08/28/2026
The Sturgeon Moon has some deep questions for us.
Did you see her last night?
The Sturgeon Moon | What rises from the depths
Last night, beneath the Full Sturgeon Moon and her eclipse, I received an unexpected teaching.
The full moon of me—the bright light of knowing—was not eclipsed. Instead, my light seemed to illuminate something stirring in the depths of another.
Something old, tender, that perhaps had been resting beneath the surface, unseen.
And in the aftermath, I found myself wanting to dim and question my knowing. To wonder if my light was too much and if I’m better off eclipsing myself.
But the moon offered another teaching:
Perhaps discernment is not the same as disappearance.
The Sturgeon Moon is named for an ancient creature of deep waters—one who knows the dark places, who moves beneath the surface, carrying the memory of rivers and lakes.
This moon can stir up the deep waters of you, rising up ancient knowing. What grief, longing, truth, or wildness has been waiting beneath the surface? What have you been keeping in the dark because it has not yet been ready for the light?
And perhaps, too:
Where are you being invited to let your light shine fully—and where are you being invited to veil it, not from fear, but from wisdom?
I am remembering that I do not need to eclipse myself simply because my light reveals something another is not yet ready to meet. There are times to shine just as there are times to veil. There are mysteries that need moonlight and there are mysteries that need the dark.
The moon does not cease to be luminous when she disappears from our sight. I’m being reminded that neither do I.
