new moon tarot

🌕 Full Moon in Capricorn – July 2025

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Today 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 “The Full Buck Moon Focal Points” graphic by @thewitchsfix

Full Moon in Capricorn / Buck Moon Oracle Reading with the Plant Spirit Wisdom Oracle

Growth isn’t always loud; sometimes it’s the small shifts that change everything. How have you stretched lately – emotionally or spiritually?

Mycelium – It’s all about what’s going on out of sight and away from observation. Even when you’re generous to others and help to support them, it’s often done privately or even secretly. You just want a strong foundation and are willing to do what it takes to get it there… no praise necessary. In the past, you’ve often needed acknowledgment or validation from others for this to feel “worth it”. But recently, you’ve been finding just as much satisfaction in when no one knows.

This moon highlights the strength you’ve earned through effort, boundaries, and persistence. What can you do to honor your resilience?

Mold – Pause to acknowledge what you’ve earned and how far you’ve come. Even if you simply do this in the back of your mind, once you’ve acknowledged your accomplishments, they continue to grow in the dark where you put them and build your confidence as a result.

You’re not who you were – and that’s the point. This moon supports you in shedding what no longer fits. At this time, how can you move with intention toward who you’re meant to be?

Reishi atop Lemongrass – Start cleansing and purging, but start small and take your time. No rushing, no pushing. To move with intention toward who you’re meant to be means leaving some things behind. Take the time to consider each act before you do it.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Witch hazel – Only once you start the cleansing mentioned above will you start to feel better. This is a potential healing process if it’s begun at this time.

Other elements included in this reading:
Black Spruce Tips to Boost Self-Confidence and Positive Thinking
Yellow Aventurine Dragonfly for Confidence During Change
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: PLANT SPIRIT WISDOM ORACLE

🌑 New Moon in Cancer – June 2025

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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 @lightningwildflower

New Moon in Cancer Oracle Reading with the Oracle of Water

Reflect : How am I changing or healing?

Clownfish Draco – It’s getting easier for you to look at the things that take you by surprise (including unpleasant surprises) as amusing rather than ire inducing. This doesn’t mean that you don’t sometimes still react emotionally before you process, but that you’re a bit less likely to react in anger and instead with amusement during these times.

Attend : What feelings am I being asked to pay attention to?

Deep Sea Kraken – Stop skimming the surface, and look deeper. It isn’t so much that there’s one particular feeling you need to examine more closely or pay more attention to, but rather your tendency to bury the important stuff deep and try to ignore it, and instead only deal with or acknowledge whatever is on the surface.

Connect : How can I improve my connections with the ones I love?

Underwater Ruins – Don’t allow others to rewrite history for you. Not all trips down memory lane are pleasant, but sharing history that includes an element of truth is essential to bonding with those important to you. Just because they don’t want to acknowledge what happened doesn’t mean it’s not there. Don’t participate in the rewriting of history, and show your preference for the truth instead.

Align : What area of my life needs attention or alignment?

Cacaelia – It’s time to examine what you’re holding onto so tightly that it’s beginning to hold you back in your journey. You may need to sit with this and consider it, even do a few readings on it to find what this is. Don’t allow it to slip away, but see, out what has your knuckles white in that too tight grip.

Allow : What is ready to come forward in my life?

Reef Wyvern – You don’t have to be numb, nor ignore your emotions, in order to let things roll off your back like rainwater on a slicker. Remember that you can be vulnerable on the inside with that thin layer of protection still in place.

New Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Frilled Sea Serpent – “Don’t hold back or make yourself smaller just to stay safe… Step into the light, even if the first few steps are shaky.” – Guidebook

As another reading earlier in the day previously mentioned, fear is holding you back. You need to step forward into your fears, rather than allowing them to keep you in a place of stagnancy. Stretch your wings (or fins, as the case may be).

Other elements included in this reading:
Aquamarine for fostering Wisdom and Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: ORACLE OF WATER

🌕 Full Moon in Sagittarius – June 2025

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Tonight 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 @authorannievazquez

Full Strawberry Moon Oracle Reading with the Pathwork Oracle

This is a completion stage. Look at how berry much you have blossomed. Honor you!

Granthita Mudra – Take time to truly acknowledge the stability you have created for yourself and those around you. Don’t play lip service to this accomplishment, but rather, use this full moon to shed light upon these things and truly appreciate them.

Envision what you’d like for your future + set sweet intentions.

Amitabha – “…desire: a want for sensory pleasure.” To bring the future you want for yourself to life, you need to connect more deeply with pleasure, and allow yourself to enjoy life and the world around you on a deeper sensory level.

Cut ties with what is holding you back.

Vairocana – Your addictive nature is always going to be a part of who you are. The key is in moderation and prioritizing the future over the temporary rush of dopamine provided pleasure that addictive behavior provides. There are healthier ways to seek out pleasurable moments.

Clean your space, place crystals to charge + pull a card message.

Namskara Mudra – Give yourself permission to love and be loved. It can be hard to allow this type of vulnerability, but it’s a part of your growth and essential to your true happiness.

This is your time to have your cake + eat, it too. Invite in experiences that bring you more pleasure, joy + fun.

Body – Get out of the cloistering enclosure of your head and go outside to spend time in nature. Use this time outside to exercise your body in order to achieve a greater sense of freedom and clarity.

Write 10 things you’re grateful for.

  • Spring flowers
  • Autumn’s eventual cool down
  • Air conditioning
  • A dependable vehicle
  • People I trust in my life
  • My partner and all he does for me
  • I’m still alive and mobile
  • Squishy soled sandals
  • Prozac
  • My confidence in what feels right for me

A new portal of opportunity opens for you now.

Sympathetic Joy for Self – Celebrate life more, and what you have less. You never believed you’d live past 20, then 24, then 30… etc and yet here you are. With your depression and suicidal tendencies mitigated, if not always completely under control, you enjoy life more. So make sure that you are celebrating it every chance you get.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Ahimsa – Lay down your defenses and make choices that foster a greater sense of community. There’s no need to be aggressive or defensive right now, so instead of acting out on those feelings, look at why they are there, and seek a greater understanding where these feelings are concerned.

Other elements included in this reading:
Flower Agate Moon for Opening the Mind to New Possibilities
Lemon Quartz Bowl for Clarity, Focus, and a Pocket Full of Joy
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: PATHWORK ORACLE

🌑 New Moon in Gemini – May 2025

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Tonight 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 @moonlightandmindfulness

New Moon in Gemini Oracle Reading with the Flowers & Feelings Oracle

This is a great time for making connections, telling your story, and letting your unique, authentic self shine. How can you be more present in each moment without overthinking?

Iris – Irises don’t just attract hummingbirds and bees, they also attract snakes. Watch your step! You don’t have to scour the weeds for the suckers, just be aware and let them show themselves. Chances are? They won’t, and will run instead of being exposed. This is true for the “snakes” of the human variety in life as well.

Work on letting go of the “what if” scenarios in your head and trust that you’re ready and prepared for what may come. That hyper-vigilance is just wearing you out and keeping you from enjoying the blooms.

There may be a sense of clarity and our minds feeling less cluttered. How can you tap into this to inspire fresh ways of thinking, communicating, and expressing yourself?

Peony – Lean into kindness and understanding, especially toward yourself. All that negative feedback in your head makes it hard to step forward and open up, and difficult to be vulnerable or allow others to see your softer side. Use this time of clarity to catch yourself in these unforgiving thoughts and shift the narrative to what you would say to others instead of the abuse you dole out on yourself.

Practice patience and be gentle with yourself as you move through a new chapter of growth. What can you do to help yourself channel anxious thoughts into productive, gentle, and self-loving ones?

Fly Agaric – Don’t allow fear to rule you. Remember that fear blows things out of proportion, and even the smallest worry can blow up into a unmovable mountain if you let it. This doesn’t mean charging forward without thought, but it does mean “doing the thing” with measured respect for the risks involved instead of staying frozen in fear.

Loosen up and invite a sense of playfulness into your life. Where can you change things in order to find a bit of time to lean into curiosity, learn something new, and make new connections?

Lavender – It isn’t about finding more time to insert these things into your life, but about layering them into the areas of your life that are already there. Lean into your efforts towards positivity and optimism, and their influence will spread itself pervasively throughout all the aspects of your life.

Think through your intentions clearly – write them in a journal, speak them out loud. What small steps can you take to help you to reach your most aspirational goals?

Honeysuckle – The first step in any journey is making sure your goal is in alignment with what you want out of life and who you want to be. Discard those ideals and goals set upon you by others, and the “should do” mentality of outside pressures. What is it you want?

Be open to change and remember that saying ‘yes’ opens up a world of new opportunities. What do you need in order to help you surrender your need to know everything right now and let your story unfold?

Lotus – Trust is needed that you will get through difficulties and come out the other end better for it. Appreciate the fact that you have not been controlling your life single-handedly, but rather in tandem with the universe’s meddling. That meddling helps you grow, and will always make sure everything turns out okay in the end, even when at the moment things seem hopeless.

New Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Rosemary – It’s okay to be vulnerable. Not only does the universe have your back, but so too do your loved ones.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Lobelia Sprig for Removing Rose Colored Glasses
Fuchsia Flowers for Stability in the Face of External Disruption
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: FLOWERS & FEELINGS ORACLE

🌕 Full Moon in Scorpio – May 2025

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Today 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 Ethony

Full Moon in Scorpio Oracle Reading with the Mewni Tarot, Hear Here Oracle, and Hear Here Home Oracle

Where in my life can I seek deeper meaning?

True Love and Bloom – Lean into the love you share with your partner and the connection you have with them. It is through this relationship you can find deeper meaning in life and what you are doing here in the world. This person above all others is the person in your life that helps to shine a light on your purpose and the qualities in yourself that you tend to otherwise miss. So let that connection bloom and shine brightly.

What shallow shit needs to stop?

Death, Expand, Heal – Stop looking at change as something to avoid and run away from. It’s really not that scary. Instead, try to look at change as an opportunity to expand from where you are now and heal from the things that you are leaving behind.

What instincts do I need to trust?

The Hungry One and Create – If you’re not getting what you need, maybe it’s time to consider “growing your own”. There are times in life when those things you need cannot be provided for you. Instead, you need to create opportunity and fulfill your needs on your own. If you feel the need to create something new? It’s time to look at why you’re feeling that need, and what this creative endeavor will end up fulfilling for you and your life.

What relationships do I need to tend to?

Princess and Ground – Those relationships in your life that are high maintenance are in need of a reality check. Bring their expectations back down to earth instead of trying to comply with their demands.

How can I express my sensual side?

The Hanging Cat and Open – Seek a new perspective, and be open to experimentation.

Full Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

Battle Strength and Invigorate – Be ready. Make sure that you are alert, aware, and motivated to move when the time comes to do so. Now is not the time to let things you can prevent from doing so catch you by surprise.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Goat Figurine as Sympathetic Representation of Amalthea
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Carnelian Agate for Inner Drive and Focusing On One’s Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE MEWNI TAROT, HEAR HERE ORACLE, AND HEAR HERE HOME ORACLE

🌑 New Moon in Taurus – April 2025

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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 @hermitsmirror

New Moon in Taurus Oracle Reading with The Bloodlands Oracle

CLEARING – What burning ache is it time to let heal?

Anthelion (Spirit) – You need to work on not worrying so much about upcoming changes so that you can flow with the changes more easily instead of trying to resist them when they arrive. Stop worrying that whatever changes coming are going to be catastrophic, for even if it is, you will recover from it and move on. It won’t be the end.

TRANSITIONAL PAUSE – Where do I have momentum to carry me forward with ease?

Crossroads (Air) – Instead of balking at changes, whether they be gradual or forced upon you in chaos, try to remember to look upon these shifts as new opportunities to seize upon that in the end could lead to something even better.

NEW SEEDS – How can I cultivate abundance in my own life and for others?

The River (Water) – Keep moving. Stagnancy is not your friend. This is why working to go with the flow of change rather than fighting against it is such an important part of growth. You harness the immense power and energy of change to your benefit when you go with the flow instead of resisting.

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS – What self-indulgence is tonic for my weary soul?

The Dolman (Earth) – Ruminating on good memories that you have built into your history in the more recent past, rather than on the harder and more painful ones of your more distant past, can help to ease your soul when you are feeling “tight” and worn through.

PLANETARY BOON – How can I nurture the beauty in my world?

The Lightning Strike (Fire) – Keep in mind that cataclysm ultimately results in growth. If shit’s gonna hit the fan, go with it and let that shit become fertilizer for what you grow out of the rubble after everything else has fallen.

New Moon advice from the Minoan Goddess Amalthea.

The Old Bridge (Earth) – Long-standing and trusted friendships are your ally at this time. Keep them close and appreciate their presence in your life.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Rhododendron Leaf for Fostering Confidence
Foraged Wood Fern for Exorcising Negative Influences
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Goat Figurine as Sympathetic Representation of Amalthea
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: TTHE BLOODLANDS ORACLE