New Moon Ceremony

(Water)

Materials Needed:

• Ceremonial Cup
• Incense/incense holder
• Candle lighter
• Purple Candle
• Blue Candle
• Red Candle
• Brown or Black Candle (Or pink salt candle holder)
• Paper
• Pen
• Candle for carving (one per participant)
• Implement for carving (small metal pin, nail, or knife)
• Tarot Deck
• An altar or table

Prepare the Temple

Clean the space you are going to use for the ceremony and place your altar or table in the center. Place the incense in the East, place the red candle in the South, place the blue candle in the West, and place the black or brown candle (We use a pink Himalayan salt tealight candle holder with tealight candles) in the North. Fill the ceremonial cup with water and place it in the middle of the altar. The paper and pen, candles for carving and carving implement, purple candle, and tarot deck should all be placed on the altar as well.

Prepare Yourself

Now that your temple is prepared it’s time for the ritual bath. Remember the intent is to relax and let your worries and distractions wash away so that your body and mind are clean and pure for the ceremony. Use whatever salts, oils, or soaps you like and enjoy yourself but don’t take too long. You have work to do. When you’re done, dry off, and put on whatever clothing you feel comfortable meeting the sacred in.

Closing the Circle

Refer to my post on the Circle of Praise for the instructions and corresponding imagery and symbols.

• Light the incense representing the element of air as you recite the words for the East and visualize yellow light lighting up the Eastern quadrant of the space and extending outwards.
• Light the red candle while you recite the words for the South and visualize red light lighting up the South quadrant of the space and extending outwards.
• Light the blue candle while you recite the words for the West and visualize blue light lighting up the Western quadrant and extending outwards.
• Light the black/brown/salt candle while you recite the words the for North and visualize brown light lighting up the North quadrant and extending outwards.
• Light the purple candle while you recite the words for Sister Luna and visualize grey light extending downward.
• Visualize white light extending upwards while reciting the words for Brother Sol.

Invocation

Raise the ceremonial cup in your hand and recite:

I call upon the spirit of water and the power of Sister Luna to renew and replenish us. This cup represents the element of water and the power of the Holy Spirit. Let us be filled with their divine energy. Let us be reborn along with this new moon.

Then raise the cup to your lips and drink the water.

New Moon Tarot

Card 1: Where you are

Card 2: What you need to see

Card 3: What you need to release

Card 4: What energy you need to harness and use

Card 5: Where you need to focus your attention

Card 6: A New Opportunity

(Tarot spread by: MyWanderingFool)

Sigil Magic

Clarify and visualize your intention for this lunar cycle and condense it down into a single word or short sentence. Using the pen and paper, create your sigil using the process outlined below. Then, carve it into your candle. We’re going to save the candle for future use so make sure to put it somewhere safe after the ceremony, but wait until after you open the circle.

To create the sigil:

• write down a word or a very short sentence that represents your intention for the cycle (which you should have more clarity on after the tarot practice)
• cross out any repeated letters
• deconstruct the remaining letters into their basic shapes
• arrange those shapes into a symbol that crystalizes your intention

Opening the Circle

Refer back to the Circle of Praise for instructions. This time put out each respective candle as you go through it ending with the purple candle on the altar. Take a moment of gratitude and end the ceremony.

❤️🙏☀️