Energy Reading for the Lunar Month: 17 April - 15 May 2026
In this month’s reading, I want to try something slightly different. I’ll keep the descriptions practical and to the point, guiding you through the information as if you were sitting right here with me in a session. Usually, in an individual session, we don’t get bogged down in symbolic details. The process is deeply energetic; it’s about trusting the flow and accessing the subconscious rather than engaging the analytical mind. Recreating that in writing is a challenge, so I hope this feels natural and flows as easily as possible, especially for those who haven’t worked with me personally before. As ever, your feedback is most welcome.
Priority Point: Congested Bronchioles
This is the body point that holds the core story for this lunar month and where the blocked energy can be best accessed.
Physically, the bronchioles are the smallest airways in the lungs, crucial for moving air and exchanging gas. When they are congested, air cannot flow, and that vital exchange is impeded.
But let’s look at this symbolically. Oxygen distribution in the body is often a mirror for how life force, awareness, and vitality are allowed to circulate through your inner world. Oxygen is linked to breath, and breath is universally symbolic of life, spirit, and presence. When oxygen flows well, it reflects openness - a willingness to fully inhabit your body, engage with life, the moment, and your own experience.
The fact that the bronchioles are congested suggests a restricted flow. The areas that feel “under-supplied” are simply parts of your psyche that are overlooked, over-controlled, or deprived of attention and compassion.
Oxygen also represents exchange - taking in from the outside world and giving out in return. Its movement reflects how comfortably you participate in this dance: receiving support and inspiration, and releasing what is no longer needed. Difficulty here may symbolize a fear of dependency, over-self-reliance, or a hesitation to be fully present. Consider where in your life you feel you’re holding your breath.
Other Body Points
Beyond the priority point, four other markers appeared: chemicals, cellular oxygenation, allergy, and the throat chakra. There is an immediate link between the bronchioles and cellular oxygenation, while chemicals and allergy share a theme of foreign matter entering and influencing the body. Interestingly, the throat chakra remains a focus from last month.
Triggers
To understand the block, we must look at the triggers: pain and the fear of bondage.
The fear of bondage brings to mind enslavement, being trapped, and the loss of personal liberty. It is the loss of the ability to breathe deeply. Often, with congested bronchioles, there is pain - usually the sharp sting of coughing. We cough to force out whatever is congesting us. That mucus is foreign to the lungs. This "foreignness" mirrors the themes of chemicals and allergy that surfaced.
External chemicals - medications, pollutants, toxins, cosmetics, drugs, or synthetic substances - are often viewed symbolically as influences from outside the self that affect the body’s natural intelligence. They reflect how our environments, social systems, and beliefs enter our personal field. Some can even enslave us into dependency.
Similarly, allergies are often interpreted as heightened sensitivity combined with misdirected defense. The body reacts strongly to something not inherently dangerous, treating it as a threat. This reminds me of fear itself - it is often a perceived threat in the mind.
To maintain our freedom, we often feel we must endure pain. We tell ourselves, "No pain, no gain," or "What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger." But why is the fear of bondage so strong? Perhaps because we can acknowledge, deep down, that we are influenced by many foreign forces - be they social, political, medical or even spiritual; how we accept pain, physical or emotional, because we believe it’s "good" for us in the long run; and how even fear itself keeps us trapped.
We enforce these cages on ourselves through our words - through the throat chakra. What we say, and what we don’t say, strengthens the lies about pain and helps maintain the cage we build for ourselves. So, how can we truly engage with life, to breathe deeply down to the cellular level, if we are trapped by pain and fear of bondage?
Life Field
We often look at life fields to see where the triggers are playing out most noticeably in our lives. In this reading, the life field is fun. The dictionary defines fun as "light-hearted amusement or enjoyment," but that doesn’t capture the true essence of pure, unadulterated fun. Having worked with children for so long, I know that when you ask a child what they’d rather do, "fun" is always a key deciding factor. It needs to be fun!
As we get older, fun stops being a criterion. We mature into "serious, practical" adults. This is when fun becomes mere enjoyment and superfluous. Somehow, I feel this is the crux of the reading - we have forgotten how to have fun, and in doing so, we become trapped, often in mundane lives. Fun allows us to truly engage with life, to breathe using our whole lungs, right down to the cellular level, to extract every bit of oxygen the world offers, and to flow with life. When we close ourselves off from fun, we become blocked, stuck, and feel excluded from the vitality of life.
The Colour Shift
There is a common belief that fun isn’t something serious or something to be pursued as an adult. Work is not fun and shouldn’t be. If it is, it isn’t "real work," and we don’t deserve to have fun while working. We enslave ourselves in the system, enduring self-imposed pain for material success and gain, but at the expense of joy.
Let’s try a quick visualization: Take a moment to visualize yourself in a situation of bondage and pain. Notice what colour comes to mind. Now, see yourself doing something that is purely fun. Observe how the colour changes.
A Conversation with Yourself
Imagine these two versions of yourself meeting. When you are that first person, trapped in pain, notice the feelings that come up when you meet the fun version of yourself. Now reverse it. When the fun version of you meets the trapped version, how do the feelings change?
Shifting Perspective
The first step is seeing both versions of yourself. Then, become aware of the beliefs holding you in the trapped version, preventing you from becoming the fun one. Consider what other choices are available to you to allow more fun into your life.
To help with this, consider when you last genuinely felt that deep sense of fun. Imagine reliving this experience in the present. Notice how your body feels. Explore the reaction. Observe your breathing particularly.
The Challenge
Can you take responsibility for doing something about this? Make a plan to do something that brings you joy, something that is sheer fun. This is the challenge. It need not be life-changing or monumental; it just needs to be genuine, honest, and heartfelt, just for you. Not in a selfish way, but as a present to yourself, a gift.
Choosing this and truly being sensitive to how it feels is a small victory, and it should be celebrated. With each choice you make in this direction, the easier it will become to allow more fun into your life and start to break free of the self-inflicted bondage and pain.
Breathe.
In closing
If you’d like to deepen this month’s focus, you might like to:
Revisit last month’s Voice and Vulnerability
Use journalling to delve deeper into the themes raised
Listen to the Aries New Moon Sound Bath, or attend a live event
Book an individual session with me (online or in person)
As always, move gently.
Philip
