Cosmic Rhythms: The Lunar Cycle - Waning Gibbous in Sagittarius - Final Aspect - Moon in Scorpio Trine Saturn - May 13 - 19, 2025
Waning Gibbous in Sagittarius
Phase Definition – Waning Gibbous
This is a time of harvesting insight, teaching, and sharing. The revelations of the Full Moon begin to settle into wisdom. What once felt raw or intense becomes clearer and more teachable. There’s a shift from inner emotional processing to outward expression, integration, and meaning-making.
Energetic Themes - Moon in Sagittarius
Sagittarius brings curiosity, optimism, and a desire for expansive truth. This sign inspires you to look at the bigger picture and explore freedom through knowledge, experience, or spiritual understanding. It encourages you to find meaning in what you’ve been through, reframe your perspective, and grow through it.
Final Aspect: Moon in Scorpio Trine Saturn
This deeply supportive closing aspect adds emotional maturity, intuitive depth, and structural grounding. It provides an opportunity to stabilize new insights and commit to a path forward with greater wisdom. Scorpio’s emotional intensity combined with Saturn’s steadiness allows you to anchor philosophical ideas into practical action. It's ideal for long-term planning, spiritual commitments, and emotional clarity.
Energetic Themes - Waning Gibbous Moon in Sagittarius
Integrating emotional lessons from the Full Moon
Transforming personal experience into teachable wisdom
Reframing belief systems and worldview
Grounding inspiration into realistic, actionable steps
Recommitting to long-term goals with renewed clarity
Aligning vision with inner emotional truth
Energetic Aligned Intentions
Revisit your New Moon in Taurus intentions from April 27. What material or emotional goals did you plant seeds for? Now is the time to refine and adjust your course. Ask yourself:
“What grounded intention can I commit to that supports both my inner growth and tangible progress?”
Share what you’ve learned—through writing, teaching, social media, or intentional conversations
Solidify spiritual or philosophical revelations into daily practices or commitments
Plan a course of study, travel, or new experience that expands your awareness
Clarify your vision and update goals to reflect your evolving sense of purpose
Journal or meditate on:
“What do I now understand? What truth has emerged? How can I live in greater alignment with this truth?”
Practical Tips & Ritual Suggestions
Practical Tips
Write a Wisdom Letter: Craft a heartfelt letter to your future self or someone close to you. Share what you’ve learned, what you believe now, and what path you’re committing to.
Teach or Share Your Truth: Whether through a blog post, podcast, social media, or simple conversation, express the insights you’ve gained. Sagittarius invites you to give your experience a voice.
Vision Board Check-In: Update or revise your vision board to reflect your clarified goals. Focus on values and visions that align with your truest self.
Go Outside: Sagittarius thrives in open space. Hike, walk, or stargaze to expand your awareness and connect with your higher perspective.
Journaling Prompt:
“How has my perspective shifted since the Full Moon? What beliefs or visions am I now ready to ground and live by?”
Ritual: Truth & Grounding Ceremony
Purpose: To honor and integrate spiritual or philosophical insights, anchoring them into sustainable, soul-aligned commitments.
Suggested Tools:
Crystals/Gemstones:
Sodalite – enhances truth, insight, and rational clarity
Turquoise – supports open communication, protection during journeys (spiritual or physical)
Lapis Lazuli – opens the higher mind and deepens intuitive wisdom
Smoky Quartz – grounds expansive thinking into practical form
Amethyst – calms the mind and enhances spiritual discipline
Essential Oils:
Basil – for mental clarity and spiritual purification
Cedarwood – grounding and strengthening
Sweet Orange – lifts energy and supports creative expansion
Steps:
Set your sacred space with calming music and dim lighting.
Dress a purple or deep blue candle with your oil blend. Surround the candle with your chosen crystals.
Sit comfortably and take a few deep breaths.
Reflect or journal on:
“What truth has revealed itself to me?”
“What am I ready to commit to in alignment with this truth?”Speak your wisdom out loud or write it down. If appropriate, read or share it with someone you trust.
Close your ritual by grounding: place Smoky Quartz or Cedarwood oil near your feet and imagine roots connecting you to the Earth. Feel the support of Saturn as you commit to living your truth.
Personal Reflection – Relating to Your Natal Chart
Locate the house Sagittarius rules in your birth chart. This is where your vision, growth, and truth are being activated and refined.
If you have planets between 25–27° of Sagittarius, Aries, or Leo, this lunation brings personal clarity and confidence to that area of life.
Note where Saturn in Pisces is transiting—this is the area of life asking for emotional structure, spiritual responsibility, and wise long-term commitment.
Sacred Reminder
Not every insight needs immediate action. This phase is about distilling meaning, refining truth, and deciding how to live it with integrity. Allow your inner fire to be both inspired and disciplined—so your vision becomes not just an idea, but a living path.
