Full Moon in Capricorn, the Buck Moon of July 13th 2022 and What You Need to Know

"This full Moon energy has been crazy!"

-Everyone on Planet Earth right now

At this moment, leading up to our incredible Full Moon on Wednesday, July 13th, we are experiencing a planetary shift.

You've been seeing it in the news, you've been experiencing it in deep emotional waves, you've been noticing arguments unfold everywhere from in the workplace all the way to twitter, and you've been feeling it as something like a fist clenched in your solar plexus, carefully tightening and releasing for at least a few days now.

There is an undertone of grief that is coursing around this planet. Everyone feels it right now. It's a little bit haywire, it feels cruel, it's unsavory, we wish that we could all just come together as one people, for Christ's sake, and stop acting so separate all the time.

People are hurting. You're hurting. I'm hurting. Everywhere, someone is licking a wound, and we are really being wrung out right now.

We're feeling a little on edge, a little anxious, and we've been flipping back and forth between "I want this stupid movie to end" and "I know we're on the brink of something incredible"

But the hope sometimes feels really far away. We can feel it, but it might not be tangible yet. We keep looking for our angel numbers, for our guides, for the loved ones who have passed, saying, can you please tell me what the $&@% is going on?

Something is happening, and it's huge...

Our calling for the Full Buck Moon of July 2022 is a lot to ask for, but you're well-prepared for it by being present, in the here and now, on Planet Earth.

Our main theme for this Full Moon is:

Death.

Letting go.

Rebirth.

The Buck, standing tall in his masculine strength, brings a beautiful display of spiked, many-fingered antlers, and guides his band, his family, through gentle, ease-filled movements.

He commands his herd soundlessly: One flick of his ear, or a silent move towards a stream is all the direction he needs to give to his family for them to understand their interwoven energies, their silent communication, and the graceful ease with which we can move through life.

He doesn't stand over a patch of grass and defend it until he dies. He doesn't stand in a stream and attack anyone who comes near his favorite drinking spot. He doesn't spend all day in one location, claiming a little circle as his own, putting a house down and putting up a little fence.

The vision I've been seeing in regards to this Full Moon:

When Buck sees danger, he quickly exits the space and herds his family to a safer, calmer place. He moves with ease, because, that is simply how we survive. He knows death personally, understands that in nature, he is a highly desired animal to be eaten. He knows he is sacred and provides food for many animals.

Moving soundlessly, seamlessly, through the waves of energy, alighting on what resonates best, and always trusting that when it's time to move on, we will come across something even more nourishing, even more peaceful, even more beautiful.

He trusts that his instinct is correct, because that is all he has in this life: Intuition.

Deer are wonderful animals that teach us great amounts about death and letting go.

They're here to show us that there is a time for standing up and for standing our ground, but there are also moments that, despite our power and strength, we just don't need to engage with what is taking our energy.

Deer Medicine can show us that by stepping away gracefully, and not leaving a negative impression on the energy we've encountered, is a much more delicate way to face off with tough energy than engaging, fighting, and playing a game where we expend energy and don't find a reward anywhere.

Full Buck Moon calls us to review our reactions, our discipline, and what we are carrying as a burden that we don't need to be hanging on to.

A question from Full Buck Moon is, "What story am I playing out over and over in my head that belongs to a version of me that no longer exists?"

Full Buck Moon is flexible, wise, carries immense strength and wisdom, but does not hang around forever with an energy that doesn't serve him.

Sometimes it's best to just let and say, alright, you win. Does that make you feel better? Now get out. There is a time for a prideful win, and there is a time to recognize we're fighting a battle that everybody loses in.

Letting go.

Like the deer, there is a time for us to graze in the clearings in the deep woods, and a time for moving to the beautiful green fields that have arrived and filled lushly with grass, just for us.

There is no use trying to paw at a spent spring, begging desperately for the water to come up when it has dried out.

The spring has dried out because Mother Earth is telling us that it's time to move on and find another place to drink.

There is always another spring, with cleaner water, with much more nourishment available, if we let ourselves let go of what fed us in the past.

That clear stream is calling to us. Spring-fed. Cold. Cleansing. Your Intuition calls you to it-- have you picked up the phone?

There's a time to move on.

There's a time to let go.

Leaving and letting go don't mean that we can never look back or that we can't appreciate what we have learned.

Letting go doesn't mean forgotten about. Certainly, we will never forget the beautiful people and experiences who have moved on from us, whether in life or death.

Letting go doesn't mean gone forever, because what's meant to stay in our life will always return, and come back maybe in a better way, a clarified way, a more nourishing way.

Letting go doesn't mean cutting off, it just means, "I can feel that something over there resonates with me better. That is where I feel at home right now"

Letting go isn't a personal attack, nor does it mean that someone needs to be hurt from it.

Sometimes we are the ones that someone is letting go of, too.

These many tiny deaths, these little spells of letting go, can sometimes feel like shedding our skin, and can make us say things like, change sucks. I hate how things change. My childhood home is different. My family is different. I feel like I've grown too fast or I've been left behind. I miss my dad. I wish things never changed.

Sometimes, it's also going through the excruciating process of facing the death of someone we love.

When we lose someone, or something we love dearly, there's the first goodbye that everyone knows about. Maybe a huge loss, maybe a funeral. Those first few weeks where you barely know how you survived, how you kept breathing. It feels like a nightmare and a blur.

But there are the many thousands of tiny deaths afterwards that people forget about once they think you're probably "done" grieving:

Having a campfire for the first time this summer and they're not there with you.

Driving past the one store you used to go to together and they're not there with you.

Hearing their song on the radio, and breaking down when you're alone.

Sitting on the couch and realizing the space next to you feels tangibly empty.

Feeling a hollow grief in your stomach when you see the sign pointing to their town.

Reading their last text message to you over and over.

And so on and so forth.

Death and letting go are mysterious, painful, wise, teachers...

At every moment, there is something to let go of.

But the magic of it all...

We can allow ourselves to feel what we're feeling all the time, and it's okay.

It's okay to be angry, frustrated, pissed off, irritated, sad, grieving, lost, confused, fearful, panicky, and wishing things were the way they used to be.

Darkness is good medicine. We sit with it, we learn how to get comfortable with it without fearing it and without feeding into it. Darkness is just as much a part of life as the light, no?

Without light, there would be no shadow.

But as Buck calls us to this Full Moon, he invites us to let go, and work a little bit towards acceptance of what has now passed away, and to remember...

Death is the first step to transformation.

Letting go is the first step to stepping into you in a bigger way.

Energy is never cancelled, never gone, it never disappears, it never is completely cut off, the essence of anything that we have lost will always come back, and transform into something that can continue to love and guide us, if we let ourselves receive it.

A Vision that Full Buck Moon has for you:

Lifting your tear-stained face up from your knees, Buck sees you laying on the couch at night, crying unbelievable pains out. Being wrung out, emptied, cleaning yourself out. I know it hurts, he says. I know. I've been taking care of you. Whispering to you the strength for you to continue.

And he says, you've played out that story so long, you've been working so hard...how about I show you what's awaiting you now?

Buck guides you outside to your back porch, on a perfectly still night, with his Full Moon glowing bright in the sky, and says, I want you to see what all of us who love you have set up, just for you:

Countless, millions of stars lit up in the sky, the planets glinting brightly, a comet shoots by....an owl hoots in the distance, crickets in the grass sawing away at their concert, the grasses whispering in an invisible breeze...

Buck whispers, "I know you've been feeling like you've died over and over for months now...it's been difficult...but this whole time, you've been making space in yourself to see how many of us love you, to hear our voices better, to better feel our hands on your shoulders....your ancestors, your guides, your sacred animals, your plants, your angels, our Creator...so much has passed away and transformed, and made so much more room for more love, for more devotion, for more appreciation....and we made this moment just for you,

All of the stars in the sky, the owls, the nightingales, the crickets, the harmonious grasses, the deer in the forest, the breeze, the cool night air...did you know we made it all just for you?

All of it, my love...Everything that you see that is beautiful, that alights your heart with joy, know that we all put it here for you to enjoy. This universe, this wonderful playground of learning and receiving and making mistakes and enjoying...it was all handcrafted, just for you"

You look up and smile, the tears turning from tears of solitude and grief to tears of gratitude and joy.

Death isn't so bad anymore, when we remember that everything that passes away was made to transform....every sorrow can be reborn into life again. Every pain can breathe into healing and softness, just for you.

Letting go isn't forgetting, or cutting away...letting go is acceptance and understanding that we can't change how things happened.

And Rebirth is about looking forward, to the future, and accepting a little change, a little hope, a little smile when we realize that Creator is taking care of us.

Thank you.

Lak'weh