Birthing Your Wishes and Desires – Waxing Moon
Setting aside a few minutes each month during the new moon phase to focus on yours wishes and desires will help give you clarity of mind. When it comes to setting goals or planning ahead for your future there is no better time to get started than during the new moon. Any intentions stated or written down carries power, so please take care in considering the things that you really want.
The saying “Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.” is fair warning whenever setting your new moon intentions into motion. The moon has its phases and so do our individual wants and needs. This is why it is a good practice to rededicate your list of intentions each month when another new moon visits.
Preparation for Upcoming New Moon Manifestation
- Set aside 20-30 minutes to do the ritual itself.
- Supply suggestions:
- notebooks
- pen and colored markers
- candle
- matches
- incense
- smudge sticks
- meditation CDs
- Prepare yourself a sacred space where to perform the ceremony when the new moon arrives.
Setting your New Moon Intentions in Motion
- Cleanse your sacred area with an opening prayer, a sage smudging, and/or by burning some incense.
- Light one or more candles.
- Center your being and calm yourself in whatever way is appropriate for you. Take some deep cleansing breaths, slip in a meditation CD to listen to, and/or leisurely sip on a cup of relaxing herbal tea.
- Open your notebook, and date the first page. Write down these words “I accept these things into my life now or something better for my highest good and for the highest good of all concerned.” or something similar. Below your affirmation statement, write down your desires. Try not to limit yourself; if having many things in your life helps to fulfill you then don’t deny yourself wanting these things – Put them on your list.
- During the month when an item on your new moon list comes to you, don’t merely cross it off of your list, take the time to rewrite the list in its entirety eliminating the manifested item from the listing. This is highly recommended. At the same time you may add whatever else that you have decided you would like. Feel free to reword any of the original phrases if they better fit your life now. It is natural that your desires will change as time advances.