Tonight is the depressingly titled, but very seasonally appropriate Full Mourning Moon in Gemini. I found the best explanation of this particular moon at an unexpectedly place – Refinery29 (yeah, the fashion and style website – I was wicked surprised too!). The article is called, Why You Should Care About Tomorrow’s Full Moon by Sara Coughlin (who doesn’t seem to write about Pagan topics regularly, but I plan to keep peeking at her work). Here’s the bit I found the most intriguing –
People who follow Pagan traditions spend autumn preparing for the colder months, and the final step in this process is the letting go of old things — the things we must leave behind before we reach the new year. Hence, the “mourning.”
Cleansing rituals, during which you take note of what you don’t want in your life anymore, are commonly conducted in observance of the Mourning Moon. These discarded things can be anything from the most frivolous (a nail-biting habit) to the deeply profound (the grief over a lost loved one). The point is to think of these things one last time before resolving to move on from them. You can make a list and drown it in a jar of water (the element associated with this full moon) or perform a modern adaptation: Put your list in a note on your phone, and then delete it. (We don’t recommend drowning your phone in a jar of water.)
Love it!
Here is the graphic I created for the occasion, using a full moon picture I took last month. Bright full moon blessings!
Full Mourning Moon in Gemini. November 25th 5:44 PM EST. Also called The Beaver Moon and The Frosty Moon. Magical workings include – cleansing rituals, travel, communication, writing projects, clearing the air, grounding and centering.
EDIT – November 25th, 2015 at 7:30pm. I managed to snag a picture tonight, and wanted to share it here. Hope everyone is having a magical full moon!
