traditionally women gather together and celebrate their blood cycles during this phase of the moon and we call it moonlodge. it is an auspicious time to plant seeds of intent. to watch this intention grow by the waxing moon and come to completion by the waning moon - in preparation for the next cycle. just as the the cycle of the womb, a universe of intent waiting to happen.
ritually september holds the harvest moon (the full moon) and on this moon we capture the essence of the harvest. in ancient times, as the nights grew longer people used the light of the full moon to harvest their bounty. it is an honored tradition to look to the moon this month and watch as the moon swells full, shinning light on your bounty.
in planting your seed of intent write it down, place this intention in an obvious place - a place you see everyday (like on top of your altar). try to find a one word seed - simple and to the point and think of it growing, becoming manifest.
during the ritual of moonlodge on the new moon:
dark of the moon
new beginnings
dark of the moon
plant a seed tonight
(sing your seed of intent for the month)
dark of the moon
what we/i envision
will come to be
by the full moonlight