To help harness the energy of the supermoon, or any full moon, to help your wishes come true, here’s a fun little project you can do by yourself or with your witchy friends. This also makes a nice activity for esbats that doesn’t require a lot of setup.
Materials:
- Small Jar with tight-fitting lid
- White or Black candle
- Incense of your choice
- Herbs and Items representing your wish
Find a clear space to work. Make sure it’s free of fire hazards. If possible, try to work near a window through which you can see the moon. (If you don’t have one, that’s all right too, since you’ll be setting the jar out for the moonlight when finished.) Light your candle and choice of incense and get to work.
Select herbs and trinkets which fit inside the jar to represent your wish. For example, if your wish is for money or prosperity, you might include coins or metallic glitter or small craft gems. If your wish is for health, you might include vitamin pills or a charm representing medicine.
Check your books for herbs or crystals that correspond to your wish as well, to give the jar plenty of oomph. The contents of the jar can be whatever you want. Use the materials that resonate best with you.
Some basic herbs for wishmaking include:
- Bamboo
- Bay Leaf
- Beech
- Black Walnut
- Blue Violet
- Buckthorn
- Chicory Root
- Dandelion Seeds
- Dogwood Petals
- Lotus Root
- Nutmeg
- Peppermint
- Pomegranate
- Sage Leaf (any color)
- Sandalwood
- Spearmint
- Straw
- Sunflower
- Tonka Bean
- Walnut
- Willow Bark or Leaves
Once your jar is complete, drip three drops of wax from the candle into the jar and circle the mouth of the jar three times with the incense. Then seal the jar and place the jar somewhere that it will be touched by the light of the full moon and leave it overnight.
The jar should work for about a month, or slightly longer if you’re working with a supermoon. When the next full moon rolls around, you can recharge the jar by leaving it out overnight again, or make a new jar with a new wish.
Happy Witching!
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CREDIT-A total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon, seen in Virginia in December 2010. Credit Karen Bleier/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
