About.com...New Moon Ritual and New beginnings

Date:   10/6/2005 9:37:12 AM ( 19 y ago)

New Beginnings Ceremony
The new moon is my favorite of all the moon phases. Perhaps it is the dark side of the moon concept of unseen forces that intrigues me. This is not to say that the beauty of the full moon doesn't take my breath away...it does. I can say that I have never howled at a full moon, but people have been known to get a bit crazed during a full moon, just ask your local bar keep or the night nurse working the midnight shift at the trauma center.

In choosing the moon as a topic in healing I would suggest a simple new moon ceremony to manifest your desires, your wishes, healing, and well-being into your life. Any intentions stated or written down carries power, so be clear on what it is you would like to create in your life. The saying, be careful what you ask for, you might get it is fair warning in moving forward with a new moon intention ritual. Once you have set your new moon intention, it need not be set in stone. The moon has its phases and so do our individual wants and needs. This is why it is a good practice to rededicate your list of intentions each month. Changes can also be made mid-cycle, but I have found them not to be as powerful. I am a member of an online discussion list whose members participates in a group new moon intention each month. The power of the group dynamic of this has proved to have postive changes for all of us.

New Moon Manifestation Preparation


Check the calendar for the next upcoming new moon.
Set aside 20-30 minutes to do the ritual itself.
Supply suggestions: 2 Notebooks, colored pens, scissors, scotch tape, candle, matches, incense, smudge sticks, flower essences, etc.
Prepare yourself a sacred space to perform the ceremony at.
Setting your New Moon Intentions in Motion


Cleanse your sacred area with an opening prayer, a sage smudging, and/or by burning some incense.
Light one or more candles.
Center your being and calm yourself in whatever way is appropriate for you. You might enjoy sipping on a cup of chamomile or mint tea. I also have a special blend of flower essences that I use specifically for manifesting rituals that works well enough.
Open your notebook, and date it. Write down these words or similar words. "I accept these things into my life now or something better for my highest good and for the highest good of all concerned." Below this statement, begin writing down your desires. Your list may consist of only one item or you may have several pages written down. Try not to limit yourself. If having many things in your life helps to fulfill you then don't deny yourself wanting these things.
During the month when an item on your new moon list comes to you, don't merely cross it off of your list, take the time to rewrite the list in its entirety eliminating the manifested item from the listing. This is highly recommended. At the same time you may add whatever else that you have decided you would like. Feel free to reword any of the original phrases if they better fit your life now. It is only natural that your desires change over days/weeks/ months/years.
The second notebook will be used as a scrapbook where you paste in pictures or catalog clippings of items that you want to manifest. This is a fun project so enjoy yourself. You will soon be amazed how these things begin to find their way into your life once you start this practice. I pasted a photo of a spa in my scrapbook and manifested it in just a few months time.
Rededicating your New Moon Intentions

Each month at the new moon you rededicate your intentions by renewing the list at a repeated ritual. This is accomplished by rewriting them out, removing the items that no longer feed your soul and adding those that do. I like to salt and pepper my manifest list with smaller items that will manifest quickly, such as tickets to the ballet, or lunch with a friend, or a day of all play and no work. You may think that these are such small things that they don't apply or are not worth writing down. Wrong! Believing that these are things that we can easily acquire so its not really manifesting upsets the balance. Manifesting smaller items on our lists actually gives life to the list. These smaller manifestations create movement.....an ebb and flow of the tides. We are dealing here with the moon cycles after all. Besides, sometimes we forget to enjoy the smaller pleasures in our lives while we are waiting for the BIG stuff to come in. If you only write statements like, "I want to win the lottery" in your notebook then you are limiting yourself by not allowing abundance to flow to you from other avenues.

Reader Response regarding this ritual
New moon ceremonies having to do with creation, manifestation, birth, and rebirth. The full moon is at the other end of circle as it completes the cycle, it symbolizes the end chapter. This is the time of the month that rituals are done in releasing or purging the things in our lives that no longer serve us such as addictions to food, drugs, or sex, relinguishing suffering involved in hurtful relationships, discharging physical and emotional pains, etc. Not too long ago I was watching an episode of "Party of Five" where Charlie was throwing personal items that were in anyhow involved in his cancer into a bonfire. His actions were in celebration of his cancer going into remission. He even tossed the shirt he was wearing into the fire because it was the shirt he wore when he was first diagnosed with cancer, or was it his pants? Anyway, this televised scene could have easily been portrayed as a full moon ceremony.

Full moon ceremonies I have participated in have been pretty simple, with perhaps a pinch or two of pagan tradition thrown in. Sponsored Links
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Each person in the circle takes his/her turn throwing in scraps of paper into a fire that is then watched turn into ashes. The scraps of paper have words written down on them of those things we were releasing or vowing to change in our lives. Yes, a full moon ceremony can be as simple as that.

Full Moon Purging Preparation
Check your calendar for the next upcoming full moon.
Create a sacred space and arrange a time to perform the ceremony. My preference is at night-time and outdoors so you I stand under the moonlight.
Write down on seperate slips of paper all the things you want to release or change.
Supply suggestions: fire proof calderon or cooking pot to toss the burning paper in, candle with matches or lighter, water (to put out the fire afterwards), and smudge sticks for cleansing.


Full Moon Purging
Cleanse your sacred area with an opening prayer, a sage smudging, and/or by burning some incense. Invite your guides/angels/masters/teachers to be at your side throughout the ceremony.
Light one or more candles. Look to the skies. Breathe in the night air.
Read the writing on each slip of paper one at a time. Set your intention to release the item/addiction/attitude from your life. Set it to fire and place it in the calderon. Of course, if you have a campsite barbecue or bonfire going that's cool, just toss the slips of paper in one by one. If you are doing this ritual with a group of others take turns reading your words. If these things are too personal to read out loud, read them silently to yourself. Just remember.... our words have power.... Saying - "Be Gone" audibly and loudly can be very freeing. Go ahead, howl at the moon if you've a mind to. *laugh*
Thank the Spirits. Be Safe. Put out the fire.
Monthly Pagan Moon Rituals



January Wolf Moon Plan a ritual of protection around your home and family.
February Storm Moon Plan a ritual to ask the Old Ones for help in planning your future.
March Chaste Moon Plan a ritual to plant your desires.
April Seed Moon Plan a ritual to physically plant your seeds of desire in Mother Earth.
May Hare Moon Plan a ritual to reaffirm your goals.
June Dyad Moon Plan a ritual to balance your spiritual and physical desires
July Mead Moon Plan a ritual to decide what you will do once your goals have been met.
August Wort Moon Plan a ritual to preserve what you already have.
September Barley Moon Plan a ritual of Thanksgiving for all the Old
October Blood Moon Plan another ritual of Thanksgiving.
November Snow moon Plan for a ritual to work on ridding yourself of negative thoughts and vibrations.
December Oak Moon Plan for a ritual to help you remain steadfast in your convictions.


 

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