A full moon night is an especially potent time for a smudging ritual, as after facing and releasing what need to, you can ceremoniously clear it away with the smoke of sacred sage. To perform the ritual, simply burn the dried sage bundle, keeping a ceramic/fire-safe dish underneath to catch the ashes,...

Use the full moon as a chance to charge your sacred tools such as tarot cards, crystals, paint brushes, paints, canvases, pencils, or clay; anything that can benefit from some lunar blessings from Mother Moon. You can even place water out to receive the blessings and power of the Full Moon.

A full Moon ritual might involve taking one solid step, with symbolic action. And it can be a powerful time to release, cast out, unburden yourself, purge, etc. You celebrate your emergence by stepping out of old skin, identity, behavior, attitude, relationship. The ritual helps you by marking this inner transformation in a formal way.

A Full Moon Ritual. When the full moon arrives, it’s time to create space to take stock of what has and hasn’t come to fruition just yet. A full moon ritual is a time to get quiet, reflect, and celebrate. Unlike the new moon, the full moon represents fruitfulness and completeness and brings with it a lot of energy.

New moon—set the intention & get to work. The new moon gives way to that first sliver of light as the shadow moves and the moon reveals herself—or “waxes,” as it’s called. Reap results or make decisions at the full moon. Two weeks later, we have the complete illumination of the full moon, which can reveal what was in the dark.

The Full Moon is all about completion, releasing and removing what no longer works for you. Ask for something to manifest during a New Moon and then release your intentions and remove what is blocking you from what you want to manifest during the Full Moon. As with any ritual work, use it for the good of others and yourself.

Full moon rituals As opposed to the new moon which is all about beginnings, the full moon is about coming a full cycle. It’s about completion and marking a time for change. It’s the perfect time to let go of things that you no longer need and that may be holding you back from living your dream life.

The full moon ritual is for releasing or purging the things in our lives that no longer serve us such as addictions to food, drugs, or sex, relinquishing suffering involved in hurtful relationships, discharging physical and emotional pains, etc.

After the full moon, it wanes; it is symbolic of the closing of a chapter or reaching a goal. That is why a full moon ritual includes a releasing exercise. Although our new moon intentions ritual included a ceremony with others, you may find a full moon ritual to be intensely emotional or personal.