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For anyone who is wanting to get more in touch with the moon here are some words that help to describe what each cycle of the moon helps to bring you🌙
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happy full moon!
🌙 Aries Full Moon
✨ 20th October 2021
This is one of the more challenging Full Moons of the year. The Aries Full Moon brings us strong need for control and the desire to achieve our goals no matter the costs.
Aries is a sign that is very direct and bold in its approach. When an Aries decides they want something, they won’t let anything stop them to obtain it.
And those Aries characteristics make the Full Moon amazing for taking action towards our goals. If you use the moon’s energy properly, you’ll be able to get much closer to your desires!
But the challenge comes with the aspects happening. Moon will be opposite Mars and square Pluto. These transits are very intense in a sense, that they might make some people become too controlling and power-hungry. You can read more about that here.
Watch out for injuries, that could be easily prevented by being more mindful - for example pushing yourself too hard or not being aware of your surroundings.
Know your limits. Some might be feeling invincible because of the strong Aries energy and that could end up very poorly for them. So please be careful and don’t jump into things head first!
Ground yourself. It might be too aggressive and intense for people who don’t have strong Aries/Mars or Pluto influence in their chart.
Like I mentioned at the beggining, the best thing you can do is to channel this strong energy into one of your goals. Something you’ve been wanting to achieve. Ideally, something related to the house in your natal chart where you can find Aries.
✨Set intentions for:
Taking the right action towards your desires
Having the motivation and drive to achieve your goals
Feeling energized
Being not just in control, but in harmony with your own self - both the physical and spiritual
I wish you the best of luck✨
Moon Phase Magic
You can do magic any time, any day, but sometimes you'd like a little bit of a lunar boost! Here's how the phases of the moon can match the intentions of your magic.
Full Moon: Great for manifesting, divination, and psychic ability. If you work with spirits or deities this phase can help boost your signal, so to speak.
Waning Gibbous: Helps with cleansing, protection and detoxing. If you're trying to get rid of some bad energy or place a protection spell on you house, this phase can help you out! Setting intentions to let go of things is also suggested during this phase.
Last Quarter: Great for breaking habits and abandoning bad situations. Sometimes we have to leave, if you need a bit of extra strength to do it, this moon phase could help you.
Waning Crescent: Good for release, surrender, and introspection. Sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses. Allow yourself to be still and let this phase give you some calm in the midst of chaos.
New Moon (or Dark Moon): This phase works best for cleansing, banishing magic, and shadow work. Similar to the last three, the new moon can give you that push you need to do the dirty work you need to succeed. We all have shadows, are you ready to face yours?
Waxing Crescent: Creation, imagination, and attraction are on "high" during this phase. Start to sew the seeds of new projects or ideas during this time.
First Quarter: Manifesting change and strength is a good idea during this phase of the moon. There are things that need changing, but it's not always easy, so allow this phase to give you the boost you need to change.
Waxing Gibbous: Best for motivation. determination and energy. You need to get things done? This phase can give you the energy to act. Your willpower and knowledge will help you succeed, but a little lunar love wouldn't hurt!
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When using the moon in magic, make sure you thank our magnificent celestial being for helping you out. She works very hard and deserves a lot of gratitude from us!
A/N: Since this is my digital grimoire it is subject to my own opinions. The information here is what I've gathered after a lot of reading and learning from various other pagans and witches. However, If you feel that a moon phase is different for you then by all means don't let me change your mind!
Lunar Eclipse in Taurus
🌙 19th November 2021
We are entering into another Eclipse Season with a Lunar Eclipse in Taurus. The main download I have received for the collective is to balance the spiritual and material sides of yourselves.
Look back to late May and early June, when we were in the first eclipse season of the year. What was stirred up in your life? You might finally find closure in that area now. Or perhaps new changes will emerge.
The Full Moon is going to be aspected by Jupiter, Mercury and Pluto. With all these planets working together, there is an amazing opportunity to bring your desires into life, if you do it right.
Some of us may feel feel a new sense of ambition and alignment but there's also a strong possibility of becoming overly emotional and sensitive.
Working with eclipse energy can be quite challenging and you should be extra careful with your intentions, as it may backfire on you. Be careful what you wish for!
🌙 What to focus on:
Looking back at the last eclipses this May/June and tying the loose ends
Calling back your energy
Tuning into your spirituality
Getting your finances and material possessions under control
Finding a balance between the spiritual and material
🌙 Watch out for:
Being overconfident and too domineering
Extreme emotional reactions
Blind faith
Reckless manifestations and spells
I wish you a lovely Lunar Eclipse✨
have a safe & fun lunar eclipse everyone! blessed be!
A reminder! There is a lunar eclipse this friday! They bring about large changes, but only ones that are part of the cosmic plan, so you can trust wherever it leads you.
However! Because the energy produced from the changes can be chaotic, intense, and often challenging, please take care to not to do moon magic during the eclipse. The powerful and destabilizing energy is not what we want to be a part of manifestation rituals or crystal charging!
Simple Moon Phase Chart
It can be pretty easy to get confused about moon phases, so I'm going to give y'all a little cheat sheet here. It's what I've got in my Grimoire and hasn't failed me since I've started using it. Super beginner-friendly, easy to copy, and you can adjust it to your preference as needed.
Enjoy!
The new moon: Setting new or refreshing old intentions, new beginnings, fresh starts, and trying new things.
The waxing moon: Future planning, confidence in yourself, and being sure in your actions and life steps.
The first quarter: Self-appreciation, pausing to enjoy the moments, reflection on yourself, shadow work.
The waxing gibbous moon: Being mindful of yourself and those around you, honing your skills and talents, taking actions.
The full moon: Manifestation, shadow/inner work, divination, charging magic tools/crystals/moon water.
The waning gibbous moon: Evaluating next steps, reviewing choices and options, and assessing your options/skills.
The third quarter: Releasing worries and troubles, letting hard things go, cleansing mind, body, and soul.
The waning moon: Self-love and self-care, caring for yourself and/or others, forgiving yourself, and surrendering to your next steps.
Although it may not be perfect, this is the chart that I plan m practice around and it's yet to fail me!
As always, practice in a cleansed space and always do your own research. Good luck everyone, and blessed be!
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☆*:.December 18th.:*☆
Full moon in Gemini:
the Cold Moon or the Long Night Moon.
What does it entail?
☆ Reflection
☆ Fortune
☆ Optimism
☆ Drive
☆ Perspective
☆ Setting intentions
☆ Spirtuality
☆ Growth
☆ Relationships
☆ Balance
☆ Better relationship, a better balance, a different perspective and/or new routine in finances.
"All flows in time."
Suggestions: hot beverages, specifically teas, working with herbs, herb baths, herby scents, working with earth and plants, aromatherapy, cleansing, candlework.
[ 🌕 ♊️ ] Full Moon in Gemini: November 30, 09:29 UTC
During the full moon in Gemini you will be completing plans and sorting through ideas. After some time of pondering building up to this moment, you might finally make a decision, picking one of two different options. You might express your thoughts and feelings more openly and you might finish learning something. You could hear some important news or you could be the messenger delivering them.
Full Moon in Gemini
🌙 18th December 2021
The last Full Moon of the year! The next New Moon is going to be in the first few days of January, so now we have an amazing opportunity to leave behind everything that we don’t want to bring into 2022.
This Full Moon is happening a day before Venus goes Retrograde, which I talked about here. I mention how it might affect our relationships and finances. Well this Full Moon can highlight some of the problems and give us a preview of where we might be challenged during the Retrograde.
But since Jupiter will trine the Moon, we have a huge opportunity to fix those areas before they can get any worse. Jupiter gives us strong support and helps us resolve any issues, if we are willing to work with the energy.
Jupiter is the most abundant planet, so the upcoming Gemini Full Moon can be considered very lucky. Jupiter brings us unexpected blessings and good luck - use it to your best advantage.
I recommend setting intentions for abundance and prosperity in the area of your life which is ruled by Gemini! Check your chart and see in which house Gemini is, more specifically you can check where the Full Moon will be transiting - it’s happening at 27°Gemini.
✨Set intentions for:
Support and guidance in solving problems
Abundance and luck in relationships and finances
Spiritual growth
Better communication skills
Leaving behind all that no longer serves you
I wish you a lovely full moon🌙
Connecting with the sun and the moon ☼ ☽
I gathered a few exercises to strengthen my connection with the sun and the moon. They’re really simple, and pretty good for baby witches, too.
Having a basic connection with the sun and the moon is necessary in order to be in harmony with your surroundings. Before performing rituals related to the astros (which includes extensive astrology readings, wheel of the year rituals, and even gardening magic) you need to be somewhat tuned in with them.
Sensing the sun’s magic ☼
As you connect with the sun, you’ll gather the information necessary to best work with sun magic. This kind of information needs to come from you, cause it’s about how your energy interacts with the sun’s; different people may have completely different experiences. A good way to slowly build or fortify your connection with the sun’s magic is to gradually approach it and gain intimacy with it.
First contact: Take some time to meditate when the sun rises, at midday, when the sun sets, and at midnight. In each of those 4 moments, pause for a few minutes to observe the sun and to notice your surroundings. Practice being aware of the energy around you, and try to put it into words for reference. In the next day, take some time to compare the different sensations you had at each time, and try to figure out what they mean to you.
Establishing a connection ☼
This is a simple exercise that I do every time I feel like I need to renew my bond with the sun. A lot of people think it’s best to perform these type of exercises at noon, when the sun is at it’s peak, but I strongly advice against it if you have fair skin and/or live in a warm, tropical place. Being safe is more important and it’ll work much better if you’re actually comfortable. (And of course, use sunscreen if necessary.)
☼ Go outside, find a nice spot to sit in the sun, preferably around nature. Close your eyes. Feel the warmth on your skin, visualize the sunshine touching you as your body absorbs it’s energy.
☼ When you feel you’ve already formed a faint connection with your surroundings, imagine there’s a mist rising from the nature around you, like a fog of energy emanating from everything the sun touches.
☼ Take 3 deep breaths. Each time, visualize you’re inhaling some of that mist, and it’s filling your lugs and flowing through your entire body. Imagine you’re becoming one with your surroundings, and the mist’s energy is mixed with yours. When you exhale, let go of any thoughts that might be holding you back, let it wash away any negativeness that you might’ve been holding onto.
☼ Imagine your consciousness is connected to the sun, like the warmth is exchanging energy with your skin. Focusing on that, ask yourself: how does it feel? Is it energizing, or soothing? Or both? How does it affect your emotions? Do any thoughts pop into your head? Vague ideas? Try to put it into words. When you’re done, simply recollect yourself, and take some time later to digest what you might’ve felt and reach for conclusions.
Sensing the moon’s magic ☽
Just like with the sun, the information you’ll gather about the moon will reflect how your energy interacts with it, and different people may have completely different experiences. A good way to slowly build or fortify your connection is to gradually approach it and gain intimacy with it.
First contact: Take some time to meditate in 4 different nights; a new moon, a waxing moon, a full moon and a waning moon. In each of those moments, pause for a few minutes to observe it and to notice your surroundings. Practice being aware of the energy around you, and try to put it into words for reference. Afterwards, take some time to compare the different sensations you had each night, and try to figure out what they mean to you.
Establishing a connection ☽
I use the same exercise I do with the sun when I want to renew my connection with the moon. Each time, I approach it like it’s my first real connection with it; I’ve changed, so why wouldn’t my magic change? Since I’ve already meditated in 4 different phases of the moon like I said above, I choose a moment based on those experiences. A lot of people like to go with a full moon, but I personally love to work on forming connections on a waxing crescent. Each phase of the moon has it’s own strengths, and you can choose whatever feels right for you.
🌕 moon dates for 2022 🌕
☾ moon phases meanings ☽
new moon
✦ new beginnings
it’s time for a clean slate, start to gather your thoughts and plan.
waxing crescent moon
✦ set intentions
send your hopes and desires into the world.
first quarter moon
✦ take action
when you face obstacles, do not waver. it’s a time for pushing forward.
waxing gibbous moon
✦ refine and hone
observe and align your hopes with the universe. momentum is building.
full moon
✦ harvest endeavours
a time to harvest the intentions and wishes of past moons.
waning gibbous moon
✦ introspect
turn inwards, think about your goals, and be grateful.
third quarter moon
✦ release and let go
let go of the habits that bind you and do you harm.
waning crescent moon
✦ surrender
recuperate and rest. it is okay to feel empty sometimes.
new moon
✦ new beginnings
it’s time for a clean slate, start to gather your thoughts and plan.