Holding Tender Space Under the Libra Full Moon 🌕
Volume 3, Issue 7
April 12, 2025
Full Moon in Libra 🌕 ♎
Sun in Aries ☀️ ♈
Full Moon Greetings, dearest Humans❣️
I set out to write about the strong urge I’ve been feeling to begin releasing some deeply ingrained habits, ones I developed over a lifetime to protect myself from the emotional pain of loss. The urge is there, but I can’t find the right words to articulate what I want to say about it.
So instead, I’m holding space for that truth and waiting for it to unfold organically, when it’s ready.
Lately, my mind is swirling daily with thoughts about the current collective moment and how it lands personally for each of us. Since I can’t look away, I turn to my most trusted news source, The PBS NewsHour, for updates. Then I look to what’s right in front of me in my neighborhood and community to understand how these larger stories take root in real life. From there, I begin the slow and sometimes painful process of mentally, emotionally, and spiritually digesting what I’ve seen and heard.
Through that process, I’ve found myself facing a deep, existential question, one that has no answer: Did the creative force that placed all living beings together on this floating rock in space imagine this is how humans would live?
This question emerged from observing my community and reflecting on how current economic, political, and cultural systems shape and limit our lives.
Were we really meant to live like this?
From what I see, we’ve become so disconnected from our natural environment and each other’s humanity that it’s challenging to stay grounded in the truth of what’s right in front of us. So many of us are just trying to survive while clinging to self-preservation because there’s so little energy left for anything else. And when we’re stuck in that state, it becomes almost impossible to care for those suffering just beyond our doorstep.
Even writing that feels wrong. Selfish. It comes from a place of privilege, I know. But is it also true?
From my observations, I know my community is suffering and has been for a long time.
I live in an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and I often drive the four miles into downtown. What I witness on that short drive is heartbreaking. Cleveland is ranked among the poorest cities in America, with the staggering statistic that over half the children in the city live in poverty.
It’s visible everywhere: vacant buildings one after another, food deserts in a region surrounded by fertile farmland, roads and public infrastructure in disrepair, underfunded schools, and strained safety systems. Food insecurity is rampant. Crime rates are high. Opportunities to escape these conditions are few.
And here I am, driving past it all, trying to avoid falling into those same circumstances. All I can currently offer of myself is volunteering and donating to my local food bank. But if I’m honest, sometimes I’m afraid I’m just a couple of paychecks away from that same desperation I witness most days.
This cannot be how humans were meant to live. And yet, here we are. In the wealthiest country in the world, we have staggering levels of food and housing insecurity.
How did we get here? What can I do about it? I don’t know. I feel powerless. Most of my energy goes toward my own survival.
Specific values are ingrained in my DNA. I was born with the Sun in Libra, ruled by Venus, with themes of love, harmony, justice, art, connection, and beauty woven into my being. So it makes sense that my heart feels pulled to contemplate these complex issues of humanity under this Libra full moon.
These reflections stir fear in me because the problems are too big to solve alone. They require not just the will to change but community, collective effort, shared vision, and heart-mind alignment. It takes all of us to dismantle systems of oppression and create something just and life-affirming in their place.
And yet, right now, survival is the priority for so many of us. Self-preservation is the mode.
Look, I’m sorry if this wasn’t what you expected to read today. It’s not what I expected to write either. But to remain authentic in this space, I must speak to what’s real.
So today, I’m holding space for fear, confusion, powerlessness, and questions too big to answer. And for the hope that someday, through our shared attention and care, we will begin to co-create something better.
Thank you for reading, for holding space for these words, and for your continued support. Writing and sharing like this helps me process life. If this resonates with your heart or experience, I hope you feel less alone.
I’ll end this note with a blessing, for all of us:
May you be happy.
May you be healthy.
May you be safe.
May you live with ease.
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be healthy.
May all beings be safe.
May all beings live with ease.
With heartfelt care,
Jennifer 💫💖💫
…it is the speaking of one’s heart that makes a human being human. For even if no one hears us, it is the act of speaking that frees us by letting the spirit swim and fly through the world. Quote from Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening.
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Mindfulness Prompt: Holding Quiet Space for Tenderness 🌿
Find a quiet moment, even if it’s just five minutes.
Sit or lie down in a way that feels restful. Let your breath slow, and place one hand gently on your heart or your belly.
Ask yourself, without needing to answer: What part of me feels tender right now?
Can I let that part be here without fixing, judging, or rushing it away?
Breathe with it.
Stay with it.
Let your tenderness be seen — even if only by you.
When you’re ready, whisper softly (out loud or in your mind): You are allowed to feel. I’m here with you and am holding space for this tenderness to emerge. You are loved. I love you.
Planetary Bodies 🪐
- Full moon in Libra today, April 12, 2025 🌕 ♎
- Venus retrograde in Pisces ♓ stations direct ➡️ today, April 12, 2025
- Mercury in Pisces moves into Aries on April 16, 2025 ♓ ➡️ ♈
- Mars in Cancer moves into Virgo on April 18, 2025 ♋ ➡️ ♍
- Sun in Aries moves into Taurus on April 19, 2025 ♈ ➡️ ♉
- Waning half moon in Aquarius on April 20, 2025 🌗 ♒
- New moon in Taurus on April 27, 2025 🌑 ♉
- Venus in Pisces moves into Aries on April 30, 2025 ♓ ➡️ ♈
🌄 Sun rise today in Cleveland at 6:49 am
🌇 Sun set today at Cleveland at 8:03 pm
Full moon in Libra affirmations: I honor my inner truth, even when it feels tender. Wholeness begins with honesty. I release the need to protect myself through disconnection. I am safe to soften, safe to feel, safe to be seen. With each breath, I return to balance between self and others, giving and receiving, feeling and being.
Learn about this full moon with Kathy Biehl at Empowermentunlimited.net
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