Moon Phase - Waxing Crescent

Maiden Moon

The Waxing Crescent

(3½ - 7 days after New Moon)

Cascade of gentle waxing light

Lunar maiden growing bright

 

The Moon of Regeneration

NEW BEGINNINGS - CHANGES – EMOTIONS – ANIMALS – BUSINESS –

INCREASED POWER – EXPANSION – INCREASEMENT –MATERIAL STRENGTH

– EMOTIONAL UPSETS

The waxing crescent moon is a time for magick of new beginnings; as it is currently coinciding with the Celtic month of Birch, I thought it was a good time to write this. As the new moon was only three days previous, and the moon cycle relates to the life cycle of the Goddess, I like to think of this moon phase as the pre-teen Goddess (nearly maidenly, but not quite). This way, I find the energy of my workings during this time is very youthful and excitable – almost a ‘Christmas Eve’ feeling.

The energy of the waxing crescent is that of the growing moon, the Goddess as she is blossoming; it’s a low energy at this point but it is building. Spells and rituals that take time, the ones that take more than one moon phase to reach fruition, should be started when the moon is waxing at the crescent stage.

The power of it, I utilise with a visualisation/meditation:

1. Sitting in front of my altar (or outside if the moon is visible), I will picture Artemis (Greek maiden Goddess associated with the moon) as a child, around 11 years old; she is before me with a flower in her hand, the petals are folded together, encompassing the energy that I require.
2. I request from her the energy of the waxing crescent for my working and wait for her response.
3. If her decision is to grant my request, she will give the flower to me, and fade out of the image. If she chooses not to grant my request, she just fades and the flower will fall into nothing (this has happened only once).
4. With the flower in my hand, I focus on it opening in my hand, and as it does, the crescent moon rises from it. It sits maybe 3” above the flower, which then fades out of sight.
5. There are a few ways that I will then harness the energy for my working:
1. Allow the crescent to sink onto my hand and then radiate the energy through my body.
2. If I am using the energy to bless a new item (tool, book, etc.), I will visualise the small crescent in my hand gliding toward and then into that item.
3. When I need a large power boost, as the energy is quite minimal, I will imagine the moon multiplying into many crescents, until the image in my mind, the atmosphere of the space I am in is suffused with many glowing arcs. Then I will draw them all into myself, as if I was a vacuum.

6. Once the energy is within me (to disperse through my working), I will thank Artemis for her gift and slowly release the visualisation as I open my eyes.

There are many other ways to gain and utilise this energy but these are mine. I consider them quite simple and it would easy to make them more elaborate but that is not who I am - I like simple. ‘Drawing Down the Moon’ is not limited to the phase of the Full Moon and so I consider this a simplified version of that practice.