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| The New Moon |
The Dark Moon doorway is open until the first sliver of New Moon has appeared in the sky, the start of the Waxing Moon, or the time of the Light Maiden. This is a beneficial time to cleanse your home and your environment, to release spent energy and welcome the new. This is also an extremely powerful time, but for humans it is also a very beneficial time for working magic. Cass Carter in her book Everyday Magic says this is traditionally a very lucky time, a time to turn over the money in your pocket and say to the Moon:
This is a good time for rituals for increase, for abundance, especially if they involve money, like Louise Huebner’s Fast Money Spell where you stand outside your front door to throw brand new coins into your home, while chanting
This ritual demonstrates to the Universe that you trust Her enough to throw money away, and also that like attracts like (which is why you must use new money). Unfortunately, you’re supposed to leave the money lying on the floor until the next New Moon, which means don’t vacuum it up when you clean, and you also have to warn everyone who comes to your home to leave the money alone. Long ago, at the New Moon, every well on the Isle of Skye was circled sunwise three times and an offering dropped in. For good luck, people throughout the Highlands would carry with them a silver coin, peighinn pisich, which they turned over in their pocket at the New Moon as they said:
Another lovely Highland greeting to the New Moon is:
The New Moon is a grand time to:
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| Find true love in dreams |
You can find your true love by the New Moon: pick some yarrow at the time of the New Moon, put it under your pillow and say before you go to sleep:
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New Moon Wishes |
Write yourself a shopping list inserting your wish between the words ‘I wish to easily find myself’ and the words ‘starting now’. The only rules are that you don't wish for more than ten items, and you should wish only for yourself (to wish for others may impinge on their Sacred Journey they chose before birth). Then you can either put your list up on the fridge or a prominent place to remind you, or put your list away for a month, or even burn the list if that is how you work, knowing that the Universe is already providing those items on your list that are for your greatest benefit. I wish to easily find myself (insert wish here) starting now |
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