December 2023: Full moon in Cancer
Tarot spread, mini ritual, an astro-tarot forecast and an exploration of the the Sabian symbol for this new moon.
Thank you for making these tarot spreads a part of your new and full moon rituals! Creating these each month is a labor of love, fueled by stardust and coffee!
Want to send me a coffee and support this work? {Please mention ‘stardust’ in the notes so I can keep track of where my coffee is coming from! ;-)}
As we approach the end of 2023, I want to take a moment to thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining me on the Numinous Stardust. I hope these moon by moon astro-tarot forecasts and tarot spreads have helped you to check in with yourselves and stay aligned with your beautiful goals and dreams.
To help you with your new year planning, you will find links to the Visioning Workbook included in this month’s full moon write-up.
The Visioning Workbook is designed to help you to reflect on the year gone by, choose a word of the year, and set some intentions and plans for the year ahead.
You will also find a link to a gloriously big, messy, juicy year ahead tarot spread at the end of this letter. This isn’t your standard 12 or 13 card spread, so make sure to scroll to the bottom of this email to check it out!
I hope that these resources serve you well.
Wish you and your loved ones a beautiful holiday season, and I’ll see you here again next year! {Scroll on down for the Cancer full moon write-up.}
xx,
Shinjini
The December 2023 full moon falls in the sign of Cancer and highlights our sense of purpose and belonging, especially relevant as we sit at the threshold of a new year. Consider the ways in which you show up for yourself and others. Consider, too, all the things, great or small, that you accomplished this year, and that you want to accomplish in the coming year. This full moon also highlights our partnerships — the people and ideas we collaborate and partner with, learn from, create with.
This is a good time to consider the various relationships, collaborators, colleagues, and mentors who are part of your life, to think about why you’re maintaining the relationships you’re in, and how these relationships can enhance your life, make them fuller, and make these relationships even better for everyone involved.
To throw some more light on the December full moon astrology, let’s take a look at the astro-tarot influences of this lunation. The Cancer full moon falls in decan 1, which is represented by the Two of Cups. This is to be interpreted in conjunction with The Chariot, which is associated with Cancer.
You’ll find the full astro-tarot forecast, tarot spread and journaling questions, as well as a link to the Visioning workbook on the website.
Join us for a year of working with the moon
Are you interested in learning art witchery, establishing your own art witch practice, and using mixed media art as a spiritual tool? Join me on Moonshine 2024 - a year-long journey into the realm of moon-based art witchery in all its glorious forms, hosted by Effy Wild!
You will be joining a coven of art witches, some of whom {including me} have been in the program since its inception in this format six years ago!
Here’s what you get:
Membership in this year’s Moonshine Coven + Lifetime membership in Moonshine Cafe (both on Facebook).
Lifetime access to the course materials.
A monthly PDF of written musings, including an art witch primer with suggested activities and resources that, when collected over the course of the year, forms a complete training system in art witchery. Included within the course materials are art witch tips, new essential oil blends, astro-tarot forecasts, oracle reading layouts, herbal lore and crystal lore.
A full-length monthly painting tutorial (downloadable video + PDF walkthrough).
Documentation for each full and new moon, both of which include astro-tarot forecasts and oracle reading layouts.
A new painting demonstration for the new moon (filmed live on Zoom so we can paint together + offered as a downloadable replay for those who can’t attend live).
A new painting demonstration for the full moon (offered as a downloadable pre-recorded speed painting) with notes on how I’m engaging the current energies.
A live activation gathering on Zoom in the first week of the month (also offered as a downloadable replay). In these gatherings, we read the content together, do Q&A, check-ins and draw a tarot card to establish our ‘coven work’ (optional) for the month.
A coupon code for $90 off for next year’s Moonshine 2025.
This experience is meant to give you deep training in art witchery AND mixed media art as a spiritual tool with an emphasis on establishing your own art witch practice based on thorough, scaffolded guidance that will get you sound, self-possessed, and in pursuit of your most deeply held desired outcomes.
A juicy year-ahead tarot spread
I have a love-hate relationship with year ahead tarot spreads. While I love sinking into some dream time with planners and tarot cards, I find that the traditional 12-card tarot spread — one card that represents a theme for each month of the year — just isn’t very useful for me.
For a while, I used Joanna Powell’s year-ahead spread. While I did like that one a lot, it felt too spare for a year-ahead reading. I wanted something gloriously big and expansive, yet practical and actionable/usable.
So I pulled out my decks and came up with a gloriously big, messy, juicy year ahead tarot spread. This one combines oracle and tarot cards, and can be easily tailored to your tastes and your own unique oracle card collection.
Get the details on the spread + some tips on how to choose the right-for-you oracle decks to make the most of this reading on the blog!