I try but it doesn't work out? Start with I get to change something that isn't working rather than focusing on the steps to change. If anything, just think on the things you would like to leave behind as part of your past and say to yourself. I get to leave that path behind. I have that as a gift. Because today on this eclipse, you do. We have a great opportunity to find closure today, over the next few days, real closure. And there may be something that we need to let go of before we can move forward. And while this lunar event is occurring, we have a Mercury conjunction with the sun in Virgo, opposite the Moon, which specifically is beckoning us to release old, outdated, not necessarily incorrect, but outdated, unhelpful, restrictive ways that we perceive ourselves. We will find wind in our sails regarding. Regarding the transformation of self perception. You know how in the Matrix Neo, when he was first inside the Matrix with Morpheus, he was wearing the same clothes that he wore his whole Matrix life. But when he learned that this is all just ones and zeros and went back into the Matrix, he looked super cool trench coat, leather pants. I would challenge you to think on the ways you perceive yourself in a negative light. What ways do you allow the Matrix to tell you who you are? What do you tell yourself that you cannot do? And why exactly can't you do it? I need to tell you. When I first started my show, my Victoria nightmare, apart from the wanting to find my voice stuff and having been told no one wants to hear me for so long, there was another thing nagging at me that I notice is a tricky little birdie on my shoulder that comes and goes no matter how much shadow work I do. You're too old, Genevieve. You're not young and fresh. People only want to hear you. Young people speak. People do not like older women older than 25. They do not like them. Give up. Throw in the towel. This little bird can be pretty darn dramatic, I'm telling you. And it's using all the voices of the speaking of the Matrix, the red pill world, its voice is all the subtle and not so subtle ways that society has told me. Time to pack it in, old crone. I'm not even that old, but I'm not 25. These little birdies can be very convincing. And no matter how much work you do to eliminate them, many of them never go away. But when you take the time to recognize them, understand what voice is this really eventually, no matter how many times they reappear as they do, they won't be so powerful when they do. So think on your limiting perceptions. And even if they may be true in some ways, some people indeed don't care to hear women like me speak. That's not untrue. Give. But I don't care a try. Try saying I Don't care to. I'm too old, I'm too heavy. I'm not experienced enough. I'm not attractive enough. And you know, maybe to some people I am all of those things. But I don't care. I'm gonna do the thing anyway. These definitions are not serving me. Just something to consider as you move through eclipse season. You do not need to do all of this tonight. You do not need to rewire your life tonight. Redefine your entire being tonight, or in general, simply understand that there is very transformative energy at your fingertips that you can use to write yourself a positive story about who you are and who you want to become. And that energy will last through October. That energy is always there, by the way. We just have easier access at this time. Like you can find tomatoes year round, but now is just the time when they are most delicious. So tonight, a few suggestions. Ritual wise. Many folks think that witches use eclipses for big jazzy rituals. Raising the dead from their graves, hexing enemies. No. No way. We are all letting go tonight. This energy is so chaotic. The best thing that you can do, the most effective thing that you can do is, as I mentioned last week, just let it take you. Submit to it in a way, allow it to wash over you and take something that is not serving you or a situation that has come to its conclusion back out to sea. If you have anything that represents a lie that you've held onto, a photo of a toxic person, a piece of fabric from a piece of clothing that you bought to maybe cover up yourself or play a part that wasn't you, not in a fun dress up way. You know what I mean? An object that ties you to someone that hurt you. A lie. Burn it tonight. Let it go and sit in the feelings. Use lavender or tea tree to anoint your candles or yourself. Peace and comfort oils. Take a ritual bath. Open the window. Allow the light of the moon to fill your bathroom. Bathe in it, light some candles and you can do this following meditation there if you like, or while just sitting comfortably. There will be no deep introspection in this meditation, no intense visualization. This is insight meditation. Vipassana. A lot happens under the hood when we do this particular form of meditation. We don't have to try to gain insight. We don't have to try to do anything but know that we are. That's all you gotta do. Nothing but be and know that you are by paying attention to what is real right now. First we will call corners just to get ourselves aligned with the energies around us. And as always, you can face directions, as I call them. You can lift hands in those directions or simply send your awareness in those directions from wherever you are sitting, standing, laying down, concentrating more on aligning the energies of the elements inside you. I always say, as I call the qualities, imagine them as lanterns turning on inside you. Sometimes our nurturing energy can get a little stale. Our courage, our spaciousness. When I call the qualities, just imagine activating them, shaking off the cobwebs, so to speak. I think we'll also end with a little bit of gratitude as well. I think we can all use that. Let us begin. Close your eyes. We call to the guardians of the watchtowers of the north, the spirits of earth, spirits of nurturing, nourishing stability, patience and perseverance. Awaken in us and ground us. Imagine roots are sprouting down from your body deep into the earth. Root yourself deeply in your space. Pull all the nourishing energy up through those roots. We call to the guardians of the watchtowers of the south, the spirits of fire, spirits of passion, transformation, renewal, creativity, courage, chaos and comfort. Awaken in us and ignite us. Feel that heat in your body. Breathe and feel the fire in your breath. We call to the guardians of the watchtowers of the west, the spirits of water, spirits of intuition, purification, clarity, wellness of body and mind. Awaken in us and heal us. Notice the water in your body, maybe around your body if you're in the bath. The moisture on your skin, on your hands, in your mouth. You are water. We call to the guardians of the watchtowers of the east, the spirits of air, spirits of lightness, gentleness, spaciousness, openness, peace and grace. Awaken in us and carry us. Feel the air as it enters and leaves your body, in and out. Feel the air currents on your skin, swirling around your face, around your body. And we call to our guardian, the guardian, our spirit, Wise spirit who looks through our eyes at this very moment to you. We come home. Now imagine the look on the face of someone from whom you have felt unconditional love. See their face. Bring their smile into your heart. This is your guardian. This feeling, this glow. Gently bow to this energy and know that they are gently bowing back. Now send your attention to the top of your head. And imagine very slow, cool, refreshing, renewing, enlivening. Water running slowly down to the eyes, the cheeks, the lips. Release all the muscles in the face. Unclench the jaw, maybe add a sweet little smile to your lips. Down to the throat. Water running down to the chest. Drop the shoulders away from the ears. Let them hang down to your arms, to your hands. Hands down your trunk, down to your stomach. Release it. Open the abdomen, down to your seat. The thighs, the knees, the calves, the ankles, the feet. Now just lift your head. If it is fallen, just a little more straight, a little more alert. And for a few moments, just breathe and simply check in. What in your body is calling out to you? Is it a sensation? A sound calling your attention? A pain, a feeling, an emotion? Simply notice. And then when something else calls to you, shift your internal gaze toward it. Without judgment, without a story. Notice the quality of the thing. Do this for a little bit. Simply noting any sensation, sound, emotion, anything reaching out to you and catch it. You can even give these sensations a name. Sound, pain, feeling. Don't get into the details. Not siren or back pain, just sound sensation. Now bring attention to the breath wherever you feel it. Most pronounced at the tip of the nose, in the rising or falling of the chest, the opening of the absence abdomen. Send your attention there and watch. How does the breath change? Can you note the moment between the breaths? Quiet the mind and watch while you do this. If the mind begins to wander, which it tends, tends to do, notice it and bring it back to the breath. No scolding, no frustration. Each notice is the flex of a muscle. It can help to say, come back to me. When you feel your mind slipping away from the breath with the voice of your wisest self, invite yourself. Come back to me. Sat. And just like when we noticed sounds, pain. You can also label the thought and return to the breath. No details required. Don't describe the thought, just label the thought, thought or thinking. And return. Satan. Now what makes you feel grateful? What are you grateful for? Say thank you to whatever you define as the giving force in the universe. Thank you for my home. Thank you for my safety. Thank you for my family. Thank you for my friends. Just keep going. Make a nice big list. Now drop the thoughts and glow. Watch the glow. Where does it go? Now open your eyes. Return. May you be peaceful. May you be happy. May you live with ease. Be especially kind to yourself through this eclipse season and bless it.