3 Watercolor Rituals for Self-Care During the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces

In this post, I share a summary of the moon for the week of August 25-31, 2025 as it moves through the zodiac and interacts with the planets. I also share three watercolor art rituals for self-care to help you move through the transitional change of the full moon lunar eclipse in Pisces.

Entering Eclipse Season

We are entering eclipse season soon and I want to prepare us for it emotionally and energetically.

Eclipses tend to stir up a lot and with this one happening under the full moon in Pisces, we can expect some big feelings to rise to the surface.

It might feel like old memories, emotions from the past, or things you’ve tucked away for years are suddenly showing up in your body, your dreams, or your day-to-day life. And because Jupiter, which is the planet that rules this moon, is in Cancer, those emotions could feel especially tender, deep, or overwhelming. Jupiter can also amplify what wants to surface from the past.

If you’re highly sensitive like I am, and especially if you’ve experienced childhood trauma or emotional neglect, this can be a lot to carry.

You, or your clients, might feel tired, spacey, overly emotional, or like you’re absorbing everything around you. It might not be about you at all. You might just absorb all the energy that is floating around in flux.

That’s why this week, even though the full moon eclipse isn’t happening until September 7^th, I want to share some simple watercolor rituals. The energy of eclipse season doesn’t just affect you on the day of the eclipse. It can build slowly over time until it reaches a peak at the full moon so let’s take care of your body and your energy field now, shall we?

These simple 10-minute watercolor rituals are here to help you slow down, check in, and gently move through whatever this eclipse is bringing up without needing to make sense of it all right away.

And don’t forget, you don’t need to be good at art. These are just ways to care for your energy and your emotional body in a creative, supportive way.

Why This Kind of Emotional and Magical Self-Care is Important During the Eclipse

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about disassociation and not just as a concept I work with when I’m helping clients heal their subconscious with the MAP Method, but as something I lived inside of for most of my life.

I didn’t know I was disconnected from myself, because the disconnection started so early. When emotional neglect is your first language and trauma happens so young, you grow up tuning your body and your nervous system to the people around you.

You become an expert at attuning to everyone else’s needs and moods…and you become a stranger to your own.

I truly didn’t know who I was until my forties. In my twenties, I thought I knew myself. I would’ve told you I was intuitive, aware, even grounded but I hadn’t done the work of healing my trauma yet.

That’s so HUGE. If you know, you know.

It’s like there are two big distinctions – life before I was aware of my trauma response and life after I was aware of my trauma response – and they are two totally different experiences.

For so many years, I had no idea I was living from old protective patterns, still disconnected from myself, my own experience and my own inner world. It wasn’t until I started healing my trauma response that I could look back and recognize what had been missing.

Disassociation isn’t just zoning out It’s a full-body forgetting. It’s not knowing how you feel, or even that you have feelings that need tending to. It’s like living in a zombie brain. And when that goes on for decades, your body takes the hit. My health issues, including my MCAS, my digestion and the inflammation in my system, make so much sense to me now. My body was holding everything I wasn’t able to feel. Nothing was being processed or released.

Emotional Waves

That’s one of the reasons I want to start talking to you now about the upcoming full moon eclipse in Pisces. As I mentioned, it doesn’t happen until September 7, but I feel the emotional wave of it already building and I know from experience that eclipses with this much water energy can stir up so many feelings, memories, and patterns we thought we’d left behind.

And with the North Node involved it brings this disembodied, grasping energy that wants to move forward but forgets the body entirely. The North Node energy symbolizes when we’re more prone than usual to override ourselves. We push. We spin in our heads. We try to think our way through things that need to be felt. It’s a setup for anxiety, overdoing, and emotional burnout unless we take the time to anchor into practices that help us stay in relationship with ourselves.

For me, that means art journaling with the moon and enjoying art rituals that align with the astrology. It also means using the MAP Method daily, and sometimes even more than once a day, to help my subconscious process what I don’t have the time or what I’m too overwhelmed to hold.

These practices help me listen. They help me pause. They help me remember what’s mine and what isn’t. They bring me back into my body. They remind me I don’t have to hold everything alone. Whether I’m giving commands to my subconscious or surrendering a page to the elements and asking the moon to hold me, I’m never doing this healing work without support.

And I don’t want you to either.

This eclipse season, I want you to have all the support you need including the practical, emotional, spiritual, and energetic support, so you can gently feel what’s been waiting to be felt, and tend to what’s ready to be healed.

What to Know About the Upcoming Eclipse

So let’s start preparing you now. Not to brace or tense up or assume it’s going to be overwhelming (although it might feel that way for some of us), but so we can create space.

Gentle, sacred, creative space.

The kind of space that holds you while you process what’s surfacing, integrate what’s changing, and digest what’s been buried in your emotional body for a long time.

This eclipse is ruled by Jupiter, and right now Jupiter is in Cancer. That’s a lot of water. A lot of feeling. A lot of remembering. You might notice big emotions rising and it might sometimes rise quietly, like a wave creeping up the shore, and sometimes all at once, like a big wave that feels overwhelming.

You might feel more sensitive than usual. You might cry at odd moments. You might find yourself looping through old stories or feeling the past rush back into the present. And if that’s happening, it doesn’t mean anything is wrong. It means your body and spirit are working hard to catch up with the truth of who you’re becoming and it’s here to help.

It’s here to give you the opportunity to digest, process and release what you couldn’t in the past.

Emotional Qualities of a North Node Eclipse to Consider

As I mentioned before, this eclipse is tightly conjunct the North Node, and in ancient astrology, the North Node was considered a disembodied head or, in other words, a place of hunger, of reaching, of more, more, more. It doesn’t have a body to slow it down. It just wants to go faster.

It’s where we can overdo it, overthink it and override our physical needs and limitation. So the irony, to me, is that even though this is a deeply emotional eclipse with a lot of water energy, we may be tempted to ignore our emotional needs. We might find ourselves spiraling in our heads, chasing too many ideas, saying yes when we need to say no, or letting our schedule fill up even though we’re craving silence and rest.

That’s why I want to encourage you to think ahead now. If you can, block off space in your calendar around the eclipse. Give yourself breathing room. Make art, not just to be productive, but to give your emotions a safe place to move.

Think of your art journal as a sponge. Let it be something that can soak up everything that’s bubbling under the surface so you don’t have to carry it all inside. Make messy, intuitive pages.

Let your creativity become a container that holds what your nervous system isn’t sure how to hold yet.

Use color to track your moods. Use symbols to talk to the parts of you that don’t have words. And most importantly, pause. Check in with your body. Let yourself feel before you leap into doing.

We’re not meant to bypass what this eclipse brings up. We’re meant to walk with it and care for it. Slowly. Tenderly. With art as our guide and self-compassion as our compass.

Three Simple Watercolor Rituals to Support You During the Full Moon Pisces Eclipse

Here are three very simple watercolor-focused creative rituals you do to support yourself through the emotional tides of this upcoming eclipse.

Each one is designed to help you gently process, digest, and integrate your feelings and energy and any subconscious material that might be surfacing while staying grounded in the body and connected to Spirit.

These are great even for beginners, and can be revisited multiple times during the weeks leading up to and following the eclipse.

Watercolor Wash of What’s Rising

Purpose: To give form and color to emotions or memories that are surfacing, without needing to analyze or fix anything.

How to do it:

• Set a timer for 5–10 minutes.
• Wet your page with clean water. This step is important.
• As you tune in to your body, start adding soft washes of color onto the wet page. Make sure your brush and paint have a lot of water added to it so the paint can bleed, spread, and swirl as it wants to all over the page. Try to just be curious. No shapes. No plan. Just play with the colors as the colors play with the water.
• Name what’s rising as you paint (in your heart, not aloud). Maybe it’s “sadness,” “grief,” “an old memory,” or simply “overwhelm.” Maybe it’s calm or relief. Let it move through your brush and onto the page. Create as many pages as you feel inspired to within the ten minutes but always make sure it is nice and wet before you start.
• When the timer goes off, breathe. Close your eyes. This is the cheezy part but it works. Put one hand on your body and whisper, “It’s safe to feel. I don’t have to carry it all alone.”

Roots in Water

Purpose: To remind the body that even in emotional flooding, you are rooted and safe. This ritual works especially well when you feel like you’re leaving your body or spinning in your thoughts.

How to do it:

• Draw or paint a simple tree, plant, or flower using browns, greens, and whatever colors feel grounding to you.
• Draw or paint roots extending down from this tree or plant.
• Use your brush to paint water around the roots as if the tree or plant is rooting in the water instead of in the dirt.
• As you paint, notice how it makes you feel to imagine something being rooted in water instead of rooted in dirt.
• Do you feel comfortable with the idea of rooting in water? What do you notice?
• End the ritual by painting a golden sun or white light at the top of your page as a reminder that you are always held and supported.

Watercolor Letter to My Body

Purpose: To reestablish loving communication with your body especially if you’ve been disconnected, disassociated, or overriding your physical needs.

How to do it:

• On your page, paint a soft background using whatever colors feel tender and healing to you. Let it dry if needed.
• On top of that background, write a letter to your body. You can use a white gel pen, black ink, or colored pencil or use your paintbrush to write with your watercolors. Start with: “Dear body, I see how much you’ve been holding…”
• Let the words come gently. This isn’t about forcing gratitude or positivity. This is about acknowledging and witnessing. What does your body need you to see today? What has it been holding? Try to validate and acknowledge all the things you’ve been holding lately and then when you’ve listed it all, leave room to ask, Is there more I need to see? What else have I been holding that I wasn’t aware of?
• When you’re done, add any finishing touches with paint such as a border, symbols, little hearts or tears or stars. Do whatever feels soothing and helpful.

These simple watercolor rituals are soft ways to stay present, stay in relationship with yourself, and honor your sensitivity during a time when the emotional and energetic tides will be high.

Let them hold space for what’s rising. Let them become your way of saying, “I’m here and I’m listening.”

Do You Want To Grow Your Business With the Moon and Stars and Me?

If you want to work with the eclipse energy together this week and you’re craving a space where you can tend to both your tender inner world and your big, beautiful business dreams, I’d love to invite you to join me in The Creative Witch’s Business Coven.

It’s where we share gentle, sacred, creative space together. It’s where we gather in rhythm with the moon to do the inner healing work, hold space for each other, and grow our businesses in ways that feel nourishing, spiritually aligned, and rooted in who we truly are.

You don’t have to figure this all out alone. Inside the coven, we art journal together, connect with the moon and the stars, and support each other through the ups and downs of showing up as highly sensitive creatives and entrepreneurs. If your heart is calling for a safe, magical place to grow emotionally, spiritually, and professionally, come join us. I’d love to have you. You can join as an ongoing member of just drop in this week. 

Learn More Here

The Moon This Week

Now let’s look at a more detailed summary of the moon’s energy this week, giving you an overview of what to expect as the moon moves through different signs and phases. If you want to HEAR these updates instead of, or in addition to, reading them, you can subscribe to my podcast GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE MOON AND YOUR ART JOURNAL here (or search for it by name on your favorite podcast app).

If you want to watch my reels where I talk about how to work with the moon in your art journal every day and share with you the journal pages I create in my own art journal, be sure to follow me on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or TikTok. You can also sign up here, to get weekly reminders delivered to your inbox of the moon’s energy for the upcoming week and how you can work with it in your art journal to practice folk magic, do your deep inner work or, if you’re a highly sensitive entrepreneur like me, grow and expand your business. 

Monday

The week kicks off with the moon moving into the sign of Libra on Monday.

Libra is ruled by Venus so the moon is carrying a little of that planet’s energy as well.

Libra is an air sign. It is fluid and dynamic. It brings energy that is soft, beautiful and artistic. It likes to help you be sociable and enjoy friendships, gatherings and groups. It also likes to keep things balanced and looks for equality in relationships. It brings an energy of acceptance and understanding but it can also be too outwardly focused or, in other words, have you focusing on other people’s needs at the expense of honoring your own feelings and needs.

Highly sensitive people with creative dreams often have a natural inclination to focus on others’ needs before their own, stemming from their deep empathy and ability to tune into the emotions of those around them. This sensitivity, while a gift, can sometimes lead you to neglect your own feelings and needs, particularly when it comes to pursuing your creative or business dreams.

You might find yourself giving away your time and energy to support others, leaving little left for your own projects and dreams. This habit of putting yourself last can make it challenging to make progress. You might struggle with setting boundaries around your time and energy, fearing you might disappoint others or be seen as selfish. This can lead to a cycle where your own needs and dreams are constantly placed on the back burner.

Working with the moon while it is in the sign of Libra offers a beautiful and supportive way to address this imbalance. When the moon is in Libra, it’s an opportune time to reflect on your relationships, including the one you have with yourself, and to seek a healthier balance between meeting your own needs and those of others.

The moon in Libra encourages you to consider how you can honor your feelings and needs without sacrificing your creative dreams for the sake of others. It’s a time to practice setting boundaries, particularly around your time and energy, to ensure you’re allocating enough of yourself to what truly matters to you, like your creative dreams.

By aligning your actions and choices with your values, you start to see your creative or business dreams as equally important as the needs of those around you. 

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image that represents the emotional and spiritual needs you have this week.

Tuesday

On Tuesday, the moon is in an intense relationship with Mars today.

I call it intense because, astrologically speaking, the moon finds itself really close to Mars and this causes them to combine their energies.

Mars is associated with the element of fire and it is a planet of courage and action. It wants to help you be bold and decisive. It can bring energies of violence, conflict, aggression and destruction but it can also support you in being daring, confident, determined and steady.

The moon and Mars are blending their energies today and depending on what area of your life that energy is affecting you personally, you might find yourself feeling ready to take action and move forward.

Think about where in your life you would like to take action today.

Imagine you are marching forward, proud and confident, what are you accomplishing and how are your accomplishments affecting your life?

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage that represents a brave step you’re ready to take next.

Wednesday

On Wednesday, the growing moon moves through Scorpio and forms a tense relatinship with Pluto in Aquarius.

In ancient astrology, the moon reflects our body, emotions, and everyday experience, while Pluto (though not part of ancient astrology) adds an emotionally intense combination. It’s a call to be honest with yourself about what you’re holding deep down… and what you’re ready to let go of, even if it’s hard to admit.

Scorpio moons often dig up old fears, resentments, or desires we’ve kept buried and things that live under the surface but shape our behavior in ways we don’t always see. The tense relationship the moon is having with Pluto can amplify those undercurrents. It may bring power struggles into focus or reveal where you’ve given your power away, especially in your business or creative life. You might feel uncomfortable, tender, reactive, or defensive. You might want to isolate. You might feel a surge of emotional intensity without knowing exactly why.

But this is growth energy. Messy growth. Regenerative growth. Scorpio doesn’t just pull things apart. It helps us compost what’s no longer working so we can grow something stronger, more rooted, and more true.

Use your art journal to gently explore the emotional truths rising today. You don’t need to analyze or fix anything. Just create a space to be with what’s there.

Ask yourself:

Where do I feel like I’m giving away too much of my energy or power?

Is there a truth I’ve been afraid to say out loud?

What needs to be composted or burned away so my business (or spirit) can grow stronger?

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image that represents your inner power.

Thursday

On Thursday, the moon is in the sign of Scorpio, it brings a deep, intense energy. The moon represents your emotions, instincts, and the subconscious, while Scorpio is known for its depth, intensity, and focus on transformation. This combination invites deep emotional insights and powerful spiritual transformations.

On a day when the moon is in Scorpio, the energy it reflects down to us is one of deep introspection and emotional intensity. It’s a time when feelings we usually keep hidden might surface, giving us the chance to confront and understand them better. This can be a period of significant emotional healing, as Scorpio’s influence encourages us to look beneath the surface and explore the depths of our inner selves. Spiritually, this energy can lead to transformative growth, pushing you to let go of old patterns or beliefs that no longer serve you and embrace rebirth and renewal.

During this time, you might feel more sensitive, intuitive, and connected to the unseen realms of your psyche. It’s an excellent opportunity for any work that involves diving deep into your emotions, such as therapy, meditation, or reflective journaling like we do when we art journal with the moon.

To align with this energy and support your emotional healing and spiritual growth, consider asking yourself the following questions:

What emotions or memories have I been avoiding, and why?

In what areas of my life am I seeking deeper truth and transformation?

How can I release what no longer serves me to make space for new growth?

What parts of my shadow self need acknowledgment and understanding?

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image that celebrates your shadow healing.

Friday

On Friday, the moon is still growing and moving through Scorpio, and today she’s having a happy relationship with Jupiter in Cancer.

This happy relationship the moon is having with Jupiter allows the energy to move freely and easily between them. The moon in Scorpio is deeply emotional, intuitive, and capable of transformation, while Jupiter in Cancer brings emotional generosity, safety, nourishment, and a wide-open heart.

These two together feel like a warm tide of emotional support and inner growth. It’s a really good day to check in with yourself, especially around how safe you feel to receive and not just emotionally, but practically in your business too.

Can you receive kindness? Encouragement? Can you let in the support that’s already around you?

Even though the moon is in a water sign known for being intense, this particular connection with Jupiter softens things. It helps the deeper emotional layers move toward healing, especially if you’ve been doing shadow work this week or noticing some old grief or discomfort come up. Jupiter in Cancer reminds us that we don’t have to hold everything alone. There is wisdom in asking for help. There is power in tending to your inner world with care. This is a beautiful day to reflect on how you’re parenting and nurturing yourself or how you might begin to do that more intentionally as you grow your business.

What would it look like to nurture the version of you who’s building this dream?

In your art journal, let this day be about emotional expansion. You could paint soft, flowing shapes in your favorite watery colors like blues, greens and violets and let the movement of the watercolors represent emotional release, surrender, or trust. You might write words or phrases onto the page like:

“I am allowed to receive.”

“It’s safe to be supported.”

“My emotions are part of my power.”

Think of this as an invitation to grow your capacity to feel, to heal, and to be held. That spaciousness will ripple into your business too, because when you make more room inside, your light and your magic have more space to shine.

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image that represents receiving more for yourself or your business.

Saturday

On Saturday, the moon moves into the sign of Sagittarius.

We’re in the waxing moon right now and this signifies growth, expansion, and forward momentum. It’s a time of increasing light, both literally and metaphorically, symbolizing the growth of our intentions and the progression of our goals. There’s an active, building energy during this phase as we move toward the culmination of the full moon.

Sagittarius, a mutable fire sign, is characterized by its thirst for knowledge, adventure, and the broader horizons of life. Ruled by Jupiter, the planet of expansion, luck, and higher learning, Sagittarius seeks truth, understanding, and the larger meaning in everything. This sign is driven by an innate optimism and a desire to explore.

The growing energy of the moon meshes well with Sagittarius’s expansive and adventurous spirit. It reminds you to broaden your perspectives, dream big, and set intentions that stretch beyond your usual boundaries. Be bold with our aspirations.

What can you learn to support your new moon intentions?

Where can personal growth support your new moon intentions?

Above all, consider how the intentions you set at the new moon fit into the broader narrative of your life.

What larger truths or understandings about yourself or this world are you aiming to uncover when your intentions are realized?

Why are the changes you want to see in yourself, your life or the world so deeply meaningful to you?

In your art journal, paint, draw or collage an image that represents the intentions you set at the new moon.

Sunday

On Sunday, the moon is having a happy relationship with Mars.

This is a helpful relationship.

To me, this means the moon is drawing down energy to help us set boundaries, stand up for ourselves and feel motivated and ready to take action.

In a good relationship with the moon like its having today, Mars can help you express your emotions instead of letting them build up.

What would it look like to express your emotions today in healthy and helpful ways?

In your art journal, draw, paint or collage an image that represents the emotions you want to express today.

with love,