Beaver Moon, Mourning Moon & Lunar Transition: The Quiet Glow of November
Hello, dear friend!
As the leaves have fallen and the autumn air has gone crisp and still, November invites a turning inward. The nights lengthen, the world grows quiet, and the moon — soft, bright, and steady — becomes our companion and guide. This month’s lunar rhythm offers a thoughtful space for reflection, release, and preparation.
Key Moon Facts for November 2025
Full Moon — Beaver Moon (also sometimes called the Frost Moon, Frosty Moon, Digging Moon, or Dark Moon). The name comes from the time when beavers are busy building their winter lodges, and when streams begin to freeze.
This year, the November full moon is also a Supermoon — the largest and brightest full moon of 2025.
The full moon peaks on November 5, 2025, at 13:19 UTC (which means evening of Nov 4 or 5 are the best times to witness its glow).
Because the moon is at its closest approach to Earth during this full phase (its perigee), it appears up to ~14% larger and up to ~30% brighter than an “average” full moon — though the difference is subtle to the eye.
For many skywatchers and lovers of moon magic, this makes the November full moon especially potent: a bright, grounding luminescence as we settle into autumn’s deepening quiet.
The Supermoon + Beaver Moon: Power, Presence & Preparation
This month’s moon carries the quiet strength of the beaver — industriousness, preparation, and winter’s return — and the amplified power of a supermoon.
Beaver Moon symbolism invites us to ready ourselves: finish what needs closing, prepare our homes, inner worlds, and energies for winter.
Supermoon energy amplifies that — bright lunar light, more gravitational pull, stronger lunar presence. It’s a powerful time to cast intention, release old energies, and plant seeds (symbolically or spiritually) for what you want to grow in the coming darker months.
For many of us — balancing wellness, spiritual journeying, herbal alchemy, and inner transformation — this moon can support deep contemplation, grounding rituals, and meaningful closure.
Ritual Idea: On the night of the Super Beaver Moon, light a candle or choose a low-light space. Write down on paper what you wish to complete by winter: tasks, emotional cycles, relationships, intentions. Then — under the glow of moonlight or candle — commit them to earth (bury, plant, or set beneath a stone/plant) as a symbolic closure and offering.
Waning Moon: Release, Clearing & Inner Winter Preparation
After the fullness of the moon, the waning phase unfolds — a time honored in many traditions for letting go: old grief, worn habits, energies that no longer serve, mental clutter, emotional weight.
As autumn closes around us, this waning moon invites simpler rhythms.
It’s a natural time for cleansing rituals: Choose your favorite herbs, do some smudging or space clearing — maybe with sage, cedar, pine, or other grounding plants.
It’s perfect for reflection: journal on what you’re releasing, what you hope to protect over winter, what you wish to nurture in silence.
Also a lovely moment to blend herbal wisdom with lunar magic — maybe crafting a warm, grounding tea or infusion to sip under moonlight, something that supports reflection, release, and inner calm.
Herbal Moon Medicine: Tea & Ritual for November Moon Magic
Here’s a moon-lit tea ritual — simple, grounding, and fitting for the energy of the Super Beaver Moon and the coming winter:
Moonlight Hearth & Release Tea
1 part dried nettle (grounding, supportive)
1 part warming spice (like cinnamon, clove, ginger — for hearth warmth and hearth magic)
1 part rose hips or hawthorn (heart-support, gentle nourishment, emotional balm)
Optional: a small pinch of mugwort or mugwort-leaf (for dreamwork, spiritual opening) — if that feels aligned.
Sweeten with honey, or a bit of maple syrup for richness.
Steep in hot water for 10–15 minutes. As you sip, sit quietly under moonlight or near a candle. Breathe deeply. Reflect on what you intend to release, and what you wish to nurture. Speak aloud (or in your mind) blessings for closure, healing, and quiet growth over winter.
The Story Thread: Harvest’s End, Inner Turning & Winter Promise
November’s moon doesn’t blaze with autumn’s early fire, nor drip with spring’s promise — instead, it glows quietly, strongly, and full. The Super Beaver Moon lights a threshold: a bridge between harvest and hearth, between expression and introspection, between outward growth and inner cultivation.
Use this moon to honor endings, acknowledge cycles, and ready yourself for the dark half of the year. In your body work, your herbal business, your spiritual path, and your deep-witch heart: let this moon be your witness. Let it guide you.
And as always, dear friend — take care of you.
Melody
