Full Moon Tomorrow!

There is a full moon tomorrow night at 8:45! I am planning on having a spontaneous and wonderful ritual and (unfortunately) a solitary celebration all day.

For those of you who aren’t Pagan the moon within Wicca (the religion) is seen as the Goddess’ symbol. Here this is the actual symbol used in Wicca. Within the doctrine of Wicca the moon shows women’s stages of life. The two crescents, left to right, represent the Maiden aspect and the Crone aspect, respectively. The moon itself within the middle is the Mother aspect. The Goddess Herself isn’t the moon but Her symbol. Tomorrow night I am going to celebrate that aspect, the Mother who birthed us all!

Full moon rituals are about celebrated life and the Divine that/who created life via the Mother. I always like to think I am recharging my dead batteries at this time or seeking that which I must know through the moon’s symbolism.

Full moon rituals (within Wicca) or Esbats are celebrations of the feminine while Sabbats are celebrations of both the God and the Goddess. Typically in Wicca there is the symbol of the God which is the sun and of course the moon for the Goddess. That doesn’t mean I can’t play with the gender specification for the sun and the moon but I would like to keep my path stable so for now I will keep it the way it is.

I don’t know what to do for my big celebration. I haven’t done anything for a while. The place where I live at this point is not the best place for me to practice my spirituality. This is a first in a long time. I was more looking forward to honoring my path as a Feminist Witch. I really disagree with the thought that grounding yourself in a women’s spirituality will eventually lead you astray from the “important” things. When I decided that I was a Feminist Witch is was the beginning of actively working towards feminist goals. Instead of just making rituals and spells or divining the future, I am blogging and writing about what I do to bring awareness. So I have reached here at the eve of a full moon wondering what the heck I am going to do. I think I will just keep working. I will keep creating rituals to change microcosm and I will keep writing to change (hopefully) the macrocosm.