Simple Moon Phase Chart

Simple Moon Phase Chart

It can be pretty easy to get confused about moon phases, so I'm going to give y'all a little cheat sheet here. It's what I've got in my Grimoire and hasn't failed me since I've started using it. Super beginner-friendly, easy to copy, and you can adjust it to your preference as needed.

Enjoy!

The new moon: Setting new or refreshing old intentions, new beginnings, fresh starts, and trying new things.

The waxing moon: Future planning, confidence in yourself, and being sure in your actions and life steps.

The first quarter: Self-appreciation, pausing to enjoy the moments, reflection on yourself, shadow work.

The waxing gibbous moon: Being mindful of yourself and those around you, honing your skills and talents, taking actions.

The full moon: Manifestation, shadow/inner work, divination, charging magic tools/crystals/moon water.

The waning gibbous moon: Evaluating next steps, reviewing choices and options, and assessing your options/skills.

The third quarter: Releasing worries and troubles, letting hard things go, cleansing mind, body, and soul.

The waning moon: Self-love and self-care, caring for yourself and/or others, forgiving yourself, and surrendering to your next steps.

Although it may not be perfect, this is the chart that I plan m practice around and it's yet to fail me!

As always, practice in a cleansed space and always do your own research. Good luck everyone, and blessed be!

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Practical Things I Think Witches Should Research

Cultural Appropriation

Closed paths and practices

Cult warning signs

Spiritual Discernment

Herb interactions (i.e. how they interact with your medications, if they are poisonous, if you are allergic, can you ingest them, etc.)

Fire safety (for candles, smoke cleansing, incense, etc.)

Crystal Care (learn if your crystals will dissolve in water, if they can be in the sun, if they can be in the cold, etc.)

Pet Care (make sure herbs don't have poor interactions with your pets, make sure you know what to keep away from them, etc.)

The Universe is giving a powerful message!

A Charm Of Protection

This spell is very basic, but basic rituals and spells have always done me good in my craft. This can be for yourself or given to another as a gift. The choice is yours. It also uses mirror language which I find very interesting.

Needed:

A dark stone no bigger than the palm of your hand.

A white marker (I used a white Posca Pen)

A white or yellow candle

A needle

Salt

Lighter/matches

To Conjure:

Take the stone and upon one face draw a sun, on the opposite face, a moon. Let the marker dry well.

With the needle, carve into the candle the following word: NOITCETORP

Make a ring of salt and place within it both the stone and the candle. Light the candle and say, "By powers of day and powers of night, protect the owner from harm and plight. Hear the words by which I say, let no evil come this way."

Allow the candle to burn itself out, its light will charge the stone.

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆

𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨. 𝟑

Magick flows through me

My words hold power

I embrace the power which I possess

witches, do i have a delightfully protective, delicious, and autumnal meal for you!

this is the Bay Potatoes recipe from “the forest feast” by Erin Gleeson, but i think every witch needs to try it at least once. it’s wonderful. it is also safe for baby witches.

you will need:

3 sweet potatoes, for grounding

3 small red onions, for protection

3 red potatoes, for stability

bay leaves, for luck, abundance, and good fortune

olive oil, for wisdom and peace

salt, for purification

pepper, for banishing negativity

minced garlic, for healing and strength

how to make:

-cut sweet potatoes, red potatoes, and red onions into thin slices and line up on a 9x13 pan in any order you’d like

-slip bay leaves between slices wherever it feels right

-mix olive oil, minced garlic, salt, and pepper together. drizzle mixture on top

-bake for roughly 1hr at 425°F, or however long it takes for it to crisp at the edges

while it bakes, take this time to focus on the parts of this spell you need to most. protection? healing? meditate on it. do some shadow work on it. do some additional spell work if you feel compelled to. whatever feels right. set that intention.

when the hour is up, release your intention, and enjoy.

happy cooking!