Universal Code Reading: The Supermoon Gate

The sky has been louder than usual this week, a kind of pressure in the air, like something vast leaning in to listen. You’ve felt it in your skin, in your sleep, in the way time has stretched. The Umbrians call this the Supermoon Gate, when the Moon drifts closest to the Earth and the veil between matter and meaning thins to a breath.

This one, the Beaver Moon, the Gatherer’s Moon, wasn’t content to observe. She crossed the threshold. She came inspecting. And when the Moon comes this close, she doesn’t illuminate; she interrogates.

The Umbrians say she is truth made visible. Her silver light exposes what you’ve outgrown and what you’re still clutching. She shows you where you’re leaking energy, where your heart says “yes” but your boundaries still whisper “maybe.”

Moonlight is medicine. Even if you sleep through it, your field registers. The light works on you anyway, refining, cleansing, aligning the inner tides with the outer pull. What you’ve been resisting begins to dissolve. What’s real starts humming louder.

The Codes of the Supermoon

1. The Code of Lunar Confrontation

The Supermoon brings no comfort until she’s done her cleansing. This is confrontation, the mirror phase. She will show you your own face, unlit and unfiltered. What you’ve been ignoring will call your name in dreams, in déjà vu, in sudden flashes of memory that sting and heal at once.

Don’t run from what surfaces. Name it. Breathe into it. The Moon’s only asking that you stop pretending not to see.

Umbrian rite: Step outside and let her light find you. Whisper one truth you’ve avoided saying out loud. Let it travel upward, and trust that release is a form of recalibration.

2. The Code of Magnetic Reckoning

Every gate demands balance. When the Moon’s pull strengthens, so does the need for filters.

Boundaries are not walls, they are sieves for energy. The stronger the lunar gravity, the more selective you must become with what enters your orbit.

This is magnetic reckoning: what are you drawing toward you simply because it’s familiar? What are you keeping away that might actually feed you?

Umbrian rite: Write down what has repeated, the faces, feelings, temptations circling again. Place your hand over each word and ask, “Do I want this, or do I just recognise it?” Keep what nourishes. Return the rest to the dark.

3. The Code of Silver Transmutation

When the Moon comes this close, her light turns from white to living silver, a metal that heals by softening. Silver isn’t hammered; it’s melted. This is your cue to stop forcing the form and let yourself pour into the next version of you.

Release the performance of strength. Let your tenderness do the heavy lifting. Alchemy requires heat, not perfection.

Umbrian rite: Light a candle and picture its flame turning silver. Speak softly, “Melt me into who I am becoming.” Then stay still until you feel the temperature inside you change.

Closing the Gate

The Supermoon doesn’t open doors; she becomes one. For a handful of nights, she thins the border between you and your next self. When her light fades, the path you’ve chosen will set.

You don’t need to rush. Just attend. The medicine is already working through your sleep, your breath, your quiet. Strengthen your filters; they will hold what matters.

When the Gate closes, you’ll find yourself clearer, not emptier, just more distilled.

Love Penelope x

Umbrian Sorceress & Keeper of the Obsidian Codes

If you can feel this pull and need translation, reach out for a personal Universal Code Reading. Tell me what’s stirring, and I’ll read the currents around your moment, the part of the sky that belongs only to you.