August 10, 2026 - A Perfect Day for Planning Next Month’s Magic | ♀️ Venus conjunct ♇ Pluto | ♀️ Venus 🤝conjunct 🔱 Neptune | 🌘 Waning Crescent Moon Cancer ♋
The Moon continues her waning journey through Cancer, encouraging us to keep preparing for the New Moon just ahead.
Yesterday helped us begin planning the next lunar cycle.
Today's sky helps us refine those plans.
Venus first joins Pluto before continuing on to Neptune, creating a beautiful progression that asks us to look beyond surface desires and discover what we genuinely want to build during the month ahead.
Pluto encourages us to dig deeper.
What matters enough that we're willing to devote an entire lunar cycle to it?
Which goals continue calling us back?
Which dreams have remained with us season after season?
Which areas of life are ready for real transformation rather than temporary change?
When we answer those questions honestly, our spellwork naturally becomes more focused.
A focused spell is often a stronger spell.
Later in the day, Venus joins Neptune.
Once we've become clear about what truly matters, Neptune encourages us to imagine what becomes possible.
This is beautiful energy for visualizing the life we're preparing to create.
Not through wishful thinking.
Through intentional imagination.
Every spell begins with a clear picture of what we're calling into our lives.
Today's sky strengthens that picture.
If we're planning prosperity work, imagine the thriving business, peaceful home, abundant pantry, or financial stability we're intentionally building.
If we're planning healing work, imagine the healthier, stronger body we're supporting through both magic and practical action.
If we're preparing protection work, imagine the feeling of peace, security, and confidence that protection creates.
The clearer we become, the easier it is to direct our magic with purpose.
The Waning Crescent reminds us that preparation is still the work of the day.
Today simply helps us refine that preparation until it reflects what we truly value.
Tomorrow brings the final day before the New Moon.
Today's sky helps ensure we're walking toward it with both clarity and inspiration.
Friendly reminder: The next issue of the magazine is out now so you can use it to plan your next month’s magic :)
Most potent energies available for witchcraft
Spell planning
Manifestation planning
Prosperity planning
Healing planning
Vision work
Creative visualization
Beauty magic
Attraction magic
Dreamwork
Divination
Spirit communication
Heart-centered spellcraft
Best spellwork
Refine your New Moon spell plans
Visualize completed spellwork before casting
Use tarot or divination to confirm your priorities for the coming month
Design prosperity, healing, protection, or relationship spells for the New Moon
Build vision boards or magical planning pages
Meet with your guides, ancestors, spirits, or deities for additional guidance
Refine petitions before writing their final versions
Gather the final ingredients you'll need for the coming lunar cycle
Spend time envisioning the life you're intentionally creating before asking the universe to help you build it
Spellwork to avoid
Planning spells that don't genuinely excite or inspire you
Dividing your energy between too many major goals
Settling for intentions that no longer reflect the life you're creating
Rushing your preparation when another day of refinement is available
A witch's advice
Every spell asks a simple question before it ever begins:
What do we truly want to create?
The clearer our answer becomes, the more confidently our magic can move in that direction.
The spell of the day is:
May our hearts recognize what truly matters, our vision become beautifully clear, and every spell we prepare reflect the life we are genuinely ready to create.
