As the solstice approaches and deep winter settles in, The Dark Moon calls you to rest.

Though Yuletide is a time of celebration, it is also one of the busiest times of the year, and yet, in the Northern hemisphere, the natural world sleeps. The Dark Moon invites you to pause and rest deeply.

You do not need to hustle. You do not need to plan, reinvent yourself, or begin something new. That can wait until spring, when the trees begin their cycle again.
For now: be still, be quiet, be at peace.

Capricorn - The All Seeing Eye

Reading: The All-Seeing Eye encourages intuitive sight aka seeing beyond the obvious. Paired with The Dark Moon, these cards encourage you to turn down the noise of outside influence and listen inward instead this moonth. Step away from opinions, expectations and advice. The wisdom you need is already inside you, but it can only be heard in stillness.

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Aquarius - The Broken Mirror

Reading: The Broken Mirror speaks of self-perception, self-worth and the stories you tell yourself. If you are prone to harsh self-judgement and holding yourself to standards you would never apply to others, The Dark Moon asks you to take a well needed rest from this cycle of perfectionism. Offer yourself the same grace you give freely to others, and allow yourself time to be, just the way you are.

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Pisces - The Fallen Teeth

Reading: Fallen Teeth often appear in dreams when the rivers of anxiety and worry run deep. This card comes up when something feels out of control, or when fear has lodged itself in the body. Paired with The Dark Moon, the message is gentle but clear: step away from what is causing you distress, if you can. Create space, regain a sense of safety, and allow your nervous system to breathe.

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Aries - The Number Thirteen

Reading: Though feared by some, Thirteen is a lucky number to witches, weirdos, and misfits. It reminds us that luck is a matter of perspective - One man's blessing is another man's curse. The Dark Moon asks you to view this slow, dark season not as darkness, depression and nothingness, but as a gift. Find joy in the stillness.

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Taurus - The Ouroboros

Reading: The Ouroboros is a symbol of repeating cycles. Life, death, rebirth - the never ending turning of the wheel. The Dark Moon is a card of winter, rest and quiet. The two together are perhaps a reminder that you need to honour all phases of being, you cannot always be creating, striving or moving. Honour this quieter phase. You will be in the rest 'death' phase just as often as you should be in the birth phase. Embrace this time of rest.

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Gemini - The Arrow

Reading: The Arrow and The Dark Moon ask you to stopping trying to do so much this festive period, Gemini. Perhaps it is too much to ask you to stop entirely, and rest, but instead of trying to hit multiple targets, just chose one thing you'd like to do and do only that. Take some time away from your busy schedule (or mind), quiet your mind, step back from constant motion and allow yourself moments of peace.

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Cancer - The Tear Catcher

Reading: The Tear Catcher and The Dark Moon ask you to make space for feeling. If you’ve been holding things together, staying strong, or postponing your emotions, now is the time to let them surface. You don’t have to process everything publicly, but you do need to give yourself permission to feel what has been waiting. No more 'stiff upper lip', Cancer. Feel your feels.

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Leo - The Dagger

Reading: The Dagger is a symbol of protection, but also of wariness, combat and betrayal. In The Storm Cloud oracle, The Dagger card asks you to be careful who you trust, but also to be sure that you can trust someone at least. Paired with The Dark Moon, a card of rest and recuperation, perhaps these two together suggest a retreat from being overly protective, from being wary. Try to take some time out this solstice and let you guard down, just enough.

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Virgo - The Pendulum

Reading: The Pendulum reminds us that our fate is not set, it can always be changed by our actions in the present, but paired with The Dark Moon card, perhaps you need to let the pendulum swing as it will for a short while. You don't always have to refine, fix, or improve things. Stillness is enough. Allow things to remain as they are for now, and give yourself permission to stop striving.

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Libra - The Hourglass

Reading: The Hourglass is a card of patience, its message says 'don't rush forward to the future, nor dwell in the past'. Everything comes at the time it is supposed to come. Paired with The Dark Moon you are encouraged this month, dear Libra, to be present and be still. Everything that is meant to happen for you will happen. Trust the flow.

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Scorpio - The Crescent Moon

Reading: The Crescent Moon holds the promise of what is coming - energy building, something growing. The Dark Moon advises restraint. Their combined message is conserve your strength, Scorpio. There will be a time to move, act, and transform, but not yet. Rest now. You will need your power soon...

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Sagittarius - The Deathwatch Beetle

Reading: The Deathwatch Beetle is a quiet warning: something is beginning to crumble. Like The Tower in tarot, it signals inevitable change. Paired with The Dark Moon, the message is not to interfere. Be still. Let what is unstable fall away on its own. You do not need to force the ending - winter will take care of it.

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