Moon Phase – Woo Woo Things

Full Moon Ritual
You’ll Need
- A fresh white candle
- A quiet place to practice
The Ritual

Cleanse your space and tools.

Ground and center your energy.

Light the candle. Watch as the dances, bobs, and spins on the wick. Feel the light of the flame flow into your body and your being. Notice what emotions rise to the surface. Hold space for anything that comes up and witness yourself at this moment. Allow your feelings to move through you freely. When you feel ready, ask yourself: How do I want to move forward? Commit at this moment to do just that.

You might like to note your commitment to yourself in your journal. Now say out loud, “And so it is.”

Snuff or pinch out the candle.
Sharon

April 5, 2024

full moon, Moon Phase
New Moon Cleansing Bath Ritual
A cleansing New Moon bath, or shower, resets your energies for the coming lunar cycle and allows you to release any energies that no longer serve you.

You’ll need:
- Salt (Epsom salt is wonderful)
- Three sprigs of fresh rosemary
- A lemon, cut into slices
Find a quiet time during the New Moon phase when you can relax. Cleanse your space and ingredients. Get yourself into a magickal, joyful frame of mind. Play your favorite music and light a candle or two if you feel inclined.

Run a bath.

Add your salt, rosemary, and lemon slices to the bathwater. Relax into the bath and allow yourself to feel peaceful in the fragrant water. Stay in this relaxed state for as long as you like.

When you are ready to get out of the bath, visualize the warm water easing all the worries, pressures, stresses, and negative energies from your being. Release all the things that no longer serve you into the water and allow the salt, lemon, and rosemary to cleanse and protect you energetically. Get out of the bath. Allow the tub to drain and watch all the energy that no longer serves you swirling down the drain and away from you.
Sharon

April 5, 2024

Moon Phase, new moon
Waning

Waning, from Full Moon to New Moon, is a time for study, meditation, and magical work designed to banish harmful energies.

Sharon

May 21, 2023

Moon Phase
Waxing

Waxing, from New Moon to Full Moon, is the ideal time to do magic to draw things to you.

Sharon

May 21, 2023

Moon Phase
Blue Moon

Blue Moon refers to when a Full Moon appears for the second time in the same calendar month. This Blue Moon happens to fall on Wednesday, the day of Mercury . . . during Mercury ret-rograde. While Mercury retrograde does not lend itself well to important new conversations, it provides ample opportunities to revisit unresolved situations and explore them from new perspectives.

It also gives us time to look back on what we might have done differently. While there is an adage that you regret the things you don’t do, the reality is that there are, for all of us, things we have done, said, and tried that we wish we had not. So take an inventory of what you regret, especially looking over what you regret that impacted another person. Can you make amends? If you no longer have contact with someone you impacted, can you make amends in a different way? This exercise is not to answer karmic imbalance but to answer the feeling of regret and understand it only act from emotional alignment.

-Diana Rachel

Sharon

May 21, 2023

Moon Phase
Waning Crescent Moon
healing
soothing
surrender

Irish: Caidreamh Gan Fás

Represents rest, rejuvenation, and introspection

also called the Balsamic Moon

Begins:

10.5 days after Full Moon, continues to beginning of New Moon

What to do:
- Balsam means “anything healing or soothing.” Seek healing.
- Think rest, renewal, intuition
- A time for rest, reflection, and connecting with inner wisdom
Ask yourself:
1. Can you find acceptance? Can you surrender?
2. Can you go easy on yourself?
Sharon

April 23, 2023

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Last Quarter Moon
re-evaluate
balance
trust

Irish: An Chéad Chrua

Associated with forgiveness, closure, and preparation for new beginnings

Begins:

7-10.5 days after Full Moon

What to do:
- Can feel awkward, that’s ok. Accept it.
- Time to reorientate ourselves
- Think release, forgiveness, healing
- A time for releasing and forgiving, healing old wounds
Ask yourself:
1. Do you feel tired?
2. Do you feel tension?
Sharon

April 23, 2023

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Waning Gibbous Moon
relax
accept
regroup

Irish: Bruíon Caidreamh

Symbolizes release, letting go of what no longer serves you, and reflection

also called the Disseminating Moon

Begins:

3.5-7 days after Full Moon

What to do:
- B-r-e-a-t-h-e
- Accept and go with the flow
- Think reflection, gratitude, letting go
- A time for expressing gratitude and letting go of the past
Ask yourself:
1. Are you going with the flow or working against it?
2. Are you relaxing and accepting?
Sharon

April 23, 2023

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Moon Phase
Waxing Gibbous Moon
tweak
hone
adjust

Irish: Óir Caidreamh

Represents abundance, fertility, and the fulfillment of goals

Begins:

10.5-15 days after New Moon

What to do:
- Stay on course
- Don’t give up! Stamina!
- Think abundance, progress, momentum
- A time for focusing on goals and making progress
Ask yourself:
1. Is your ego / fear getting in your way?
2. Are you staying open to whatever life is teaching you?
3. Do you need to course-correct? (It’s ok to make changes)
Sharon

April 23, 2023

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First Quarter Moon
challenges
confidence
commitment

Irish: An Chéad Chuar

Associated with taking action, making decisions, and moving forward

Begins:

7-10.5 days after New Moon

What to do:
- Think action, strength, decision making
- It’s time to commit
- A time for taking action and making important decisions
Ask yourself:
1. Are you having doubts about your ability to manifest your dreams?
2. Is your resolve being tested?
3. Can you let go of old wishes and free your heart?
Sharon

April 23, 2023

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