Celebrating your First Moon

Posted on | March 27, 2009 |

Celebrating your First Moon (an exerpt from Thirteen Moons and Menarche ‘a journey into womanhood’ - both avaliable here )

The word ‘celebrate’ comes from an ancient Greek word ‘melpo’ which means to sing, dance and praise!

There are many ways to celebrate your first blood- here are a few suggestions-

• Have a RED PARTY! Invite your friends and all dress in red, decorate your home with red flowers, red cloths and eat red foods!
• Have a ‘pamper party’ with your girlfriends, give each other facials, paint your toe nails, braid one another’s hair- create a special girlie space to share your stories and perhaps read some of the ones in this book. Light a candle and share chocolate!
• Create a ceremony - ask your mum and friends to help.
• Talk to your mum about the steps to becoming a woman- is there something you’d like to help you to feel more grown up- to get your ears pierced, have your hair henna’d, or maybe redecorate your room? Chat some ideas over with your mum.
• Make yourself a moon necklace or moon belt that you only wear when you bleed.
• Create a special corner in your room for when you bleed- decorate it with pictures, crystals, stones, shells, goddess statues, candles, incense…
• Ask your mum to buy you some red bedding- soft red sheets to curl up in at your moon time!
• Write a letter to yourself- from your ‘young woman’ self to your ‘child girl’ self, honour her for being courageous to be taking these steps in to womanhood with you! Keep this letter safe and read it now and again.
• Start a women’s circle- gather your girlfriends together once a month- on the full moon or dark moon and have a pamper party, or watch a dvd, listen to music or together create items for your altars or make moon jewelry!

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4 Responses to “Celebrating your First Moon”

  1. Kelly Brown
    June 13th, 2009 @ 12:22 am

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  3. Anna
    September 30th, 2009 @ 1:48 am

    thanks for the advice.. wise words for any girl. Definitely something to be celebrated!!

  4. Becca
    March 4th, 2010 @ 2:59 am

    What fantastic ideas. I remember my first one - my parents took me out to dinner, but nobody actually mentioned why were were there. LOL I guess Dad was too embarassed still!

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