Star Gazing Events for 2013

Hunter's Moon for a scared rabbit

Tonight is the Full Hunter's Moon.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, it is a time when the fields have been cleared and hunters could see their  quarry clearly. A great chance to store up for the coming winter.

According to me, in my own words, it is a time to get in touch with your inner Virgin Huntress and remember that "virgin" means not sexually untouched, but not belonging to a man.

Right now my Huntress is wounded, afraid, and hiding in a hole while my man has become my shield against the world. This is a good thing, because I have a man who will willingly and lovingly shield me from a world that I do not have the strength or skills to face alone right now.

But at this moment, the moon is shining Her perfect light down on me, and so I will go outside and sit with her. I will hope that the next Hunter's Moon that rolls around I will feel like the Huntress and not the Quarry.

Strawberry Moon

 Full Strawberry Moon – June This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry! source The Farmers Almanac

In Magickal work, strawberries are ruled by the planet Venus, are associated with Fairies, Frigga, and Mary, and can be used for love, luck, passion, and abundance.
The full moon in Sagittarius, coupled with the Lunar eclipse,  will heat all of these strong emotions until they bubble over. Look above and beyond this fray to seek and find your goals. They may be new, or you may find a new way to reach them if you let go of what is not working and learn the lessons of your past. These lessons are the wisdom that will lead you through your future.
Let this wisdom from Sagittarius expand your Faith and Consciousnesses. Keep what is working, abandon what is not, no matter how attached you are to it. Center and resolve what conflicts you can within yourself, and leave those you cannot resolve alone until you can continue that work. Love yourself, make your own luck, build a passion for your goals, and you will walk forward into abundance!  
H.W.

Thursday, Moon in Aquarius

Express yourself to expand your horizons. There are songs in you only you can sing, there are dances only you can lead. To keep them inside, in a dark corner of your heart you are afraid to show, is to deny beauty and blessing to yourself and the world. These are gifts you alone can give. Give freely and joyfully, and all your good will flood in at your feet. Stifle them and they will wither in shadow, blocking the door to bliss.
H.W.

Tuesday, Full Moon in Capricorn

What do you need? Where does your life need to be going? Positive action leads to wisdom, and passion for the goal will speed your journey. Full moon in Capricorn is a great time of power, you have but to tap into it to begin to manifest your desire. Remember to temper your passion with humility and discipline. That much power with out structure can easily spin out of control and whip back at you. Nothing worthwhile comes without effort, and no true effort comes without a price, but if your goal is worthy, work becomes joy, effort becomes play, and desire becomes reality.
H.W.