S5 Ep13: Blood Moon Eclipse in Virgo & Blood Magick with Medusa and Melinoë

About this episode

The episode discusses the Blood Moon Eclipse in Virgo and its connections to blood magic and goddess work, featuring Medusa and Melinoë.

A "blood moon" lunar eclipse is happening March 3rd at almost 13° Virgo. This eclipse is comparatively quiet astrologically, making it easier to focus on Virgo themes of order, service, health, and returning to a natural rhythm. This eclipse "rules" for six months and may fully ripen during Virgo season. Protection is a central theme, connected to blood as naturally protective and to the eclipse as a safe container for ritual and self-exploration, especially around vulnerable "maiden" aspects of self. For goddess work, we recommend Medusa as a powerful protector and healer deeply linked to blood magic. Medusa's mythic blood created coral and red serpents. Explore historical protective folk magic in 16th-century English spell jars using one's own urine, blood, and hair with herbs as well as Melinoë a lesser-known goddess, presented in the Orphic Hymn 71. She is the daughter of Persephone, and Melinoë is a dark and luminous Goddess, the "Queen of Nightmares" and "Master of Ghosts," ruling liminal space between life and death and invoked for protection, trauma processing, and relief from fear and night terrors. She parallels this eclipse "portal" energy. Enjoy this potent time of a…

People in this episode

Hosts: April, Maggie

Topics covered

• astrology
• blood magic
• goddess work
• protection
• lunar eclipse
• Virgo themes

Keywords

• blood moon
• eclipse
• Virgo
• Medusa
• Melinoë
• protection
• blood magic
• goddess work

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Orphic Hymn 71

Places: Virgo

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