What’s the point of having a ritual when it comes to manifesting?
Manifesting the life you want is serious business, and creating the space for it requires intention and preparation. There’s a lot beyond manifesting, and many do not realize how much behind-the-scenes work is required. However, one of the most crucial things to manifest is having a ritual of some sort.
Rituals bring a sense of control. It shows where you have control and where you must leave space for magick to happen. If you are a control freak like me, manifesting can be challenging because you feel you must do everything and control how it comes.
But as I’ve been on this manifesting journey, having a ritual has grounded me and shown me where I have real control. The more I let go of what’s not in my power, the more quickly the things I desire come.
While on this manifesting journey, I noticed that I had adopted other people’s desires and lost myself in the pursuit. This was detrimental because I couldn’t receive my most profound, wildest dreams because I was too busy living on the surface and trying to live someone else’s dream.
If you find yourself doing the same thing as I, it can be because your dream may not feel good enough. After all, you have never seen it done before. But this is not true! And following the Moon and having a ritual can show you.
When you follow the Moon and keep up with your ritual, you will feel more grounded and capable of doing what you must to make your dreams come true. You will feel more in control of your circumstances and leave space for whatever needs to happen to shift your reality.
Having a ritual enhances your ability to receive what you desire because you feel emotionally stable and confident in your ability to follow through. And when working with the Moon, emotional stability is the goal!
Once we understand our feelings and are given room to explore them, we are more capable of manifesting our best life, well-informed from our inner being.
Why work with the Moon?
Working/creating with the Moon reveals the creative process. When we actively manifest our best life, we are tapping into our creative abilities. Creativity is not rational and can not be controlled. It is spontaneous and unfolds in layers on its own time. Once you start one thing, it leads to another and eventually to something that has never been seen before.
When working with the Moon, you must keep the creative process in mind and be emotionally receptive (to yourself and your surroundings) to receive the depths of yourself and your creative abilities.
You must be okay with saying you are unsatisfied with the current circumstances and doing something about it. If you’d like to learn how to go about this process and what to do with the Moon phases, sign up for my newsletter and receive your free ebook about manifesting with the Moon.
What can you do during the New Moon?
Keeping the Moon and the creative process in mind, what rituals can you do to help you unfold your creative process and trust the rhythm? You can start with the Dark and New Moon, where emotions are raw, and you have an opportunity to do something about them.
During the Dark Moon phase, we embrace a darker part of ourselves. We are tapping into our emotional reservoir and rediscovering what’s hidden. These feelings have a chance to be redeemed, and you have a chance to retrieve your soul from hurtful situations. But only if you can accept what has happened, forgive what could or couldn’t have been done, and focus on what you can do to improve your life. With the New Moon, you set the intention to move forward into the creation stage of making your intentions real and healing from the past.
The Dark Moon phase is a time to fall deep into prayer, journaling, and processing what has happened to you. You may feel frustrated, powerless, and incapable of healing and moving forward. But these intense feelings are coming up because they want your attention and to be released.
So when the New Moon comes (~23 hours after the Dark Moon), you can use crystals or stones to help set your intentions.
Crystals are great accountability buddies because they are perfect crystalline manifestations with specific frequencies and can help us remember what we desire. Like crystals, we want our intentions to be solid and significant.
What do I do as a practicing astrologer?
So, if you need ideas on creating a solid ritual to stay on task with manifesting your dreams, I can show you what I do and give you some ideas.
During the Dark Moon, I use this time to clarify what’s been coming up for me during the lunar cycle and address it through meditation and contemplation. I reflect on how this part of myself has been ruling me up to this point and how I can regain my power by doing something about it.
When the New Moon comes (23 hours later), I grab my favorite crystal that’s already been cleansed and charged (citrine–a great manifesting stone) and set my intentions with it. I do my best to make sure my intention is action-oriented and not results-based, because who are we to say when we can receive something in our lives? Once the intention is set with the stone (with the Moon astrological transit in mind), I write down my intention on paper and stick it on my wall for me to remember it every day.
Now, I have two things that remind me of my New Moon intention: the crystal and the written word. If I need more insight to clarify my intention, I pull some tarot and oracle cards to dig deeper into my subconscious mind.
Having a little assistance through the Tarot can save you a lot of frustration and heartache in the future.
GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED
It also helps to have a support group, and that’s where The Moonwell can come in handy for you. If you are looking to connect with like-minded women who are curious about the Moon’s messages and need support, you will enjoy The Moonwell. It is where you will gain insight on what the Moon highlights for you and receive guidance on how to ground your Full Moon experience to manifest your best life.
How you can start
Now that you know the importance of having a ritual with the Moon to manifest your best life, you may wonder how you can keep up with the Moon phases through the zodiac. You can download a Moon phase app that tells you about the current Moon phase and sign like Moon Phase Calendar.
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