Scour the Energetic Clutter

The Energy

Full transparency, this issue is landing hours later than usual. I sat down to write this yesterday so it would land at its usual time this morning and just... couldn't. Some weeks the pull on your energy is bigger than the plan you made for it, and you either fight that or you let it be true. I'm choosing to let it be true and give myself grace. I'm not going to pretend that living everything I teach is tidy.

Which is fitting, because tidy is exactly where this week wants to take us.

We've crossed into Virgo season, and the full moon lunar eclipse follows close behind on Thursday into Friday. Virgo wants order. Editing. A drawer sorted, a closet cleared, a system that finally works. But the eclipse sits on the Pisces side of that axis, the side that dissolves and releases.

So if you're still feeling like you're in a slog while at the same time there's a sensation of being pulled forward, congratulations, you're right where you're supposed to be. I always find myself giggling a little when I use that line. It's one of those super annoying things yoga teachers always say, it's become totally cliche and kind of makes us all roll our eyes, and yet it's so full of truth and wisdom.

The Teaching

The astrological combination, order on one side and dissolving on the other, is asking something more specific than a clean house. It's asking for discernment about where your energy actually goes.

The biggest reminder this week is offering: something you can't control doesn't need to live in your body. If it's not yours to fix, you don't have to carry it, not the outcome, not the worry, not the rehearsed conversation in your head at 2am. That's energetic clutter, and it clutters exactly like a junk drawer does. It just does it in your chest instead of your kitchen.

Old identities. Old habits. Connections that stopped being aligned a while ago and you kept them anyway out of loyalty to who you used to be. This eclipse will help you release what you're ready to release. And where you're not ready, it may release things for you anyway.

Let me offer a personal anecdote. Spring of 2025, mid eclipse season, I knew my corporate job had gone sideways for me and it was pulling my entire life out of alignment, my physical health included. But I wasn't ready to take action, leaving felt way too scary, so I joked about wanting to get laid off instead. And then, it happened, literally days after that eclipse window closed. On April Fool's day just to add some humor to the equation, I suppose. Cosmic energy is so real to me. That turn of events was a blessing. I wasn't bold enough to leap so the universe pushed, in perfect timing.

The Invitation

As you move through the rest of this week, my invitation to you is to let the physical decluttering happen if it wants to. Follow your own energy but if you get that urge to purge, do it. Let it be a moving meditation, closet by closet, cabinet by cabinet.

But don't stop at the physical. Look at the accounts you scroll, the shows you leave on, the group chats that leave you more drained than they found you. Ask the same question Virgo is asking of your hiding places. Does this reflect who you are now? If it doesn't light up the person you've become, you're allowed to let it go. With love, not with guilt.

If it wants to fall away, let it fall. If it needs a few tears on the way out, cry them. Bless it, release it, and don't hold onto what was never yours to hold in the first place.

And when the clutter is gone, consider picking up a slow hobby. My partner and I have started doing 'arts and crafts Sundays' where we spend some time with whatever creative expression finds us. He's been making some really cool suncatchers with copper and crystals and I've felt called to learn how to crochet again. Neither of us has yet to end up with an end product we're happy with but that's not the point. The beauty is in the act of creating, not the instant gratification.

What can you make space for? Then can you enjoy the exploration without getting hung up on the outcome?

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