6:45 for 7 pm start. Full Moon Fire Ceremony 🔥🌕
Our local Shaman friend Shannon O'Flaherty, who has led some lovely rituals and ceremonies for our Conscious Cafe Skipton community on the year's quarter days, regularly offers a Full Moon Ceremony in her garden in Ilkley. She is inviting you to join her. She usually holds these on the actual Full Moon day or a few day's either side.
This year the Beaver Full Moon rises on Guy Fawkes Night, a time traditionally marked by bonfires, fireworks, and the remembrance of uprising, rebellion, and ultimately—transformation through fire. Spiritually, this convergence of fire and moonlight is potent, offering a powerful dual message of release and renewal, protection and passion, building and burning.
The Beaver Moon, with its earthy, grounded energy, urges us to prepare, fortify, and find sanctuary within ourselves. Meanwhile, Guy Fawkes Night, rooted in the fiery spirit of resistance and change, symbolizes the burning down of old structures, the rejection of what no longer serves the collective, and the spark of something new.
Together, they create a sacred opportunity to ask: What parts of my life need to be burned away so I can build something stronger in its place?
This night becomes a beautiful balance of opposites:
- 🔥 Fire to release—limiting beliefs, worn-out patterns, or outdated fears
- 🌕 Moonlight to nurture—your intentions, emotional strength, and future vision
It’s a powerful moment to both let go and lay foundations, to honor what must be cleared away and to lovingly prepare your inner world for what’s coming next. Like beavers constructing a safe haven and like flames transforming wood into ash, you too are being called to restructure your inner landscape.
Shannon says: "Acknowledging the presence of the Full Moon is about ending one cycle and beginning a new one. To let go, invite in, find balance and connect with your higher knowing and connection to Source. Fire 🔥 transmutes heavy energy to light! It’s amazing how much taking things to the fire can alter your life! 🙏💜 "
Bring a small stick about the size of a pencil.
WEATHER NOTE: Although the fire ceremony dates are all on Meetup fixed in advance, as we get close to the evening, if big rain is forecast for that particular night, Shannon may advocate a date change to a dry night as all the events are outside in her garden!
Venue is Chez Shannon's in Ilkley. House number given to those who book. Please arrive at 6.45pm for a prompt 7pm start. Depending on the numbers, the ceremony will be over within 2 hours leaving time for a hot drink and review.
A donation of £5 is requested for this offering to cover hospitality and Meetup costs.
