Equinox Eclipse: A Threshold for Renewal
Twice a year, the Earth pauses in perfect balance: day and night equal, light and shadow standing face to face. In the Northern hemisphere, we are approaching the Autumn Equinox — the great turning point when the wheel tips us into the darker half of the year. A season of release, harvest, and descent.
This year, the Equinox is no ordinary crossing. It arrives under the Virgo New Moon and a powerful Solar Eclipse — a cosmic convergence that magnifies the threshold. Eclipses are catalysts. They bring endings that cannot be delayed, beginnings that cannot be denied. Virgo, the earth sign of sacred service and refinement, asks us:
What clutter must be cleared?
What perfectionism or control must be surrendered?
What is essential, aligned, embodied — and what is not?
This is a rare and potent moment to reset the inner compass. To step into the shadow without fear, and emerge with clarity.
Plant Medicine Teachers at the Threshold
At times like these, we do not need to walk alone. The plant medicine teachers are here to help us navigate the threshold with more ease, grace, and strength. They comfort us as we face our shadow, but they also encourage us — lovingly, firmly — to move through it, because avoidance is no longer possible.
Like wise mothers, they hold us as we tremble, and they remind us of the light we carry. As we nurture our inner flame, it glows all the brighter against the backdrop of shadow.
Why I choose to work with Ceremonial Cacao, Why Now
Among the plant teachers, cacao is one of the most powerful allies for these moments. She is the medicine of the heart: softening the critic, deepening intuition, grounding us in the body while expanding our awareness.
Ceremonial cacao — as taught to me by the Guatemalan grandmothers — is more than a drink. It is a sacred teacher, a spirit that guides us into compassion, courage, and clarity.
And when paired with sound in my authentic cacao ceremonies — the great orchestra of 7 powerful symphonic gongs and many other sound healing instruments — the journey deepens. The vibrations clear stagnant energy, reset the nervous system, and open the doors of perception. Together, cacao and sound activate our consciousness, helping us to see what needs to be seen, to release what must fall away, and to step forward with power.
The Equinox Eclipse Ceremony
On Sunday 21st September, I invite you to join me in a small circle, as we gather at Plant Spirit Medicine Woman’s Moon Lodge for the Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse ceremony. Together we will:
💗 Drink ceremonial cacao to open the heart, face the shadow, and ground our intentions in love.
🌀 Bathe in the resonance of gongs and healing instruments, clearing and activating our consciousness.
🌑 Work with Virgo’s eclipse medicine to refine, release, and plant soul-aligned seeds.
This is not just another circle. This is a threshold moment written in the stars — an Equinox, a New Moon, and a Solar Eclipse woven together. To meet it with cacao and sound is to meet it fully: body, heart, and spirit aligned.
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If You Cannot attend in Person, here’s a gentle ceremony for you too!
For those unable to join us in Margate, you can still honour this Equinox Eclipse with a simple at-home cacao ritual.
Create a pocket of sacred time, perhaps an hour or more, allowing yourself to drop into the rhythm of Earth, Moon, and heart.
You may like to explore the ritual practice alone, or with a friend or 2. Cacao loves company, but be aware of your needs as a priority; sometimes, we need space to reflect deeply.
🌑 Prepare your cacao with presence
Melt it slowly into a rich drink, stirring clockwise with intention. Connect with cacao as a conscious being — perhaps whispering, singing, or breathing your prayer into the cup. Let the preparation itself be the beginning of ceremony.
Ask yourself: What am I inviting into this sacred space? What support do I most need from this plant medicine today?
🕯 Create sacred space
Light a candle to mark the balance of light and dark. Place an offering — a flower, a stone, a pinch of herbs — on your altar as a symbol of gratitude for this medicine and for the turning of the seasons.
Ask yourself: What part of myself is asking to be seen and welcomed now, even if it feels uncomfortable?
🍫 Sip with awareness
Drink slowly, feeling the warmth enter your body and soften your heart. Notice the way cacao opens the inner doorway, grounding you in the body even as it expands your awareness.
Ask yourself: What in me is ready to be released into the eclipse’s darkness? What seed is asking to be planted in this fertile soil of new beginnings?
🎶 Sit in silence or with soothing sounds
Allow yourself to sink into stillness, or play gentle sounds that help you journey inward. Close your eyes and listen — not just with your ears, but with your whole being.
Ask yourself: What truth is Virgo’s wisdom showing me? Where can I refine, simplify, and devote myself more fully to what matters most?
🌍 Offer gratitude
When you are complete, give thanks to the Earth for her turning, to the Moon and Eclipse for their illumination, and to the spirit of cacao for walking with you as both comforter and teacher.
Ask yourself: How can I carry this sense of clarity and devotion into my daily life?
You can find my 3 favourite ceremonial-grade cacao here:
A Rhythm Beyond the Equinox
The Equinox Eclipse is a rare crossing, but our journey with cacao continues every two weeks, at each New and Full Moon. Each ceremony is a chance to sit with the medicine, honour the cycles, and return again and again to the rhythm of heart and cosmos.
This Equinox is the beginning. Cacao will be there to guide us through every moon to come — whispering, holding, sometimes nudging — as we remember who we are and step forward in clarity and power.
✨ Join us for this threshold crossing:
📅 Sunday 21st September 2025
🌑 Virgo New Moon & Solar Eclipse Cacao + Gong Ceremony
📍 Plant Spirit Medicine Woman’s Sound Healing Space, Margate
And for those at home, let cacao be your ally this Equinox: shop ceremonial cacao here.
