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Full Moon in Aquarius Ritual + Writing Prompt—Shine

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Full Moon in Aquarius Ritual + Writing Prompt—Shine

Welcome to Leo season, sun babies! Leo is often known as the drama queen, the performer, the one standing in the spotlight. But what Leo truly represents in its most evolved form, is the deeply individual, unique creative self-expression each of us, and only us, has to offer this world. The challenge here, is that Leo can sometimes come to depend on, to crave, the applause, the attention and approval of others. That’s why (in the lovely symmetry that is the zodiac), it sits across from Aquarius, who, on the other end of the polarity, teaches us to embrace our weird quirky uniqueness and own that authentic individuality without shame.

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New Moon in Cancer Ritual + Writing Prompts—Feel

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New Moon in Cancer Ritual + Writing Prompts—Feel

The moon conjuncts the sun at 18º of Cancer on July 9, initiating a new moon cycle and a moment of pattern-setting for the next two week period—as well as the next six months (until we return for the full moon in Cancer, January 17 2022, closing the cycle). The constellation of the crab spans the portion of the sky assigned to Cancer—the word cancer itself is Latin for crab—and this crustacean spirit animal has much to teach us about the lessons and journeys of Cancer season, and this Cancer new moon in particular.

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Full Moon in Capricorn Writing Prompts and Ritual—Ascend

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Full Moon in Capricorn Writing Prompts and Ritual—Ascend

As is always the case with a full moon, the moon sits across the sky from the sun in the opposite side of the zodiac, staring each other down, and therefore shining the full light of the sun onto the reflective moon. The moon rules Cancer, so it doesn’t fare well in the opposite sign, Capricorn (it’s in its fall here, a debilitated placement). Capricorn is rather dry and harsh for the watery moon. Ruled by Saturn, planet of boundaries, Capricorn is known for rational thinking, rules and structure—quite different from oceanic Cancer.

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Full Moon in Scorpio Ritual + Writing Prompts—Sex, Death + Transformation

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Full Moon in Scorpio Ritual + Writing Prompts—Sex, Death + Transformation

Scorpio is not a light and easy sign. It is intense; it asks nothing less than the full transmutation of everything you were into who will become. The Full Moon in Scorpio in the spring reminds us that every birth requires—contains inside of it—a death, loss, grief. The seed must be cracked and hollowed to become a plant. The caterpillar must dissolve before the butterfly will emerge.

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Full Moon in Virgo Ritual + Writing Prompts—Tethered

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Full Moon in Virgo Ritual + Writing Prompts—Tethered

This is the Virgo-Pisces paradox, in the vastness of our smallness, and the tininess of our grandiosity. It asks us to hold both giant cosmic awareness, and the mundane tasks of taking out the garbage and making to do lists, in our mind’s eye, at once. And to value both with love and honor. The gift these signs offer us, when we work with their guidance and use them well, is the ability to use Virgo’s rituals, practices, and the beauty of daily routines and details to connect with, empower, and bring to earth the creative and healing power of Pisces’ waters.

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Full Moon in Pisces Ritual + Writing Prompts—Dreaming New Worlds

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Full Moon in Pisces Ritual + Writing Prompts—Dreaming New Worlds

Pisces is the fish, fully submerged in the waters of the other realms, the subconscious mind, the oceanic tumult of the body and its feelings. Pisces is also the sphere of the psychic, the intuitive, the home of the medium, the dominion of the muse. Pisces is the watery womb where all dreams gestate. It is our job to choose which ones will be born.