Location for Magick

This is my first time posting in a forum and a Magick forum at that. I am still learning and just began really taking the big steps into all of this about a month ago. Any starter book suggestions are appreciated!

Now, I live in Alaska. I have found a lot of rituals that I have come across rely on the moon and its many phases. Here in Alaska, we don't exactly have direct moonlight in the summer, as the sun never goes down until around September or so. and then it's dark most of the time. Are there rituals that involve energies from the sun? Will the moonlight still have an effect on any rituals I do during the summer?

Thanks!

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You don't have to see the moon for the phase of the moon to have an effect on your spell work. Try working with the astrological house the moon is in, try to work with the planetary hours, days of the week, or just do what spells you feel like doing when you feel like doing them.

I agree. Working magic is like building influence to generate momentum. There are many ways to contribute influence towards a goal, of which the moon is only one. As a very near celestial body and as a fundamental presence on the earth, it is a potent one... but only one nonetheless.

You can indeed also use the sun as a source of influence. Or as was stated you could include the symbolism of the star houses, other planets, certain forms of weather like storms or fogs, locations like mountains and forests, and so on.

Each thing you connect with adds a little to the working... The more things you pull together the more those influences add up. Just like symbols. A circle is fine... Lay stones on the circle to add more. Draw a seal or sigil within to add still more, or direct that influence a specific way. Do it at a certain time of day with certain planets giving complimentary influence to magnify the supporting energies, and so-on. It is all about snowballing things together so that when you finally cast your pebble it has enough momentum to create an avalanche.