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Span: Day of, to three and a half days later. Magical activities: Beginnings; New growth; Love, the beginning of or renewing of; Bringing things in; Regeneration; Give thanks for any spells which have come full circle. Goals: Time to set new goals and review old ones for both the long and short term. Relates to the planting of the seeds.
Span: three and a half days after to seventh day. Magical activities: Gathering information; Making plans; Laying a Foundation; Emotions; Start of change. Goals: Gathering resources / information needed for your goals. Relates to the gathering of food by the seeds, so initial plans and actions, starting small, are now happening.
Span: Seven to ten and a half days after new moon. Attributes: Time of Warrior Maiden as represented by Artemis, Minerva, Bridget, Diana and Athena; the Virgin, not sexless but not reliant on sex or partners. The Good Folk; Extra pressure on plans, add that little bit of extra steam; Instinct and intuition; Courage; Elemental Magicks; Motivation; Friends; Luck. Relates to initial germination of seeds the shoots striving to break their seed case and grow through the dark earth. During this time you’re walking the knife edge. Half Light, half Dark, good time for decisions. Balance carefully. Doorway to the Other places.
Span: Ten and a half to fourteen days after the New Moon. Magical activities: Patience; Preparation for Full Moon energies. Goals: Tying off loose ends. Gestation period, may appear as a pause. Relates to the movement of the shoots through the earth. Movement and action may not be visible but it is occurring.
Span: Fourteen days to seventeen and a half days after the New Moon. Attributes:Time of the Mother Goddess. Anu, Hera, Isis, Demeter, Freya, Luna, Diana, Spider Woman, Chaos, Frigg, Morrigan, Ta - Urt. Beautiful, radiant MoonMother. LadyMoon. Magical activities:Any Magick may be performed under the Full Moon as the Mother holds All within her. Especially: Fertility; Magick; Dreams; Meditation; love; Matters of the home; Beauty; Money; Creativity; Psychic abilities. Goals: Major workings should occur now. This is the climax of the obvious moon power. Relates to the Growing plant as it pierces the mothers portal and re-enters the fathers air and sunlight.
Span: Three and a half to seven days after the Full Moon. Attributes:This is the Moon of the Earth Mothers. Demeter, Ceres, Korte, Danu (Anu), and Bast. the Sacrifice of the Harvest is now. What work has been done is now gathered in and the crop offered as a sacrifice to the Mother who gave it to us in the first place. This is a time of the Corn - dog, the spirit of the corn field which passes from harvest to harvest through a corn dolly when all but the last corner of the field is harvested. Also this is the time to start any banishing works which need doing. Magical activities: A time to start taking things apart. Addictions; Divorce; Stress; Unnecessary negativity; Bad or unwanted Habits; Decision making; Emotions; Protection; Unwanted influences; Unwanted situations; Healing, banishing what shouldn’t be there; Old ways of thinking and doing things. Goals: Start work on removing obstacles. Give thanks for what has been achieved. Relates to the Harvest of the Grown Plant.
Span: Seven to ten and a half days after the Full Moon. Magical activities: Release of any negativity, not just banishing it but consciously letting go of it as an echo of the Moon’s open arms. Continuing any banishing done during the last phase. Back to the knife edge but this time the inverse of the First Quarter’s theme. Addictions; Divorce; Stress Unwanted influence / negativity; Unwanted situations; Healing, by banishing what shouldn’t be there (and now most especially anything that grows where it shouldn’t ie, cancer, HIV/AIDS). Goals: Continue work from last phase. Good time to concentrate on removal of self from situations, relationships, and habits. Relates to the Storing of the Harvested Plant.
Span: Ten and a half to fourteen days after the Full Moon. Attribites: Time of the Dark Goddess. Most especially as the Crone, whose moon phase this is. The dark forms of the Maiden and the Mother are also suitable. As the Crone she is Morrigan, Hecate, Black Annis, Demeter, Cailleach (Ka’-lee-ack), and Hel. As the Mother she is Kali, Mother Hulda, Teiltui (Tell’sha), Prisni, Durga, Morrigan (as Mother), Rhea, Hecate, Diana, Cerridwen, Lillith. As the Maiden she is Morrigan, Cliodna, Artemis, Persephone, Selket. Going within the self to find your own Mysteries. Understanding what is hidden, passions, angers, the lies given to ourselves by ourselves and society. The time of unmasking as the Crone descends to the dark willingly, taking all the power of the Maiden and the Mother within her to rebirth herself and the God. Magical activities: Change; Enemies; Justice; Knowing; Removing; Obstacles; Quarrels; Separation; Stopping wrongdoers and bullies in their tracks. Goals: Removal of unwanted thoughts or desires. Killing off of anything that stands between yourself and the outcome. Relates to the sleeping earth and the use of the gathered crops during the winter months.
This Moon can be attributed to Titania as a Goddess or any other Lady of the Good Folk or Little People.
Magical activities: This Moon is more a time for introspective workings and personal divinations than any actual magickal works. Good for explo
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