A Blood Moon of Freedom

On Sunday 7th September 2025, the sky is heralding an amazing new era.

The full moon in September will be turning to a Blood moon, as a total lunar eclipse unfolds.

For about 83 minutes the moon will shine red as she slips fully into Earth’s shadow. This is a rare and powerful sight. For those with me England, the Moon rises already deep in eclipse at around 7:30pm BST, low on the eastern horizon. She will glow her reddest between 7:11pm and 7:53pm, climbing slowly into the night.

Watching her appear in shadow as she rises feels like watching the veil part between worlds.

In pagan tradition, September’s full moon is often called the Barley Moon, or sometimes Wine Moon, aligned with a time of harvest and gratitude. It is the season of gathering in what has ripened, celebrating abundance, and preparing for the balance of the equinox.

The Barley Moon whispers of bread and beer, of wine and song, of sustenance that carries us into the darker months. Yet when this Moon is eclipsed, her light turning red, the energy is deepened. This eclipse falls in Aquarius, sign of freedom, truth, and the collective. It’s a personal portal but also a collective initiation. Across the world, we feel the tension: movements rising, voices breaking silence, people demanding freedom.

The pulse runs through every nation, especially in the Western World where inalienable human rights and freedoms are under threat in a way unseen before. The Blood Moon amplifies this truth: the fight for liberation is global, and deeply spiritual.

This eclipse asks us to face our shadows, both personal and collective, and to break chains we’ve carried too long. Some questions it’s worthing posing to ourselves under this Blood Moon are:

What part of me is still chained to fear, silence, or conformity?

What truth within me is crying to be freed?

How can my own release feed the wider collective struggle for freedom?

Working with the eclipse is easy – you can make a real positive difference to yourself, and send a ripple outward to wider humanity.

Number one - Try witnessing her rising. Stand beneath the sky and watch the red Moon climb. Breathe her light into your body. You can also do a simple Ritual of Release. Write down what you are ready to let go of, perhaps a fear, a false belonging, or an old pattern. Burn or bury it as the shadow passes.

Number two - You can offer gratitude for the harvest in your life, both literal and symbolic. Thank the Earth for her abundance.

Number three - Collective Magic. Light a candle for freedom. Not just yours, but the world’s. Imagine that flame linking with millions of others. I will be doing this, and I know many will be with me – I hope you join us in this spiritual space too!

September 2025 Blood Moon glowing red during a total lunar eclipse, rising on the horizon.