Find Inner Peace at July 31 Full Moon

Find Inner Peace at July 31 Full Moon

Two full moons in July, with their expansive and cumulative effect, can help you amplify the good you have put in motion this month. With Friday’s full moon just around the corner, you want to be present to what you have intended and energize your aspirations. Do this now and even throughout the weekend as we sit in the window of this Aquarius full moon.

Energizing Your Aspirations

Being present to what you want to create is a key factor in your success. Right now, consider up to three goals you set in early July. Name them out loud. Visualize each of them as having manifested in present time. Imagine yourself enjoying the fruits of each one, feeling it in your body and in your heart center. Do this even for things that may be unfolding in stages over the coming weeks.

At this particular full moon, you may become even more aware of a time warp and the constant acceleration in the pace of your life. Those factors have been ongoing in the background for a while already.

Full Moon Effect

When we have a full moon, however, you may feel these things more – and in a really visceral way. For no rational reason, you may feel like you have lost track of time or like you missed an appointment that’s not even on your schedule until tomorrow.

You may be checking your phone more often, too, sensing that a call or text has come in earlier than expected. Your gut may tell you to do this, perhaps because a project you’ve been energizing and working towards is about to get a green light! Since timing can be everything with such things, be mindful and ready to act on incoming communications. Even with things not quite ready to culminate, when you place your focus on them now, you can add a vital energetic push.

Energy Backdrop to Factor In

Benefit most from this cycle with awareness and an active heart-centered presence. Factor in our current energies as you take actions and engage with others. Right now, for example, we’re still sitting in moments of radical shifting – a magnifying glass being put on what needs to change throughout society. Since the “what” is pretty much everything – all structures, institutions, and old-paradigm ways of being – the level of uncertainty and turmoil seems to go up a level on a regular basis. If you’re like most people, you have been redefining yourself fairly regularly – revisiting goals and priorities, and seeking additional ways to find your calm zone.

The energies of these volatile moments are also bringing humanity’s attention to the larger issues involved as we cohabit this planet with other humans and life forms. You’re probably noticing some of this in the news this week, with injustices tolerated for a long time now getting such a big spotlight that they cannot be ignored. This is early days – much more like this will be unfolding in the coming times as we shift our planet into one of light.

Find Your Inner Peace

How do you find your inner peace when we have this kind of roller coaster ride? In fact, even asking that question on an hourly basis right now will help you to stay present enough to avoid quite a few needless dramas. Here are a few other timely tips that can help you sail through these energies with more calm – and with more successful outcomes!

First remedy involves relationships. Your ability to feel peaceful depends a lot on how you view yourself and how you manage your responses to other people. When we have a full moon, not only are the tides affected – our relationships with others are too. Be mindful of words, actions, and the back story of how you engage with others. Many things in your interactions may be amplified off the scale! Be conscious, be kind, be loving. Listen as much or more than you talk.

Second remedy involves surprises. We have more than the usual amount of expected twists and turns right now. Do what you can to get more comfortable with unanticipated changes – positive and negative. Oftentimes surprises can feel dramatic, and if you already had your quota of drama for the day, you could feel on overload. Set your intention to be open to information and out-of-the-ordinary scheduling. A goal you’ve been working towards could unexpectedly come to fruition. Your roof long in need of repair may start leaking, rain coming down on the table where you’ve been working on your current creative project. Stay in your heart and connected to the bigger picture of things.

Third remedy involves your inner critic. You will enjoy more inner peace now by silencing the inner critical voice that makes you feel less than others. This is a learned response but it is not you. At your core, you are love and you accept yourself as you are. You naturally want to improve yourself and evolve – that’s part of your enlightenment. What’s not natural is a constant barrage of negative self-talk that has you doubting your every move and whether you can succeed. Everyone has an inner critic as part of societal conditioning. Don’t judge yourself. Pay attention, though, when it stirs self-doubt or comparisons with others. No one else can be you. No one else can shine light to beneficially impact the world like you can. Trust this. Invite your inner critic to take a vacation. You deserve it.

 

Source:
SpiritLibrary.com

Your Current Moon Phase for Friday, July 31 – Full Blue Moon


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July 31
Full Moon
Illumination: 100%

The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Phase Details for – Friday, July 31, 2015

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.81 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 369,747.07 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,850,452.02 km

The Witches Almanac for Friday, July 31


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The Witches Almanac for Friday, July 31

Friday (Venus): Love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty.

Weighing of the Aga Kahn

 

 

Waxing Moon
The Waxing Moon (from the New Moon to the Full) is the ideal time for magic to draw things toward you.

Full Moon 6: 43 am
The Full Moon is the time of greatest power.

Moon Sign: Aquarius
Aquarius: Rebellious energy. Time to break habits and make abrupt changes. Personal freedom and individuality is the focus.

Incense: Mint

Color: White

Your Current Moon Phase for July 28th is Waxing Gibbous

July 28
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 89%

 

The Moon today is in a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts round 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon will rise in the east in mid-afternoon and will be high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible though most of the night sky setting a few hour before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has it’s roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Phase Details for – Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 89%
Moon Age: 11.56 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 383,257.47 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 151,902,824.52 km

Once in a Blue Moon

 

 

Once in a Blue Moon

Learn about the Blue Moon and its meaning

Tarotcom Staff

 

Have you heard the expression, “once in a blue Moon,” and wondered what it means? Does the Moon really turn blue? Does this only happen once every couple of hundred or thousand years? Well, the answer is no and no. But it IS happening in July 2015.

The term “blue Moon,” which people have adopted as a way of describing something rare, is more or less an “extra” Full Moon. Most years have 12 Full Moons, which occur approximately every month. But once every two or three years, there’s an extra Full Moon — and that is what we call a “Blue Moon.”

So why is there an extra Full Moon? It’s simply because the solar calendar has about 11 more days than the lunar calendar, and after a few years all those extra days build up to the point where there’s an extra Full Moon.

And why the color blue, if the Moon doesn’t really turn blue? It’s believed the word comes from an old Middle English word, “belewe” — which actually means “betray.” In other words, they used to call it the Betrayer Moon, because this extra Full Moon didn’t fit into the normal lunar cycle. Over the years the word “belewe” evolved into “blue” — hence, we give you the “blue Moon.”

In July of 2015, the first Full Moon happened in Capricorn on July 1, and the second Full Moon, in Aquarius, the Blue Moon, occurs on July 31. There won’t be another blue Moon like this again until 2018.

Full Moons are emotionally charged, so any time there are two Full Moons in one month it means that month could be an emotional roller coaster for some people. Thank goodness it only happens once in a blue Moon!

Astrology of Today – July 27, 2015

 

 

 

 

Astrology of Today – July 27, 2015

Summary:

The Moon is in bold Sagittarius all day, and we can be quite spirited, and perhaps desiring to escape the routine. However, the Mercury-Neptune quincunx can leave us in a state of feeling divided or undecided.

  • The Moon is in Sagittarius all day (until the Moon enters Capricorn on Tuesday, July 28th, at 2:47 PM).
  • The Moon is waxing and in its First Quarter phase until 8:31 PM / the Moon is waxing and in its Waxing Gibbous phase from 8:31 PM forward.
  • A First Quarter Moon occurred on the 24th, and a Full Moon will occur on July 31st.
  • Venus is retrograde (Venus is retrograde from July 25-September 6).
  • Uranus spends its first full day retrograde (Uranus is retrograde from July 26th to December 25th).

Correspondences for the Moon In Scorpio

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Correspondences for the Moon In Scorpio

 

General: Loyalty, ownership (but watch out for suspicion and anger), matters requiring insight, increasing your libido or to attract passionate love (be careful though as relationships with a Scorpio influence are likely to be transformational and not always predictable!), healing of the mind and emotions, scrying, concentration, single mindedness, rebirth, transformation, wisdom, karma and instinct.

Watch out for secrets, lies, jealousy and suspicion, lack of forgiveness, grudges and hate.

New Moon: Power, transformation, karma, instincts, clarity, wisdom, stop gossip, emotions, endings, death, rebirth and past life work.

Full Moon: energy, resources and transformation

Element: Water

Color: Deep red

Incense: Basil, sage, catnip, coriander, sandalwood, thyme, nettle

Scorpio Incense Blend: Equal parts of sandalwood, thyme and safe with a few drops of coriander essential oil.

 

 

Moon Magic – Pagan Portals

Rachel Patterson

 

Moon Is Currently in The Sign of Virgo – It’s Correspondences


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Moon Is Currently in The Sign of Virgo – It’s Correspondences

 

Virgo

 

General: Organization, details health, reaping your just rewards, fitness, refining your diet, purification, acquiring or improving skills, ensuring a good ‘harvest’ from a project analysis logical choices, precision and solutions.

Watch out for criticism, arguments, control and lack of trust.

Virgo in the New Moon: Problem solving, information, choices, accuracy, inner work and finding mistakes.

Virgo in the Full Moon: Problem solving, intuition and divination.

Element: Earth

Colors: Grey, green, black.

Incense: Lemongrass, caraway, fennel, bergamot, dill, mint, horehound, marjoram.

Virgo Incense Blend: Equal parts of fennel, mint and marjoram and a few drops of bergamot essential oil.

Spell to get an apartment – house with what you want

SPELL TO GET AN APARTMENT- HOUSE WITH WHAT YOU WANT

You  will need:
1 green candle
1 gold candle
An incense of cinnamon & patchouli
Ads of apartments or homes

Time: Waxing Moon or Full Moon, I actually did the spell on a couple different days. Sunday seemed to be the best though.

Find ads in the newspaper or rental books with what you are looking for. Place the ads on your altar. Place a green and gold candle with the ads. I used green and gold because green is for the earth and I designate the element earth with home, gold was for the money needed to have a down payment for the place and for success.

Light the candles and an incense made of cinnamon and patchouli. Say the following:

Element of Fire,

The light that you give,

Illuminate for me,

The place where I’ll live.

Let the candles burn out. When you look at places you want to live look for the brightest one!

Correspondences for the Waxing Moon

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Correspondences for the Waxing Moon

 

Time: From New Moon to Full Moon (approx. 14 days)

Goddess Aspect: Maiden

Associated Goddesses: Artemis, Branwen, Eriu, Nymph and Epona

Magickal Attributes: INVOKING Beginnings, new projects, ideas, inspirations, energy, vitality, freedom.

 

 

Source:

Correspondences for the Pagan Practitioner

Jennifer Weiner

 

Cosmic Weather – New Moon Report for 7/15/15

The Reframe. The Release. The Return to Essence.

Hello Cosmic friends and welcome to another new moon. This one’s got quite a bit going on and of course I’ll tell you why. It’s been speaking to me for awhile now and I’ve been listening.

I know the watery (6 planets in water) astrological landscape has some people running for cover, but there really isn’t reason for alarm. This new moon provides us with a excellent spiritual opportunity. Remember dear ones, that Cancer is the great natural psychotherapist. On New Moon day we will have Mars, Mercury, Sun and Moon in that particular sign energy. The Shadow energy being cranky, overly sensitive and defensive. Also, using humor as sarcasm and attack, “I was only joking.” The light side being highly intuitive, healing, attentive and nurturing. It is the sign of the Lunar Goddess and the Divine Mother.

In Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) there is a technique called “Reframing,” that I feel is very appropriate here. To “Reframe” something is to put it into another context, setting or frame. Common subjects for reframing are often related to past traumas and current emotional triggers that may or may not be related to the past, but that are causing current difficulty.

In research for my upcoming book, “The Aquarian Healer,” I’ve been exploring the idea of soul archetypal energy and wounding. I have found (especially among those who identify as Empathic and/or Lightworkers,) there are 4 primary personal themes around wounding: Abandonment, Betrayal, Lack and Rejection. I’ve been sharing with you at this page how potent and colorful our dream life has been lately, often providing clues to what the Universe is spotlighting for our healing at the moment.

What’s also interesting about this New Moon is that it also carries some Full Moon qualities of Release. This I feel is vital to the “essence” aspect of it: to fill ourselves back up with our own divine essence after we have done the work of honest psychological examination. It also brings the important reminder that no matter what our background or circumstances were or currently are, we have the power to change our reality. We have the opportunity to “reframe” things working with the current energies available to us if we so choose.

“There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand. The cards were stacked against them. They weren’t born in Lotusland. You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill. I will choose a path that’s clear. I will choose freewill.” ~ Neal Peart, 1980

This new moon window is a perfect opportunity to stop viewing your personal circumstances as tragic or unfair, but more along the lines of the perfect training for you to complete your human mission and soul’s agreement. – The Keepers, 7.13.15

Happy New Moon friends and remember to keep it Cosmic!

NOTE: New Moon in Cancer is 7/15/15 at 6:24 pm PDT/9:24 EDT.

 

 

Source:
Spiritlibrary.com

The Witches Almanac for Wednesday, July 15th


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The Witches Almanac for Wednesday, July 15th

Wednesday (Mercury): The conscious mind, study, travel, divination, and wisdom.

St. Swithin’s Day

 

Waning Moon

The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).

New Moon 9: 24 pm

Moon Sign: Cancer

Cancer: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Pinpoints need, supports growth and nurturance. Tends to domestic concerns.

Incense: Honeysuckle

Color: Yellow

Correspondences for the Waning Moon, July 12

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Correspondences for the Waning Moon, July 12

 

Time: From Full Moon to Dark Moon (approx. 14 days)

Goddess Aspect: Crone

Associated Goddesses: Callieach, Banshee, Hecate, Kali, Morrigan

Magickal Attributes: BANISHING Releasing the Old, Removing Unwanted Negative Energies,

Wisdom, Psychic Abilities, Scrying, Reversing Circumstances.

 

 

Source:
Correspondences for the Pagan Practitioner

Jennifer Weiner

 

The Witches Almanac for Sunday, July 12th

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The Witches Almanac for Sunday, July 12th

Sunday (Sun): Healing, spirituality, success, strength, and protection.

Lobster Carnival (Nova Scotian)

Waning Moon

The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon phase: Fourth Quarter

Moon Sign: Gemini

Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts, communication, games, and fun.

Incense: Hyacinth

Color: Amber

The Witches Almanac for Friday, July 10th

The Witches Almanac for Friday, July 10th

Friday (Venus): Love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty.

Lady Godiva Day (English)

 

Waning Moon

The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon phase: Fourth Quarter

Moon Sign: Taurus

Taurus: Things begun now last the longest, tend to increase in value, and become hard to alter. Brings out appreciation for beauty and sensory experience.

Incense: Alder

Color: Purple

Current Moon Phase for July 7th is Waning Gibbous

July 7
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 65%

 

The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Phase Details for – Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 65%
Moon Age: 20.69 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,312.25 km

Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,097,097.27 km

 

July 2015 Energy Report

July 2015 Energy Report

 
a message from Jennifer Hoffman
To read more of Jennifer’s insight, please visit her website, Enlightening Life

It’s finally July, which we have been waiting for since early this year. I knew that things would be different once we reached this point but it has been quite a journey to get here. Even though we have been on this path for many decades, it all came down to this point. Would we be able to get through the final birth pangs or would we cave in the last moments? It has been exhausting, discouraging, frustrating, and upsetting. But we’re still here and our new month and cycle are introduced with a brilliant ‘Star of Bethlehem’, the conjunction of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, with a full moon. What a way to begin a new cycle, with the brightest lights in the sky participating!

Whenever we reach the end of a cycle we feel relief that ‘it’s over’ but with every ending we also arrive at a beginning, and the spiral of ascension and evolution keep moving us forward into our next steps. No, we don’t get to ‘rest’ by stopping, we have to stay in the flow of the energy movement we have created, but now we don’t have to work so hard. In fact, we can even let go of the wheel occasionally and coast a little. There will be time to smell the flowers and admire their beauty but we can’t forget that weeding the garden is an ongoing process. If you’re a gardener, you know that deadheading, the process of removing the flowers that have finished blooming, is what allows new blooms to form so the plants bloom continuously.

We’ll see many people go through the process of ‘awakening’ in July , just remember that some people can be very cranky when they wake up. Have you noticed how many angry, anxious, frustrated, and upset people there are in the world now? They have awakened to a reality they aren’t too happy with and they’ll be looking for a light. You can be the light they see if you remember to shine brightly. Light work is not as necessary as being the ‘light beacon’, and healing has now moved into wholeness. The more aware you are of and in your own energy the better healer, guide, teacher, and resource you become for the world.

Light is going to be a strong theme in July, as the Sun and Mars continue to walk together for the first few weeks, and we start the month with a full moon on the heels of the Venus/Jupiter conjunction. July also has two full moons, adding to the ‘light’ theme this month, the second one is July 31. There will be plenty of light energy to reveal any darkness and it’s going to be happening now. I wrote that this month would include the revelation of secrets (see the 2015 Predictions here) and that process is already starting. Revelation is going to be another theme in this second half of 2015, not in the biblical sense, but in previously hidden information being found out and known. It’s going to be tough for some people who will have trouble grasping the concepts of humans as multi-dimensional, inter-galactic, and extra-terrestrial. I have always thought that we weren’t alone in the universe and while some of you may welcome confirmation, others may not take that information well.

Saturn is in full retrograde in late Scorpio now, and if you were born between 1956 and 1962, you have this squaring your natal Pluto in July and August. This also happened in December 2014 and it makes a final pass in September 2015. The first pass is generally the awakening phase, the second is where you get the confidence to make changes, and by the third you’re either finished with the process or very nearly so. This is a wake up call for all early Indigos, it’s your time to shine too, so dust off your gifts and dreams, and put them to use. There has never been a better time for inside out transformation. We’ll see the final results of this at the September Equinox.

July’s energy encourages us to expand the vision we have for ourselves, our lives, and the world. We each see the world through our eyes so no two people can see the world in the same way. While we have individual sight, we can have a shared vision of the world as we want to see it. The process begins when we are dis-illusioned with the current reality and then we are ready to open our awareness to the possibility of new potentials. We have to be finished with and tired of the current reality before we are ready to create a new one. If you have a vision for a world led by light, love, and peace, then you also have the courage to help make that vision a reality. And the time is now, we have done the hard work but now we have to give it a final push. Isn’t that how birth is? The hardest work happens at the end, we still have to ‘push’ the baby out. Then we have a new life to love, nurture, and guide into becoming its full potential. What are you ready to give birth to now?

What’s your new vision for your reality? Whatever you are dis-illusioned with is a good place to start because this is where you new vision can begin. What have you set aside, or not allowed to manifest that you’re ready to do now? Every moment is an opportunity to re-vision our lives and our world, to continue building on what we have learned, to shine more light, to bring more energy into the earth grids. That’s what ‘heaven on earth’ is, bringing the energies of heaven onto earth. We’re all energy containers and the bigger our vision, the bigger energy containers we become and the more light we’re willing to shine and share, the more light we receive. This is a month to shine so shine brightly.

Have a wonderful month.

 

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Current Moon Phase for July 6 is Waning Gibbous

July 6
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 76%

 

The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Phase Details for – Monday, July 6, 2015

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 76%
Moon Age: 19.59 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,713.36 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,098,589.26 km

 

Source:

MoonGiant.com

The Witches Correspondences for the Waning Moon


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The Witches Correspondences for the Waning Moon

Time: From Full Moon to Dark Moon (Approx. 14 days)

Goddess Aspect: Crone

Associated Goddesses: Calieach, Banshee, Hecate, Kali, Morrigan.

Magickal Attributes: BANISHING, releasing the Old, removing unwanted negative energies, wisdom, psychic abilities, scrying, reversing circumstances.

Correspondences for the Pagan Practitioner
Jennifer Weiner

Current Moon Phase for July 4th is Waning Gibbous

July 4
Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 92%

The Moon today is in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with a illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9am and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Phase Details for – Saturday, July 4, 2015

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 92%
Moon Age: 17.38 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 367,891.52 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,099,425.84 km