We are having a solar eclipse on the which falls on the 8th of April 2024.
The solar eclipse occurs when the moon falls between the earth and the sun which casts a shadow over the earth.
This will be a total solar eclipse and occurs when the moon and the sun is exactly aligned with the earth but the moon being smaller than the sun enables the sun to surround the moon as a bright ring.
Please Note: A solar eclipse should ONLY be viewed through solar filters like a pair of solar eclipse glasses for safety reasons, as you don’t want to damage your eyes. PLEASE NEVER look at the sun without adequate protection. For more information on what you need to see the eclipse safely which includes what equipment you need please go here for more information:
Solar eclipse magick is when the energy is amplified due to the moon energies intermingling with the sun energies. The sun and the moon are in the same star sign and the energies co-mingling this way, emphasis is the energies of that particular sign. This solar eclipse is in Aries* therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Libra star sign.
The kind of magick you can perform during the solar eclipse:
Liminal – magick worked between the darkness and the light.
Transition – use the sun and moon moving through this time to highlight or work with important transitions in your life.
Transformation – deep within and also that which surrounds us.
Change – harness this quick moving energy to bring about purposeful change in your life.
Rebirth – moving from one cycle to the other in the form of a death of the old and and bringing in and welcoming of the new.
Breaking – down barriers before you which have caused blockages in your life can now be removed.
Movement – cleanse the stagnant decayed and no longer necessary and embrace the fresh new and potential within problem areas of your life.
Rituals/Spells – in dedication to Gods who embrace this time and can assist you in manifesting the energies of the liminal, transitional, rebirth, movement, breaking away and change such as Hekate.
Sorcery of the Solar Eclipse
*Aries moon is a good time for renewal of energies, transformation and new beginnings.
Since Aries is a fire sign it’s a great time to work with this element.
This is a good time to rebalance with Hekate’s fire and bring in manifestation of courageous endeavours with the confidence she illuminates.
The element of fire resonates with passion and purpose through drive and determination. I feel that fanning the flames of your personal hearth can be used to manifest the magick of this moon in the form of renewed progression or the sparked beginning of a specific task or goal your want to achieve along with career, travel or health objectives you want to materialise.
Fire magic using incense or flame such as candle, lamp or even torch and fire place/pit is ideal for this moon.
Setjataset’s Bay Leaf Spell
Take a bay leaf (dried) and write your name on one side and then your desire on the other and then burn it after reciting these words:
“Great Hekate bring your illumination
As I come to you in veneration
I request my desires to be fulfilled
Bless my magick to grow and build
Great Hekate bring me my desire
Manifest my wishes with your fire.”
*Aries is an fire sign which is ruled by Mars. It is a sign which can appear confident, fiery, direct and motivated. It is also quite an outgoing energy and builds community with leadership and passion.
Lammas or Lughnasadh is the first autumn festival in the Southern Hemisphere calendar. This year Lammas falls on the 4th of February at 6.07pm. Gods such as Lugh, Mercury, Dagon, Demeter, Ceridwen, Ceres, Brigid and Dionysus can be honoured during this time of year. Historically it’s a Celtic festival which celebrates the First Harvest of the Fruits such as apples, grapes, tomatoes, peaches, plums but also celebrates the harvest of the first grain, wheat, oats and corn. Therefore traditionally the fruit gathered is made into preserves and the grains and corn made into bread or cakes.
I was introduced to this festival when I studied Wicca back in my teens and then was exposed to a celebration of it when I was in my first Wiccan coven in my early 20’s. We would make corn dollies, bread and cakes and share it with one another.
I grew up with an immigrant Greek family and during this time of year they would make large stores of Passata due to it being used so often in their cooking. My father also made home-made moonshine using whatever was abundant and in season as well as his own wine and beer. My mother made Pita from home grown spinach and/or horta (wild grass) and fennel, stuffed vine leaves and also various Greek shortbreads and cakes. They would both share what they made with family and friends as it was common practice where they grew up and brought that tradition here to Australia when they immigrated.
These days I continue a version of their traditions as I infuse store bought wine with homegrown Greek herbs, make passata from the tomatoes out of my garden, as well as bake traditional Greek village bread and Greek biscuits using organic ingredients. I have also used this time for years to make plum jam from my garden’s Victorian heirloom organic plums (due to the trees originally being part of a farm in the area before it was sub-divided into housing). These items created from the seasonal harvest are offered to my Gods, Ancestors and loved ones where appropriate.
Due to been heavily influenced by the way I was raised, my rituals are a mix of honouring my personal Gods, ancestors and also honouring the land I live on. I see this as a perfect blend of personal devotion as someone who works with the Gods, local spirits and venerates her ancestors in a modern way. I don’t have any strong connection to the God Lugh, typically honoured during this time of year, so I personally use it as a harvest festival and honour my household Gods: Hekate with a libation set aside to Hestia. Other Gods which I have honoured during his time include Persephone, Demeter, Mercury and Apollo.
If like me if you honour any of the above Gods, you can make Greek shortbread or cheesecake for Hekate, pomegranate infused cakes or salads for Persephone, honey or sesame biscuits for Demeter, home-made wine for Mercury and home-made beer for Apollo.
It’s also a good time to make and dedicate devotional items you have crafted yourself over the summer. I tend to make and dedicate items to specific Gods utilising items from my garden due to it resonating with the vibe of the season and festival. Growing a lot of herbs, the ones which are in season, I collect preserve and store them for future use in Hekate’s name for various magical purposes. I also collect resin, bark, leaves and branches from some of my trees to be used in items such as incense, waters, oils and magical tools.
I feel magically used crafts such as candles and incense are perfect to infuse with the energies of the season especially if we are able to harness these energies and channel them into the items. I also tend to make preserves which I use in offerings thorough the remainder of the year
Also I personally feel that it is a good time to acknowledge the ancestors and leave them some food offerings as a form of ancestor veneration. I usually leave some food they liked in life such as kalamata olives, feta, stuffed vine leaves my mother taught me to make along with some Greek coffee which I can scry and divine with.
So even though the Hekate and Ancestral traditions of spirituality and magick I work, doesn’t sound like it fits exactly within the Lammas/Lughnasadh festival – I make it work for me and you can too as the most important thing I feel is devotion and dedication to your path whatever form that takes.
Seasonal Planting Guide:
Vegetables such as beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, fennel, kale, leek, lettuce, potato, silverbeet, spring onion, sweet corn, brussel sprouts, beetroot, carrot, parsnip, radish, rocket and mustard greens.
Herbs such as basil, sage, oregano, chives, parsley and thyme.
Flowers such as ageratum, alyssum, cleome, cyclamen, French marigold, gypsophila, Iceland poppy, lobelia, lupin, nigella, pansy, polyanthus, primula and verbena.
Some things you can do to honour and mark this time of year in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:
Feast with loved ones. Make food usually consumed during this time and partake or share with loved ones, as well as leave as offerings to your gods or gods of the season, land spirits and ancestors. It’s the perfect time for baking and anything which can be shared and is seasonal.
Bake bread and offer the first loaf to the Gods of the season. You can also take a loaf and cut it into quarters and place those quarters in each corner of your residence to bring good luck and prosperity.
Harvest herbs, flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables and create a shrine or altar in celebration of the season.
Rituals or spells involving gratitude, abundance, prosperity, luck and work.
Trade or swap handmade items with loved ones.
Make corn dollies or garlands of flowers or herbs.
Dance or drum to raise energy and direct it into the earth.
Write poetry or creative writing which could contain themes of the time of year.
Visit a holy well and make offerings of flowers, cloth or coins and then circle the well clockwise for health and wealth blessings from the Gods.
Leave grain and seeds which are safe for local birds and wildlife as offerings.
Spend some time tending to your garden or indoor pots.
Light a sacred fire in your fireplace or a bonfire in your backyard.
Revamp your shrine or altar with the colours of the festival (Orange, Red, Yellow, Gold, Brown and Bronze) and adorn it with wheat, corn, applies and produce of the season (herbs, fruits, flowers and vegetables).
So work your magick this festive season, honour and celebrate the harvest and ask for what you want to be prosperous, abundant and full of good fortune in your life.
Part of my practice is to honour my Gods and Ancestors during the astrological sabbat dates with seasonal devotionals, rituals and magick.
Below I have detailed the astrological sabbat dates for the Southern Hemisphere for 2024 with a brief description of what the day symbolises as well as their traditional dates:
Lughnasadh/ Lammas
February 4
2024 6.07pm
First autumn harvest festival.
Traditional Date: February 1
Mabon/ Autumnal Equinox
March
20
2024
1.06pm
Day and night have same length. Days get shorter.
Traditional Date: March 20
Samhain
May
5
2024 9.00am
Veil between worlds thinnest.
Traditional Date: April 30 – May 1
Yule/ Winter Solstice
June
21
2024 6.51am
Day has the longest night. Sun is at its lowest elevation in the sky.
Traditional Date: June 21
Imbolc
August
7
2024 10.14am
Marks the beginning of spring.
Traditional Date: August 1
Ostara/ Spring Equinox
September 22
2024
10.44pm
Day and night have same length. Days get longer.
Traditional Date: September 21
Beltane
November
8
2024
8.12am
Halfway point between spring and summer. Fertility festival.
Traditional Date: October 31
Litha/ Summer Solstice
December
21
2024 7.20pm
Day has the longest daylight. Sun travels the longest path through the sky.
Traditional Date: December 21
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) – add 1 hour for Daylight Savings Time when applicable.
Moon magick is a practice I strongly resonate with. I love to create and venerate with the various phases of moon. I love to engage in the moon’s ebbs and flows where I can move with the energies and enact rites with and for my Gods and Ancestors. Regardless of what path I practice, regardless of what sorcery I perform, the moon is my guide through it all – a guiding presence for my workings.
This year we have various unique moons coming up where you can practice your full and new moon rituals and spell-work with added punch due to the added significance of these moons. There are different types of magick you can create during these various significant moon phases which can assist you with your practice.
Listed below I have created various pages explaining the different moons and what magick you can practice in the associated links:
As a magical practitioner I like to work with the phases of the moon. I find these useful for various rituals, devotionals, spells and other magical workings.
Some magickal workings which can be conducted on the following moon phases:
Litha also known as Midsummer , Estival Solstice and the Summer Solstice is the time in summer which signifies the longest day of the year. It’s a time which is celebrated as a fertility and light festival as the sun has reached its highest place in the sky with the longest time of daylight. Traditionally it is a festival celebrated all around the world, some which hold rites which includes dancing, feasting and ritualistic sacrifice. These days the focus of this festival by neo pagans and witches is placed upon the sun and acknowledging its movement within their hemisphere.
This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar, it falls on Friday the 22ndth of December at 1.27pm (AEST). Gods such as Nuit, Hathor, Sekhmet, Ra, Horus, Aten, Apollo, Lugh, Mercury, Hestia, Juno, Lugh, Sulis Minerva, Huitzilopochtil, Sol and Amaterasu, can be honoured during this time of year.
I have celebrated the Summer Solstice with groups of people in various settings and alone, and the one thing which I found linked them, was celebrating the festive season with specially prepared food. Something which I have experienced often during this festival day, is the acknowledgement of the sun and its power as well as it being the last sabbat of the year which coincides with Christmas and Hanukah.
One of the fondest memories I have during this time of year is celebrating the Summer Solstice with my coven where a member would make an ice wreath which had herbs and flowers placed in layers which she collected by season over the year. A lit white candle anointed in oils was placed within the wreath and had pride of place in the centre of the circle during our ritual.
In my coven and magickal groups we would always have fires usually in the form of a firepit or fireplace where we performed rites to celebrate the significance of the day. We would also exchange gifts and share food which had either been hand-made or which had been specifically acquired for the day.
During this time of year, I notice that my garden is booming with new growth due to the heat and rain. My sultana grape vine is bursting forth and I collect the excess of leaves for garlands to adorn my shrines. I also have many fruits and vegetables which are available to pick from my garden to also include in the foods I prepare for feasting or make as offerings to my gods and ancestors.
I like to acknowledge and thank the traditional owners of the land as well my garden and the Devas of the land and its blessings by leaving tokens and offerings throughout my garden. I ensure the bird bath and feeders are well stocked, as well as encourage any insects or bees which pollinate my garden by leaving them appropriate food such as organic honey water. I plant or replant herbs and flowers which encourage the local bees and birds and I allow them to partake of my fruit and vegetables without nets or pesticides.
During this time of year I also tend to cook and bake as a way to infuse my personal energies with the offerings I make to my Gods, Ancestors and land spirits. I use what is in season and usually make roasted vegetables and falafel, fresh salads, baked country bread, Greek and Middle eastern dips, olives, feta, pickled vegetables and pita and serve them with herbal iced tea and juice. I also bake sweets like layered seasonal cakes or cookies and platter various summer fruits for desert. I take some of these offerings and leave them upon Hekate’s, Sekhmet/Hathor’s and my ancestors shrines during my seasonal devotionals.
Since the summer solstice ends up being around Christmas I also ensure I have baked items which resonate with this holiday such as shortbread and gingerbread and share them with co-workers, neighbours and friends. I recite prayers to my ancestors in front of their shrines to acknowledge them and also leave various offerings of what I have prepared during the season.
I personally feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year. The light is at its peak as is the potential within us to take up her torches and ignite or rekindle the energies we want to fully immerse ourselves in. The surrounding vibrations swirl with vitality so now is the time for action as the sun is at its absolute pinnacle and available for us to bring down into our lives. As our days are filled with heat use the flames of Hekate to take that strength which is available to you and use it to feed your projects which need that spark or extra boost.
Hekate can also be a force of cleansing and movement. Hekate helps us use the liminal places she inhabits to bury or wash away that which needs purifying and helps us turn our attention towards that which needs planting. She does this by assisting us to eradicate or remove the negligent things in our lives to make way for the positive things we need.
I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of wine, bread, eggs, cheese, olive oil, garlic, pomegranate, incense, candles, water, salt and biscuits and also items I have made which I have wildcrafted and resonate with the seasons energies. I also like to create a fire pit with old herbs, plants and tree branches which I can’t upcycle into my Hellenic firepit before my chthonic shrine to Hekate in my garden. Lastly I tend to create in her name with regards to magic which I conduct in liminal spaces such as the beach or forest with like minders others or on my own during liminal times such as sunset, sunrise as well as the middle of the day.
Seasonal Planting Guide:
Vegetables such as cucumber, corn, squash, spring onion, silver beet, onion, lettuce, beans, tomato, capsicum, sweet potato, artichoke, beetroot, shallots, cauliflower, celery, radish, okra and eggplant.
Herbs such as basil, coriander, lemongrass, mint, tarragon, thyme, chives, marjoram, oregano, parsley, fennel and rosemary.
Flowers such as sunflowers, carnations, poppies, petunias, nasturtiums, daisies, dahlias, zinnias and celosias.
Some things you can do to honour and mark the summer solstice in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:
Make food usually consumed during this time and partake or share with loved ones, as well as leave as offerings to your gods or gods of the season, land spirits and ancestors. It’s the perfect time for a BBQ and anything which can be shared and is seasonal.
Host a Misfit Christmas which you can host in your home or park/beach for those who don’t have anywhere to go during the festive season. A good way to do this is by having a pot luck and having everyone bring something to share which can encourage sharing and opens conversations.
Dance or drum to raise energy and direct it into the earth.
Perform a ritual to celebrate and mark the sun at its peak and its blessings it brings upon the earth.
Take a sun bath (ensuring to protect yourself from the UV rays) which can take the form of meditation or yoga.
Rituals, spells and magick for fertility, creativity, passion and endeavours which you want to see growth in (especially when held in the middle of the day).
Go outside into nature and take in the beauty whether it be a beach, forest, park or garden. Whilst there wildcraft and acknowledge the bounty of the earth by giving thanks.
Dedicate some time to assisting those who are in need, marginalised or alone during this time who need a little help and support. Volunteer for a charity, collect items (food and personal hygiene items) for a homeless or animal shelter or gifts for those stuck in hospital. This can also be done on a smaller scale where you can assist a elderly or sick neighbour or friend.
Watch the sunset and give thanks to the sun for its light and warmth.
Light a fire (bonfire, firepit or fireplace) or candles to celebrate and honour the light of the sun during this time.
Declutter and swap, donate or sell that which you no longer need.
Leave a candle in a safe place to burn all day in honour of the sun.
Craft some items which resonate with the season for you.
Revamp your shrine or altar with the colours of the summer solstice (Green, Red, Gold and Copper) and adorn it with candles, bells, ribbons and produce of the season (herbs, fruits, flowers and vegetables).
So work your magick this Solstice, honour and celebrate the sun and ask for what you want to be vitalised and strengthened in your life.
Beltane also known as Cetshamhain (and May Day in the Northern Hemisphere) is the halfway point between spring and summer and is celebrated as a fertility and/or fire festival. Traditionally it is a Gaelic festival which is part of the four seasonal festivals celebrated in Ireland and Scotland. Historically Beltane dew was collected in the morning to promote beauty and youthfulness, as well collecting water from holy wells for the same purpose. Rites which includes the building of communal bonfires were held to protect and encourage growth of people’s harvest and livestock by going around or over said bonfires whilst being bedecked in flowers, ribbons and shells as representations to invoke protection. Offerings were made to the sprits and fairies and embers were taken from communal bonfires and taken home where their hearths were ignited, to bring the protection home where feasting would then follow. These days the focus of this fertility festival by neo pagans and witches is placed upon honouring the union of the God and the Goddess as well as making offerings to the spirits of the land which can involve maypole dancing, bonfire and feasting.
This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar, it falls on Wednesday the 8th of November at 2.18am. Gods such as Artemis, Apollo, Flora, Bacchus, Bes, Kokopelli, Pan, Hera, Herne, Sheela-na-Gig, Eros, Venus, Xochiquetzal, Vesta, Odin, Priapus, Cernunnos, Orien and Mbaba Mwana Waresa can be honoured during this time of year.
I have celebrated Beltane with groups of people in various settings and the one thing which I found linked them, was the coming together to celebrate the quickening of the land with dancing and feasting. Something which I have experienced often during this festival day, is the acknowledgement of the polarities of the earth and the union of these polarities.
One of the fondest memories I have during this time of year is celebrating Beltane with bonfires whilst wearing wreaths upon my head which has been handmade from my garden’s flowers, trees and herbs. In my coven and magickal groups we would always have fires usually in the form of a firepit or fireplace where we performed rites to celebrate the significance of the day, as well as perform various forms of divination using fire such as scrying in the flames of said fire.
As an avid herbalist, during this time of year, I notice that my garden is bursting with new life. A lot of my herbs are flowering which allows me to take cuttings and transplant them, make pressings for my herb grimoire and also for drying or preserving to be used in magickal workings later. The flowers are blooming in my garden, most predominately the heirloom roses and lavender which were planted by now deceased family members which makes them even more special. I tend to take the rose petals and lavender flowers and make water essences for beauty products I hand make as well ritual and magical use such as incense blends or candles. My sultana grape vine is absolutely flourishing and I collect the excess of leaves for rice stuffed vine leaves as well as for garlands I wear whilst conducting my rites.
I like to acknowledge and thank the traditional owners of the land as well my garden and the Devas of the land and its blessings by leaving tokens and offerings throughout my garden. I ensure the bird bath and feeders are functioning, as well as encourage any insects or bees which pollinate my garden by leaving them appropriate food such as organic honey water.
During this time of year I also tend to cook and bake as a way to infuse my personal energies with the offerings I make to my Gods, Ancestors and land spirits. I use what is in season and make a lamb roast, Greek style, but in recent years rosemary infused from my garden and serve it with Greek pine wine and rice stuffed vine leaves which I then offer upon Hekate’s, Dionysus and my ancestors shrines during my seasonal devotionals. I also bake things like fruit pies and apple tea cakes and leave these offerings on the base of my favourite trees in my garden some of which I have been practising magick with for many years.
Since Beltane ends up being around Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere I also ensure I have lots of sweets on hand to give out to trick-or-treaters. Along with this I like to visit my blessed dead at the cemetery where I clean their tombstones and refresh their offerings which consists of various things including flowers, olive oil, water and incense. I recite prayers to them and also the land devas where the cemetery is located ensuring to always acknowledge the original indigenous custodians.
I personally feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year. The light is growing as is the potential within us to take up her torches and flame the fertile energies we want to manifest. The time is full of possibility as the sun waxes and strengthens towards summer, so now is the time to fully ignite our personal fires. As our days lengthen use the flames of Hekate to propel and push you towards attaining that which you want to grow.
Hekate can be a guiding force which moves us away from that which is stagnant and decayed and helps us turn our attention towards that which needs fertilising and can bring great growth and future bounty. She does this by assisting us to burn away the old to make way for the new by clearing and regenerating.
I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of eggs, apples, meat (lamb/goat), flowering herbs (including lavender, sage, thyme, oregano, lemon balm, mint) pomegranates, mead, wine, grape juice, brandy, puffed wheat, fruit pies or cakes, oat cakes and bread, dandelion tea and fruit punch.
I also like to throw any old herbs, plants and tree branches which I can’t upcycle into my Hellenic firepit before my chthonic shrine to Hekate in my garden.
Seasonal Planting Guide:
Vegetables such as capsicum, celery, chilli, beetroot, carrot, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, potato, pumpkins, leeks, silver beet, squash, beans, beetroot, corn and zucchini.
Herbs such as basil, coriander, dill, chamomile, parsley, oregano, rosemary, rue, thyme, mint, lemon balm and sage.
Flowers such as petunias, snapdragons, daisies, carnations, lavender, pansies, foxglove, dahlia and marigold.
Some things you can do to honour and mark Beltane in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:
Make food usually consumed during this time and partake or share with loved ones, as well as leave as offerings to your gods or gods of the season, land spirits and ancestors: meat (lamb), wine, ale, cakes made from oat and fruit and anything which can be shared and is seasonal.
Make floral or herbal wreaths or bouquets to adorn yourself with, decorate your altars, shrines or doorways with, leave as offerings for the spirits, devas and elementals of the earth, seasonal God/dess or your patron/matron.
Rituals, spells and magick for fertility and endeavours which you want to see growth in (especially at dawn and dusk).
Acknowledge the four cardinal points and make offerings to them consisting of the four elements they encompass – earth, air, fire and water. You can also recite evocations to them whilst doing this starting from the east.
Leave food and drink on your home’s doorstep to appease the fairies and spirits who might be mischievous or wish you harm. Milk, bread or biscuits made from seasonal grains will be well received.
Get up at sunrise and visit a holy well and walk the path of the sun (east to west) whilst praying for good health.
Collect the morning dew in a glass jar, leave it out in the full sun of the day, then strain/filter it and wash your face with it before going to bed, to be able to imbue yourself with beauty, health and vitality.
Take the day off if you can and spend the time in nature ie a picnic or hike.
Light a fire (bonfire, firepit or fireplace) or candles to celebrate and honour the light of the sun during this time. If it’s a fire as part of a bonfire or firepit, walk around it or jump over it three times.
Take a torch, taper or candle and from the flames of the bonfire, firepit or fire place you have created, walk around your house whilst invoking protection for all those who live within its boundaries.
Craft some items which resonate with the season for you.
Revamp your shrine or altar with the colours of Beltane (Green, Red, White and Silver).
Make protection talismans for the home such as oak crosses and hanging eggs.
So work your magick this Beltane, honour the land and its spirits, and ask for protection and what you want to make fertile in your life.
A Partial Lunar Eclipse is happening during the Full Moon on the 29th October at 7.24am EST (Southern Hemisphere) and 1.23pm PT 28th October (Northern Hemisphere).
A partial lunar eclipse happens during a full moon when the earth’s placement falls between the sun and the moon – which casts a shadow across the moon.
This eclipse will be safely visible with the naked eye from everywhere in the night if the sky is clear. To see when you can view the eclipse from your area, go here for more information:
Eclipse magick is when the energy is amplified due to the moon energies intermingling. The Lunar Eclipse energies transition through the new and full moon phases during the eclipse, which enables the moon to cycle through the various stages of the moon and its magick.
This eclipse is in Taurus therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Taurus star sign.
The kind of magick you can perform during the Lunar Eclipse:
Liminal – magick worked between the darkness and the light.
Releasing – let go and relinquish excesses which hold you down.
Manifestation – setting goals, intentions and affirmations.
Breaking – curses, bad habits, bad relationships and connections.
Transformation – self/surroundings, spellwork and health encompassing all aspects of oneself (body/mind/spirit and emotion).
Devotion – to lunar or liminal Gods and Goddess.
Focus – personal and spiritual development along with illumination and psychic work (divination and magickal goals).
Sorcery of the Full Moon Eclipse
This full moon falls in the star sign of Taurus which symbolises stability. This moon would be ideal for creating and manifesting financial stability as well as solid connections in friendships and romantic relationships,
Below is a Hekate Eclipse ritual I personally created which I have reenacted successfully and which I would like to share with you:
Hekate Eclipse Magic by Setjataset
Preparation:
Chose a liminal time and place for the ritual to be set, preferably around the time of the eclipse.
Purify body by showering.
Your working space and offering should be placed on a shrine or working altar and should include: black candle, white candle, purified water, salt, a token or offering you have for Hekate, incense and an image/statue of Hekate.
Welcoming and Opening
Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem, evocation in her name.
Light your incense and waft over sacred space.
Sprinkle purified water mixed with salt over sacred space.
Magical Working
Write or carve on a black candle what you want to get rid of.
Write or carve on a white candle what you want to bring in.
Light both candles.
Push the black candle away from you and the white candle towards you and then say:
“Hekate Queen of Earth, Sky and Sea
Assist me to straddle this liminal time
Guide me through the Darkness and into the Light
With the power of the moon I bless and release my intentions”
Let the candles burn down completely in a safe manner.
Thanks and Closing
Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.
We are having a solar eclipse on the new moon which falls on the 14th of October in the Northern Hemisphere and the 15th October in the Southern Hemisphere.
The solar eclipse occurs when the moon falls between the earth and the sun which casts a shadow over the earth. A solar eclipse can only occur during the new moon phase.
An annular eclipse is when the moon and the sun is exactly aligned with the earth but the moon being smaller than the sun enables the sun to surround the moon as a bring ring.
Please Note: A solar eclipse should ONLY be viewed through solar filters like a pair of solar eclipse glasses for safety reasons, as you don’t want to damage your eyes. PLEASE NEVER look at the sun without adequate protection. For more information on what you need to see the eclipse safely which includes what equipment you need please go here for more information:
This solar eclipse where the Sun forms a ‘ring of fire’ around the Moon will be visible along a path that crosses the USA, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil.
To see if you can view the eclipse from your area, go here for more information:
Solar eclipse magick is when the energy is amplified due to the moon energies intermingling with the sun energies. The sun and the moon are in the same star sign and the energies co-mingling this way, emphasises the energies of that particular sign. This solar eclipse is in Libra* therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Libra star sign.
The kind of magick you can perform during the solar eclipse:
Liminal – magick worked between the darkness and the light.
Transition – use the sun and moon moving through this time to highlight or work with important transitions in your life.
Transformation – deep within and also that which surrounds us.
Change – harness this quick moving energy to bring about purposeful change in your life.
Rebirth – moving from one cycle to the other in the form of a death of the old and and bringing in and welcoming of the new.
Breaking – down barriers before you which have caused blockages in your life can now be removed.
Movement – cleanse the stagnant decayed and no longer necessary and embrace the fresh new and potential within problem areas of your life.
Rituals/Spells – in dedication to Gods who embrace this time and can assist you in manifesting the energies of the liminal, transitional, rebirth, movement, breaking away and change such as Hekate.
Sorcery of the Solar Eclipse
*Libra moon is a good time for rebalancing and rejuvenating your life. It’s also an ideal time to bring in new experiences, connections and things which can facilitate this.
Since Libra is an air sign it’s a great time to work with this element.
This is a good time to rebalance with Hekate’s words of power and bring in manifestation of divine justice within and outside of yourself.
The element of air resonates with sacred speech. I feel the chant below would be particularly useful to intone during this time which can be used to manifest the magick of this moon in the form of protection, desire and manifestation of wishes:
“Askei Kataskei Eron Oreon Ior Mega Samnyer Baui Phobantia Semne” (1)
Intone it 3 times after you have made offerings at a crossroads or her shrine or altar.
*Libra is an air sign which is ruled by Venus. It is a sign which can appear intelligent, persuasive, charming, honest and thrives on connectivity. It is also quite outgoing and resonates with attaining balance though peace and justice.
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