August 9, 2026 - Planning the Next Chapter of Your Magic | 🌘 Waning Crescent Moon ♋ Cancer | ☿ Mercury enters Leo ♌ | ☿ Mercury ⚔️ square ⚷ Chiron

🌘 Waning Crescent Moon in Cancer
☿ 9:29 AM — Mercury enters Leo — 0°00'
☿ 10:15 PM — Mercury square Chiron

The Moon continues her waning journey through Cancer, bringing us into one of the most valuable planning periods of the entire lunar cycle.

There is something especially meaningful about today's sky.

This is where our journey began.

Nearly a month ago, the New Moon in Cancer invited us to strengthen the foundations of our magical lives—our homes, our health, our families, our daily rhythms, our intuition, and the quiet places where our Craft becomes part of everyday life.

Now, before another New Moon arrives, the Moon returns to Cancer one final time, offering us one last opportunity to work with the same nurturing, protective, and life-building current that began this entire lunar cycle.

The difference is that we're no longer standing at the beginning.

We're standing here with an entire month's worth of experience.

We know which spells strengthened our lives.

We know which routines became part of our daily practice.

We know what produced real results.

We also know where we'd like to grow during the next lunar cycle.

That makes today one of the strongest planning days of the month.

Rather than waiting until the New Moon to decide what we're creating, today's sky encourages us to begin planning now.

What kind of month do we want to experience?

What do we want to strengthen?

What do we want to accomplish before this next lunar cycle comes to an end?

Which spells deserve our time?

Which magical goals deserve our greatest attention?

As Mercury enters Leo, our vision naturally begins expanding.

Ideas become bolder.

Creative solutions become easier to recognize.

Long-term goals begin taking shape.

This is excellent energy for designing an entire lunar cycle of spellwork rather than thinking one spell at a time.

Plan your prosperity work.

Plan your healing work.

Plan your protection work.

Plan your home blessings.

Plan your divination practice.

Plan your magical studies.

Meet with your guides, ancestors, spirits, or deities through the form of communication you know best. Pull tarot. Cast runes. Scry. Throw bones. Read tea leaves. Seek guidance for the month ahead and ask where your energy will be most wisely spent.

Later in the evening, Mercury forms a square with Chiron.

As we prepare for everything we'd like to create, this current encourages us to strengthen our plans before we begin.

If we're preparing healing spells, do we have everything we need?

If we're planning prosperity work, have we clearly defined what success looks like?

If we're preparing protection work, have we decided exactly what we're protecting?

The more thoughtfully we prepare beneath today's sky, the more confidently we'll step into the New Moon just a few days from now.

Preparation has always been part of powerful witchcraft.

Today's planning becomes tomorrow's spellwork.

On that note, you should know - if you don’t already - the next issue of the Legacy Witch Society online magazine is out so it’s now quite fun to plan the next chapter of your magic during the waning crescent.

Most potent energies available for witchcraft

Planning the next lunar cycle
Spell planning
Prosperity planning
Healing planning
Protection planning
Home blessings
Divination
Spirit communication
Creative spellcraft
Magical strategy
Vision work
Intuitive guidance

Best spellwork

Plan your entire New Moon spell cycle
Design the spellwork you'll be crafting throughout the coming month
Use tarot, runes, tea leaves, bones, scrying, or another form of divination to help prioritize your magical goals
Finalize your New Moon intentions
Gather everything you'll need before the New Moon arrives
Prepare spell jars, candles, petitions, oils, powders, or charms without activating them yet
Bless and organize the magical tools you'll be working with during the coming lunar cycle
Seek guidance from your guides, ancestors, spirits, or deities for the month ahead
Create a magical roadmap for the coming lunar cycle
Refine spells you've been developing before casting them beneath the New Moon

Spellwork to avoid

Waiting until the New Moon to decide what you're creating
Planning so many intentions that none receive your full attention
Beginning major manifestation work before your plans are complete
Rushing preparation instead of allowing your vision to fully develop

A witch's advice

The New Moon doesn't begin when the Moon goes dark.

It begins with the plans we make before she does.

The more intentionally we prepare today, the more purposefully we'll work with every current the next lunar cycle has to offer.

The spell of the day is:

May the wisdom we've gained throughout this lunar cycle guide the one about to begin. May our plans be clear, our purpose be strong, and every spell we prepare today become another step toward the magical life we're intentionally crafting.