Aria Sparrowsong's TAROT AND STARS

Credit: Behance This week's Corn Moon is also the Full Moon in Pisces--get ready to capture your inner feelings and harness your intuition. This is the last Full Moon before we mark the start of the dark time of the year at Mabon later this month. This is the finish of the First Harvest that began at Lughnasadh / Lammas at the beginning of August. This is also the coming together of Earth and planting the season's food to prepare for winter and the Watery nature of the sign of Pisces...two intertwined elements in more ways than one. Always think of enhancing and nourishing GROWTH. The Full Moon peaks on September 2nd, 2020 at 1:23AM EST (adjust for your timezone HERE ). Your magickal work should be done before this time for auspicious results as the Moon will still be waxing. Being by water for this Full Moon will be a special plus! A little bit of wine to promote deep sleep and vivid dreaming will be beneficial. One of the coolest things to do at this time of year is to create

 This is the only Black Moon in 2020...for those of you that do not know what that is, the Black Moon is the third New Moon in a season or the second New Moon in one month. This Full Moon is in Leo and with all of the cosmic stuff that is happening up there in celestial realms, this harbinger of the upcoming Fall season is an auspicious time and wonderful for manifesting energies... What do we DESIRE? Now is the time to ask for it and then go out and get it! Do your magick and ask for what you want clearly and directly. Manifesting or magick is simply moving energy at will! Right now, Mars is in a trine with the South Node in Sagittarius and Mercury in Leo. The rest of this year will be even more challenging than the first part...so take this little highlight of the summer and use it to your best advantage. Get all of this out of your system now as Mars will go retrograde in it's own sign next month...so the crazy is not over quite yet! Get ready! Some cool articles...check 'em

 A Lion's Gate Forum...check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEX9X7OEUfw A Lion's Gate Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6mnLxMfONk

So the wheel turns yet again and our year is over half completed now. The Full Moon in Aquarius will arrive close to High Noon on Monday, August 3rd. Aquarius is the sign of your world view, high tech everything, concern for humanity and humankind. And Lughnasadh is our First Harvest, welcoming the corn, the wheat, the eventual ending of Summer and happy times. The Sun will be squared the planet of Uranus so be looking for some unexpected happenings and be prepared for sudden and abrupt changes. The energy on this day will be electrical and it is the beginning of the Lion's Gate / Stargate that will last until August 13th. You can check out the video with more information about that HERE  by Magenta Pixie.  The Full Moon will be squared Uranus, Mercury will be opposite Saturn, soooo, expect some restrictions that could drive you crazy depending on where your Mars, Uranus and Saturn are placed in your Natal chart. Mars is also squared Jupiter and Jupiter is sextile Neptune. Dreams w

Art by Josephine Wall (This is a repost from my original post last year, just slightly edited.)  Lammas / Lughnassad is the only Sabbat that does not have a major Christian holy day or celebration attached to it. It is still a sacred time--as summer winds to a close it is the beginning of preparations for the Dark Time of the year. The Celtic Sun God, Lugh rules this special time as does John Barleycorn, who puts all of his energy in the crops and lays down to die beckoning the coming Fall season. It is thought that in times past, many fairs and festivals were happening during this part of the Wheel of the Year and of course, the First Harvest was the highlight of the Summer. The harvesting of the barley, wheat and corn kept egalitarian people busy and in the fields. Celebrating the fruits of their labor with copious amounts of beer and bread (and the shaping of the bread into the Lady and the Lord) was customary. Wheels of wood or straw wreaths, decorated with flowers and ribbons were