We get it on most every night,
When that moon is big and bright...
It's a supernatural delight,
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight!

Everybody here is out of sight--
They don't bark and they don't bite.
They keep things loose, they keep it tight.
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight.

Dancing in the moonlight!
Everybody's feeling warm and bright,
It's such a fine and natural sight--
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight!

~ "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest

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I've been looking forward to tomorrow's Blue Moon for weeks~ A Blue Moon is the second full moon in a month...it doesn't sound so magical when put in those terms, but for a very long time, the folklore surrounding a blue moon has been just that--pure magic. The best part? It comes on New Year's Eve. AND it's a partial eclipse!! If a Pagan went shopping at the Grocery Store of Cosmic Delights, you couldn't hand pick something lovelier and more auspicious...all nestled at the cusp of the coming year~

I was driving into work this morning, sipping at my warm latte and catching glimpses of the new born sun as it slipped over the edge of horizon. Steam rose from my cup in that fractured sunlight when the radio almost smiled at me: one of my favorite songs came on: "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest. I really don't care who sees me when those first few notes start playing--I turn it as loud as it can go, sing along, wiggle in my seat and grin from ear to ear. It's probably the happiest song in existence...over the years, I've equated it to everything from witches to werewolves and all that lies in between, but in the end it's just a simple song, filled with joy. Everybody's feeling warm and bright, I sang, turning off my exit, it's such a fine and natural sight...

It's a fitting anthem for tomorrow--New Year's Eve. The significance we humans give that date is fierce...it's filled with anticipation and hope and everything is superstitious. Be with the one you love at midnight! Give out kisses, sing as loud as you can, hold hands, keep the dark at bay. It's quite similar to the Pagan ideas behind Christmas--a celebration in the dark for the light. But this isn't necessarily the light of the sun, but the light of a brand new year...

What wishes are you going to make tomorrow? If you're Pagan, have you given any thought to the magic you want to make? As for me, I'm tickled pink at the fact that it's a Blue Moon and a full moon, all on one of the most special days of the year...I've planned my magic, made my lists, gathered together the ingredients for love and joy, made miracles and just lovely things...all for the coming year.

Tomorrow morning, I'm going to drive to my favorite local coffee shop and set up my laptop. It's across the road from a Civil War era graveyard, and the monolithic trees and gently sloping crests of snow inspire me on any ordinary day...but this will be the new year's Eve, and as I bring out my laptop--all the usuals for a day of writing--there will be something special to the well worn ritual. As my fingers pause on the keys, getting my bearings, I'll sigh, breathing in the heady aroma of coffee and milk, sugar and snow...and then I'll begin writing. And perhaps I won't notice it, at the corner of my subconscious, this new year circling, these new wishes coming, these old magics swirling...but perhaps I will.

Because a few hours after that, I will be standing with my little sister in the cold, white meadow, hands linked as we make magic for the coming year, weaving a spell for her desires, and then beginning my own.

And that will be the perfect ending to a perfect year-long day, and when twilight comes (as twilight is wont to do), we will raise a glass in its honor. And our own.

I probably won't be updating tomorrow--so this is the last I'll "see" you before the new year. May it be filled with magic, inside and out--and I hope you find supernatural delight~


by missbrittt