Episode 173: A Spell for the Waxing Moon

Send us Fan MailWhat you'll hear:The waitlist will be enrolling for Cycle 30 of The Audacity Project March 2-6, get yourself on the waitlist with haste!  https://poser.kit.com/cycle30 General lifey updates from me 2:00I've heard through the grapevine that folx would be liking MOAR witchy shit.  True?  I hope so 5:00My personal feels on using witchcraft and calling oneself a witch (spoiler, I don't care what you call yourself, it's human nature to create ritual) 5:45Why a growing spell during the waxing moon?  And why I use moon magic even though I don't really follow astrology 7:15This is similar to the mirror tray that I use, thanks for this Kim Melohn!  12:00Candle colors and their correspondences:  https://www.everywitchway.co.uk/knowledgebase/candle-colour-correspondences/index.phtml   13:25Recommendations for ritual (not rules, but do enjoy using my recommendations of boundaries here for structure) 15:15How you might want to clean the energy of a space 15:50What to do with the mirror tray and accoutrements after you've done the initial spell 20:45Good ritual music, thanks to Sister Shannon for this one!  Chantress Seba:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/4oTzhtimVVQIgOofBNFVp4 22:30Here's the cheat sheet!Decide on an intention- something that you'd like to GROW.  Let this be clear.  If it's muddy, make the clarity itself what you'd like to grow.Gather accoutrements:paper and penmirror tray or simply a mirror you can set things on, as an amplifierglass bowl for waterquartz crystal (any crystal you feel attracted to will work though)talisman or symbol of what you want to grow.  If you can't think of anything that will work, just draw it on a piece of papercandleCreate the container in space and timeClean the space's energy, light other candles or incense, and play music if you wish.Write your intention clearly on the paper, as though you already have it.  ie:  "I am so happy and grateful that I have _______"light the candle, hold your intention, and enjoy a good old fashioned day dream about already having that which you wish to grow.  Enjoy feeling it in your body.  Pay attention to anything that comes up.Fill the bowl with water.  Place the crystal or stone in the water, and submerge the written intention.  Come back daily to spend a little time at this space, daydreaming about the intention, enjoying the fantasy of having it, and burning the candle.  It doesn't need a huge time committment, quality of time is better than quantity.If the water evaporates just refill it.At the end of the spell (when the moon is full, or whenever you've dictated it would be complete) give the water to a houseplant.  Carry the stone or crystal with you as a daily touchstone reminder.Don't go back to sleep.xoRachelSign up here for monthly blasts and functional wooFind me on InstagramSupport this podcast on Patreon