The Last Quarter Moon is the time for decrease. Look at the assessments you made at the Full Moon and see what you can reduce at this time. Here are a few examples of the sorts of questions to ask yourself to identify where you can do this. Did you identify anything in your plans or that needed to end or isn’t working and needs to be changed? Are there things you can change about yourself that are holding you back? Do you need to move away from any people or situations that

If you collect and dry herbs for making incense, poppets, teas or decorating your altar it is a good idea to have some dedicated tools to make your work easier. Here is a list of the most useful ones I have used over the years and if you are just starting your herbal journey I hope you find it useful. Pestle and Mortar I consider this an essential item. The best in my opinion are made of marble as the weight helps you work, especially with gums and woods. I would suggest that

The Full Moon is the time for reflection, assessment and gratitude Here are some questions to help you Assess your progress on your goals and plans, are you keeping to the plan? How much progress and improvement did the week of Increase that came with the 1st Quarter Moon achieve? How have you handled any setbacks or problems? What is your emotional state, is it up, down or variable? What is your mental state, are you stressed or stable? What can you truly feel grateful for i

All Times BST (GMT/UTC +1) 1st May Full Moon in Scorpio 1.22 3rd May Sagittarius Moon 07.34 5th May Capricorn Moon 20.06 8th May Aquarius Moon 0.28 9th May Last Quarter Moon 23.10 10th May Pisces Moon 18.40 13th May Aries Moon 01.04 15th May Taurus Moon 03.31 16th May New Moon 21.01 17th May Gemini Moon 03.23 19th May Cancer Moon 02.46 21st May Leo Moon 03.48 23rd May Virgo Moon 07.57 23rd May First Quarter

May is another name for Hawthorn and this Beltaine Eve I've collected flowers from my Hawthorn Trees in my Garden to decorate my home and Altars. It's an old tradition to bring Hawthorn into the house at Beltaine and it was also once used to decorate Maypoles. It was said to be bad luck to bring it into the house at any other time of the year, and maybe that's because Hawthorn is one of the Fairy Triad of treees "Oak, Ash and Thorn" and upsetting the Fairies was something no

This festival marks the height of Spring; the threat of frost has passed and the fertility of the land has been confirmed by the new growth returning to the trees, hedgerows and land, and the new births of farm and wild animals. Farm animals that have been housed overwinter are sent to pasture as there is now enough grass to feed them without supplementation. In earlier times they would have on the way to the fields been driven between bonfires with herbs smoking to free the

The First Quarter Moon is the time for increase. Look at the plans and goals you identified and committed to at the New Moon to see where you need to make improvements or upgrades to help you achieve them more easily and successfully. Here are a few examples of the sorts of questions to ask yourself to identify where you can do this. What do you want more of in your work, projects or life? What positive traits or attitudes do you need to succeed? What do you need to improve t

This is the first Moon of the 2026-7 Lunar Year and we begin our self knowledge and inner workings with the Lunar Zodiac here.

Living and growing through the Moon Phases in the Zodiac Signs The Moon moves through the Astrological signs through the year just like the Sun does -though it moves much faster, spending approximately 2.5 days in each sign. This means that each phase of the Moon occurs in every sign of the Zodiac through the Lunar year and over the course of the year we get the chance to interact with all of them. Regardless of the signs active in your Birth Chart each Astrological sign has

When you do your religious/spiritual workings do you call then rituals or ceremonies? I had always called my circle workings “rituals”, and saw my meditations, journeying etc as “workings” because that was how they were named in the tradition I was taught so many years ago. However, talking to some shamanic folks I know I found that they did not like to use the word Ritual to describe what they were doing, as it was too linked to church based religions and too formal. They fe

The Spring Equinox which is also known as Eostre, Ostara, or Festival of the Trees, is the time when Day and Night are of equal length...

Modern life is abundant in “things” but they come at a cost: lots of stress and the feeling that one is on a hamster wheel running like...