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The Moon
The phases of the moon will be important in all your workings. The inserted current moon phase cell, will add important information to you daily workings and charts. Significant dates will be placed below as they relate to the moon. The waxing moon phase will be best for constructive workings while the waning moon phases will work best for destructive workings. Constructive magic would be something similar to increasing something such as love, money, success, happiness etc. The destructive magic would involve something that you are getting rid of such as tooth aches, nail biting basically bad habits or even loosing wait or cutting your hair. Knowing this you can call upon the moon's power to aide you in your magical working and increase your successes. Blessed Be in all your workings.
CURRENT MOON
The Moon is the planetary ruler for Mondays. It's attributes are for Ancestors, Childbearing, Dreams, Healing, Instinct, Memory, Merchandise, Purity, Theft, and Virginity.
Full Moon Names January = Storm Moon A storm is said to rage most fiercely just before it ends, and the year usually follows as well.
February = Chaste Moon The old and outdated word for purity reflects the custom of greeting the new year with a clear soul
March = Seed Moon Sowing season and symbol of the start of the new year.
April = Hare Moon The sacred animal was associated in Roman legends with springtime and fertility.
May = Dyad Moon The Latin word for a pair refers to the twin stars of the constellation of Castor and Pollux.
June = Mead Moon During late June and most of July the meadows, or meads, were mowed for hay.
July = Wort Moon when the sun was in Leo, the worts (from the Anglo-Saxon wyrt plant) were gathered to be dried and stored.
August = Barley Moon Persephone, virgin Goddess of rebirth, carries a sheaf of barley as a symbol of the harvest.
September = Blood Moon Marking the season when domestic animals were sacrificed for winter provisions. Libra's full moon occasionally became the Wine Moon when a grape harvest was expected to produce a superior vintage.
October = Snow Moon Scorpio heralds the dark season when the sun is at it's lowest and the first snows fly.
November = Oak Moon The sacred tree of the Druids and the Roman God Jupiter is most noble as it withstands winter storms.
December = Wolf Moon The fearsome nocturnal animal represents the "night" of the year.
The Blue Moon - Varies A Blue Moon occurs when the moon with its 28 day cycle appears twice within the same calendar month, due to that month's 31 day duration. Many consider the Blue Moon to be a Goal Moon where you set specific goals for yourself.
The Black Moon - Varies A Black Moon occurs when there are two dark cycles of the moon in any given calendar month. It is believed that the second dark moon of a time is of great power within the spiritual world and any magick worked during this time is especially powerful.
The Moonstone: A rock variety of adularia or sanidine. Colorless, yellowish, milky, cloudy with blush-white tint, and wavelike light reflections, particularly distinct when curved; weak bluish or orange florescence under ultraviolet light Found in Sri Lanka, India, Burma; western Australia, Tazania, Madagascar, Virginia/USA, Brazil. Similar to Chalcedony, glass imitations are common.
The Hours of the Moon are: Sunday - 4am, 11am, 6pm Monday - 1am, 8am, 3pm, 10pm Tuesday - 5am, 12noon, 7am, Wednesday - 2am, 9am, 4pm, 11pm Thursday - 6am, 1pm, 8pm Friday - 3am, 10am, 5pm, 12midnight Saturday - 7am, 2pm, 9pm
FULL MOON RITUAL INCENSE 2 parts sandalwood, + 2 parts frankincense, + 1/2 part gardenia petals, + 1/4 part rose petals, + a few drops ambergris oil Burning during esbats or simply at the time of the full moon to attune with the Goddess.
A Story of the Waning and Waxing of the Moon Aware of Ganesh's greediness his devotees gave him many sweets which he swallowed immediately. Ganesh returned home on riding his mouse at sunset and in the darkness. The mouse suddenly stumbled over a snake and Ganesh fell to the ground. He had eaten so much that his over filled stomach burst and the cakes poured out. He collected and replaced them in his belly, caught the snake and used it as a belt around his waist and held the sweets in. The Moon, Chandra, starts laughing at the whole performance. Ganesh was very annoyed. He removed his right tusk and threw it to the moon's face. He then cursed her so she could not shine at night and disappears from the sky. Everyone complained. Young lovers complained. Old people complained. Even the gods found heaven found life unbearable. They went to Ganesh's house asking him to manage the situation. He decided the moon would not be allowed to shine every night as she had before. She was sentenced to wax and wane, alternating a shining fortnight and a dark fortnight, each period ending with a full moon and a new moon. This is the reason why people think it superstitious to look at the moon on the Ganesh birthday (which corresponds to the fourth day of the wax) in August or early September. People taking no notice at all, will probably get big problems. The belief is still practiced today. If any unlucky man sees the moon on that particular day, he has to throw stones quickly on the next house, so that the injuries sent by his neighbors return upon the god's anger!
Herbs and Plants of Full Moon Rituals For full moon rituals it is appropriate to use any nocturnal plant, white or flowers with five petals, like whites Roses, night blooming Jasmine, Carnations, Gardenias, Cereus, Lilies, Iris which are all pleasingly scented. They all call forth the Goddess. Camphor is also symbolic of the Moon and the Goddess.
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