Phases of the Moon
New Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at dawn and sets at sunset.
For the best use of this energy, magick should be
performed between dawn and sunset.
This is not to say that you cannot
work at night.
However, to get the most punch
for your magick, choose the correct timing.
Also check the planetary hours to give
added power to the working.
Conjuring: New Moon workings can be
done from the day of the new moon
to 3 1/2 days after.
Naturally, the closer you are to the
new moon, the better your chances
of success.
Your work should manifest by the
full moon or the next new moon.
If it does not, repeat the working.
Things to work for include: Beauty,
Health, Self-Improvement, Farms
and Gardens, Job Hunting,
Love and Romance, Networking.
Meditations: Work on bringing
abundance into your life.
Picture the harmony you desire,
the current needs you have.
Make a mind movie about how
you want both short-and
long-term goals to manifest.
Concentrate also on parts of
yourself (body, mind, or spirit)
that need regeneration.
Crescent Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at mid morning
and sets after sunset.
The crescent's greatest strength
would be at the midpoint.
Check an almanac for exact timing.
Conjuring: This phase lasts from
3 1/2 days after the new moon through
the seventh day. You can do some
minor magicks each day to enhance
your goals and projects.
Things to work for include: Animals,
Business, Change, Emotions,
Matriarchal Strength.
Meditations: Continue to work
on your mind movie for the manifestation
of goals and projects.
First Quarter Waxing Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at noon and
sets at midnight.
Sunset is the primetime for
waxing moon magick.
Dusk is auspicious for fairies and
their energy.
Altars devotions and offerings
for the fairy folk in return for
a favor work especially well during
this moon phase.
Conjuring: Moon is from 7 to
10 1/2 days after the
new moon. Check the planetary
hours for spellworking or additional
ritual performance.
Do rituals for: Courage, Elemental Magick,
Friends, Luck, Motivation.
Meditations: Meditate upon Gods
and Goddesses of strength and success
in pathworking exercises.
Continue to use the mind movie. Instinct and
intuition are valuable assets during this time.
Program your mind both in and out of
meditation to take advantage of these gifts.
Gibbous Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at mid afternoon and sets
about 3:00 a.m.
This is a wonderful time for workings
around 10 or 11 p.m.
Conjuring: The moon is 10 1/2 to
14 days after the new moon.
Work for: Patience, Meditations,
Continue your mind movie to bring
small or large goals closer to you.
Mentally prepare yourself for
the full moon energy yet to come.
Full Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at sunset
and sets at dawn,
therefore a midnight working
(or when the moon is directly overhead)
is best.
Conjuring: The moon is from 14 to
17 1/2 days after the new moon.
Work for: Artistic Endeavors,
Beauty, Health and Fitness, Change
and Decisions, Children, Competition,
Dreams, Families, Healing, Knowledge
and Legal Undertakings,
Love and Romance, Money, Motivation,
Protection, Psychic Powers, Self-Improvement.
Meditations: Meditations involving prophecy and
power in occult skills should be done now.
Dream work is at its height.
Keep a notebook by your bed
to record those important messages.
Disseminating Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at mid evening
and sets at mid-morning.
The time of souls (3 a.m.) would be the
midpoint here.
Check planetary correspondences
if you aren't inclined to wakefulness
in the wee hours of the morning.
Conjuring: The moon is 3 1/2 to
7 days after the full moon.
Workings should be focused upon: Addiction,
Decisions, Divorce, Emotions, Stress
and Protection.
Meditations: Meditations involve removal
of outmoded thoughts, bad habits,
or anything that bothers you.
Continue to work on thoughts of
abundance and joy in your life.
Keep working on that mind movie for short and
long-term goals.
Last Quarter Waning Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at midnight and sets at
noon.
Conjuring: The moon is 7 to
10 1/2 days after the full moon.
Work involves: Addictions, Divorce,
Health and Healing, Banishing disease,
Stress, Protection.
Meditations: Practice meditations
to disentangle yourself from sticky
situations, bad interpersonal affairs,
healing (with regard to banishing illness),
and removing bad habits.
Again, keep working on the mind
movie for short-and long-term goals.
Reaffirm the positive things in your life.
Dark Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at 3:00 a.m.
and sets at mid-afternoon.
Despite the oddity, around 10:00 a.m.
is the strongest pull of the dark moon.
Conjuring: Moon is 10 1/2 to
14 days after the full moon.
Workings involve: Addictions, Change,
Divorce, Enemies, Justice, Obstacles.
Quarrels, Removal, Separation, Stopping Stalkers
and Theft.
Meditations: Reach within yourself to
pull out unwanted thoughts or desires.
Examine them and dismiss them.
Continue the mind movie for
positive workings in your life.
Lunar Eclipses
There are two types of lunar eclipse:
1. Partial Eclipse
2. Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon
You will need a Planetary Guide to
check dates and times during the
year when these two occur.
Choose long term goals you wish to work on
well ahead of these events.
Eclipses represent the
perfect union of sun and moon,
therefore practically
any type of magick is acceptable.
Moon Void of Course
The rule of thumb is to avoid doing
anything important
while the moon is void of course.
If what you have done during this
period works, consider yourself lucky.
Before the moon enters a new sign,
Leo, Virgo, Cancer, etc., there is a
sort of dead space.
The best way to explain this is through
Wiccan terms. The moon is between
the worlds, “in a time that is not a time,
in a space that is not a space” it is in a
celestial void where neither positive or
negative energies behave as they normally do.
To make this circumstance more irritating,
it never lasts the same length of time.
For example it could last only ten minutes,
or as much as a day and a half.
It isn't a phenomenon you can set your watch
by, so you need to check either a planetary
datebook or pocket astrologer.
The effects of the void moon vary.
Some people manifest scattered energy,
or that "I don't feel like myself today" position.
Decisions have a habit of bordering on the illogical.
Individuals under psychological counseling or drug
therapy swing toward the irrational.
Of course, those who need counseling
and refuse to get it move toward more
violent behaviors.
The general rule during this time
revolves around stuff you shouldn't do:
Don't do magick
Don't make major decisions
Don't make major purchases
Don't begin or complete any magickal operations
Don't make any major repairs.
The void of course moon is a good time for
relaxation and more spiritual pursuits, such as
studying or taking a walk in the woods.
It is like a cosmic time-out and can be very
advantageous if used properly.
Blue Moon
Just what is a Blue Moon? There are two definitions for a Blue Moon. According to the more recent definition, a Blue Moon is the second Full Moon in a calendar month. For a Blue Moon to occur, the first of the Full Moon must appear at or near the beginning of the month so that the second will fall within the same month (the average span between two moons is 28 days). That second one is called a Blue Moon.
An older definition for the Blue Moon is recorded in early issues of the Maine Farmer's Almanac. Between 1932 and 1957, instead of the calendar year running from January 1 through December 31, the almanac relied on the tropical year, defined as extending from one winter solstice ("Yule") to the next. Most tropical years contain 12 Full Moons-3 each in winter, spring, summer and fall-and as in the previous chart, each is named for an activity appropriate to the time of year. But occasionally a tropical year contains 13 Full Moons so that one season has 4 Moons rather than the usual 3. That fourth Moon of the season is the Blue Moon.
Many practitioners regard a Blue Moon as a special gift from the Goddess and look upon it as a good time to set new goals for themselves. Write your goals on a piece of paper, fold the paper in half, and place it the light of the Full Moon. Ask the Goddess for the strength and endurance to work toward your goals successfully. In the morning, burn the paper in the flame of a candle you have anointed with an oil you especially enjoy. The smoke will help carry your goals to the ears of the Goddess. Your resolve to get started on them will amaze you.
The Black Moon
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 of great power within the spiritual world and any magick worked during this time is especially powerful.
The 13 Moons of the Year
There are thirteen Lunar months in the year, the Full Moon is near the mid point of the Lunar Month. The Lunar Moons listed here may not always occur as given because the first New Moon of a new Lunar Year may not coincide with the first day of the first Month. Please double check with a new Lunar Calendar. This listing is more for general information than definitive dates.
Timing: The moon rises at dawn and sets at sunset.
For the best use of this energy, magick should be
performed between dawn and sunset.
This is not to say that you cannot
work at night.
However, to get the most punch
for your magick, choose the correct timing.
Also check the planetary hours to give
added power to the working.
Conjuring: New Moon workings can be
done from the day of the new moon
to 3 1/2 days after.
Naturally, the closer you are to the
new moon, the better your chances
of success.
Your work should manifest by the
full moon or the next new moon.
If it does not, repeat the working.
Things to work for include: Beauty,
Health, Self-Improvement, Farms
and Gardens, Job Hunting,
Love and Romance, Networking.
Meditations: Work on bringing
abundance into your life.
Picture the harmony you desire,
the current needs you have.
Make a mind movie about how
you want both short-and
long-term goals to manifest.
Concentrate also on parts of
yourself (body, mind, or spirit)
that need regeneration.
Crescent Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at mid morning
and sets after sunset.
The crescent's greatest strength
would be at the midpoint.
Check an almanac for exact timing.
Conjuring: This phase lasts from
3 1/2 days after the new moon through
the seventh day. You can do some
minor magicks each day to enhance
your goals and projects.
Things to work for include: Animals,
Business, Change, Emotions,
Matriarchal Strength.
Meditations: Continue to work
on your mind movie for the manifestation
of goals and projects.
First Quarter Waxing Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at noon and
sets at midnight.
Sunset is the primetime for
waxing moon magick.
Dusk is auspicious for fairies and
their energy.
Altars devotions and offerings
for the fairy folk in return for
a favor work especially well during
this moon phase.
Conjuring: Moon is from 7 to
10 1/2 days after the
new moon. Check the planetary
hours for spellworking or additional
ritual performance.
Do rituals for: Courage, Elemental Magick,
Friends, Luck, Motivation.
Meditations: Meditate upon Gods
and Goddesses of strength and success
in pathworking exercises.
Continue to use the mind movie. Instinct and
intuition are valuable assets during this time.
Program your mind both in and out of
meditation to take advantage of these gifts.
Gibbous Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at mid afternoon and sets
about 3:00 a.m.
This is a wonderful time for workings
around 10 or 11 p.m.
Conjuring: The moon is 10 1/2 to
14 days after the new moon.
Work for: Patience, Meditations,
Continue your mind movie to bring
small or large goals closer to you.
Mentally prepare yourself for
the full moon energy yet to come.
Full Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at sunset
and sets at dawn,
therefore a midnight working
(or when the moon is directly overhead)
is best.
Conjuring: The moon is from 14 to
17 1/2 days after the new moon.
Work for: Artistic Endeavors,
Beauty, Health and Fitness, Change
and Decisions, Children, Competition,
Dreams, Families, Healing, Knowledge
and Legal Undertakings,
Love and Romance, Money, Motivation,
Protection, Psychic Powers, Self-Improvement.
Meditations: Meditations involving prophecy and
power in occult skills should be done now.
Dream work is at its height.
Keep a notebook by your bed
to record those important messages.
Disseminating Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at mid evening
and sets at mid-morning.
The time of souls (3 a.m.) would be the
midpoint here.
Check planetary correspondences
if you aren't inclined to wakefulness
in the wee hours of the morning.
Conjuring: The moon is 3 1/2 to
7 days after the full moon.
Workings should be focused upon: Addiction,
Decisions, Divorce, Emotions, Stress
and Protection.
Meditations: Meditations involve removal
of outmoded thoughts, bad habits,
or anything that bothers you.
Continue to work on thoughts of
abundance and joy in your life.
Keep working on that mind movie for short and
long-term goals.
Last Quarter Waning Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at midnight and sets at
noon.
Conjuring: The moon is 7 to
10 1/2 days after the full moon.
Work involves: Addictions, Divorce,
Health and Healing, Banishing disease,
Stress, Protection.
Meditations: Practice meditations
to disentangle yourself from sticky
situations, bad interpersonal affairs,
healing (with regard to banishing illness),
and removing bad habits.
Again, keep working on the mind
movie for short-and long-term goals.
Reaffirm the positive things in your life.
Dark Moon Magick
Timing: The moon rises at 3:00 a.m.
and sets at mid-afternoon.
Despite the oddity, around 10:00 a.m.
is the strongest pull of the dark moon.
Conjuring: Moon is 10 1/2 to
14 days after the full moon.
Workings involve: Addictions, Change,
Divorce, Enemies, Justice, Obstacles.
Quarrels, Removal, Separation, Stopping Stalkers
and Theft.
Meditations: Reach within yourself to
pull out unwanted thoughts or desires.
Examine them and dismiss them.
Continue the mind movie for
positive workings in your life.
Lunar Eclipses
There are two types of lunar eclipse:
1. Partial Eclipse
2. Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon
You will need a Planetary Guide to
check dates and times during the
year when these two occur.
Choose long term goals you wish to work on
well ahead of these events.
Eclipses represent the
perfect union of sun and moon,
therefore practically
any type of magick is acceptable.
Moon Void of Course
The rule of thumb is to avoid doing
anything important
while the moon is void of course.
If what you have done during this
period works, consider yourself lucky.
Before the moon enters a new sign,
Leo, Virgo, Cancer, etc., there is a
sort of dead space.
The best way to explain this is through
Wiccan terms. The moon is between
the worlds, “in a time that is not a time,
in a space that is not a space” it is in a
celestial void where neither positive or
negative energies behave as they normally do.
To make this circumstance more irritating,
it never lasts the same length of time.
For example it could last only ten minutes,
or as much as a day and a half.
It isn't a phenomenon you can set your watch
by, so you need to check either a planetary
datebook or pocket astrologer.
The effects of the void moon vary.
Some people manifest scattered energy,
or that "I don't feel like myself today" position.
Decisions have a habit of bordering on the illogical.
Individuals under psychological counseling or drug
therapy swing toward the irrational.
Of course, those who need counseling
and refuse to get it move toward more
violent behaviors.
The general rule during this time
revolves around stuff you shouldn't do:
Don't do magick
Don't make major decisions
Don't make major purchases
Don't begin or complete any magickal operations
Don't make any major repairs.
The void of course moon is a good time for
relaxation and more spiritual pursuits, such as
studying or taking a walk in the woods.
It is like a cosmic time-out and can be very
advantageous if used properly.
Blue Moon
Just what is a Blue Moon? There are two definitions for a Blue Moon. According to the more recent definition, a Blue Moon is the second Full Moon in a calendar month. For a Blue Moon to occur, the first of the Full Moon must appear at or near the beginning of the month so that the second will fall within the same month (the average span between two moons is 28 days). That second one is called a Blue Moon.
An older definition for the Blue Moon is recorded in early issues of the Maine Farmer's Almanac. Between 1932 and 1957, instead of the calendar year running from January 1 through December 31, the almanac relied on the tropical year, defined as extending from one winter solstice ("Yule") to the next. Most tropical years contain 12 Full Moons-3 each in winter, spring, summer and fall-and as in the previous chart, each is named for an activity appropriate to the time of year. But occasionally a tropical year contains 13 Full Moons so that one season has 4 Moons rather than the usual 3. That fourth Moon of the season is the Blue Moon.
Many practitioners regard a Blue Moon as a special gift from the Goddess and look upon it as a good time to set new goals for themselves. Write your goals on a piece of paper, fold the paper in half, and place it the light of the Full Moon. Ask the Goddess for the strength and endurance to work toward your goals successfully. In the morning, burn the paper in the flame of a candle you have anointed with an oil you especially enjoy. The smoke will help carry your goals to the ears of the Goddess. Your resolve to get started on them will amaze you.
The Black Moon
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 of great power within the spiritual world and any magick worked during this time is especially powerful.
The 13 Moons of the Year
There are thirteen Lunar months in the year, the Full Moon is near the mid point of the Lunar Month. The Lunar Moons listed here may not always occur as given because the first New Moon of a new Lunar Year may not coincide with the first day of the first Month. Please double check with a new Lunar Calendar. This listing is more for general information than definitive dates.