Gaian Tarot Artist's Journal

A Reading for the Full Moon in Sagittarius

Happy Full Moon in Sagittarius!  We are so close to Solstice, these energies of Full Moon / Full Sun are quite intoxicating.  I barely slept last night at all.  This morning I came up with a new Tarot spread to be used at each Full Moon.  (It would work for New Moons or HolyDays as well.) 

(BTW, Beth OwlsDaughter has a great post today about the astrological significance of this Full Moon.)

I noted the degree of this Full Moon (27.50 Sag, according to MoonCircles) and checked to see where it falls in my natal astrological chart.  It falls in my 8th house conjunct my natal Mercury.  My astrologer, Sheila Belanger, calls Mercury the Communicator or Messenger, and notes that its gifts and/or challenges are: "Receive and express data; Process information; Analyze and discern how to make whole; Be open to change."

So . . . I decided to ask the Tarot this question, and see what turned up in each of the five sacred directions:

How can I best use the energy of this Sagittarian Full Moon to bring me into deeper personal wisdom?

New Moon Tarot Reading (a new spread)

(Warning:  long post ahead)

Last weekend while I was working on the Guardian of Air, I listened to some back episodes of the Tarot Connection podcast.   My favorites were the interviews with my friend James Wells (who recently visited my little island). He spoke on The Art of the Powerful Question and Energizing the Tarot Session.  I was also thinking about the upcoming New Moon and found myself jotting down notes as I worked on the art and listened to the podcasts.