Embrace Your True Self with Aquarius Full Moon w/ Ritual Tips & Themes

Have you ever considered how the full moon in Aquarius could revolutionize your self-love journey? How about your inner and outer world?

⚡️Tune in to Self Love Stories with me, Jessie Anne Zayas, as we harness the transformative energy of this lunar phase. We’ll explore the visionary nature of Aquarius, its themes of innovation, progress, and community, and reflect on the cosmic shift from the age of Pisces to Aquarius. Through personal anecdotes, I’ll guide you on creating rituals that tap into this powerful energy, aiming for both self-growth and collective betterment.

✨ Moving forward, we delve into the Age of Aquarius and its focus on individuality, technological advancements, and a more interconnected, humanitarian world. I'll unpack the potential benefits and challenges of AI and technology on our creativity and authenticity, stressing the importance of imagination in preserving our unique essence. By acknowledging both the light and shadow aspects of Aquarius, we’ll find ways to use technology sustainably, fostering personal freedom and community well-being.

🌕 Finally, we’ll discuss how the Aquarius full moon inspires us to break free from restrictive paradigms and embrace our true selves. Through stories of resistance, like my mother’s experience with dancing criticism, we’ll illustrate the power of authenticity. I'll offer reflective questions/journal prompts with practical guidance on setting up a ritual space and connecting with your unique gifts.

Monthly Moon 🌙Meetup RSVP: For our next Monthly Moon Meetup 🌙 we will be welcoming in the Aquarius Full Moon. Join me for a powerful release and reclaim ritual that we will do together, a powerful guided meditation to tap into your intuition and learn how to create a meaningful altar to enhance your spiritual practice, all while contributing to a visionary and inclusive future.

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Transcript

Jessie Anne Zayas: 0:00

Hello and welcome. I'm Jessianne Zayas, with Self Love Stories, and today we are going to be welcoming in the energy of the full moon in Aquarius to aid us in our self love journey and our empowerment journey, and just to make the world a better place, just just. We're doing it y'all. So, all that to say, I'm going to go ahead and just give you a little bit of a roadmap of today's podcast as a reminder. I'm going to start doing a little bit more of a moon series on self-love stories because I found connecting with the energy of the moon has really cultivated my self-love practice and my self-love journey, and through connecting through a women's circle, which has been amazing it's been a beautiful community we built out here in Los Angeles and I've noticed that when we're all in presence of the full moon and new moon energies, there seems to be a special magic that happens, a magic that reconnects us with our intuition, a magic that reconnects us with our purpose, with our clarity and, most importantly, reconnects us back to ourselves and cultivates that self-love practice, because when we liberate ourselves, we liberate each other and therefore the world. So, with that being said, let's go ahead and dive in to this Aquarius full moon. Let's talk about the themes of it. Let's talk about how you can work with the energy of it, how this will definitely support you in your self-love journey, how it supported me and my self-love journey. I have an Aquarius rising and Aquarius North node, so I'm very connected to this Aquarius energy and have been quite honestly working with it a lot in terms of my life purpose and my direction in life. As we know, the rising and the North node are very much the compass of your life in terms of your purpose. So I feel this very intimately and would love to share some personal experiences with working with this energy. So, after we work with the themes and I share a little bit more around that, I'm going to end this podcast with some ritual tips and themes and hopefully you get to join me on the full moon. I am actually hosting a live workshop where we'll get a little juicier with this. We'll have a guided meditation, we'll do some experiential ritual and we'll actually do a very powerful release and reclaim ritual together on the full moon. So I will post details at the bottom, at the bottom below this podcast, in the notes, and let's get started.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 2:53

All right, so we are talking about the full moon and Aquarius. And the first, the first part of the journey I want to take us to, when kind of unraveling the themes and the energy of this full moon, is exactly what is the theme of Aquarius and the zodiac sign of Aquarius. And I'm going to share this because not only is it so important for us to truly understand the energy of the full moon, but also, if you have any Aquarius placements, this can also help you connect with that energy and just know that you definitely have a strong, deep connection to that and all of us consciously, globally, are very connected to this Aquarius energy. Why? Because we're in the Aquarius age and I'm going to share a little bit more around that as well, to share a little bit more around that as well. So the first thing that we'll talk about with the Aquarius zodiac sign is it's often depicted as the water bearer, so symbolizing a person pouring water from a jug. This image represents the flow of ideas, of knowledge and wisdom that Aquarius brings to the world. The water being poured is a symbolic of life, giving energy, nourishing not just individuals but the collective consciousness. So this sign is actually an air sign, not a water sign, but, as you can hear. The water being poured is a symbolic, is very symbolic of life, giving energy and not only nourishing ourselves, but the collective.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 4:47

And Aquarius is also known as a visionary and humanitarian sign. It embodies a lot of the ideals of innovation, progress, of community. So when people are born under this sign, either with their sun, their moon, their rising, their north node if you have a stellium and Aquarius it is very important to reconnect and reclaim your forward thinking, your independence and your concern with the greater good. These folks usually have a natural inclination to break free from tradition and embrace the unconventional ways. They're always looking for ways to improve the world around them. So, to that point, the energy of Aquarius is often associated with social change, with technological advancement and the pursuit of knowledge. It also encourages people to think beyond themselves. So if you heard earlier, with the water being poured, right, it's a reminder that it's not just for our own nourishment but for collective. And so it's just a beautiful reminder that for us to think beyond ourselves and consider how our actions can benefit humanity as a whole. The sign also reminds us the power of collective effort and the importance of working together to create a better future. So in this way, aquarius stands as a symbol of progress, enlightenment and the continuous flow of ideas that shape and elevate society. And so, to that point, I wonder if you feel that and are here now because we are in the age of Aquarius.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 6:52

So I know I mentioned this in either in the previous podcast or in some of the most last few podcast episodes that I've done around the full moon and new moon periods. I mentioned the age of Pisces and I mentioned the age of Aquarius. Why? Because they're really big cosmic themes that we're moving out and into. So the age of Pisces was believed to be approximately approximately 2000 years and some argue that it ended around 1960s.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 7:27

But if you, if we actually hear of the themes of the age of Pisces, it's associated with themes of spirituality, religion, sacrifice. Pisces is symbolized by two fish swimming in opposite directions, representing the duality of existence, the duality of life, the duality and the conflict between the material and spiritual world. So during this age there was a significant rise in major religions, including Christianity, which is often, funny enough, symbolized by the fish, and this era really emphasized faith, compassion, selflessness and the idea of salvation through suffering. It was a time marked by a focus on inner spiritual life, mysticism and the quest for divine connection. And so, as we move into the age of Aquarius, which is the next age following the age of Pisces, some argue, as a reminder, that it began either in the 20th or 21st century, and some say that it marked actually around the 1960s. Regardless of where you believe it actually started or ended, we are truly at just the beginning of it, and so the age of Aquarius is expected to bring about a shift towards innovation, humanitarianism and collective consciousness.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 8:56

Aquarius, as we know, is associated with progress, technology and breaking down of traditional boundaries and barriers and systems. This age is believed to herald an era where individuality and personal freedom are celebrated, but with a strong emphasis on community, global awareness and equality. So the focus here will be on intellectual advancement, scientific discoveries and a more holistic, interconnected approach to life. The age of Aquarius symbolizes a time of enlightenment, where humanity seeks to balance technological advancements with spiritual evolution, aiming to create a more just and harmonious world. Wow, and so when I sit with that, when I sit with that explanation and even the shift of energy between the age of Pisces and the age of Aquarius, I don't know about y'all, but I deeply feel that, I deeply feel it in my bones.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 10:08

We look at around us and we see the rise of AI. We see all different kinds of rises in technological advancements, and I think some of the things that worry us right now in some of those advancements is just that how is it actually supporting the greater good, how is it actually cultivating more of a humanitarian heart? And I think some of the fear around some of these technological advancements is how our own individuality is now going to be expressed. When we see things like AI creating art, creating music, I think it kind of shocks us a little bit, because those are the things we inherently, as human beings, want to create. We want to create art, we want to create music and poetry. We want to create beauty. We want to experience beautiful things.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 11:03

So when I think about the rise in technology and technological advancements, it gets me thinking how we can use our imagination to really create technology that is not only supportive of our day to day lives but is also sustainable. It doesn't create more junk and waste and landfills. It also allows us to do the things we want to spend more time on. So you know, I want to live in a world where technology AI can allow me to spend more time with friends, with family, to spend more times cooking, because I enjoy cooking and you know spending hours, right, creating something from scratch, spending time in poetry, spending time listening to music, spending time traveling, spending time experiencing wonder, spending time experiencing nature in new ways. And so, if we can connect to our imagination which I'm kind of jumping ahead, but I think that was a big, big, big epiphany with me with all of this, when I was doing my research, getting ready for this podcast, getting ready for the new moon or, sorry, the full moon workshop next week was our imagination and our creativity.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 12:27

I think this Aquarius age is calling forth us to be in our individuality, to express our authenticity, because, in essence, that is a vehicle for us to express our imagination and our creativity. But if we're just repeating what society wants us to do, if we're just repeating what's already out there, if we're just following trends, following the norms, not challenging the status quo, then in essence we're just repeating the same things. We'll just repeat the same cycles and the same patterns. Nothing's really going to be anything new and different and we'll be sitting here 5,100, 205 years, 500 years from now, just going, man, like I thought it was going to be better. And so I just I share that, not from a you know, I don't want to kick anybody while they're down, but I share that from a sense of we are the leaders of this new age. This new age has just begun, we're feeling it, we're experiencing it.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 13:30

I found it very interesting that both the fool and the star are representative of the Aquarius energy. The fool right, just jumping off the edge of the cliff, but also with a sense of wonder, saying let's just do this, let's just go. The start of the journey, the start of the path forward. And then the star, right, all the radiance, all the love, all of the abundance that's available to us when we not only pour into ourselves but pour to all of humanity, to all the things around us. And so I really look to this energy to say how are we tapping into our imagination, how are we tapping to our creativity and, most importantly, how are we tapping into our own sacred individuality?

Jessie Anne Zayas: 14:21

And we have to remember that with all things and, as you just heard, with the age of Pisces, right, everything has a shadow bit. A lot of the age of Pisces sounded so beautiful and so real, and I can so see how so much of that was accomplished in the past 2000 years. And we've also seen the shadow bit of the age of Pisces right Purity culture. We've also seen a lot of attacks on religion or religion being used as a vehicle to attack and to suppress people and oppress people. So we've seen the shadow side of the age of Pisces and we've also seen the light side of the age of Pisces. And so I just want to take this moment to remind us what the shadow side of Aquarius and what the age of Aquarius can be, and then we're going to transition into the themes of the full moon, because that's the light energy, the illumination energy that we really want to tap into, that we really want to use.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 15:23

So the shadow side of Aquarius, the shadow side, can manifest as detachment, it can manifest as emotionlessness, so being without emotion, not experiencing emotion, not feeling our feelings, shutting down, becoming cold, becoming antisocial or even overly rebellious, like having an over rebellious attitude. So the things we love about, like Aquarius, they are a rebel. The energy is a rebel with a cause, but again, you know, kind of showing the shadow side, it's like a rebel without a rebel. The energy is a rebel with a cause. But again, you know, kind of showing the shadow side, it's like a rebel without a cause. You know, just a rebel to be a rebel.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 16:11

So, as we move into the age of Aquarius, there's a noticeable shift that we're going to feel from the Piscean emphasis of faith and tradition to the Aquarian values of innovation, equality and universal sisterhood, brotherhood, connectedness, and so this transition can honestly be seen with the rise of global movements for social justice. We can see that, with environmental sustainability just always being on the forefront, and the use of technology to connect and empower people worldwide, are just some of the ways that we've already seen and tapped into that energy collectively. So, as I mentioned, you know there's always that shadow side of each one of these signs and energy, and you know the full moon might bring up some of those challenges related to feeling disconnected or misunderstood Because, remember, the full moon illuminates things that have been in the dark, have been in the shadows, and we're talking about the shadow side of Aquarius. So this is a time to be mindful of balancing your desire for independence with the need for connection, and if you find yourself resisting change or being maybe a little too rigid, this is a great time to soften and to be more open to different perspectives as well, beautiful.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 17:37

Well, let's go ahead and dive into the six major themes of the Aquarius full moon and how this full moon can illuminate more of these themes in our lives. And I just want to give a friendly reminder even the act of noticing and seeing what shows up with you as you connect to these themes, this energy on a personal and spiritual level, is all self-love. Just the simple act of witnessing and connecting and being present with your emotions, with your feelings, with your mind, with your spirit, is such a juicy, juicy self-love act. Okay, so let's go ahead and dive in, dive in, dive in. Ooh, it's like dive in and divine. Let's go ahead and dive into the first theme, which is embracing authenticity and individuality.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 18:45

So we heard that loud and clear, but I really wanted to like dive into this a little bit more, because I think, you know, authenticity is such like a buzzword nowadays and, as we know, a lot of us, depending on what identities you embody, what identities you represent, you know everything is interconnected and there's so many intersectionalities and, as we know, a lot of these systems because, again, aquarius is here to you know, potentially rebuild systems. We look at systems, we look at the ways that we've been doing things. You know, as much as we want to be our authentic self, these oppressive systems make it very, very tough on a lot of us, and so I just want to honor that being authentic in a in a world where we have oppressive systems like colonization, like patriarchy, like capitalism, that a lot of times robs us not only of our humanity but of our own uniqueness, because there is a message, a belief, a story, a narrative that is either even, at times, explicitly said or unexplicitly said, that we can and can't be. So I just want to honor that that a lot of times it's not like you just can't be authentic. There are systems and structures in place that try to remove us from our authenticity. That's one. Two, this is why going to the theme of community with Aquarius is so important, because when we're able to be in communities that can see us and embrace us for who we really are and feel safe to be our authentic self, we then ultimately cultivate more courage to be that. And then, when we cultivate more courage to be that, and then when we are that on the street, at the job, with the family, with the friends at the grocery store, then we empower other people to be in their authenticity and for them to be empowered and for them to feel confident as well.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 21:06

So this full moon shines a light on our true selves, urging us to break free from societal expectations and embrace our unique identity. And it's about recognizing where we may have been conforming or hiding our true nature, and it's encouraging us to step into our authentic power. Yes, it can be scary, but y'all, it is so needed more than ever. And I know another part of you know these oppressive systems is, you know this hyper individuality. So this is why I love that the second theme of this Aquarius full moon is balancing individuality with unity.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 21:54

And so, while Aquarius values being an individual, being your own individual, it also recognizes the power of the collective. And so this full moon reminds us to find a balance between asserting our uniqueness and contributing to the greater whole. So it's how are we creating this you and me world versus the current world we kind of live in, which is a you versus me, a world of constant comparison, judgment, taking care of one's own needs before taking care of the collective's needs? So it's a call to honor both our personal truth, while also being mindful of how our actions impact others. It's truly the metaphor that it's like how can we feed two birds with one meal? Like that's the energy, that's the feeling, not how can we kill two birds with one stone. You feel me? That's the energy difference which moves us into the third theme, which is collective consciousness and community.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 23:15

So the revelation we might get here, that the full moon might illuminate for us in this Aquarius theme, is highlighting the importance of community and our role within it, because we all hold different roles within community, and I think that's actually something I really want to sit with for a second. You know, I really connect with a lot of social causes, really connect with a lot of social causes and there was a time where I felt guilty and, if I'm being completely honest, like I'm feelings of shame for not being in certain roles within that social activism. So, for example, right, not being the one in the front of the protest, the one in the front of the protest, not being the one at the forefront of the line, you know, storming City Hall, right, it's like I had that energy just didn't feel in alignment for me, if I'm being honest with you, but the causes so felt in alignment and instead of taking this as an ego and also a very victim consciousness which I say that also too, with so much love with myself, this is just a place from discernment versus judgment, because it was very like you know, what can I do? Like you know, if I can't do that, then that's not enough, right? It was a very kind of like woe is me when the cause is so much larger than my own. Guilt and shame for not like quote unquote doing more, which again like hashtag capitalism of always, this feeling that we can always be doing more and more and more. So I share that all because, instead of going down the route of let me keep on shaming myself, let me keep beating myself up, let me continue to try to fit my square peg in a round hole and then ultimately not even do the things I want to do for these social causes, how can I actually take a step back and connect with myself and how I see myself in support of these social causes?

Jessie Anne Zayas: 25:12

So, going back to the theme of this collective consciousness and community, it's the importance of community and our role within it, like, how do you see yourself within the role of the community. And so, for example, in this you know, in this example that we're talking about in terms of social causes I now see my role as a healer right. So my role is how am I healing those people in the frontline, how am I healing the speakers and the activists that are, you know, on the frontlines, for lack of a better expression? And so I know that this work takes so much energy. I know that this work is both mind, body and spirit, and I know that this work also needs people to help heal and restore the people doing the work. And so by me taking the role on as healer within the ecosystem of the social cause, not only am I doing a role that not only energizes me right, it fills me, and then I want to do more of it. Then that, in essence, it's like the ripple effect. Then I'm able to help and restore and uplift more people that are doing other roles under that social cause, and then that social cause is able to do even more, because these people aren't burnt out and they're not tired and they're not completely disconnected from their mind, body and spirit. That, through my healing and my support in that way and is, in essence, helping the overall social cause. So it's that micro within that macro right, and not belittling our special skills because they might not be somebody else's special skills. So just because I don't have, I just don't feel or it's just not an alignment for me to be in these different roles with, with um, under this, uh, under these different social causes, what I do feel is in alignment. And what is very unique to my individuality is, as a healer, is as a nurturer, how I am truly supporting and nourishing these people during these times so that we can continue to do this freaking important work, because this work is so freaking important.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 27:40

So that is what this Aquarius full moon is also asking you to be aware of. It's saying this may involve a call to action in social and environmental or humanitarian causes. So it really encourages us to think about how we contribute to the greater good and to be more aware of the interconnectedness of all things. So we're the web of life, and that's so beautiful, and all of us have different skills, different talents, different expertise and we all have similar interests, loves, passions, things that light us up from inside, that we can then use our special, unique tools and gifts to then power, empower, resource, be the motor to those things that interest us, to the things that light us up, to the things that are passionate. And we know we don't have to do it by ourselves. That's the beautiful thing. We know that we have other people with other special skills and other unique gifts that can help us with this cause. So the next theme that now the Aquarius full moon takes us to is this breaking free from restriction. So we hit on the embracing our authenticity and our individuality. We went down the path of balancing that individuality with unity and that took us to that collective consciousness and that community. And now where we're at is breaking free from restriction, because here's the key we can't keep repeating the same patterns.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 29:32

I know I'm laughing, you know. Again we have, we all have to find the levity and all this right. It's like. I will never forget it was like and, trust me, I grew up, you know, I was born Catholic. I was even baptized in Alabama as a teenager through the Baptist church, and so I share this all because I mean, you would think I'm very intimately connected with the Bible, and I am and I have been. But there was a moment that me and my husband were visiting Rome and we're about to go to the Vatican. I was just like, again, the perfectionist, the high achiever, muse, like I, just I really need to know the Bible, like I really need to understand it before we go into the Vatican.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 30:19

And I found this amazing series on YouTube and it was showing the different stories of the Bible, going down the different chapters, the different stories of the Bible, and within like an hour, two hours, and I like pause the series and I look at my husband with such dread and I'm like it just keeps happening again and again and again and again. Why do we keep on doing the same thing? And that's what we're talking about. It's like we've learned all these beautiful lessons in life, even like, for example, even the tarot spread, as I learned tarot, right, it's literally just an example of life and the different challenges and the things that, the adversities that we overcome, you know, the beautiful gifts and milestones that we achieve. And so I share that all.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 31:12

Because there is an inkling in me, and especially here in this like time of this age of Aquarius is here in this like time of this age of Aquarius is how are we taking kind of the universal archetypes that we all know? Right, like there's. You know, the beautiful thing about the Bible is and a lot of religious texts is their parables right. Their story is meant to offer deeper meaning and different insight into our lives. And if we can look at it from that lens, from the lens of a parable, that it's here to teach us some kind of story, some kind of a lesson, then what is the lesson and what is the story and what is it trying to teach us? And then how can we break free from any restriction, how can we bring in which goes into our fifth theme of innovation and unconventional thinking?

Jessie Anne Zayas: 32:02

But I want to talk about these two themes together the breaking free from restriction and the innovation and unconventional thinking, because it kind of goes hand in hand here. Aquarius is about liberation and freedom, and this full moon reveals where we feel restricted, whether by outdated beliefs, societal structures or even our own personal fears, and it encourages us to break free. And it's a time to let go of anything that holds us back from expressing our full potential and that a lot of times takes innovation and unconventional thinking. Why? Because breaking away from the norm is ultimately embracing unconventional ideas, and this freaks people the F? Out, trust me, and this is where I'll bring in my own energy of my Aquarius energy in here is I've noticed and I've witnessed that when you push up against paradigms, especially traditional paradigms, hand up even my story that I just, you know, kind of briefly glanced over, just even my time in Alabama and being, you know, baptized at the Baptist church, there was a lot of ways that my family was living that pushed up against a lot of paradigms there.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 33:23

So, for example, you know, my mother was told like dancing was bad and awful, and you know she shared that. You know my stepdad and her would, you know, dance on Friday evenings, like in the kitchen, y'all, not even going to the club here I mean, we're talking about like put on some Frank Sinatra and maybe have one glass of wine and call it a day. You know, and that's, for me, is such a simple but potent example of they attacked her. They told her that she was completely wrong in that. They told her that that was not in alignment with the teachings of the Bible and how she should act as a woman, as a wife and all these things, and my mom was ultimately pressing or pushing up against their paradigm, their way of thinking, their traditional beliefs, their views, their values, and through that it created this like tension, this animosity, this, this where, let's be honest, we didn't freaking go back to that church anymore, right, we didn't feel safe, we didn't feel comfortable, and I share that all because there have been so many moments in my life that I can witness and this is my invitation to you to witness moments where either your parents, your family, yourself, your friends, your teachers, anyone in your community, including yourself, has pushed up against a paradigm, has pushed up against an old belief, a traditional belief, a traditional value, a societal value, a cultural value, a cultural belief. And look at what happens. There's all different types of responses and reactions, of responses and reactions.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 35:06

But this goes back to also why it's so important for us to break free from those restrictions, for us to push up against those old ways of being, because it's time and this brings us to our last point to reimagine the future. Because if we continue to push up against and just feel the resistance and then go, okay, okay, that was too much, let me, I'm going to stop pushing. That's where we keep on repeating the cycles, that's how we continue to uphold the status quo, but it's going to take our innovation, and it's going to take our unconventional thinking to really break free from these norms, embrace unconventional ideas. And this full moon is going to reveal new ways of thinking and encouraging us to explore more innovative approaches, not only to our personal lives, but to the work and to our communities. And it's a powerful time for soul storming, brainstorming, creative problem solving and embracing change.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 36:09

And so my where this kind of like takes me to actually let me pause there, because this is, this is where it's going to really take me to is the, that last theme, which is that re-imagining the future. It's this forward thinking, visionary energy that Aquarius brings, and the full moon prompts us to consider what kind of future we want to create. I want you to sit with that for a second, like what kind of future do you want to create? And this gets me back to this whole thing energy of pushing up against paradigms, because, like I'm like, somatically even feeling right, there's been a lot of fear behind that. There's been a lot of, well, just that fear fear of, you know, fear of being made fun of, fear of no longer belonging, fear of being, you know, abandoned by the group or you group or the group no longer wanting you to be a part of them by sharing unconventional ideas or sharing unconventional truths or sharing unconventional beliefs. So I want to acknowledge and hold space for that because, as an Aquarius Rising and as somebody with an Aquarius North Node, I really feel the quote, unquote struggle of so deeply wanting to be your true, authentic self. And, trust me, there are times that I just fucking did it. I'm even just feeling this, just to fucking do it.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 37:46

I remember my teenage self literally coming down the stairs in full goth outfit because I'm like this is me. My teenage self literally coming down the stairs in full goth outfit because I'm like this is me, freaking, take it or leave it, love it or leave it. And that was part of me exploring my individuality. It was part of me exploring what was authentic and not authentic to myself. And if I didn't explore, if I didn't try, if I didn't push, if I didn't get pushed back, then I would have never gotten closer to who I was and who I was really meant to be here, and I wouldn't have grown such confidence and such resiliency to say fuck you, I don't fucking care anymore.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 38:28

And that, again, is not the shadow side of Aquarius, because I can right, it could and it has, because I've seen myself in past life, past years, where, on the opposite of being beaten up so many times, me shutting off, me getting cold, me shutting off to humanity because it hurts so bad to continue to try to be what I knew that I was, but everyone or everything around me just trying to continue to put me in a different box, what I had to realize was the areas, the spaces and places that I was taking up space in weren't the spaces and places that were really going to allow me to let my freak flag fly and to allow me to really widen my big ass wings and to allow me to share and to learn and to be in community with these thoughts and with these beliefs and ways of thinking, community with these thoughts and with these beliefs and ways of thinking. And so I offer that and I share that, because this is where we're at. This is the time, this is the here and now. The full moon in Aquarius is revealing a time of awakening, a time of transformation. We are called to step into our authentic selves. We are being called to envision a brighter future and to actively contribute to the collective good. It's a moment to embrace change, to think outside of the box and to find new ways to align to our individual path with the needs of the larger community. So when I personally connect with these themes, these are the questions that come to mind, and so you can journal on these, you can sit with these, just please connect with them.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 40:29

Leading up to the full moon, on the full moon or shortly after the full moon, how can my unique gifts support and honor my authentic individuality? Because honoring my uniqueness, honoring your uniqueness, and allowing it to be shared with the world in a way, not only brings the greatest good in my life, in your life, but to all those around me. That's the energy we're going for. It's almost like by not using your uniqueness, by not connecting well, first of all, by not getting curious about them. So if we think about self-love, the self-discovery part about it, how are you discovering your uniqueness? How are you discovering your zone of genius? How are you discovering your unique gifts? What problems do you love solving? What do people come to you the most for? And then how? When you connect with those unique gifts, how can you use them? And through the lens of how can I use them, bring in the lens and how can this not only honor my authentic individuality, but also how can this be in service of humanity, how can this help my neighbor, my friend, my partner, my community, whatever it might be to you. This might be a local calling, this might be a communal calling, this might be a global calling. Whatever it is, honor that calling, honor that inner knowing.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 42:30

And this is where I was, you know, kind of getting a little glitched out earlier. I don't know if you noticed that, but what I get, really, and I don't see anybody really talking about this, except for a past mentor, teacher of mine, zania miss of creation on Instagram. Love her to death, please follow her, please see her messages, her work that she's putting out in the world. But it's this theme around imagination and you know it gets me thinking. Well, how does one connect with their individuality, how does one express and embrace their authenticity and how does one reimagine a new future and break free from the current limitations and reimagine what the world can look like without your freaking imagination?

Jessie Anne Zayas: 43:19

And we have such a disconnection to our imagination in today's age, like, really think about it. When's the last time you connected to your imagination, like genuinely connected to your imagination, not like when you thought about something, not when you like, brainstormed a new strategy or a new idea. Like genuinely, when have you like? Deeply connected with your imagination. And imagination is needed more than ever now In a world of AI, in a world where we continue to repeat the same patterns. We swore not to what has happened to the human imagination and are you connected to it? Are we connected to it? How can we reclaim our divine right to our expansive, abundant, creative imagination to dream up, to vision, to create, to manifest, to build a new world, a better world, and that starts with your inner world. How can you dream it up for yourself? And then, how can I extend that vision, that imagination, to the collective so I can genuinely create that you and me world and move us away from this you versus me world, and I know I'm not the only one that feels it. So this is what the full moon is illuminating for us. It's lighting up that new path, the one yet not taken, which, as we know, can be scary but equally, if not more, exciting, and it's filled with a lot of gifts, a lot of gifts of profound knowledge, of magical experience, of wisdom all along the way. So let's not continue to hide in the shadows. Thank you, full moon. Allow this full moon to illuminate the path for you.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 45:47

Aquarius ritual we're actually going to do a powerful release and reclaim ritual together. We're going to not really even dive into these, these, these things. We're going to work with these themes. We're going to do some collective work in community. We're going to bring in a lot of powerful energy in that community and we're going to freaking reimagine the future together. So, if you are down to spend your full moon in community and to really connect to your authentic individuality and to see how your connection to your authentic individuality, to how living your authentic individuality, can support and heal the collective, please show up next week. I think we will have so much fun, so much magic all together and I will leave you. If you can't join us next week, it's all good, I'm going to leave you some ritual tips and some themes.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 46:49

So, if you remember, for this ritual, especially for full moon, I love to recommend doing some kind of altar, aka some kind of presence in your home that just offers some deep symbolism to connect and to call in these energies a little bit more deeply, so you can put this in a place that you normally meditate, where you journal, where maybe even wherever you want to call in you journal, where maybe even your wherever you want to call in that energy, so maybe in your workspace. I don't recommend the bedroom is the only one, and that's a whole story for another day but everywhere else to do it. And hey, if the bedroom is calling you, do it in the bedroom. No, not to that Like, pick the place that you feel the most comfortable with.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 47:29

So altar wise, I would say cloth color, work with a pearl, a shimmer for the moon. You can also use colors associated with Aquarius, such as like electric blue, turquoise, silver, violet. These colors represent that airy and futuristic energy of a sign Crystals. So remember, crystals are your beautiful talisman to anchor you back into this beautiful 3D material world that we have. And also crystals come with their own energetic ancient potency to them. So moonstone or pearls are really beautiful to work with for the full moon. That can really call in the energy and help illuminate even more clarity for you during this full moon phase. Also, placing crystals like amethyst so amethyst is really great for intuition and spiritual growth or aquamarine, which is I actually have an aquamarine necklace that I created into a talisman because it cultivates calmness and clarity and it's close to my heart, so it allows me to speak my truth. I think aquamarine is such a beautiful crystal to work with in terms of speaking your truth, connecting with your truth, but in a very calm and clear way. And then labradorite, which is so magical, and that's all about innovation and transformation. So really really powerful crystal to add to your altar.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 49:04

In terms of herbs and flowers, which are another beautiful element and symbolism, to add Dandelion, foxglove, iris, lavender, peppermint, violet beautiful, all work with the harmony of Aquarius. And then incense, which again I love to kind of tap into all the senses. So you're seeing a lot of visual things. There's a lot of texture too that we're about to hint on, but then let's do the smell Incense, frankincense, myrrh, patchouli, sandalwood all incredible, super great to connect with that Aquarius energy, to connect with your crowned in your third eye too, because that's where I also believe imagination comes through, like imagination comes through the divine in a lot of different ways. So just know, when you're sitting in moments of silence and moments of meditation and moments even of rest, know that that's a beautiful time to connect with your imagination and also your intuition, and also your intuition.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 50:11

Lastly, I would say symbols that you can work with are so like, if let's like, for example, if we took the air element for Aquarius, feathers, incense, or maybe, like a little small decorative fan can represent the air element, which, as we know, is associated with the Aquarius symbol. But also I want to invite you to intuitively do this so maybe connect with your individuality, maybe give something to your altar that gives you the confidence to be you, or to remind you who you are, that connects you also to the one conscious energy. Is there any symbolism there that can connect you to humanity as a whole? The last thing I want to leave you with is you can also write a little note to yourself, to the moon, to help you gain more clarity on anything you might be seeking with these themes and or want to be illuminated in your life. So, for example, you can write this little note, maybe asking guidance from yourself, from your highest self, from the full moon, whatever just calls to you, and you can ask it any question, anything that you want it to illuminate more, more on to maybe gave you more clarity on, even to release in your life to, to remove, to unblock, to, um, to reveal, even in your life. And leave that note on your altar for the food for the moon on the full moon. Leave it over that night for you and just know that that will be taken care in the next 30 days until we see the next full moon.

Jessie Anne Zayas: 51:47

And don't forget to charge your crystals. That's my last loving reminder. It's full moon, charge those crystals, get that extra cosmic charge. All right, y'all, I hope I can see you at the virtual full moon workshop next Monday, 12 to 1 Pacific Standard Time. I will add the link in the show notes and sending you so much love, so much fearlessness, and just reminding you of your humanitarian heart. I can't wait to talk to you all next time. Sending so much love, many blessings. Goodbye for now.