All About The Full Moon In Aries & A Birthday Moon Letter

I turn forty five today, and I could not be more grateful. Each year teaches me that age is not loss, it is fire distilled. It is the courage to let go, the wisdom to begin again, and the audacity to know that beginnings and endings can coexist in the same breath. 

And now, the sky itself prepares to mark a threshold. On Monday, October 6th, the Full Moon rises in Aries at the fourteenth degree. This degree is a midpoint, and a sharpening. It carries the essence of raw courage refined into strategy. At fourteen degrees Aries, instinct learns how to become direction. It is fire that has discovered purpose. This Moon will not ask if you are ready, it will actually show you that you already are.

Because this lunation is charged and because Mercury slides into Scorpio the same day, sharpening perception and revealing truths, I want to give you three rituals that are not quick gestures but living processes. These are designed to help you clear, manifest, and embody with intention. 

This birthday Moon is not simply about age or about phases of light. To me this is about the way fire continues to refine us, the way every year carries both endings and beginnings. Thank you for being here, for celebrating with me, and for allowing me to share these rituals with you. May the upcoming Full Moon in Aries light a flame inside you that cannot be dimmed. Love you, mean it. 

Ritual One: The Fire Bowl of Release and Rewrite:

Supplies: A fire-safe bowl or cauldron, strips of paper, pen, lighter or matches, pinch of salt, small glass of water.

Process: Sit in silence and write on separate strips of paper every fear, habit, or lingering attachment that no longer belongs to you. Name them honestly; resentment, self-doubt, comparisons, even specific debts or memories. For each strip, pause and visualize the weight of it sitting in your chest. Then fold the paper toward yourself three times, sealing the awareness.

Place the folded slips in the fire bowl. When you are ready, light them. As they burn, visualize the flames unhooking cords from your body, your home, and your field. Whisper: “I release what has drained me. I reclaim what belongs to me.”

Once the flames die, sprinkle the ash with salt and pour a few drops of water over it. Take the cooled remains outside, stand at a threshold, a crossroads, doorway, or even your front step, and scatter them behind you without looking back. As you walk away, repeat: “The past is ash. I face forward.”

Purpose: This is not just banishment, this is you rewriting your story. By burning, salting, and watering, you enact all four elements to release and reseal your field.

Ritual Two: The Mirror and Flame of Multiplication:

Supplies: A white candle, a small mirror, a piece of clear quartz or citrine, and your journal.

Process: At dusk, set the mirror upright and place the lit candle before it so that the flame doubles in reflection. Place the crystal beside it to catch the light. Sit in front of the flame and close your eyes. Visualize the dream you are calling in, the business, the relationship, the home, the healed self. See it in detail: the room it lives in, the faces involved, the way it feels in your body.

When you open your eyes, take your journal and write this vision in present tense, as if it is already here. Keep writing until you feel the words lift off the page, until you believe them in your bones. Then read your words aloud into the candlelight. As the flame flickers and multiplies in the mirror, speak: “What I speak is already seeded. It grows in both light and shadow.”

When you are done, extinguish the candle with intention, and place your journal under your pillow that night.

Purpose: This ritual is manifestation rooted in reflection and amplification. You project your dream into the infinite, then call it back into the body through writing and sleep.

Ritual Three: The Embodied Journey of Aries:

Supplies: Comfortable clothing, a glass of water, a red or orange cloth or scarf, and your journal.

Process: Mark fourteen minutes for this ritual in honor of the fourteenth degree. Spread the red or orange cloth on the floor as your anchor. Stand barefoot upon it, close your eyes, and breathe into your pulse. Visualize a flame rising from the soles of your feet, up through your legs, your chest, and finally your crown. Begin to move. Let your body find its own rhythm, sway, dance, stretch, even stomp. Allow the fire to move through you until your heartbeat quickens.

At the midpoint, kneel on the cloth, place your hands over your heart, and say aloud: “This is who I am becoming.” Name it in present tense: strong, abundant, sovereign, loved. Repeat it until you feel it vibrate even if it’s just a little at a time. 

Sit with your journal, sip the water, and write down what the movement revealed. Not what you think you should write, but what came alive inside you. When you finish, fold the cloth and keep it as a talisman. Each time you look at it, remember the fire you raised.

Purpose: This ritual anchors Aries into your body. It unites movement, word, color, and water to create a somatic memory of courage and becoming.

Three Mantras for the Aries Full Moon at 14°:

I ignite the flame of my own becoming and walk through every doorway it opens.

I claim the strength of beginnings that endure and the courage that carries me forward.

I am the fire that reveals, the force that creates, and the vision that takes root.