FULLMOON TIP

FULLMOON TIP:One of the most important things you can do in any Full Moon or New Moon windowis to pay attention to where your focus goes. If you tune in, you'll receivemultiple clues about what needs to be released for your creations to come intobeing and/or what you need to energize and take action on to bring your desiresinto form.

FullBuck MoonThe Farmer’s Almanac tells us that July is normally the month when the newantlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. Itwas also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason thatthunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month’sMoon was the Full Hay Moon.

According to the Wise Witches Society, this Moon is referred tothe Wort Moon, for “when the sun was in Leo, the worts (from the Anglo-Saxonwyrt plant) were gathered to be dried and stored.”

“July’s Moon is also known as HayMoon, Wort Moon, and Mead Moon. Pagans celebrate the summer with dancing, drinking, and song.The mead is now made for the coming harvest celebration. Relax and enjoy thewarmth of the days and nights. The zodiac association is Cancer.” [1]

JULY: Hay Moon (July) Also known as: Wort Moon, Moon of Claiming, Moon of Blood (because of mosquitoes), BlessingMoon, Maedmonat (Meadow Month), Hewimanoth (Hay Month), Fallow Moon, Buck Moon,Thunder Moon

NatureSpirits:hobgoblins (small, grotesque but friendly brownie-type creatures), faeries ofharvested crops

Herbs: honeysuckle, agrimony, lemon balm,hyssop

Colors: silver, blue-gray

Flowers: lotus, water lily, jasmine

Scents: orris, frankincense

Stones: pearl, moonstone, white agate

Trees: oak, acacia, ash

Animals: crab, turtle, dolphin, whale

Birds: starling, ibis, swallow

Deities: Khepera, Athene, Juno, Hel, Holda,Cerridwen, Nephthys, Venus

PowerFlow:relaxed energy; preparing; succeeding. Dream-work, divination, and meditationon goals and plans, especially spiritual ones.

Sources:

The Celtic Lady. The Olde Way, “Individual Moons Explained“.

Farmers’ Almanac, “Full Moon Names and Their Meanings“.

Willow Grove, “The Witch’s Esbats“.

Wise Witches Society, “Full Moon Names and Their Meanings“.

SuggestedLinks:

The Fine-Arts and Bluesband & Poetry Press, “The Names ofthe Moons“.

National Geographic, “Full Moons: What’s In A Name?“

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, “Full Buck Moon” .

What-Your-Sign.com, “Symbolic Native American Full Moon Names“.

A SuperMoon is the coincidence of afull Moon or a new Moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earthon its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunardisk as seen from Earth. The technical name is the perigee-syzygy of theEarth-Moon-Sun system. The term "SuperMoon" is not astronomical, butoriginated in modern astrology.

The association of the Moon with bothoceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the SuperMoon phenomenon maybe associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcaniceruptions, but the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing.

The most recent occurrence was onJuly 12, 2014. The closest SuperMoon of 2014 will be on August 10.

The opposite phenomenon, anapogee-syzygy, has been called a MicroMoon, though this term is not aswidespread as SuperMoon.

The Moon that rises tonight(Saturday) is what has come to be called a “SuperMoon” — only hours from beingperfectly full and hours from one of the year’s closest approaches to Earth.

This combination makes the Moonappear bigger and somewhat brighter than usual, even for a full Moon. Andbecause the Moon always looks larger as it rises, Moonrise Saturday night mayshow off a Moon that appears about as big, bright and round as the Moon canget.

As the Moon rises in the southeast atSaturday evening (at 8:30 or so on the East Coast) it will move west across thedark heavens through the night and early morning before setting in thesouthwest on Sunday morning.

Astronomers caution that withoutspecial equipment it’s difficult for the average skywatcher to assess theMoon’s brightness or size. But a SuperMoon last year was reported to be about15 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than the year’s run-of-the-mill fullMoons, and many people may consider themselves capable of spotting a 30 percentboost in brightness.

Of course, the brightness of theMoon, as seen from earth, will depend, in part, on the sky’s clarity and theamount of cloud cover. If clouds do intervene, the next SuperMoon is not faroff. There will be one in August and another in September.

Rituals and Ceremonies During theSuperMoon

This SuperMoon is in Capricorn. SuperMoon is the most favorableperiod for drive and ambition, politics and financial gain - to purify thespace, and rituals to cleanse the aura, removing the damage, getting rid of allunnecessary.

There is an increase in formality, strictness and exactitude,with a tendency to reserve and distance. Rules and regulations are dominant. Itis a suitable time for all activities which require extra responsibility anddiscipline, but you shouldn't rely on someone's receptivity or emotionalpliability.

Spells and rituals involving the Earth element should beperformed when the Moon is in the Earth sign, Capricorn. Light of the Full Moon(SuperMoon) offer cover those things that hinder our development, inhibit thegrowth of a person as an individual. In the Full Moon (SuperMoon) rituals heldat getting rid of bad habits such as drug abuse, unhealthy diet, unhealthyattachment to someone. If something interferes with life and you want to getrid of it - the best time to get rid - of course, the Full Moon.