Send your petition early
Bookings open twelve moons ahead. Earlier is better, not because dates run out — every petition is heard — but because the working traditionally begins at the new moon before your date, and a longer run of nights is a gentler run of nights.
If your date is next week, send it anyway. Short-notice rites are still kept.
What to include
Four things: your name, the date, the place, and the wish. The place matters most — a valley, a coast and a hilltop each behave differently, and the rite is shaped to the ground.
Be specific about the wish. 'Dry from three until seven' is easier to hold in mind than 'good weather'. If golden hour is what you care about, say so.
Choosing a rite
The Small Clearing asks for a four-hour window of dry sky, which suits garden parties and vow renewals. The Wedding Sky is the one most couples choose: golden hour coaxed open, wind asked to hush, clouds invited to trouble a neighbouring valley instead.
The Long Season covers a month, which is the right shape for festivals, harvests and shoots rather than a single ceremony.
What it costs
Nothing. Every working is free — no card, no price, no invoice. There is a tip jar for afterwards if you feel glad of it, and giving nothing changes nothing about the rite.
Still book the marquee
This should go without saying, and we will say it anyway. A rite is ceremony, offered for entertainment. It is not a forecast and nothing is guaranteed. Keep your wet-weather plan, and let the working be the thing that calms you while you make it.