Moon Phases
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Here are the phases that the moon goes through throughout the month. in cluded is what purpose it serves,
what spells should be cast, and other various facts you need to know when casting spells and star gazing.
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New Moon
* The Moon is 0 to 45 degrees directly ahead of the Sun
* It rises at dawn and sets at
sunset; for full use of these energies stay between this time period
* from exact New Moon to three
and a half days later
* Purpose is for beginnings
* Works for - beauty, health, self-improvement,
farms, gardens, job hunting, love, romance, networking, and creative ventures
* Associated with Winter
Solstice
* Known as Rosemerta's Moon
* Goddess of growth
* A time to offer honey and milk
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Theme of abundance
* Runes of: Feoh for abundance, Cen for openings, and Gyfu for love
* Tarot
Trump of the Fool
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Cresent Moon
* Moon is 45 to 90 degrees ahead of the Sun
* Rises at mid morning, sets after sunset.
For the full use of the energies, stick between these times
* Moon is three and a half to seven days
after the New Moon
* Purpose is the movement of intent
* Wroks with animals, business, change,
emotions, and matriarchal strangth
* Assocciated with Imbolc
* Known as Brighid's Moon
* Goddess
of Water
Time to offer candles
* Themes is menifestations
* Runes are Birca for beginnings and
Ing for focus
* Trump of the Tarot is the Magician
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First Quarter
* Moon is 90 to 135 degrees ahead of the Sun
* Rises at noon and sets at midnight
* Seven to ten and a half days after the New Moon
* Shaping the intent is the purpose
* Good for
working courage, elemental magicks, friends, luck, and motivation
* Assocciated with Spring Equinox
* Persephone's Moon
* Goddess of Air
* Offer feather
* Theme of luck
* Runes are Algiz for
luck, Jera for improvement, and Ur for strength
* Tarot cars are Strength or the Star
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Gibbous
* Moon is 135 to 180 degrees ahead of the Sun
* Rises mid afternoon and sets around three
in the morning
* Ten and a half to fourteen days after the New Moon
* Purpose is for details
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Workings for courage, patience, peace and hamony
* Assocciated with Beltaine
* Nuit' Moon
*
Goddess of Stars
* Ribbons are offerings
* Perfection is the theme
* Runes are Asa for eloquence,
Wyn for success, and Dag for enlightenment
* Trump of Tarot is the World
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Full Moon
* 180 to 225 degrees ahead of the Sun
* rises at sunset and sets at dawn
fourteen
to seventeen and a half days after the New Moon
* Purpose is for the completion of projects
* Workings
for Artistic endeavors, beauty, health, fitness, change, decisions, children, competition, dreams, families,
knownledge, legal undertakings, love, romance, money, protection, psychic power, and self improvement
* Associated with Summer Solstice
* Sekhmet's Moon
* Goddess of fire
* Offerings of flowers
* Theme of power
* Sol is the rune
* The Sun is the Tarot card
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Disseminating Moon
* 225 to 270 degrees ahead of the Sun
* Rises at mid evening and sets at mid
morning
* Three and a half to seven days after the Full Moon
* Initial destruction is the purpose
* Workings for addictions, decisions, divorce, emotions, strs, and protection
* Associated with Lammas
* Hecate's Moon
* Goddes of Earth
* Offerings of grain or rice
* Runes are Thorn for detruction,
Algiz for protection, and Thorn for defense
* Trumps of Tarot are The Tower for destruction and Hope
for protection
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Last Quarter Moon
* 270 to 315 degrees ahead of the Sun
* Rises at midnight ans sets at noon
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seven to ten and a half days after the Full Moon
* Purpose of absolute destruction
* Workings for
addictions, divorce, endings, health and healing(banishing), stress, protection, and ancestors
* Associated
with the Fall Equinox
* Morrigan's Moon
* Goddess of harvest
* Offerings of incense
* Banishing
is the theme
* Runes are Hagal, Ken for banishing, Nyd for turning, and Isa for binding
* Trump
of Tarot is Judgement
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Dark Moon
* 315 to 360 degrees ahead of the Sun
* Rises at three in the morning and sets mid afternoon
* Ten and a half to fourteen days after the Full Moon
* Purpose is rest
* Kali's Moon
* Goddess
of the dark
* Offerings of honesty
* Runes are Tyr for justice and Ken for banishing
Trump of
Tarot is Justice
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