The Afterglow
Photography by Kerrie Basha, this morning with Her
More often than not, the afterglow of the full moon delivers its message. The beams landing once its fever pitch has peaked, the lunacy subsiding so we can feel into more than its blazing gaze. Hindsight ponies up perspective unavailable in real time, rippling through the day after.
More than just the luminaries shimmered last night, Pluto and Jupiter drawing greater shadow and light and rocking all our cradles again. We see the cross drawn on the ground zero of our lives and wonder at its angles. The arrowhead carved on our bones whose compass still spins. The fabled fourths still pulsing beneath our husks.
The opposition of Aquarius and Leo is next flavour of the month, nodes focused on a new vehicle to drive our full spectrum expression of the divine. This forge hammers out a union of opposites between heart and head, between past and future, between individual needs and collective evolution, between all those shadows and the torrents of dancing light. Unless we marry these polarities to bring something greater than just ourselves, bearing the wisdom of the water bearer and the personal sovereignty and leadership of the lion, we can only falter through the next year and a big bit. Treasure lies buried in our efforts. Opportunity knocks on its axis as loudly as its occult beckons.
Life is bending towards growth amid attrition and decay, as it does even when the old world tries to keep us all in its maw. Humanity is roaring back. Rebellion is far more than dissent when its integrity reflects your humanity. As we push now into tender and dangerous new territory, we cannot wait to be led into a promised land nor blindly swallow the old bait as guidance. Nothing is off the table, and neither is it bolted down.
Life flashes for those with the courage to take unexplored paths and expand possibility. But you must be willing to forego conclusion and surrender stomped foot expectations. There is no all mine anymore. The wild season is already upon us. No guarantees traded for no limits in the lifechanging blink of an eye. The choice has always been yours.
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Who dares, wins
~ from an old Arabic fairy tale
Words c. Kerrie Basha 2026 // Bohomofo is an AI Free Zone