Moon Correspondences

from Silver's Spells for Protection by Silver RavenWolf

      

New Moon
  • Moon is 0-45 degrees directly ahead of the sun.
  • Moon rises at dawn, sets at sunset; for full use of these energies, stick between this time period.
  • Moon is from exact new moon to 3.5 days after.
  • Purpose: Beginnings
  • Workings for: Beauty, health, self-improvement, farms and gardens, job hunting, love and romance, networking, creative ventures.
  • Pagan Holiday: Winter Solstice.
  • Goddess Name: Rosemerta's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: Goddess of Growth.
  • Offering: Milk and honey
  • Theme: Abundance
  • Rune: Feoh for abundance; Cen for openings, Gyfu for love
  • Taort Trump: The Fool
Crescent
  • Moon is 45-90 degrees ahead of the sun
  • Moon rises at midmorning, sets after sunset; for full use of these energies, stick between this time period
  • Moon is from 3.5 to 7 days after the new moon
  • Purpose: The movement of the thing
  • Workings: Animals, business, change, emotions, matriarchal strength.
  • Pagan Holiday: Imbolc
  • Goddess Name: Brigid's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: Water Goddesses
  • Offering: Candles
  • Theme: Manifestation
  • Rune: Birca for beginnings; Ing for focus
  • Tarot Trump: The Magician
First Quarter
  • Moon is 90-135 degrees ahead of the sun
  • Moon rises at noon, sets at midnight; for full use of these energies, stick between this time period
  • Moon is from 7 to 10.5 days after the new moon
  • Purpose: The shape of the thing
  • Workings: Courage, elemental magick, friends, luck, and motivation
  • Pagan Holiday: Spring Equinox
  • Goddess Name: Persephone's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: Air Goddesses
  • Offerings: Feathers
  • Theme: Luck
  • Rune: Algiz for luck; Jera for improvement; Ur for strength
  • Tarot Card: Strength or The Star
Gibbous
  • Moon is 135-180 degrees ahead of the sun
  • Moon rises in midafternoon, sets around 3 am; for full use of these energies, stick between this time period.
  • Moon is between 10.5 to 14 days after the new moon
  • Purpose: Details
  • Workings: Courage, patience, peace, harmony
  • Pagan Holiday: Beltane
  • Goddess Name: Nuit's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: Star Goddesses
  • Offering: Ribbons
  • Theme: Perfection
  • Rune: Asa for eloquence; Wyn for success; Dag for enlightenment
  • Tarot Trump: The World.
Full Moon
  • Moon is 180-225 degrees ahead of the sun
  • Moon rises at sunset, sets at dawn; for full use of these energies, stick between this time period
  • Moon is from 14 to 17.5 days after the new moon
  • Purpose: Completion of a project
  • Workings: Artistic endeavours, beauty, health, fitness, change, decisions, children, competition, dreams, familites, knowledge, legal undertakings, love, romance, money, motivation, protection, psychic powers, self-improvement
  • Pagan Holiday: Summer Solstice
  • Goddess Name: Sekhmet's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: Fire Goddesses
  • Offering: Flowers
  • Theme: Power
  • Rune: Sol
  • Tarot Card: The Sun
Disseminating
  • Moon is 225-270 degrees ahead of the sun
  • Moon rises at midevening, sets at midmorning; for full use of these energies, stick between this time frame
  • Moon is 3.5 to 7 days after the full moon
  • Purpose: Initial destruction
  • Working: Addiction, decisions, divorce, emotions, stress, protection
  • Pagan Holiday: Lammas
  • Goddess Name: Hecate's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: Earth Goddesses
  • Offering: Grain or rice
  • Theme: Reassessment
  • Rune: Thorn for destruction; Algiz for protection; Thorn for defence
  • Tarot Trump: The Tower for destruction; Hope for protection
Last Quarter
  • Moon is 270-315 degrees ahead of the sun
  • Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon; for full use of these energies, stick between this time frame
  • Moon is 7 to 10.5 days after the full moon.
  • Purpose: Absolute destruction
  • Working: Addictions, divorce, endings, health and healing (banishing), stress, protection, ancestors
  • Pagan Holiday: Fall Equinox
  • Goddess Name: The Morrigan's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: Harvest Goddesses
  • Offering: Incense
  • Theme: Banishing
  • Rune: Hagal; Ken for banishing; Nyd for turning; Isa for binding
  • Tarot Trump: Judgment
Balsamic (Dark Moon)
  • Moon is 315-360 degrees ahead of the sun
  • Moon rises at 3am, sets midafternoon; for full use of these energies, stick within this time frame
  • Moon is 10.5 to 14 days after the full moon
  • Purpose: Rest
  • Working: Addictions, change, divorce, enemies, justice, obstacles, quarrels, removal, separation, stopping stalkers and theft.
  • Pagan Holiday: Samhain
  • Goddess Name: Kali's Moon
  • Goddess Energy: DarkGoddesses
  • Offering: Honesty
  • Theme: Justice
  • Rune: Tyr for justice; Ken for banishing
  • Tarot Trump: Justice