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What, When and Why of the Lunar Eclipse

We have a lunar eclipse coming up on the 2nd – 4th March 2026. 

A lunar eclipse which is often called a Blood Moon, happens during a full moon when the earth’s placement falls between the sun and the moon – which casts a shadow across the moon. 

This lunar eclipse will be visible in Eastern Australia and New Zealand, Western North America and Northern Japan.  A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, East Asia and the Pacific.

You will be able to view this lunar eclipse safely with the naked eye.

To see if you can view the lunar eclipse from your area, go here for more information:

How to see total lunar eclipse March 2026

For exact timings of the lunar eclipse go here for more information:

Date and Time of Lunar Eclipse 2026

Magick of the Lunar Eclipse

Eclipse magick is when the energy is amplified due to the moon energies intermingling.  The Lunar Eclipse energies transition through the new and full moon phases during the eclipse, which enables the moon to cycle through the various stages of the moon and its magick.

This total eclipse is in Virgo* therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Virgo star sign.

The kind of magick you can perform during the lunar eclipse:

• Liminal – magick worked between the darkness and the light.
• Cleansing – with relation to body, mind, spirit and emotions.
• Releasing – energy which is chaotic and destructive.
• Raising – energy which is grounded through movement.
• Working – on the shadow self.
• Manifestation – reveal that which is hidden.
• Protection – against curses, bad habits, bad relationships and untoward connections.
• Devotion – to lunar or liminal Gods and Goddess.
• Intention – mundane and spiritual development which needs illumination.
• Reduction – magick which can reduce a situation, habit or thing.
• Banishment – removal of obstacles which have been hindering you.
• Transformation – of self or situations you are involved in.
• Veneration – of the blood bound ancestors.
• Revelation – of what we need to complete or move on from.

Sorcery of the Lunar Eclipse

This Virgo moon will be very empowering and will motivate us to embrace that aspect of ourselves.  It will pull us towards the way we have been drawn towards for a while, however it will feel somewhat unexpected.  This is due to hidden desires being able to be fully felt and acknowledged, connecting us and enabling them to be seen and manifested.  It will also allow us to seise our personal fire found within our souls to deeply explore these desires and make them a reality.

Since *Virgo is an earth sign it’s a great time to work with this element.

Below I have outlined an easily adapted ritual you can perform in any tradition you resonate to, with the guidance of Hekate which works with the energies of this moon:

Hekate Eclipse Magick by Setjataset

Preparation:

Chose a liminal time and place for the ritual to be set, preferably around the time of the eclipse.

Purify body by showering.

Your working space and offering should be placed on a shrine or working altar and should include: a bowl of earth (or sand), black candle, red candle, purified water, salt, a token or offering you have for Hekate, incense and an image/statue of Hekate.

Welcoming and Opening

Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem, evocation in her name.

Light your incense and waft over sacred space.

Sprinkle purified salted water mixed with salt over sacred space.

Magical Working

Write or carve on a black candle what personal hindrance you want to move on from.

Write or carve on a red candle what personal desire you want to manifest.

If so desired anoint both candles. Use an oil such as Abramelin oil or something simple such as olive oil. You can also use one of the Oils For Hekate from the list I have compiled previously used in her devotion.  If you have no oil, use your own saliva.  Sprinkle a bit of the earth on each of the candles over the oil/saliva to earth them.

Light both candles.

Push the black candle away from you and the red candle towards you and then say:

“Hekate Queen of Earth, Sky and Sea

Assist me to straddle this liminal time

Guide me through the Darkness and into the Light

With the power of the moon I bless and release my intentions” 

Let the candles burn down completely in a safe manner.

Thanks and Closing

Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.

Ritual is now complete and any grounding work can take place.

Do not speak about your working until it has manifested.

*Virgo is an earth sign which is ruled by Mercury. It is a sign which can appear very meticulous and analytical yet is very compassionate and loyal.  Virgo energy is very intellectual and incredibly focused.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2022 (Updated 2026).

The best way to build your Tarot reading skills is, of course, through practice, but often that's easier said than done. One way to build skills and foster community is through in-person gatherings. In this article, Tarot by Tempest author Laura Tempest Zakroff illustrates how she has set up some of her Tarot Team-Up events so that you, too, can bring this idea to your own backyard.

sure bud. there is lots to say about self love.

i think buckaroos hear words of 'love is real' and 'prove love' and SOMETIMES they think chuck is saying 'do anything for love always turn the other cheek always give your share away to others' but that is not my trot at all. there are lots of folks with a large audience who do self help preaching this way and there is a time and a place for it, but it is also important to remember you can become TOXICALLY POSITIVE, where you are not really listening anymore you are just plugging ears and saying 'sunshine days forever'

here is the truth. IT IS OKAY TO BE SAD. IT IS OKAY TO BE ANGRY. IT IS OKAY TO GET UPSET. all of these are part of trotting through this timeline and there is nothing wrong with you if you wake up one day and say 'proving love is very difficult at the moment'. thats okay bud. IT IS OKAY TO STRUGGLE.

second thing is, as we trot through this timeline, loving as much as possible is important but also BOUNDARIES are important. some buds think proving love means saying yes to everything but often the best way to prove love is by putting your foot down and saying NO. if you have set a boundary about something, do not feel guilty for saying 'this is my boundary and you have crossed it so no thanks' because HERE IS THE TRUE WAY OF THE BUCKAROO...

SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO PROVE LOVE TO YOURSELF.

it is okay to say 'this is my time and my space and i would like to prove love to you but ALSO i need to take care of my own trot, so that is my priority right now'.

so next to you feel like a bud is taking advantage look down at your LINE IN THE SAND and consider if it has been crossed. if it has, then you can proudly say 'right now you need to step back bud because im proving love to MYSELF.'

loubatas:

vagoonabeach:

iiamart:

it wasn’t “some reason”, it was 2D animators being unionized and 3D not being unionized. and the simple truth that capitalism kills art.

I remember when 2D faded out, the reason studios kept giving was “it’s because 2D is a lot more expensive to produce”. I was a child back then so I didn’t think too much about it, assuming it was about the process itself, but as I grew up and learned more about art as an artist, and gained friends who were professional 3D artists themselves, I started to question it. Because 3D is very different from 2D, but it’s definitely not easier or faster to make. Also, both European and Asian studios kept producing 2D animated movies

The answer was unions. The answer wasn’t “this kind of art is cheaper because it’s easier to make”, it was “this kind of art is cheaper because these artists can’t force us to pay them correctly”

I fell off the map again, planning Yule, and taking care of life and such.

And then last Sunday, a piece of my heart landed in the ICU and is still there recovering. My best friend, my high school sweetheart, is having a crisis.

I can’t. The spouse has been amazing and understanding, and I’m stuck in my town because his work schedule and the damned winter storm, and all I want is to be up at the hospital hours away from here. Even though I know that there’s nothing I can do to help except take a shift watching him sleep.

Consider any of the friendships or relationships you have with another person. Think about how differently your various relationships are; the in-jokes, references, irreverences, politeness, etc.

Now consider how much bigger the Gods are, and how the relationships they have must reflect their vast insight and perspectives.

Our paths with them are going to mirror that complexity. Just as you may have a different relationship with a family member than your sibling or spouse, consider that your fellow practitioners may have built a unique engagement with their Deity.

This is not to say that you can disregard deviations from the lore related to your particular Patron. Rather, one needs to hone discernment and honesty in order to build an honest, powerful, and productive relationship. The lore, history, and experience work in concert to develop that relationship.

It isn’t a race, and no one walks the exact same  road. Give yourself some grace and time. We’re not in competition.

(originally posted by me on Mastodon, but felt like sharing.)

orulunkvincent:

fovarosiblog:

jaubaius:

Photography tricks!

Source

Ez jó!

Pont olyan mély a víz, mint amilyen magas a hokedli

thewitchway:

WHERE DO I BUY ONE?!?!?!

(What are they called???)

fandomsandfeminism:

I’ve been trying to think of a good analogy for what voting in Texas feels like.

And it’s like… it’s like you want orange juice for breakfast. But there’s only Tang or Sunny D to choose from. And that sucks, but ok, sure. Sunny D.

And then your neighbors racist grandpa tells you that no, Sunny D is full of sugar, and you’re like….but Orange Juice has sugar too. Thats not a bad thing?

And they’re like, no no. It’s got chemicals. What I have is all natural. And you look, and it’s not orange juice. It’s just piss. Orange, dehydrated, piss.

And you’re like. This is piss. And they say- yeah. It’s all natural. And the chemicals in sunny d and Tang will make you gay and the mexicans are putting fetynal in the tang to induce abortions. What you a big Tang fan now? Let’s go Tang! Let’s go Tang!

And you’re like *but that’s piss* and then everyone votes for piss.

EXCEPT everyone here has been drinking piss since 1995 and the piss drinking has killed children and destroyed the electrical grid and tanked our education system and has been under investigation for felony charges for 7 years and said grandparents should be willing go die for the economy during the lockdowns AND people are STILL DRINKING PISS.

Let’s talk keys. Hekate as the Keybearer gets a lot of offerings of modern keys, skeleton keys, and I have those too, but these are keys of the variety that the ancient world would’ve recognized. The teeth on the hooked end moved the tumblers and allowed the lock to turn. They were easily overcome, most of them. They had a variety of shapes, materials, and sizes, with temple keys being heavy ceremonial objects.

Last year, I commissioned a friend I trust and adore, to make these simple household keys for my shrine, and they’re among my most prized pieces.

novas-grimoire:

xxthefairywitchxx:

novas-grimoire:

such-justice-wow:

novas-grimoire:

such-justice-wow:

silent-calling:

such-justice-wow:

osean-kitty:

such-justice-wow:

The argument of “schools should control what kids learn” vs “parents should control what kids learn” is kind of wild to me because

(And hear me out here)

Maybe some teachers are shit at their jobs

And maybe some parents can’t even tell you what subjects their kid studies

So perhaps

(Hear me out)

Some kind of middle ground is needed

Yes, it should be me that decides what kids are taught

What’s your first declaration as Grand Education Wizard?

Ban maths past basic arithmetic before high school, teach algebra and it’s ilk as elective courses.

For me maths was mandatory until 16, what’s it like in America?

Mandatory. Period. End of. We have to take a maths course pretty much every year we’re in school.

College/University is only when it’s elective and even then, you still have to take one as part of your “General Education”.

Follow up question:

Then why is everyone on this site incapable of basic mathematics

A few of us have dyscalcula

The rest of us probably didn’t pay much attention/were too busy doodling eyes. Just like in English classes.

Also cause the teachers were shitty and abusive in a lot cases, so we didn’t pay attention because they were assholes who treated us like shit

That too

Or the teachers just plain didn’t know what they were talking about.

I had one math teacher who lamented that he didn’t understand why there were girls in his class, because in his estimation, we weren’t capable of understanding numbers.
Just one of a succession of STEM teachers who did what they could to dampen any interest in paying attention.

Today was a week in itself. Tomorrow morning, I spend with my doctor.

I could really use a vacation, preferably somewhere with waves.

k9effect:

minor-mendings:

fetchphilipsarchives:

over-the-misty-mountains:

captain-raven-knight:

starlight-sanders:

gaslightgallows:

rhube:

lionowlonao3:

revolutionary-pirate:

modernmissbennet:

starsfadingbutilingeron:

modernmissbennet:

people in period clothing doing modern things is my aesthetic

i can’t believe you forgot the most important one

thank you! I couldn’t find that one in google!

I would like to add Alexander Hamilton himself to this collection.

and of course, alexandra dowling using a tablet computer on the set of BBC musketeers 

You forgot my favourites.

These are all canon.

this is my favourite post

On the Gandalf note, this is also amazing: 

May I add this one out of sheer delight?

It cracks me up every time. I love this!

They’re updating their relationship status to “sworn brothers”

adorable pirate Luke Arnold taking photo of his crush star Toby Stephens

don’t forget this Incredibly Powerful Image from the set of the princess bride

THE PRINCESS BRIDE ONE OH MY GOD

It has been quite the time these last few years, eh?
A lot has happened. Too much to go into here.

I’m still dedicated to Hekate, though I stepped back from my public devotions while I managed a few health and family scares. I’m hoping to get back on track here shortly. My art went in some new directions, and I’ve been working slowly toward a third book.

If you PMed me, I’m afraid it may be quite buried. Thanks for your patience.

I’ve made a few offerings to celebrate this modern rite of connection with Hekate, and am offering them here for those who might wish to use them. The painting will be available on my society6 and redbubble later today (both shops are called Wicket Icons). 

Hail unto thee, O Goddess, 
Holy Source which burns within all things, 
You who draws forth the boundaries of existence, 
Who knows the Mysteries of Life, Death, and Rebirth, 
Hekate, Megiste, Key-bearing, Torch-bearing Queen!

Draw near to me now, Triple-Crowned and Saffron-Cloaked,
and hear my call.

Long have I laid offerings before you,
Many are the services I have given unto you,
Far have I carried your sacred woods.

Hekate, thou blessed above all the Gods and Men,
Whom even Storm-browed Zeus honors,
Wanderer of the Afterlife

Draw near to me now, Torch-bearing and Darkness loving,
and hear my call.

May we, your devotees, your children, your priests, 
share some small part of your Greatness,
Know your kindly blessings upon our lives and loved ones,
That we may continue to lift up our praises of you, Hekate

Draw near to me now, Savior and Anima Mundi,
and hear my call.

Just sharing the newest offering from this past Deipnon. 

My dreams are thick with my ancestors,
Restless and wandering,
They visit in my dreams,
Speaking in whispering mystery,
And I turn to You,
O Goddess,
Queen of the Dead,
Who holds the Keys to Life and Death,
Who gathers the Aoroi to Your side,
Who guides those who seek Your wisdom,
Hekate Aidonaia,
Your company of Lampades
Dancing in the darkness of my dreams,
Casting light and shadow across my mind,
Revealing secrets buried deep within.
O Goddess,
Companion to Persephone,
Who lifts up the torches that light the path ahead,
Whose hounds herald the sacred rites,
Whose shining presence illuminates the dark,
Hekate Pyrphoros.
Your Sacred Fire illuminates
All souls descend from you,
All spirits ascend through you,
For you span all realms.
O Goddess,
Kindly Goddess wielding the whip of the Erinyes,
Who spurs action in Your children,
Who speaks to us of the Power of Will.
Who demands that we take charge of our Paths.
Hekate Trioditis.
At all boundaries and borders You stand,
You transgress the limits of our meager insights,
And enlighten the world with Your eternal grace.

For this, I offer my thanks.
For You lift up my spirit.
For Your gifts have been many in my life. 

I serve at Your Will, bringing offerings of food, of incense, of creative force, and more. The years we have shared have been many and Your blessings plentiful. 

May the years to come be likewise true to My Will and Yours, O Goddess,
Unto Whom I have sworn my oaths,
That my promise shine in the night as stars,
And Your blessings be upon the world.