In Between Chapters: Surviving Eclipse Season

In Between Chapters: Surviving Eclipse Season

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This episode of The Awaken With Alyssa Podcast zooms in on "eclipse season" as a metaphor and practical framework for big life changes, including addiction recovery and spiritual awakening. Alyssa draws on her own history of addiction, depression, anxiety and spiritual collapse, sharing how some of her biggest turning points – getting sober, leaving destructive relationships, becoming a mum – all coincided with powerful eclipse cycles in her birth chart.

She explains eclipses in simple language ("think of an eclipse as basically a new moon or full moon on steroids") and connects them to the north and south nodes, which she sees as patterns we cling to versus new directions we’re being stretched toward. You’ll hear her break down why this particular season feels like being "in between chapters" as the Pisces–Virgo story wraps up while the Aquarius–Leo cycle begins.

For anyone in recovery or facing major change, that image of one chapter closing while another quietly starts can feel very familiar. Alyssa spends time on how these cosmic shifts might show up practically: endings, new beginnings, relationship changes, sudden fatigue, intense emotions, or the sense that an old identity has simply run its course.

She keeps the focus grounded, encouraging journalling, rest, paying attention to dreams and body signals, and looking back at past eclipse periods to see repeating themes. She also offers specific journal prompts around "what is clearly completing" and "what is entering", inviting you to see your current struggles and openings as part of a longer pattern rather than random chaos.

If you’ve ever felt like your life was being rewritten without your consent, this episode gives you language and structure to sit with that change. So what chapter might be quietly beginning for you right now – and are you willing to listen?