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Moon

MONTHS ANCIENT CELTIC HERBS


JANUARY Wolf moon Aquarius Barley, elderberry
FEBRUARY Ice moon Pisces
MARCH Chaste moon Aries
APRIL Seed moon Taurus
MAY Hare moon Gemini
JUNE Mead moon Cancer
JULY Hay moon Leo
AUGUST Corn moon Virgo
SEPTEMBER Harvest moon Libra
OCTOBER Blood moon Scorpio
NOVEMBER Snow moon Sagittarius
DECEMBER Oak moon- Cold Capricorn
moon
Blue moon

January:

Energy sluggish and below the surface. Time to work on one self, to solve issues of oneself, to
reverse spells. Renewing the family bond, work on matters of the heart, and projects that
require courage.

Ferbuary;

Energy working towards the surface. Time to love oneself, forgive oneself, accept past errors,
making plans. Good for purification, Growth and healing. Getting rid of useless and old
obstacles, solutions of messy situations and fresh starts.

March:

The energy flows breaks into the opening. Time for new beginnings, breaking illusions, seeing
the truth. Light and Dark are in balance. Good time for growing, prospering and exploring.
Seed blessings, tool consecrations, garden space, personal growth, inspiration and fresh
perspective.

April:

The energy is flowing into creating and producing. Time for working in your temper,
selfishness, emotional unbalance. Good for change, self confidence issues, take advantage of
opportunities. This is the time to increase physical health, renew energy, productivity, to work
with the fey or magical gardening.
May:

The energy is in full flow. Time for strengthen the connection with supernatural protectors and
beings around you. Good for intuition, propagating, connecting with faeries and nature spirits.
The impossible is possible due to the powerful energy of the moon

June:

The energy is in full but restive flow. Time for decision making, taking responsibility for present
happenings, working on personal inconsistencies, for strengthening and rewarding yourself for
your positive traits. Good for protection, strengthening, prevention spells. Personal
transformation, prosperity, inspiration and creativity.

July:

The energy is slower and more relaxed. Time for dream work, divination, meditation or
spiritual goals and plans. Good for Preparing for the “cold time ahead”. Success for magical
efforts.

August:

The energy flow is slowing more. Time for Harvesting, gathering and appreciating. Good for
vitality, health and friendship. Issues that involve family, personal rebirths, endings, to mend
relationships.

September:

Energy flow is resting. Time for strengthen the physical, mental and spiritual clutter. Light and
Dark are in balance. Let the spirit take over, psychic development, divination, scrying or astral
travel.

October:

Time for inner cleansing, meditate on the laws of karma and thoughts of reincarnation. Good
for letting go, justice, balance and inner harmony. Break bad habits, separations, removal of
diseases, the closure of life’s chapter to bring a new beginning.

November:

The energy flow is taking root and preparing to flow once more. Time for transformation, time
to strengthen communication with the divine. Dream work, divination, meditation, set magical
goals into motion

December:

Time of spiritual paths, the earth tides are turning and it’s time to reach out for family and
friends, the lonely and the needy. This is the month of death and renewal. Spells should be
aimed at endurance and provision. Candle magic that involves strengthen, self confidence,
balance between the worlds, prosperity, release and beginning.

Blue moon:
This moon is good for wfforts that require divination, meditation and inner journey work as
well as prophetic dream. Its good for work that require a long lasting result.

Wolf Moon- (January) Deepest in Winter.


Time when the wolves came close to the villages for food.
Nature Spirits: gnomes, brownies
Herbs:marjoram, holy thistle, nuts and cones
Colors: brilliant white, blue-violet, black
Flowers: snowdrop, crocus
Scents: musk, mimosa
Stones: garnet, onyx, jet, chrysoprase
Trees:birch
Animals: fox, coyote
Birds: pheasant, blue jay
Deities: Freyja, Inanna, Sarasvati, Hera, Ch'ang-O, Sinn
Power Flow: sluggish, below the surface; beginnin and conceiving. Protection, reversing spells.
Conserving energy by working on personal problems that involve no one else. Getting your
various bodies to work smoothly together for the same goals.

Storm/Ice Moon- (February) The storms come in silence.


They blanket the world in coldness.

Nature Spirits: house faeries, both of the home itself and of house plants
Herbs:balm of Gilead, hyssop, myrrh, sage, spikenard
Colors: light blue, violet
Flowers: primrose
Scents: wisteria, heliotrope
Stones: amethyst, jasper, rock crystal
Trees:rowan, laurel, cedar
Animals: otter, unicorn
Birds: eagle, chickadee
Deities: Brigit, Juno, Kuan Yin, Diana, Demeter, Persephone, Aphrodite
Power Flow: energy working toward the surface; purification, growth, healing. Loving the self.
Accepting responsibility for past errors, forgiving yourself, and making future plans.

Chaste/Storm Moon- (March) Like Diana, all of Nature is pure potential waiting to be fulfilled

Nature Spirits: Mer-people, Air and Water beings who are connected wth spring rains and
storms
Herbs:broom, High John root, yellow dock, wood betony, Irish moss
Colors: pale green, red-violet
Flowers: jonquil, daffodil, violet
Scents: honeysuckle, apple blossom
Stones: aquamarine, bloodstone
Trees:alder, dogwood
Animals: cougar, hedgehog, boar
Birds: sea crow, sea eagle
Deities: Black Isis, the Morrigan, Hecate, Cybele, Astarte, Athene, Minerva, Artemis, Luna
Power Flow: energy breaks into the open; growing, prospering, exploring. New beginnings;
balance of Light and Dark. Breaking illusions. Seeing the truth in your life however much it may
hurt.

Growing Moon- (April) Rabbits leap and play carefree in their mating and joyful in their games

Nature Spirits: plant faeries


Herbs: basil, chives, dragons blood, geranium, thistle
Colors: crimson red, gold
Flowers: daisy, sweetpea
Scents: pine, bay, bergamont, patchouli
Stones: ruby, garnet, sard
Trees:pine, bay, hazel
Animals: bear, wolf
Birds: hawk, magpie
Deities: Kali, Hathor, Anahita, Ceres, Ishtar, Venus, Bast
Power Flow: energy into creating and producing; return balance to the nerves. Change, self-
confidence, self-reliance, take advantage of opportunities. Work on temper and emotional
flare-ups and selfishness.

Dryad/Hare Moon- (May) Time of the sacred marriage of the Goddess and God.
When all meet their opposites in perfect balance and in perfect harmony. "Let there be
beauty, strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence, within
you."

Nature Spirits: faeries, elves


Herbs:dittany of Crete, elder, mint, rose, mugwort, thyme, yarrow
Colors: green, brown, pink
Flowers: lily of the valley, foxglove, rose, broom
Scents: rose, sandalwood
Stones: emerald, malachite, amber, carnelian
Trees:hawthorn
Animals: cats, lynx, leopard
Birds: swallow, dove, swan
Deities: Bast, Venus, Aphrodite, Maia, Diana, Artemis, Pan, Horned God
Power Flow: full creating energy; propagation. Intuition, contact with faeries and other
supernatural beings. Strengthen connection with supernatural protectors and beings around
you. Power flowing from the Greenwood Gods and trees.

Mead Moon- (June)After bees gather pollen and nectar, the hive fills with honey waiting to be
gathered

Nature Spirits: sylph, zephyrs


Herbs:skullcap, meadowsweet, vervain, tansy, dog grass, parsley, mosses
Colors: orange, golden green
Flowers: lavender, orchid, yarrow
Scents: lily of the valley, lavender
Stones: topaz, agate, alexandrite, fluorite
Trees:oak
Animals: monkey, butterfly, frog, toad
Birds: wren, peacock
Deities: Aine of Knockaine, Isis, Neith, Green Man, Cerridwen, Bendis, Ishtar
Power Flow: full but restful energy; protect, strengthen, and prevent. A time of Light; Earth
tides are turning. Decision-making, taking responsibility for present happenings. Work on
personal inconsistencies. Strengthen and reward yourself for you positive traits.

Hay Moon- (July) Gathering of herbs.


Wort is the old Anglo-Saxon word for "herb".

Nature Spirits: hobgoblins (small, grotesque but friendly brownie-type creatures), faeries of
harvested crops
Herbs:honeysuckle, agrimony, lemon balm, hyssop
Colors: silver, blue-gray
Flowers: lotus, water lilly, jasmine
Scents: orris, frankincense
Stones: pearl, moonstone, white agate
Trees:oak, acacia, ash
Animals: crab, turtle, dolphin, whale
Birds: starling, ibis, swallow
Deities: Khepera, Athene, Juno, Hel, Holda, Cerridwen, Nephthys, Venus
Power Flow: relaxed energy; preparing; succeeding. Dream-work, divination, and meditation
on goals and plans, especially spiritual ones.

Corn Moon- (August) A time to contemplate the eternalness of life. The grain in the bread we
eat are descended from the first grain ever gathered.

Nature Spirits: dryads


Herbs:chamomile, St. Johns wort, bay, angelica, fennel, rue, orange
Colors: yellow, orange
Flowers: sunflower, marigold
Scents: frankincense, heliotrope
Stones: cat's eye, carnelian, jasper, fire agate
Trees:hazel, alder, cedar
Animals: lion, phoenix, sphinx, dragon
Birds: crane, falcon, eagle
Deities: Ganesha, Thoth, Hathor, Diana, Hecate, Nemesis
Power Flow: energy into harvseting; gathering, appreciating. Vitality, health. Friendships.

Harvest Moon- (September) A time of true spiritual initiation. Since wine was and is such a
sacred fluid, the Pagans of old named this Lunar month the Wine Moon.

Nature Spirits: trooping faeries


Herbs:copal, fennel, rye, wheat, valerian, skullcap
Colors: brown, yellow-green, yellow
Flowers: narcissus, lily
Scents: storax, mastic, gardenia, bergamot
Stones: peridot, olivine, chrysolite, citrine
Trees:hazel, larch, bay
Animals: snake, jackal
Birds: ibis, sparrow
Deities: Demeter, Ceres, Isis, Nephthys, Freyja, Ch'ang-O, Thoth
Power Flow: rest after labor; balance of Light and Dark. Organize. Clean and straighten up
physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual clutter.

Blood Moon- (October) Time for gathering and hunting food for the coming winter.

Nature Spirits: frost faeries, plant faeries


Herbs: pennyroyal, thyme, catnip, uva ursi, angelica, burdock
Colors: dark blue-green
Flowers: caldendula, marigold, cosmos
Scents: strawberry, apple blossom, cherry
Stones: opal, tourmaline, beryl, turquoise
Trees:yew, cypress, acacia
Animals: stag, jackal, elephant, ram, scorpion
Birds: heron, crow, robin
Deities: Ishtar, Astarte, Demeter, Kore, Lakshmi, Horned God, Belili, Hathor
Power Flow: to let go; inner cleansing. Karma and reincarnation. Justice and balance. Inner
harmony.

Snow Moon- (November) Spirit most active when body is still. These are the dark months of
Winter
Nature Spirits: subterranean faeries
Herbs:grains of paradise, verbena, betony, borage, cinquefoil, blessed thistle
Colors: gray, sea-green
Flowers: blooming cacti, chrysanthemum
Scents: cedar, cherry blossoms, hyacinth, narcissus, peppermint, lemon
Stones: topaz, hyacinth, lapis lazuli
Trees:alder, cypress
Animals: unicorn, scorpion, crocodile, jackal
Birds: owl, goose, sparrow
Deities: Kali, Black Isis, Nicnevin, Hecate, Bast, Osiris, Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Skadi, Mawu
Power Flow: take root, prepare. Transformation. Strengthen communication with the god or
goddess who seems closest to you.

Cold Moon- The moon nearest the Winter Solstice. Like the Divine Child who is born to die and
dies to be reborn anew, the ancient Oak has its trunk and branches in the material world of the
living, while its roots, the branches in reverse, reach deep into the Underworld, symbolic of the
Spirit.

Nature Spirits: snow faeries, storm faeries, winter tree faeries


Herbs:holly, English ivy, fir, mistletoe
Colors: blood red, white and black
Flowers: holly, poinsettia, Christmas cactus
Scents: violet, patchouli, rose geranium, frankincense, myrrh, lilac
Stones: serpentine, jacinth, peridot
Trees:pine, fir, holly
Animals: mouse, deer, horse, bear
Birds: rook, robin, snowy owl
Deities: Hathor, Hecate, Neith, Athene, Minerva, Ixchel, Osiris, Norns, Fates
Power Flow: to endure, die, be reborn; Earth tides turning. Darkness. Personal alchemy.
Spiritual paths. Reach out to friends and family, the lonely and needy.

Blue Moon- This moon occurs when it's the second moon in a one month period.

Nature Spirits: banshees and other beings who carry messages between worlds
Herbs:ginger, hops, wormwood, hyssop, pathcouli, mugwort, nutmeg, star anise
Colors: black, white, purple
Flowers: white lily, dahlia, chrysanthemum
Scents: rosemary, dragons blood, lilac, pine, wisteria
Stones: obsidian, onyx, Apache tear
Trees:pine, cypress, yew, elder
Animals: bat, wolf, sow, dog, snake
Birds: owls, raven, falcon
Deities: Cybele, Circe, Hel, Nephthys, Cerridwen, Horned God, Caillech, Freyja, Holda
Power Flow: release, remember; communion with the dead. Prophecy. Releasing old negative
memories and emotions.
Moon signs

A ring around the moon is a warning.


• If a star is caught in soft clouds around the moon, rain will appear and
bless the earth.
• When the moon wears a crimson cap, there will be rain, clouds, and
unpredictable
weather.
• Transplant in the full moon and your flowers are believed to double their
usual bloom amounts.
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• The full moon in May is a sacred time for gardens and magickal
gardening.
• Plant in the first day of the sun sign Virgo, August 22. This is said to have
the strongest influence on your plants for bountiful growth.
• The gemstone moonstone is a beneficial one to wear while gardening.
• The gemstone green tourmaline is another stone in harmony with
gardening.
• A garden full of lightning bugs is said to be a sign of being blessed by the
faeries.
• Ladybugs, a beneficial insect, are sacred to the Fae. A ladybug with seven
spots on it is supposed to be a faery pet.
• Leave a few tumbling stones, such as amethyst, tourmaline, quartz crystal,
and moonstone, in the garden as a gift to the earth elementals, specifically
the gnomes, brownies, and flower faeries. This will ensure a healthy,
happy garden.

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