Gemini Full Moon

Blessings and welcome to the final Full Moon of 2021! This Gemini Full Moon is exact on Saturday, December 18th at 8:36pm PST / 11:36pm EST.
 

Cold Moon Attributes

• Tarot: The Sun

• Herbs: Holly, Fir, Mistletoe

• Colors: Blood red, White, Silver, Forest green

• Stones: Turquoise, Blue Topaz, Black Tourmaline; Hematite

• Animals: Bear, Deer, Wolf, Robin, Snowy owl

• Goddesses: Ixchel, Kali, Hathor, Hecate, Frigga

• Medicine: Hibernation; Rebirth of the light; Darkness; Connecting with loved ones; Yule: Winter Solstice; Darkness; Turning within; Shadow work
  

The 'Cold Moon' traditionally refers to the December Moon, as was tracked by Native American cultures. Some tribes called it Long Nights Moon, referring to the longer nights before Solstice.

FULL MOON RITUALS

Empty Presence: Be quiet & still for 10 - 30 mins. Listen. Feel your heartbeat. Breath deep. Be present with yourself. 

Honouring 2021: What are you celebrating and honouring in your life from the past year? What were your greatest lessons and how can it serve you now? 

Releasing 2021: What are you laying to rest from 2021? What is ready to be washed away or buried?

Creating 2022 Magick: Create an altar representing all you are calling forth for 2022 and/or place a 'Wishing Bowl' with your written or creatively drawn intentions under the moonlight to be amplified. Key: Focus on how you wish to feel along with any specific things you desire to come to fruition. Keep this altar (and add it to if desired) all the way through until the New Year.

Remember: Put out your gemstones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal, and activation. Place an apple (or any other fruit) beside it and eat it the next day to assimilate the Magick into your Being.

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.

Wild Moon Love, Achintya

Included References For Attributes: Moon Magick by DJ Conway

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PLAYLIST

I welcome you to enjoy our latest Spotify Playlist - MOTHER MOON. With 44 songs and over 4 hours of music, this playlist was created specifically for you to incorporate with your Full Moon Rituals (from link above).

Whether for movement, dance, journaling or while driving, cooking, walking in nature, may you feel the Blessings of the Great Mother!

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FULL MOON SISTER SHARING

FULL MOON INQUIRIES

What are you completing in 2021?
What has come into full bloom in your life?

What you releasing in this final Full Moon of the year?
What are you amplifying in the Full Moon Light?

What does "Mothering" mean for you at this time?


Please join us in our Goddess Rising Sisterhood Facebook Group
as we share together in these inquires.

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Gemini Full Moon Eclipse

The Gemini Full Moon is exact on November 30th at 1:30 am PST. The Penumbral Lunar Eclipse will be shortly after at, 1:43 am PST.

This Full Moon Eclipse illuminates both shadow and light and calls for us to integrate both. This is simultaneously a descent into your innermost chambers to release the past and a rise in celebration for all the blessings and lessons of the past year. This paradox is a Gemini moon code revealing opportunities for multi-faceted communication cosmically, internally, relationally, emotionally and spiritually that can offer personal transformation and healing in our collective consciousness.

This is a powerful time for expressing, amending, releasing or forgiving through communication. This may be with yourself or others from the past (including your ancestors). In this dualistic medicine of Gemini, it is also the time for us to gather and rise in the power of our sovereignty and communicate our gratitude, compassion, and empathy for other, along with our sacred desires through prayer, song, dance, words, and actions. When we direct the power of our mind's intentions through the lens of the heart by giving thanks we activate healing and transformation within and all around us, birthing into being the world we want to live in.

This moon is also connected to the Ancient Dragon Mother Tiamat, of the Rose and Grail Lineages. There are two parts to the Tiamat myth. One is that in which Tiamat is Creatrix Goddess, through a “sacred marriage” between salt and fresh water, who peacefully creates the cosmos through successive generations. The second is that she is considered the embodiment of primordial chaos.

In the ancient Mesopotamian myth of Marduk’s slaying of Tiamat we find the recognition of duality. Tiamat is Goddess of the Primal Abyss, the void of chaos from which all the gods emerged, was depicted as a great dragon encircling and encompassing all known creation. As such She represents that great ground of being; pure, undifferentiated consciousness, from which the vital energies of the human psyche (otherwise known as the gods) ensue.

Allow her primordial energies to support the Remembrance of your Origin Code and life purpose at this time.

 This full moon is also known as the Shaman’s Moon.

Shaman's 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; Karmic Completion for Ascension; Gratitude; Reflection; Shadow + Light Work

Gemini Full Moon Eclipse Ritual Suggestions

• Eclipsing Earth Connection: Stand or walk on the earth with bare feet. Imagine roots growing down from your feet and/or your womb space to the womb of Mother Gaia. Feel this as an anchoring pillar of light connecting you to the Earth and welcome in the magick of the Moon descending down from above moving through you, as you continue to send the energy deep into the earth to ground you, release stagnant or pent up emotional energy and have you feeling supported and nourished for rebirth.

• Burn it: Write a list of the thoughts that are happening inside your head that you are ready to shift. Beliefs, stories, habits, all that you wish to leave behind while we are in the Dark time of the year, illuminated by the full moon. What are you letting go of? Free it up. Give it voice. Let it out. Let it go and burn it (safely) with a candle or campfire or fireplace. Then proceed to ritual below.

• Heart Share: Write a letter, make a phone call or speak with a person you need to communicate with for any completions. Express your truth with heart and sincerity.

• Stand in your Illuminated Vision: Let your visions come to life! Go deeper from the above ritual. With the space created from what you released, it's now time to get creative with making a 'vision board' of your medium (whether visually with a painting or drawings or dance or write in your journal) and express your truth, dreams and visions, and all that you wish to be amplified for yourself and for the planet. Place this out into the moonlight/speak it/sing it during the full moon window.

• Gemstone Reminder: Put out your gemstones and jewels in a window or in water for cleansing, renewal, and activation.

• Apple of Wisdom: 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.

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. 

Love, Achintya

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Spotify Playlist

I made you an amazing Eclipse Season 2020 Playlist to accompany all your shifts and feels throughout this powerful time. You can incorporate this playlist into your Full Moon Eclipse (& upcoming Solar Eclipse) Rituals, for dance and movement, driving in the car, or journaling.

It's 55 songs and over 5 hours! Enjoy!

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Global Sister Sharing

in our Facebook Group

I welcome you to join us in the full moon celebrations and amplifications taking place now in our Facebook Group as we honour our collective sisterhood celebrations, illuminations, and our monthly networking post! We'd love to hear from you and share your offerings & prayers!

What prayer is alive within you?
What are you both celebrating and releasing?
What are you amplifying?

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

Lunar Samhain Rituals

Blessed Withes New Year & Lunar Samhain Blessings! As the Samhain portal closes we begin the next Wheel of The Year tonight with Scorpio New Moon November 14, at 9:07pm PST . It is the end of one cycle and the beginning of another lunar cycle, seasonal cycle, and yearly cycle. Within the darkness and stillness is where all creation begins anew.

The Scorpio theme for the next moon cycle is about connecting with the intensity of our passions and emotions that lie in the deep watery realms within our our soul and to FEEL them. To listen to them, greet them, sense what wishes to remain, what limitations need to be released and cleared, what illusions need to and what is ready to be birthed.

It is a time to dive into our subconscious and affirm our courage to step into the mystery, into the unknown. As you hear the songs of your ancient-future Self, purge distortions, journey with your in the Dark and cast sacred spells of Magick, you being this next cycle of your Earth Walk anchored into your Authentic Self.
 

Lunar Samhain Rituals

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.

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. They LOVE it if you make something delicious and offer it to them!

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.

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.

LUNAR SAMHAIN SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

Enjoy our Playlist this weekend to include in your Lunar Samhain New Moon Rituals, Dance, Journaling, Meditation and Dreaming.

Aries Harvest Full Moon

This altar was offered with Love in Avalon by Achintya & Sunshine.

The Aries Harvest Full Moon is exact Thursday, October 1 at 2:05pm PDT / 5:05pm EDT.

We are living at a time on Earth where there is an acceleration of simultaneous Beauty, Grace, Upheaval and Conflict in both our inner and outer worlds. And. All this is here to serve the Great Design of why you/we are here, Now.

With the Moon in Aries and the Sun in Libra, now is an auspicious opportunity release excess baggage on all levels and initiate the shifts 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 away disempowering beliefs, spark the remembrance of your truth and rise into new dimensions of trust, creativity, expression, harmonious relations, sovereignty, empowerment and love.

With this Harvest Moon in Aries, the opportunity is here to deepen into your Greatest Gratitude and light up your Warrioress Within. This is a Moon to both reflect and to amplify. To commune and celebrate. To share honour and reverence. To spark inspiration or (r)evolutionize your life. You may be called to sing, dance or be still. You may be ready to start something new or give death to something in your life. It may also be the time for you to release anger, rage, frustration or fear in healthy ways, to avoid continued internal tension and external aggression. Use the power of Fire wisely and it will support you fiercely.

The Aries Moon Medicine is also igniting you to take external action as the (R)Evolutionary and Warrioress by contributing your voice, energy, money (any form of action) to participate in the change you wish to see and Be in the world.

Your presence to embody both your inner Sacred Feminine and inner Sacred Masculine stimulates needed Awakening, Remembrance and Reclamation for us all!

• What do you wish to ignite or re-ignite in your life?

• What gifts are you reclaiming?

• What is ready to be released?

• What is being catalyzed within you?

• How are you called to Revolutionize?

Whatever inspires you, move in that direction. Blessed Be.

 

Harvest Moon Attributes

• Astrology: Artist's Moon, closest full moon to autumnal equinox

• 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

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Harvest Moon Ritual Suggestions

• Gratitude Harvest Altar & Release: Gather fruits and vegetables. Flowers and grains. Create an altar of abundance, representing all you are in gratitude of. List all the things you are grateful for in your life from this year so far and place this in the moonlight (outside or window) to attract more experiences to be grateful for. Write down all the things you are ready to release, change or shift and either bury them, burn them or offer them to a body of water.

• Dream Speak: Pay close attention to your dreams tonight and through the weekend. Record them in a journal and speak them out loud. Only by writing them down or speaking them will the sometimes subtle (or not so subtle) meaning and message be revealed to you.

• 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.

• Earthing Creativity: Illuminate your dreams and get into your body! Create 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 out loud.

• Moon Bathe: Get into the magic of the moonlight and absorb her luminous, activating, soul-stirring and healing balm. Look to the moon and speak the visions and dreams that you see for yourself and for the planet.

• Remember: 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).

Harvest Moon Spotify Playlist

Welcoming you 33 songs of Blessings and Celebrations!

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

With Full Moon Love, Achintya

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Autumn Equinox

Photo from our Avalon Priestess Pilgrimage 2019 on Equinox at Stonehenge by Melissa Robin

This Autumn Equinox / Mabon in the Northern Hemisphere and Spring Equinox / Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere is exact on September 22nd at 6:30am PDT.

Day and night are of equal length as Mother Earth takes a sacred pause in Her rotation around the Sun. On The Wheel of the Year, this Holy Day in the Northern Hemisphere is celebrated as Mabon (pronounced in many different ways May-bun, May-boon, May-bawn). Mabon is considered a time of the Great Mysteries. It is a time to honour the Sun Gods and Goddesses, the Harvest, and the Spirit World. 


This is a time of balance, to slow down and reflect, enjoy the bounty of our harvests (whether this be from your gardens, your friendships, and family, your work or your personal achievements) and also to prepare for the next season by welcoming the gifts of the darkness to release, let go, give away, share and shed (whether physically, emotionally, mentally or all the above).

This is a potent moment to honour the light and the shadow within your Womb, Heart & Mind. To honour the human part of you and the spirit part of you… the masculine and the feminine. For, to live fully Whole and integrated, we must embody both polarities. This is the power and alchemy of which all creation is based.

Video from our Avalon Priestess Pilgrimage during Equinox 2019. Filmed by Melissa Robin. Original song by Venetia Pristavec.

Harvest is encoded with both joy and grief, bounty and completion, fullness and loss. Allow yourself to experience the full spectrum of emotions as you celebrate and grieve with with both sorrow and bliss. All your feelings have deep wisdom & insight for you at this time when you are present with curiosity and acceptance. Give reverence for how far and deep you have journeyed this year. Honour your pain, shadow, and challenges. Honour your pleasure, light and triumphs. For every step of your path has led you to this moment now.


We offer thanks and honour to the Goddess as she moves from Mother to Crone, and to the Green Man, the King for the fortitude of the Sun, as we now reap the gifts and abundance, prosperity and fruitful ways of being.


May we welcome the power of this Holy Day in our personal lives and as the needed change for the world. May we offer to one another the bounty of love in our hearts, and offer the gifts of respect, kindness, honour, and peace to all those we come across. May we do what we can to contribute our energy in gratitude to the Earth, to the Spirit World and to all of humanity.

 

Symbolism and Attributes

The Second Harvest, The Mysteries, Equality, and Balance.

• Symbols: Wine, cornucopia, gourds, vines, pine cones, acorns, grains, corn, apples, pomegranates, dried seeds, and horns of plenty.

• Herbs: Acorn, ferns, grains, myrrh, honeysuckle, marigold, milkweed, passionflower, rose, sage, Solomon's seal, tobacco, benzoin, and thistle.

• Foods: Bread, nuts, apples, pomegranates, squash, potatoes, carrots, and onions.

• Scents: Benzoin, Myrrh, Sage

• Colours: Red, Orange, Maroon, Rust, Brown, Gold

• Goddesses: Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona and the Muses. Gods: Mabon, Thoth, Thor, Hermes, and The Green Man.

• Stones: Sapphire, Lapis Lazuli, Yellow Agate

 

Ritual Suggestions

• Earth Connection: Place your hands and bare feet or entire body on the Earth to receive the imprint of Gaia’s frequencies of Balance, Integration and Harmony. Breathe deeply and commune with these specific vibrations to welcome in the power of this Holy Day and Night, Balance Light and Dark to nourish and support you. Offer gratitude and any intentions for the next quarter of the year.

• Cornucopia Altar of Gratitude: Gather and harvest from the land with reverence and create an altar space for honouring the bounty. Add pictures, crystals, symbols and writings of your gratitude. Speak and share your prayers of thanksgiving.

• Activities: Making wine, gathering dried herbs, plants, seeds, and seed pods, walking in the forest, scattering your offerings in harvested fields, offering libations & elixirs to trees, adorning burial sites with leaves, acorns, and pine cones to honor those who have passed over.

• Magick: Rituals and spells of protection, prosperity, harmony, balance, equality, gratitude, security, and self-confidence.

• Commune: Gather in an intentional way with loved ones and do any of the above together and create your own. Now is a powerful time to be with the energy of the collective.

 With Love, Achintya