Virgo Sage Moon

What do we take with us from winter's wisdom into spring? What do we leave behind? The Sage Moon Archetype is represented by the High Priestess and Virgo is the Divine Feminine and the 'Virgin'. In this Full Moon, we are called to illuminate Self Sovereignty. The word 'virgin' originally meant "whole unto oneself". What does it mean to be sovereign unto oneself? What does it feel like to be in our full power? At this full moon, we are asked to explore with a mystical lens (Pisces Sun) all the ways in which we give our power away and how we can reclaim it.  The moon reflects to us the importance of activating our inner discernment, wisdom and intuition to ground our visions and dreams to earth. This is to embody our Wise Woman/Sage/Priestess.

The portal is open for us to reclaim our power by taking responsibility for our actions, thoughts, and spoken words. At this time, we are summoned to the mindset/paradigm of choosing, creating and being accountable.

Step forth, dear one, to ask for what you need, express your heart with authenticity and celebrate the power of your emotions, wisdom, value and intuition. Now is the time to create and design your human experience from a grounded place of focused intention, service and beauty woven with mystery, the non-linear and the magical. There is great insight and healing when we pay attention to both our dreams and the signs right in front of us! 

This is our Moon Medicine. 

MOON ATTRIBUTES:

• Tarot: High Priestess
• Herbs: Hyssop, Balm of Gilead, Myrrh, Sage
• Colours: Light blue, Violet
• Stones: Amethyst, Jasper
• Animals: Otter, Eagle, Unicorn
• Goddesses: Brigid, Quan Yin, Diana
• Medicine: rising energy, purification, new growth, honoring and forgiving yourself, self-love, accepting responsibility, future planning and design

 

MOON RITUAL SUGGESTIONS:

• Embrace The Heart: This can be a very intense part of the lunar cycle. Be patient with all the emotions you are feeling at this time. Breathe into them. Give them a safe resting place and a healthy funnel of expression. Be gentle with yourself.
• Seva: Practice selfless service by doing something for someone else (maybe even a stranger) that would brighten their day.
• Express Yourself: Whether through voice or movement, sing, speak and move from a place of your authentic heart to engage with the current expression of your own body & soul.
• Gratitude: Now is a beautiful time to reach out and share with others what you are most grateful for about them. Gratitude can also be expressed to oneself and to the Great Mystery with reverence for all our blessings at this time.
• Intentional Design: Take the reins of your schedule and create some order. Design or arrange your home space to represent your essence.
• Moon Prayers: With the full moon light, write down or speak your prayers for yourself, loved ones and the planet. The full radiant moon amplifies your word.
• High Priestess: Make time for quiet and stillness as the moon rises. Meditate in the full moon light and open yourself receive intuitive guidance and support.
• Reclaim Self Sovereignty:  In your journal, write down out all the ways that you are currently blaming outside circumstances or people for your own discomfort or unhappiness. Take personal accountability by writing down all the choices, attitudes and actions (including non-action) that are keeping you from living your full potential. Write down all that you are ready to release and all that you are calling forth for your present life to move forward aligned to your heart desires and to get your own needs met. Commit to two action steps to make this real for yourself. Now then, get to it. Welcome to Self Sovereignty.
• Speak In First Person: Practice speaking from your own personal experience, beginning with 'I', instead of saying 'you'. Example: Instead of saying, "When you went into the ocean, you could hear the whales," you would say, "When I went into the ocean, I could hear the whales." This draws energy back into yourself, creates more power in your speech and opens clarity in your body intelligence.
• Remember: Put out your gem stones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal and activation.
• Commune: Gather is an intentional way with loved ones and do any of the above together and create your own. Now is a time to be with the energy of the collective.

 
Full Moon rituals can be done the day before, of and after the actual full moon. This is the 3 day potency period. Blessings to you in this wondrous and magical time.

IN THE LIGHT OF THIS FULL MOON, I HAVE GREAT NEWS TO SHARE 

The Water Bearers Campaign

Feb 22 - March 22, 2016

I invite you to be part of something very special with me, as a part of our activated and empowered Global Sisterhood Community.  I am 1 of 100 Women Leading a Movement to get One Million people Clean Water in just 30 days. Though it’s a big goal, it’s easier than you may think for us to achieve.

And when we do, it will be a first in history.

The waters are calling us to take action. To both remember the power of the waters within us as women, and to create solutions for people everywhere the right to clean water.

I lovingly ask you to donate $50 starting on Feb 22 and before March 22. 

Your $50 donation will provide clean water for 100 people!

Yes, you read that right. And it will last for a decade. It’s a sustainable solution.  Together we can make a HUGE difference for people all over the world. Please join in with me and our Goddess Rising Sisterhood united with the Water Bearers

#fortheloveofwater #womenwaterwisdom #goddessrisingsisterhood

With Aloha & Wild Moon Love, Achintya Devi

Included references: Moon Magick by DJ Conway

Leo Wolf Moon

Wild Sacred Blessings on this first Full Moon of 2016!

We have begun the year off with some potent power. Welcome to 2016 Full Wolf Moon in Leo (Indigenous Tribes of North America gave names to each of the moons, in relation to their qualities connected to nature and the seasons).

The Sacred Wolf Medicine, representing 'Teacher', great wisdom, wildness and inner freedom is beckoning our attention. Maybe you are already feeling it in your bones and are ready to dance and howl! This Wolf Moon reminds us the importance of expressing our heart's truth and our wildness, to live feeling free. Connected with Leo, this moon mirrors the importance of reflecting our light from within, discovering and sharing our greatest gifts, and expressing our creativity from authenticity to expand in true sovereignty, as Wild Queen!

This full moon also illuminates the shadows that need clearing / healing / transforming, which are often thoughts and beliefs preventing us from living in our wild sacred nature and our fullest potential. When we allow for anything in the way to be revealed, we open a portal to having deep compassion with ourself and others and a quantum awakening within to blaze like a wildfire to live more fully and comfortably with our truth and wild essence.

Note, also at this time, our nervous systems become more sensitive. Our internal projections can be amplified and our intuitive insight is heightened.

Wolf Moon Attributes

• Tarot: The Star

• Herbs: holly thistle, nuts and cones

• Colors: white, lavender,  blue-violet/indigo, black

• Stones: garnet, onyx, jet, chrysoprase, rose quartz

• Animals: bear, fox, coyote, wolf

• Goddesses: Freya, Brigid, Persephone, Inanna, Sarasvati, Hera

• Medicine: awakening, envisioning, beginning/conceiving, rest, protection

• Holy Day: Imbolc

 

Leo Wolf Moon Ritual

This potent ritual is offered in love to your Bright Soul! The intention of this ritual is to empower you in releasing anything that may be preventing you from living in the fullest expression of your Wild Sacred Feminine Essence and rise in the wisdom, beauty, and truth that you are. Blessings to you!

• Build a fire and bask in the radiant flames. Let the heat penetrate your body. Let the colours into your eyes, empty yourself of thoughts and allow for the flames to guide you deep within. If you can't build a fire, then light some candles and bask in the full moon's light if possible.
• Write down all the things in your life that you were told you couldn't do, or weren't allowed to do and all the beliefs that arose from that. Take your time with this...
• Then Reflect on how this makes you feel, speak your feelings, write them down and allow your body to express these feelings.
• Now investigate how this has affected your life and may still be affecting you. Again, take your time.
• Then offer to the fire all the parts the beliefs that are not true, that you may have been living with. Honour them for their time with you and now they are no longer needed. Sacred. Deep. Release.
• Dance Dance Dance! If with a fire, let the heat of the fire soften your body and move in ways that make you feel free and empowered. Dance your truth. Dance your heart and soul. 
• Speak aloud what you are capable of, and the truth of who you are!  Speak your wisdom and what your passions are. You can start each sentence with I Am.... and claim your truth. Run wild with this! When you feel complete (and maybe after many tears...) Repeat, "And so it is!" as many times as you like. This will anchor in and affirm your sacred truths.
• Finally, write down these truths, so that you can refer back to it when you need reminded of your power. 
• Close with gratitude and long deep breathing. Or, continue in what ever way feels most resonant for you.

• Remember: Put out your gem stones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal and activation. Preferable in salted water (sensitive stones and jewels leave out the salt part).

• Commune: Gather is an intentional way with loved ones and do the above ritual together if possible for extra potency and support. Now is a such a powerful time to be with the energy of the collective.

Full Moon rituals can be done the day before, of and after the actual full moon. This is the 3 day potency period. Blessings to you in this powerful and wild and powerful time.

How was this ritual for you? Please feel free to share any insights and reflection (or just come say Hi) in our Goddess Rising Sisterhood Facebook Group. If your not already a part of it, we welcome you to join us.

 

Full Moon Blessings!

With Wild Love, Achintya Devi

*Included references for Moon Attributes: Moon Magick by DJ Conway

Gemini Shaman's Moon

This Shaman's Gemini Full Moon is simultaneously a descent into the inner most chambers of the spirit to release the past, a celebration of gratitude for all the blessings of the past year and a rising of multi-faceted communication taking place cosmically, internally, relationally, emotionally and spiritually for transformation and healing in the collective consciousness (particularly relating to our ancestral blood line) and Mother Earth.

The full moon asks us to illuminate our shadows and take responsibility for any communication that needs to take place to make amends with ourself or others from the past (including our ancestors). It is also the time for us to gather and rise in the power of our sovereignty to communicate with the earth and the waters. This communication can include song, dance, words, actions and feelings. When we direct the power of our intentions in this way, we activate healing and transformation within and all around us. With our prayers and activated visions, we assist in bringing into being the world we want to live in.

Shaman's Moon/Dark Moon Attributes:

• Tarot: Death
• Herbs: Grains of Paradise, Verbena, Borage, Blessed Thistle
• Colors: Orange, Red, Sea-Green
• Stones: Topaz, Hyacinth, Lapis Lazuli, Rose Quartz
• Animals: Crocodile, Owl, Goose
• Goddesses: Cerridwen, Mawu, Hecate
• Medicine: Honoring our ancestors; Releasing the past; Transformation; Gratitude; Reflecting on the lessons of the past year; Shadow work

Ritual Suggestions

FULL MOON THANKSGIVING GLOBAL WATER BLESSING

Water is sacred. Water is the giver of Life. Water is the transporter of energy. Water is the vehicle for change. Water represents the power of both giving and receiving. Water births new life, hydrates us, cleanses us, washes us, nourishes us. Without water, we would not exist. 

Water can receive and hold the vibrations that we emanate through our unique frequencies given by voice, words, intention, and thought. This water is both the living bodies around us as streams, rivers, rains and ocean, as well as the water that we are made up of.

This month's ritual is focused on the power of communication (the Air of Gemini) with the Waters of our Earth (ruled by the Moon). 

This can be done individually or in a group setting. If you can be beside a river, the ocean or a stream, this is the most ideal setting. If not, that is fine too. It is preferable that you be outside. Again, if not, create a lovely setting inside where ever you are.

Items you'll need: 

• Lit candle(s) 
• 2 bowls or 2cup of water
• Pen & paper
• Gemstones or crystals you feel called to (esp the stones mentioned above)

You can use the following as inspiration for your own Water Blessing Ritual. Please feel free to adjust as you see fit, while keeping the integrity of the intention intact.

1  Create sacred space outside on the earth if possible or in your home with lit candles, sage for smudging, and set up an altar (simple or elaborate) with items that are special to you, including gem stones and crystals, flowers, plants, images and art. If you are in a group, gather in a circle and place the altar in the center.

2  If you are outside, stand or sit under the Moon. Allow yourself to feel a direct relationship to Her, as a mover of the living waters of the Earth and within your own body. If you are inside, see if you can be near a window with her moonlight shining through.

3  Feel the earth under your feet and shake out the tension in the body. Smudge yourself/others with sage to wash away the day and purify your energetic body. Do a grounding exercise (such as conscious breathing in silence for a few minutes), to bring you out of mind chatter and into your body and ritual space.  

4  Place the 2 bowls or 2 cups of water in front of you, or in the middle of your gathering on the earth or on a table (preferably from a live body of water, if not then use purified water or tap water). 

PERSONAL ASPECT OF THE RITUAL

5  Acknowledge what you are grateful for in 3 different areas of your life. Relationship to self, Spiritual Path, Partnership, Career, Family etc... Write down what is it you value about each area and keep this with you or at the altar space during the full moon night. This magnifies your gratitude and creates more abundant gratitude.

6  Then, while being very honest with yourself, identify any habits, thoughts, patterns and behaviors that you are ready to release so you can step more fully into the gratitude/qualities from above. 

7  Write down what it is that you want to release onto paper and then one or two at a time, burn it from the fire lit by the candle at the altar. Safety please!

8  Allow yourself to feel the transfer of what you're releasing to the fire of the candle. Then place the burned paper into one of the first bowl or cup of water. If in a group, focus on the 'letting go' into the water. If in a group, can holds hands in a circle while each person as a turn, if that feels good to you.

9  When everyone is complete you can then offer a song or chant related to the power of death and release. You can chant the sacred syllable Om 3 times as you offer these waters of release from the first bowl or cup to the Earth. This signifies the old being composted and used as nourishment for Her sacred soils.

COLLECTIVE ASPECT OF THE RITUAL

10  Bring the 2nd bowl or cup of water into your hands (or who ever wants to go first). Infuse into the water with your intentions and prayers for the waters of earth and the waters of humankind. This can be done in silence or with words. It is your authentic intentions from your heart that matter most. This is the most important part of this Water Blessing, as water receives your vibration and frequency.

11  If you are in a group, pass the water around the circle so that each person has a turn to share their vibration and offerings into the water. If this is a large group, you may wish to have 2 bowls going around at once in both directions or have a time keeper so that each person has an equal amount of time to share.

12  When everyone is complete, you can offer a song or chant here in celebration and affirmation of all that was shared that is now infused in the water. You can hold hands and chant Om Lokah Samastah Sukino Bhavantu 9 times or chant for several minutes. This is a Sanskrit prayer that translates to ‘May All Beings Everywhere Be Happy And At Peace’ (pronounced Aum  Low-ka-ha  Sa-mas-ta-ha  Sue-key-no  Bavan-two),

13  You can then offer this sacred water, infused with all your prayers, first to everyone present by taking a little sip of water or simply anointing yourself on the forehead and heart. Make to truly take in and receive the power of the collective blessings within you. Then offer the rest of this water to the body of water you are beside while continuing to chant. As an option you can end with Om Shanti Shanti Shanti 3 times, which translates to Om Peace Peace Peace. Feel the power of your prayers flow into the waters of our Mother Earth. If you are not near a body of water, you can offer the water directly to the Earth beneath you.

14  Complete by holding hands (if you are in a group or at your heart if it’s just you) with the words, “In the name of God/Goddess and all that IS, it is done. It is done. It is done. Blessed be, Blessed be. Blessed be. And so it is.” Or, you can use whatever closing feels resonant for you. Celebrate your release, renewal and the power of the water blessing by sharing a food, songs or dancing under the full Moon! 

15  You can allow the lit candles to keep burning as a symbol of transformation through the night if it’s safe. The flame is a purifier, and symbolizes the sparks of inspiration and transformation. OR blow out the candle when you are fully complete.

16  If you wish to share inspiration or photo images from any part of your THANKSGIVING FULL MOON WATER BLESSING RITUAL, we welcome you can share in our Facebook Group: Goddess Rising Sisterhood or on Instagram by using the hashtag #goddessrisingsisterhood

17  Blessed Be! Blessed Be! Blessed Be!

*Included references for Moon Attributes: Moon Magick by DJ Conway

Lunar Samhain New Moon in Scorpio

This Dark Moon of November 11th, Lunar Samhain, can be considered 'The Real Hallow's Eve', and is the cross-quarter Holy Day on The Wheel of the Year, half way between Equinox and Solstice. 

The Scorpio theme for the next moon cycle is about connecting with our passions and emotions that lie in the deep watery realms within our womb space and dream space and to FEEL them. To listen to them. Acknowlege them. Celebrate them. It is a time to dive into our subconscious and affirm our courage to step into the mystery, into the unknown.
 

Lunar Samhain Rituals

1) Take Off The Mask:  Feel into any ways that you may be inauthentic with yourself and any masks that you may be wearing that aren't serving the essence of who you are. Draw or paint these out or write them down and then lay to rest any of the false faces that you may be wearing. In this way, the more you peel away the masks that aren't you, the more you can rise into the truth of who you are, right now, and emerge more fully as your radiant self.

2) Honour Your Ancestors:  Write down all the things you are grateful for about your lineage. The gifts you have received. The lessons you have learned. Perhaps you may wish to create an altar for your ancestors.. In your unique way, create the space to offer gratitude to those that came before you and acknowledge them for the wisdom that now flows through you.

3) Fire Release Ritual:  You may also wish to connect with the parts of your lineage that may be less than joy filled. If you desire, you can get in touch with the part of you that feels feels angry, sad, frustrated and confused about what your blood line or lineage has passed down to you and offer this into the fires of transmutation (by literally building a fire or safely using a candle). You can write these down or say them out loud, or both. Then, move your body and make any desired sounds to finalize the release. When complete, you can offer any authentic words of forgiveness, empathy and realizations.

4) Empty The Mind. Feel Into Your Dreams:  Give yourself the gift of moving from your head to your heart. It's an auspicious time to FEEL your dreams. Your goals. Your desires. Scorpio is all about feeling. Bring any visuals or ideas about what you'd like to experience for your life into the visceral experience of your body. In this way, you are sending out messages to the universe to magnify these experiences into your life. Take some time to literally experience how your desires and dreams FEEL in your body. This is truly the magick of creating your life

HAPPY DREAM SEEDING BEAUTIES!!  If you'd like to participate in the Magic of Lunar Samhain together, you are invited!
 

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Lunar Samhain, November 11th at 8am HST - 10am PST - 1pm EST - 6pm GMT

Harvest Blood Moon Eclipse

This phenomenal cosmic occurrence will take place in the skies on Sunday Sept 27th at 7:48pm PST.  Regardless if you can see it or not, it is possible that you can feel the eclipse from within. If you aren’t already.

Eclipses signify shift, transition, working/playing with both the light and the dark, the seen and unseen, and simultaneous endings and beginnings. In this seasonal change, we are in a portal of transformation that can catalyze a significant frequency shift with how you experience your relationship to consciousness, to the unknown, to Great Spirit/God/Goddess, to other’s and to yourself.

With the lunar eclipse in Aries and the Sun in Libra, now is an auspicious opportunity to release excess baggage on all levels and initiate the shift needed to live your dreams and desires. With gratitude for all the lessons and gifts from the past season, it is now time to ignite the inner flames of your wild heart’s passion, strength, determination, commitment, ambition and your soul’s beauty. Now is the window to break any chains of illusion, burn unsupportive beliefs, spark the remembrance of your truth and rise into new dimensions of trust, creativity, expression, harmonious relations, sovereignty, empowerment and love.

(Important side note. Since Mercury is retrograde, your internal dialogue, feelings, emotions and your communication of them may feel like trying to understand and speak a foreign language. It’s okay… We are collectively shifting our consciousness and thus creating new pathways for communicating).

Take extra good care of yourself right now. As mental, emotional, physical and spiritual shifts are being stimulated, it is important to stay centered. Keep your immune system up, stay hydrated, nourish your nervous system, get a lot of rest, be on the earth, be in water, slow down, do less, listen and be open to the magic that is afoot.

Harvest Moon Attributes

• Astrology: Libra Sun, Artist's Moon
• Tarot: Strength
• Herbs: Copal, Fennel, Wheat, Valerian
• Colors: Brown, Yellow-Green, Yellow
• Stones: Citrine, Peridot, Tiger’s Eye, Olivine, Amethyst
• Animals: Snake, Jackal, Sparrow
• Goddesses:  Ceres, Isis, Freya
• Medicine: Rest after labor, Mabon, Autumn Equinox, Balance of light & dark, Organize, Clean out Mental/Physical/Emotional/Spiritual Clutter

Eclipse Ritual Suggestions

• Cleanse:  Whether you are moving from Winter to Spring in the Southern Hemisphere or from Summer to Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, the Equinox can be the best time of year for a cleanse. When we cleanse the body, we also cleanse out the mind and release baggage and beliefs that are of dis-ease. If you choose to cleanse this season, be wise about what one choose. Do your homework. Investigate & get support. Grab a beloved or join a group cleanse. 
• Make Space: Time to go through your cupboards, closet, garage etc... and let go of the excess. Spaciousness feels so good and you open yourself up to more internal power and creative life-force.
• Be Still: With so much frequency shift happening now, simply closing your eyes to pay attention to your breath to pause for 5 minutes will do wonders for your nervous system (especially if you can do this 3 times a day, and longer than 5 if possible. Do what you can). Make sure to get a long and full sleep.
• Tea Medicine: Drinking Tulsi & Gotu Kola herbal tea will soothe your nerves and calm your spirit. This also allows you to open up to magical and bountiful blessings being offered. 
• Burn It Baby: Write a list of the mental baggage that is happening inside that mind of yours. Free it up. Give it voice. Let it out! Let it go and burn it during the eclipse!
• Get Creative: Make a vision board or a painting or dance or write in your journal all that you are bringing with you into the next season ahead. Place this out into the moonlight/speak it/sing it after just after the eclipse happens.
• Wear a Head Covering: During these eclipsing time, so much energy is swirling around. Wear a hat, tuque, wrap or creative head covering to avoid leaking out all your precious subtle energy and keep it inside.
• Gem Stone Reminder: Put out your gem stones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal and activation. Place an apple and glass of water in the moonlight and have it for a 'Moon Wisdom' breakfast the next morning.
• Commune: Gather in an intentional way with loved ones and do any of the above together and create your own. Now can be a powerful time to be with the energy of the collective. (See invitation below).

Full Moon rituals can be done the day before, of and after the actual full moon. This is the 3 day potency period. Blessings to you in this wondrous and magical time. 

With Lunar Love, Achintya

  Join Us Sunday This Weekend

Global Sisterhood Harvest Moon Eclipse 

The Priestess Blood Moon Ritual

Sunday, Sept 27th 2pm HST - 5pm PST- 8pm EST

Step into the temple and take your seat alongside hundreds of women from around the world for a potent Priestess Blood Moon Ritual. 

In this Blood Moon Priestess Ritual, you will:

• Explore the current astrological weather & how the Full Moon Eclipse can guide you in the next level Initiation in your life
• Access your heart-body intelligence and intuition, sourced from Love
• Be guided in experiential practices for connecting with the emotional wisdom within your womb, illuminating both truths and challenges, and empowering you to rise in your feminine power
• Have the opportunity to potentially experience deep healing, revelation & transformation
• Be given a platform to express your heart and Sovereign Feminine Reclamation with interactive sharing (optional)
• Offer collective prayers and affirmations in dedication to our global family and all sentient Beings 

*Included references for Moon Attributes: Moon Magick by DJ Conway