Blessings of the Wind Moon
Also Known As: Pink Moon, Hare Moon, Seed or Planting Moon, Planter's Moon, Budding Trees Moon, Eastermonath (Eostre Month), Moon When Geese Return in Scattered Formation, Wildcat Moon, Ostarmanoth, Green Grass Moon
Element: air
Nature Spirits: plant faeries
Herbs: basil, chives, dragon's blood, geranium, thistle, dandelion, milkweed, dogwood, fennel, dill
Colors: crimson red, gold, bright primary colors -- red, yellow, blue -- and their combinations
Flowers: daisy, sweetpea
Scents: pine, bay, bergamot, patchouli
Stones: ruby, garnet, sard, quartz, selenite, angelite
Trees: pine, bay, hazel, forsythia, lilac, willow
Animals: bear, wolf
Birds: hawk, magpie
Deities: Kali, Hathor, Anahita, Ceres, Ishtar, Venus, Bast, Ishtar, Tawaret, Herne, Cernunnos
Power Flow: energy into creating and producing; return balance to the nerves. Change, self-confidence, self-reliance, take advantage of opportunities. Work on temper and emotional flare-ups and selfishness.
Mantra: My path is clear, free from obstacles.
Info on This Moon From About Dot Com: In April, the thunderstorms of March are beginning to subside, and the wind picks up. Seeds are being blown about on the breezes, spreading life all around from one place to the next. In fact, this lunar cycle is often known as the Seed Moon. Trees have buds on them, spring daffodils and tulips abound, and the birds are nesting once more. Much like March, this is a time of conception and fertility and new growth.
This is a good time to work on magic related to new beginnings. Looking to bring new love into your life, or conceive or adopt a child? This is the time to do those workings. It's the time to stop planning, and start doing. Take all those ideas you've had brewing for the past couple of months, and make them come to fruition.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft by Denise Zimmerman and Katherine A. Gleason
The Seed Moon signals a time of fertility, growth, and wisdom. This Moon is also known as the Egg, Grass, or Wind Moon. This is the time to sow the seeds of magic. If you are planting a magical garden, you want to get our there now and put things into the Earth. This is the time to move from the planning phase into action. If you want to get pregnant, this is a great time to go for it. Fertility is in the air. This is also the time to bring that new puppy home, if that is what you have been planning. It's also a great time to empower some seeds to both help them grow and to do Earth magic.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism by Carl McColman
APRIL (Seed Moon)-- Plant, sow, set projects in motion. Dance for joy at the coming warmth and celebrate beginnings.
The Craft - A Witch's Book of Shadows by Dorothy Morrison
Name: Hare
Cakes & Ale: fruit juice or wine, sugared violet (flowers dipped in egg-white and sugar) cookies
Colors: soft greens, yellows and peaches to symbolize happiness and fertility
Altar Decor: pictures of rabbits, spring greenery and flowers, green and yellow candles
Incense: Fruit
Esbat Purpose: Celebrate growing fertility
Try Drawing the Circle With: wild flowers (a single or a bunch)
Witch's Brew: Good Spells for Peace of Mind by Witch Bree
April's Pink Spring Moon celebrates health and life force.
Witches Datebook by Edain McCoy (2002)
Like the willow that bends but doesn't break, the Willow Moon helps us do whatever we have to do. It teaches us that we are able to push ourselves to levels we once thought impossible. Once we attain things hard won, the willow offers itself as a glue to bind them to us forever.
Binding must be entered into with care. Because we are all linked on a wheel of life, the energies we put in motion will eventually make a full circle and come back to us.
Witches Datebook by Dallas Jennifer Cobb
Fertile Full Moon of April, we welcome your magical might, and for you we fill home, garden, and heart with color and light. Plant seeds in the readied soil and soul, knowing they will sprout. Vow to nourish these seeds with tender care, for what you plant now will grow through the fertile cycle and bear the fruits of harvest. Nourish your dreams that they may grow strong and healthy, creating and producing the magical life you have envisioned. Decorate sacred spaces with symbols of fertility and joy-- eggs, rabbits, seeds, and sweets-- to draw spiritual success and succulence to tender seedlings. And dance with joy, anticipating the coming warmth. Darkness wanes as light waxes bright, celebrate in Full Moon light.
Hare Moon, Seed Moon, Moon of Budding Trees,
Let fertile magic sprout within me,
Kali, Hathor, Ishtar, Bast,
This abundant, creative cycle now be cast.
Witches Datebook by Elizabeth Barrette
To the Cherokee, April is the Flower Moon. In the warm southeast, forests and meadows bloom with life and color. The Choctaw call this the Wildcat Moon. Lynxes and bobcats become more active. To the Dakota Sioux, this is Moon When Geese Return in Scattered Formation. These dramatic birds migrating north mark the return of spring.
April bursts forth with new life. In warmer regions, it's time to plant crops and watch wild plants grow. Birds are nesting. Animals often have young beside them. In colder climes, the warmth of spring is just arriving. As natural-food sources emerge, you can taper off most supplemental feeding for wildlife. Observe what animals and birds become active. Bring freshly picked flowers indoors to chase away the dullness of a cold season.
In Ritual, this is a good time to honor plant and animal spirits. Work with flower totems and animals associated with spring such as ducks, rabbits, geese, cats, and sheep. Cast a circle with flowers or do spells using the energy of flower seeds or bulbs that will help manifest your desire as the plants grow. Wish on a flock of flying geese to speed your dreams toward reality.
A safe and happy holiday to all who celebrate~!