New Moon in Capricorn Ritual Guide
Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Capricorn. New moons bring us fresh energy in their sign, renewal, the chance to put stakes in the ground for new beginnings. In Capricorn, this means a new era of grounded practicality, determination, discipline. Our first new moon of the year presents us with great support for goal setting in the Earthly realm.
Moon conjunct Sun exact at Tuesday, January 12th, 2021, at 9:00 PM PST.
The sign of Capricorn is associated with The Devil card in the Tarot. The lesson I take from this is that untying the oppressive cords that bind us, that we bind ourselves with, takes more than a shift in mindset, more than a surrender to release. These latter solutions are the territory of the Death card. The Devil challenges us to tap into the most Capricorn part of ourselves, the most tenacious, unyielding, unsentimental depth, and get to work.
The new moon in Capricorn is our annual opportunity to promise ourselves that we will not give up as we pursue even our most improbable goals.
The illustration for The Devil in Elemental Power Tarot is a pile of gold coins seen through brambles and rosemary. This is not intended as a comment on the evil of greed. The gold coins represent whatever it is within ourselves that we cannot get to due to the barriers we have allowed to accumulate between us and this precious nature. We are faced with a choice: we can sit and stare longingly through the brambles, or we can get to work, cutting them back branch by branch until we finally free ourselves.
What have you been keeping yourself from? What goal, ideal, or identity do you tell yourself is just not in the cards for you this time around? Are there limiting beliefs about yourself dumped on you by other individuals or collectives that you have integrated as your own? Are you ready to free yourself from these beliefs?
This ritual is designed to connect you with your core elemental Self to empower you to shine bright enough to break through the wall of oppressive patterns and beliefs one brick at a time.
Use what you have on hand in your home. Work with what you have, both in terms of physical items and knowledge and experience. Be more concerned with doing what is authentic to you than with what is “correct”. The most correct thing is the thing the you truly connect with and evolve through. You have everything you need.
Gather what you have of the following:
CLEANSER: sage, palo santo, incense, energy cleansing spray, selenite wand, a bell – whatever you use to clear the energy of your space is great.
IMAGES: Print outs or drawings of The Devil card and all four Aces (you’ll want to keep the actual cards in your deck to use for readings)
CANDLES: One 7-day ritual candle (the tall kind in glass) in any color but black (black is for clearing, new moons are for growing). If you don’t have ritual candles, you can use tea candles or simply follow the clearing, incantation, and visualization prompts.
CANDLE DRESSINGS: lemon oil and cayenne pepper. If you are using a ritual candle and it is pre-dressed, leave it be.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS: A small dish of water and one crystal for each Ace as well as any other symbolic items you wish to include. The stones matched with elements/suits in Elemental Power Tarot are Air/Aquamarine, Fire/Carnelian, Water/Emerald, Earth/Red Garnet. If you don’t have these, feel free to improvise with what you have on hand.
PRACTICAL THINGS: matches, a pen, a napkin or paper towel to wipe oil from your finger
Perform the ritual:
STEP 1: Clear the energy of your space, then close your eyes and take 3 deep cleansing breaths to ground yourself in space and time.
STEP 2: Place the candle in the center of your altar area, the images the Aces surrounding it with their crystals on top, and the dish of water in front of that (closest to you) on top of the image of The Devil card.
STEP 3: Place a drop of lemon oil on top of the candle and trace it around 3 times clockwise, then sprinkle a tiny bit of cayenne pepper on top. Lemon brightens and sharpens our senses and cayenne is empowering and motivating.
STEP 4: light the candle and say “I call upon the Elements - Air, Fire, Water, and Earth, to awaken in the core of my being and fill me with your energetic blessings. I am ready.”
STEP 5: Close your eyes and spend a few minutes regulating your breath - in for four counts, out for four counts. Once this rhythm is settled in your body, allow your breath to illuminate spheres of light along your central axis and it flows in and out of your body. A light blue orb at your throat, green orb at your heart, yellow/orange below your navel, deep red at the base of your spine. Notice if any of the lights are brighter than others and even them with your breath. Once your glowing orbs are all equal, leave them glowing while you allow your breath to flow naturally. Stay here as long as you like, then gently open your eyes. Repeat this visualization daily for 7 days. If you are using tea candles, dress and light a new one each day and repeat the incantation.