After the Eclipse: Navigating Waves of Tiredness and Anxiety with the new moon in Virgo.

Yesterday marked a solar eclipse paired with a New Moon in Virgo, a celestial moment and a cosmic double whammy that stirs more than just the heavens. In the quiet aftermath, many notice a shared experience: a lingering tiredness that feels deeper than ordinary sleepiness, a sense of anxiety that rises unbidden, and a nervous system stretched thin.

The Power of the Eclipse & New Moon:  The eclipse symbolises interruption and transformation. The new moon’s natural invitation to inwardness becomes intensified when shadowed by an eclipse. The influence of these cosmic events on our rhythms and emotions is undeniable, especially for those whose nervous systems are finely attuned, such as myself, my family, and many neurodivergent individuals I work with. This can feel like an echoing rupture.

Why Does an Eclipse Feel So Heavy?   It’s not just a celestial spectacle—it’s a disruption to the rhythm we often take for granted. The new moon calls us inward, asking for stillness and reflection. But the eclipse amplifies this call, pressing pause in a way that can feel sudden and unsettling.

• Virgo’s energy invites precision, order, and care, yet paired with the eclipse, it can also heighten feelings of overwhelm or self-scrutiny.

• Emotional sensitivity rises, like the tide pulled by a hidden moon.

• For many, especially neurodivergent and sensory-aware individuals, the eclipse can feel like an unspoken and invisible vibration in the nervous system.

That Foggy, Wired Feeling? It’s a Signal: If you’re feeling tired in a way that sleep can’t fix, anxious without a clear cause, or caught in loops of restless thought, know this: your body and mind are responding to profound shifts. This isn’t a weakness. It’s a natural response to change—a nervous system trying to make sense of the unknown.

How to Gently Come Back to Yourself: The aftermath of such cosmic intensity calls for care, softness, and grounding:

• Name it out loud: “This tiredness, this anxiety—they are natural after what just happened.”

• Find something solid to touch—earth, wood, a warm mug—as a reminder you’re here, safe.

• Be with nature, in woodlands, seashores, or simply feel your bare feet on the earth.

• Rest even in stillness—closed eyes, slow breath, letting the mind soften.

• Let your hands move—write, doodle, hum—the eclipse may want to speak through you.

• Rest, even if sleep feels elusive.

• Creative expression, letting feelings flow through writing, movement, or art.

A Cosmic Invitation: Eclipses can illuminate what lurks beneath, hidden emotions, quiet tensions, buried truths. This moment is an invitation—to slow down, to witness without judgment, and to embrace the ebb and flow of your own inner landscape.

If you found yourself exhausted today, aching for calm, or riding waves of unrest, you are not alone. These responses are part of the rhythm of being human, part of the lunar dance that reminds us to pause, notice, and gently return to ourselves.

Remember: these powerful celestial events aren’t happening to you, but with you. You are part of its rhythm—alive, feeling, and deeply connected to the vastness above and within.

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