Diving into Balsamic Lunar Phase: Sept 17

 

Personal Almanac by Honeycomb

Sept 17, 2025 

5:03pm PDT 

 

 

Diving into Balsamic Phase  

 

Here's the reminder of what we have experienced so far: 

 

New  Aug 22 11:06pm – Plant seeds and actions ideally based on the theme of Virgo.    

 

Crescent Aug 26 8:44pm – Information comes to us, much of it informed by the wheels we turned on the New, either consciously or unconsciously. 

 

First Quarter August 30 11:25pm.  We do actions that connect to the wheels we turned on new moon and how we were informed during Crescent.   

 

Gibbous Phase September 3 9:52pm.  We sift through data and pull out those points that are important.  We separate the wheat from the chaff.  We refine.  

 

Full Moon Phase September 7, 11:08am  Did we have an important resolution?   How did we find balance?  Did our emotions guide us to a big move?  Did we make changes based on all we have experienced since New Moon (August 22)?

 

Disseminating Phase September 10, 6:58pm   Did we share what we have learned since New moon?  What did we learn through the last five phases?  How did you connect to our inner teacher?  How did we respond to other inner teachers?  What have we learned from others on their own ‘mastery’?  How are we sharing the skills that we have improved? 

 

Last Quarter Moon Phase September 14, 2025 3:32pm

What actions did we take that tie back to the seeds and goals we planted on the new moon?  Did resolutions appear ‘out of the blue’ but when you think back, these results came from the work you did on the last six phases?     

 

After Last Quarter moon, we roll into the final and eighth phase.   Balsamic which starts Sept 17, 5:03pm – Sept 21, 12:54pm PDT.   During these last three and half days of the 29-day lunar month we release.  We release any goals, struggles and or successes.   We are not in the business of doing anything except release.   We can tidy stuff up.  We can throw stuff out.   We can clean our houses and our psyche.  But we do not do any new actions.   We can lay on our bed and zone out on streamers.    We. Let. Go.  

 

Balsamic can be the space where icky feelings come up because our drive is softer.     Just let any ick roll through you.   Because this is a Leo Balsamic moon we are releasing anything attached to ego.   How can you let go of pride?   How can you release being the hero?   How is there a way to clear space for new vitality to roll in?    

 

Balsamic is the gift where we can let go of the debris in our homes, our brains and our hearts.   By allowing stuff to fade away and not form attachment we can prepare ourselves for the next New Moon which in this case happens to be a 2^nd Virgo New Moon and a solar eclipse.  How lucky for us to get to do another Virgo round.   We clearly are getting our schedules and to-do lists in shape in 2025!

I hope these deeper dives allowed you to learn more about the phases in a personal manner these last three weeks.   Remember these eight phases exist in every lunar month.   Try to work the rest of the new moons and the accompanying phases going forward for maximum results.  This is how we get on time!