The Magic of This Moment: Letting Go, Seeing Patterns & Journaling

We are in one of those seasons, eclipse portals, big number portals (9-9-9), the equinox shifting us in and out of light and dark. The Universe is inviting us to drop what no longer serves us, to feel deeply, to release, and to align more fully with our inner knowing.

And one tool that’s super helpful right now is Journaling.

In this post I want to share why this season is potent for letting go, how journaling helps you catch what’s showing up, and a few practical prompts to help you partner with this time (because yes, this is a partnership, not something to push through, but something to flow with).

Why This Season Is About Letting Go

• Eclipses are powerful reset points. They tend to light up unconscious stuff so that it must be seen, acknowledged, released. They pull old patterns out of hiding.
  

• The 9-9-9 portal is a numerology gate: 9 is about completion, letting go, tying up loose ends, surrender. A portal of endings so new beginnings can emerge. September is the 9th month of a 9-year cycle. The 9-9-9 portal started on 9th September, the 18th was the midpoint and it finishes on the 27th. It only comes around every nine years and it is the time to let go of anything that is no longer serving you.
  

• The equinox is about balance: light and dark, internal and external. An energetic point of equality, where what we’ve been carrying (in shadow or in light) is more visible.

Together, they’re a triple whisper (or shout) from life: there is nowhere to hide, healing is happening, it’s time to release what’s been weighing you down so something new can be born.

Seeing the Patterns: Why It Matters to Identify What’s Showing Up

Often we think letting go means just getting rid of one thing, a habit, a belief, a relationship.

And yes, that might happen. But there are patterns behind what keeps showing up.

The same 'type of hurt', the same 'inner critical voice', the same 'waiting for someone or something to change', the same way 'we push ourselves past exhaustion.'

When you identify those patterns, it:

• brings clarity (“ohhh, I’ve been doing this because of that wound”)

• gives you compassion for yourself (you see you’ve been coping, surviving, carrying)

• helps you release at the root, not just trimming symptoms

• frees up energy that goes into hiding or repeating those loops

Journaling: The Bridge Between What’s Hidden and What Can Be Released

Journaling isn’t magical just because you write things down. The magic is in what becomes visible when you slow down. It's an opportunity to listen to your inner guidance and opens the door to receiving intuitive signals.

Pay attention to your dreams, signs from nature and what 'unexpected' song lyrics may be playing in your head.

Journaling gives you space to:

• let the mind dump (all the thoughts, fears, insider stories)

• notice recurring themes / feelings (anger, fear, deep fatigue, longing)

• detect what triggers you again and again

• trace back: when did this first show up, where in your life / family / culture / history?

• invite healing, by acknowledging, by witnessing, by forgiving, by choosing differently

“Journaling is like whispering to one’s self and listening at the same time.” ~ Mina Murray

How To Use Journaling Right Now (Because Timing Matters)

Here are some down-to-earth ways you can journal during this eclipse / portal / equinox period to maximise your releasing & clarity.

Prompt / Practice	What You Might Notice	Healing & Releasing Benefit
“What seems to keep coming up for me lately?”	recurring emotions, relationships, inner voices, fears	surfaces patterns you weren’t paying attention to before
“What do I feel ready to let go of in this season?”	old stories, habits, loyalties, shame, expectations	allows conscious release rather than resisting what must drop
“When I think back, where did this pattern first show up?”	early life, ancestral lines, cultural messages, past trauma	gives roots / origin stories, which helps healing at the source
“What does my body want me to know?”	physical tightness, restlessness, chronic fatigue, gut feelings	connects you with wisdom beyond the mind, often clues you’ve overlooked
“If I allow healing, what might I invite in instead?”	peace, softness, ease, joy, creativity	plants seeds for what comes after letting go

Gentle Tips for Using This Time Wisely

• Make time and space, even just 10–15 mins a day with a journal and no distractions helps.

• Write by hand if possible; it slows the mind down.

• Be honest. Don’t try to skip the ugly or the uncomfortable. That’s exactly where the medicine is.

Look for Patterns

What's been showing up for me lately are the recurring feelings of being let down, disappointed, embarrassed, and, at times, humiliated. This has not been fun - but reflecting on it through journaling has helped me see what I am no longer prepared to tolerate.

I didn't realise how often this was happening for me, or why I was feeling such strong emotions. I didn't identify what the emotions were until I sat down and journaled.

Digging into this I identified some aspects of some wounds that needed to be cleared:

1. The Shame Wound, which comes from early experiences of criticism, ridicule, or being judged harshly. This also had a strong past life link. This wound can show up as a tendency to hide aspects of yourself, avoid taking risks, or people-please to prevent scrutiny.

2. The Trust and Abandonment Wound, When caregivers, family, or important figures were unreliable, inconsistent, or failed to meet your childhood needs. This one also showed up as a wound I've been carrying for my ancestors.

3. The Persecution / Power Wounds, shows up where you were publicly shamed, blamed or punished unfairly. It can also overlap with betrayal.

4. The Expectation Wounds, the belief that life, relationships, or people 'should' behave a certain way, this is rooted in unmet needs in early life.

5. The Inner Child Wound, where your inner child feels unheard, neglected, or devalued. This wound is common for those of us growing up in a time when children were not meant to be seen or heard.

Once you identify the emotions and patterns that are coming up. You can choose to clear them and let them go. Out with the old and in with the new - let go of what no longer serves you (habits, relationships, beliefs). You may want to introduce new ways of doing things, or put new boundaries in place. This is the time to do it!

Releasing and Letting Go

• You can release them with rituals like: journaling in detail about the situation.

• You may like to burn, bury, tear up, or compost, what you have written. Whatever feels right. Physically closing the loop by writing every thought and emotion and experience down, can really help - a lot!

Be gentle with yourself. Some days may feel heavy. Some breakthroughs come in whispers, some in waves.

An Invitation: Letting Go, Then Opening to New Growth

I want to invite you to treat this period not just as a time of release, but also a threshold to new things. You can also write down what you do want to have, or who you want to be, going forward.

As you journal and let go, pay attention to what wants to come in: clarity, capacity, creativity, new relationships, deeper alignment.

The old energies might be pushed to the surface by eclipse energy or portal activations. Use journaling as the lens that helps you see clearly what’s ready to be released, and what you deeply want to make space for.

If you'd like some support with identifying any wounds, vows, soul contracts or karmic patterns that are surfacing for you book a session with me.

It brings me joy to help release what no longer serves you and leads you to a higher vibration!