There is a full Moon in Scorpio coming up this Thursday early morning at 5:45am CST. This is an amazing time to do a full Moon ritual. Full Moons are a time where emotions and sensitivities are already heightened, it is a good time to ground yourself and release some of the negative emotions you may be feeling and toxic ties you may be attached to. There are some really ancient rituals that have been done for 1000s of years. A lot of different astrologers, witches and healers use these types of things to help people with the difficulties of life. You can do a ritual for all kinds of different things but some popular times to commit to doing a ritual is during new Moons, full Moons and during the equinoxes and solstices. If you really enjoy doing them then you can start to do a ritual for other things you need in life. It can be very therapeutic. The power of manifestation is a crazy thing and that’s why these rituals are important.

The full Moon will be in the water element of Scorpio. Full “Flower” Moon, known as a Flower Moon because now is the time of year when flowers should be budding and blooming. Scorpio is ruled by Pluto and Jupiter the planets of death, rebirth, sex and transformation, and luck and expansion. They are mysterious, sexy, passionate, inquisitive, deeply emotional, sensitive and intuitive. They are a Fixed sign and because of this are associated with loyalty, stubbornness, determination, focus and stability. Themes surrounding this full Moon involve power and control, your shadow side and how to embrace it, deep and meaningful sexual connections, and potential financial struggles. Letting go and cutting toxic ties are always the number one theme on full Moons. Truths and lights will be illuminated as well.

Whereas we perform new Moon rituals to set wishes and intentions for the month ahead of you, the reason we do a full Moon ritual is to let go of things that no longer serve you. This could be attitudes, emotions, personal relationships, bad habits, illnesses. Anything you can think of that is negatively impacting your life. Things that have been hidden can also be revealed. Revelations and people being exposed. You can count on it for a full Moon. I like to burn my full Moon ritual intentions. It can be very symbolic and healing. You can also interpret the way your paper burns, so if your intentions light up instantly and burn the paper completely you have truly let go or maybe the fire fades quickly and only burns off a corner, what do you think that is telling you? Focus on the flames and how the paper looks at the end of it burning.

You have 3 days before the new moon to perform this ritual or 3 days after.

1) Gather any and all supplies that you will need for the ritual. Incense such as You can use sage to smudge beforehand, I will be using White Sage from my own personal sage bundles that I have been making, for this full Moon. You will need some crystals ( labradorite, aquamarine, malachite, amethyst, citrine, lapis lazuli, and black obsidian), a pen, a journal to write, a bowl to smudge in or burn intentions, a bowl of water and a white, black or silver candle.

2) Create yourself a special alter space for all the items that you have gathered. It doesn’t matter where your alter space is, it can be any table in the house or on the floor, wherever you feel most comfortable. Decorate with items such as crystals, plants, candles, things you find outside in nature like leaves or feathers, decorative table runners, anything you can really think of that seems appropriate. For the Scorpio full Moon I will be incorporating the use of pink flowers to signify not only Beltane which we recently celebrated but also the “flower” aspect of this full Moon. Labradorite, clear quartz, selenite, aquamarine, amethyst and black obsidian will be the stones I plan on using. I will be using white candles and my jumbo tillandsia xerographica. Sage used to cleanse my energy, crystals and cards.

3) Start by smudging your alter space and say a little prayer. It can be along the lines of “I respect mother Moon and all she does for us. I plan to release that which no longer serves me. I do this to heal myself from past traumas and to fully let go and move forward.“ Write down your traumas and the things that we wish to let go of focus on them, meditate on them. What do you wish for your life? Can you actually picture these things happening to and for you in your life? Letting go WILL NOT work if you truly don’t believe it. It’s important to be clear on what you want. You can doodle and make your intentions “pretty” or it can be as simple as writing a list. This is a good time to set intentions and goals. What do you need to let go of in order to attain these goals? What is no longer serving you Some of these intentions could be: I will embrace my shadow sign, learn from my negative traits and grow from them. I will embrace my sexuality and let go of any sexual traumas and insecurities. I will let go of any power and control struggles I have internally and with the people who are close to me. I will focus on financial goals and ways to improve my finances. And so on and so forth. These are generic Scorpio intentions but you can better suit them to your needs as well.

4) Light your candle and put your crystals in the bowl of water. You want to charge the water and cleanse yourself after burning your intentions. Hold your intentions over the other bowl and using the candle light them on fire. Like I have already said you will want to analyze how they burn, even take a picture or video to look back on later. Use the water to charge your crystals. Write about it in your Moon journal. Something to look back on over the next few weeks and to remind yourself of what you are letting go.

5) At this time you can take some time for yourself however you wish, write down your interpretations of the flame burning, further meditation, possibly a tarot reading if you do that, you can even enjoy a glass of wine. Tell the Moon you love her, clean up your space and now is a good time to put your crystals in a window sill to charge under the light of the full moon. You have just completed your full Moon ritual. Now can be a good time to take a detox bath. Use bath salts, flowers, crystals and maybe even a charcoal mud mask to help detoxify and destress.

I hope you guys enjoy doing this ritual and can find some peace or healing that you may be needing in life. I also hope you can take some time to appreciate all that is good in your life. Just like the oceans’ tides that ebb and flow as does the Moon wax and wane and although emotions can be heightened during the full Moon you will soon feel back to your normal self and ready to tackle a whole new month/Moon cycle. Tomorrow I will be putting out a blog post on the deeper meaning of this full Moon and I will also be writing about Venus Retrograde in Gemini that is coming up next week on May 13th (my birthday actually lol). We have been in the shadow of Venus Retrograde for a couple weeks now I know some of us have been feeling it already, and I know this one is sure to be affecting many people, especially those with summer weddings. I will elaborate further but stay tuned next week. Happy full Moon friends! Take care of yourselves and stay safe.