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Moon magick is a foundational practice in many magickal traditions, revered for its ability to align personal energy with the rhythms of nature.

The moon, with its mysterious and ever-changing cycle, offers a powerful template for magickal workings.

Each phase of the moon brings with it specific energies and opportunities for different types of spells or rituals.

Understanding these phases and their correspondences can greatly enhance your magickal practice, providing a rhythmic flow that mirrors the natural world.

 

The Phases of the Moon and Their Magickal Correspondences
The lunar cycle is traditionally split into several key phases, each with unique attributes and energies.

Here’s how you can work with each to enhance your magickal practice:

 

New Moon: The Seed of Potential
The new moon marks the beginning of the lunar cycle and is associated with new beginnings, fresh starts, and potential.

It's a time for setting intentions, planning new projects, and starting anew.

Magickal Workings
Use this time for spells that involve starting new ventures, such as new jobs, relationships, or personal growth opportunities.
The dark, empty sky is like a blank canvas, inviting you to project your desires upon it.
 

Ritual Suggestion
Write your intentions on a piece of paper and plant it in a pot with a new seed.
As the seed grows, so too will your intentions come to fruition.

 

Waxing Moon: Building Momentum
As the moon waxes towards full, its crescent grows larger each night.

This phase symbolises growth, accumulation, and attraction.

It's an optimal time to focus on bringing things to you, such as love, money, or success.

Magickal Workings
Concentrate on spells that attract things into your life.
It’s an excellent time for prosperity spells or for increasing positive influences in your life.
 

Ritual Suggestion
Create a prosperity jar filled with symbols of abundance like coins, green herbs, and a written statement of your financial goals.

 

Full Moon: Peak Power
The full moon is the climax of the lunar cycle, offering a potent surge of energy.

It's a time of fruition, completion, and manifestation.

Emotions and psychic energy are heightened, making it a powerful time for any magickal working that requires extra energy.

Magickal Workings
Use the full moon for rituals that need a lot of power behind them, such as significant changes in your life, charging your magickal tools, or spiritual revelations.
 

Ritual Suggestion
Conduct a simple full moon ritual by meditating in the moonlight to clear your mind and charge your tools and crystals with lunar energy.

 

Waning Moon: Releasing and Letting Go
After the full moon, the moon begins to wane, decreasing in size and illumination each night.

This phase is associated with release, letting go, and endings.

It’s a time to banish unwanted influences, habits, or negativity from your life.

Magickal Workings
Focus on spells that involve removal, such as ending toxic relationships, breaking bad habits, or reversing curses.
 

Ritual Suggestion
Write down habits or influences you wish to remove from your life on a piece of paper.
Burn the paper in a fire-safe bowl as you visualise those things dissipating from your life.

Moon magick is a beautiful and effective way to align your spiritual practice with the natural rhythms of the universe.

By understanding and using the energies of each lunar phase, you can enhance your magickal workings and create a more harmonious and potent practice.

Whether you are planting seeds of intention with the new moon or releasing burdens under the waning moon, each phase offers unique opportunities to deepen your connection to the natural world and your own magickal powers.

Check out the Lunar Love section of the app, where each New Moon, Full Moon and each of the Quarter Moon's there's a podcast, oracle spread,  self-care ideas and moon meditations to align with the energy of the moon phase and the zodiac sogn its pasing thorugh.