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The week starts out on an energizing note under Monday and Tuesday’s Sagittarius Moon, raising our optimism and encouraging an overall sense of well-being. Diligence will be the name of the game when the Moon travels through Capricorn on Wednesday and Thursday, as we’ll find ourselves eager to get some things taken care of. Any projects that have been on hold should clear under this Moon, enabling us to move forward with great progress. Note that Jupiter will turn retrograde on Thursday, traveling backward through the rest of the year and January 2025. This cycle promotes change, and the opportunity to learn new ways of approaching old problems. It can also reveal a faster path to our dreams over this four-month period. The very next day on Friday, Pluto will turn direct, resuming forward motion after a five-month retrograde cycle. Though Pluto’s changes in direction can be somewhat subtle, the global issues we’ve been struggling with can be resolved as it travels forward the rest of the year. With the Moon traveling through Aquarius Friday through Sunday, our focus will be on friendship, unity, and realigning ourselves with the recent changes that have come in over the last three months. Mercury will move into mysterious Scorpio on Sunday, turning our thoughts to the mystical, the spiritual, and the metaphysical energies that surround us.

How to Create a Full Moon Tarot Altar Every Witch Way, by Lilith Dorsey

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

The time of the full moon is a highly magickal time. As this celestial body shines her glory down upon us, it gives us a great opportunity to both create sacred spaces and perform tarot readings. One great way to do this is to craft a Full Moon Tarot altar.

This altar will allow you to utilize your witchy strengths to create the most powerful altar personalized just for you and your cards. An altar, for the purposes of this discussion, is a temporary space set up for sacred work, honoring, and spiritual practices. Here you can light candles, leave offerings, say prayers or petitions, and last, but not least, do tarot readings.

The Moon card in the tarot is an incredible one. It shows us dreams, magick, and hidden messages. When we look up at the moon, we can instantly feel our connection to the cosmos. Our spirit soars large, while our bodies in comparison may feel small. This creation will help you connect with and amplify the powers of the Full Moon.

Start the creation of your tarot altar by making sure the space is physically clean. Wash, wipe down, dust, or cleanse the space in whichever way feels right to you. Dirt is known to attract negativity and breed problems, and the less of it you have in your space the better. Once the area—be it a table, space on the floor, box, or wherever you choose—is fully cleansed, then you get to choose an altar cloth or covering. Since this tarot altar is being created for the full moon, consider choosing a natural cloth, colored blue or white, the colors most often associated with the moon. Use this cloth to cover your chosen space.

Next, choose the Moon tarot card from your favorite tarot deck; if you like, you can choose several. Place this card or cards into the center of your space. This will be the focus of your energy as you set up this space. Look at the imagery. Feel its energy extend past the boundaries of the card. Next, think about what type of Witch you are and how you want to showcase your strengths here on this Full Moon altar. All good altars utilize all the elements in their creation, but depending on what you like this is your opportunity to personalize it so it will function most effectively for you.

A great thing to use on your Full Moon Tarot altar is moon water. This is best made in advance by leaving a clear glass jar filled with spring water outside overnight during the full moon. If possible, place it somewhere where the moon's rays will be able to bless and touch it. In the morning, take the jar back into your home and it is now ready to use. (Making this magickal water may hold a special appeal for water witches.) It can be used to clean the altar before you start, used as part of a magickal bath ritual for the full moon, or placed in a glass and added to the Full Moon Altar space. If you don't have any made ahead of time, you may wish to add a glass of plain spring water, which will magickally bring joy and success, or sea water, which is very cleansing and healing. Place the water glass to the right of the moon card that you have put in the center.

If you identify as a Crystal Witch, there are many ways to utilize crystals on the altar. There are many crystals that are associated with the moon; here are some to start with which you can start:

• Moonstone: This stone even has moon in its name. It connects the user with the Moon on a deep and sacred level.
• Amethyst: Amethyst is a stone of clarity, spirituality, joy, and self- awareness. Amethyst will help you to connect with higher realms, and also grant you insight in all situations, making it perfect to use for divination.
• Selenite: This stone is named for Selene, the Greek Goddess of the moon. It is helpful in matters of emotions, passion, love, and magick.
• Labradorite: Known for its ability to transport the user to otherworlds and universal energy, this makes it ideal for use on your tarot altar.
• Lapis Lazuli: Lapis is a stone that is used to stimulate your psychic abilities. A stone of great magick it is a favorite of many different types of witches.

These crystals can be placed in your tarot bag, on top of your tarot cards on the altar before and after you give a reading, or arranged on the altar as a crystal grid. A simple grid can be made by placing your crystals on the altar according to the cardinal points—north, south, east, and west. This will help to attract energy and assistance from every direction. Alternatively you can place a series of crystals around the altar in the shape of a circle. This sends energy out into the universe, while also creating an insular atmosphere of healing and wholeness. You can use a single type of crystal for this or a combination of many different ones.

Earth-focused witches may enjoy using crystals on their altar, but they also might wish to include actual earth in the form of a small jar of dirt. This could be dirt from their ancestral home, which would amplify the energy of those who have gone before; dirt from the crossroads, which would expand opportunities; dirt from the bank, which is said to help with financial matters; or whatever you choose. This type of witch may also consider themselves a Green Witch and want to include live, freshly cut, or dried plants on the altar. Some great choices would be: mugwort, which is a favorite of witches for psychic power and ability; basil, which is used to remove enemies and provide protection; and lavender, which is great for cleansing and blessing. Or, you can choose whatever moves you and you feel is connected to the energy of the moon. These can be located to the left of the center card to represent the visible world moving into the realm of the invisible.

Chaos Witches may wish to add things they have been gifted or found on the altar; if they are connected to the Full Moon, even better, and if not, don't worry—chaos is everywhere. The same is true for Fairy Witches, found items or plants like dandelions that are sacred to the Fae can be added to the space at this time. Witches in a coven may want to add their coven symbol or items crafted in their tradition. This is like having a part of your path and your coven with you in this space.

The final pieces necessary to complete the elemental foundations of the altar you are creating are fire and air. Fire witches will welcome the chance to include a candle on the altar; this can be blue or white. If you like, you can carve the candle with the astrological symbol for the moon, or other symbols. This can be placed directly in front or you on the altar. Air can be represented here in the form of incense. You can purchase ready-made incense for the moon, or use one composed of herbs and scents associated with this heavenly body, like rose or myrrh. Place the incense on the far side of the space opposite the candle. Next, place your Tarot cards on the altar. Light the candles and incense, take a deep breath, and call in the energy of the moon. You can do this formally by calling the names of lunar goddesses like Selene, Artemis, Luna, Hecate, Cerridwen, and the rest. Welcome and thank them for gracing your space. Alternatively, you can use a blessing of your own choosing. Now the area is ready to do your Full Moon readings. When you are finished, extinguish the candle (remember to never leave a burning candle unattended). You may leave the elements in place as long as you like, but when you are finished with it, dismantle the space. Dispose of the biodegradable items and water outside on the earth, and return the other items to the usual place they are stored.

Creating this type of Full Moon altar is a powerful way to explore your witchy talents and connect them with your tarot practice. Feel free to repeat it monthly as the moon shines high in the sky, or as often as you desire. For more great rituals and workings, please check out my book Tarot Every Witch Way, which includes hundreds of tips and activities, like culinary recipes, immersive meditations, effective spells, engaging crafts, insightful tarot spreads, and more.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2024. All rights reserved.

I bought some green money candles. One is a pyramid with an eye in the middle, and the other three are inscribed for money and luck. I always pray before I light them, visualize abundance, and then pray again afterward. I need extra money so I can buy a house. Do you think this will work for me? Is this a good way to manifest prosperity, or is there something else I should be doing? Thanks!

- Hearts

Dreamchaser:

I personally have never much believed in the power of ritual. I had a good friend who was an Italian Catholic, and we would discuss our different belief systems from time to time. She would wave her hands around and say, You people - you have no RITUAL!

I have always been the sort of girl who just speaks what I want in my head or out loud. Either way CAN work, because the power to create what we want comes from our intention, our belief system, and our true thoughts, not the ritual itself.

That being said, what is your actual belief system regarding the money you need for a house? Do you believe you can actually get it by praying and lighting these candles? Or are you just hoping that this will work?

As many of you know, I'm a firm believer in the movement underway as a result of the book and movie The Secret (www.thesecret.tv). If you haven't seen this movie or read this book yet, I suggest you get to it as soon as possible!

In The Secret, we are shown that the Universe says only one thing to us, and that one thing is basically, Your wish is my command. Therefore we get whatever we think about, every single time.

I know people who were so worried that they were going to get a disease, and focused so much thought on that disease, that of course that disease manifested. The universe doesn't hear I want or I do not want. The Universe only hears that the person is spending most of their time thinking about and sending a lot of energy to this sickness, so the sickness has to show up for them.

Where are you putting the majority of YOUR focus? On the lack of the money you need, or on actually receiving that money? It's imperative that we all pay attention to our habit of thought and how we feel when we focus on what we want.

To use an example directly from The Secret, if we want to get out of debt, we can't constantly be thinking about debt. We have to focus on prosperity and take our mind OFF of the debt. Bob Proctor, one of the men featured on The Secret, suggests setting up an automatic repayment program so we can focus on abundance.

You need to just focus on the house you want and not the fact that you don't have the money for it yet. When you think about it, think of every detail with hope and expectation. Build the house in your head from the flooring to the lighting fixtures you prefer. If you focus only on what you want and stop dwelling on the notion that you need more money to get it, you will move toward the fulfillment of this dream.

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Astrea:

The Law of Attraction says that we create what comes into our lives. If using those candles to focus your mind on abundance and prosperity brings those things to you, that's super!

People are unique individuals, so what works for one might not work for another. For me, the path to money and abundance involves work. I think it's wrong for ME to pray or use any kind of spell for money. It's my own personal feeling that it's wrong to ask via prayer or meditation for abundance to just fall into my lap.

I know I'm not going to win the lottery, so I never gamble or play. In my meditations, I focus more on world peace, love and the health and welfare of others. I do, however, have lots of friends and relatives who seem to have a pretty good track record when it comes to acquiring physical assets through all sorts of prayers, spells or wishes.

The effectiveness of any ritualistic practice depends on the intensity, focus, and energy of the person who is performing it. I find that many people manifest success when they accept that abundance is available to them. Acceptance of that premise is difficult for many of us who feel overwhelmed by our daily lives or perhaps undeserving of prosperity. No matter what deity you're asking, the God or Goddess of your choice desires for you to have all you want and need.

Candles work by sending your message, and there are thousands of prayers of this kind. Every one of them uses the energy of at least one of the four basic elements (Earth, Water, Air, or in the case of candles, Fire). The candle, inscriptions, fire, smoke, and even the holder for the candle can be important aspects of your ritual.

These are what will carry your message to the Deity to whom you are praying. Praying before and after and simply giving thanks even before you receive what you desire is always wise. The candles become a concrete point on which to focus your attention and extend your intention. It's also important that you feel you deserve to receive whatever you're asking for.

I don't use candles inside because I'm afraid I'll forget to blow them out and burn the house down, but as long as you're careful with them, I guess this makes as much sense as any other sort of prayer for prosperity you might do.

The candles you have sound pretty, and green IS the color of success. Besides, as long as you're sincere, prayer of any kind will never bring you a negative outcome. It's been my experience that if people BELIEVE something will work for them, it usually will.

Good luck, and may you enjoy TONS of abundance in your life!

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.