All living things are attuned to the lunar phases and the quality of moon energy associated with each phase (i.e., full moon energy). Whether consciously or unconsciously, you are affected too.
Using Full Moon Energy
Animals and plants entrain themselves with lunar cycles and rhythms. Sardines lay their eggs on the full moon.
Predators prefer dark new moons for hunting, while prey welcome the relative safety of the bright full moon energy.
People of many different cultures worshiped the moon. Time has been gauged by its movement for thousands of years. Still today, some gardeners and farmers sow seeds and harvest crops according to the moon’s cycle. Many fishermen also make plans with the lunar cycle in mind.
Even the ocean creates tides according to the lunar daily and phasic cycles, exaggerating high and low tide differences depending on the moon’s position relative to the Earth and Sun.
This blog explains how you can benefit from using moon energies. For example, you can use the energy of a Full Moon to let go and make space for something new.
The Quality of Full Moon Energy
Definitively Letting Go
The energy of the Full Moon is all about clearing, releasing, ending, and letting go of whatever no longer serves you. It has a definitive quality compared to the gentler, more gradual release associated with Waning Moon energy.
Consequently, it’s a great time to decisively kick habits, sell your belongings, spring clean, change jobs, and move on. It’s also a good time to detox, purge, and energetically clear.
The full moon is not the time for reflection and rumination. Nor is it a time to begin to consider a change. It’s about commitment and action, e.g., submission of your resignation letter.
Full Moon Yang Energy
The Full Moon is yang in nature: outward, action-oriented, and moving forward. It’s a time to be bold in your decisions, behaviors, and actions. This doesn’t mean reckless, but rather confident, courageous, and committed.
Lunar Energy, Loss, and Grief
Because the full moon is associated with endings, it can also be accompanied by a sense of loss or even grief.
It’s possible to experience sadness and grief even when a change is desired or if there is some excitement about the ending. Graduation from high school or college can be a bittersweet experience. Professional advancements can also.
Where a choice is particularly difficult or courageous, it can entail fear, require fortitude and confidence, and/or yield a sense of liberation and achievement. Which emotions come into play depends on you and how you feel once you have resolved to act.
How Do You Know a Partial Moon Is Becoming fuller?
It depends on which hemisphere you’re in.
Northern Hemisphere:
1. The illuminated side is to the right and is becoming larger from right to left.
2. The moon is visible at night.
Southern Hemisphere:
1. The moon’s illuminated side is to the left and is becoming larger from left to right.
2. The moon is visible at night.
When Is the Full Moon Energy’s Greatest
Many believe that as the moon waxes and ultimately becomes full, its force and influence grow. Following this logic, the full moon is the most powerful and auspicious time to let go.
As the moon waxes toward full, take preparatory steps. As the moon wanes toward the new moon, adjust as needed and let go of remaining constraints to stay the course.
