What Do You Actually Need? An Eclipse Week Reading

We’re entering an eclipse week, and the energy is asking us to get honest about what we truly need versus what we may simply want. This week’s total solar eclipse in Leo brings illumination, potential endings or beginnings, and the possibility of stepping more fully into a new reality. Raccoon medicine reminds us to balance caring for ourselves with caring for others, while the runes Nauthiz, Hagalaz, and Fehu invite us to examine our needs, move through necessary change, and return to the wisdom of the body. In this reading, we explore what may be cracking open this week, where ego and soul may be asking for different things, and how embodiment, sensuality, giving, and receiving can help us navigate whatever emerges. This Week’s Invitation This is an eclipse week, so there may be big energy—but that doesn’t necessarily mean something dramatic has to happen. For some, it may look like a major shakeup. For others, it may simply be a small crack in something that no longer works. You may see something you weren’t previously able to see. You may recognize something you can no longer ignore. You may finally understand what you actually need. And you may begin bridging into a new reality that you’ve been preparing for much longer than you realized. Consider contemplating one or several of the following questions to support you as you tap into the energy of this upcoming week: * What am I telling myself I need that I may actually just want? * Where might my ego be disguising a want as a need? * Is there something I’ve been convinced is aligned for me that I’m beginning to see differently? * Where might I be bridging from one reality into another? * What has been building beneath the surface that may finally be ready to shift? * Where am I being called to protect or provide for someone else? * Am I supporting others without taking away their ability to support themselves? * Where do I need to tend to myself before I can continue giving? * Where could sensuality or embodiment support me this week? * What would it look like to meet whatever arises this week with awareness rather than fear? This week’s medicine is about awareness, discernment, embodiment, generosity, and finding the balance between caring for yourself and caring for others. In this episode: * The energy of the Leo solar eclipse * Raccoon medicine as the generous protector * Distinguishing wants from true needs * Hagalaz and bridging into a new reality * Fehu, embodiment, sensuality, and the feminine * Finding balance between giving and receiving Resources: Elemental Embodiment Journey If you’re feeling called to deepen your relationship with your body and strengthen your connection to your intuition, the Elemental Embodiment Journey is a beautiful place to begin. This self-guided, seven-module course weaves together embodiment practices, guided journeys, and shamanic teachings to help you experience the spiritual and grounded wisdom of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air within your own body. It’s an invitation to come home to yourself through direct experience. The course is available for $27 and includes lifetime access, allowing you to return to the practices whenever you need grounding, clarity, or reconnection. You can find the link below. https://shannon-amrein.thinkific.com/courses/take/elemental-embodiment-journey-2026 If you’re feeling called into deeper feminine embodiment work: Make sure you’re on the waitlist for the next round of Love Your Lips! Thank you for being here. If these weekly readings support your journey, I’d love for you to subscribe so you never miss a new episode. Wishing you an illuminating eclipse week. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shannonamrein.substack.com