August Full Moon Reading & Ritual || Becoming

August 2021 Full Moon Reading By Gemma Celento

This August Full Moon is full of power and will bring forward a resurgence of lifeforce. It is go time my loves, and in the beginning of this month the transition into these new energies and directives could have felt like pressure, or uncertainty. Everyone, collectively felt and received an intuitive push from the soul to step into the new self that has been unfolding this entire year. Here we are. The rise of the Sun. This lunation is overflowing with so much symbology and speaking into higher levels of consciousness. Pay attention to signs, words that stick in your mind, and repeating numbers. Everyone is being called to walk a new path into their greatness.

Shot for Catori Life by Michelle Van Dijk

Like the Egyptian sphinx, this lion marks a pinnacle point within the cosmos that shifts the collective into a new dawn. This is being shown to me when the Sun rose in the sign of Leo, which was the golden era of Egypt. It is the movement into the golden self-the child of the Sun. The theme for this Full Moon is positive masculine outward forces that will bring new energies into self expression, new goals, and dharma. A key aspect of self expression is possession. The movement forward asks for ownership of who you are becoming. Own and take possession of your greatness and rise into it. It is a shift of consciousness. This is a key point into moving the self in conjunction with the cosmic forces. Possession will create clarity, especially in the ways of confusion through the external (Maya).

The energy is working and transforming the earth element. We have water, air, and earth working to transform into a new being. This point in when the evolutionary outgoing path meets the involutionary ingoing path. The evolution of the self meets the inner self for an outward expression. Material becomes more stable, and muddles less. Maya (illusion) is overcome through owning self, the gift of Leo is the separation from Anima Mundi-universal soul. The individual self is strengthened, dharma has greater footing, clarity, and the rise of the soul-Sun moves forward with vigor, courage, and brighter horizons. These energies are working to manifest on the outer plane. There has been so much energy earlier this year, developing the levels of consciousness, and awakening Dharma. Here it is new energy moving to develop dharma and gifts outward. These energies have also developed the individuated self (unique soul self). This lunation is masculine dominant energy within feminine creative power. This level of shakti moves the soul self to create within new realms. For many of you this will affirm new aspects of self. Many of you will have desires, and dreams reach new forms of manifested reality. It is a fortunate lunation, marked by supporting planetary placements. Jupiter will play a key role in uplifting the Sun and Mars, while the moon will work with illuminating what lies behind Maya (illusion). This revealing is unifying of the self within dharma. Do not fight the flow, surrender into it. Allow the self to be carried away and allow the illumination to purify the dross. 

There is simultaneous energy occurring, one is spiritualizing while materializing. This point the soul takes on more active energy, there is more lifeforce flowing into the heart and the solar plexus. Many of you will have a new creative drive that arises from the expansion of the mind, many of you have created new relationships with the past and raised your level of vibration for potent inner guidance. These forces will continue to build through the next lunation. An important aspect of this Full Moon is Aqurian energy. The simultaneous energy naturally reveals hidden aspects while healing from within. This energy is aimed to ‘lighten the load’ to bring one back into a pure heart and the levity of being. It is the aspect of opening the mind into spiritualization and seeing beyond the material world. These forces and Jupiteran influence mark a powerful point of transmutation- alchemically turning lead into gold. In these energies it is the material dross, or earth element that is moving through transformative fire, these energies will work to shake up, so the seeking transcends, many will be marked with ‘wanting’ less. This moves one to the embodiment of contentment. Within the embodiment of contentment lies all possibilities. It opens one up to see not your way but, that all ways are possible. This is how Jupiter will open up new horizons, heal past, and move one beyond the cause/effect ping pong of identification and rectification. 

The symbology within this lunation best reveals its energy. The eagle (Aquila constellation), and Aquarius under the myth of Ganyemede. Within this myth the young Ganyemede was raised to Zesus to be the water-bearer. Aquarius, the water-bearer was named from this myth. It is in this story we understand that the youth (symbolic of a pure heart- free of karma), the pure of heart rise to the heavens, to be carried by higher consciousness (divine fire of consciousness-Eagle). This is the movement of service to higher consciousness, in which the self moves beyond singular focus, one can see beyond events. The ‘identified self’ will open up through this lunation to make way for greater understanding and meaning. Consequently life, and world perception begin to expand. This is the result of a unique interplay relaying back to Leo in which the individual self is established in it’s uniqueness by not bound by singularity. It is a profound transition and transformation of the ego into expansive realms. The eagle representative of spirit, the intelligent force that carries us to transcend lesser nature, into higher realms. In alchemy the flight of the eagle is the transformational flight of purification, or a cycle of elevation/evolution. Within these constellations the meaning of transformative spirit of heaven that lifts one to create immortality. The ‘water-bearer- Aquarius lends us to know the birth of new consciousness arises through the spiritualization, transformation of lesser into higher realms.. The death of old into birthing the elevated self. Again, these energies are simultaneous and can feel dualistic, moving one from certainty and optimism into confusion and second guessing direction or lack of.  This very process will give birth beyond cause/effect, which in essence is immortality. To live so absorbed within the present, all exists, it is the quantum self emerging. Many of you have felt powerful shifts and transitions that are stirring the upliftment of consciousness and how you see and know yourself. 

Last thing my loves, this Full Moon is the beginning of working illumination into the material world. One may feel grounded and a pull to bring higher meaning into life. These energies are the movement in which spirit infiltrates the material understanding. For some it is a rise into greater spirituality, for others it is giving the illumination of purpose through one’s gifts and relationships. There is a unique energy of spiritualization that is transforming the interrelationship of self and others. This will work through material life, it will work through all facets of relationship. Some may feel tempted to resort to past placation or pleasure seeking. Follow the heart of creation, nourish what is arising, this can be done by ownership of all aspects of self. Make love to your ‘lesser nature’ woo the traits that aren’t as pretty. Again ownership of self will raise one into new heights. Move beyond what you perceive and how you are perceived. Silence and devotion to this new you is required. That means applying directive to the positive force of masculine energy into outward action. This can be in any area of your life, but your commitment to stabilizing these new creative forces and the energy that is moving is important.The individuated self will seek new heights. 

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Ritual for the Full Moon

This energy is involutionary and evolutionary, and is focused on positive masculine energy within the divine feminine principle. Prior to doing this ritual, take a bath and light candles around the tub (one works too). Place 5 drops of Sandlewood oil in your bath. Set the intention of serving your highest expression, of cleansing away any thoughts or impressions that may have hindered you from owning your fullness of power and your divine gifts. Soak as long as you need. Nurturance is key. 

Take a white piece of paper draw a large circle with a dot in the center. Use gold ink if you have it, if not use black. Place this drawing with a yellow candle on your alter. Add a bowl of water to the west with the candle to the east. Meditate on the circle staring at the bindu (center dot). You may say any incantation you would like. I encourage to chant "OM" 3 times to open it up or use the Ganesha mantra " OM GAM GANA PATYE NAMAHA" 3 times this will remove any obstacles and open the way for three-fold wisdom. 

After your meditation, write down what you want to bring into manifestation your highest desires, for your self and for outward. Think bigger, go beyond what you know to be possible for the individual self, see within the unlimited. Once you have written it down, feel it into form. Feel the emotions of it all, burn the paper with the candle and then place the candle into the bowl of water. 

Recite: "I have illuminated my divine plan through divine grace, it is my divine right. I align the light of my being, my will, my ways with divine plan."

Then place the candle in the bowl of water.

Recite: Through the unlimited powers of divine creation, it shall be birthed through me and unto me. My kingdom of heaven shall now be made manifest on earth. My plan unfolds in mysterious ways over calm seas. 

Give thanks and gratitude, move forward for it is done. 

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