lunar magick – Melusina The Green Witch

Worm Moon and Home Protection Ritual

The third Full Moon of 2021 is due to arrive this weekend, just before March ends, with it being at it’s fullest on Monday 29th March.

This Full Moon is traditionally known as the Worm Moon (as this is the time of year the ground thaws and the worms can be seen appearing above the surface), although it can be known by different names in different parts of the world. You may also know this Moon as the Sugar Moon, the Paschal Moon or, if you had a Catholic upbringing (like me), the Lenten Moon, because it appears during Lent.

The astrological sign the Worm Moon will be in is Libra. This is the perfect time to undertake spells and rituals relating to heightening romantic desire, rationally discuss feelings, stay impartial and objective, make a promise (to yourself or others) and work to put harmonious energy in your home.

I will be undertaking a Home Protection Ritual, in conjunction with a good old fashioned Spring Clean, which uses the four elements of air, fire, water and earth.

If you wanted to do one too, here are the items you will need:

• Incense and holder – Any scent of incense you desire, but something suitable for protecting and cleansing your home, such as Cedar Sage (prosperity, protection, harmony) or Sweet Grass (home blessings, healing, positivity);
• Sea salt – for purification, cleansing and dispelling negativity;
• Full Moon Water – for deep energetic cleansing;
• Bowl – to make salt water mixture; and
• Fan (or a feather, or your hand, if you don’t have a fan).

My awesome mermaid fan my husband bought me at Disney World

METHOD

Light the incense, which represents the elements of air and fire.

Put the full moon water in bowl and add a pinch of the salt to represent water and earth elements.

Use the fan to gently disperse incense smoke around your home.

Sprinkle the salt water on walls, floors and ceiling.

Draw a pentacle in salt water over every door, window and any other opening to the outside.

I will say this blessing as I travel through our house.

Bless this house,
May peace dwell within.
Protect all that enter,
Whether friend or kin.
Bless every door, window, ceiling and wall, Bless each room, closet, attic, bless it all.
Bless this house with love and light,
Hold us safe here, day and night.
As above and so below,
So mote it be.

Sources:
The Little Book of Moon Magic – Sarah Bartlett

Full Moon in Virgo Career Spell

Back on February 27th 2021 the full moon was in Virgo. At that time this reminded us that we must learn to organise our lives, accept that not everyone is perfect and to compromise.

Suitable activities that could have been undertaken during that full moon included:

• Editing, completing or finalising a project;
• Organising your kitchen, workplace, home or bedroom;
• Cleaning up the loose ends of a relationship matter;
• Making a plan for long term success; or
• Delivering an important message.

With regards to long term career success, I have big plans for my job this year. I have submitted my application to become a Chartered Environmentalist and am awaiting an interview. If successful, my work will hopefully promote me to Associate Director. I also did the same ritual for my husband at the same time, to help with his long term career goals.

Therefore, I decided to do a ritual on the might of that full moon, to ask the Universe to assist me with obtaining my career goals.

Here are the items I used (I needed two of everything, apart from the pen, as the spell was for two people).

• Two pieces of green paper;

• A gold pen;

• Six fresh mint leaves;

• Two teaspoons of dried sage;

• Two gold candles;

• Jasmine incense – for success, luck in general and good fortune. Jasmine also opens up the natural force of attraction and consequently helps us attract prosperity and success, in addition to helping live a life of beauty, through which our life circumstances naturally follow suit;

• Citrine – This crystal is commonly referred to as the abundance stone and it has powerful properties that attract career benefits, financial success and prosperity. Citrine is also useful for encouraging new opportunities and possibilities for the improvement of your career. The stone also helps promote joy and inner peace, blocking out negative energy and keeps you confident and positive. Citrine can also provide an extra boost of confidence to take with you on promotional reviews or job interviews. It also keeps you emotionally balanced in order to overcome any work challenges, whilst bringing good luck to any task or project you’re working on;

• Sodalite – This crystal enables you to harness your self-esteem, in order for you to take your career to the next level and also helps you to follow your instincts and have self-confidence. It is also known for its capability to inspire the confidence to make your dreams come true. It is also associated with the throat chakra, so provides great benefits for giving important presentations or speaking in public; and

• Selenite – This is one of the best crystals for career success, as it can penetrate any stagnant, stale or negative energy and completely remove it. Selenite can also help with connecting with your intuitions, to listen to your inner voice and push you to follow its guidance towards career success. Also, the crystal works wonders if you are sensitive, providing you with balance for your professional life and workspace.

Here are the steps for the spell. I will be doing this process twice, once for each of us.

• Light the jasmine incense.

• Draw a large pentacle in the centre of the green piece of paper with the gold pen. In the centre of the pentacle write the word JOB, making sure the star is pointing upwards not downwards.

• Around the word JOB, write the specific job each of us is pursuing.

• Tear up the three mint leaves and put these, along with the dried sage, onto the pentacle (keeping the herbs within the outer circle).

• Draw (or carve, if you’re using a pillar candle) with a Sharpie the bindrune ‘Provide energy for success’ onto the side of the candle. I actually couldn’t find gold candles, so I used yellow jasmine scented ones and scattered some gold heart shaped glitter on the top of the wax.

• Place the candle on top of the herbs and light it.

• Place the citrine, sodalite and selenite on the paper around the candle.

• Chant the following words three times (for each spell). I will do mine and my husband will do his:

Universe wide, hear my plea,
Send me the job, that’s just for me,
Grant me the job, that I will love,
I send this message, to you above.

• Allow the candle to burn down completely, then carefully take the paper with the herbs on it to the nearest window, open the window and blow the contents from the paper into the air.

• Then we just patiently wait to hear that we’ve been successful.

New Moon in Pisces Goals and Dreams Spell

The New Moon occurs when the sun, earth and moon come into alignment (align at approximately the same degree astrologically). The moon is positioned between the earth and sun and, therefore, the entire illuminated portion of the moon is on the back side of the moon, the half that we can’t see.

The New Moon tomorrow (Sunday 14th March 2021) is in Pisces.

When this happens it’s time to vanquish all self-doubt and reflect upon and put into action your dreams, desires and long term goals.

This is a ‘Get it Done’ spell, to help finalise and push forwards with your dreams, desires and wishes.

For this spell, you will need the following:

• A red candle (any candle will do, votive, tealight, birthday candle….whatever you have to hand);
• A green pen to signify growth, prosperity and personal goals; and
• A piece of paper.

On the evening of the New Moon, light the red candle on your Altar or Sacred Space and write on the paper with the green pen the following spell:

‘With this pen I do inscribe,
Desires and wishes as described,
Bring me, Luna, all that I think,
And secure my future with this ink’.

Then write your desire/wish below the spell, again with the green pen.

Once you’ve written everything, place the candle on top of the paper and focus on your intended goals for a few minutes.

Let the candle burn down and leave everything in place until the next morning, to let the energy from the New Moon in Pisces charge your spell and bring the desired results. Then, take the piece of paper and bury it somewhere on your property.

Void-of-Course Moon

The moon spends a little over two days at a time in each of the 12 zodiac signs, as it travels through the zodiac wheel. It completes its rotation through all 12 signs in about 28 days, which is a full moon cycle.

As the moon moves through the zodiac, it frequently forms planetary aspects with the other major planets.

A void-of-course moon (or void moon) is the period of time before the moon moves into a new sign. During this time, it doesn’t form any significant alignment with any of the other planets.

Not everyone believes or follows this, but it is said that spell work shouldn’t be done during this time, as the moon’s energy and influence are greatly reduced, or corrupted, and it is not a good idea to work any magick or start anything new or important, as it could not work at all, or go disastrously wrong!!

Sometimes the void moon only last a few hours, but can sometimes be a couple of days.

You can easily find the calendars online, which have date, start time and end time.

For example, where I am today (Saturday 13th March 2021), the void moon starts at 16:37 and ends at 23:43 the same day (lasting 7 hours and 6 minutes).

The next void moon won’t be until Tuesday 16th March and will start at 03:40, ending at 10:56 (lasting 7 hours and 16 minutes).

March 2021: Waning Moon Phase

We all know that Witches love the moon and harnessing the power of each moon phase can amplify your workings and make for some amazing results!

Even if you don’t identify as a Witch, most humans feel a great connection to our Earth’s natural satellite.

Considering the moon controls the tides, and up to 60 percent of the adult human body is water, it makes sense that the various stages of the moon affect us in some way. Just ask a Police Officer what their shift is like on a full moon!

Some people mistakenly think that you need to wait for a Full Moon to harness the moon’s energy. The good news is, that all the moon’s phases can be used to give your work that little something extra. But remember, as a Witch, it is you that is the one in charge. Your focus and intent are the catalyst for everything you do, but it never hurts to equip yourself with magickal lunar knowledge and learn how to harness the energy of each moon phase.

To find out what each phase of the moon is at any one time, you can use a variety of lunar websites or moon tracking apps. I use the app ‘Moon’.

As you can see from the screenshot above. the moon is currently in it’s Waning Phase.

The Waning Moon is the time period where the moon is getting darker again, moving from a Full Moon back to a New Moon.

This Waning Moon phase is great for banishing work or for cutting cords with a past lover, toxic friendships or unfulfilling jobs.

However, you don’t always need to banish a person from your life entirely, as some of the most effective banishing work you can do are spells to rid yourself of feelings for someone you know is bad for you, any insecurities you may have or self-doubt about yourself or your abilities.

You can use the Waning Moon phase to make a list of all your fears and insecurities and dispose of it, either by burying it (I would only do this if you wrote insecurities down on something biodegradable, such as a bay leaf, so as not to contribute to littering), burning it (but please be careful and practice proper fire safety precautions) or even flushing it down the toilet (again, please only use material that can safely be flushed)!!

As we move towards the New Moon, through the Waning Moon Phases, it is a great time to start working on a New You!!

Wolf Moon Crystal Grid

For the Wolf (or Howling) Moon (on 28th January), I created a crystal grid in our sitting room, which I left until the Snow Moon on the 27th of February. I wanted to leave it intact for a long as possible, in order to manifest my intent, which is written down and folded up, underneath the clear quartz crystal point.

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For the Wolf Moon, it was time to set intentions, adapt, release commitments that no longer suit our souls and nourish our hearts with new energies.

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The crystals I used within the grid, and their specific correspondences, are as follows:

• Amethyst tumble stones – Amethyst is a natural tranquiliser, can relieve stress, sooth irritability, balance moods, dispel fear and anxiety, alleviate sadness and dissolve negativity.

• Adventurine tumble stones – Aventurine is a stone of prosperity, which can also promote compassion and empathy, encourage perseverance, stabilise your state of mind and aids in seeing alternatives and new possibilities. It can also help to calm anger and irritation, promoting a more harmonious life.

• Carnelian tumble stones – Carnelian is a stabilising stone, which can restore vitality and motivation, promote positive life choices, dispel apathy and also aids with success. In addition, it can also sharpen concentration, dispel mental lethargy, protect against resentment, calm anger and banishes emotional negativity, replacing it with a love of life.

• Blue calcite carved heart – Blue calcite invokes a calm and serene energy, assists to lessen anxiety and relaxes nerves. It also encourages peaceful communication.

• Selenite carved heart – Selenite assists with clarity of the mind and expanding awareness of yourself and your surroundings. It is also a calming stone that instils peace, is excellent for meditation and assists with judgement and insight. It can also help to clear confusion and aids in seeing the deeper picture.

• Clear quartz tumble stones – Clear Quartz is known as the “master healer” and I’ve used it in this grid to amplify the energy and effect of all of other crystals, by absorbing, storing, releasing and regulating their energy. I’ve also used it to draw off any negative energy and to balance and cleanse the energy of the grid.

• Clear quartz point – The clear quartz point at the centre of the crystal grid configuration provides a focus for all of the other crystals energy and directs the energy upwards into the Universe.

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I cleansed each crystal with frankincense incense, for raising vibrations, calming, grounding and peacefulness, then gently blew the smoke over the whole grid, once complete.

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To activate the grid, I set my intention to link the energy of all of the crystals within the grid, so that they work cohesively towards my intention. I moved from the outside, towards the centre, to “draw” a visualised line of energy from crystal to crystal, moving clockwise. I continued in this fashion until I connected all of the crystals and until I reached the center of the grid.