Full Moon in Aquarius: Finding Your Place Without Losing Yourself

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 brings the Full Buck Moon in Aquarius, illuminating the axis of Leo and Aquarius. These are the very same signs that have just become activated by the Lunar Nodes. This isn't just another Full Moon.

It arrives only days after the Lunar Nodes shifted into Aquarius and Leo, offering us our first glimpse of the collective themes that will unfold over the next eighteen months. Think of this lunar cycle as a preview of the story ahead. This is a moment that shines a light on where we're headed individually and as a society.

Aquarius asks us to think beyond ourselves. Leo reminds us not to lose ourselves in the process. This Full Moon asks one simple but profound question:

How do you remain authentically yourself while contributing to something larger than yourself?

What Does a Full Moon Represent?

Full Moons are moments of culmination, illumination, and release. They bring emotions to the surface, reveal truths that have been unfolding subtly beneath the surface, and invite us to reflect on what has reached its natural conclusion.

Unlike a New Moon, which plants seeds for the future, a Full Moon helps us see clearly. It illuminates what is working, what is no longer aligned, and what we're finally ready to let go of.

With the Moon in Aquarius opposing the Sun in Leo, we are balancing two equally important truths. Your individuality matters but your community ALSO matters.

Aquarius: The Visionary

Aquarius is often called the humanitarian of the zodiac. Ruled traditionally by Saturn and associated in modern astrology with Uranus, Aquarius is connected to innovation, social progress, friendship, technology, collective movements, and the courage to challenge outdated systems.

Under this Full Moon, you may find yourself asking:

• Do I truly belong where I am?

• Are my friendships helping me grow?

• Am I contributing to something meaningful?

• What future am I helping to build?

Aquarius reminds us that progress doesn't happen because everyone agrees. Instead, it happens because someone is brave enough to imagine a different future.

Leo: The Heart Behind the Vision

Every Aquarius Moon is balanced by a Leo Sun. Leo teaches us that before we can contribute to the collective, we must first know who we are.

The Sun in Leo reminds us to create. To love, play and to lead with courage. This Full Moon isn't asking you to disappear into the crowd. It's asking you to bring your authentic gifts into the community. The healthiest future is one where individuality and collaboration work together.

The First Full Moon of the New Nodal Cycle

This Full Moon feels especially significant because it arrives just after the Lunar Nodes entered Aquarius and Leo.

Over the next eighteen months, eclipses will continue activating these signs, encouraging us to rethink leadership, friendship, technology, creativity, and the balance between personal expression and collective responsibility.

This lunar cycle offers an early glimpse into those lessons.

Pay attention to:

• Conversations that challenge your perspective.

• Shifts within friendships or communities.

• Sudden inspiration about your future.

• Opportunities to collaborate.

• Creative ideas that feel larger than yourself.

• Places where you've been seeking approval instead of authenticity.

The themes emerging now may continue developing long after this Full Moon has passed.

Collective Themes

On a broader level, Aquarius energy often highlights:

• Emerging technologies.

• Scientific breakthroughs.

• Social movements.

• Community organizing.

• Questions about freedom and individuality.

• The future of communication.

• Innovation that reshapes daily life.

As the Moon illuminates Aquarius, we may collectively witness important conversations around these topics, especially as society continues adapting to rapid technological and cultural change.

Spiritually Speaking

Aquarius reminds us that every person carries a unique frequency. You weren't meant to think exactly like everyone else. You weren't meant to create exactly like everyone else. Your individuality isn't a flaw. It's your contribution.

Yet Aquarius also reminds us that wisdom grows through connection. Healing happens in community. Ideas evolve through collaboration.

This Full Moon invites us to ask not only, "Who am I?" but also, "How do my gifts serve something greater than myself?"

Journal Prompts

Spend some quiet time reflecting on the following:

• Where do I feel the strongest sense of belonging?

• What communities nourish my growth?

• Have I been hiding parts of myself to fit in?

• What future am I actively creating through my daily choices?

• What friendships have evolved over the past year?

• What unique gifts am I ready to share?

• Where am I seeking approval instead of authenticity?

• If I fully trusted my vision, what would I begin?

Final Thoughts

This Full Moon reminds us that the future isn't built by people who fit perfectly into the world as it exists today. It's built by people willing to imagine something different.

As the Lunar Nodes begin their new journey through Aquarius and Leo, this Full Moon offers a glimpse of the themes we'll continue exploring through the coming eclipse seasons: authenticity, innovation, creativity, friendship, and the courage to contribute our unique gifts to the collective.

The question isn't whether you have something valuable to offer. The question is whether you're ready to stop hiding it. Sometimes the greatest act of rebellion isn't becoming someone new. It's finally becoming who you've always been.

Living Through History: Observations from Barbault's Basket (both for myself and the collective)

There are some astrological configurations that announce themselves in big, bold movements. Others unfold so gradually that you don't realize you're living inside them until you stop, look around, and begin connecting the dots.

This summer has felt like the latter.

Since the planets gathered into what astrologers call Barbault's Basket. This is a rare concentration of planetary energy occupying one half of the zodiac while the other half remains comparatively empty. I have found myself paying closer attention. Not because astrology dictates events, but because it offers a symbolic language through which we can observe patterns. Looking back over the past weeks, both the collective and my personal life seem to echo the themes of compression, intensity, transition, and polarization that this configuration often evokes.

For the Collective:

Spain wins FIFA World Cup. Tr*mp is booed and they are shouting Free Palestine in the stands. Lamine Yamal raises the Palestinian flag during celebrations.

Jimothy the disabled raccoon gains virality.

Andrew Tate and brother are arrested for rape and sex trafficking.

Taylor Frankie Paul in an epic crash out that needs to be studied. A major astrological case study on what NOT to do during Mercury Retrograde.

Landslides, earthquakes, flooding, wildfires of epic proportions. Trump tariffs Canada for their wildfires.

Great Britain announces a new Prime Minister

Trump vows revenge on Iran. The war continues on and rages.

Many crashes and drownings. SK Roughrider player Dalke crashed into another car, weed and alcohol found in his car. Multiple young boys crashed and drowned this weekend. There were bear/animal attacks. Couple from SK killed by a black bear and a K9 animal advocate was killed by feral dogs in Sandy Hook First Nations.

The discourse on Witchtok about Alex Reads Tarot and return and rise of evangelical christianity during Neptune in Aries.

Sam Neil died.

The Odyssey makes film history.

Personal:

Y’alternative style. Embracing my country side.

Noah Cyrus concert in the USA. It was a girls trip. A fun good time but I overdid it. It is not necessary to go so hard in my big age.

Lack of sleep, vivid/lucid dreams, way heightened anxiety almost on the verge of panic attack. I am feeling better today but I think collectively I can speak for a lot of us when I say we were anxious this weekend!!

Backrooms and Underworld and Crescent City are the vibe. Noah Cyrus, Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo and Oliver Tree.

Unwanted guests show up at our door step. Need to up the wards.

Caught in an epic thunderstorm without umbrella or shelter with Salem picking up the boys from summer day camp.

There have been complicated conversations, shifting friendships, changing family dynamics, and moments that reminded me to be cautious about where I place my trust and emotional energy.

Threads has become an unexpected creative home, with post after post finding virality, readers and sparking conversations. My writing feels alive again. New fiction has emerged, including a horror story inspired by the unsettling emptiness of abandoned fairgrounds after closing time. Multiple creative projects continue to call for my attention, and planning for the Wicked Bazaar is finally beginning to gain momentum. Ticket sales have started to pick up, and little by little, my website community is growing.

The biggest sensation of being watched. Not necessarily in a literal sense, but in that strange psychological way that anxiety can make the world feel hyper aware of your existence.

I feel saddd a lot. Trying to stay grounded and at peace with my family. I am. Life is good. Sooo good there is so much to be grateful for. I am very fortunate. The blessings are real. But life is hard and heavy. So I do feel sad too. Despite all the good. I often am questioning if I have made the right choices but I have no choice but to keep going. But moving forward every day with more creative energy than the last.

One unexpected pattern I've noticed is my fascination with liminal spaces. It seems to be a recurring theme throughout my life. Perhaps that's what this season has felt like. Not quite the old world, not quite the new one, but somewhere suspended between the two. Liminal spaces have always represented transition. They ask us to sit in uncertainty without rushing toward resolution.

Maybe that is the real lesson of this season. Not that life becomes easier. But that even in the middle of uncertainty, we continue creating. And that creation is the solution for our shadow.

It is a good time to take note of the moves in your life. What is serving your greater purpose? What feels heavy and is weighing you down? Where can you put creative energy into? What does creativity look like for you?

New Moon in Cancer 2026: Coming Home to Yourself

There is something different about a New Moon in Cancer.

While some New Moons inspire us to chase new goals or reinvent ourselves, Cancer asks a more subtle question.

What if you didn't need to become someone new? What if you simply came home to yourself?

Ruled by the Moon herself, Cancer is the keeper of our emotional landscape. She governs our intuition, our memories, our ancestry, our homes, our chosen families, and the places where we feel safe enough to let our guard down. When the Moon returns to Cancer, we're invited to begin a new chapter. This is not by striving harder, but by nurturing what already exists within us.

This lunar cycle reminds us that healing isn't always dramatic. Sometimes it looks like making your favorite meal, swimming in a lake, calling someone you love, tending your garden, or finally allowing yourself to rest.

What Does the New Moon in Cancer Mean?

Every New Moon marks the beginning of a fresh lunar cycle. It's a time to plant intentions, start emotional healing journeys, and create space for new experiences over the coming six months.

In Cancer, these intentions become deeply personal.

This is less about chasing external success and more about asking:

• What makes me feel emotionally safe?

• Where do I truly feel at home?

• What relationships nourish me?

• How can I care for myself with more compassion?

• What emotional patterns am I ready to release?

Cancer reminds us that our emotional well being is the foundation from which everything else grows.

The Energy of Water

Cancer is a water sign, and water teaches us one of the greatest lessons in witchcraft and in life:

Flow doesn't mean weakness.

Water is patient.

Water adapts.

Water softens stone over time.

During this New Moon, pay attention to where life is asking you to stop forcing and start flowing. Perhaps you've been trying to control an outcome that needs space to unfold naturally. Perhaps you've been carrying emotional weight that was never yours to hold.

Like the tides, your emotions are meant to move. Not remain trapped inside you.

Returning to Your Inner Sanctuary

Cancer governs the home but not just the physical space around us. It also represents the home within ourselves.

Many of us spend years searching for belonging in careers, relationships, achievements, or the approval of others.

This New Moon gently reminds us that the safest home we will ever build is the one inside our own hearts.

It's a beautiful time to:

• Declutter your home.

• Rearrange your sacred space or altar.

• Cook nourishing meals.

• Spend time near water.

• Connect with family or chosen family.

• Journal about childhood memories and emotional healing.

• Strengthen your intuition through tarot, meditation, or dreamwork.

The Witch's Perspective

In many magical traditions, Cancer is associated with psychic sensitivity, divination, moon magic, ancestral wisdom, and emotional healing.

This isn't the Moon asking you to hustle. She's asking you to listen. Pay attention to your dreams. Notice recurring symbols. Trust the feelings you can't logically explain. Your intuition often speaks in whispers long before it needs to shout.

Mermaid Medicine

If there were ever a lunar cycle that embodied the archetype of the mermaid, it's this one.

The mermaid represents emotional depth, mystery, intuition, and the courage to explore the unseen parts of ourselves. She doesn't fear the depths of the ocean because she knows that's where her power lives.

This New Moon invites you to become a little more like her.

Swim instead of rushing. Rest instead of proving. Feel instead of avoiding.

Let yourself return to the emotional waters you've been afraid to enter. There is wisdom waiting beneath the surface.

Journal Prompts

• What does "home" truly mean to me?

• Where in my life do I feel emotionally safe?

• What old emotional story am I ready to release?

• How can I mother and nurture myself this month?

• What intuition have I been ignoring?

Ritual Ideas

• Take a cleansing bath or swim in natural water.

• Charge Moon water overnight.

• Create a cozy evening with candles and herbal tea.

• Write intentions focused on emotional healing, family, and self care.

• Spend time by a lake, river, or ocean and simply listen.

Remember, your intentions don't have to be grand. Sometimes the most powerful manifestation is choosing peace.

Final Thoughts

The New Moon in Cancer reminds us that strength isn't always found in pushing forward. Sometimes it's found in softening.

In allowing ourselves to cry.

To laugh, rest and to ask for help.

To return to the places, people, and practices that make us feel whole.

Just as the Moon pulls the tides without force, you don't have to chase every new beginning. Some transformations happen quietly, beneath the surface, long before anyone else can see them.

This lunar cycle, trust the wisdom of water. Come home to yourself. The rest will follow. 🌑🌊

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: The Past Has Something to Say

Three or four times a year, Mercury appears to move backwards through the sky from our perspective on Earth. While Mercury retrograde has become infamous for technology glitches, delayed travel plans, and misunderstood text messages, each retrograde tells a different story depending on the sign it's moving through.

When Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer, the conversation shifts away from calendars and emails and toward the heart. This is a retrograde that asks us to revisit our emotional landscape, our family history, our ancestral lineage and the stories we've been carrying for years.

Rather than charging ahead, Mercury in Cancer reminds us that sometimes the only way forward is to first understand where we've been.

Mercury Rules the Mind. Cancer Rules the Heart.

Mercury governs communication, learning, thinking, decision making, contracts, transportation, and technology.

Cancer, ruled by the Moon, governs emotions, intuition, memory, family, ancestry, home, childhood, nourishment, and the places where we seek safety.

When these two energies combine, logic begins speaking the language of feeling.

During this retrograde, conversations become more emotionally charged. Old memories surface unexpectedly. You may find yourself reminiscing, reconnecting with family, or realizing that an emotional pattern you've been repeating began much earlier than you once believed.

This isn't simply about looking backward but rather it's about understanding why you think, react, and communicate the way you do.

Memory Becomes the Messenger

Cancer is one of the zodiac's great archivists.

Unlike Mercury in Gemini, which gathers facts, Mercury in Cancer stores experiences according to how they felt.

This means forgotten memories may suddenly return. Childhood dreams, old friendships, family photographs, songs from another era, or places you haven't visited in years may all carry surprising emotional weight.

Your subconscious becomes louder than your rational mind.

Pay attention to recurring dreams, intuitive nudges, synchronicities, and the emotions that seem disproportionate to the situation. Often they are pointing toward something unresolved that is ready to be acknowledged.

Family Patterns Come into Focus

Cancer governs our roots.

Mercury retrograde here often brings attention to family conversations that need to happen, generational patterns that deserve examination, and emotional wounds that have quietly shaped our lives.

You may notice repeating themes involving:

• Parents or caregivers

• Childhood conditioning

• Emotional security

• Boundaries with family

• Home and living situations

• Ancestral beliefs

• The stories you've inherited about love, success, or self worth

Sometimes healing begins simply by recognizing that a story you've carried your entire life isn't actually yours.

Communication Feels More Sensitive

Words carry greater emotional weight during this transit. People are less likely to hear only what you say. They'll hear how you say it. Conversations may feel nostalgic, vulnerable, or deeply personal.

This is a beautiful time for heartfelt letters, meaningful conversations, journaling, therapy, or reconnecting with loved ones. However, it also asks us to slow down before reacting emotionally.

Not every feeling requires immediate action. Sometimes feelings simply need witnessing.

Home Becomes Sacred

Mercury retrograde in Cancer often turns our attention inward.

You may suddenly feel called to:

• Declutter your home.

• Reorganize sentimental belongings.

• Cook family recipes.

• Create comforting routines.

• Research your ancestry.

• Reconnect with traditions.

• Make your living space feel emotionally nourishing.

Our outer home often mirrors our inner emotional world. Cleaning one can help organize the other.

The Shadow Side

Like every retrograde, this one has its challenges.

Mercury in Cancer can sometimes become trapped in nostalgia, replaying conversations, overthinking emotional experiences, or idealizing the past.

Be mindful of:

• Taking things too personally.

• Emotional assumptions.

• Avoiding difficult conversations.

• Living in nostalgia instead of the present.

• Holding onto old hurts long after they've served their purpose.

The goal isn't to erase your past. It's to stop letting your past unconsciously write your future.

What This Retrograde Is Really Teaching

Mercury retrograde in Cancer asks one profound question:

What emotional story have you been telling yourself that is no longer true?

Perhaps you've believed you're difficult to love. Perhaps you've believed vulnerability is weakness. Perhaps you've believed you always have to care for everyone else first.

These beliefs rarely arrive overnight.

They are often inherited through family systems, childhood experiences, or emotional survival. Mercury retrograde offers an opportunity to rewrite the script.

Ways to Work With This Energy

This retrograde supports gentle reflection rather than forceful action.

Try:

• Journaling about childhood memories.

• Speaking with older family members.

• Recording family stories before they're forgotten.

• Looking through old photographs.

• Visiting meaningful places.

• Creating a cozy home sanctuary.

• Practicing Moon rituals or meditation.

• Writing letters you'll never send.

• Resting when emotions feel heavy.

• Listening to your intuition before making major emotional decisions.

A Time to Remember Who You Are

Mercury retrograde in Cancer isn't trying to keep you stuck in the past. It's helping you recover the parts of yourself you left there.

Sometimes healing isn't about becoming someone new. But rather it's about remembering who you were before fear, disappointment, heartbreak, or survival taught you otherwise.

As Mercury retraces its steps through Cancer, allow yourself to slow down. Listen to the memories. Honour the emotions. Speak more gently. This can be to others, but especially to yourself.

Because sometimes the most important conversation you'll have during Mercury retrograde is the one happening quietly inside your own heart.

My Body Was Never the Invitation

I don't remember the exact moment I realized my body belonged to other people.

Not literally, of course. But socially.

An entitlement. Particularly as a woman who exists in some type of online sphere.

It happened slowly. So slowly that I couldn't point to one conversation or one experience. It was in the lingering stares before I understood why people were looking. It was in the boys who I grew up with who groped my body whenever they got the opportunity to. It was in adults commenting on my body before I had learned to inhabit it myself. It was in realizing that I couldn't wear the same shirt as another girl without it somehow meaning something different.

I grew up in a curvy and athletic body. A body that developed early and a body that people noticed before I wanted it to be noticed. And that's a strange thing… to have your body enter the room before you do. To have assumptions made about your character because of your shape. To discover, long before you're emotionally ready, that people don't simply see your body. They assign a story to it. And they feel entitled to it.

If you're curvy, you must be trying to be sexy. Trying to gain attention. If you post a beautiful photo of yourself, you must want validation. If you feel confident, there must be a price attached to it.

I've had men who've asked if I have an OnlyFans account. Not because I've advertised one. Simply because I exist online in a body they associate with sexuality.

It's fascinating, really. More so, disturbing.

Any woman posts a photograph where she feels beautiful.

The comments become:
"What's your OF?"
"Link?"
"How much?"

Even when they have never advertised this in any way whatsoever.

As though beauty itself has become a commercial transaction. As though confidence must always be for sale. And if she doesn't have one? She's mocked anyway.

There is something deeply revealing about that. Not about women but rather about the culture looking back at them.

I've watched women post photos from the beach, weddings, vacations, motherhood, the gym. Even fully clothed selfies. Somehow complete strangers feel entitled to tell them they're attention seeking, narcissistic, or inviting objectification.

It reveals a painful contradiction. Women are told we're supposed to be beautiful. But not too beautiful. Confident. But not too confident. Sexy. But only when someone else decides it's appropriate. Our bodies become public debates the moment they're visible.

One of the greatest examples of this contradiction is our breasts. Something I know all too well as a women who has an ample rack. For centuries they have been treated primarily as sexual objects. Yet biologically, one of their primary functions is to nourish babies. Think about that. The very body part capable of sustaining new life is often considered inappropriate to exist in public unless it's being sexualized.

A woman feeding her child may be told to cover herself. A woman wearing a tank top may be accused of inviting attention. The body is considered offensive in one context and consumable in another. That contradiction has never made sense to me.

Even now, after years of healing, I still catch myself hesitating before posting certain photographs. Or wearing certain things.

I ask myself questions I wish I'd never learned to ask. Is this too much? Will people think I'm asking for attention? Will someone assume things about my character? Will I invite comments I don't want? Those questions didn't originate within me. They were taught.

Because when girls grow up repeatedly experiencing unwanted attention, catcalling, assumptions, unsolicited comments, and objectification, many of us begin monitoring ourselves before anyone else has the chance to.

We become our own censors. Not because we're ashamed of our bodies. Because we've been conditioned to anticipate what other people will do with them.

There is a profound difference between being beautiful and being objectified. Between existing in a body and being treated as though that body exists for public consumption.

I refuse to accept that posting a photograph where I feel beautiful is an invitation for harassment. I have been super fortunate enough to not be on the terrible receiving end of an alogirthm of hateful and violent men. Not to say I haven’t received negative comments, or derogratory comments. I have. but in comparison to some of my friends and peers who do similar content to me. Or even sex work content. The most vile, hate filled comments, for just simply existing. Either in curvy body, but I have even seen it in thin and “beauty standary” bodies as well. I saw this morning, a random FB post about a girl who was asking for a ride to Shambala music festival and she posted her selfie, yes you could see that this woman has breasts, as most of us do. The comments were filled with so much hatred coming from men. My friend Anna, who is a sex worker. The commentary she gets on her posts is the most evil and diabolical commentary I have ever seen. She is an angel and needs all the love she can get so please go show her some love (@thegreekgoddessx) she does a lot of great things for fat women and sex workers. My mutual Jessica Vandale (@jessicavandale) who openly shares about her fitness journey towards better health and wellness. Both of these women simply exist in bigger bodies and are hatefully attacked online for just posting their journeys. And myself too. This morning I woke up to a comment on “seek help and go on a diet” on a post that didn’t even show my body. You can’t escape it. And the internet is certainly getting meaner. Not just more opinionated. But more cruel. People say things to strangers that they’d never dream of saying face to face. We are losing our ability to disagree without dehumanizing each other. And that should concern us all. The culprits are most certainly misogynistic men. But the worst part is it’s not just men that this comes from. Women are just as bad and just as much to blame.

I refuse to accept that confidence is consent. That existence is consent. I refuse to believe that my body loses its humanity simply because someone else finds it attractive or on the flip side, disgusting.

Women deserve to inhabit our bodies without apologizing for them. To wear the tank top. To post the photo. To celebrate our beauty. To feed our babies. To age. To exist. Without every action being interpreted through someone else's sexual imagination or misogyny.

Maybe that's the conversation we should be having. Not whether women should post the picture. But why so many people have been taught that a woman existing visibly is somehow an invitation to possess her or comment on her looks.

There is nothing dirty about a woman's body. The dirt begins the moment someone forgets there is a person living inside it. The internet doesn’t create cruelty. But it becomes an echo chamber of hate that makes it easier to forget the humanity of the person you are commenting on.

I refuse to live modestly because I was given the body that I have. My sexual energy that is inherently mine. I admit I do exhude this. But it is not an invitation for everyone to have it. I don’t mind people looking. We all like to admire beautiful things and beings. But it’s when the commentary or actions become violent, hateful and possessive. This is what society, and men in particular need to reframe their way of thinking. Living in your body. Posting your body (or self) is never an invitation. Nothing is an invitation beyond very clear consent.

Full Strawberry Moon in Capricorn Ritual - June 29th 2026

There is a full moon in Capricorn coming up on June 29th at 6:57pm, which is Monday coming up next week. The energy is heavy and electric with multiple challenging aspects, Mercury retrograde in Cancer and building towards July’s magnetic astrology (subscribe to my exclusive content for more on this). We are also tiptoeing around eclipse season as we head deeper into the summer. This is an amazing time to do a Full Moon ritual. Full Moons are already a time where emotions and sensitivities are heightened, it is a good time to take to ground yourself and release some of the negative/toxic energy you may be feeling. There are some really ancient rituals that have been done for 1000s of years. A lot of different astrologers, witches and healers use these types of things to help people with the difficulties of life. You can do a ritual for all kinds of different things but some popular times to commit to doing a ritual is during New Moons, Full Moons and during the Equinoxes and Solstices. If you really enjoy doing them then you can start to do a ritual for other things you need in life. It can be very therapeutic. The power of manifestation is a real and true, but wild thing and that’s why these rituals are important.

The Full Moon will be in the earth element of Capricorn. Full “Strawberry’ moon, known as strawberry Moon. The name originates with Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota tribes. Other Indigenous groups had similar, seasonal names for this Moon, such as the Haida's Berries Ripen Moon and the Anishinaabe's Blooming Moon Capricorn is ruled by Saturn the planet of rules, commitments, structure and responsibilities. They are hardworking, grounded, stable and loyal. They can come off a bit cold, distant, melancholic and pessimistic at times. They are very concerned with their financial position but will work the hardest out of any of the zodiac to achieve their goals. Work horse of the zodiac, Capricorn is known as. The best way to channel this energy is to put it towards work and financial matters. If there is any sort of toxic work situation, or debt weighing down on you, now is the time to let that shit go. Do not let money worries drag you down any longer. It it a good time to fully embrace your dreams, see the truth of every matter at hand and absolutely always protect our hearts from negativity. Letting go and cutting toxic ties is always the number one theme on full Moons. Truths and lights will be illuminated as well.

Whereas we perform New Moon rituals to set wishes and intentions for the month ahead of you, the reason we do a Full Moon ritual is to let go of things that no longer serve you. This could be attitudes, emotions, personal relationships, bad habits, illnesses. Anything you can think of that is negatively impacting your life. Things that have been hidden can also be revealed. Revelations and people being exposed. You can count on it for a Full Moon. I like to burn my Full Moon ritual intentions. It can be very symbolic and healing. You can also interpret the way your paper burns, so if your intentions light up instantly and burn the paper completely you have truly let go or maybe the fire fades quickly and only burns off a corner, what do you think that is telling you? Focus on the flames.

You have 3 days before the Full Moon to perform this ritual or 3 days after.

1) Gather any and all supplies that you will need for the ritual. You can use sage to smoke cleanse beforehand. You will need some crystals (black tourmaline, amethyst, fluorite, garnet, onyx, malachite or tigers eye), a pen, a journal to write, a fire safe bowl to smoke in or burn intentions, a bowl of water and a white or black candle. You can also incorporate strawberries into your altar space.

2) Create yourself a special altar space for all the items that you have gathered. It doesn’t matter where your altar space is, it can be any table in the house or on the floor, wherever you feel most comfortable. Decorate with items such as crystals, plants, candles, things you find outside in nature like leaves or feathers, decorative table runners, anything you can really think of that seems appropriate. For the Capricorn Buck Moon I will personally be adding some greenery from West Hawk Lake, and also some Canadian Shield slates that are located all around the property. I will likely use a couple other things that I can gather from outside, and I will be doing it at the cabin which I think is appropriate for this time of year.

3) Start by cleansing your altar space and say a little prayer. It can be along the lines of “I respect mother Moon and all she does for us. I plan to release that which no longer serves me. I do this to heal myself from past traumas and to fully let go and move forward.“ Write down your past traumas and the things that we wish to let go of. Focus on them, meditate on them. What do you wish for your life? Can you actually picture these things happening to and for you in your life? Letting go WILL NOT work if you truly don’t believe it. It’s important to be clear on what you want to let go of. You can doodle and make your intentions “pretty” or it can be as simple as writing a list. This is a good time to set intentions for letting go of any money or career issues that are currently happening in your life. Take control of your financial situation. Let go of any debt that is weighing you down

4) Light your candle and put your crystals in the bowl of water. You want to charge the water and cleanse yourself after burning your intentions. Hold your intentions over the other bowl and using the candle light them on fire. You will want to analyze how they burn, even take a picture or video to look back on later.

5) At this time you can take some time for yourself however you wish, write down your interpretations of the flame burning, further meditation, possibly a tarot reading if you do that, you can even enjoy a glass of wine or tea. Tell the Moon you love her, clean up your space and now is a good time to put your crystals in a window sill to charge under the light of the Full Moon. This would also be a good time to make Moon water. You have just completed your full moon ritual. Now can be a good time to take a detox bath. Use bath salts, flowers, crystals and maybe even a charcoal mud mask to help detoxify and destress.

I hope you guys enjoy doing this ritual and can find some peace or healing that you may be needing in life. I also hope you can take some time to appreciate all that is good in your life. Just like the oceans’ tides that ebb and flow as does the Moon wax and wane and although emotions can be heightened during the Full Moon you will soon feel back to your normal self and ready to tackle a whole new lunar cycle.

New Moon in Gemini Ritual

There are some really ancient rituals that have been done for 1000s of years. A lot of different astrologers and healers use these types of things to help people with the difficulties of life. You can do a ritual for all kinds of different things but some popular times to commit to doing a ritual is during new moons, full moons and during the equinoxes and solstices. If you really enjoy doing them then you can start to do a ritual for other things you need in life. It can be very therapeutic. The power of manifestation is a crazy thing and that’s why these rituals are important.

The new moon moves into Gemini on June 14th at 5:02am. We set intentions for the month on the new Moon to be clear and concise about what we like to achieve. The new Moon in Gemini asks us to focus on communication, truth, creativity and self expression. Gemini, the flighty, duality, talkative and intelligent air sign. Geminis know various subjects on the surface but when it comes to honing into one subject and learning it in depth they may lack focus. Some good intentions to set for his month could be about communication and focus especially. Working on your own personal truth and being clear on how you express yourself. If there is something we want to speak up on and communicate this Gemini new Moon will bring it all to light and give us the strength to express ourselves.

You have 3 days before and 3 days after the new moon to perform this ritual.

Ceramic bowl - Made by my mother Janice Naven
White candle - IKEA
Yellow candle - Mommabat Witchery
Handbook for the Recently Deceased - Mosaic Books
Crystal Grid - Shakti
Opalite, Dalmation jasper, blue lace agate, moss agate, clear quartz.labradorite, selenite and aventurine
Mango calcite wand
Mystic Mondays tarot deck by Grace Duong - Mosaic Books
Universe Has Your Back oracle deck by Gabrielle Bernstein - Mosaic Books
Crystal grid - Shakti
Sage - Shakti
Mini ceramic planters - Made by my mother Janice Naven
Succulent - Lacoste Garden Center
Dandelions from my backyard

1) Gather any and all supplies that you will need for the ritual. You can use sage to smoke cleanse beforehand, crystals you will need (opalite, Dalmatian jasper, blue lace agate, moss agate), a journal to write, a bowl to smudge in or burn intentions, and a candle. If you have a yellow candle I would recommend using yellow because yellow is associated with Gemini and the summer months coming up.

2) Create yourself a special alter space for all the items that you have gathered. It doesn’t matter where your alter space is, it can be any table in the house or on the floor, wherever you feel most comfortable. Decorate with items such as crystals, plants, candles, things you find outside in nature like leaves or feathers, decorative table runners, anything you can really think of that seems appropriate. I used dandelions for this months New Moon Ritual. It seems very fitting because summer is coming and the dandelions are in full force bloom.

3) Start by smoke cleansing your alter space and say a little prayer. It can be along the lines of “I respect mother moon and all she does for us. I take this time to set honest intentions. I manifest all that is good and bright and light. I have the power to change my future. I will let go all that no longer serves me. I am totally and completely aligned spiritually. I am in tune with my higher powers. “ Write down your intentions or wishes. focus on them, meditate on them. What do you wish for your life? Can you actually picture these things happening to and for you in your life? The manifestation WILL NOT work if you truly don’t believe it. It’s important to be clear on what you want. You can doodle and make your intentions “pretty” or you can just be as simple as writing a list. Some New Moon in Gemini intentions would be: not bottling up emotions, instead expressing them in a healthy way. Working towards focusing on one thing you are really passionate about instead of brushing the surface on various subjects. Listening better as well as communicating more effectively. Being social. Getting out there into this wide world. Finding your community. Speaking your truth and being confident in how you approach this.

4) Light your candle. For this ritual I definitely recommend using fire and burning your intentions. You will write your intentions down into your journal. You will start off by writing down the goals and desires you have for this new month ahead of you. You will ask for the guidance in doing this. Don’t let fear or ego hold you back any longer. Next you will write about your wishes for the next month. What do you desire above all else. This is the perfect month to focus on communication and focus. Especially right after Taurus season which mainly focused on stability, indulgence and family time. Now is the time to be realistic and focus on the things you truly need to accomplish in order for your dreams to manifest entirely. You will light the paper on fire and watch how the fire burns your intentions. Maybe it burns fast or maybe it fizzles out fast or maybe it burins slow and smouldering. This seals your desires and puts them out into the universe. You can either bury the ashes into the earth outside or you can pour them down the sink,

5) At this time you can take some time for yourself however you wish, further meditation, possibly a tarot reading if you do that, you can even enjoy a glass of wine or a nice herbal tea. Tell the Moon you love her, clean up your space and take the crystals to bed with you. You have just completed your New Moon Ritual.

I hope you guys enjoy doing this ritual and can find some peace or healing that you may be needing in life. I also know that you have been working on manifesting your deepest desires and because of that the next lunar cycle will go exactly how you wish it to. Now is the time for action and to put forth effort into achieving your goals. Use that airy and dual energy to put in the thought and effort to building your dreams, focusing on communicating more effectively and being completely honest. Take this time to focus intently. Happy June and enjoy this Gemini new moon!

Venus Conjunct Jupiter in Cancer: The Heart Opens Wide

On June 9, 2026, Venus and Jupiter meet in the sign of Cancer, creating one of the most supportive and emotionally abundant alignments of the year. Impacting our lovely Cardinal and Water signs. Cancer, Libra, Capricorn, Aries, Pisces and Scorpio. Look to where Cancer sits in your houses for more info. Venus, the planet of love, pleasure, relationships, beauty, and values, joins Jupiter, the planet of growth, blessings, wisdom, and expansion. When these two benefic planets come together, they amplify one another's gifts.

This conjunction is especially significant because it occurs in Cancer, a sign associated with home, family, emotional security, nurturing, ancestry, and belonging. Jupiter recently entered Cancer, where many astrologers consider its qualities especially strong, adding extra weight to this transit.

What Does Venus Conjunct Jupiter Mean?

Traditionally, Venus and Jupiter are known as the "benefics" of astrology. When they unite, they often coincide with opportunities for connection, generosity, creativity, romance, abundance, and gratitude. This transit tends to soften hearts and remind us of what truly nourishes us.

Rather than pursuing more, Cancer asks us to cherish what already matters.

This is not abundance through hustle, rather abundance through belonging.

Themes of the Transit

Emotional Healing

Cancer is deeply connected to our emotional roots. Old wounds around safety, family, caregiving, and attachment may surface. This is not to hurt us, but to be held with greater compassion. This conjunction supports healing through tenderness rather than force.

Relationships That Feel Like Home

Venus in Cancer values emotional intimacy over surface level attraction. During this transit, many people may feel drawn toward relationships that offer genuine safety, care, and mutual support rather than excitement alone.

Ask yourself:

• Who feels like home?

• Where do I feel emotionally safe?

• What relationships nourish me rather than drain me?

Family, Ancestors, and Chosen Family

Cancer rules our roots. Family matters may receive blessings, reconciliation, growth, or renewed appreciation. For some, this may involve biological family. For others, it may involve chosen family, close friendships, or communities that provide belonging.

Creating Beauty in Your Home

Venus loves beauty, and Cancer loves home.

Many people may feel inspired to redecorate, garden, cook nourishing meals, host gatherings, reconnect with family traditions, or create sacred spaces that feel comforting and restorative.

The Shadow Side

Every Jupiter transit can bring excess.

Be mindful of:

• Overgiving

• Emotional overindulgence

• Escapism through comfort

• Idealizing relationships

• Avoiding necessary boundaries

The lesson is not to pour endlessly from your cup. It is a lesson on allowing your cup to be filled.

Working With This Energy

This week is ideal for:

• Heart centred rituals

• Family healing work

• Ancestor offerings

• Date nights

• Deep conversations

• Home blessings

• Self care practices

• Gratitude journaling

• Reconnecting with what feels meaningful

If you've been moving through difficult emotional terrain, this transit offers a reminder that softness is not weakness. Sometimes growth looks like rest and abundance looks like support. Sometimes love looks like staying and working through the harder moments.

Who Will Feel Venus Conjunct Jupiter in Cancer the Most?

While everyone will experience this heart opening transit in some way, the cardinal signs and water signs are likely to feel it most strongly.

Cancer ♋

This is your moment.

Venus and Jupiter are meeting in your sign, magnifying your natural gifts of nurturing, intuition, emotional intelligence, and compassion. You may feel more attractive, magnetic, hopeful, and emotionally fulfilled. Relationships can deepen, opportunities may arrive more easily, and you may find yourself reconnecting with what truly makes you feel safe and loved.

What you'll be feeling:

• More emotionally open

• Desire for closeness and connection

• Increased confidence

• A sense that life is finally moving in a supportive direction

• Gratitude for the people who truly show up for you

Capricorn ♑

This conjunction is directly opposite your sign, bringing major focus to relationships and emotional vulnerability.

Capricorns often carry the weight of responsibility, but this transit asks you to receive rather than perform. Significant partnerships, commitments, and heart-centered conversations may emerge. You may be realizing that strength isn't always about carrying everything alone.

What you'll be feeling:

• A longing for deeper connection

• Desire for partnership and support

• Emotional walls softening

• Increased awareness of relationship dynamics

• Learning how to let others care for you

Aries ♈

This transit activates your foundations, home, family, and emotional roots. You may feel drawn inward rather than outward, focusing on what truly sustains you beneath all the ambition and action.

Questions about home, family, belonging, and emotional security may take center stage.

What you'll be feeling:

• Nostalgia

• Desire to create stability

• Strong emotions around family

• A need for rest and restoration

• Craving a sense of home

Libra ♎

Career, visibility, and life direction receive a blessing under this conjunction. Recognition may arrive, but more importantly, you may be questioning whether your success aligns with your emotional needs.

This transit asks what is the point of achievement if it doesn't nourish your heart?

What you'll be feeling:

• Increased visibility

• Career opportunities

• Reflection on work-life balance

• Desire for meaningful success

• Recognition for past efforts

Scorpio ♏

As a fellow water sign, this energy flows beautifully for you. Your perspective may expand through travel, education, spirituality, or profound emotional insight. You may feel more hopeful about the future than you have in some time.

What you'll be feeling:

• Renewed faith

• Spiritual inspiration

• Desire to learn and explore

• Emotional healing

• Greater trust in life's timing

Pisces ♓

This conjunction activates joy, creativity, romance, pleasure, and self-expression. For many Pisces, this can feel like a breath of fresh air after heavier transits.

Love, art, creativity, and passion projects receive extra support.

What you'll be feeling:

• Romantic energy

• Creative inspiration

• Increased playfulness

• Emotional warmth

• A desire to enjoy life again

A Witch's Reflection

Cancer teaches us that not all blessings arrive as opportunities. Some arrive as people, or as homes. Some arrive as the feeling that after a long journey, you no longer have to carry everything alone.

Venus and Jupiter in Cancer remind us that the most powerful forms of abundance are often the simplest:

A full table, a trusted friend, a loving and supportive partner, a safe home, a heart that finally feels held. And perhaps that is the real magic of this conjunction.

Not more, but that what you already have is more than enough.

Boudoir Photoshoot with Lynn Kozyra

More Than a Photoshoot: What My Boudoir Session Taught Me About Myself

When people hear the words "boudoir photoshoot," they often think about lingerie, beautiful photographs, confidence, or sexuality. And while it can absolutely be those things, my experience was something much deeper.

It wasn't about becoming someone else, or looking perfect, or being desired. Or really for anyone’s gaze. Certainly not the male gaze.

It was about witnessing myself.

There is something incredibly vulnerable about stepping in front of a camera and allowing yourself to be seen. Not filtered. Not hidden behind roles, responsibilities, expectations, or the versions of yourself you've created to survive.

Just you.

As women, many of us spend years disconnected from our bodies. We critique them. We compare them. We carry grief, trauma, motherhood, aging, heartbreak, expectations, and stories within them. We are often taught to see our bodies as projects rather than homes.

A boudoir session asks something different of you.

It asks you to be present and to soften.

To witness yourself through a lens of appreciation instead of criticism. And that can be surprisingly emotional. I definitely have shed a few tears since getting back my photos.

As I looked through my photos, I wasn't focused on flaws. I wasn't counting stretch marks, loose skin or examining imperfections. Instead, I saw a woman who had survived things. A woman who had loved deeply. A woman who had lost, healed, grown, broken, rebuilt, and continued becoming. Stretched, grown, shrunk and shrivelled. Given birth multiple times. Beautiful.

I saw strength, softness, longing and resilience.

I saw beauty that had nothing to do with perfection.

For me, the experience felt almost ritualistic. Like reclaiming pieces of myself that had been buried beneath years of responsibility and self sacrifice. It felt like honouring the woman I have become while simultaneously making peace with the women I used to be.

There was something sacred about standing in my own skin and realizing I did not need to earn my worth. I do not need to shrink. I did not need to wait until I was more healed, more confident, younger, smaller, or different.

I was already worthy of being seen.

That may be the greatest gift boudoir offers. the validation from yourself.

A reminder that your body is not simply something to be looked at. And sexualized. It is something that has carried you through an entire lifetime.

A living record of your existence. And there is something profoundly beautiful about that.

So no, this wasn't just a photoshoot. It was a love letter. To myself.
I booked my session with Lynn Kozyra Empower. I will link her at the bottom. She is a fellow amazing content creator/women entrepreneur, witchy woman, and amazing photographer. I am so happy our paths crossed and she did absolutely amazing. I will definitely do another shoot with her in the future.

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Full Blue Moon in Sagittarius Ritual

There is a full moon in Sagittarius coming up on May 31st at 3:46am, which is Sunday coming up this week. This is an amazing time to do a full Moon ritual. Full Moons are already a time where emotions and sensitivities are already heightened, it is a good time to take to ground yourself and release some of the negative/toxic things you may be holding onto and feeling. There are some really ancient rituals that have been done for 1000s of years. A lot of different astrologers, witches and healers use these types of things to help people with the difficulties of life. You can do a ritual for all kinds of different things but some popular times to commit to doing a ritual is during New Moons, Full Moons and during the Equinoxes and Solstices. If you really enjoy doing them then you can start to do a ritual for other things you need in life. It can be very therapeutic. The power of manifestation is a wild thing and that’s why these rituals are important.

The Full Blue Moon will be in the fire element of Sagittarius. A “Blue Moon” traditionally refers to the second Full Moon that occurs within a single calendar month. Because the lunar cycle is about 29.5 days long, occasionally two Full Moons happen in one month, creating what is called a Blue Moon. Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter the planet of luck and expansion. They are joyous, artistic, creative, free spirited, adventurous, constantly seeking truth and whatever sort of knowledge/philosophy you can learn in life. This Full Moon will be fiery and positive but it is on the heels of some very intense astrology so it might also feel melancholic. The best way to channel this energy is to keep an open mind and be ready for adventure. It it a good time to fully embrace your dreams, see the truth of every matter at hand and absolutely always protect our heart from negativity. Letting go is always the number one theme on full Moons.

Whereas we perform New Moon rituals to set wishes and intentions for the month ahead of you, the reason we do a Full Moon ritual is to let go of things that no longer serve you. This could be attitudes, emotions, personal relationships, bad habits, illnesses. Anything you can think of that is negatively impacting your life. Things that have been hidden can also be revealed. Revelations and people being exposed. You can count on it for a Full Moon. I like to burn my Full Moon ritual intentions. It can be very symbolic and healing. You can also interpret the way your paper burns, so if your intentions light up instantly and burn the paper completely you have truly let go or maybe the fire fades quickly and only burns off a corner, what do you think that is telling you? Focus on the flames.

You have 3 days before the Full Moon to perform this ritual or 3 days after.

1) Gather any and all supplies that you will need for the ritual. Incense such as You can use sage to smoke cleanse beforehand, I will be using incense as I was recently gifted some and it seems very fitting. You will need some crystals (black obsidian, lapis lazuli, smoky quartz, sodalite or turquoise), a pen, a journal to write, a bowl to smudge in or burn intentions, a bowl of water and a white or black candle.

2) Create yourself a special altar space for all the items that you have gathered. It doesn’t matter where your alter space is, it can be any table in the house or on the floor, wherever you feel most comfortable. Decorate with items such as crystals, plants, candles, things you find outside in nature like leaves or feathers, decorative table runners, anything you can really think of that seems appropriate. For the Sagittarius Blue Moon I will personally be adding lilacs from the tree outside, bloomss, some strawberries and appropriate crystals of course.

3) Start by smoke cleansing your altar space and say a little prayer. It can be along the lines of “I respect mother moon and all she does for us. I plan to release that which no longer serves me. I do this to heal myself from past traumas and to fully let go and move forward.“ Write down your past traumas and the things that we wish to let go of focus on them, meditate on them. What do you wish for your life? Can you actually picture these things happening to and for you in your life? Letting go WILL NOT work if you truly don’t believe it. It’s important to be clear on what you want. You can doodle and make your intentions “pretty” or it can be as simple as writing a list.

4) Light your candle and put your crystals in the bowl of water. You want to charge the water and cleanse yourself after burning your intentions. Hold your intentions over the other bowl and using the candle light them on fire. Like I have already said you will want to analyze how they burn, even take a picture or video to look back on later.

5) At this time you can take some time for yourself however you wish, write down your interpretations of the flame burning, further meditation, possibly a tarot reading if you do that, you can even enjoy a glass of wine. Tell the Moon you love her, clean up your space and now is a good time to put your crystals in a window sill to charge under the light of the full moon. You have just completed your Full Moon ritual. Now can be a good time to take a detox bath. Use bath salts, flowers, crystals and maybe even a charcoal mud mask to help detoxify and destress.

I hope you guys enjoy doing this ritual and can find some peace or healing that you may be needing in life. I also hope you can take some time to appreciate all that is good in your life. Just like the oceans’ tides that ebb and flow as does the Moon wax and wane and although emotions can be heightened during the Full Moon you will soon feel back to your normal self and ready to tackle a whole new month/Moon cycle. Blessings to you all.

Once in a Blue Moon...💙

The Blue Moon in Sagittarius

Longing, Liberation, and the Courage to Become

There is something deeply romantic about a Sagittarius Moon. And a Blue Moon to boot. Not romantic in the soft domestic sense.

Romantic in the old meaning of the word. Wild longing, distant horizons, aching freedom, the desire to experience life fully before it disappears. And under this weekend’s Blue Moon in Sagittarius, many of us may feel that longing intensely.

Blue Moons have always carried a strange emotional atmosphere around them. Rare, liminal and slightly surreal. They tend to illuminate what has been building beneath the surface for far too long. And Sagittarius energy does not like to remain emotionally confined forever. Wild stallions roaming a great wide open plain.

A “Blue Moon” traditionally refers to the second Full Moon that occurs within a single calendar month. Because the lunar cycle is about 29.5 days long, occasionally two Full Moons happen in one month, creating what is called a Blue Moon.

Astrologically, Blue Moons are often viewed as heightened or amplified Full Moons. Since Full Moons already symbolize culmination, illumination, emotional release, and revelation, a Blue Moon can feel especially intense, fated, reflective, or emotionally significant. Many astrologers associate them with:

• major realizations

• emotional turning points

• endings and breakthroughs

• heightened intuition

• amplified themes connected to the sign the Moon is in (in this case Sagittarius)

Spiritually and symbolically, Blue Moons tend to carry an atmosphere of rarity and emotional depth. This is as though something hidden beneath the surface is finally demanding acknowledgment.

The Emotional Nature of Sagittarius

Sagittarius is often misunderstood as carefree or detached, but beneath its adventurous spirit lives something surprisingly tender. This is a deep ache for meaning. Sagittarius wants more than routine existence.

It wants:

• truth

• experience

• movement

• emotional honesty

• spiritual expansion

• freedom that feels soul level

This sign understands that life is temporary, and because of that, it often craves intensity, beauty, wisdom, and emotional depth all at once.

There is something restless about Sagittarius energy. Not because it lacks feeling but actually because it feels too much possibility.

What This Blue Moon May Bring Up

This Full Moon may feel emotionally expansive but also bittersweet. Many people may find themselves reflecting on:

• the lives they almost lived

• the people they still carry emotionally

• dreams they abandoned

• places they ache to visit

• versions of themselves waiting to emerge

Sagittarius energy tends to pull us toward the horizon psychologically. Toward what could still exist. And because this is a Blue Moon, emotions may feel amplified, nostalgic, and strangely fated.

You may feel:

• emotionally restless

• inspired suddenly

• nostalgic

• spiritually reflective

• craving freedom or change

• more aware of what no longer aligns

This Moon asks you what parts of yourself have you outgrown quietly?

The Romance of Becoming

There is a particular grief that comes with personal growth.

Sometimes becoming requires leaving behind:

• old identities

• old dreams

• old relationships

• old versions of yourself that once kept you safe

And Sagittarius energy understands this intimately. It knows that freedom and grief often arrive together. Because every new horizon requires walking away from something familiar first.

This Blue Moon may illuminate where your soul has been asking for expansion while another part of you still clings to emotional safety. You are being called to release and let go. A perfect time for a Full Moon Ritual.

A Moon for Wanderers & Dreamers

This is a beautiful Moon for:

• journaling

• travel planning

• spiritual reflection

• stargazing

• Moon rituals

• reconnecting with forgotten dreams

• honest conversations

• releasing emotional stagnation

Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter, the planet associated with expansion, philosophy, wisdom, and hope. Even in its melancholy, Sagittarius energy carries optimism. It reminds us that life continues unfolding.

That there are still places we have not seen yet, versions of ourselves we have not met yet and love we have not experienced yet.

The Shadow Side

This Moon may also intensify:

• escapism

• emotional avoidance

• impulsiveness

• idealization

• fear of commitment or stagnation

Sagittarius sometimes runs from emotional heaviness by constantly seeking “what’s next.” But this Blue Moon asks for balance and not running from emotion, but allowing emotion to become wisdom.

Final Thought

There is something sacred about admitting you still long for more. More connection, meaning, beauty and more life. This Blue Moon in Sagittarius reminds us that longing is not weakness. Sometimes longing is proof that the soul still believes in possibility.

The Ankh: History, Symbolism, and Modern Spiritual Meaning

The Ancient Symbol of Life, Death, and Becoming

Few ancient symbols have endured quite like the ankh.

Recognizable by its looped top and cross like shape, the ankh has traveled through thousands of years of human history while continuing to hold spiritual, emotional, and symbolic power in the modern world. Often called “the key of life” or “the breath of life,” the ankh remains one of the most iconic symbols to emerge from ancient Egypt.

But its meaning extends far beyond aesthetics.

The ankh speaks to something deeply human:
life, transformation, survival, and the mysterious relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds.

The Origins of the Ankh

The ankh originated in ancient Egypt, where it appeared extensively in temple carvings, tomb paintings, jewelry, and sacred artwork. Historians believe the symbol dates back as far as the Early Dynastic Period, over 4,000 years ago.

In Egyptian hieroglyphics, the ankh literally represented the word “life.”

Gods and goddesses were often depicted holding ankhs in their hands or extending them toward pharaohs and humans. In many images, the ankh is shown near the mouth or nose, symbolizing the giving of breath, vitality, or divine life force.

It was not simply a decorative emblem.

It represented:

• eternal life

• spiritual vitality

• immortality

• divine protection

• sacred connection between worlds

The ankh was deeply tied to the Egyptian understanding that life continued beyond physical death. To the ancient Egyptians, death was not viewed as an ending, but as a transition into another state of existence.

Because of this, the symbol frequently appeared in burial chambers and funerary objects, meant to guide and protect the soul in the afterlife.

What Does the Shape Mean?

The exact origin of the ankh’s shape is still debated among historians and archaeologists. Over time, many interpretations have emerged.

Some believe the loop and cross symbolize:

• the union of masculine and feminine energies

• heaven and earth

• the rising sun

• fertility and creation

• the balance between physical and spiritual existence

Others associate the shape with sandals, the Nile River, or ritual knots used in Egyptian ceremonies. But regardless of its exact origin, the symbol consistently carried themes of continuity, life force, and sacred balance.

The Ankh in Ancient Egyptian Spirituality

The ankh was closely connected to several Egyptian deities, particularly:

• Isis

• Osiris

• Ra

These Gods represented cycles of death and rebirth, fertility, healing, magic, and divine order. Because of this, the ankh became more than a symbol of simply “living.” It represented sacred existence itself. The idea that life was spiritually meaningful and eternally connected.

The ancient Egyptians understood life as cyclical rather than linear. Birth, death, rebirth, transformation. These are all part of something much bigger than we can see. And moving in a cyclical way. That worldview is part of why the ankh still resonates so strongly today.

Modern Interpretations of the Ankh

In modern spiritual communities, the ankh has evolved into a symbol of:

• spiritual awakening

• protection

• resilience

• feminine power

• ancestral connection

• sacred transformation

Many people are drawn to it because it represents surviving change while remaining spiritually connected to oneself.

For some, the ankh symbolizes reclaiming personal power after grief or hardship. For others, it represents:

• the continuity of the soul

• honouring ancient wisdom

• connection to divine feminine energy

• remembering that transformation is part of life itself

Its meaning has also expanded artistically and culturally through fashion, jewelry, tattooing, gothic aesthetics, alternative spirituality, and contemporary witchcraft spaces.

But even in these modern interpretations, the emotional core of the symbol remains remarkably similar to its ancient origins which is life continuing through transformation.

Why the Ankh Still Feels So Powerful?

Certain symbols survive because they continue speaking to universal experiences.

The ankh endures because it touches something timeless. This is the human desire to understand life, death, memory, grief, and what exists beyond visible reality. It reminds us that transformation is not failure. That becoming someone new often requires surviving the death of older versions of ourselves. And that there can still be sacredness in longing, grief, healing, and rebirth.

Final Thoughts

The ankh is more than an ancient symbol. It is a reminder that life is not static. It changes, evolves, breaks apart. and rebuilds itself. And sometimes the most sacred thing we can do is continue becoming. That is despite everything that tried to stop us.

Feeling called to share about the ankh as I have always been drawn to ancient Egypt and the symbol itself. But also because I recently purchased a stained glass Ankh symbol from Karina Stained Glass Art at the Wicked Bazaar Bloom in the Dark market. This is what is photographed.

New Moon in Taurus x Algol Ritual

There are some really ancient rituals that have been done for 1000s of years. A lot of different astrologers and healers use these types of things to help people with the difficulties of life. You can do a ritual for all kinds of different things but some popular times to commit to doing a ritual is during new moons, full moons and during the equinoxes and solstices. If you really enjoy doing them then you can start to do a ritual for other things you need in life. It can be very therapeutic. The power of manifestation is a crazy thing and that’s why these rituals are important.

The new moon moves into Taurus on May 16th at 3:02pm. We set intentions for the month on the new moon to be clear and concise about what we like to achieve. The new moon in Taurus asks us to focus on stability, self love and care, the luxurious bits of life and close friends and family. Taurus season is all about grounding, stabilizing and money. Life can get crazy and feel out of control but Taurus’s are strong and steady. If anyone is emotionally stable it’s a Taurus. Put your actions towards your true desires. Taurus is earthy, grounded, stable, stubborn, romantic, loyal and has a taste for the finer things in life. Now is a good time to focus on setting intentions for your family, what sort of wealth you need to attract in your life, think abundance. Long term and attainable goals. A Taurus is likely to hoard their money so the more ways you can save the better. Focus this month on wineing and dineing with friends, lots of face masks or good self care sessions whether at the spa, getting a facial or whatever self care looks like for you. Whatever it takes for you to feel good. Set goals on your beauty and appearance if you would like to improve in that area.

This New Moon is also poignant because it is conjunct the fixed star Algol. There are certain astrological alignments that immediately capture attention, and the New Moon in Taurus conjunct Algol is one of them.

Part of that comes from Algol’s reputation. For centuries, it has been called one of the most feared fixed stars in astrology. It is surrounded by mythology, projection, and intense symbolism. But like many ancient symbols, its meaning is far more layered than simple “good” or “bad.”

To understand this lunation fully, it helps to look at both the mythology behind Algol and the astrology of Taurus itself.

Algol is a fixed star located in the constellation Perseus. Its name comes from the Arabic al-ghūl, meaning “the ghoul” or “demon,” which contributed to its ominous reputation in medieval astrology.

Astronomically, Algol is known as a variable star because its brightness appears to fluctuate over time. Ancient astrologers observed this shifting light and associated it with unpredictability, intensity, and extremes. Over centuries, this symbolism evolved into stories of danger, destruction, and uncontrollable force.

But mythology reveals a deeper layer.

Algol is traditionally associated with the head of Medusa, the feared Gorgon from Greek mythology. Modern interpretations of Medusa often differ significantly from older patriarchal retellings of her story.

In many contemporary readings, Medusa represents a woman who was transformed through trauma, punished unfairly, and later feared for the power she carried afterward. Her image became symbolic of feminine rage, protection, survival, and the consequences of being silenced or violated.

A Taurus New Moon conjunct Algol can bring themes surrounding:

• reclaiming personal power

• setting stronger boundaries

• confronting suppressed emotions

• redefining self-worth

• releasing survival-based patterns

For many people, this may feel subtle externally but intense internally.

There can be a strong awareness of what has been tolerated for too long, especially in relationships, emotional dynamics, or situations connected to security and self esteem.

This energy can also heighten emotional sensitivity, intuition, and instinctive reactions. Taurus normally prefers calm and steadiness, but Algol adds emotional depth and urgency beneath the surface.

The result is a New Moon that asks for honesty.

Not performative healing and not bypassing. Real true honesty.

You have 3 days before and 3 days after the new moon to perform this ritual.

White pillar candle - IKEA (I did not have green but you can always use white in place of any colour)
Echeveria - Both of these ones are from Safeway South Osborne but you can get them anywhere
Crystals used - Carenelian, jade, clear quartz, rose quartz, selenite wand, mango calcite wand, fluorite, fossilized sand dollar
Sage - This sage bundle is from The Forks
Ceramic bowl - Made by my momma
Abalone shell - The Forks
Handbook for the Recently Deceased - Amazon

1) Gather any and all supplies that you will need for the ritual. You can use sage to smoke cleanse beforehand, crystals you will need (kyanite, emerald, jade, carnelian or rose quartz are good choices), a journal to write, a bowl to smoke in or burn intentions, a bowl of water and a candle. If you have a green candle I would recommend using green because green, earth and Venus are all associated with Taurus.

2) Create yourself a special alter space for all the items that you have gathered. It doesn’t matter where your alter space is, it can be any table in the house or on the floor, wherever you feel most comfortable. Decorate with items such as crystals, plants, candles, things you find outside in nature like leaves or feathers, decorative table runners, anything you can really think of that seems appropriate.

3) Start by cleansing your alter space and say a little prayer. It can be along the lines of “I respect mother Moon and all she does for us. I take this time to set honest intentions. I manifest all that is good and bright and light. I have the power to change my future. I will let go all that no longer serves me. I am totally and completely alined spiritually. I am in tune with my higher powers. “ Write down your intentions or wishes. focus on them, meditate on them. What do you wish for your life? Can you actually picture these things happening to and for you in your life? The manifestation WILL NOT work if you truly don’t believe it. It’s important to be clear on what you want. You can doodle and make your intentions “pretty” or you can just be as simple as writing a list. With the added Algol influence, this New Moon also supports intentions around:

• reclaiming power

• stronger boundaries

• refusing self-abandonment

• choosing yourself more honestly

• I create financial stability in ways that feel aligned and sustainable.

• I welcome abundance that supports my peace, not just my survival.

• I am building a life that feels secure, beautiful, and nourishing.

• let myself experience joy fully and without apology.

• I prioritize beauty, creativity, and sensory experiences that nourish me.

• I trust the slow unfolding of what is meant for me.

etc. and you can of course tailor them to your specific situations.

4) Light your candle and put your crystals in the bowl of water. For this ritual I definitely recommend using fire and burning your intentions. You will write your intentions down into your journal. You will start off by writing down the things you want to release and what no longer serves you. You will ask for the guidance in doing this. Don’t let fear or ego hold you back any longer. Talk about what you need to let go of and how you plan to do it. Next you will write about your wishes for the next month. What do you desire above all else. This is the perfect month to focus on family, money, beauty and long term goals for all of these things. It is also a good time to focus on your mental health and stability in your life. Especially right after so much tumultuous and challenging astrology. Now is the time to be realistic and focus on the things you truly need to accomplish in order for your dreams to manifest entirely. You will light the paper on fire and watch how the fire burns your intentions. Maybe it burns fast or maybe it fizzles out fast. After removing your crystals, use the charged crystal water to extinguish the flames by dropping the burning paper into the water. This seals your desires and puts them out into the universe. You can either bury the ashes into the earth outside (weather dependent) or you can pour them down the sink,

5) At this time you can take some time for yourself however you wish, further meditation, possibly a tarot reading if you do that, you can even enjoy a glass of wine. Tell the moon you love her, clean up your space and take the crystals to bed with you. You have just completed your new moon ritual.

I hope you guys enjoy doing this ritual and can find some peace or healing that you may be needing in life. I also hope that you manifest your deepest desires and this lunar cycle goes exactly how you wish it to. Now is the time for action and to put forth effort into achieving your goals. Use that down-to-earth energy to put in the thought and effort to building your dreams, focusing on stabilizing not only yourself but relationships and financial areas of life as well. Take the time to feel beautiful and do something nice for yourself. Happy Taurus season and New Moon!

On Birthdays, Grief, and the Strange Ache of Getting Older

There is something about birthdays that makes the emotional body louder.

I can feel it every year as it approaches. That strange heaviness settling into my chest. A mix of nostalgia, grief, longing, reflection. Like every version of myself I’ve ever been suddenly wants to be acknowledged all at once.

I could drown in the nostalgia of turning another year older.

And I know I’m not alone in that feeling.

For some people, birthdays are light. Celebration. Excitement. But for many of us, they feel like a mirror held too close to the face. They force us to confront time in a way everyday life allows us to avoid.

What have I become?
What did I lose?
What still hurts?
What am I still waiting for?

I think aging has less to do with physical appearance than people assume. The deeper ache comes from memory. From realizing how many versions of yourself still live inside you. How many moments still linger in the body long after they’ve ended.

There are things inside me I still cannot fully release.

Not because I haven’t done the work. Not because I haven’t tried to heal. But because some connections alter you permanently. Some people leave fingerprints on your soul that time does not remove.

And maybe that’s the part no one talks about enough.

Sometimes healing isn’t forgetting.
Sometimes it’s simply learning how to carry what remains.

There are ties I still feel deeply despite distance, silence, and years passing. Ties I’ve tried to intellectualize, spiritualize, sever, and understand. But some energetic connections resist logic. They exist whether we want them to or not.

And sitting with that reality as I get older has been difficult.

Because what is the purpose of a connection so profound if it cannot fully exist in this lifetime?

What do you do with all that love, memory, and recognition when there is nowhere for it to go?

Maybe birthdays bring this to the surface because they remind us that time is moving regardless. That life keeps unfolding while parts of us remain emotionally suspended somewhere else entirely.

And yet….

there is something strangely human about that too.

To age while still wanting.
To grow while still grieving.
To move forward while carrying echoes of what once mattered deeply.

Maybe that does not make us broken.

Maybe it simply makes us alive.

Casa Loma: Toronto's Gothic Dream

I was so delighted to visit Casa Loma in Toronto this past weekend. I was fortunate to get to visit because I was invited to Canada’s Best 100 Restaurants. It was a very quick trip but as usual, in true mom who has alone time fashion, I was able to pack in as much as possible. Including going to Casa Loma. Who knew there was a castle in the middle of a downtown metropolis??

Originally I was going to go to the Royal Ontario Museum, which is a favourite of mine. But I am really glad that I searched for spooky/witchy things to do in Toronto because it was amazing. And so creepy!

I have done quite a few creepy/witchy travels over the years and I plan to share more about them because my travel and experience blog posts are some of my most read and shared.

I went to Casa Loma on a sunny and bright spring afternoon. Meanwhile it was snowing back home in Winnipeg and I am showing up to tulips fully in bloom and blossoming trees everywhere.

Rising above the city on a hill, Casa Loma feels like something pulled from another world. Stone walls. Towering turrets. Hidden passageways. It doesn’t feel like Toronto. It feels like a memory of somewhere older.

Casa Loma was built between 1911 and 1914 as the dream home of financier Sir Henry Pellatt, a man driven by ambition and imagination.

Inspired by European castles, he set out to create something extraordinary. It is a Gothic Revival mansion with nearly 100 rooms, sprawling gardens, and architectural details that felt both regal and theatrical. At the time, it was the largest private residence in Canada.

But like many grand stories, it didn’t last. After less than a decade of living in the castle, Pellatt was forced to leave due to financial hardship, brought on by shifting economic conditions and rising costs. The dream unraveled almost as quickly as it was built.

The castle stood empty for years. Then transformed into a hotel, a gathering place, a relic of something that once was.

Today, Casa Loma is a historic landmark and one of Toronto’s most visited attractions, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. But beyond its history, there’s something else people notice.The feeling. It’s enchanting but also spooky.

Long corridors that seem to stretch just a little too far. Rooms that feel like they’ve witnessed something. A stillness that isn’t quite empty. Some say it’s just atmosphere. Others aren’t so sure. Stories of unexplained sounds, shifting doors, and lingering presences have followed the castle for years adding to its reputation as one of the more haunted places in Canada. I got many a vibe while wandering through its numerous hallways and winding stair wells. Many a whiff too with very physical clairalience scents throughout. Particularly the underground tunnels, the “Vault” and the top of the tower turrets.
But then as creepy as it was, I also was completely enamoured with the blossoms from massive magnolia trees, spectacular chandeliers and an old time feeling you only get from a place like this.
Casa Loma is more than architecture. It’s a story of desire. Of building something beautiful and ambitious,
and the cost that sometimes comes with it. It’s romance, but not the soft kind. The kind that lingers. The kind that leaves traces. Haunting romance if you will. Very on brand for me these days.

And that’s why it still draws people in. Not just to see it but to feel it. Some places don’t just exist, they hold memory and massive energy. When you walk through Casa Loma, it almost feels like it remembers you too.

Something to note is the gardens were shut down as they were under construction. As was the garden conservatory which was unfortunate because I know that would have been spectacular. But it was all set up for a proposal and I got to have a nice peek inside. Soooo cutesy 🥺🖤

Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius

All I have been thinking about is death. Surrounded by death. The death of old versions of me.

I don’t feel you in my energy anymore. And it makes me sad. But more so numb. Just dead iniside.

Death.

I wish things would have been different.

But life was meant to play out this way. Even with all the losses.

Lean into this energy.

Walpurgisnacht - Beltane Eve

Happy May Eve (Beltane) aka Witches Night aka Walpurgisnacht. A pagan celebration, exactly halfway from (or to) Halloween. The veil is very very thin right now. Walpurgisnacht was at the time, a night to honour and rendezvous with other witches. Of course completely demonized by Christianity, it was said to be a night of demons and devils and witches and goblins creating pure and terrifying havoc. When mostly just a night of fire, dance, feast, drink and celebration. But yes the veil is thin. Yes spirits are present. And particularly some trickster fae 🧚🏼‍♀️ remember we are cautious around fairies as they are quite mischievous and distrusting of humans. They are coming out of a long winter slumber so might be feeling particularly disgruntled.

Walpurgisnacht falls on the night of April 30th. This is a threshold between seasons, where winter fully releases and spring takes hold. Traditionally, it was seen as a night when the veil between worlds felt thinner, a time associated with witches, spirits, and the unseen moving a little closer to the surface.

Historically, people would light fires to ward off negative energy and welcome protection, growth, and renewal. It wasn’t just about fear of the unknown, it was about acknowledging it, and choosing how to meet it.

There’s something powerful about this night. It sits right on the edge of change. Not quite one season, not fully the next.

And that’s what makes it meaningful.

It’s a moment to clear out what’s been lingering, to be honest about what you’re carrying, and to decide what you’re bringing forward with you. Particularly impactful with the Scorpio full Moon.

You don’t need to do anything elaborate.
Light a candle. Step outside. Take a breath. But if you want to be more elaborate and honour the time, have a bonfire. Beltane is a fire festival after all.

Notice what feels like it’s ending.
Notice what feels ready to begin. Honour your ancestors. Honour nature. Honour what needs to be left behind.

In present day Walpurgisnacht is a day for witches to step out loud and proud. Own who you are as we no longer need to be persecuted for our beliefs. So happy Witches Night friends 🦇🖤✨

Aries Energy Makes Me Sad

Like why?

This energy has been good for me.

You can cut the tension with a knife.

Sexually.

But there’s no release.

Plagued by so many things that weigh heavy.

Falling into the bad energy like a bad habit.

I am so predictable.

Screaming into the void. Does anyone listen? Do YOU listen?

Schemes on scheming it seems lately.

Bring it back already.

And release. Please allow release.

But I will sit with it instead.

So I sit.

And shatter.

And humble myself time and time again.

The New Moon draws near.

And this promises a somewhat better shift.

I will be manifesting and doing magic.

Authenticity over everything.

Love above all.

And feeling….restless….

When Uranus Finally Meets Gemini

Uranus is a slow moving outer planet that takes about 84 years to orbit the Sun, spending roughly seven years in each zodiac sign. From 2018 to 2026, Uranus has been in Taurus, a fixed earth sign associated with stability, resources, finances, and physical security. During this time, many of the disruptions Uranus is known for have shown up in Taurus related areas, including shifts in the global economy, changes in how people earn and value money, the rise of digital currencies, and evolving attitudes toward material security and sustainability. Uranus in Taurus has challenged traditional ideas of stability, pushing people to rethink what “security” actually means in a rapidly changing world.

As Uranus moves into Gemini, an air sign connected to communication, information, learning, and technology, the focus of disruption shifts from material systems to mental and informational ones. Gemini governs language, media, transportation, and the exchange of ideas, so this transit is expected to bring rapid changes in how we communicate, process information, and connect with each other. This can include advancements in technology, especially around communication platforms, artificial intelligence, education systems, and media, as well as an increase in the speed and volume of information.

The last time Uranus moved through Gemini was from approximately 1941 to 1949, a period defined by rapid developments in communication, technology, and global connectivity during and after World War II. This era saw the widespread use of radio for mass communication, advancements in early computing, and the beginning of modern information systems. Uranus in Gemini corresponded with accelerated information exchange, codebreaking efforts, and the restructuring of global communication networks, reflecting Gemini’s association with language, data, and connectivity.

Before that, Uranus was in Gemini from 1858 to 1866, a time marked by major societal and technological shifts, particularly surrounding communication and transportation. This period included the American Civil War, where telegraph technology played a crucial role in relaying information quickly across distances. It was also a time of expanding railroads and increased mobility, both of which align with Gemini themes of movement and connection. The spread of newspapers and literacy further amplified the exchange of ideas and information.

Going further back, Uranus in Gemini from 1774 to 1782 coincided with revolutionary movements, most notably the American Revolution. This period emphasized the power of ideas, written communication, and political discourse, as pamphlets, speeches, and publications were central to spreading revolutionary thought. Gemini’s influence can be seen in how quickly information and ideology spread, mobilizing people and reshaping societal structures. The USA is having their third Uranus return, marking 250 years, which also marks the downfall of their empire. Very interesting timing wise.

Across all three periods, a consistent theme emerges: Uranus in Gemini aligns with times of rapid change in communication, the spread of ideas, and shifts in how people connect and share information. Each era reflects breakthroughs or disruptions in media, technology, and intellectual exchange, reinforcing the connection between Uranus’ innovative energy and Gemini’s domain of communication and thought.

The transition from Taurus to Gemini represents a shift from restructuring physical and financial foundations to reshaping thought patterns, conversations, and networks. While Uranus in Taurus has been about redefining stability and value, Uranus in Gemini is likely to emphasize adaptability, curiosity, and flexibility in thinking. On a personal level, this can show up as a need to change perspectives, learn new skills, communicate more openly, and embrace new ways of understanding the world.

Some Magic is Meant to be Left Wild

Some magic is meant to be left wild

untouched.
unclaimed.
still breathing somewhere
between memory and instinct.

I felt it
the pull,
low and steady,
like roots reaching for something
they were never meant to hold.

there are moments
that arrive like prophecy
-quiet, undeniable-
and ask you
to choose
between becoming
and consuming.

I could have taken it.
I could have crossed that threshold,
let it unravel me
in all the ways
that feel like destiny
in the dark.

But not everything
that calls your name
is meant to belong to you.

Some things exist
to awaken the body,
to stir the soul,
to remind you
of the power you carry
when you do not give in.

So I left it there
in the forest of almost,
in the space where it still lives
unchanged,
untouched,
eternal in its restraint.

and I walked away
not empty
but fuller
than I have ever been 🌑