Every year, when the Sun is in Taurus, I celebrate with my favorite Venus ritual. I get out the calendar and look for the most auspicious Friday that month. Best is a Friday when both the Sun and Moon are in Venus-ruled signs. Even better if it coincides with a cross-quarter holiday, as it does this year. In my experience, this is rare! May 1 is Beltane and the Moon is in … [Read more...]
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...]
New Moon or Solar Ingress? It's a silly question: because why should you have to choose. But it's an important one. Here at Mooncircles, New Moons tend to get our attention. But it's the Sun's transits that actually inspire the changing qualities of every month. As the "hour hand" on the clock of the year, the Sun sets the seasons. It also guides us into auspicious activity, if … [Read more...]
Spider pulls magic out of her belly—sticky silk threads she’ll cast into the wind. When one latches onto something solid—a branch or a reed—her work begins. Securing her first thread at both ends, so that it becomes a bridge, she drops a slack line below that and anchors this with a centered vertical thread. Then she starts building her loom in the air—first the framing lines, … [Read more...]
We need grounding during eclipses. So place your bare feet on the altar of this Pisces New Moon. Traditionally, this sign rules the feet. Some ancient wise one must have seen how the soles are a doorway to the soul as it circulates through your body. Your feet are vital centers for energy flow. When you energetically plug your toes into the earth, notice what happens: you will … [Read more...]
