What is Your Heart Hunting For?

Written By Annie Mesaros

BRIGHT BLESSINGS of the FULL HUNTER moon to you

You’re Not Alone

I know that sometimes it feels too hard to acknowledge your longing. Changing jobs might create financial stress. Going back to school or taking up a new hobby might shift your roles in your household and relationships and you’re not sure if those relationships can handle that shift. Or maybe you want to ask a loved one for more emotional intimacy and that just feels too vulnerable.

Whatever it is, the fears can make it hard to even acknowledge the longing for yourself, let alone share it with others. I hope this full moon practice is supportive for you. And if you want to go deeper, I’m here for you.

OCTOBER 6, 2025

A Time to Replenish Your Stores

Tonight we bask in the light of the Full Hunter Moon. Fall is traditionally a time of year for people who were not reliant on grocery stores to stock up for winter. The harvest is done, the veggies are stored. The animals are nice and chonky because they have also been storing up for winter. And now that the crops have been harvested, there is stubble on the ground rather than tall plant stalks. And the chubby animals are moving through the fields, gleaning any leftovers. So all these circumstances come together under the bright hunter’s moon to facilitate good hunting. The timing is right.

Since most of us do shop at grocery stories and are able to grab what we need with ease and even out of season, there may be things other than food that we’re hunting and gathering at this time of year. What stores you want to replenish between now and the deep months of winter?

This could be energetic, social, physical, emotional, spiritual. What needs to be refilled? And what would feel satisfying to your soul?

Imagine You Can Access Everything You Need

Take a pause and follow along to this guided meditation.

Reflect

  • Were you surprised by what you found on the island? Did you feel like, yeah, I knew I needed that? Or did you experience something else entirely?

  • As we hunt in this season, who is someone who you want to invite to join you on the journey?

  • What is something you want to share out of your bounty and stores with others?

    • On that note—do you find it easier for you to receive or to give? Is there one or the other of those that you want to practice with a little more in this season?

  • What do you think the communities you’re a part of are longing for in this season? And how can you contribute to the needs of your communities?

Join me

Are you in the Baltimore area? Join me and others from the Wild Maven community on Monday, October 6, 2025 at 7pm at The Space Within. We’ll do this guided meditation together and spend some time in conversation, hearing about each other’s experiences and enjoying time in community.

Photo by Maciek Sulkowski on Unsplash.

Annie Mesaros
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