When the moon is new, you can barely see it in the sky. Sometimes you can see a slight ring around the moon, but it is a dark moon.
The timing to perform
New Moon Magick is from the day of the New Moon to 3 1/2 days after.
Intent for spells include: beauty, health, and self-improvement, farms and gardens, job hunting, love and romance and networking. (Some people believe it is a time for just mediation because the power of the New Moon is unstable) So before you jump into, try a few spells and see how well the energies work for you!
Crescent Moon Magick is best performed 3 1/2 days after the new moon to the 7th day after the New Moon.
During this phase the best spells include: Animal, Business, Change, Emotions and Matriarchal Strength.
The Waxing Moon phase is the time when the moon is going from New, to Full.
One way I was told once is when you look in the sky and you see the points of the moon pointing to the left it is the Waxing Moon. This phase occurs 7 to 10 days after the new moon.
Some intents for spell work include: courage, elemental magick, friends, luck, and motivation.
Gibbous Moon Phase occurs 10 to 13 days after the New Moon.
This is a great phase for doing magick for patience.
14 days after the New Moon, it becomes Full. The Full Moon is said to have fabulous energy to do many types of spells.
Some intents included are: artistic endeavors, beauty, health, and fitness, change and decisions, children, competition, dreams, families, health and healing, knowledge, legal undertakings, love and romance, money, motivation, protection, psychism, and self-improvement
3 to 7 days after the full moon is the Disseminating Moon.
The best intent for spells during this time includes; addictions, decisions, divorce, emotions, stress, and.
Waning Moon Magick is best performed 7 -10 days after the Full Moon. This is when the Moon is goin from Full to New, or black.
The Moon is in its Waning phase when the points of the Moon point to the right.
During this time spells should be for: divorce, health and healing (banishing disease), stress, and protection.
Dark Moon Magick is performed 11-14 days after the Full Moon.
This is a good time to do spells for addictions, change, divorce, enemies,justice, obstacles, quarrels, removal, separation, stopping stalkers and theft.