Bi-monthly Card Reading

 This reading is using my upcoming card deck: The Sacred Circle Spirit Animal Oracle. 

 This is a one card reading done on the North American Sacred Circle or Medicine Wheel. The card sits in the center of the circle and represents the Creator or Center Stone, which is said to contain the Void and all of creation—the stars, planets, Animal Kingdom, Plant Kingdom, Mineral Kingdom, etc. This Stone is governed by the Great Spirit and our Highest Self.  It is the place of balance at the heart or center of the Sacred Circle where we can go within ourselves to access the wisdom and guidance needed from every aspect in the cycles of life.  

MOON ORACLE MESSAGE

Question: The Full Hot Sun Moon of June reaches its peak on June 11, 2025, and is the Moon of the Summer Solstice.  What will it gift us with this month? 

Stone Medicine:  The Hot Sun Moon (Mid-June-Mid-July): 

Card # 29: The Hot Sun Moon (Mid-June-Mid-July):  

Teaching: The Hot Sun Moon is the first full moon of Shawnodese—the Spirit Keeper of the South; it is under the influence of the Frog Clan and sits ¼ of the way between the S and the W Cardinal Directions on the Sacred Circle. It is known as the Hot or Strong Sun Moon by many tribes, because it marks the start of the warmer temperatures of Summer. A few tribes call it the Strawberry Moon, since it marks the time when the first berries—strawberries—ripen in their territories. This is the first harvest of the Season and is a time for celebrating and enjoying the fruits of your labors. 

Meaning: No matter what it is called, the Full Hot Sun Moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the Summer Solstice which makes it a herald for celebrating the beauty of the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It also gifts us with honoring the abundant energy of the season. In 2025, the Full Hot Sun Moon rises on June 11th, and the Solstice takes place on June 20th.  The Solstice always makes this Full Moon’s powers exceptionally magical and strong. Because the moon represents the Divine Feminine while the Sun represents the Divine Masculine, their rising back-to-back brings a balance between these two powerful energies.  

Soul Message: This celestial event embraces you and graces the night sky with its mystical glow. Beyond its captivating beauty, the Hot Sun Moon carries profound symbolism and spiritual significance. It can teach you how to heal and how to inspire. And it can fulfill your desire for self-expression. These are all gifts from the Divine Feminine aspects of the Moon. You just need to let the golden light of the Hot Sun Moon wash over you. On the evening of the Full Moon, go outside just after sunset and watch the full moon rise gently above the horizon in the Southeast. It will appear large and golden. Breathe in its light to strengthen your gifts of healing, inspiration, intuition, and self- expression with gratitude. 

The Hot Sun Full Moon’s most powerful, magical attribute is its ability to open us up to the power of love through growth and trust. Under Frog Clan’s influence, it will teach you the importance of expressing yourself through your emotions—using them positively to nurture yourself and others.  It will caution you against wallowing in your emotions or being afraid of using them to take a strong stance in expressing your truth and values when it is important to do so. And it will awaken your inner rhythmic sounds for manifesting all healing love for yourself and others through forgiveness. 

The Hot Sun Moon will reflect a light on both your intuitive, free loving, wild aspects as well as your need for a strong home base. It can help you find a balance between those two opposite needs in your spirit and teach you how to use your intuition and free-loving soul with the stability and strength of “home” to find the rhythm of your true Soul Song, so that you can express yourself fully without fear. It will help you walk to the rhythm of your Inner Truth and Highest Self with safety, so that you can know what fulfillment, beauty, and self-expression really mean to you. And it will align you with the natural rhythms of the Universe and nature to manifest your deepest desires with ease. 

Haiku Meditations 

The Hot Sun Moon (Mid-June-Mid-July): choose one or more of the following haiku to meditate on. 

Hot Sun Moon—herald 

Of the Summer Solstice--bring 

Abundant beauty 

Frog Clan awaken 

My Inner Rhythmic Song of 

Love to heal 

Golden Solstice Moon 

Align me with nature to 

Manifest my dreams 

Actions

• Meditate on the haiku outside in nature, on a nature walk, or while listening to your favorite music.  
• Write down your reflections from being out in nature or listening to your favorite music in a notebook or a journal. 
• Watch the sun rise and set on the Solstice, June 20, 2024. Pay respects to the Sun and acknowledge its life-giving power as it both arrives and departs. At sunrise, sip your favorite tea, perhaps do some Yoga sun salutations to honor it, and breathe in its golden rays. At sunset, write your reflections of the Sun and the day in a journal or notebook as you sit out in nature to watch the sun go down. Give gratitude for everything you experienced during the day and write it down. Sip some tea and take some deep breaths as a prayer. 
• Then, greet the Full Hot Sun Moon as it rises in the Southeast on June 21. Bask in its soft, golden light. Open your heart to its spiritual energy and beauty and write your reflections in your journal or notebook. How does it feel compared to the light of the Sun. What is the same? What is the difference? 
• Draw a mandala of the sun and the moon reflecting your feelings to balance the gifts of the Divine Masculine (Sun) and Divine Feminine (Moon) you have received. Honor them both by placing the Mandala in a place where you can meditate on it often.  
• Over the next month, check in on yourself to see how well you are honoring the balance between the masculine and feminine. Make any necessary adjustments.  
• At the end of the month, record your progress with gratitude and create a ceremony to honor the moon. It can be a flower ceremony (see last month’s newsletter); a flower bath, or a water ceremony with Moon Water. (See Practice Making Moon Water below). 
• Wisdom Teaching: Summer and Winter Solstices – The zenith of the Solstice on June 20, 2025. But remember, its powers are most potent for up to 1 day prior and 1 day after the actual event. The word “Solstice” comes from the Latin word “Sol” and “Sistre” which means “Sun” and “to stand still” respectively. It refers to the 3 days in June and the 3 days in December when the Sun appears to pause on its journey before it tilts the opposite way and reverses its course. The Summer Solstice occurs when the North Pole is tilted closest to the Sun; the Winter Solstice occurs when the North Pole is tilted farthest from the Sun.  The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year while the Winter Solstice marks the shortest.  
• The zenith for the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on June 20, 21, or 22; for the Winter Solstice, it occurs on December 21, 22, or 23. This means that the Southern Hemisphere celebrates the Winter Solstice in June and the Summer Solstice in December. The Solstices in both hemispheres are mirrors of each other—the reverse of the seasons, the Sun’s trajectory, and the gifts bestowed which means that they always keep the Earth in balance and equilibrium.   
• In many cultures throughout the world, the Summer Solstice is the time of new beginnings when we say “goodbye” to the long period of reflection and release of the Winter months. It ushers in the fiery, active masculine energies of the Sun, new beginnings, sprouting seeds, and rebirth to propel us forward from the womb of the Divine Feminine energies of the Winter months. The Winter Solstice signals the time of reflection, introspection, release, and renewal as the light gradually begins to return. In both cases, the changing of the Seasons is a powerful time to manifest spiritual transformation. 
• Our distant ancestors knew that and viewed such times as somewhat significant events where portals to the Cosmos could be opened. They built monuments like Stonehenge in England, Machu Picchu in Peru, or Chichen Itza in Mexica, that still stand today. Archeologists have discovered that these monuments align with these Seasonal events and with the stars to act as ceremonial centers, cosmic observatories, places of healing, and as technology to activate the portals of the Divine Sacred Circles.  
• Perform a Full Moon Flower Ceremony to honor the Sun and the Moon-Materials Needed: 12 yellow flowers of any type; five white flowers of any type.  
• Set up Sacred Space-Find a quiet, comfortable space free from distractions; 2) Call in angels, spirit animals, or other allies and offer up a prayer and intention to bring in the Divine Feminine Hot Sun Moon gifts of love, nurturance, joy, creativity, abundance, etc. into the space. 
• Cut the stems to 2 inches below each flower head. Place each in a paper cup. Make a circle of yellow flowers for the sun and a circle with white flowers for the moon. Make the circles side by side. The yellow flowers symbolize prosperity and abundance; the white flowers represent healing and intuition. The twelve flowers represent the twelve moons of the year through which the sun flows. Place your moon water as an offering to each of the flowers in the cups, so make sure you consecrate it with this intention. 
•  At the center of each circle, place a crystal. In the Sun circle, choose carnelian, red jasper, golden citrine, etc. for the moon circle, choose moonstone, clear quartz, or lemurian crystal, etc. 
• Take 3 leaves from the stems of the flowers and blow your intentions for the Solstice into them. Place them into the center of the Sun circle. 
• Take 3 leaves from the stems of the flowers and blow your intentions for this moon into them and place them into the center of the moon’s circle.  
• Sing a song, offer a prayer, and give gratitude to the Sun, the Moon, and Mother Earth.  
• Closing: Let your offering sit under the light of the Sun and Moon for the next 1-3 days. When you are finished. Offer it to the Earth and let her digest the energies to transmute them into even higher ones for the good of all. Give your offering to the Earth by just offering them to her outside on the land and letting her accept and break them down. You can also bury everything in your yard or garden. 
• Practice Making Moon Water: This month, you can make new Moon Water under the light of the Full Hot Sun Moon. * 
• Moon water has a myriad of uses. Make Moon Water by filling a clean, glass jar or container with fresh water. Breathe into it 3 times with the intention for the month and leave it in the moonlight overnight anywhere from 3 days before through 3 days after the Full Flower Moon. I like to leave it for a few hours in the Sun afterwards to balance out the Masculine and Feminine Energies. Offer 4 drops of the water to Mother Earth in gratitude after it has been charged—once for each of the 4 Cardinal Directions. 
• After that, you can use the moon water in several ways. Some examples include: 1) Drinking it with positive intention; 2) Using it as an offering in ceremonies: 3) Offering it to your plants with “right” intention; 4) Adding the moon water to your flower bath above; and 4) Drinking ½ Cup before you go to bed with the intention of remembering your dreams. Put out an intention for your dreams for a “seed” you want to manifest as an idea, a project, relationship. In the morning drink the remaining ½ cup and ask to be able to recall your dream. Keep a journal by your bed and write down any thoughts, feelings, or recollections. This may take a few tries before you begin recalling your dreams. Give gratitude to the water and the moon for any recollections you received and/or for the opportunity of learning to use water to help you remember them. 

*Note: Water is a powerful collector and transmitter of memories. Scientists have discovered what Indigenous people have always known-that water responds directly to any thoughts, words, or intentions you place in it and carries if as it flows from place to place. 

•  This is a wisdom insight for the Portal of the Hot Sun Moon which is ¼ of the way between the S and W Cardinal Directions in the Sacred Circle. 
• This is a general reading, so only take and apply those things that resonate with you. 
• It is a wisdom reading to deepen the summer solstice and the Moon Message from Hot Sun Moon, including a ceremony for 2025.

 What Is the Message of the Full Hot Sun Moon and the Summer Solstice For 2025?   

Teaching: The Summer Solstice, June 20, 2025 – Since the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is coming up this week on Friday, June 20th, I wanted to mention that both the Sun’s and Earth’s energies are powerful all next week. This Solar/Earth power works together to fire up our passions, brighten our lives, and awaken our awareness to the abundant potential of life. Just look around at all the things that are growing in nature and coming to fruition and recognize that we are a part of that. 

The Earth constantly provides for all of us, and the Sun’s warmth provides the light necessary for all living beings to prosper and thrive. My Master Peruvian teacher, the Puma, has taught me that we all need to be on a ceremonial path to acknowledge this truth. He has taught me the importance of bringing the right intentions to solstices and equinoxes with gratitude for what we have received in the previous cycle of 6 months since the last Solstice. He has also taught the importance of putting out the energy of manifestation for what we wish to create for the next 6 months as the Sun begins to travel to its new Solstice destination.  

Soul Message: What better time is there to spend out in nature or to get together with friends, family and loved ones than to celebrate the source of all life—the Sun? And we can celebrate its union with both the Earth, our mother, and the Full Hot Sun Moon by acknowledging the life force within us and by giving back Creation some of the energy and blessings that we are always receiving. Like our ancestors before us, we can create ceremonies or rituals to celebrate the Solstice as a way of expressing gratitude for these gifts and for setting our intentions for the next 6 months. The following are some guidelines as you celebrate the Summer Solstice next week: 

• Forage and collect herbs for making a sun tea that you can drink on the morning of the solstice. For each herb that you collect, create an intention for what you want to experience, heal, or be liberated from for the next 6 months. Each time you sip your tea, make a prayer or offering for one of your intentions. Finish with a prayer of gratitude. 
• Connect with nature. Be out under the light of the Sun and Moon and write about it in your journal or create a collage or mandala representing your experiences. 
• Create a sun inspired altar using orange or yellow crystals like citrine, carnelian, or sunstone; candles; bright flowers; sun symbols; etc. Be creative and have fun. Offer your intentions, gratitude, and prayers to the altar, and remember to thank the ancestors. 
• Burn Copal Resin, Frankincense, or palo santo. Copal comes in 3 varieties—white for blessings; gold for manifestation; black for clearing dense energies. You can also use candles in these 3 colors. Offer your prayers, gratitude, and intentions up to the Sun and Cosmos through the smoke or candles. 
• Do a meditative bath in the sunlight on June 20th or even in the light of the Full Moon on the 11th. Listen to some gentle music that you like and contemplate by creating a list of what you want to release; another list of what intentions you have for the next 6 months in terms of health, prosperity, happiness, work, creativity, and joy; a third list for what happiness you can bring to family and community; and a fourth list for gratitude. Blow the things you want to release onto a stick and place them in a fire. Let the stick burn but put it out in water before it gets too hot. Create a mandala or collage of your intentions and gratitude for yourself, your family, and community. Put it up where you can meditate on it for the next 6 months. 

These are just some simple things that I like to do but be creative and do a ceremony that feels right for you. May you be blessed with health, happiness, joy, and love as we enter the Summer Solstice and the Hot Sun Moon.