Full Moon in Aries — October 6: An Initiation Into Your Truest Self

The Full Moon in Aries rises on October 6, igniting the sky with raw fire, fierce independence, and the wild invitation to step fully into who you are. Aries moons aren’t subtle — they demand that we shed, release, and burn away what’s false, making space for the parts of us that have been waiting patiently to be born.

This lunation is less about playing it safe and more about closing one cycle so you can walk bravely into the next. The air will feel charged — arguments may surface, emotions could flare, but underneath it all is a sacred cleansing. Think of this moon as an initiation: a fiery gateway asking you to detox your mind, soften your heart, and choose love simply for the sake of love.

Cosmic Landscape: Mercury, Pluto, and Neptune

• Mercury in Scorpio (square Pluto): The truth can’t hide under this moonlight. Conversations run deep, power struggles emerge, and shadows rise to the surface. What you’ve been avoiding in your relationships or within yourself now demands to be spoken. Don’t fear this intensity — it’s the kind of honesty that births healing.

• Pluto retrograde in Capricorn: Pluto keeps pulling us inward, stripping us of old identities and reminding us that endings are essential. This retrograde is dismantling the structures that no longer hold your soul, urging you to stop clinging to stories you’ve outgrown.

• Neptune retrograding back into Pisces: Just as Aries stirs the flames of action, Neptune reminds us to listen for whispers from the unseen. As Neptune swims back through Pisces for a little while, you may feel more sensitive, dreamy, or called back to your spiritual practices. It’s a perfect balance: Aries demands truth in action, Neptune invites truth in spirit. Together, they teach us that transformation is both fiery and fluid.

Themes of the Aries Full Moon

Ending a Cycle

This moon asks: what cycle is complete? Where have you been pushing or holding on too tightly? Allow yourself to close the door on what no longer serves — whether it’s a relationship dynamic, an inner narrative, or a worn-out version of you.

Working Through Arguments

Aries loves to fight for what it wants. But the lesson here is responding vs reacting. Under Mercury/Pluto, words can cut deep. Pause before you speak. Take a breath before you move. Ask: “Am I feeding old wounds, or am I feeding love?” Let this full moon refine how you handle conflict.

Detoxing Mentally

This lunation is medicine for the mind. Journal, meditate, scream into a pillow, sweat it out in movement — whatever helps you clear the clutter. Aries wants action, so don’t just think about it… move the energy.

Loving to Love

Aries can be self-focused, but this moon also teaches us to love purely — without keeping score, without waiting for someone else to change. Let your love be an offering, not a bargain. When we love to love, we embody freedom.

Relationships Under the Moonlight

Close connections may feel tender now. Be gentle with your partner, your family, and your friends. If an old wound rises, treat it as a messenger, not an enemy. Aries teaches us individuality, but Neptune in Pisces reminds us of sacred union. Hold both.

This is also a time to rewrite contracts — the agreements (spoken and unspoken) that shape your bonds. Ask yourself:

• Where have I been giving away my power?

• Where can I offer more compassion?

• What does true partnership mean for me now?

Spiritual Practices & The Call of Neptune

This month, Spirit is calling. With Neptune’s return to Pisces, you’re being asked to redefine what spirituality means for you. Maybe it’s prayer, maybe it’s meditation, maybe it’s dancing barefoot under the moon. There is no right or wrong — only what connects you to your soul.

Return to your practices. Rebuild your altar. Light your candles. Journal your dreams. Ask Spirit to show you the next step.

Aries Moon Medicine: Respond, Don’t React

The mantra of this lunation: “Pause before the fire.” Aries brings impulse, but Mercury and Pluto demand thoughtfulness. Before you react, ask yourself:

• Is this my soul speaking or my wound?

• Is this love or fear?

• Will my action move me closer to truth or deeper into drama?

This full moon wants you to be bold, yes — but boldly aligned, not recklessly scattered.

Ritual for Self-Acceptance Under the Aries Full Moon

This ritual is designed to help you shed the old, embrace your truth, and accept yourself fully. Do this on the night of the Full Moon or within two days after.

What You’ll Need:

• A candle (black or white)

• A journal + pen

• A bowl of water (to represent Neptune’s cleansing)

• A small piece of paper + something safe to burn it in

Steps:

1. Create Sacred Space - Light your candle. Sit comfortably. Take three deep breaths, inhaling courage, exhaling doubt.

2. Write What You’re Releasing - On the paper, write down the old cycle, the patterns, or the self-criticism you’re ready to end. Be honest. Aries energy thrives on truth.

3. Burn + Release - Safely burn the paper and drop the ashes into your bowl of water, letting Aries’ fire meet Neptune’s water. Whisper: “I release what no longer serves. I open to my truest self.”

4. Claim Your Power - Place your hand on your heart and say aloud: “I accept myself fully. I honor my past, and I now choose love. I walk forward in truth with fire.”

5. Journal the Vision - Write a few sentences about how you want to feel moving forward. Not goals or outcomes — just the essence. For example: free, loving, radiant, at peace.

6. Close in Gratitude - Blow out your candle and thank the Moon, Aries, and Spirit for witnessing your initiation.

Final Reflection

This Aries Full Moon is a fiery threshold — a wild, unapologetic initiation into your truest self. End what is done. Soften your reactivity. Love without conditions. Let your spirituality root you in something greater.

Above all, let this moon remind you: you are enough, exactly as you are.

With moonlit love from your fellow Gypsy Soul,

Krystle