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Timing of Spells and Rituals
Times of Day
Sunrise
Time for rituals purification, business, success, study, employment, breaking addictions, travel releasing guilt and jealousy, healing disease, the conscious mind.
Noon
Time for sunrise rituals as well as those involving magical and physical energy and strength, protection, money and courage.
Sunset
Rituals involving breaking addictions, weight loss, banishing misery and pain, transforming anguish and negative habits.
Night
Time for beauty, dreams, psychic dreams, psychic awareness, spirituality, sleep, sex, purification, love, friendships, peace, releasing stress, healing wounds.
Days of the Week
Sunday
Color: Yellow
Element: Fire
Number: 6
Rituals: Growth, healing, advancement, enlightenment, rational thought, friendship; money, health.
Monday
Color: Silver
Element: Water
Number: 9
Rituals: Psychic sensitivity, women's mysteries, inspiration, tides, water, emotional issues, change
Tuesday
Color: Red
Element: Fire
Number: 5
Rituals: Action, vitality, assertiveness, courage, battle, protecting property.
Wednesday
Color: Yellow
Element: Air
Number: 8
Rituals: Communication, travel, business, career. money matters
Thursday
Color: Blue
Element: Water
Number: 4
Rituals: Leadership, public activity, success, money, legal matters
Friday
Color: Green
Element: Earth
Number: 7
Rituals: Love, sex, beauty, art
Saturday
Color: Black
Element: Earth
Number: 3
Rituals: Knowledge, authority, limitations, boundaries, time, death
Seasons
Spring
Healing, purification, psychic awareness, paying bills, fertility, planting, ecological rituals, air magick.
Summer
Love, marriage, friendship, beauty, protection, courage, magickal energy, physical energy, strength, fire magick.
Autumn
Money, employment, new possessions, water magick.
Winter
Banishment of disease/habits/addictions, seeking past lives, introspection, meditation, reading, magical exercises to renew, earth magick.
Moon Phases
New Moon (Dark Moon)
Timing: Spans from the day of the New Moon to three days afterwards.
Energy Level: Minimum
Influences: Health, gardening, job hunting,love and romance.
Crescent Moon
Timing: Spans three days after the New Moon to the 7th day after.
Energy Level: Starting to grow.
Influences: Health, gardening, job hunting,love and romance.
Waxing Moon (growing moon)
Timing: Spans the 7th day after the New Moon to the 10th day after the New Moon.
Energy Level: Growing stronger
Influences: Beginnings, increase, growth, motivation, luck, health, healing, purification, psychic awareness, beauty, fertility, and positive magick.
Gibbous Moon
Timing: Spans from the 10th day after the New Moon to the 13th day after.
Energy Level: Growing towards peak.
Influences: Patience
Full Moon
Timing: Fourteen days after the New Moon
Energy Level: Maximum
Influences: All positive magick, increase, growth, protection, love, healing, purification, psychic awareness, money, travel, obtaining.
Diminishing Moon
Timing: Spans from the 3rd day after the Full Moon to the 7th day afterwards.
Energy Level: Beginning to decline
Influences: Decrease, removal of problems, banishment of habits and addictions, disease, negative thoughts, jealousy, guilt, hurts, changes from old to new.
Waning Moon
Timing: Spans from the 7rd day after the Full Moon to the 10th day afterwards.
Energy Level: Growing weaker
Influences: Changes from old to new, obstacles, enemies, stopping theft, justice, removal, separation.
Waning Crescent Moon
Timing: Spans from the 10th day after the Full Moon until the night before the New Moon.
Energy Level: Growing weaker towards it's mimimum level
Influences: Contemplation, reflection, understanding
Moon Void-of-Course
This is when the moon leaves one sign, but before it enters another sign. This can be anywhere from minutes to a couple of days. Wise advice states you should avoid casting spells during the time of a void-of-course moon.
Full Moon Ritual Energies
November—Snow Moon
Plan for a ritual to work on ridding yourself of negative thoughts and vibrations.
December—Oak Moon
Plan for a ritual to help you remain steadfast in your convictions.
January—Wolf Moon
Plan a ritual of protection around your home and family.
February—Storm Moon
Plan a ritual to ask the Old Ones for help in planning your future.
March—Chaste Moon
Plan a ritual to plant your desires.
April—Seed Moon
Plan a ritual to physically plant your seeds of desire in Mother Earth.
May—Hare Moon
Plan a ritual to reaffirm your goals.
June—Dyad Moon
Plan a ritual to balance your spiritual and physical desires.
July—Mead Moon
Plan a ritual to decide what you will do once your goals have been met.
August—Wort Moon
Plan a ritual to preserve what you already have.
September—Barley Moon
Plan a ritual of Thanksgiving for all the Old Ones have given you.
October—Blood Moon
Plan another ritual of Thanksgiving. Make sure to have some red Wine on hand for an offering.
By Moon Sign
(Moon in) Aries
Good for spells for energy, authority, leadership, courage, confidence, willpower, and for starting new projects. However, projects begun under this moon's influence must be able to come to fruition quickly, for this timing lacks staying power. Things happen quickly, but just as quickly pass away. Healings should be concentrated on the face and neck under this astrological influence.
(Moon in) Taurus
Good for romance, love, commitment, as well as money, material gain and physical security. Projects, etc., started under this moon last the longest, tend to increase in value, and become hard to alter. Healing influences concentrate on the neck and throat under a Taurus Moon.
(Moon in) Gemini
Good for communication, journeys, and new friends, as well as new ideas, writing, and breaking down mental blocks and barriers. Projects begun under a Gemini moon are easily influenced and changed from outside entities. Healing under this moon's influence include the arms, hands, and lungs.
(Moon in) Cancer
Good for spells to protect and honor the home, the god/esses and motherhood. Also good for spells dealing with psychic development and relationships. This moon's influence pinpoints need and supports growth in all these areas. Healing influences of a Cancer moon concentrate around the chest and stomach areas.
(Moon in) Leo
Good for authority, courage, fertility, and children - both human and animal. Also good for spells which manifest fertility in other ways, such as in creativity, personal authority and self-esteem. This moon's influence is all about the drama and show; no shrinking violet here. Pursuits begun under this moon's influence are best when situation around recreation and happiness. Healing influences of the Leo moon focus on the heart, upper back, and spine.
(Moon in) Virgo
Good for work, health, intellectual gain, employment, and self-development. Virgo's influence speaks to concentrating on the "nuts and bolts," the details, of a project. Healing under this moon's influence focus on nervous system.
(Moon in) Libra
Good for spells to promote harmony, partnerships, beauty and artistic talents. Also, specifically, justice and balance. This moon's influence increases self-awareness, self-examination, and one's interaction with others. Healing influences of a Libra moon concentrate on the back and kidneys.
(Moon in) Scorpio
Good for power, occult knowledge, past lives, dream work, and sexuality. It increases awareness of psychic powers. Healing influences under this moon focus on the reproductive organs.
(Moon in) Sagittarius
Good for travel, adventure, sports, prestige and luck, and honesty. This moon's influence encourages imagination and flights of fancy, but it also promotes confidence. Healing under the Sag's influence include the liver and thighs.
(Moon in) Capricorn
Good for spells to realize professional ambitions, stability, organization, career, politics, and money through your efforts. It increases awareness of the need for structure and discipline. Healing influences under a Capricorn moon focus on the teeth, skin, bones, and knees of an individual.
(Moon in) Aquarius
Good for higher learning, teaching, science, originality, freedom, friendships, and to make changes in your life. An Aquarian moon favors activities that are unique and individualistic, while the healing influences concentrate on the blood, calves, and ankles of an individual.
(Moon in) Pisces
Good for spells to develop your intuition, astral projection, as well as art, dreams, music, poetry, romance, and peace. The Piscean influence of this moon draws energy into the secret places, where it is rethought, reorganized, and realigned before being shown to the outer world once again. Focus healing energies on the feet under a Piscean moon.
By Astrological Sign
Aries (March 21-April 20)Planetary Ruler: Mars
Elemental Ruler: Fire
Good for starting new projects or business ventures, especially those that need a little push or extra courage. Also a good time to buy, cleanse, bless, etc. any magical tool with a blade. Anything related to courage, matters of personal strength or self improvement (like breaking bad habits, esp during the waning moon), changes resulting in a complete change of how you do things or a paradigm shift, protection, especially for the military.
Planetary Ruler: Venus
Elemental Ruler: Earth
Anything concerning the arts, including work to support building new theatres, galleries, etc. , submitting manuscripts, auditions, the success of exhibitions and performances. Working toward peace. Encouraging prosperity and material comfort, building new habits for self-improvement, protection of material items from loss, damage or theft.
Planetary Ruler: Mercury
Elemental Ruler: Air
A good time to work on divination and prophecy, wishing spells, luck in gambling, communication, working for positive reception of manuscripts, articles and term papers, increasing web traffic, success in school, getting into the school of your choice.
Planetary Ruler: Moon
Elemental Ruler: Water
Work on spells to increase love and respect within the family (waxing) or the banish barriers to familial harmony (waning), to calm emotional turmoil, to heal the pain of past wrongs within familial relationships, cleansing, blessing, purifying and protecting the home, psychic development and divination. Kitchen and garden witchery.
Planetary Ruler: Sun
Elemental Ruler: Fire
Good for spells related to increasing sex and passion (waxing) or moving the focus away from these things and fighting obsession (waning), encouraging a good reception for concerts, theatre productions, and other performances, supporting hobbies, success in sports (waxing), removing barriers to success in sports (waning), any spells related to your companion animals.
Planetary Ruler: Mercury
Elemental Ruler: Earth
This is a good time to purchase, make, cleanse, consecrate, dedicate (etc.) any and all ritual tools and altars, also to purify and cleanse your home, any work related to health and the home will be supported today as well as work related to employment, especially employment related to health or service career. A good time to get organized and do magic related to finding good domestic help.
Planetary Ruler: Venus
Elemental Ruler: Air
Any spells related to marriage, contractual partnerships, any and all legal matters, including business contracts, leases, divorces and criminal court matters. Strengthening (waxing) or not (waning) marriages and romantic relationships. Spells to ensure someone gets what's coming to him.
Planetary Ruler: Mars
Elemental Ruler: Pluto
This is a good time to cast obsession spells (if there is ever a good time) as well as self-defense and protection spells and exorcisms(waning), banishing of negativity (waning). Spells to increase courage (waxing) and spells for transformation are also given strength during this time as well as spells related to death, rebirth and inheritance, sex, lust, human fertility and passion.
Planetary Ruler: Jupiter
Elemental Ruler: Fire
A good time to do work to support your studies, getting into the college of your choice, making a good impression on professors, etc. Also, any sort of religious activity, connection to higher purpose, spirits, Gods, divination, also long-distance travel.
Planetary Ruler: Saturn
Elemental Ruler: Earth
Any spells related to male fertility, fatherhood or your relationship with your father are appropriate here. All types of banishment (during the waning moon) is supported. Support for all business and career ventures, especially moving up the ladder. Success.
Planetary Ruler: Saturn
Elemental Ruler: Air
This is not a good time to do magic for yourself. Instead focus on any groups or organizations you belong to or wish to influence or support. It's also a good time to do dream work, attract friends or new members to a group, strengthen friendships and group ties, reveal or uncover mysteries or secrets or work to ensure that they stay hidden.
Planetary Ruler: Jupiter
Elemental Ruler: Water
Good for all astral and dream magic and journey aimed at expanding consciousness. All psychic work and divination is also supported. Also personal development and expanding your boundaries.
Solstices and Equinoxes
Spring Equinox
Spring cleaning, new beginnings, fertility, love, family and home
Summer Solstice
Weddings, contracts
Autumn Equinox
Endings, harvest
Winter Solstice
Family connections, new beginnings, home and hearth
Weather/Natural Occurrences
Lightning storms
Empower spells, ideal for protection spells
Rainstorms
Purification, love, compassion, friendship, beauty rituals, releasing guilt and jealousy
Snowstorms
Gentle magick, purification, stilling emotions, release unrequited love
Heavy winds
Empower spells to break addictions, assist travel and study
Hot Days
Charge rites of protection, courage and energy
Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Banishments, destruction of disease