The January full moon is often called the Wolf Moon, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which may date back to Native American tribes and early colonial times when wolves would howl outside villages.
Edit: fixed the bad transcript of full moons from May to August.
A little witchy calendar to look forward to next year, since this one was a little bit.. cursed.
This lets you know about the full moons, new moons, wheel of the year celebrations and zodiac entrys, I hope you can use this to aid you on your practice.
While every single month’s Full Moon may be perceived and look analogous and similar from Earth, each individual one possesses their own names, foundational narratives, energies, qualities, and spiritual meanings gained throughout thousands of years.
January:
The Wolf Moon:
The January Full Moon is frequently titled the Old moon, Ice moon, and the Wolf Moon, and speculations of the reasoning include the howls throughout the night during this period of the year for food was scarce for them and they were hungry. The wolf stands up for itself and others, being firm with its boundaries and provides food and protection when needed which is what this Full Moon embodies.
February:
The Snow Moon:
The February Full Moon is called the Snow Moon since this is when some of the heaviest snow would fall. Various communities and tribes also dubbed this the Hunger Moon since food became very scarce this late into the winter. Although February’s Full Moon is indeed the Snow Moon, its spiritual meaning is all about heat, and setting our passions ablaze.
March:
The Sugar Moon:
A Full Moon is in the sky during March, and the worms are uprooting from beneath the soil. The Sugarcane is easily at its most prominent stage of growth, and you feel spring waltzing around the corner. This Full Moon brings conclusions, movement, and emotional relief. The Earth around you is beginning to thaw, and life is about to emerge in abundance, go enjoy it!
April:
The Pink Moon:
April’s Full Moon received its sobriquet from the Phlox flowers which bloom in North America throughout April and are among spring’s earliest blossoms. This prominently luminary celestial body is also called the Grass, Fish, and Paschal Moon since it occasionally aligns with Easter. This Full Moon promotes grounding, harmony, tranquility, and peaceful energies. Enjoy the fresh grass, and traveling fish,
May:
The Flower Moon:
The Full Flower Moon in May is one magnificent springtime occasion to look forward to, and is a time for fresh beginnings, radical development, revitalization, optimism, extreme evolution, inspiration, and personal growth much like the sprouting and budding flowers all around us. Plant and sow your energetic seeds for this year now.
June:
The Strawberry Moon:
This Full Moon that adorns the sky during June is known as the Strawberry and Honey Moon. This is because strawberries and honey production is flourishing, and afterwards being harvested in plenty for throughout the year. Like the sweet bliss of the first bites of strawberry, and the scent of honey alone, we can learn to be sweeter to ourselves and others, letting go of spite and embracing forgiveness.
July:
The Buck Moon:
The Full Moon in July is called the Buck, Hay, and Rose Moon because at this time the antlers of male deer are most prominent, the roses have bloomed, and hay is ready for harvest. Bucks shed and regrow their antlers each year, generating a greater and more impressive pair each time, and inspires us to release what is necessary for our personal optimal growth.
August:
The Sturgeon Moon:
This Full Moon embodies thankfulness for the rewards of Earth and asks us to step into the rhythm and energies with awareness and gratitude for what you possess, your beginnings and present, and what is blooming around you now. The Sturgeon Moon and nature’s plenty can inspire us to embrace individualism and set basic adjustments to our lives.
September:
The Harvest Moon:
The Harvest Moon, occasionally described to as the Corn Moon, is the nearest full Moon to the Autumnal Equinox. This Moon corresponds as the period of harvesting and gathering food for the colder months, often being corn. The Harvest Moon’s spiritual meaning is all about balance, fortitude, and abundance, a time to respect and appreciate.
October:
The Blood Moon:
A Blood Moon can help give attention to traveling inwards towards unacknowledged feelings and thoughts. Blood Moon astrologically communicates the chance for an expressive reset and a purge of your emotive shadows. The Blood Moon is a time of encouragement for inner reflection, releasing, and healing your denied grimmer emotions.
November:
The Beaver Moon:
The eleventh full moon of the year is known as the Frosty and Beaver Moon. The Beaver itself reminds us to harness the energies of imagination, innovation, collaboration, determination and accord within ourselves. The Beaver Moon holds its name since in November, beavers retreat to shelter.
December:
The Oak Moon:
The December Moon is recognized as the Oak Moon, Cold Moon, Winter Moon, and Wolf Moon. This full Moon holds to energies of resilience, endurance, reincarnation, commitment, perpetuity, connection, clarity, and release of anguish. The Oak tree itself embodies strength, confidence, endurance, concentration, resistance, and knowledge.
Crystals: Selenite, Celestite, Moonstone and Aquamarine
Herbs: Aloe Vera, Sea moss, bladderwack, Blue Lotus, Mugwort, Jasmine, Camphor, Coconut, Myrrh and Eucalyptus
Chakras: Heart and Third Eye Chakra
Rituals: Dream work, Ancestral Healing, Emotional Healing, Water Rituals (floor washes, yoni steam, spiritual bath. Any ritual with home life and fertility as well.
Meaning: The sensitive waters of Cancer. A lunar eclipse is a powerful full moon phase, but the emotional meaning of the January 2020 lunar eclipse revolves around moon-ruled themes such as home, family, and your inner foundation. We will never experience an eclipse like this one again. The sky is supercharged with celestial energies, and the tension building up toward Saturn’s meet-up with powerful Pluto.
Good for: Letting go as opposed to starting something new. Full moons bring culminations and with a stellium of planets hovering over Capricorn, this will likely revolve around traditions.
Bad for: It can be a lot to take in and can result in a low energy level.
Cancer:Sensitive. Governed by Mother Moon, and the moon is a symbol of your inner world; it’s who you are when no one’s around.
Capricorn:Governed by serious Saturn, planet of limits and structures.
Emotional meaning: The moon will oppose the sun, Mercury, Saturn, and Pluto in Capricorn. It is a very powerful energy and the beginning of a brand-new chapter and energetic shift. Capricorn is equivalent to your physical foundation, and Saturn and Pluto are in the process of destroying those outdated ways of thinking. These energies will likely shed light on the areas you’ve mentally and spiritually outgrown. The most challenging part about this is, you may not feel ready to let go of whatever’s been weighing down on you. However, the universe is always working in your favor, so surrender to it and have faith.
What’s to come: The Saturn-Pluto conjunction on January 12th 2020.
This incarnation of Wolf Moon honors the She-Wolf who nursed and sheltered Romulus and Remus in her den, the Lupercal, after they were cast out into the wild by King Amulius.
“A mother’s unconditional love, soul-deep compassion, and destiny: date plum, myrrh, black mulberry, black poplar, black fig, cypress, cassia, and Pan’s sacred pines.”
++ MÉNAGE À TROIS
Three-note scents born from our perfumer’s freeform daydreaming. These perfumes are ideal for layering, or can be worn alone. Duets will be appearing and disappearing here and there with the Lunacies throughout 2020.
An oil of fresh starts, but not a new beginning that ignores the past. This is a catalyst for new beginnings that spring from learning from experiences, processing the past, and being able to move forward with a clear head and your eyes open. Passion flower has been added to make the process gentler, and lemon peel and acacia gum to make the process swifter.
Includes: lemon peel, passion flower herb, birch bark, acacia gum, frankincense, bay leaf, calendula, chicory root, grains of paradise, and lemon balm.
++ A SUNBURNT COUNTRY
These scents are a fundraiser for Country Fire Authority Victoria in the hopes that we can help ameliorate the suffering caused by Australia’s bushfire crisis.
An unimaginably ancient scent, older than time. The gentle, fluttering embrace of oblivion: myrrh and blackened champaca blossom, attar of oudh, black amber, Casmir wood, and dried fig.
The full Moon of January is known as the Cold Moon, Ice Moon, Winter Moon, and Wolf Moon. As the first full moon of the year, it marks a time of beginnings as well as healing. Its powers can be employed to attract prosperity, build strength, and foster protection. It marks a time to work with our inner power to develop a sense of who we are and to find our place in the web of existence. Crystals associated with this esbat include moonstone, rhodolite garnet, rose quartz, ruby andred tourmaline.
I made this watercolor and ink painting to celebrate The Full Wolf Moon.
January’s moon asks us to look around, find the wolves in our lives. It also reminds us to take care, we may inadvertently be the wolf of someone else’s life. Winter is here, it’s long. Play nice with others. Protect yourself.
Lunar Eclipse, July 27th 2018 Mars appears… Lunar Eclipse, July 27th 2018 Lunar Eclipse, July 27th 2018: the moment the moon exits the earth’s core shadow, with Mars to the lower right End of lunar eclipse, July 28th 2018: still some shadow visible as well as a wonderful view on the moon’s surface structures
My impressions from the lunar eclipse and Mars opposition that occurred July 27th 2018,…
• Crystals for charging: Amber, amazonite, beryl, chrysoprase, garnet, hematite, jet, onyx and rubellite.
Info:
During this month the wolves once roamed the countryside, thus suggesting the name wolf moon. This is a good time for planning your year, what do you want to accomplish this year? Set some goals and plan how to achieve them.
Before you start make sure you have all that you need for the ritual by laying out your crystals, fill up the chalice/bowl with drinking water, place your candles and put out your food on a separate table. Then sage the area to make your sacred space and cast your circle. Invoke the elements, then God and Mary. Once you are done with the invocations turn to your altar and hold your arms open wide looking up to the Moon and chant:
Oh, Mother Mary bless (me or us) with this Wolf Moon,
I ask that you guide (me or us) with heightened awareness, fill (me or us) with Determination and focus (my or our) energy for this New Year.
Take this time to reflect upon the goals that you want to achieve this month. Once done, raise up your chalice/bowl and chant:
The moon is the symbol of our holy mother, her purity and wisdom are great and all-knowing, and (I or we) honor her on this holy night.
Until the time when the moon becomes full again, please keep a watchful eye over (me or us) Oh blessed mother. In God and your name, we pray. Amen
Take a drink from the chalice/bowl now that’s has turned into moon water and share if you have others participating in the ritual.
Thank God and Mary, then release the elements, and you are done! Keep your crystals out for this moon and make sure you remember to take them in the next day.
Have fun after the ritual, you can either have a party or just celebrate by yourself; it’s up to you.
