The Full Worm Blood Moon Eclipse – Cord Cutting Ritual

The Full Worm Blood Moon rises in the deep hours of March 3rd, 2026, reaching its peak at 4:39 AM Mountain Time as the Earth moves fully between Sun and Moon during a total lunar eclipse that stretches from 1:44 AM until 7:23 AM MT. In that sacred alignment, the moon’s silver face will darken, turning a lovely shade of copper-red — shadow crossing light, light enduring within shadow. This blood moon is the first full moon of the stirring season, when frozen ground begins to soften and unseen life presses upward from beneath the crust of winter. March’s full moon is also known as the Crow Moon, Sap Moon, Seed Moon, Wind Moon, Sugar Moon, and Death Moon, it carries names shaped by thaw, hunger, endurance, and return.

A blood moon is a working moon. It is a threshold moon. It does not whisper like snowfall nor blaze like midsummer. It pulls the hidden thread into view. It reveals what drains, what lingers, what binds. When the Moon is shadowed in a deep red, we are invited to act — not in symbolism, but in decision. To cut cleanly. To call our strength back. To remember who we were before we allowed ourselves to be diminished.

Under this Blood Moon, we sever what has held too long, and we reclaim the power scattered across seasons past.

<This ritual is best performed outdoors beneath the night sky if possible. If indoors, open a window slightly so the air may move freely. Any text between these symbols <> should be treated as instruction and not spoken aloud. This ritual is not bound by quarter candles and anyone participating should be instructed that the circle is an unseen boundary.>

Preparing for the Full Worm Blood Moon Ritual

Two large candles (one dark, one white)
A length of cord or thick string that can go around the circle as a single piece
A sharpened sacred blade 
A large bowl of salt
A scared stone for focus (enough for each person to have and keep)

Opening the Ritual

<Ritual leader lights both candles and stands facing the Moon, raising both hands slightly outward>

From earth to sky, and sky beyond, we stand beneath this shadowed Moon, a glow of copper light and the energy of an ancient rhythm. As Earth casts her darkness across the lunar face, we call upon the old currents of severing and return. Let this circle be bound by stone and wind, by flame and tide, by the memory of those who walked before us and the strength of the land beneath our feet.

Calling the Quarters

East
We turn first to the East, where the night wind moves across plains and desert, where breath becomes visible in the chill air, where the raven rides the unseen current. Here we honor clarity — not the kind that comforts, but the kind that reveals. In the East, we call upon sharp sight and steady mind. Let the winds sweep falsehood from this circle and leave only truth standing.

South
Now we face the South, where ember glows beneath ash and heat lives in marrow and blood. Here we honor will — the fire that does not flicker when challenged, the flame that refuses surrender. In the South, we call upon courage to act without hesitation, to cut without trembling, to stand in our own authority without apology. Let the flame strengthen this working.

West
We turn to the West, where rivers carve stone and oceans pull without asking permission. Here we honor endings and the ancient art of letting go. In the West, we call upon the deep current that carries what is finished far from these shores. Let the waters witness what is severed and keep it from returning.

North
Finally, we turn to the North, keeper of stone, branch, soil, and root. Here we honor endurance, memory, and ancestral knowing. In the North, we call upon grounding — the strength to remain steady after the cut is made, and uncertainty tries to invade your space. Let the land anchor this circle so nothing weak may cross its boundary.

Our circle stands firm. Our intention is clear.

The Blood Moon Cord Cutting

Cord cutting is not about severing people in anger or erasing their memory. It is about reclaiming sovereignty over one’s own energy. Throughout many folk and ceremonial traditions, cords symbolize unseen ties to your spirit. These can come from many places, attachments formed through love, conflict, obligation, trauma, habit, or shared history. When those ties become draining, imbalanced, or stagnant, they act like open channels through which attention, emotion, and energy is pulled away from you without being freely given. The act of cutting a cord is a conscious decision to close that channel. It acknowledges that something once served a purpose but no longer serves you, much the same as spiritual baggage. It is taking a stand and establishing a boundary, a way of saying that connection does not require entanglement, and memory does not require continued exchange. Cord cutting is not destruction; it is restoration. It returns scattered strength to the self and creates clean spaces where new, healthier currents can form.

<Ritual leader holds the cord stretched between both hands for all to see>

This cord represents what binds and drains — a connection, a pattern, an attachment, a version of yourself that has outlived its purpose. There is no need to name it aloud. Your body already knows of it.

Wrap the cord once loosely around your wrists and across your hands, so that you feel its presence without strain.

Remember that the Blood Moon does not negotiate. It reveals.

<once the cord has come back to the leader>

“Under the copper shadow of the Blood Moon, we acknowledge what has taken more than it has given. We acknowledge that our energy has been siphoned without permission, and we have allowed it out of habit, fear, or misplaced loyalty.

With this sacred blade, we choose to cut the cords that no longer serve us.”

<the leader should carefully walk the circle and cut the master cord, leaving each person holding a section that was wrapped around their wrists and hands, then lead by example by folding the cord into one hand and cutting it in one clean motion>

“As Earth releases shadow from the Moon, so too do I release what no longer belongs in my life!”

<pass the knife to the next person and so on, having them repeat the statement above after making their own cut>

“What is cut stays cut, there is no need to look back, no need to second-guess.”

<Ritual leader lifts the bowl of salt for all to see and then drops their cut pieces into it>

“Let what is cut remain contained and neutralized in the salt.”

<pass the bowl for all to deposit their pieces in>

Power Reclamation — Calling the Self Home

Power reclamation is the spiritual act of calling your energy back from places where it has been scattered, diminished, or unconsciously given away. Over time, we invest parts of ourselves into relationships, expectations, regrets, fears, and unfinished stories. Reclaiming power is not about domination or control — it is about wholeness. It is the conscious gathering of your will, voice, and vitality back into your own center. Spiritually, it restores alignment between body, mind, and spirit, reminding you that your strength was never lost — only dispersed.

Stand with both feet firmly planted. Spine straight. Shoulders open. Eyes closed. Arms out.

Feel the subtle threads of your energy that stretch outward — into past conversations, into unresolved tension, into places where you dimmed your voice or surrendered your edge.

Now together we will call them home.

<this is a chant – repeat it over and over again>

Return to me.
To flesh and bone.
Return to blood.
Coming home.

<Repeat until the air changes — until warmth builds in the spine or hands tingle or breath deepens without effort.>

Place both hands over your heart.

My power is not granted.
My power is not borrowed.
My power is not to be taken
It lives forever within me!

Spiritual Cleansing and Release

We do not carry severed cords into the next season. We do not leave our strength scattered across old terrain.

Take a pinch of salt and press it between your palms. Brush your hands downward toward the ground, releasing any residue.

<pass out the stones>

Feel the circle steady around you and trust in your actions. Focus your energy into the stone you hold in your hand and instill it with memory of this moment, so you shall not forget the cutting and the energy behind why you chose to release.

We stand beneath a shadowed Moon — not diminished but revealed. What is ended stays ended. What is reclaimed remains within us.

Repeat after me:

I cut cleanly.
I stand fully.
I walk forward unbound.

Closing the Circle

North
We turn once more to the North, to mountain spine and forest root, to the long memory of stone that has watched countless moons darken and brighten again. Keeper of endurance, hold steady what we have claimed tonight. Let our steps be grounded. Let our boundaries be firm as granite and deep as bedrock. May we walk forward supported by the ancient patience of the land itself.

West
We return to the West, to river and tide, to the great waters that carry endings toward vast horizons. What has been cut is carried away now, dissolved into the deep where it cannot reform. In your current, may there be cleansing without regret, movement without resistance, and peace in knowing that release is a sacred act.

South
We return to the South, to flame that survives wind and rain, to heat that lives in marrow and blood. Kindle within us a steady fire — not reckless, not consuming, but sovereign. Let courage remain in our chest long after the candles are dark. Let our will burn clean and bright, guided by wisdom rather than impulse.

East
We return to the East, where dawn gathers beyond the rim of night. Breath of renewal, carry this working into the days ahead. Let clarity rise with the morning light. Let our words be true, our actions deliberate, our path unobstructed.

<Ritual leader extinguishes the dark candle, then the white>

The shadow will pass. The Moon will return to silver. Yet what has been done beneath her copper light remains woven into bone and spirit. We have cut cleanly. We have called ourselves home. We have stood inside the oldest current of ending and chosen to step forward unbound.

Closing Reflection

The Blood Moon teaches that power is not found — it is remembered. It lives in the spine that straightens after doubt. It lives in the voice that no longer trembles. It lives in the quiet certainty that you are not required to carry what diminishes you.

As the earth softens and the first stirrings rise beneath thawing soil, may you feel that same movement within yourself. May your steps be deliberate, your spirit clear, your energy wholly your own. May what was reclaimed tonight root deeply and grow strong, nourished by intention and guarded by wisdom.

Walk forward knowing this: you stood in shadow and did not shrink. You held the blade and chose freedom. You called your strength back and it answered.

The Moon will wane. The season will turn.
But the power you claimed remains.