Do you bleed every month? If you do (or if you know someone who does and you want to share this with them), I want to unlock some sacred hidden knowledge I discovered last year. That is after all what Darkness Thriving is all about. I share sacred occult knowledge that comes to me through my experiences, and a lot of it has to do with emotions. Most recently through my coven I discovered that my purpose may have a lot to do with helping others find emotional freedom, emotional sobriety and emotional balance. I’ll quote myself in saying “I somehow may possibly help others with radical acceptance of their emotions in a world that doesn’t give a fuck about them.” I don’t know how I’ll end up doing that ultimately, but for now I am writing.
I’ve picked up on some moon patterns during my menstrual cycle, although this is not new information. Many things like diaries and notebooks exist out there to help you track when you’re menstruating along with the moon to help you understand yourself. But what I’ve noticed and what is different for me is I’ve noticed when my Luteal phase begins it translates to what issues I am going through in my life. In addition, the day I get my period translates to what is time to be released. Not all menstruation cycles fall under a waning moon, but you’re still releasing varied topics and categories. You can also refer back to my Profection House article, because each house represents a zodiac sign (1-Aries, 2-Taurus, 3-Gemini, 4-Cancer, 5-Leo, 6-Virgo, and so on in order), so you can dig in deeper to the issues you are both dealing with and releasing using that article, as each house is discussed at length as to what it means. If you want to go even deeper you can also relate it back to tarot cards. It is all insanely fascinating. The moon world is such a deep beautiful black hole, I myself strive to live by the moon as a Lunar witch. Okay so onto the method.
If you track your period it is easy to go back and see the patterns. I never used to track my period I’m quite laid back in that I don’t care much until one day I decided to and then I backtracked to do all this work and see if there were any patterns. I love finding the patterns in things (a true Virgo). If you know about your Luteal phase you’ll know this is your inner season of “Autumn” of your cycle meaning you may crave a ton of certain kind of food, and you may be in very specific moods, and if you have PMDD it’s severe and for some borderline dangerous. But that’s for another article. The Luteal phase often lasts for 14 days, meaning 2 weeks before you have the first day of your period. So if you track your period, you just have to go back 2 weeks and see what sign the moon was in.
What I did was go back two weeks and account for the actual moon sign for that day, plus the sign that comes before it. I’ve found that the first sign leads, while the second has to do with the nature of the issue. In the above calendar you see that particular Luteal phase began during a Scorpio moon, and so if we’re accounting for the sign before you would say this is a time in which Libra/Scorpio issues are being dealt with (Libra leads, and Scorpio is the nature). It could mean you are dealing with extra heavy relationship issues at the time as Libra=relationships and Scorpio=transformation. Now the day the above person actually got their period was on a Gemini moon. This could then mean during this time they are releasing anything blocking communication or problems with speaking up/using their voice or even learning to detach more emotionally as Gemini is a cool head. So now you have the issues, plus what the person is releasing.
Sometimes you will notice the next month your Luteal phase will begin under those same moons again, and even the following month again. If this occurs you know you are really working through some stuff and releasing a lot during this phase of your life. Releasing is not a one and done deal in any area of life whether through your period or not so this made sense to me when I noticed it.
Other examples would be if you’re going through a Sagittarius/Capricorn phase you may be trying to sort out higher consciousness, freedom or traveling (Sag leading) that has to do with your career, responsibilities, or discipline (Cap nature). A Cancer/Leo phase could possibly have to do with a deep mother wound or emotional boundaries or emotional unavailability (Cancer leading), in the area of ego or taking up all the space you need to or leading with your heart (Leo is the nature). Likewise, I will go through some examples of signs under which you get your period: if you are getting your period during an Aquarius moon, you may be releasing group dynamics that no longer serve you, or the practice of not giving a fuck about what other people think of you. If you are getting it on a Pisces moon you may be purging illusions/fantasy-like thinking or releasing blockages around your intuition. Or, if one of your parents was a Pisces, check out what issues you have with them or what they passed down to you in particular such as alcohol/drug/shopping addictions or workaholism, that may apply as well. I won’t go through every sign combo or every sign but you get the idea.
If you notice no repetitions it could be that your body is addressing either less intense things or things that can be taken care of very quickly. Usually on the days you get your actual period each month the moon will vary greatly or fluctuate, I notice that doesn’t usually come under the same sign over and over, the signs vary. A lot of people who bleed hate their period. They complain about it and are upset that they have it at all. I was never really one of those people I was always indifferent but this process and method has helped me take it more seriously and look at it more sacredly. Think about it we are bleeding from our vaginas. We have the ability to release things through our body spiritually and some people do not have this ability. We are performing magick just through that simple fact. Bleeding is sacred, and remember you are a magickal being for doing so.
Note: If you are in a relationship with someone else who bleeds too you all can do this together to see your different patterns or if they match up at different times, it’s quite fascinating. Also, here is a link to some great tea for each of your inner seasons; you can bookmark it as they are closed for the winter but will reopen.
Jennifer Diane is a goddess of darkness, writer and model based out of New Jersey. Since 2017, she has not stopped gathering self-help resources in an effort to grow where everything was dead. Besides running Healing with the Occult, Jennifer shares the radical truth on the Enlightenment through Hellfire podcast and creates books and zines for Endeavors of Horror.