The Almanac
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July
2026
TODAY is Wednesday, July 1st, the
182nd day of 2026, and there are 184 days left in the year. The moon is in Capricorn and the season is Summer (element of fire - peak energy, passion, and illumination).
The next sabbat, Lughnasadh, is in 32 days. Today's moon is waning (15.6 days old) and 99% full. The full moon for this phase is on Wednesday, July 29th, and the new moon will be on Tuesday, July 14th.
In the Native American tradition, the July moon is named the Buck Moon. 
Mercury is currently retrograde - this shadow period runs through July 23rd (22 days remaining). Communication, intellect, and awareness are all within Mercury's domain, as are logic and reasoning, our manner of thinking, and how we create and express our thought processes. Remain flexible, allow extra time for travel, and avoid signing contracts until Mercury is direct again.
- Today's Correspondences -
- Sun Sign
- Cancer (element of water)
- Color
- orange (attraction and encouragement)
- Planet
- Mercury (element of air)
- Incense
- storax, mace, and sandalwood
- Herb
- lavender
- Stone
- agate
- Tarot Card
- Page of Cups
- Gods
- Mercury, Hermes, and Woden.
- Keywords
- divination, communications, knowledge, wisdom, and study.
- Rune
- ᚠ Fehu - Abundance, earned wealth, and the fertile seed of good fortune now ready to grow.
- Today's Activity -
Your activity is to fan out a Tarot spell to increase your creativity. Also, work with magical plants such as the fern for protection. This plant will also boost the power of any other magical plants with which it is arranged. This is a good day to do a working to open up lines of communication - especially if your own actions are preventing you from being an effective speaker or listener.
- Weather Lore -
Evening red and morning grey, sends the traveler on his way. Evening grey and morning red, brings rain down upon his head.
- Seek the Cards -
Draw three cards and let the deck speak. Playing Card Divination — free cartomancy readings using a standard deck, with full interpretations and suit progressions.
- Also -
Mercury is currently retrograde - this shadow period runs through July 23rd (22 days remaining). Communication, intellect, and awareness are all within Mercury's domain, as are logic and reasoning, our manner of thinking, and how we create and express our thought processes. Remain flexible, allow extra time for travel, and avoid signing contracts until Mercury is direct again.