3-Minute New Moon Ritual Ground your body, clear your mind... Become aware of your body. Notice how gravity holds and connects you to earth. It’s as though your body is an ancient stone temple—solid, strong, secure. Sanctify this temple. Imagine a priestess is pouring sacred water and scattering rose petals, all the way down, from your head to your toes. Any anxiety or … [Read more...]
It’s another new moon: when the magically minded make wishes and astrologers attempt to divine this cycle’s intentions. The wishes you make now may indeed be super-powered, but if you don’t have a strong relationship with the archetypes, don’t expect special favors. If you rarely play your cello, don’t expect a starring role in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Calling … [Read more...]
The full moon is in earthy Capricorn, opposite the Sun in watery Cancer. A fine way to capture their gift is by inserting your hands into the elements: earth mixed with water makes clay. As told in ancient creation myths, stirring together the elements is what created the earth and all its creatures. Likewise: mix these two elements together in a sacred way, you can awaken … [Read more...]
Uranus enters Gemini on July 7, 2025, then retrogrades back into Taurus in November. It re-enters Gemini in April 2026 and remains until 2033/34. A young farmer clutches his musket behind a stone wall at Concord, heart pounding, awaiting the shot that will ignite a revolution. Voice trembling, a Virginia slave, who’s secretly learned how to read, whispers passages from Uncle … [Read more...]
New Moons are potent times to forge alliances with the gods. Visit the invisible world. Bow and open yourself to their touch. Make an offering. Humans have been rendezvousing with these archetypes for thousands of years. When you call out to the zodiac, the gods do respond! Water was Cancer’s first language. As a child, she babbled like a brook, thundered like a waterfall, … [Read more...]
The potency of any ritual is intimately tied to the way in which you enter it. Initiates of the ancient mystery schools would perform detailed rites of purification before their rituals, including fasting, baths, anointing with the proper oils, dressing in the proper garments, and making prostrations or circumambulations as offerings.
Your preparation doesn't need to be so elaborate, just sincere. Take a moment to cleanse yourself of distracting thoughts. Become aware of your body in time and space. Tune into your heart. With humility and honesty, offer yourself. Offer your time. Offer your attention. To the Moon and all that she holds.
