#wortmoon

The Wort Moon is named as such because the Anglo-Saxon word "Wort" means "Herb." That being the case, Her rise in the sky signals the time that herbs have reached their full potential. They stand tall and lush, flowering and fruitful - the product of spring winds and rains and summer Sun. Their aroma fills the air. It lingers and beckons in the summer heat - begging us to choose - begging for inclusion in our magical work.

This Moon also heralds the beginning of our personal spiritual harvests. And because of this, magical efforts seem to come to fruition more easily. Personal psychism abounds, divinatory reading become clear, and dreams are laden with prophesy and vision. For this reason, it's important to give the Spirit World its due, and offer yourself as harvest for its work. In doing this, you'll discover wondrous things about your inner being that you never knew were so. Things that can only make your personal magic more powerful.

Wort Moon Ideas

Wear shades of orange and green to honor the herb harvest, and adorn your hair with wreaths of herbs or greenery

Use orange candles and burn Full Moon Incense. Alternatively, burn a mixture of sage, lavender, and rosemary as incense

Decorate the altar with bunches of vervain or fresh herbs, tied with ribbons

Asperge the Circle with a bouquet of herbs or plants and your favorite herbal tea

Serve herbal cookies. Just add a tablespoon of lavender or lemon balm to your favorite sugar cookie recipe, and serve herbal tea for libation

Charge herbs and plants in Circle for general magical use. But rather than a specific purpose chant, use the following: "Plants of wonder - plants of power / Increase in potency by minute and hour / I conjure you now. I charge you with strength / I give you life of infinite length / And boundless magical energy / As I will, plants, charged you be"

Offer yourself for spiritual harvest by strewing herbs through the yard for the fairies. As you strew, chant something like: "All members of the Sprite and Fey / I offer myself to You this day / For spiritual harvest and Your work here below / So that I may flower and blossom and grow / And learn of myself and that up ahead / While working or playing or dreaming in bed / And in return, there is nothing I ask / But that within Your magic my Spirit can bask"

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