August Full Moon
Full Moon 2:09 pm Eastern Daylight Time, August10, 2014
Moon Void of course 6:12 pm (EDT) August 10, 2014
Moon enters Pisces 8:55 am (EDT), August 11, 2014
Corn Moon, Grain Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon
The August Aquarius Full Moon occurs in the northern hemisphere at a time of abundant corn and grain, and plentiful fish. It symbolizes the first harvest, a community effort.
This will be the closest and largest full moon of 2014. The moon will not be this close to Earth again until September 28, 2015. This most super of Super Moons will result in higher than normal tides along the coast. Expect emotional high tides as well.
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"Campo de maize del sur de Ohio."
by Graylight. Originally posted to Flickr.
Used under Creative Commons |
The keywords for Aquarius, an air sign, are: I KNOW. Usually,
an Aquarius moon is a good time for team building, networking, and
collaboration. But according to Llewellyn’s
2014 Daily Planetary Guide, “this month’s Full Moon is involved in a
difficult T-square pattern with Saturn.” Saturn’s energy is akin to pulling on
the reins while ride a galloping horse. Resistance, boundaries, and
conservative thoughts and actions characterize Saturn energy. It may be
difficult to build community when the tumultuous, masculine, I KNOW force of
the Aquarius Super Moon slams against the “No way” energy of Saturn.
Full Moon Web Magic
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"A Gift From the Universe"
By William Waterway
Used under Creative Commons |
You will need paper and colored
markers or colored pencils.
How do we regain the harvest-time teamwork of our ancestors
under the opposing forces present this full moon? Begin by identifying the communities
you belong to: professional, personal, local, and global. Using a pencil, draw a
symbol to represent you. Then map out your groups around you, using circles for
each group. Add lines linking each group since they all connect through you.
What emerges is a web.
You Are the Weaver
What does your web reveal about you? Is it well balanced
between work, family, friends and community? Or is there an imbalance? Have you
been neglecting a group within your web? Are you all work and no play, or vice
versa? Does your web indicate too much volunteer work, or not enough? Do you
need to change your role within one of your groups — step up or step down? Does
your web show a lack of community?
Full Moon Ritual
1.
Create a (regular) pencil diagram of your
communities.
2.
Place your diagram in the moonlight or where you
can see the moon.
3.
Identify imbalances.
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If desired, add a group you’d like to belong to
and draw it in green. Imagine yourself welcomed into that community or
one even better.
With moonlight and nurturing light
I
grow a place for me
In a new community.
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Any group containing a relationship or situation
that needs healing, circle in blue. Meditate on what you can do to heal the
relationship or situation. Picture it done.
With moonlight and healing light
I send soothing energy
Into this fractured community.
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Any group you want to devote more energy to,
circle in green.
With moonlight
and nurturing light
I create a new
opportunity
To be active in this
community.
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Any group you need to release, trace over in
gold or silver, the colors of the god and goddess.
With
Moonlight and farewell light
I release
me
From this
community.
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"Spider Web in the Fall."
By Carriec. Used under Creative Commons. |
4.
Place your hands a few inches above the paper,
palms facing down. Close your eyes and picture a shaft of moonlight entering
your third eye and illuminating a replica of the diagram in your mind. Once the
drawing has revealed itself, imagine the moonlight running down your arms and
exiting through your palms onto the diagram.
5.
In your mind’s eye, light up the green circles
with an apple green light. The light sparkles, nurturing these groups and your
involvement within them.
6.
Mentally bring forth any group circled in blue.
Illuminate them in a pale blue light. Envision the healing light suffusing the
members of the group and bringing its members into harmony.
7.
Suffuse group(s) to release in either gold or
silver light. Picture the group(s) detaching from your web, yielded up to the
god or goddess for your highest good, and for the highest good of the group.
Sit with your drawing until you
feel you’ve received all messages and insights concerning your place within your
communities. Thank the moon for lending its energy and illumination.
Blessed Be
Ariella Moon
©2014 by Ariella Moon
