𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 π‘Ήπ’Šπ’•π’†-π‘Ήπ’†π’ƒπ’Šπ’“π’•π’‰

A witch’s rite to release the old skin and rise sharper beneath the full moon.

Tools

  • A silver, white, or black candle
  • A bowl of water
  • Salt, herbs, or flower petals (optional)
  • A mirror
  • A piece of paper + pen
  • Something personal to you (jewelry, ring, crystal, etc.)
  • Your breath, your reflection, your truth

If you don’t have tools: visualize every step instead. The spell will still hold.

Step 1: Open the Moon

Light your candle.

Place the bowl of water where it can catch moonlight if possible.

Whisper:

β€œBone Moon above me,
old Mother bright,
pull from my spirit
what no longer survives the light.”

Look into the water for honesty.

Breathe once into the bowl.

β€œWhat is hidden rises.
What is false falls away.”

Let the moon witness you.

Step 2: Name the Skin You’ve Outgrown

On your paper, write:

  • identities
  • wounds
  • fears
  • attachments
  • versions of yourself
  • or griefs you are ready to loosen from your body

Hold the paper to your chest.

Say:

β€œI honor what carried me.
But I do not worship old survival.”

Then:

β€œWhat once protected me
may now release me.”

Feel the truth of that.

Step 3: Mirror of Becoming

Take the mirror.

Look directly into your own eyes.

Not the performance.
Not the mask.
You.

Say slowly:

β€œMoon of bone,
show me the self
beneath the ache.”

Pause.

Then:

β€œI release the woman
who had to shrink, beg, chase, bleed, or break
to be loved.”

Feel her stepping away from you.

Not abandoned.
Completed.

Step 4: The Water Release

Rip, fold, or place the paper into the bowl of water.

Watch the ink blur or the paper soften.

Whisper:

β€œLet it dissolve.
Let it drift.
Let the tide take
what I no longer carry.”

Imagine every old version of you returning to the earth like ash after fire.

No punishment.
No shame.
Only transformation.

Step 5: Call Back Your Power

Hold your personal object in your hands.

Raise it slightly toward the moon or sky.

Say:

β€œI call my energy home.
From every wound.
Every memory.
Every person.
Every place
I abandoned myself to survive.”

Then:

β€œReturn cleansed.
Return sharpened.
Return mine.”

Feel yourself becoming heavier in your own body,
more present, more whole.

Step 6: Seal the Rite

Place your hand over your heart.

Say:

β€œUnder this full moon,
I do not ask to become.
I remember what I already am.”

Then:

β€œWitness me rising.
Witness me shedding.
Witness me returned to myself.”

Blow out the candle gently to release it into motion.

Final Blessing

Touch the water lightly with your fingertips.

Anoint your forehead, heart, or wrists.

Whisper:

β€œMay the moon strip illusion gently.
May my spirit survive truth beautifully.”

And for a moment…

just stand there
as the version of you
that no longer apologizes for existing.

With Teeth and Tenderness,
Mother of Mourning
The 32nd Gate