What Is Moon Water? Plus, How To Prepare It for a Full Moon
Water underneath a full moon
For centuries, humans have synchronized rituals and practices with the moon's mystical energy. One way to intimately connect with the moon is by preparing moon water—water that has been ritually charged and blessed under the moon's glow.
Parade spoke with Sandra Wright and Leanne Marrama, authors of Awakening the Crystals: The Ancient Art and Modern Magic of Gems and Stones, who describe moon water as "water blessed by the power and illumination of the moon. The moon radiates intuition and blessings from the Divine Feminine. Using moon water in daily manifestations is extremely powerful."
By harnessing the moon's energy, they explain, moon water becomes a conduit for intuition, reflection, ritual and manifestation powered by the moon's rhythms—the new moon, waxing moon, full moon and waning moon.
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What Is Moon Water?
As Wright and Marrama describe, moon water differs from ordinary water in that it has absorbed the moon's mystical energy under the nocturnal sky.
Charging water under lunar rays imbues it with a sacred, magical quality. According to the authors, "Moon water can also be used as a tool to connect a person to lunar goddesses, such as Artemis or Diana."
Synchronizing water's purification properties with the moon's divination creates a potent elixir for rituals, magic and everyday inspiration.
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How To Make Moon Water
Capturing the moon's energy in water is simple, as Wright and Marrama share. "Making moon water is very easy!" they say. "Take a clean clear glass or bowl and fill it with water—tap or bottled water is perfectly fine. Place it out in an area where the container will be exposed to moonlight."
Your patio, windowsill or garden are perfect places where a glass or bowl can bask in the moonbeams.
Avoid using metal containers, as this can disrupt the charging process. Glass, ceramic or wood work best.
Wright and Marrama note the importance of timing: "Making moon water, or 'charging' your water, can aid your magic in different ways depending on the moon cycle." The moon phase imbues the water with different properties, as we'll explain shortly.
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How To Use Moon Water in Your Daily Life
Once charged with lunar energy, integrate moon water into daily rituals and routines. Wright and Marrama suggest it is "great for feeding people, animals and plants. Give it to your house plants for healthy, magical growth. Use moon water in brewing your tea or coffee for daily powerful manifestation energy. Washing with moon water can enchant and bless a person's body, clothes, crystals and home."
Rather than regular tap water, use moon water to:
Water plants to encourage magical growth
Drink in teas and coffees for an infusion of lunar blessings
Add to baths and showers to refresh your energy
Cook with to infuse meals with magic
Spray around the home or office to cleanse the energy
Moon water brings a splash of the mystical to the mundane.
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What Are the Benefits of Drinking Moon Water?
Ingesting this lunar elixir provides holistic healing benefits, as Wright and Marrama explain: "Drinking moon water will bring emotional strength. Moon water can ease emotional and hormonal stress menstrual or menopause cycle." It can also "boost a person's psychic abilities" when blended with lavender tea.
Sipping moon water:
Eases emotional stress and PMS symptoms
Promotes emotional strength and resilience
Drink it first thing in the morning to attune each day's energy with the moon. Blend it into teas to further amplify the benefits.
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How Do You Manifest With Moon Water?
This is where moon water's magic comes alive. Wright and Marrama explain that the moon phase under which you charge the water imbues it with specific manifesting properties.
According to the authors, if you are looking to reset your life, create new projects or begin a fresh phase in relationships, you should “put water out during the New Moon, the night you can first see a sliver of the crescent." The New Moon energy helps with starting fresh.
If your intention is "manifesting personal growth, needing strength to heal or seeking inspiration for a creative adventure, place water out during the Waxing Moon for at least three nights while the Moon is growing," explain Wright and Marrama. The Waxing Moon imparts energies of growth, strength and creativity.
"Need healing? Drawing in new love? Charging and empowering your body or special objects? Connecting with Lunar Goddesses? Water blessed by the full moon is most effective," the authors recommend. The Full Moon is optimal for healing, love, empowerment and connecting with the Divine Feminine.
Finally, "cleansing negativity and removing obstacles" is best done by placing water outside "during the waning moon, after the full moon, as it appears to be shrinking smaller and smaller, for at least three nights," advise Wright and Marrama. The Waning Moon provides release and cleansing.
Use this lunar guide when charging water to manifest:
New Moon - Reset, begin projects, start fresh
Waxing Moon - Growth, strength, creativity, inspiration
Full Moon - Healing, love, charging objects, goddess energy
Waning Moon - Cleansing, removing obstacles, releasing
Experiment with charging under different moon phases to create water specifically aligned with your intentions. Moon water is a powerful ritual tool. Let it bring lunar inspiration into your life.
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Sources
Sandra Wright and Leanne Marrama, authors of Awakening the Crystals: The Ancient Art and Modern Magic of Gems and Stones
