MOON PHASES

Moon Phases and Corresponding Energy

The energy of each phase of the moon is the governing principle of the energy of your inner world, your emotional state.

The phase of the moon can be worked with as it effects what ever is happening in your life, taking it through the cycle of birth, inception, growth/development, full potential/harvest, breaking down/dissolv- ing, letting go/death, stillness/vision of newness and rebirth.

Northern Hemisphere

Dark Moon

– Moon rises at sunrise.

Energy: Stillness, dormancy, potential.

New Moon

Energy: Birth, new feelings within.

Crescent Moon

Energy: First glimpses of the new idea, modality or new way are seen, actualised.

First Quarter Moon

– Moon rise at noon.

Energy: The new idea or way takes hold, establishes itself.

Gibbous Moon

Energy: Analysis, tweaking and modification of idea, way, so it can function, operate effectively, work, be. Building, urgent creative energy.

Full Moon

– Moon rises at sunset

Energy: Full expression of idea etc. Everything is revealed (meaning of the idea, form etc). also revealed is effectiveness, or not, of the previous modification stage.

Disseminating Moon

Energy: Harvest, Culmination, actualisation, the result (the fruit) of the idea etc, is given, sent forth, distributed – results of the cycle are felt. Urgent feelings to share the result of meaning.

Last Quarter Moon

– Moon rises at midnight

Energy: Expression of this cycle’s idea etc is over. Feeling a hint of the future and the result of this cycle. Breaking down the old ways and forms that are seen as no longer useful, there can be upheaval and revolt. Composting. Focus moving forward, less interested in outside world.

Balsamic Moon

Energy: Idea etc of this cycle is distilled, the lessons and wisdom of the entire cycle are available. Personal retreat, inward reflection and contemplation, letting go. Depending on how one has navigated the trans- formative energy, available during the cycle (of seeing an idea etc through the birth, growth, death, rebirth cycle) depends what happens in the next cycle.

Southern Hemisphere

Dark Moon

– Moon rises at sunrise.

Energy: Stillness, dormancy, potential.

New Moon

Energy: Birth, new feelings within.

Crescent Moon

Energy: First glimpses of the new idea, modality or new way are seen, actualised.

First Quarter Moon Moon rise at noon.

Energy: The new idea or way takes hold, establishes itself.

Gibbous Moon

Energy: Analysis, tweaking and modification of idea, way, so it can function, operate effectively, work, be. Building, urgent creative energy.

Full Moon

Moon rises at sunset

Energy: Full expression of idea etc. Everything is revealed (meaning of the idea, form etc). also revealed is effectiveness, or not, of the previous modification stage.

Disseminating Moon

Energy: Harvest, Culmination, actualisation, the result (the fruit) of the idea etc, is given, sent forth, distributed – results of the cycle are felt. Urgent feelings to share the result of meaning.

Last Quarter Moon Moon rises at midnight

Energy: Expression of this cycle’s idea etc is over. Feeling a hint of the future and the result of this cycle.

Breaking down the old ways and forms that are seen as no longer useful, there can be upheaval and revolt. Composting. Focus moving forward, less interested in outside world.

Balsamic Moon

Energy: Idea etc of this cycle is distilled, the lessons and wisdom of the entire cycle are available. Personal retreat, inward reflection and contemplation, letting go. Depending on how one has navigated the trans- formative energy, available during the cycle (of seeing an idea etc through the birth, growth, death, rebirth cycle) depends what happens in the next cycle.