Working with the Moon in My Tarot Journal

This blog post is for the small group of people who have purchased the Moon in My Tarot journal, a personal creative project I’ve been working on since 2018.

If you’re curious about this tarot journal, feel free to learn more here.

Over the past year, I’ve received some questions about working with the journal, so I thought I would compile them all here.

Why the journal starts in February

This journal intentionally starts in February because it follows the Wheel of the Year (if you’re unfamiliar, check out this article by my mentor, Sage Goode).

Because the structure reflects the natural flow of the seasons, the new year begins in February; generally, a time of early spring. Since attuning to the seasonal energies, I’ve noticed a shift in my mind, body and spirit in a way that invites more ease, grace and capacity to be with whatever arises — whether it’s exuberance, fear or liminality. I wanted to bring some of the elements into the journal to honour the olde ways, the olde ones and the Earth spirits.

My dream is to have four planners per year that follow the Wheel’s seasons:

1. Imbolc & Spring Equinox (Feb-Apr)

2. Beltaine & Summer Solstice (May-Jul)

3. Lughnasadh & Fall Equinox (Aug-Oct)

4. Samhain and Winter Solstice (Nov-Jan)

Eventually, you’ll have the option to purchase all four at once or one at a time…. but since I'm a one-woman show, I'm only able to produce one journal at a time, at this time.

Crafting intentions related to the season

I like to kick a new season off with a little sync with my spirit team. It’s like a quarterly strategy meeting at a muggle job, only the intentions aren’t driven by ambition, pressure or perfection. This is what my ritual looks like:

1. Purify and create sacred space

2. Reflect on the last season (3 months) and list 3 things I’m grateful for

3. Reflect on the upcoming season and incorporate the wisdom of the seasonal energies into my intentions.

For example, the Green World begins to stir and awaken in February (early spring/in between winter & spring), show growth in March (spring) and by the end of April/beginning of May (early summer/ in between spring and summer), she’s bursting with intoxicating scents, lush grass and dancing flowers.

Knowing this is the general flow of how things will manifest, I write three intentions that feel aligned with the energies.

These are examples of some intentions/focuses I’ve written down over the last year:

• Build my business and lifestyle based on a new foundation of alignment and trust

• Explore and deepen my connection with creative expression

• Celebrate my solar return and deeply receive the magic

Some other ideas for these pages:

• Pull a tarot card for the upcoming season’s theme

• Brainstorm ritual ideas

• Note down 2-3 magical themes that are happening at this time

• Sketch or use color to note down sensations and feelings if the words aren’t coming to you

Crafting a consistent tarot practice

Create your own tarot rituals

It can be as simple as lighting a candle and some incense, putting on your favourite playlist, cracking open your notebook and flipping through some tarot cards. Some of my favourite rituals are simple and arrive in the moment. Some ideas:

• Create a tarot altar

• Meditate with a card

• Do your reading outside

• Create art inspired by a card

• Imagine yourself in the environment of a card and freewrite

The monthly and weekly prompts

The journal is organized in cycles: seasonally (Wheel of the Year), astrologically (stars, planets, sun and moon; astrology), monthly, weekly and daily — all of which exist concentrically.

So after we craft our seasonal intentions, we move into the month-ahead reading, weekly focuses (where we can also jot down what’s happening with the celestial bodies), the moon and sun spreads, and the daily pages.

The daily prompts

This journal can help you craft a daily practice — if that’s what you want. For me, a daily practice naturally arose when I was in between jobs in 2018 and felt the need to have some sort of spiritual structure in my life that also was fun and delightful. This is why the two daily prompts center openness (what is today’s invitation?) and connection (cultivating a relationship with our spirit team by seeking guidance and listening). Feel free to adapt the language in a way that resonates with you.

I like to sketch the card, draw specific symbols, note synchronicities and of course, journal whatever arises. Sometimes I write what the card means universally. Other times the cards prompt me to dive deeper into an emotion. Often it’s both.

Do what feels natural for you and give yourself time to let something build.

Track your mood with the moon cycle

As you likely know, the moon changes signs every two to three days. As a sensitive person who can easily get lost in other people’s feelings, starting my day by identifying my mood alone has helped me be a better human being for those around me. I’m able to better verbalize what’s mine without projecting them. It’s also been fascinating to see how this aligns with where the moon’s sitting.

I access this information through the CHANI app and Time Passages app. Be sure to flip to page 4 in your journal for some more resources.

Let creative lead and let it be messy

Here are some old pages from past tarot journals. I love that I can show up exactly as I am with this journal — there’s no pressure to be neat.

The power of reflection

Reflecting at the end of a phase/chapter/cycle is a very powerful act because we’re able to look back and connect the dots. What was in mystery back then is now more clear. It’s a miracle when clarity hits. We’re able to observe ourselves and our lives from an eagle’s eye perspective and see how the magic unfolded.

So, whether it’s the end of a week, month, moon cycle or sun season, you have the opportunity to look back and jot down any insights.

Recording these miracles at the end of a week, month or full moon or before the sun changes signs could be ritualistic too.

So there you have it!

If you read this entire thing, bless you. Feel free to send me a note if you have any feedback, questions or anything else you’d like to discuss!

Thanks for being here, I appreciate you.