Pip: Welcome to Breaking the Habitz Blog, where mindfulinteraction is out here reading the sky, the moon, and a photo that surfaced at exactly the right moment — as these things do.
Mara: This episode moves through two connected territories: how lunar and planetary rhythms are shaping one woman's experience of menopause and transition, and what the Triple Goddess archetype has to say about grief, loss, and becoming. Let's start with the moon and what it's asking us to release.
Full Moon, Menopause, and the Space Between
Pip: The post frames menopause not as a medical event but as an expansion — a shift from tracking the moon through a monthly cycle to reading a whole sky full of planetary signals. The central question it keeps returning to is: what have you outgrown?
Mara: The post puts it directly: "I frequently ask my SELF — what have I outgrown? It could be a habit, a pattern, a cycle, a belief, a relationship, a community, a friendship, or a version of myself that once felt comfortable."
Pip: That list is doing real work. It's not asking you to declutter a shelf — it's asking whether the entire framework you've been living inside still fits.
Mara: And the timing is specific. The full moon on July 30th lands in Aquarius, which the post describes as the visionary energy that challenges old systems. The sun is simultaneously in Leo — bold, creative, self-expressive. The post reads those two signs as a conversation: Aquarius asking where you came from, Leo asking who you want to become.
Pip: So the sky is essentially running a full identity audit. No pressure.
Mara: The Lions Gate portal, opening July 28th, adds another layer — the post describes it as a manifestation window tied to Sirius aligning with the sun, and recommends focusing on the solar plexus chakra to work with that energy. Saturn's retrograde from July 26th through December carries a heavier note, with the post asking whether we're carrying burdens that were never ours. That question connects directly to the grief and identity work in the next post.
The Triple Goddess and the Weight of Grief
Pip: The Triple Goddess post opens with a photograph — a mother flanked by her daughter and her own mother — and uses it to anchor an ancient Wiccan archetype to something immediate and personal: grief, regret, and the slow work of rebuilding a self after loss.
Mara: The post names it plainly: "When we lose someone who mattered to us, the grief never really ends — it comes in waves, and it's triggered by the memories and the moments we've shared together, but our regrets usually haunt us a little longer than it should."
Pip: That line about regrets outlasting grief itself is the part that lands. The post doesn't rush past it — it lists the whole catalogue: unspoken words, unrealized dreams, arguments that could have been avoided, misunderstandings that still sting.
Mara: And then it maps each face of the Triple Goddess onto a different kind of support during loss. The Mother holds the emotional weight and nurtures the future self. The Crone sits with pain, accepts what is, and converts sorrow into wisdom. The Maiden carries hope — she's the spark of renewal after the cycle of grief completes.
Pip: What's interesting is that the archetype isn't presented as a comfort that resolves the hard feelings. The post is honest that even with a strong spiritual framework, the heart still feels heavy some days.
Mara: That honesty runs through the whole piece. It closes not with resolution but with presence: "We are here to BE present — not perfect, not happier, not richer, not more successful, not right, not better — just open to FEEL the fullness of our life."
Pip: Two posts, one through-line: the question of what you're carrying that no longer belongs to you — whether that's a planetary burden, a grief that's outlasted its season, or a version of yourself built for surviving rather than living.
Mara: The moon keeps moving, the archetypes keep turning. Next time, we'll see what else is on the horizon.
