Bi-monthly Card Reading

 This reading is using my upcoming card deck: The Sacred Circle Spirit Animal Oracle. 

 This is a one card reading done on the North American Sacred Circle or Medicine Wheel. The card sits in the center of the circle and represents the Creator or Center Stone, which is said to contain the Void and all of creation—the stars, planets, Animal Kingdom, Plant Kingdom, Mineral Kingdom, etc. This Stone is governed by the Great Spirit and our Highest Self.  It is the place of balance at the heart or center of the Sacred Circle where we can go within ourselves to access the wisdom and guidance needed from every aspect in the cycles of life.  

MOON ORACLE MESSAGE

Question: The Full Ducks Fly Moon of September reached its zenith on September 7, 2025, as a Blood Moon—a Full Moon in full Eclipse. It is the first Moon of Fall and is the Moon of the Fall Equinox. What is it calling you to do between Mid-September-Mid October? 

Stone Medicine: Card #32-The Ducks Fly Moon (Mid-September-Mic-October):

Teaching: The Ducks Fly Moon is the first moon of Mudjekeewis, the Spirit Keeper of the West, and is influenced by the Butterfly or Air Clan. It is typically known as the Harvest Moon because it is the full moon that occurs closest to the Autumn Equinox. It marks the end of summer and is the herald for harvesting and celebrating the bounty of summer in preparation for the Season of Winter Renewal that is yet to come. It is the time of the even light when day and night are equal for a brief moment in time. Super moons aside, it is one of the largest and brightest full moons often giving off a burnished yellow, orange, or reddish glow. The Ducks Fly Moon appears so large, because it hangs low in the sky and is closer to the earth than at other times.

Meaning: All the moons of Mudjekeewis are about celebration, release, transformation, reflection, and completion. These qualities are particularly potent with the Autumn Equinox. During the month of the Ducks Fly Moon, you should celebrate and express gratitude for all the good you have called into your life. It is important for you to let go of all the “shoulds” of life to acknowledge life’s abundance and remember how blessed you are by celebrating it.

Because it is associated with Autumn, this Harvest Moon is a powerful time for spiritual growth and healing. It is a time where you can receive clarity by reflecting on your life. Call upon the gifts of Mudjekeewis—introspection and strength—to reflect upon your life since the Spring Equinox last March. Take advantage of this process to acknowledge what doesn’t serve you anymore and to tap into your inner strength. Then, release and let go of what is no longer in alignment with you or your sacred path. Don’t forget to celebrate your positive manifestations for the past six months as well as harvesting the seeds for anything you would like to manifest during the month of this moon.

The Butterfly Clan’s influence on this moon brings about change, liberation, and transformation. Like the Air Element it espouses, the Butterfly Clan teaches you to welcome adaptability and embrace any changes quickly for you to grow and evolve from where you are in the present. On a deeper level, the Butterfly Clan reminds you that the Ducks Fly Moon sits at a juncture of dying, closure, and rebirth. Like the caterpillar, you must enter the chrysalis state to let some parts of yourself die, so that the more aligned parts of yourself can emerge as a butterfly—full of beauty and right intentions that will serve you in the future. The Ducks Fly Moon sits in the position on the Sacred Circle where you can quickly move from one idea, concept, or emotion to its polar opposite. It cautions you to slow down and ground yourself like the caterpillar, so you don’t confuse yourself with too many options that can cause indecision or a lack of focus. 

The Ducks Fly Moon is a reminder that the Earth Mother and all her creations are readying themselves to slow down in preparation for the time of rest and renewal. This is the natural cycle after giving so much during the season of growth in summer. This moon promises that if you follow the Earth Mother’s example and slow yourself down by taking time for pleasure, celebration, and introspection, you will begin to reach the still point of balance within you. Over time, you will come to know where your center point of stillness really lies. When you have achieved this balance, you can move from one idea, concept, emotion, or realm to another without ever losing sight of your authentic self. The Ducks Fly Moon will also help you bring the energies of the Day and Night, the Earth and Sky, the Divine Feminine and Masculine within, so that you can comprehend the balanced, even energies of the heart. You will be capable of teaching others how to combine these energies within themselves which will help bring about a balance between humanity and Nature.

Take time to celebrate, reflect, release, slow down, and honor yourself and the Earth with gratitude and abundance during the month of the Ducks Fly Moon, and you will be able to embrace any positive changes you make for your future 

Haiku Meditations 

The Ducks Fly Moon (Mid-September-Mid-October)

Pick the haiku that resonates most with you to meditate on.

Golden Ball of Light

Dominating Autumn’s Sky—

Last light of Summer

Burnished Ducks Fly Moon—

Reflecting light from within—

A-c-r-o-s-s- the Cosmos

This golden moon orb

Illuminates the balance

Between Earth and Sky

Actions  

• Meditate on the haiku outside in nature, on a nature walk, or while listening to your favorite music. 
• Write down your reflections in a notebook, a journal or create a piece of art that reflects your feelings.    
• Wait a few days before revisiting your thoughts. What have you learned about yourself? Is it something you should release or celebrate or both? How can you apply what you have learned to the next month? The next six months?
• Release anything that needs releasing by blowing it onto a small stick or writing it on a piece of paper and rolling it up. Place the stick or paper over the flame of a candle, watch it burn for a few seconds, but put it out in water before it burns too far. Let it go with gratitude. Run your hands over the flame and draw the energy over your solar plexus, your heart, and your third eye. Let it all go. 
• Summer’s fire has carried us with passion, creativity, and movement. Perhaps you began new journeys, gave breath to ideas, or poured your energy into the relationships and dreams that called to your soul. Now, as the days grow shorter and the evenings get cooler, autumn asks you to shift your energy. It is a time to gather — not only the fruits of the Earth, but also the lessons of your experiences.
• Invite some friends over for a potluck to celebrate the end of summer and the harvest that is coming up. Share your best moments from the past few months and share at least one dream that each of you has going forward. Create a mandala with everyone’s new dreams and hang it up where you can all meditate upon it. Give everyone a yellow flower to represent abundance and manifestation for the dreams. Tell them to let it dry out and then bury it in the Earth Mother with gratitude. Allow it to manifest.
• Consider the seeds you planted before summer. Which ones have come to pass? Which ones are you ready to let go of? Which ones do you wish to continue? Remember, not everything planted grows on our timeline. Some dreams sprout quickly; others rest in the soil until the right season. Trust that you are right on time.
• Get some fall seeds or herbs and plant one for each dream you want to bring to fruition over the next few months. Care for each of them using water and your breath as a daily prayer for each seed to be fertile and abundant. Observe how they grow and record the results in your journal or notebook.

• This is a wisdom insight for the Portal of the Ducks Fly Moon which is ¼ of the way between the  W and N Cardinal Directions in the Sacred Circle.
• This is a general reading, so only take and apply those things that resonate with you.
• It is a wisdom reading to deepen the messages for the month of the Ducks Fly Moon of 2025

What Is the Message of the Ducks Fly Moon For 2025? 

Teaching: The Full Ducks Fly Moon arose as a Blood Moon or Moon of Eclipse in the sign of Pisces on September 7th. It will be followed by a partial Solar Eclipse on September 21, and the Equinox, on September 22.

At a cosmic level, the lunar and solar eclipses invite you to close important cycles during this month of the Ducks Fly Moon. It is a powerful time for you to hold prayers for transformation, for release of all that distracts you from your highest potential and greatest service

The Moon in Pisces is about mysticism, deep within the being, innate to each heart. It is a knowing beyond logic; a sight beyond your two eyes. It is the Moon with the assistance of Pisces pulling the veil back so that you may not only peer into the unseen, but engage it, dance and create with it, and remember that you are one with it.

Eclipses, along with the influence of Pisces, heighten our senses. They speak to the sacred, the energetic, the intuitive. An Eclipse opens a portal between the Seen and the Unseen Realms to help the Soul speak louder, so that the Divine can be more closely felt. It will allow your voice of knowing to rise from your depths to the surface where it can be felt, brought into awareness, and then witnessed. It is an initiation into a month where truth is revealed in the Material Realm.

But Eclipses also remind us that we do know the way—not always in our minds, not always in our conscious awareness, but rather, within our bodies and within our hearts. Together, the body and mind create a knowing that exists not in isolation but in direct connection with the vaster truth, movements, and currents of life. Pisces reminds us that we are one with the vaster design, direction, and evolution of existence.

Soul Message-Storytelling as a Tool for the Ducks Fly Moon: As Jamie Sams taught, “The storytellers of all tribes and nations are the bridge to other times and ancient teachings…. children from future generations learn from the storytellers and apply lessons of the medicine to their own lives.” 

Good storytellers, like good oracles, do not predict or prescribe. Rather, they let you use your own gifts of observation and intuition to describe what is true for you. Like the oracle, their guidance can change the course of a life by gently pointing out wrong thinking or fears while allowing you to decide what the story means for yourself and to determine whether a new story needs to be written. They will gently nudge you in the direction of more fulfilling thoughts, ideas, or actions. 

The Ducks Fly Moon is calling you to examine the stories in your life and the roles you have taken on in your life—the ones from your childhood, society, religion, work, or relationships—to determine which ones are expansive and true to your Authentic Self and which ones are holding you back. While you can’t change the actual experiences, you can change your interpretation, your reactions and your beliefs regarding the stories and rewrite them to expand and empower you. Ask yourself if you were cast as the victim, the rescuer, or the perpetrator? If you were cast as the victim, for instance, then look at the story through the eyes of the other two characters. See if you can determine which lessons you are learning from all three perspectives. Then rewrite the story with yourself as the heroine who empowers herself with learning, growth, and expansiveness. 

As you reflect upon your stories, ask yourself which area of potential expansion needs your personal attention? How can you use it to stoke your personal fires of creativity? This is where you will find healing. And by reflecting on this in the light of the Ducks Fly Moon, you can begin sharing this process with others to bring more healing and expansiveness into their lives as well as your own. With this Moon’s influence, you will release the stories that no longer serve you and become the storyteller who can rewrite them. Then, your stories will help you connect with your personal power, so that you can become more of your potential in the months to come.