MOON PHASES

Waxing Moon This occurs when the moon goes from dark to full.

Full Moon----------This is when the moon is the most potent for us. Use this time to perform the most difficult of tasks,and to do magical things.

Waning Moon----------When the moon shrinks again it is called the waning moon. Any decrease or removal is done at this time. Bad relationships should be ended. Stressful situations should cease to exist.

The Blue Moon is a changing and variable moon. The blue moon occurs with its 28 day cycle twice within the same calendar month, due to that month's 31-day duration. The full moon that falls nearest Mabon is the Harvest Moon. The full moon is best for magick. It will conjure spells for up to seven days. Three days prior, the night of the full moon, and three days after.

The Blue Moon is the gift of time--an extra full moon under which to work. If the year has been prosperous thus far, this is a good time to give something extra to charity or to buy a gift for a loved one. (have done that) If the year has not been prosperous, work late into the evening to catch up on things that might be holding your potential during this moon. Once in a Blue Moon....the Blue Moon can only be seen only once every two and a half years. It is the product of our attempt to align both the solar and lunar cycles into a single calendar. The Blue Moon is the lunar cycle whose midpoint is the second full moon in a given month. It will rarely be seen in April, June, Sept. or Novemeber. It will never occur in February.
As the recent June/July 1996 Blue Moon illustrates, a slight difference in time zone can spell the difference between whether the exact moment of Full Moon happens on one day or the next.
The double Blue Moons will always happen in January and March on non-Leap Years because although there will be no more than 13 months in the year, February does not get one at all because the synodic month is longer than the number of days in February in non-Leap Years. So, January and February get to have 2 Full Moons each, and the rest of the months after March get one Full Moon so that the total for the year is still 13. The next years when there are double Full Moons will be in 2018 and 2037 and these will also fall on January 2, January 31, March 2 and March 31 based on their Universal Times. Astronomers define the moment of Full Moon in terms of Universal Time which is the local time relevant to citizens of Great Britain. If you live at a longitude 90 degrees west of this, you clock is set to a time zone that is 6 hours earlier than Universal Time. This means that if a phenomenon occurred at 3AM on July 1, you would observe it at 9 PM on June 30. This isn't a relativistic effect, just a consequence of living on a BIG planet! Brightest Blessings, Witches pay close attention to the 1. Jan. Wolf moon2. Feb. Storm3. March Chaste4. April Seed 5. May Hare 6. June Dyad (pair) moon 7. July Mead Moon8. August Wyrt(green plant)9. Sept. Barley Moon10. Oct. Blood Moon11. Nov. Snow Moon12. Dec

TRIPLE MOON GODDESS

The original Goddess is referred to as the Great Moon Goddess. She was a triune deity. The great female. The Maiden, Mother and Crone. The association of the moon being the three phases of the moon. The waxing moon is the womb and the birth, every women could find a similar meaning with the association of her own body and its monthly functions. The wanxing and waning. Female witches used to and some still do, conjure their spells with the phases of the moon and their own mestrual cycles.

The Maiden.. The crescent moon, the virgin. Growing stronger each night (moon) and growing from youth stronger each day (The Lady) She was called Diana or Artemis. The Lady of Wild Things. She holds a horn, the huntress.

power. We feel born into a sacred place and closer to the source of all life. The son became the great hunter. Given to the fact that the female was a necessary part to give birth. He became the Hunter. Depicted throughout with a head gear of horns. These horns were taken from the animals that were slain. Thus, he became the Horned God.

The Crone. Self explanatory..In time women become seasoned. Menstrual cycle ends. The road begins of true wisdom and all knowledge. Powers so full. She becomes the wise old crone. Then the waning moon becomes the dark night and for 3 days the moon disappears. As doe the crone. She faces death and rebirth and again starts the cycle of life.

From birth, to puberty, to motherhood and then to old age and death, the return to life is eternal. The return of life is felt in every season of the earth.

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