Today we welcome the Cross Quarter Holiday Samhain or Halloween🎃 to honor our ancestors and passed on loved ones and tomorrow on November 1, 2022 at 2:47AM we have the First Quarter Moon🌓 in Aquarius♒️.

This is also a week post the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Scorpio♏️ and halfway to the Taurus Full Moon🌕 Total Lunar Eclipse which will happen on the US Midterm Election Day (whew)!

In addition to all this Lunar energy, Jupiter just made it’s retrograde journey back into the sign of Pisces♓️ harmonizing with Scorpio Season on October 28th. While Mars stations Retrograde in Gemini on October 30th, just a day before Samhain/Halloween/All Saint’s Day festival when the veil will be the thinnest.

If you are looking for a way to really get into your shadow work, then these days are literally the crack in the door to help you access your hidden side. With all this energy it is time to put the wisdom of the First Quarter Moon Phase into action by checking in on what came up for you during the New Moon Solar Eclipse and any intentions around shadow work you set a week ago.

The growing clarity that comes from this lunar phase, that last’s only one day, can be an amazing balm for all of us venturing into the underworld for Scorpio Season. We’re not used to moving around in the dark and can appreciate the small glimmer the point the way ahead.

First Quarter Moon🌓Lunar Wisdom Formula

First Quarter Moons occur during the waxing phase of the Lunar cycle, where the moon grows to Full 🌕. It’s time to initiate and take inspired action!

Alongside the growth of the waxing moon, is the energy that expands as the light increases.

This First Quarter Moon is in the humanitarian sign of Aquarius, which gives us a Fixed/Authority energy that really focuses on community, humanity and innovation. The Maverick archetype energy that Aquarius brings to this lunar cycle can bring us the breakthrough we need to learn to embrace the shadow more in our daily lives.

Since we are in an Eclipse Lunar cycle, I am not recommending doing ritual to direct the powerful energy, but to get into a feminine and receptive stance that allows the energy to work through us for the next 28-29 days.

However this is still the first 14 days of the waxing phase 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕and its time to observe the growth of intentions that may have been 8 years in the making and dating back to October 25th, 2014.

Maintain awareness and continue feeling you way through as we head toward more revelations with the Total Full Moon🌕 Eclipse in a week.

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What to do this week:

🌙 Feel into your New Moon intentions so you are comfortable with how they will fit into your life
🌙 Map out your action steps for bringing your intentions into your life
🌙 Give yourself some mental space to really notice how you are feeling and what you are thinking. This could be through doing a walking meditation or going into nature and just being.

November Lunar Wisdom ♏️♐️

Death *Rebirth * Spirituality/Philosophy * Travel

🌑October 25 - New Moon Solar Eclipse in Scorpio♏️

Initiate: Sow the seeds of your future dreams

🌓November 1 - First Quarter in Aquarius♒️

Certainty: It’s an ideal time to commit

🌕November 8- Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Taurus♉️

Release & Results: It represents the deciding moment

🌗November 16 - Last Quarter in Leo♌️

Reconsider & Balance: What do you know?

Monthly Lunar Energy🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕

November is a very powerful month to work with the Lunar Wisdom Formula due to the eclipse energy. More than recommending that we do ritual to manifest during this time, I recommend tuning into our hidden self, desires and darker impulses. During this current Fixed/Authority moon cycle we will be grounded by this stabilizing energy, so that we can interpret the downloads and handle the manifestation that are coming in from the eclipses.

The Certainty and clarity brought by the First Quarter Moon🌓 will be helpful to prepare for the week ahead and the container needed for eclipse downloads.

Excerpt from: Yasmin Boland “Moonology Manifestation Oracle Cards Guidebook” 2021 Hay House Publishing

Trust The Universe

**Yasmin Boland’s Moonology Manifestation Oracle Cards**

It’s time to release your grip on a situation. Passion is good, but too much can become manic. Sometimes we feel too much intensity around our dreams because we’re scared they won’t come true, but that’s counterproductive. Live and let a live a little. State your intention to the Universe then…detach. Trust the Universe and see what happens. The tighter you grip now, the more likelu you are to lose out. This is doubly true if you’ve been jealous or had issues with sex or money. Avoid trying too hard to influence someone else.

Manifesting mix

If you feel stuck, or you’re making someone else feel stuck, you need to tread carefully. Sometimes stuck people behave recklessly.

Manifesting mindset

When this card comes up there’s a risk that you’re being too rigid in your thinking, words, or actions. Loosen up and you’ll and find it easier to overcome challenges your facing.

Tune in to your manifesting powers

The Third Eye chakra (Ajna) is located just above the midpoint between your eyebrows, and it allows you to see beyond life’s illusions to the truth: that you’re an amazing being here to manifest your dreams.

Let you and allow yourself to be filled with its Divine indigo light, healing you and your family line. Hold this card to your third eye and call its energies with these words:

‘Energies of the First Quarter Moon in Aquarius, thank you for showing me that its ok to be me!’

When to manifest your magic

The best time to work your magic is when the Moon is in Aquarius, on a Saturday (Saturn’s day) or during Saturn’s hour.

The First Quarter Moon in Aquarius takes place when the Sun is in Scorpio and the Moon is in Aquarius. It knows that sometimes to make magic you have to let go.

Mars Retrograde in Gemini♊️ & Jupiter Retrograde in Pisces♓️

Jupiter, who has been traveling backwards through Aries since July 28 and is now in enlightened Pisces, moves forward one sign on Friday. Even if the motion is still going backward until November 23, you can still experience some alleviation.

When compared to the frantic pace of Jupiter in Aries, this cycle's ability to restore tranquility can initially feel like a mental trip. You can get a sense of being yanked back into another dimension via an open portal.

And Mars starts it’s retrograde on October 30, which creates contrast as the planet of action, energy and forward motion. There is a serious FOMO alarm starting on Sunday! Over the next two and a half months, you long for diversity and will perhaps feel a little cagey.

However, keep in mind that on September 4 of this year, Mars entered his retrograde shadow; ever since then, the cosmos has been preparing us for this once every two-year retrograde cycle.

On January 12, Mars stations direct at 8° of Gemini, the same degree position he passed over in early September, beginning a cycle that is sure to stir up both bewilderment and original thought. Many brilliant ideas will emerge, but which ones should be pursued in reality?

Mars doesn't go retrograde, unlike Mercury, which does so several times a year. His retrograde cycle has a less frequent yet incredibly powerful periodicity. You'll be better able to feel prepared for this crucial period and be proactive about what's about to happen if you reflect on the previous eight weeks.

Tips to Navigate Mars Retrograde

1. Give your decision-making more time.

2. When things become tense, talk it out.

3. Be friendly to other people.

4. Get moving.

All About All Hallows Eve & All Saints Day– SAMHAIN🎃

The ancient festival of Samhain is where Halloween comes from! In actuality, many of our current celebrations, such as Christmas and Groundhog Day, originated as seasonal markers. They are connected to the old Celtic calendar's Quarter Days and Cross-Quarter Days. It is the reason we feel inclined to celebrate the groundhog in February, hold elections in November, and have weddings in June – because the events relate to the time, weather and energy of the year.

Samhain, which means "summer's end," is the basis of Halloween today. On October 31st, as the summer’s last heat and warm truly turn, cattle were brought in from the pasture and harvested for the needed winter’s meat supply. Because of the slaughter, Samhain became known as the "night of the dead" and it marked the end of the previous years bounty.

It was thought that the dead and our ancestors wandered from sunset till midnight during this shadowy time of growing dark, and then returned to the underworld after midnight. It followed that later, on November 1, we came to observe All Saints' Day because their spirits were at rest.

Samhain also has more positive connotations, such as apple bobbing, a method of predicting the future for the coming year.

Now you can see why so many cultures lean into their practice of ancestor veneration during this time of year. The veil is thin and the chances of connecting with our crossed over loved ones is high. And if matter can never be created or destroyed, then I am here for all energetic meetings with my loved ones through the ethers!

🎃Samhain Themes & Significance

Ancestors

Death

Rebirth

Introspection

Lifting the Veil

Summer’s End, Last Harvest Celebration, Feast of the Dead, Banishing, Protection, Release, Sex, Spirit Contact, Fairy Magic, Communicating with Spirits

Herbs and Plants

Rosemary, Sage, Tarragon, Clove

Stones and Crystals

Sunstone, Jasper, Opal, Amethyst, Ruby, Jade, Carnelian, Danburite, Calcite, Obsidian

Incense

Apple, Sage, Mint, Nutmeg

Colors

Black, Orange, Purple

Symbols

Apples, Acorns, Black Cat, Bat, Cauldron, Pumpkin, Scarecrow, Jack-O’-Lantern

Things to Do

Set a Table Place for Someone Deceased, Spend Time in Nature, Host a Feast, Make Family Recipes

May the thinning of the veil between light and shadow during Sahmain & Scorpio Season ♏️☀️ over the next 30 days bring you a deep level on insight on that which is hidden and the watery 💦, intuitive vibes that this sign brings.

Blessed Be💙✨

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