Moon spells, sun ceremonies and planetary rituals – here’s how to get the cosmos to work for you! 

Solar eclipse ritual for realising your dreams

YOU WILL NEED:

• A place where you can see the solar eclipse

• A sparkling yellow crystal, such as citrine

TIMING

Just before the eclipse until the sun reappears 

1 Watching the eclipse begin to get darker, hold the crystal in your hand and say, “Darkness from light, but soon once more to grow, the power of this eclipse I then shall know. All obstacles be carried away, lost forever in the dark and when the light returns, on my journey I’ll embark.”

2 As the light returns, slowly open your hand so by the time the sun is bright, your hands are open.

3 Toss the crystal high, catch it and say, “Only light now remains, this dream of mine (name dream) I shall attain.

4 Carry the crystal in a gold purse as a talisman of good fortune.

 

Milky Way ritual for more money

YOU WILL NEED:

• A bowl of tiny white petals or seeds

• Nine small pearls in a purse

TIMING

Whenever the Milky Way is most visible

1 Gaze up at the Milky Way, holding the bowl of petals/seeds and say, “Stars by the million, stars by the trillion timelessly flowing, let wealth around me be endlessly growing. A million or more and something to spare, and I will do good, my wealth I will share.

2 Scatter the petals/seeds in widening circles, saying, “Increase and growth, beneath its endless glow the Milky Way flows, grow wealth for me. A million or more, open your door; limitless as the Milky Way, money’s here to stay.”

3 When the bowl is empty, add the pearls to it and, holding it upward, repeat the first set of spell words.

4 Take the bowl indoors. Whenever the Milky Way is clear, add a pearl to the bowl, take it outside and repeat the start of the spell.

A sunset ritual for letting go of resentments

YOU WILL NEED:

•  Four candles in a row, the left one orange, then pink, purple and finally yellow or gold, the colours of a sunset

• White paper and a pencil

TIMING

A sunset

1 Stand so you can see the sunset through a window.

2 Light the candles left to right, saying to each one, “Let it go. Words leave my mind. You (name the person) were unkind, but each day I kindle your words anew, it hurts me, not you.

3 Write down the hurtful things they said on paper, then, word by word, rub out the words as you say, “word by word, gone from my mind, wiped from my heart, so peace can I find.”

4 Extinguish the candles in reverse order of lighting, afterwards saying, “Gone done, I start anew. Dragging old hurts at last is through.

5 Pace under the darkening sky. Push your hands, palms outward, toward the sunset, and say, “Sunset, take all this away, that tomororow’s dawn will be new day.”

6 Fold the paper and throw it away.

Starry night spell to call in a lover

YOU WILL NEED:

•  Two small blue and gold lapis lauli stones

•  Two sparkling blue goldstones, or two silver and gold beads

•  An open box, almost filled with small gold stars

• Paper and a blue pen

TIMING

Any starlit night, outdoors

1 Holding the stones in your dominant hand and the box of stars in your other hand, lift your hands towards the sky and say, “The stars they shine on me and you. You see them too. Though for noe we are apart, stars carry the love between our hearts.”

2 Place the stones in the centre of the box and say, “A hundred million stars above  and each will bring you close, my love.”

3 Carry the box indoors and on the paper draw a heart with your entwined initials in the centre and write, “May we be together soon.”

4 Decorate the edges of the heart with gold stars and then fill the paper with them.

5 Fold it around the twin stones and keep it near your bed.

Full moon ritual for unleashing creativity

YOU WILL NEED:

• Seven silver bells attached to a long stick with silver ribbons (about waist height)

TIMING

Outdoors, in bright moonlight

1 Hold the bells in your nondominant hand and, facing the moon, say softly, “Mother of the moon, mother of the moon, come to me, be with me, mother of the moon.”

2 Spin on the spot counterclockwise, continuing the chant and ringing the bells more softly until you are motionless and silent.

3 Sit on the ground again, facing the moon, and whisper “I draw down the moon, the moon is within me. I take in with gratitude her creativity. (name the dream) I shall attain.”

A sunrise spell to help you have the courage to leave

YOU WILL NEED:

• Enough small white stones to make an astrological sun disk on the ground that’s large enough to stand in (see image)

TIMING

Beginning at or near sunrise

1 Stand in the centre of your sun disk, and, looking toward the sunrise, raise your arms about your head, saying “Sunrise, flood the skies. And so my promise I renew to live/work in pastures new.”

2 Swing both arms down behind your back, swing them forward, and clap your hands over your head, saying “Sun, as you climb higher, so do I apsire to reach my new location. Burn away hesitation.”

3 Leave the sun disk glyph in place until moon, then walk around the outside of it nine times as you say, “Sun, as you near your height, I reach up for your light. Let me soar like you to pastures new, that all may now come right.”

4 Go into the centre of the sun disk, raise your arms, swing them behind you again, and end with a final clap over your head.