Moon Ramblings: Part the Second

Tonight the Full Moon is in Taurus, it's the Beaver Moon, and there will be a 3 hour long Lunar Eclipse! Dannie and I had just returned from a walk in the moonlight, and Orion is hanging just below the Moon and above the tree line.  He kinda looked like he was reclining, if I think back on it. As we came home from the walk I thought about all the moonlight magic I know. 

I decided to do an abundance spell, as the moon is in Taurus and that is about Finances. Technically, as it's the Full Moon, and Full moons are about Releasing, it's a Moon for Releasing Financial Blocks. As you can tell, this could get complicated.  I chuckled at the Level of Complex things could be and how I tended to shake it down to its bare bones. I never was a big ceremony kind of gal. I tend to simple gestures and intentions. 

I'm probably lazy. Or it's like the lyrics of a Mountain Goats song  "And God is present in the sweeping gesture

But the devil is in the details"

I settled on doing a simple spell involving a wine glass, water, coins, and the Full Moonlight. I also brought out my box of stones and crystals, and lastly, sage. I set my intentions, greeted the moon, cleansed the area and all the items I had brought with me with the sage smoke. I love the smell of burning sage. I like the smell of most burning herbs and woods, maybe it's the Fire Sign in me.

I've been working with the phases of the moon lately, so as I had started shaping the idea of what I planned to do when I got home from my walk I realized that this spell had an aspect to it I was having trouble following. There is a point where you move your hands over the glass of water, as if gathering in the coins of light from the moonlight. Symbolically it is a very visible and pretty imagery.  Logically my mind started picking it apart.

As we walked,  it struck me how the Full moon is the peak of the Energy Increase and then it begins to Recede. If I was working for on a money spell I needed to check the energy flow and match the intentions to the correct points. Meaning all the aspects of this spell that are of the gathering energy need to be done before the full moon. 

I did this part right when we got home from our walk. Then I set an alarm to see if I would be able to come up with a way to honor/celebrate/experience the Lunar Eclipse. I do like the color the moon turns. It is a very powerful experience and so beautiful and rare. I did not wake up.

Now that that was completed I get to start thinking about how to Release my Financial Blockages.  I need to hit the books! Recently a friend sent me a really cute kit called "How to turn your Ex- Boyfriend into a Toad Kit. " This will be my first stop.