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Ritual Guide for this New Moon

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Jan 29, 2025
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Something is building with this New Moon, find out what below. Also, subscribers get a New Moon follow along video ritual with instructions (scroll down). Plus, reasons why you need more butter, and an invitation to a ritual poetry workshop in SCOTLAND. Woot! All good things below.
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Nadia Waheed, Danaides Redux, 2021.

You may have heard about how this New Moon in Aquarius is part of a special lunar series.

From the New Moon in Scorpio on November 1st of last year, all the way to the New Moon in Aries on March 29th, each New Moon is at 9 degrees.

That means we’ll have six New Moons at 9 degree in a row, starting in Scorpio (ruled by Mars) and culminating in the Aries (ruled by Mars) with a partial solar eclipse. And this year is a 9 year, a Hermit Year! Big energy is building!

Many astrologers will remind you to look at the planets in your natal chart that are on or around 9 degrees to determine which houses in your chart are likely to be activated by these transits.

For instance, my moon is in Leo at 10 degrees in the 4th House, and my Uranus is in Scorpio in the 7th house at 8 degrees. Both are within 1 degree of 9. So my 4th and 7th houses (pertaining to family and close personal relationships) will be activated this time around.

We have a few moons to go before the final denouement in this series in March.

Today’s New Moon comes a few days before Imbolc, the pagan holiday of awakening.

Today is a good time to look around in your life and see what energies you feel culminating, growing, and waking up.

Magic is usually most powerful when you work WITH the energy as it is moving to direct the flow, rather than trying to impose your vision on things that aren’t already interested in happening.

Witchcraft works best when we co-create with the world around us.

Aquarius is the sign of the water bearer. Use this New Moon to pour some life giving water on the seeds that want to grow and bear fruit this year.

I’ve created a New Moon follow along ritual video for you below (in the subscribers section) to help you make the most of this transit. Scroll down to participate.

Happy Awakening Moon!

Yours with love,

Amanda

If you’d like to have access to today’s follow along New Moon ritual, plus join us for monthly live Full Moon rituals, reading groups and more, become a subscriber today!*

*Note if you subscribe at the Yearly or Founder’s level you get access to our 3-part Hermit Year workshop series. Just email us at guardian@oracleoflosangeles.com and we’ll send you the links. Also, for folks who are in financial need, we have scholarships available. Just reach out to us at the email above.

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Join me and my incredible collaborator, the poet Rebecca Sharp, for a day-long workshop on July 26th in Edinburgh, Scotland on working with ritual and poetry to activate creative potential.

In this workshop you’ll learn to write a sonnet (a poetic form traditionally used as a vessel for creative energy) and then work with them magically as offerings to your muse (AKA your imagination!). I’m so excited for this and hope you can join us.

Please forward this to any witches you know in the UK who you think might be interested in joining us!

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New Moon in Aquarius: Follow-Along Ritual

Remember, this ritual is for you. You can take hours to do it as a rejuvenation practice, or you can half ass it and put it on while you’re washing dishes if that helps you feel connected to your practice. YOU GET TO DECIDE what works best for you. Our rituals keep us connected to the soul of who we are, which is especially necessary during turbulent times. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good enough. And remember, let yourself find pleasure and delight in this work. Instructions and ingredients below…

Still from the video. It takes too long to upload so just click the link below to watch it.

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