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Full Moon
Full moon energy is used for banishing unwanted influences in your life, protection magic and divination. Planning, releasing and working backward in time are done on the full moon as well.
It is said that the best full moon magic can be conjured for seven days: the three days prior to the full moon, the night of the full moon itself and three days after the full moon. Sometimes the results of full moon magic take approximately one moon cycle to take hold and come to completion.
New Moon
The new moon is used for personal growth, healing, the blessing of a new project or venture etc. If done correctly, success should be obtained by the first full moon.
Waxing Moon
This is a good time for attraction magic, especially between the new moon and first quarter.
Waning Moon
This is a time for banishing and rejecting things in your life that you no longer wish to carry around with you. Negative emotions, bad habits, diseases and ailments can be successfully banned during this time.
Dark of the Moon
The three days before the new moon is known as the dark of the moon. This is when you can't see the moon at all in the heavens. Traditionally, this is a time when no magic at all is performed. It is a period to give yourself a break, a time of rest. Deep meditation and vision questing can be performed now, but not for a specific magical purpose.