Full & New Moon Ceremonies
The Rituals
New Moon
Full Moon
This is a phase to invite new beginnings. Welcome new challenges set yourself new goals or ask for your heart’s desire. During a New Moon Ritual, it is usual to set intentions and focus on how you will manifest these intentions during the coming month. A dark New Moon is a very intimate and powerful ritual, so check what you really want before you make your requests to the universe.
This is the time to let things go. Let go of problems, worries, unwanted behaviour, and toxic people so that you can heal and move forward without these things holding you back. The Moon’s brightness offers hope, white celestial light to guide your forward, and confer blessings from the Moon Goddess Selene.
How to Prepare
New Moon
Full Moon
First, take a meditative bath with some salts and calming essential oils such as Lavender to still your mind so that you can focus on what you really want without the “noise” of everyday stresses. Smoke cleanse (smudge) your sacred space with incense such as Patchouli which is linked to love, wealth and money, or burn sacred herbs such as Sweetgrass for divine feminine guidance, or Palo Santo for your requests to be granted.
For New Moon Cleansing you can use White Sage to help cast out negative energy. Leave a window open for bad energy to escape through. Palo Santo is also an excellent smoke cleansing tool as it refreshes the space, filling it with positive energy so that as you release and let go of those worries and problems, their space is filled with better energy.
Setting your Intentions/Affirmations
New Moon
Full Moon
During a New Moon you want to set positive intentions for yourself so that during the ritual you can commit yourself to manifest these, asking the universe or your spirit guide for help. Try to limit yourself to only a few so that you can really give them proper focus and attention during this Moon cycle. For example:
• I am ready to …
• I want to …
• I ready to meet my new love
• I want to find my true path in life
• I will find a new job
Get ready to cast out those demons. Look at what is really holding you back – now is the time to let it go. Be honest with yourself and the universe will answer with its help.
• I release myself from ….
• I cleanse myself of ….
• I free myself of ….
• I forgive myself for ….
• I let go of my ex
• I will stop smoking
• I free myself of needing to be liked
