FULL MOON FIRE RITUAL FOR THE SAGITTARIUS FULL MOON (MAY 29,
2018)
By Katherine Anne LeeMay 24, 2018Astrology, Personal Growth
and Success, Spiritual Growth
Once every cycle, the Moon sits right opposite the Sun on
her orbit around Earth, and we see her Full face, illuminated in the night sky.
It’s her point of climax.
It’s the culmination of the waxing phases: when all of the
growing, creating, building, enlarging and expanding that can be done, has
been. The Moon is as full of light and
solar energy as she can be. From this
point onwards, her light and energy wane: She becomes darker and darker, less
and less until she’s completely dark in the sky, and the Moon is New once more.
In this way, the Full Moon marks a powerful moment of
change: a pivot point in space and time, the axis point between rising and
falling energy. Which means it is an
exceptionally powerful moment to make use of, with ritual.
FULL MOON IN SAGITTARIUS – COOL YOUR HEAD!
This Full Moon sits in Fire.
Falling at 8ยบ of Sagittarius, at 07:19 PT / 15:19 BST, it
adds a flare of heat and ignition to the skies, notably the Gemini Sun and its
tendency to enliven and scatter the mind.
This may mean that you feel “hot-headed” and have little patience around
the time of this lunation. So be very
careful to think before you speak.
Sagittarius can sometimes leave little room for others opinions, so take
a breath. Pause. Hold back.
Lunar fire energy also means that burning rituals and any
ceremonies which incorporate this fierce elemental force will have their
potency amplified! So if the recent
transit of Uranus into Taurus is making you feel flustered, it could be that you
need to shake up some change in your life.
Fire may be just the friend you need…
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW MOON AND FULL MOON RITUALS
People have practised rituals at the Full and New Moons for
aeons. Our ancestors recognised the
magical potential of these times, as portals through which to harness the power
of the planets. The characters of the
New and Full Moons are very different – at the New Moon, we retreat, dream,
divine, imagine and sow seeds of intention in the inky blackness. New Moons are the first step on the journey
to manifestation. Full Moons can also be used to manifest, but their potency is
different: it’s magnetic, immediate, ecstatic.
But there is another side to the Full Moon. As the tipping
point in the lunar cycle, when the energy of growth becomes the energy of loss,
they hold the quality and capacity to remove, to erase, to loosen and let go.
The Full Moon can be harnessed to powerfully and intentionally release what no
longer serves.
WHY DO NEW MOON AND FULL MOON RITUALS WORK?
A Full Moon ritual of release is a powerful thing.
If you want to change something in THIS world – in the
solid, 3D reality around you – then you must also make changes energetically.
Rituals have the power to join the physical to the spiritual or energetic
worlds. Rituals happen at the crossroad, the point of intersection between
realms, so practising them helps enormously, to seed your intention through the
realms and make it stick (so it has much more chance of being realised!)
But rituals serve another purpose too, especially those that
are practised at the New and Full Moons.
By aligning your intentions with the lunar cycle, you are able to
harness lunar energy. This means that
the effort you put into making the change (which is the focus of your ritual)
will be “helped along”, by the energetic force of the Moon. It is as though the
work you do is amplified and in many cases, accelerated through the practice of
ritual.
Below is described a very simple Full Moon ritual of release
using fire, which holds a powerful elemental force. Try it!
FULL MOON RELEASE RITUAL
WHAT YOU NEED:
A Pen and Paper
A Candle
Incense (optional)
A heatproof bowl
STEP 1
Before beginning the ritual, spend a little time with a pen
and some paper, listing some of the things you wish to release from your
life. These maybe actual things –
objects, things in your environment, even people (a word of warning – be very,
very careful including people in your intentions, without their consent or knowledge.
Rituals are powerful, and you may push away people you actually need.) Or they may be thoughts, habits, patterns of
behavior that are no longer serving you.
This is a really useful step because it may reveal patterns
to you. So for example, instead of creating a ritual to remove a whole list of
individual items from your life, a simple intention to release a single pattern
of emotional attachment may actually serve you better?
For the ritual, choose one, two or a maximum of three things
to release and write these down on a separate piece of paper.
STEP 2
Go outside and sit under the Full Moon. (It may not be
visible in your part of the world at the actual point of Fullness, but this
doesn’t matter. You can perform this ritual up to a couple of days, either
side).
STEP 3
Light a candle.
STEP 4
Light some incense.
You may want to use white sage or Paulo Santo to cleanse the
space you are in, and your own energy field, but this is optional. Another
reason it can be good, though, is that certain scents can activate ancient
codes within the body, which serve to connect you further to the Spirit realms.
Those from certain traditions may want to call in the directions, or other
spirit guides, so do what feels right for you.
STEP 5
Sit on the ground (or a chair) and connect with the Moon.
Feel her presence.
Imagine your crown chakra opening up like a flower, and the
light of the Moon streaming down and through it, filling up your body with a
silvery, white light. Let this light go wherever it needs to go – in your
physical body, your emotional body, your light body…
STEP 6
Read through the items on your list of release. You may want
to read it out loud, or silently inside of your heart, but feel them as parts
of your life, in this moment.
Now say the words:
“I am so grateful for all of the lessons I have received in
my life. But the time has come for me to release …. (read out your list)“.
STEP 7
Hold your list to the flame of the candle, so that it
catches alight. As you do this, feel them leave your life. Feel a lightness, as
these things are no longer a part of you.
Now say the words:
“I offer (…say the things on your list…) to the flame, and
ask Grandmother Moon to help me release them from my life”.
And LET THEM GO. The key to this part of the ritual is to
feel these things leaving your life and to trust they no longer belong to you.
Drop the burning paper into the heatproof bowl, and ensure
it goes out safely.
STEP 8
It’s important at this point that you invite something else
into your life, to take up the space left behind.
Love is ideal! So say the words:
“In their place, I invite pure love into my life. I ask
Grandmother Moon to shower me in the love and protection of Spirit. Thank you!”
STEP 9
To complete the ceremony, give thanks and set an intention
to hold this vibration of love in your heart. And don’t forget to blow out your
candle and incense!
If you have friends, then do this together!
Speaking aloud and sharing your intentions for release will
make your ritual much more potent – their trust and witness will amplify your
results. And don’t forget to write down your experiences. Keeping a record is invaluable when it comes
to trusting and empowering this work.
Imagine looking back over a year’s worth of rituals and being able to
see, 12 months from now, just how much junk you have managed to release from
your life!
And please share below how you have used this ritual (or a
variation of it) and any results you see!
Full Moon blessings to you,
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