Album Review | Madonna | Confessions II
Date: Release July 10th, 2026 Moon: Waning Crescent Taurus to Gemini
Introspection From Melinoe:
Welcome Ghouls, Demons, and Fellow Wyrd Ones!!! Surprise, Surprise! Some of you may be perplexed to see that I am in fact a fan of Madonna! I am a fan of Madonna in a different way than I am a fan of Metal, Green Day, or even Adam Lambert– Her dance music counterpart! Madonna serves a significantly different purpose in my life than other Artists and Genres. It has taken me years to accept that, that is AAA-Oookay! So this one is for the Girls, Gays, and Theys! Madonna has always been an Icon for Self-Love. Where other artists have indicated a divinity in Shadow Integration, Madonna has chosen a path of pure Light. In Pure Leo Sun Fashion. She is the embodiment of Self Love. She is the muse that codes a frequency of Self Empowerment. She is the IT Girl. The Material Girl. And she Performs her Story for all of us to See. We all witness her vulnerability. Externally. Her Heart, her struggles, her Love, Her Hate. The full Rainbow of her Human Life Expression is plastered Tabloid after Tabloid for us to Judge, and turn a Blind Eye. Madonna is our Queen of Liberating Self Love tormented by a Neurotic Virgo Shadow embedded within her inner Lunar world. I cannot deny how much Madonna has taught me in my life. Through her Music, through her Stardom, and through her Story. The Good, the bad, The Beautiful, and every transformative process in between.
Confessions II is an Omen of a Warrior Spirit who refuses Darkness to Overcome them. Each track radiating a message of Liberation. Intertwined with intentional choreography for Material grounding. Madonna has been one of our timeline’s most powerful Sun Goddesses. There are times I do not personally agree with her decisions, or lifestyle choices. I have my own idea of how I want to walk this path. However, to give her credit? I can only imagine the horrors she has experienced within Hollywood and the Music Industry. I cannot condemn her for the Generational Curses she didn’t break. I have to honor her for the Curses she DID break. The effort she continues to pour into our collective, at her own detriment at times. She is willing to break herself into a grandiose cataclysm simply to Defend her Throne. Madonna most certainly deserves her Crown. And as long as she believes she is thriving? As long as she is happy with her life? As long as she is not abusing anyone? I am not sure why we are judging her choices. However, I do hope she finds herself aging with beauty and grace. I worry how much of her shadow is dysregulated. I wonder how many spiritual, and silent battles her vessel is struggling to alchemize as she progresses down the lineage line. As much as I adore Confessions II, Confessions I, and the entirety of her discography? I would hope this to be a retirement album for her. Not in the sense that she quits making music, but in the sense that she allows herself to slow down. Even the Sun needs to set, and rest.
As a Leo Moon, I have understood what it means to harness the Power of a Star, of the Sun that always shines. To keep the fuel of the Eternal Flame Vibrant. A burden most folks cannot grasp until they allow the fire to deplete them into ashes. However, as unfortunate as it may seem to be, even Suns die, they burn out when their time is up. As I can feel into the potency within this album, I can only hope our Mother is tending to herself tenderly at this transitional phase in life. Which I mention in connection to my Adam Lambert Article. Not to say that Madonna should pass her Goddess Torch to Adam. To indicate that Madonna has served her Role. She has played her part, purrfectly. The Woman is Free from her Debt to Society. She does not owe us anything. She most certainly does not have to continue to show up for us in the way she does. But Holy Fucking Hell, am I, and so so so many others, eternally grateful that she does, and continues to do so! It is an honor that she shares her magick in the way she does. I can only pray down on my knees that this life continues to make her feel like a Virgin.
This album is yet another Masterpiece. Another purely creative work of art from the Mother of Pop. We wouldn’t have the new artists we have had over the years, nor today, if it wasn’t for the Bravery of Madonna to trust her creative intuition, honor her self expression, and continue to shine each and every moment of her life, and music career. Between Adam Lambert and Madonna, my Aquarius Sun-Leo Moon axis feels healed, seen, integrated, complete, and safe to be loved and witnessed. Everyone is now prescribed to take a weekend off work, gather your favorite substances, and have a dance party where you can blend into the numbers of bodies who just need to let their shine glow! Instead of being a single light- sticking out in a sea of darkness, why don’t we have the seas of light come together, and bring clarity, to the abundance, beauty and love of our world. The same love, beauty and abundance that is within each and every one of us. The light, the rainbow, the soul of our most innocent desires of Fun.
As I found this album to be an ancestral connection along my personal journey, I reminisced on how I discovered Madonna, and how these lessons of wisdom came into my consciousness. Not only do we absorb these Stardust fragments of Gnosis through the interaction with the art itself/the artists themselves, but through the meaning we apply to the story, and the emotion behind the scenes. Well, this story correlates to my dearest Uncle David. I am not sure Madonna would mean as much to me if it was not for my Fiery, Passionate, Loving, Vibrant, Wholehearted, and Troubled Uncle Dave. Madonna is the only woman he would be straight for. Just as I would hope I would be the one Woman Adam Lambert would be straight for. (LOL- Again, Mary Austin, we see you girl.) I suppose that’s because “Only Love Can Be So Bizarre.”
My Uncle David Loved Madonna, and I loved my Uncle David. He was the only family member I had that was encouraging, and excited about my Punk/Goth Vibe. He nurtured my self expression in a way that was considered “ungodly” and “sinful.” David stood up for me as best as his wounded inner child would allow him. Whether it was him voicing how beautiful I would look with black hair, or him gifting me any tie he had that matched Billie Joe Armstrong, he always reminded me I was loved unconditionally, as I am. His actions were louder than words. His heart was guarded and broken, but I had always been able to see the desperation of his love. As an 80’s gay, my Uncle has faced unjustifiable scrutiny. That ridicule, hate, abuse, and the worst of it from overbearing Abhrahimcs, truly affected him as a person. Those experiences left scars deeply branded onto his heart, and surfaced his soul. His love, his shine could not be broken. And even at my worst of times, he defended me. Translating my language of Occultism to the family Language of Abrahamism. His Aries Warrior Sun never stopped fighting for the War of Love, even when it consumed him. He dove down a journey to find God in the realm that exiled him. I Pride him on his bravery in continuing to seek Divinity, despite being brainwashed to believe he was rejected by it. His strength, his struggles- have inspired me to be just as brave in my truth. In loving myself., as I was born in the Image of God. And Love does not discriminate.
With that, Madonna’s Confessions II is most certainly a Love Letter to the Oppressed. To all the Girls, Gays, and Theys. To everyone who has ever been exiled for being nothing other than themselves. Every song is a dance ballad of self empowerment, and healing. I cannot pick a favorite. Nor can I pick a song that is more meaningful. The entire album is medicine for the soul. As I said, it is Doctor’s Orders. Oracle’s Orders to initiate yourselves into this frequency with at least 1 Full Cycle from Start to finish. To feel into your body, and release any stored up toxins that shame you for being who you are. You are not a threat. You are not vile. You are beautiful as you are. We all serve our purpose. We all have a light to give to the Universe. We are the colors on her voided canvas. It is our Birthright to Shine.
May We Always Rebel Through Our Authentic Self Expression. May We Love Ourselves in a World that Banks on you Hating Your Truth. Fuck the System. Dismantle it with your Fire. Grow your Garden with your Internal (Second) Sun. And always remember there is nothing more powerful than being a Beacon of Love & Light for someone outside of you’s Unique, Innocent Experience of this Infinite Reality.
Live Deliciously. Love Authentically. And Always, Stay Wyrd!
-Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar
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