☾✩☽ Guest Luminaries ☾✩☽
Hannah Fraser Moore is a Jungian life coach and therapist with over a decade of experience who works at the intersection between spirituality and psychology, with a particular interest in trauma. She runs a private practice in the UK and also works at an eating disorder and addiction clinic. Her work centres around archetypal psychology, depth psychology, the sacred feminine and grounded spirituality. Hannah often holds sessions and group coaching under the moon or in the woods. Her aim is to help people rebuild their lives from the inside out, so they can find their 'home' within themselves.
Anna Mullarkey is a composer and performer from Galway, weaving electronics with piano and voice. Having grown up in the West of Ireland, Anna draws inspiration from the sea for her compositions. The Irish Times called her “phenomenal” and Irish Theatre Magazine classified her music as like “ if a sultry ménage of Björk/Billie Holiday/Philip Glass got together at the Wickerman Festival.” She has released four solo electronic/folktronica singles under the Strange Brew label: “Baby Dragon” (2017), “Sometimes” (2019), “Alright” (2020) and “To the island” (2020) to critical acclaim, and an EP “Spéir”, which was funded by Galway 2020. Anna was a leading act at the Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launch, and has been invited to compose and perform the score for several Arts Council-funded plays. She is currently working on her debut album, which fuses folk and electronica.
☾✩☽ Astrological Resources ☾✩☽
Here is a selection of some of our favourite Astrologers you can tune into across 2022.
↠ Blue Rose School https://www.andrewsmith.ie/introduction/
↠ Mystic Mamma https://www.mysticmamma.com/astral-insights/
↠ Chani Nicholas https://chaninicholas.com/about-chani-nicholas/
↠ Virginia Rosenberg https://virginiarosenberg.com/about-virginia
↠ Lorna Bevan https://www.hareinthemoonastrology.co.uk/lorna-bevan
↠ Paramatma Siri Sadhana https://spaceweathertransmissions.com/paramatma
↠ Matthew Stelzner https://www.youtube.com/channel/
↠ Jennifer Racioppi https://jenniferracioppi.com/
☾✩☽ Other Recommended Resources ☾✩☽
↠ Find out more about this month’s Luminary Hannah Fraser Moore on her website here
↠ Find out more about our musician Anna Mullarkey here
↠ The Interpretation of Fairy Tales by Marie Louise von Franz
↠ Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner
↠ Dancing in the Flames by Marion Woodman
↠ The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock
☾✩☽ Cosmic Intel + Teachings ☾✩☽
Full moons are a time to look at everything in full light and make changes as needed. They can represent endings, completions or something coming to a ‘peak moment,’ The lunar qualities of emotions and instincts reach their peak at a full moon. The energy of a situation is at its fullest potency and potential. We fluctuate with the moons energy and the Full Moon is time of release. La Luna affects the gravitational pull of tides, birth rates, can regulate menstrual cycle, sleep, moods, plant growth, Emergency Room, Crime Rates. Every 29.5 days the Moon reaches its full phase and so do we…..
The Moon in astrology is associated with the feminine and in particular the Mother archetype. She rules the emotional body connecting us to our instinctive wisdom and our most basic needs. She helps protect and guide us by gifting us with information about our feelings and about the wellbeing of our nature. She enables us to penetrate our deepest recesses in the personal and collective unconscious and our roots in the past, our ancestral inheritance.
We are in a time of collective and personal awakening to what has been in the shadows, oppressive and imbalanced across our implemented systems as well as our personal realities. The process of awakening can be painful, because new realities precipitate trajectory shifts. In the process of things dismantling, disassembling, and crumbling, we can feel unstable and this is why change is often so dreaded. But we are the change makers of this time, and we are here at this time for a reason. We each carry our own truth, but a universal truth is that we’re all here ultimately to learn to love and be loved.
Full Moon in Capricorn
According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the deers’ antlers that begin forming in the spring harden fully at this point in the summer, thus, we have the Buck Moon! The Farmer’s Almanac also tells us that the July full moon can also be called the “Full Hay Moon” or the “Full Thunder Moon,” because this is the time of the season to harvest hay, and because thunderstorms may be plentiful this time of year.
When the moon is full in Capricorn, it sits opposite the sun in Cancer in the sky. The Cancer - Capricorn axis is concerned with security—both materially and emotionally. This lunation asks you to reflect deeper on how this dichotomy exists within you. Have you abandoned one principle in exchange for the other?
The full Moon in Capricorn provides a container for the vast array of feelings brought up by Cancer season. It lends us just enough emotional discernment to decide what we need to heal, restore, and evolve. Part of the work of Cancer season is to find our home frequency. The full Moon in Capricorn teaches us what we truly value in this world. It brings us to our core essence and values. It also shines a light on how we emit our core, or home, frequency into the world.
Imagine a tree with deep roots. Cancer’s energy represents what is buried beneath the soil, while Capricorn represents the branches on top. As we nourish our roots throughout Cancer season, we also strengthen and grow the reach of our entire energy. The full Moon in Capricorn is a time to become clear on the practices that help you nourish your roots and then give your energy direction on where it wants to travel within the infinite possibilities of its reach.
Capricorn seeks material status and gain, and yearns to reach new heights through achievement and recognition. So, the full moon in Capricorn may allow you to recognize some of your worldly accomplishments, but it’s also a powerful time to reflect on your work-life balance.
Where have you hardened yourself in order to keep pushing forward? This is an ideal moment to consider where you can invite more time for you and your needs into your life. Essentially, there is a pull between our outer and inner worlds, and we’re faced with an opportunity to recalibrate.
Cancer/Capricorn Axis
We cannot think about Capricorn without thinking about the opposite sign, Cancer. We can only understand the essence of a sign in relation to the opposite sign. Two opposite signs have the same energy, but they express it in completely different ways. Cancer-Capricorn is the axis of security.
With Capricorn, we look for security outside. We climb the ladder. We get promoted. We get diplomas, awards, and certifications. We get recognized. All in the name of security.
With Cancer, we look for security inside. We draw our strength from within. We have solid emotional foundations. We build a home. We express our feelings with no fear. We have strong relationships with our family. We embrace our culture.
Capricorn the highest point of zodiac and Cancer is the lowest point. Capricorn is the tree, Cancer is the roots. We cannot have one without the other. With no solid roots, the tree will never grow strong. With nothing to grow into, the roots don’t have a reason to exist.
Capricorn is an earth sign, and represents our material security. Cancer is a water sign and represents our emotional security.
Capricorn lives in a world of boundary, hard work and productivity. Cancer lives in a world of emotional exploration.
Capricorn initiates the utilization of the physical world around us, while Cancer initiates feeling.
One aspect of the parent teaches us how to be in the world, fulfill our promises and be responsible even when we don’t feel like it. The other teaches us how to locate, understand and process the feelings that arise, inform and guide us. Capricorn takes Cancer’s reluctant hand and guides it through the outer world showing it how to utilize that precious heart in the outer world of accomplishments.
Cancer beckons Capricorn home to refuel, replenish and remember what is at the heart of life. This doesn’t mean that Capricorn values – perseverance, rules, hard work, being an adult – are not important. They are important. But they become truly meaningful when they are rooted in the truth of who we are (Cancer).
No matter how many degrees you get (Capricorn) – if you don’t feel worthy, safe, and in touch with your emotions (Cancer), the degree won’t make you feel any better about yourself. Too much focus on Capricorn and we’re like a mouse on the treadmill. We run and run and run, without knowing where we’re heading. We feel directionless, and even if we become successful by worldly standards, we feel unfulfilled and empty.
Too much focus on Cancer and we never grow up. We blame our early upbringing for our lack of success and direction in life. We feel vulnerable, and we don’t believe we can actually “make it” on our own.
On Capricorn - Resilience & Power
Capricorn, symbolized by the Goat, is ruled by Saturn, the planet of boundaries, restrictions, and structure. The sign is also the ruler of the tenth house of career and public image. Those born with placements in the pragmatic sign are hard workers who act in a slow, steady, calculated way to ultimately achieve, succeed, earn recognition, and reach the peak of whatever mountain they've set their hearts on climbing.
Capricorn means different things to different people, depending on where Capricorn sits in your natal chart. But we can all agree that Capricorn is about structure, hierarchy, authority, systems, responsibility and a strong work ethic. This full moon will have you reflecting on your own achievements and sense of personal power as well as discipline, boundaries and the work you've done - or perhaps still need to do - to feel like you're on track.
☾✩☽ Moon Medicine Rituals ☾✩☽
Create an altar. Create a sacred space in your home - see our guide in aftercare.
Connect with the Moon. Whether or not you subscribe to astrology, the moon is always in the sky, and attuning yourself to the moon's cycle can guide self-care.
New moon: At the beginning of the lunar month, the moon is a new moon. Metaphorically, it's a time to plant the new seeds of goals, intentions, and actions.
Waxing phase: Her growth from new moon to full moon is the waxing phase. This the Warrior Phase—where we gain momentum in our actions.
Waning phase: The Sage Phase happens as she wanes from full, —where we gradually power down, restore ourselves, and integrate lessons learned.
Dark moon: The last few days before the new moon is called the dark moon. Here's when we retreat to our proverbial caves to rest and reflect, preparing for a new cycle ahead
Cleanse. Sage your Home, Bedroom, Chariot & Office. Energetically cleanse the energetic wombs of your life, where you find yourself “creating”.
Observe. Select a journal, and record your dreams, thoughts, insights, experiences and observations.
Collect items: pen, paper, tarot cards, candles, incense, herbs, symbols to represent Luna: mirror, mother, water, seashells, etc.
Have Patience. Have patience with yourself and the journey you’re embarking. Allow yourself the emotional space to process, release, learn, develop and heal.
Lavender Oil. Have lavender in your home, bed or altar. Lavender can bring stillness, and calm an overactive mind.
I Feel. Acknowledge your emotions and journal with what emerges.
Breathe Deeply. The pull of The Moon can bring up strong sensations and emotions – and sometimes this is uncomfortable. However it’s a prime opportunity to feel more and allow the emotion to unfurl. A very practical and grounded way to do so is to focus on the breath and breathe a little deeper than you would normally. Place your hands on your Womb and Heart and take a few deep breaths and feel.
Go For A Moon Walk. Walking in the lunar light in nature can be particularly magical.Watch how the trees move and interact; with The Moon, the wind, with you, and listen, really listen in to the sounds of nature. Moon Bathing can be a truly magical and intimate experience.
Take A Long Luxurious Bath. The Moon affects the tides, the Oceans, the water in our body.
To get in touch with this aspect of nature within and around us – take a long bath.Add in Epson Salts, your favourite essential oil, play some soothing music, light candles and relax.
Tending to your Temple: BodyLiving consciously starts with taking care of your body; the temple that houses you, here on this planet. So, scan yourself from head to toe. How does your body feel? Give yourself all the O2 and H2O your body needs.. Your body will thank you for that.
Ground, Ground, and Ground
The magnetic pull of The Moon is strong so Grounding is super important. If you do nothing else at The Full Moon – ground. It’s especially helpful just before bed as being rooted in the body aids a better sleep.
Beannachtaí 💚
from Kathy and all at The Trailblazery xo