The Moon Messenger is the Earthly vessel that is burned in order to relay the Waning and Waxing wishes to the Moon Goddess.
How do these wishes work?
The wishes will correspond to the upcoming Waning and Waxing Moon phases. The Waning wish is used to manifest things that you would like to see less of, for example money worries or conflicts. The Waxing wish is used to invoke thing that we would want to see more of, such as business success or good weather.
Individuals write their own Waning and Waxing wishes on separate pieces of paper. These are placed into 2 separate toilet roll tubes (this is what we have an abundance of, you can use anything for this) to distinguish the Waxing and Waning wishes. The wishes are then placed inside the frame of our Moon Messenger to be burned.
What is the Moon Messenger and how is it made?
The messenger itself is a reflection of the Earth realm. Burning the figure with the messages inside allows our wishes to reach the Moon Goddess as its physical form has been transformed by the fire's energy. The deliberate building of the Messenger figure and the intention put into the wishes is a powerful metaphysical catalyst. People will find that the wishes can be very strong and effective.
The messenger itself is loosely based around the human form, but will sometimes be given animal features when it's called for, for example with the Sturgeon Moon or the Stag Moon. Gender isn't so important when it comes to this, although our group tends to lean towards more feminine designs for the features.
It would comprise of a face and some hair (we typically make this with paper), an outfit and some hands. Occasionally there will be props added to the hands, and sometimes jewellery or other accessories are added. The insides are stuffed with paper and occasionally an accelerant will be added. We reuse the frame each time, we will add a stick for "arms" which is replaced each time.
