Various Paganism, Tarot, Etc

🌑 New Moon in Cancer – July 2026

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Tomorrow is the new moon, and like all new moons and full moons, I did a spread aligned to the moon’s current themes as a part of my recognition of the moon’s cycle and influences upon us. Today’s spread is courtesy of @oak.moon.magic

Cancer New Moon Oracle Reading with The Cantigee Oracle

Where do I feel most at home?

The Luminous Brew

“The strange and unforeseen adventures, synchronicities, and encounters that unfurl as you attempt the various feats of your life simmer within you. These experiences combined to form an elixir that nourishes and sustains you… throughout your life.”

It is in the coalescence of your past experiences that you find the nourishment to move forward. Don’t forget that where you feel most at home is in your present, where the past lies as a foundation to support you and the uncertainty of the future is not yet realized. It’s in the present where empowerment lives and your greatest potential and comfort resides.

What does emotional safety look like?

The Dawn That Follows the Prolonged Night

“Just as dawn begins so subtly that we only notice it once it’s well underway, the same is true of our experience of emerging from dark periods of pain and confusion.”

Safety is in the sensation of surfacing from depression or feeling the lift of experiencing pleasure sourced through nature. When you become more aware of the rhythms of life, you are able to more greatly appreciate the up-swings where you feel safe to be vulnerable.

What do I need less of?

The Self-Seeing Eye

“We all develop a handy thing called an ego… made up of assumptions, many of which took shape when you were very young. These assumptions worked well enough when they formed, but things change.”

It’s important to connect with and look closely at your assumptions and ego driven beliefs now and then, and to then discard those that are longer serving you well, what you now understand to be wrong, or that hold you back from growth into a better person. Don’t allow your misguided ego to hold you back from letting these things go when they are no longer needed.

What do I want more of this lunar cycle?

The Coiled Snake

“Once you acclimatize to having been turned into a snake, you start to enjoy the feeling of your whole body being in direct communion with the Earth. You luxuriate in the sensuousness of your movements and the sinuous power you feel in every cell of your serpentine self. To be a snake, you realize, is a profoundly tactile experience.”

More time communing with nature through the experiences found there. To explore nooks and hollows, touch leaves and bark, smell the earthy scents, and lie upon the spongy grass. To experience the air’s movements along with the branches above, and the squish of detritus and damp earth beneath your feet.

You want to get outside more. Not just any “outside”, but the kind of getting outside that allows you an immersive connection with the trees, plants, and the Earth.

How can I care for myself more gently?

Snake Encircles the Moon

“There are things that give you a sense of safety and stability. When you feel that things have become too turbulent in your life or in your heart, merely remembering these things is like bringing your storm-beaten ship to relieving moorage in a sheltered harbor.”

When you are feeling overwhelmed, take it as a sign to step back for a moment and relieve your stress through meditation or positive visualization exercises. In doing so, you give yourself a break from the chaos, which allows you to re-enter the fray with fresh eyes and renewed energy.

New Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

A Peach So Ripe

“…ambivalence is no longer an option. Like the (ripe end of season) peach, it’s time to either pluck it and eat it, or let it drop to the ground. Either commit more deeply to your current situation, relationship, or endeavor, or let it go. Use it or lose it. Be it or leave it.”

After a long period of stagnancy, you are beginning to finally move in the effort to turn things around for your creative business. Keep in mind as you do this, your commitment will be tested. Lean in.

Other elements included in this reading:
Goat Figure as Sympathetic Representation of Amalthea
Gneiss Wishing Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort

DECK USED: THE CANTIGEE ORACLE

📆 Transitioning from June to July

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Month End Oracle Reading with the J Miranda Deck

Here and Now I Exist – Who you are now, in your entirety.

Center – You are the warm center that keeps everything feeling safe and comfortable. While you are this person for others, you seek this from those closest to you as well. You are coming to the realization and understanding that you need them to help stoke the fire and keep things going.

The Slough – What is to be left in the past as you move forward.

Center Left – Leave behind your tendency to focus too much on control, which you know to be both impractical and unhealthy. A bit of mindfulness and small corrections here and there will create far better results than trying to control every aspect and see every obstacle that may come up along the way.

What Lies Ahead – An ideal state or ideal self you are seeking at this time.

Center Right – You’ve been daydreaming an awful lot about having some true quality alone time lately. Just make sure when you try to pursue this avenue that you don’t end up closing yourself off in the process.

Limitations – Negative influences, opposition, or ill will.

Bottom Center – Your expectations of perfection are inhibiting you from being able to appreciate your home in its present state. Instead of obsessing over the mess and allowing it to drag you down, try waxing poetic over the stuff you like about your home. Just like everything else in life, it’s never going to be perfect.

The Boon – Positive influences, higher guidance, or divine intervention.

Top Center – Take time to stop and savor the little things. Sunsets and fireflies and quiet afternoons are your reward for just being here. Don’t pass them up just because you have “things still to do”.

The Wound – An unpleasant past experience or event that is ripe for some support and healing.

Bottom Left – Don’t allow the shadows of uncertainty to get the upper hand and take over. They will eat away at you if given the chance. Instead, cast a light on them to help guide you through dark times. When you share your worries and troubles with other others, it helps lighten the burden as well as the uncertainty you’re experiencing.

Nostalgia – A positive past experience or event to acknowledge, reflect upon, and enjoy.

Bottom Right – Use your “nighttime in the greenhouse” experiences in your meditation exercises. Explore the feel of the air and the leaves, the scent of the greenhouse at night, and the atmosphere through your meditation and visualization. These experiences are still fresh in your mind and able to be explored to add a little spice and variety to your meditation practice.

A Warning – Something coming that can be prevented or overcome.

Top Left – As mentioned previously, your expectations towards perfection are going to get in the way of the things you want to do and experience if you let them. Pay attention when that voice rises up that tells you that you should be doing more or doing better, and put it back in its place instead of allowing it to pollute your self-esteem and drag you down into self abusive behaviors.

Empowerment – A future opportunity to work toward.

Top Right – Remember that creativity is messy! It’s okay to make a mess and not be as organized as perhaps you’d like. As long as you are enjoying each aspect and step along the way, it doesn’t matter if there’s a mess to clean up afterward or if things are a bit more disorganized than the more exact side of your nature may prefer.

Message from the Spirit World – Have fun with color and creativity. Enjoy the beauty in the world around you instead of becoming hyper focused on all the little organizational bits that need to be put into place. Sometimes it’s okay to just have fun.

Message from the Mind’s World – If you allow your darker thoughts to run amuck, they will isolate you from the warmth and support others can provide.

Message from the Physical World – Consider getting outside during the darker hours of twilight and sunrise in order to beat the heat and find a more comfortable experience for your outdoor activities.

DECKS USED: THE J MIRANDA ORACLE

🌕 Full Moon in Capricorn – June 2026

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Tomorrow is the full moon, and like all new moons and full moons, I did a spread aligned to the moon’s current themes as a part of my recognition of the moon’s cycle and influences upon us. Today’s spread is courtesy of @lionharts

Full Moon Oracle Reading with the Cosmic Azy Oracle

My Focus: What is asking for my attention before I continue moving forward?

The Mirror – When you catch yourself judging others harshly, take a moment to look within and figure out the reason why you are reacting in such a way. What within you is inspiring these harsh judgments? Direct kindness towards those parts of yourself that are creating these judgments and sync to gentle those parts of yourself through understanding and acceptance.

Understanding: What understanding could strengthen my relationship with myself {or others}?

Disconnected – Give yourself the grace needed to experience your emotions, even the ones that feel unpleasant. When you allow yourself to sit with these emotions and actually experience them, instead of trying to ignore them or rush them along, you open up a door for growth and allow these unpleasant experiences to create opportunities in your life. These emotions are there for a reason, and it’s important that you practice the acceptance needed to allow yourself to experience them.

The Meaning: What deeper meaning is revealing itself through the path I am walking?

Femininity – The path that you are walking allows you to connect not just to the “masculine” aspects that your father tried so hard to instill within you, but to explore in more depth the soft and nurturing side of your nature, both in relating to yourself as well as other others.

Alignment: What direction feels most aligned with the person I am becoming?

Nature Resonance – More time in nature and a deeper connection to the earth are the direction that feels most aligned with who you are becoming. Holding yourself apart harms you on a soul deep level. It’s time to dive back in with enthusiasm and tangle your roots with those of the trees.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Where Your Heart Is – “The essence of life is not about where you are or what you do, but who you do it with. The true home of your heart is found in relationships with others, and sharing with them brings meaning to places and experiences. Spend time with those who warm your heart and nurture your soul.”

Make sure that you are reaching out and connecting with those that you love and who love you in turn. The timing doesn’t have to be right for you to reach out. Just do it because they’re on your mind… that’s all the motivation necessary.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Pocket Watch Token for Heightening Awareness of Time
Goat Figure as Sympathetic Representation of Amalthea
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: COSMIC VECTOR AZY ORACLE

🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Imagery Interpretations

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Prompt: Pull the same three cards from your deck(s) and tell us how you might interpret these decks differently, and why. Same question, same cards, different decks. And if you’d read them similarly? Tell us that, and explain why! Today’s cards are Seven of Dandelions (Swords), Ten of Mushrooms (Coins), and Ten of Branches (Wands). And the question from our imaginary querent is “What is something I’ve been neglecting lately and how could I pay it some more attention?”

Enchanted Forest Felines Tarot

“What is something I’ve been neglecting lately and how could I pay it some more attention?”
 Interpretation from the Enchanted Forest Felines Tarot:

All that hard work you’ve been doing has the potential to slip through your fingers if you’re not careful.

Pay attention to what you choose to pursue, and what you’ve chosen to leave behind. You can’t turn back for those discarded bits later, because you’ll already be carrying far too much on your shoulders, so make sure that you choose wisely.

Keep in mind when making these choices that what you take on benefits not just you and your goals, but also those that join you on your journey or wait for you at the end of it.

Hoi Polloi Tarot

“What is something I’ve been neglecting lately and how could I pay it some more attention?”
Interpretation from the Hoi Polloi Tarot

You think that you’re supporting everyone and that they’re all appreciative of what you provide, but all that back breaking work is being taken for granted by someone far more interested with taking off with what’s yours than enjoying it along side you.

Pay attention to those that take what you offer for granted, and ensure that they aren’t taking more than their share without respecting the work you’ve put into it.

DECK USED: ENCHANTED FOREST FELINES TAROT AND HOI POLLOI TAROT

🌑 New Moon in Gemini – June 2026

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Tomorrow is the new moon, and like all new moons and full moons, I did a spread aligned to the moon’s current themes as a part of my recognition of the moon’s cycle and influences upon us. Today’s spread is courtesy of @lionharts

New Moon in Gemini Oracle Reading with the Oracle of the Divine

The Invite: What new possibility is asking for my curiosity and attention

Deception / Väinämöinen – Manipulation is playing a role in your decision-making process right now. Consider where you are taking what someone says at face value in good faith, and consider digging deeper instead of simply going off of what they say.

Considered that there’s more to the story, and take time to suss out what you’re missing rather than acting immediately, even if they are presenting the opportunity before you as a “limited time offer”.

This Cycle: What am I ready to explore more openly with this moon cycle?

Integrity / Bái Sùzhēn atop Spite / Louhi – Recently, you had a discussion with Gideon about how your moral compass can waiver on the topic of omission and duplicity, depending on the situation at hand. For example, if you are being forced into something against your will, omission and dishonesty may no longer be considered “wrong” to your moral compass.

These fluctuations in your moral compass are something that is ripe for deeper exploration in a search for greater understanding of your personal mores, values, and ethics during this new moon cycle.

The Current: What energy is asking to move, or express itself through me?

The Apocalypse – Allow yourself to be carried away with the current as energy flows and changes the world around you. There is no use in digging in your heels and trying to stay stagnant or stationary. Instead, seek to go with the flow and see where the riptide eventually washes you back ashore. Stop resisting in the name of a stability that isn’t going to work for you in the future anyway.

Unfolding: What wants to unfold in my life over the coming weeks?

Gluttont Rx / Ko’ona – Pay attention to where you are attempting to give too much of yourself over the next few weeks. Remember that it is not selfish to enforce your boundaries when others try to take advantage of your giving nature, even if it feels like you’re being selfish in doing so.

New Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

The Sacred Sword – Stay true to yourself above all else. It’s very easy for manipulations and deception to slip in and begin to wear away at your clarity. By checking in with your inner knowledge and inner self, you allow yourself to cut through these deceptions and see what really lies beneath.

Other elements included in this reading:
Julebukk Goat Figure as Sympathetic Representation of Amalthea
Foraged Lodgepole Pine for Resilience, Growth, and Renewal
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Mookaite for Help with Weighing One’s Options
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ORACLE OF THE DIVINE

📆 Transitioning from May to June

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Month End Check-In Tarot Reading with The Yellow House Tarot

Here and Now I Exist – Who you are now, in your entirety.

The Hermit – You are seeking alone time and feeling a desire to retreat from the world at this time. As mentioned in the blue moon reading done yesterday, the trick to this at the moment is in finding the motivation to engage in healthy alone time instead of the unhealthy variety.

The Slough – What is to be left in the past as you move forward.

Seven of Coins – Don’t over-complicate long term endeavors. Just because something takes a long time to accomplish doesn’t mean it has to be complicated, or need your full attention all the time. Like some plants, some endeavors thrive under neglect rather than constant attention to detail.

What Lies Ahead – An ideal state or ideal self you are seeking at this time.

King of Coins – Resource stability. With taxes done for both personal and business, your property taxes paid, the levy on your building paid, your accountant paid, etc., you are feeling the need to recover financially and work on reestablishing some solid footing.

Limitations – Negative influences, opposition, or ill will.

The Empress – Don’t pamper yourself to the point you become lazy or lackadaisical. Not all self-care is about languishing. Sometimes it means getting in the garden to work among the flowers and/or otherwise building up a sweat in the sunshine and shade.

The Boon – Positive influences, higher guidance, or divine intervention.

Time / Wheel of Fortune – Do some of the things that tend to cause you to lose track of time. Your time and attention is not strictly regimented right now, which means it’s the perfect time to lose yourself in the activities where time doesn’t really matter.

The Wound – An unpleasant past experience or event that is ripe for some support and healing.

Ace of Cups – Take time to revisit some of those emotions from the past that you found confusing or difficult to identify and deal with. You may find them easier to identify and/or deal with now that there has been some time and space between you and them. Sometimes a little distance helps put things in perspective.

Nostalgia – A positive past experience or event to acknowledge, reflect upon, and enjoy.

Page of Wands atop Ten of Coins – In both the present and the past, you’ve enjoyed feeding those you care about foods that you have grown yourself. This year that may be your teas and herbs, but don’t give up the dream idea of growing more on your balcony next year.

A Warning – Something coming that can be prevented or overcome.

The Hanged One Rx – Take care to pay attention to your initial reactions to things, and take time to observe and consider before you actually act or respond. You don’t want to jump the gun, as that won’t provide you with the results you desire.

Empowerment – A future opportunity to work toward.

Three of Cups – That togetherness you’ve been feeling lately with others holds a great deal of promise if you nurture it.

Message from the Spirit World – Take your time when in the company of those you enjoy spending time with. Linger and enjoy rather than taking these moments for granted or rushing through them.

Message from the Mind’s World – The stability you desire is going to take some time and soul searching. It will return, though, with a little perseverance to get you there.

Message from the Physical World – That new balcony garden plan you’re considering needs some more planning, and now is the time to do some of that planning. Don’t put it off til later, because it’s going to come together in fits-and-starts.

Other elements included in this reading:
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Foraged Oak Branch with Moss and Lichen for Perseverance
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECKS USED: THE YELLOW HOUSE TAROT