Mercury is our archetypal guide for the Gemini New Moon. This trickster god of small talk, idle speculation, and airy fantasies has another, deeper side. Known to the Greeks as Hermes, and to the Egyptians as Thoth, he is the god of wisdom, the inventor of writing and commerce, also the primary guide for travelers, including the dead who journey to the underworld. In the … [Read more...]
Bonus Libra-Aries Full Moon Ritual
Preparation Find a quiet place where you can protect yourself from intrusion. Then, as the Sufi teacher Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan recommends, take steps to "surround yourself with a zone of silence." Light candles and incense, or play a piece of contemplative music to help shift attention from the periphery, to the quiet center within. You may wish to recite a prayer or sacred … [Read more...]
Pisces Meditation: Closing the Circle
The circle - a timeless image used in Tibetan mandalas, Native American medicine wheels, and astrology - conveys the ever-turning wheel of life. And indeed, the Pisces New Moon occurs just two weeks before the Spring Equinox. On March 20th, the Sun will slip out of Pisces and into 0 degrees Aries, signaling the start of a new astrological cycle. Thus this New Moon in watery … [Read more...]
Heaven is a Roadless Area
From the Mooncircles Archive: Anna Duval wrote this for us a year before her untimely death. We are pleased to remember her gentle voice and compassionate wisdom. At the Virgo Full Moon, the Sun stands opposite in Pisces, which means here in the northern hemisphere, the last month of winter is upon us. Ice packs begin their long melting flow into the sea. Slowly the Sun is … [Read more...]
Aquarius Meditation: The Lightning Bolt
The Aquarius New Moon is a cosmically ordered moment to shake loose the restrictions that limit us from fulfilling our potentials. It is a time to set the world on fire, symbolically speaking -- to take risks, rather than remain safe. Look to your individual astrological chart to the house with Uranus in it, or that is ruled by the sign of Aquarius, to see where the trickster … [Read more...]
