Full Moon + Virgo + Mercury = ?

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Wrapped in the fullness
As this full moon wraps its essence around us let us bask in the gifts it can bestow upon us. More and more I choose to walk into the expansion of me and doing work during the full moon definitely aids in that endeavor.

Marking magic
The full moon lays at our feet energy, power and opportunity.  As I have stated before, when the full moon comes around make your own rituals more formalized; be it light candles, recite positive intentions to yourself, or just take time to meditate, mark this magical time and then wait for the results to show themselves for they will come.

Very Virgo like
This particular full moon is in the sign of Virgo, one I am personally affiliated with (it's the Astrological sign I was born under).  Virgo time is great for directing purpose, becoming more organized, and cleaning house.  I am focused this full moon  on intuition.  Yes, that deep down, in our guts feeling/s we get and sometimes talk ourselves out of.  Hearing that quiet inner voice is the universe speaking with and to you be grateful and pay attention.

Power behind Virgo
Virgo is only backed by its ruling sign Mercury.  Yes, that frenzy inducing planet when in retrograde can also be a great ally.  Likened to the benevolent Ganesh in Indian cosmology, Mercury is all about travel, communication and movement so we have at hand a simple equation.  Grab this Virgoan energy to make nice with our intuition and ride it til the wheels fall off, LOL.  Start small, trust your hunches and then cut and paste those successes with larger things in your life.  I know that's what I am going to do.

 Note the Now
My journey this full moon is rooted in acknowledging exactly where I am and noticing instead of judging that place.  All of this sounds nice but, what does that look like in practice?  Well this full moon will teach me that and much more I am sure.  My particular place on this life journey was destined and is in divine order with who I am becoming and more importantly who I presently am.  When I notice (things about myself) I am able to pick up my soul's patterns, which will lead to even more life successes.

Tools of the trade
Below tools to assist you in honoring the full moon.  I have given an affirmation that can be recited or meditated or as well as instructions on candle work that can be done.  Use these tools as a guide but, expand and forge ahead in what feels right to you.  Your power, your practice!

Full Moon Affirmation

Place in my soul recognition of where I am in my life cycle,

Translate to my core the rhythmic patterns that beat within me,

Increase my self love, acceptance and peace along this path

Candle Power

At the Full Moon there is an awesome amount of power available and a way to cement that power and your works is by burning candles.  Below is information on the color Yellow that is associated with the planet Mercury.  Find Yellow candles that are safe and burn them as long and as much as you like.  Fire is a tool of creation that can ignite you towards your goals this Full Moon.

Yellow

Joy

Manifestation of Change

Mental Clarity

--Andrea

The longest journey ever...

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Waiting's worth
So it's been about 60 full days since my last post.  Honestly, I just needed time to heal, reflect, and learn about me.  And to do that is not an external process for me, it's all about going within, but trust and believe what I have put on paper today will be well worth the wait.


Pisces presents
The appropriate timing of this post at the beginning of the Pisces Lunar Cycle is just kismet.  Pisces, the well known double fish, is associated with all sorts of myth, allegory, and legend.  This time focuses on metaphysics, inner journeying, and personal awareness.

Nearer to Neptune
The true core of Piscean lore is based on the ruling planet Neptune.  Neptune, a force at times hard to harness, rules the unconscious realm, altered states, deep waters, and duality, just to name a few.  I see Neptune as the ocean floors of our selves.  We know part of ourselves it exists, we know it is valuable, but very few of us are willing to take the time to dive down there to find its treasures, no matter how much we may need to do so.

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Help is always there
Accepting the task to tap into our own deepest self is not a light task mainly because we really have no control of what we may unearth about ourselves.  But that is the blessing in all of it.  Whatever Neptune helps us to unearth he also benevolently gives us the tools what we need to release, process or absorb it.  If we are committed to our deep journeying and we enter and exit our darker parts safely (making sure to create complete rituals for accessing this information), we have nothing to fear.

My path winds too
Why the title the longest journey ever? Well, I myself am on a journey of transformation, self care, healing, and claiming of my powers (natural and supernatural). And I am not afraid to tell you there are times when I am not sure I will make it; times when I doubt that I know what I know and even times I question if I am doing the right thing. And almost like magic, an event, a person, a dream or even a knowing corrects it all and I am even more sure that this journey is right where I am supposed to be.  So yes, this journey is long, but really it's not, it is merely my perception at that very moment.  I guess I chose to use that language to say HEY we all are challenged when we explore our deeper, truer, more exposed selves. But on the other side know our perceptions will ultimately be different. All we are asked to do by the spirits is to show up, be present, and be open. Everything else just is.

What do we need to journey?
Below are tools I think can be helpful for taking your journey.  Please feel free to comment and let us all know what works for you.  The more we know, the more we can share.

Altar
A sacred space in your home where you can sit quietly and listen, dialogue with self and your spirits.  Color, objects, size and direction in your space is your choice, but once you have established this space you will be surprised the connections you are able to achieve on your journey.

Incense
Smell is just a spiritual trigger for us, so much so that we often are not even aware of how quickly we can be transported by the mere scent of something.  Set your Air Element free while working to journey.  The places you will have access to are infinite.

Spiritual Tools
These are essential and also very personal.  I am not a proponent of one faith or practice over another, whatever resonates with your soul and assists with accessing that deeper self embrace it.  Also know that you have the ability to take from different ones what suit you.  All of this sound vague? Well it's meant to be because you MUST DEFINE this for yourself.  An example of basic tools can be jewelry, books, objects, candles, figurines, and statuettes, just to name a few.

Pisces Lunar Cycle Totem - Antelope

Concept - Knowledgeable Action

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Live my Life

Higher  Purposes

Intrinsic Psychic Powers

Rely on my Intuition

Pisces Lunar Cycle Herbs/Essences

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Dandelion - Air Element - Divination

Sweetgrass - Air Element - Calling Spirits

Vertivert - Earth Element - Grounding

Pisces Cycle Affirmation

I take time to dive deeper, seek out the real me, 

the soul me on this journey of self that has 

brought so many lessons thus far

I am grateful for the grounding, protection,

and revelations that are to come and I know

I can handle the reality of who I truly am

--Andrea

Mercury Retrogrades 2014

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Fore warn is to fore arm right? Well here, in some advance notice, are the dates for the Mercurial Retrogrades for this year.  Please use this heads up in order to minimize the possible tail spin or should I say tail chasing that can ensue while the retrograde is strongest.

The planet mercury will go into a retrograde period three times because the way the planet is supposed to move and what we see moving are different actions.  When this happens, all forms of communication are off kilter.  To say the least. snail mail, email, cell phone, home phone, speaking to others, speaking to yourself, and don't even think of signing a contract or wonder why negotiations are not going well. 

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For me, a person who's ruling planet is Mercury, I can only hope that my connection to the planet links me in ways that allow me to embrace it's energy, albeit contrary sometimes.  I will mark these dates and heed it's presence in my calendar year.  Hoping that you doing the same will glean some positively beautiful experiences.  

The retrogrades this year are three times the opportunity to show ourselves, ya know what, we can do this.  Even as that God of Communication does his usual trickery, we can move forward, albeit at a totally different speed.  Take a look below at the days and times when the retrograde turns and when it goes direct again.  Also be sure to notice the planets and remember retrogrades can be felt up to seven days before its onset and sometimes seven days after it goes direct.  Good Luck! We can do this!!!

Turns Retrograde    ←	Mercury travels between ↔	→    Turns Direct
February 6, 2014 21:43 GMT    4:43 PM EST 1:43 PM PST	18°10' ↔ 3°20' Aquarius ↔ Pisces	February 28, 2014 14:00 GMT   9:00 AM EST   6:00 AM PST
June 7, 2014 11:56 GMT    7:56 AM EDT 4:56 AM PDT	24°23' ↔ 3°10' Gemini ↔ Cancer	July 1, 2014 12:50 GMT   8:50 AM EDT   5:50 AM PDT
October 4, 2014 17:02 GMT    1:02 PM EDT 10:02 AM PDT	16°46' ↔ 2°19' Libra ↔ Scorpio	October 25, 2014 19:16 GMT   3:16 PM EDT 12:16 PM PDT

To die on a Winter's Day

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Worth the wait
A little over a week ago we officially entered into Winter.  Although I had been trying to post before now I am glad I waited. I hope the thoughts I am about to lay out resonate and heals us all.  Winter - a time like no other during the year, here is why.

 Dying is life
Are you ready for your death? Not being the morbid or macabre one, just asking you, me and all of us: are we open to one of the greatest gifts Winter has for us, REBIRTH?  But in order for that to truly transpire during this often cold and cooler season we must be ready to DIE.  Die the part or parts of ourselves that are no longer useful.  Die those parts that we have outgrown but still hold on to regrettably.  Die the final pieces of that other iteration of ourselves that is just no longer serving us.  And why in Winter you ask?

What will you choose
Well, Winter is that amazing time of the year when many parts of the Earth are freezing, cooling, and chilling and it is during these almost tundra conditions we are given the opportunity to die off the unwanted without infection or contamination to the rest of who we are.  It's as if the universe has said, here is your time to GET RIGHT.  Now what would we look like we if refused.  So first we must take stock of what needs to go.  Then we must have patience and understanding to endure the death of our unwanted self.  And let me caution us all, this may not be easy, comfortable, or understood by others, but that is okay.  The Winter's Death could be painless and seamless, especially if we are open and looking forward to it.  So as the limbs on trees, patches of ground, and fits of cold in the air all show signs of retracting into themselves for a later debut, so shall we.  I am accepting my Winter's Death, are you?

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The cycle continues
Please walk with me into this most beautiful death.  Below are aspects of Winter that will be small reminders to stay committed to whatever it is we each decide we need to die.  Death of course is just a step on a larger wheel of life we live, over and over again.  There is no final resting place only changes, transformation and evolution.  Here we go folks, our higher selves are calling!!!!

Winter Concept - Loss

Embrace Resurrection

Losses are always Returned

Transformation = Change

Winter Goddess - Pele

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Listen, Hear, and Act Upon my Dreams

Dance to my own Rhythms

Ignite my own Excitement

Fear not my Heart's Desires

Winter Stone - Gold Stone

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Vitality

Energy

Invocation of Power

Winter Affirmation

I am openly and knowingly walking into my Winter's Death,

understanding that a beautiful transformation will occur,

I accept the death/rebirth process & release all fear of lack, of the unknown, and of not being who I truly want to be,

When I have moments of doubt I will gravitate towards my spirit tools & my fellow journeymen/women who are also dying just as beautifully as I am

--Andrea/DaughterofWaters

Making my way into the silence

Gemini Fullness
Although we are close to the Winter Solstice, the moon has a few more blessings to bestow upon us. Today we reach the fullness of the moon in the sign of Gemini.  YAH!!! We all made it, thank goddess, but how shall we use this energy?  The full moon is a proper check in time. Consider it a self assessment of sorts.  And this full moon is dubbed the "Cold" Full Moon according to the Farmer's Almanac and right now cooling down on things is a good thing.

Mercurial messaging to us all
When Gemini rules the skies, although we fashion it to be a "sprite" like time, the true ruler is the planet Mercury.  Yes, that's right Mercury, but not in retrograde, that's another kind of goodness.  Mercury the owner of communication, cross roads and transitions can be intense to wield sometimes, but it always keeps us on our toes, grants miracles unimagined and forces us to keep humor in our lives.  Be sure in these long cold nights and sometimes days of this full moon, open to Mercury's magic, you may be totally astounded. 

Actively silent
With many shifts occurring in my physical and spiritual life I am mandating that I absorb the silence.  Even as I slide on into the holiday season I must say I am looking forward to calm, quiet, and rest.  A challenge it will be (in my best yoda-speak), but one I know will benefit me.  Not talking or processing, just simply listening.

Formalize your way
A big tip I learned a while ago was that full moon work should be more structured and deliberate.  Whatever you feel is needed, be it candles, paper, talisman, or incense, make it so.  The more formal you make your work during the full moon the more likely the spirit realm is to hear your requests.  That and the more likely we are to move our own spirits towards our goals.

Work in the Full Moon

 

Love, Attraction, Passion

Abundance & Prosperity

Space Charging

Courage of Heart

Gemini Full Moon Concept

 

Intuition and Self-Communication

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My intuition will Expand

Constant Communication with Self & Others

Trust my Instincts & Hunches

Inner World Focus

Candle Power

During this Full Moon time it can be awesomely powerful to burn candles to cement that which you are working towards. Below is information on candle color that can be associated with the properties of Mercury, the ruler of Gemini. Find safe candles, burn them as long and as much as you like. Fire is a creation tool use it to ignite yourself towards your goals this Full Moon.

Yellow

 

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Manifests Change

Curiosity

A New & Fresh World

 

 

 

 

 

 

---Andrea/DaughterofWaters

Magic makers wanted!

Here goes the sun
With the sun drawing smaller and the moon spending more time in the sky it is one of the best times to take it outside the normal that we know.  We have now properly entered the Sagittarius Lunar Cycle earlier this week and this cycle can be about a heightened sense of determination, an increase of profit making endeavors, and last but not least earth shattering revelations.   I propose to all of us, let's not stop there.  Yes, all of those concepts are great focal points, but right now we are being offered boons like never before.

Open is the way
Although it has taken me time to post this blog I am glad I listen to spirit and do as I am told some time without questioning.  Just this morning as I walked I noticed the onset of winter and I was happy, giddy and grateful in the most surprising ways.  For me I attribute this to the All Knowing Father planet Jupiter, who rules over Sagittarius' time.  Instead of being down about the slight chill and misty rain that came down as I walked I gleefully (yes, I did say gleefully) took each step and my heart beamed as small and large leaves whisked passed me.  So be open today and all the days left of this Sagittarius cycle for the results will be astounding, if we let them.  And that leads me on to my next point.

Revelations of magic
So what I have been realizing over the first few days of this cycle is that I am the sorceress that directs, guides, and crafts all that is in my life.  Yes on a surface level I have known that for sometime, but really with all that has occurred in my life over this last season I know it now like I never have before and I tell ya it's pretty amazing.  I want to yell from the tallest mountain "We are our own magicians and we craft the lives we want".  I am clear my eagle eye vision of this would not have occurred during any other time than when Jupiter was bestowing and bowing to us all.

Take the plunge
Be brave, take your own magic by the reins and do the work or works that you need to now.  It's all GOOD cause the generosity and surprisingly positive energy of Jupiter is here for us.  And for all of my Sagittarius Sisters and Brothers know you will be seriously on a high if you take the power and wield it for your highest and best selves.  Below are suggested perspectives to help us frame our works this cycle.  This is just for "springboarding" sake, be open, stretch out and create the world you want!

Work in Jupiter

Prosperity

Expansion

Removal of Self Imposed Limits

High Achievement

Lunar Cycle Concept - Become the Sorceress/Sorcerer

Step outside my Normal

Recall times when I have made Magic

When I Win, others Win too

Focus on Dreams not Fear

My inner Sorceress/Sorceress inspires my Art

Lunar Cycle Herbs/Essences

Cedar - Success

Citronella - Eloquence

Nutmeg - Strength

Lunar Cycle Affirmation

Keep me open to & fearless of the magic I will make this cycle,

With that power I will move myself, others & the planet,

I am standing outside of my normal & loving every moment of it for this is where I truly belong

--Andrea/DaughterofWaters

A beaver, a bull, and the Lovely Lady

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The dawn of a moon
At approximately 1:15pm EST today the moon went into Full and not sure if any of you feel it, but I certainly do.  I hope our conversation during this full moon is certainly insightful.

And it's name is
Well first what type of full moon is this? This month, November, the full moon is also called the Full Beaver Moon, according to the Farmer's Almanac, which for those of us familiar with animals and meaning that should make sense, if not then  check this link for more info http://bit.ly/HTuBKy.  So with all of this in mind, now we have to piece together the rest of the puzzle for ourselves.

The bull lead by a lady
Now it's November and although we have visions of apples, tasty gourd based dishes and pies galore the astrological cosmology is definitely playing a part.  This full moon falls in the sign of Taurus, which is usually represented by the Bull.  And yes Taurus is a time of abundance seeking, love magic, and employment opportunities, all of that must be shaken down, stirred together and mixed in with the planet that rules Taurus. And that planet is none other than Venus, the most benevolent of planets.  If you are a Taurus or even a Libra your feeling of the full moon may be more intense.

Tasked by her energy
Venus, not just known as a planet of loveliness, for me represents such a ray of hope, new paths, and joyous living.  Mother Venus does not dwell in the mires of sorrow, squalor, and self pity so this full moon will be about business if you are trying to capture and harness her energy.  Accept the gifts she brings like a kiss on the forehead from an old auntie who has blessed you with sage advice. Take note though, often times we ask for things and then once we get them we are underwhelmed or unhappy, be sure you know the crafting and asking you are doing at this time for Venus does exactly as we ask.

Beware of my boundaries
My wish this full moon is to understand how I create and uphold my boundaries.  For me setting boundaries has been a journey and sometimes I have gotten it right and sometimes I have gotten it wrong.  Now, I'm working to see the nuts and bolts behind why my boundaries exist.  Also to see what motivates me over-giving or not giving enough.  For me it's a real assessment point for my relationship with boundaries.

Make plans to succeed
Please find your full moon power in some or any of the listed ideas below.  Again when the moon is full our works need to be in a more ritualized way, whatever that means to you.  There is never prescription,  just intention with ritual.

Work in the sign of Venus

Generative Forces

Fertility of Endeavors

Unity of Heart & Creativity

Finding Inner Beauty & Joy

 

Full Moon Goddess - Ishtar

Concept - Boundaries 

Question if I am setting proper boundaries

Know when I overgive and undergive and why

Make sure all of my assistance is built on helping others obtain

Full Moon Totem - Weasel

Concept - Stealth

Always trust my instincts even when I don't understand them

Maintain the protection of my family and home

Discretely give without fanfare or notice

Full Moon Candle - Green

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Renew Physically and Spiritually

Homage to Mother Earth

Convalescence and Healing

---Andrea/DaughterofWaters