May begins under the intense Full Flower Moon in Scorpio, a lunation designed less for comfort than for truth. Hidden emotions, buried resentment, power imbalances, and delayed endings rise to the surface demanding release.

The moon offers a rhythm that exists beneath everything else. While the Sun moves through signs, the Moon moves quickly, shifting emotional tone every few days and guiding the internal landscape.

To work with the moon is to work with timing.

New Moon, begin.
Waxing, build.
Full Moon, illuminate and release.
Waning, rest and integrate.

The Full Moon in Libra brings the axis of Aries and Libra into balance, self versus other, independence versus partnership. Where Aries asks “What do I want?” Libra asks “What are we creating together?”

Not all imbalance is loud.

Sometimes it shows up as quiet resentment. As overgiving. As the slow realization that something no longer feels equal.

The New Moon in Aries marks the true beginning of the astrological cycle. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, ruled by Mars, and this lunation carries that same raw, initiating force.

There are beginnings that feel gentle, and then there are beginnings that require you to step forward before you feel ready.

This New Moon does not wait.

April does not arrive quietly. It opens. It pushes. It asks you to move, even when part of you would rather stay where it feels familiar. This is the energy of Aries season, ruled by Mars, the planet of action, instinct, and forward movement. It is not reflective energy. It is initiating energy.

Explore the meaning of the Spring Equinox through global traditions, cultural rituals, and a grounding post-equinox ritual to anchor growth, renewal, and intention.

March carries a distinctive astrological atmosphere. It is the moment in the zodiacal year when one cycle concludes and another begins. Pisces, the final sign of the zodiac, gives way to Aries, the first. The transition is not abrupt. It unfolds gradually, mirroring the seasonal shift from winter’s inward focus toward the active energy of spring.

This movement between signs reflects a deeper spiritual rhythm. March encourages reflection, closure, and emotional integration before the momentum of new beginnings arrives.

For women born under the Pisces Sun, this period acts as both mirror and magnifier. Your natural sensitivity becomes more pronounced. Intuitive signals arrive with greater clarity. You may find yourself drawn inward, needing more solitude, more rest, or more creative expression. This is not avoidance. It is alignment. Pisces operates through feeling first, logic second. What you sense during this time carries meaning, even if you cannot immediately explain it.

On February 17, 2026, the Lunar New Year quietly arrived with the dark sky of the New Moon. In many traditions, the new year does not begin with fireworks or clocks, but with absence. With emptiness. With the moment when the Moon disappears completely, making space for what has not yet formed. Image by Shuaizhi Tian

The New Moon arrives in darkness.

Not the kind of darkness that feels heavy or ominous, but the fertile kind. The kind where soil is rich, where roots stretch unseen, where life begins quietly.

This is the moon of beginnings.

Before manifestation. Before movement. Before proof.

mbolc is one of the oldest seasonal festivals in the European pagan calendar, marking the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Traditionally observed around February 1st or 2nd, Imbolc signals the quiet turning of the year from deep winter toward the first stirrings of spring.

The month begins in Aquarius season, a time associated with collective awareness, innovation, social change, and future oriented thinking. Aquarius is concerned with systems, structures, and long range evolution. It asks big questions about who we are becoming, both individually and as a society. There is an intellectual quality to early February, a desire to understand patterns, to name problems, and to imagine new possibilities.

The Return of the Trickster, the Archer, and the Sacred Slow Down

Every Mercury Retrograde  has a flavor; every cycle has a personality.
But when Mercury turns backward under the fire-lit sign of Sagittarius, the energy becomes unmistakable. This is not the soft, internal retrograde of Pisces or the relationship-heavy retrograde of Libra. Sagittarius brings a very different medicine: truth, expansion, direction, and the raw, sometimes uncomfortable clarity of spiritual honesty.

Written by the Bruja Team Photo by Tara Winstead

December arrives like a slow turning key. The month carries a mix of reflection, magic, clarity, and rebirth as we shift from the dark of late autumn into the first returning light of winter. These are the energies that shape the month and guide the work of witches, storytellers, healers, and anyone walking with intention. Below are the dates to mark, honor, and work with as you close the year.

The New Moon is the artist’s muse in her purest form. She invites you to imagine before form exists, to dream before proof appears.
Sketch. Write. Stir. Craft. Don’t worry if it’s perfect — this moon loves what is unfinished.

In Bruja Magazine, we believe creation itself is spellcraft. Every word, every brushstroke, every recipe stirred with intention is a spell that says, “I am here. I am becoming.”

As the veil thins and the final leaves surrender to the earth, November opens her arms with mystery and revelation. The nights grow longer, the air thicker with intuition. This month is not meant to be rushed. It’s meant to be felt.

Feliz Día de las Brujas, my loves. Tonight, the veil is thin — the air electric with memory and magic. This is the witch’s new year, when endings become beginnings and every shadow hums with spirit. Honor your ancestors, light a candle for what’s been lost, and listen closely. The night is alive with whispers of wisdom, rebirth, and transformation.

The Last Quarter Moon arrives as a whisper between worlds — a soft exhale before the darkness of the new cycle. It’s the moon of release, the sacred pause where we gather what we’ve learned and lay to rest what no longer belongs.

The Full Moon in Aries is one of the most potent moons for action, courage, and self-sovereignty. Aries is ruled by Mars, the planet of fire, passion, and initiative — so when the Moon is full here, it illuminates where your soul wants to move forward and reclaim its power.

Let me walk you through how to use this moon — practically, spiritually, and creatively.