As the Storm Moon is approaching I feel the pull to revamp my B.o.S entry and bring it to life once more. I've covered three pages on word.doc so I may stop there for now and expand the entry the next time round the wheel. Check here for a basic format of a Full Moon ritual.
Storm Moon
A Lunar Year
Full “Storm” Moon
The Storm Moon occurs in March and with it the
Earth begins to stir and sprout and blossom.
All of Nature is busy trying to keep up with the change and we feel the
need to create stirs deep within our Spirits.
Her wild and unbridled energy encourages us to tend our Spiritual
gardens and plant them with qualities to better our lives.
Associations
Also
know as: Chaste Moon,
Seed Moon, Moon of Winds, Plough Moon, Worm Moon, Lenten Moon, Crow Moon
Magical
Workings: Success, Hope,
Rebirth, Re-growth, New Life, Prosperity, Fertility, Planning, Ploughing,
Planting
Goddesses:
(Growth, Fertility, Renewal) Isis, Morrigan, Artemis, Cybele, Demeter, Ceres, Corn Maiden, Diana,
Ninhursag, Freya, Anu, Arianrhod, Boann, Brighid, Cerridwen, Druantia, Macha,
Rhiannon, Rhea, Eostre, Persephone, Nerthus, Athirat, Asherah, Gaia, Tellus,
Inanna, Ishtar, Frigg, Hag
Foods/Herbs:
Milk, Seeds, Irish Moss,
High John, Pennyroyal, Wood Betony, Apple Blossom
Trees:
Dogwood, Honeysuckle
Stones:
Aquamarine, Bloodstone
Colours:
Green, Violet, Yellow
Element: Water
Circle Notes
¶
Wear
green to honour the Earth’s sprouting
¶
Decorate
altar with wildflowers and Spring greenery
¶
Use
green candles and burn Full Moon incense or soft, floral incense
¶
Serve
poppy seed or sesame seed foods and milk
¶
Cast
the Circle with a newly budded tree branch, then save it for the Beltane fire
¶
Leave
a pile of colour cotton threads outside for the birds to use for nesting
¶
Bring
seed starters into the Circle and sow any garden seeds indoors
Storm Moon Invocation
“As the Earth is in sprouting mode, Mother so dear
Let me, too, germinate – cast off my fear
Encourage fresh sprouting in my heart and my soul
So I quickly grow past what is useless and old
And tend the new sprouts of growth and perspective
With fresh inspiration and a creative directive
Full up my life with Seed Moon energy
For I wish to grow; as I will, it shall be”
Seed Blessing
Items required:
¶
Seeds
¶
Container
Place
separate seed-types in a bowl, hold the bowl up and say something like:
“Stretch and wake up, little ones
Feel the warmth of Shining Sun
Stir and shake off Winter’s cold
Sprout and thrive – grow tall and bold”
Celebration Activities
¶
Serve
fruit punch and round seeded bread with onion dip and garnish. Cut out the centre from the bread, fill the
hole with dip and sprinkle diced onion on top.
¶
Hold
a seed exchange event. Invite people to
bring packets of easy-to-grow herbs or flower seeds that have already been
blessed and charged, for example with love, prosperity, protection or wisdom. Place the packets in a basket and everyone
gets to pick without peaking.
¶
Throw
a garden party where everyone brings along a garden-related item they no longer
have a need for, for example flower pots, gardening gloves, a spade or hanging
baskets. Attendees get to trade them for
another item or personal service.
¶
Make
nest-building containers for the birds.
Cut chicken wire into strips of 12in x 6in and tie the ends together
with ribbons to form circular containers.
Tie 8 lengths of ribbon across one open end to serve as the bottom. Fill with cotton, fibrefill, Easter grass,
colour threads and anything else you think the birds will use. Hang them outside by tying ribbons to the
top.
¶
Host
a gardening party where attendees helping to prepare flower beds and the garden
for planting. Have some fun, some
giggles and a sing-song. Then invite
everyone in for dinner as a thank you.
¶
Make
up small pouches of wildflower seeds and bless them for wish fulfilment. Hand them out as gifts and instruct the
recipient to make a wish and toss the seeds into the winds as a manifestation
spell.
Reference: Dorothy Morrison,
Patti
Wigington
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