What is the Gibbous Moon? Let's discover its influence (II)

Lunar cycle: how to know if the moon is in ascending (waxing) or descending (waning) phase?

There is a very simple method to know if the Moon is waxing or waning. Whether it is increasing or decreasing. Just look at the crescent shape of the Moon. Thus, if the shadow zone of the star forms a C, it is because we are in a waxing Moon phase. Conversely, during the waning gibbous Moon period, the star gives the impression of forming a d in the sky.

The effects of the waxing gibbous Moon position

The waxing period of the Gibbous Moon is a time of expansion. This is the moment when we begin to feel the agitation that is brewing with the arrival of the Full Moon. The moment when you feel your confidence growing and the ideas starting to flow. If it is customary to say that at the Full Moon, all our wishes come true, during the waxing gibbous Moon, some may feel the need to make some adjustments in order to arrive armed for the Full Moon. This is the energy of this phase, the overflow of life. Towards fullness. It’s quite simple, the waxing gibbous Moon gives us new impetus. It’s a perfect time to grow our investments and financial investments, our vegetable gardens or expand the family. Generally, under its influence, everyone feels a little stronger. The emotions then also become more and more intense. 

To work best with the energies of this phase, it is then advisable to take some kind of review of your projects. The opportunity to ask yourself if you are on the right track. Know which plans need to be revised. You have to keep an open mind, be ready to bounce back, to review projects, to correct your trajectory. As emotions gain momentum, you have to refocus on yourself. In a list of “don’ts”, you should detail something like: “I take care of my emotions and my anger. I try not to be too impatient. I am not afraid to welcome my Yang, masculine energy.” In short, during the period of the waxing gibbous Moon, it is better not to be too rigid!

What is a waning gibbous Moon and what are its effects?

After the Full Moon and its many twists and turns, the waning gibbous Moon presents itself as a decompression airlock. “The Moon is calming down and so are we.” It’s a time to breathe and take a little break. “We withdraw more and more into ourselves, into our inner world, into our darkness, like the beautiful Moon. Then begins a phase of introspection and integration of the first fortnight of the lunation.” It is the beginning of the period of shadow and calm of the lunation. Entry into what the author calls “the passive phase” of the lunation. The more time passes, the more the Full Moon moves away to give way to the arrival of the New Moon. There is then no point in forcing things or trying to act, or react, on impulse. The Gibbous Moon is here to remind us that it is sometimes good to sit down and think a little. “Don’t force things now, think, come back down, take a breath, because soon the last crescent will arrive, that of the balance sheet.”

It is a time when it is not recommended to initiate anything, or to throw ourselves headlong into new projects. In fact, it’s time to lay down your arms and retreat. Between letting go and the need for introspection, the waning gibbous Moon allows us to recover a little strength. We invite everyone to refocus on  needs and desires. We then slowly begin the period of questioning, “without giving in to doubt”, in order to be able to draw up a list of our desires during the New Moon which will arrive around ten days later.

What is the Gibbous Moon? Let's discover its influence (I)

In few words, Gibbous Moon is a phase of the lunar cycle that is still little known and yet allows you to refocus on yourself and your desires. For this reason we will try to explain step by step

The cycle of the Moon, which extends on average over 27 days, is fascinating. From its way of governing our emotions to its ability to give rhythm to our daily lives, and even menstrual cycles: we give it many powers. Studied since the dawn of time, the night star has multiple faces. This is why she is linked to the Triple Goddess - Selene, Hecate and Artemis. Have you ever noticed that the Moon changes shape over time? Sometimes increasing, it becomes full to illuminate the sky, then decreases little by little until it gives the impression of disappearing on New Moon evenings. If you are more interested in its influence, perhaps you know the effects of the Full Moon and those of the New Moon. Two very distinct periods. Two unmissable events. However, the lunation is not only made up of these two phases, it has eight of them, each having a particular effect. Focus on one of the phases that is still little known: the gibbous Moon.

What is the Gibbous Moon? Definition

The Gibbous Moon corresponds to an intermediate phase in the lunation. There are two types: increasing and decreasing. Each of them frames the Full Moon. It's a kind of transition. Two moments to warn us that we are reaching the halfway point of the cycle, two moments that invite us to adapt. One after another, the term gibbeuse designates that which is plump, like the belly of a pregnant woman, like a roll of pleasure which overflows from the pants, or a well-stocked cornucopia.

The waxing gibbous Moon is the phase just before the Full Moon. It occurs between the tenth and fourteenth day of the cycle. When the Moon begins to gain momentum, to shine more and more. During this period, the energies sent to us by the Moon become a little more powerful each day. It’s very simple, the more the circle that is drawn in the sky fills, the more the powers of the Moon increase tenfold. This is the moment when we are almost there, like the moon itself almost round, but not yet completely. Boldness, impatience, and therefore the adaptation skills necessary to mobilize to finally get there. If there are adjustments to be made to carry out the project, the wish, the dream, it’s now.

Conversely, the waning gibbous Moon is the phase that arrives just after the Full Moon. It therefore generally corresponds to the twentieth day of the lunation. This is when the power of the Moon begins to wane. It is the beginning of the waning phase of the Moon, the one which marks the entry into the transition to the New Moon. After the intensity of the Full Moon, a moment when energies are increased tenfold, the gibbous Moon allows us to regain our senses.

(to be continued)