Spring solstice 20229/13/2023 ![]() However, it is also important that the moon be in the sign which is opposite the sun, and that is a 2.5 day period to work with. The big pitfall to avoid in lunar timing is checking the time of it’s peak during that day, and in which sign the moon shines? If full moon peaks in the morning, but you want to work at night when you can see her rising, plan your rite for the night before. This is because we are there to honor the cardinal new thing, not what we’ve just left behind.īy contrast, we’d celebrate the grand sabbats anytime during the week before the peak, because we are using this swelling energy to grow our Great Work intention with the fixed energies of the seasonal high tides. ![]() The important part is which zodiac sign the sun is in. Ideally, we’d celebrate a lesser Sabbat anytime the week after the tide shifts into the new season. A sabbat is not ONE day it is celebration of either a shift into the new seasonal cycle (lesser Sabbats) or the peak of that seasonal cycle (Grand Sabbats). Then they turn to ebb back out again for 6 and a half weeks. Remember that our seasons are great tides which flow in for six and a half weeks to peak. However, we have jobs, and families, and sometimes the coven just can’t manage to get their ritual act together until the weekend. If you have the freedom to celebrate any time of day, and any day of the week, by all means be as precise in your magickal timing as you can. So, when do witches hold our rituals? Astrological precision is a nice ideal, but not always practical for a modern life. Check out this article for more about my rationale between the calendar and astrological methods of magickal timing. The Astrology method aligns with the Hermetic paradigm upon which all the rest of the Great Work of Magick is based. Astrological MethodsĪlong The Pentacle Path of Modern Witchcraft that I practice, astrology determines the auspicious times for my spiritual and magickal work. Time to mark those calendars! Calendar vs. The second Lunar eclipse happens at Mourning Full moon on the flip side of the wheel with Scorpio Sun/Taurus Moon on November 8th. The first lunar eclipse happens at the Flower Full moon with Taurus sun/Scorpio moon May 16th. Lunar eclipses occur at full moons when the sun and moon are in opposite signs. The second one occurs at Dark moon in Scorpio ♏︎ on October 25. The first solar eclipse occurs at Dark Moon in Taurus ♉︎ on April 30. Solar eclipses occur at dark moons, when the sun and moon are conjunct in the same sign. In 2022 we also have two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses to tap for spells exploring both sides of the Taurus earth/Scorpio water elemental pairing. For more information on the astrological accounting for blue moons, check out these articles on my Contrary Opinion and the Blue Moon Debate. So, NO BLUE MOONS this year (that only occurs every 2.5 years). 21, 2022 Between those milestones we have 8 solar sabbats which mark the seasons, and roughly 12 lunations with full and dark moons to celebrate. So, the 2022 Wheel actually kicks off anew at Yule, Dec.21, 2021, and concludes Dec. This time period spans between winter solstices. The Wheel of the Year is what modern witches like myself call the yearly ritual cycle. 2022 Astrological Ritual Calendar for Esbats and Sabbats
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