6 Steps to Thriving with the New Moon/Full Moon Wishing Cycle
Are you struggling to live in today’s crazy world? Are you looking for a simple system of working with the Moon’s energy to manifest a better life for yourself and those you love? Working with the energy of the Moon’s cycles, particularly the New Moons and Full Moons, can be the missing link that you may need.
The New Moon/Full Moon wishing cycle is a simple system you can use to make wishes at the time of the New Moon and then continue to work with those same wishes/intentions at the Full Moon, drawing on the powerful energy that exists at each of these important astrological junctions to emotionally draw toward you what you desire. This Moon manifesting method can be one of the most powerful ways to work with the Moon to manifest the life that you want.
Here’s my 6-Step Process For Leveraging the Manifesting Power of the New Moon/Full Moon Wishing Cycle:
1. At the New Moon, take stock of where you’re currently at, how you are currently feeling, and what you are currently celebrating.
2. At the New Moon, explore what you currently want, need, and how you want to feel.
3. At the New Moon, write down your wishes/intentions that you have for your life.
4. At the New Moon, infuse your wishes with feeling and affirmations, and back them up with inspired action.
5. At the Full Moon, release any energy or emotional blocks currently holding you back.
6. At the Full Moon, re-write your New Moon wishes as gratitude statements (whether or not they have yet to manifest).
Moon Wishing Cycle: The New Moon
The New Moon is considered the first phase of the monthly lunar cycle. It is when the Moon is invisible to us because it is completely covered by the Sun. The New Moon lasts for approximately three days.
New Moons occur once (sometimes twice!) per month, so there are 12 New Moons you can work with over the course of a year.
The New Moon takes place when the Sun and Moon are on the same degree of the zodiac at the same time. Because of this alignment, many Moon wishers and lovers believe that this energetic link creates the ideal environment for wishes to be fulfilled by the Universe at this time.
The New Moon favors making wishes and intentions, new beginnings and fresh starts. The best time to make your New Moon wishes is 8-10 hours after the start of the New Moon; however, up to three days after can also still work.
The New Moon fully supports using your imagination and following through on the thought, “What if?” It is the perfect time to announce “Yes!” to things you’ve always wanted but never dared to ask for. It is time to step out of your comfort zone and create new protocols for how you live life. It presents the proper energy to move you onward and forward and upward.
The New Moon acts as a beginning to the next month ahead of you. It contains energy encouraging you to believe in the possibility of your intentions. When you are ready to “go for it,” the New Moon is the time.
Each New Moon occurs in one of the twelve different zodiac signs, which gives each New Moon a different theme, flavor, and focus as it takes on the qualities of the sign.
The New Moon/Full Moon Wishing Cycle: Start With the New Moon
To manifest your desires with the Moon, you can begin anywhere during the Moon’s monthly cycle, but it is often easiest to begin at the New Moon. At the New Moon, it is important to craft some wishes that you are ready to work with throughout the entire month. You can make as many wishes as you’d like, as long as it is manageable for you to work with them for the entire month. Some people like to stick with 10 wishes. I like to make as many wishes as feels right at the time.
To get the most out of working with the New Moon / Full Moon Wishing Cycle, here are some general guidelines to follow when making wishes at the New Moon:
1.You can make any sort of wish at any New Moon, regardless of what zodiac sign or what Human Design gate the Moon is in; however, the best practice is to write your wish in accordance with the energy of the zodiac sign that the Moon is in and/or the Human Design gate at the New Moon. With a lot of experimentation with this, I have found that working with the energy of the Human Design gate at the time of the New Moon is a much more powerful practice than focusing on the zodiac sign alone.
2. Before writing down your final list of New Moon wishes, brainstorm your wishes first. The reason behind this is that you want to write your wishes clearly and succinctly because you’ll be working with them throughout the rest of the month (until the next New Moon), including at the Full Moon.
3. Make sure you write your wishes down.
4. Be clear and precise about what you want.
5. Write your wishes positively and in the present tense.
6. Make wishes that are just outside of your comfort zone but still within the realm of possibility, as if you just know they could happen.
7. When you write your wishes, make sure to include a statement that affirms your relationship and connection with the Universe (see below for more information).
8. Firmly believe that your wishes are coming true.
9. Visualize and feel what it is like to already have achieved your wishes.
10. Commit to doing any inspired action that it takes to achieve your wishes.
Moon Wishing Cycle: The Full Moon
The Full Moon occurs when the Moon is at its brightest and fullest in the sky. Technically, the Moon is only actually at its fullest and brightest for a few seconds, but the Moon appears “full” for about three days.
Full Moons occur once (sometimes twice!) per month, so there are 12 Full Moons you can work with over the course of a year. In the monthly Moon cycle, the Full Moon occurs about two weeks after the New Moon.
The Full Moon is when the Sun and Moon are on completely opposite sides of the skies from each other. This alignment often creates a tension that needs to be addressed, showing you where in your life you need greater balance, and illuminating what needs to be done to be able to turn the corner in different areas of your life.
The Full Moon phase represents fulfillment, harvest, completion, gratitude, release, and abundance, so the best activities to proceed with under the Full Moon include anything having to do with these themes.
Because the Full Moon contains such a strong and powerful energy, it can be the ideal time to focus on rituals that involve manifesting abundance (in any and all areas), seeking guidance from the spirit world, protection, energy raising, peace, creativity, and many, many more.
Just like the New Moon, each Full Moon occurs in one of the twelve different zodiac signs, which gives each Full Moon a different theme, flavor, and focus as it takes on the qualities of the sign.
The New Moon/Full Moon Wishing Cycle: What to Do at the Full Moon
At the Full Moon, you can use the same list of wishes that you wrote at the New Moon but you will re-write them in a way that shows gratitude, as if they have already come true. To get the most out of working with the New Moon / Full Moon Wishing Cycle, here are some other general guidelines to follow at the Full Moon:
1. Check out the zodiac sign the Full Moon is in and the Human Design gate that the Full Moon is transiting. This information indicates what types of energies is favored for you to release at this time. Think about whether any of these areas/topics indicated by the zodiac sign of the Full Moon and/or the Human Design gate are blocking you from manifesting what you desire. Release anything that no longer serves you.
2.Re-write your New Moon wishes as gratitude statements, by stating “Thank you for…!” or “I am so grateful that…!” Even if your wish has not been granted yet, the important thing is to thank the Universe in advance.
3.When you write your wishes, make sure that you include a statement that affirms your relationship and connection with the Universe (see below for more information on this).
The New Moon/Full Moon Wishing Cycle: The Most Effective Way to Write Your Wishes
While there is no right or wrong way to wish, there is a most effective way to wish. For example, you could make what looks like a grocery list at the New Moon of all the things you want OR you could write down your wish or wishes in a way that reaffirms your relationship and connection with the Universe and also demonstrates how you intend to make a positive difference in the world as a result of your wishes being granted. The second method is the more effective of the two.
The key to writing wishes at the New Moon and Full Moon in the most effective way is to use certain words and phrases that connect your will to the will of the Universe with joy and with love.
I believe, after over ten years of making wishes with the Moon, that the Universe/God/Higher Power prefers and enjoys it when people spread peace, love, and happiness on the Earth and among each other. This seems to be the vibration that the Universe operates upon. So, to manifest your desires more quickly, I recommend that you write your wishes at the New Moon and Full Moon in accordance with this principle.
Summary
Congratulations on learning the six steps to manifesting with the New Moon/Full Moon wishing cycle so you can start manifesting the life you want! The six steps of the New Moon/Full Moon wishing cycle can be used successfully by anyone to find greater peace, mental clarity, and abundance in all areas, NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU. With practice, you can adapt these six steps to your unique needs to become your own user’s manual for living happily in today’s crazy world.
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