Wahya Circle
Moon Day
Magick & Medicine

Incense for Magick

While there are many Plant Allies that provide for incense in both Medicinal and Magickal Workings, these are typically “ready made” for us by others. It only matters as much as we believe it matters whether they be apothecary shoppes that make their own, or we buy them at the grocery store down the road. We can even find some of these “in the wild” and naturally grown around our place of dwelling most times.

Choose what calls to YOU, not someone else. Ask yourself, what Plant Ally is calling to me for the Intent of this Work?

Take for example either of these, Angelica, Apple Blossom or Basil. These can be grown in our Practitioner’s Garden … or our fellow Practitioner’s garden. It does NOT have to be “bought” at all to work and empower our Magick and Medicine, nor does it have to be “personally made”.

YOU DO YOU, UNLESS, a specific thing on a specific Path is being called for.

Then, to achieve the same or similar results as the Path the Work is written for, utilize what is recommended until the Work is complete.

Here are a few others to keep in mind:

African Violet
Burned for Protection and to promote spirituality within the home.

Amber
Comfort, Happiness and Healing.

Ambergris
Aphrodisiac, and Dreams.

Angelica
Protection, Harmony, Insight, Integration, Meditation, Stability, and Understanding .

Anise
Emotional balance.

Apple Blossom
Friendship,Happiness, Love.

Basil
Assertiveness, Cheerfulness, Concentration, Confidence, Courage towards Loyalty or Fidelity in relationships, Decisions, Enthusiasm, , Love, Sympathy, Trust, and Wealth.

Bay
Banishment. Psychic powers, and to induce prophetic dream visions. 

Bayberry
Attract and Control monetary gains, Happiness, Prosperity,Protection

Benzoin
Anger, Anxiety, Astral projection, Clearing negative energy, Depression Emotional balance, Easing sadness, Grief, Purification, Weariness

Bergamot
Alertness, Assertiveness, Balance, Concentration, Confidence, Courage, Joy,
Money, Motivation, Prosperity, Protection, Strength, Uplifting of spirits.

Blue Berry
To keep unwanted influences away from our homes and property where we reside.

Cardamom
Mental Clarity, Concentration, Confidence, Courage, Enthusiasm and Motivation.

Carnation
Protection, strength, healing, love and lust, traditionally used for healing.

Cedar
Burned for purification, to stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, attract love, prevent nightmares, healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom.

Chamomile
Harmony, peace, calm, spiritual, and inner peace.

Cherry
To attract and stimulate love.

Cinnamon
Memory. Stimulation, wealth, prosperity, business success, strength, lust, healing, to attract money, stimulate and strengthen the psychic powers and to aid in healing. To gain wealth and success. To speed magickal workings.

Citron
Burned in rituals to aid healing and also to strengthen psychic powers.

Citronella
Cleansing, warding off, healing.

Clove
Pain relief, intellectual stimulation, business success, wealth, prosperity, divination, exorcism, protection, eases fears, improves memory and focus.

Coconut
Burn for protection and purification.

Copal
For love, purification, uplifting spirits, protection, spirituality, and to attract love.

Cypress
Strength, comfort, healing, eases anxiety and stress, self-assurance, confidence, physical vitality, willpower and concentration.

Damiana
Burned to facilitate psychic visions.

Dittany of Crete
Astral projection and divination.

Dragon’s Blood
Protection, purification, courage, dispel negativity, attract love, enhance psychic awareness.

Elecampane
Burned to strengthen the clairvoyant powers and scrying abilities.

Eucalyptus
Healing, purification and protection.

Frankincense
Spirituality, astral strength, protection, consecration courage, dispel negativity, aid to meditation, induce psychic visions and attract good luck.

Frangipani
Burn to brighten your home with friendship and love.

Gardenia
Peace, love and healing.

Ginger
Wealth, lust and love. Strengthen magical workings. 

Hibiscus
Divination, love and lust to attract love.

Honeysuckle
Money, happiness, friendship, healing, for good health, luck, and psychic power.

Hyacinth
Happiness and protection.

Jasmine
Love, money, dreams, purification, wisdom, skills, astral projection, to attract love and money, for luck in general, especially in matters relating to love.

Juniper
Calming, protection, healing, to increase psychic powers and to break the curses and hexes cast by evil.

Lavender
Cleansing, healing, love, happiness, relaxation, to induce rest and sleep, and to attract love.

Lemon
Healing, love and purification.

Lemongrass
Mental clarity.

Lilac
Soothing, increase psychic powers and to attract harmony into one’s life.

Lotus
Elevates mood, protection, spirituality, healing, meditation for inner peace and outer harmony, to aid in meditation and open the mind’s eye.

Mace
To stimulate or increase psychic powers.

Mint
To increase sexual desire and attract money.

Musk
Aphrodisiac, prosperity, courage, creates a sensual atmosphere. For courage and vitality, or to heighten sensual passion.

Myrrh
Spirituality, meditation, healing and consecration. An ancient incense for protection, healing, purification and spirituality.

Nutmeg
Burned to aid meditation, stimulate or increase the psychic powers and attract prosperity.

Oakmoss
To attract money.

Orange
Divination, love, luck, money.

Patchouli
Money, growth, love, mastery, sensuality to attract money and love, and also to promote fertility. Some Paths also use this scent to honor the dead/Ancestors.

Passionflower
For peace of mind, this sweet scent will soothe troubles and aid in sleep.

Peppermint
Energy, mental stimulant, healing.

Pine
Grounding, strength, cleansing, healing and to attract money. Readily found in most areas.

Poppy Seeds
Burned to promote female fertility, and to attract love, good luck, and money.

Rose
Love, house blessing, fertility, healing to increase courage, induce prophetic dreams, and attract love to return calm energies to the home.

Rose Geranium
Courage and protection.

Rosemary
Remembrance, memory, energy, healing to purify, aid in healing, prevent nightmares, preserve youthfulness, dispel depression. Protection and Deep Shadow Work.

Rue
Burned to help restore health.

Sage
Wisdom, clarity and purification.

Sandalwood
Spirituality, healing, protection, astral projection to heal and protect, also for purification.

Strawberry
Love, luck and friendship.

Sweet Pea
Friendship, love and courage.

Thyme
Bravery, Love, Protection. Veneration of the dead. It is also associated with the Fae.

Tangerine
A solar aroma used to attract prosperity.

Vanilla
Lust, mental alertness, stimulate amorous appetites and enhance memory.

Vetivert
Money, peace and love.

Wild Violet
Wisdom, luck, love, protection and healing.

Yarrow
For courage.

Ylang-Ylang
For love, harmony and euphoria.

Remember, this is but a scratch of the list of essences used in magick and for many things. You do what calls to you, or what is requested of you chosen Path.

Selenology
Do’s

The Universe gives us a little Medicine & Magick for Self exploration every 28 days or so. It gives us regular energy bursts so small it may be missed by many Practitioners altogether. Some may even go as far as to call this energy — “hidden” BECAUSE they do not attune to it.

Luna is mostly invisible from each side of the Earth for a few hours every 24 as She circles. Despite Her absence, this lovely energy, whether it be of the Dark, Balsamic or New Moon, is similar every 28 days or so for Practitioners to harness for their Intents.

NEW MOON
In astrological terms, the New Moon is one of the moon’s many phases we have been spending this entire cycle for Moon Watch discovering —specifically, the phase where the moon and sun align with Mother Earth. Our star Sol shines behind the moon, shielding us from its view. This is what we call the New Moon.  At new moon, the sun, Earth, and moon are aligned in space, with the moon in the middle. The moon's night side – its darkened hemisphere – directly faces us making it invisible.

As we have learned, the New Moon marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle and often brings with it an array of new beginnings. This leaves new moons feeling like a particularly ideal time for self-reflection, course correction and goal-setting.

Have you grabbed this time for its power?

Interestingly enough, most Practitioners are unconsciously already aligned with the energy, tending to create new habits, start new projects and initiate life changes unknowingly around the same time as the new moon phases occur in their lives.  Consciously embracing the new moon’s fresh energy can allow our Intent to propel through a multitude of transitions even further.

Here are a few Do's. 

Consider this a field guide to new moons in all their energetic glory—a resource we can revisit every 28-30 days from here on out, if we wlike.


NEW MOON DO’s
Set an Achievable/Measurable Intention
Every month, the moon delivers us an extra boost of Intention-setting energy for our Works. Why not hone it by focusing on one or two Intentions we are particularly passionate about?

Take some time to craft Intentions that are clean, clear, curious and as specific as they can be made — FOR YOU, and at times, as if they have already occurred.

Think: “I have a new job that brings me fulfillment, with a higher salary than I currently have.”
Or: “I have PASSED the bar exam.”
These Intentions are clear, specific, and PRESENT. Not only will they inform the Universe of our intended aspirations, but they all also keep us focused on what it is we are really after.

Light
Bring some light into life in some other way. Lighting a candle, actual or LED, on the darkest nights of the month. This signifies our desire to bring just a little more light into our life. Tell the Universe to shine light on the Intent during this new moon and all the ones that follow it.

Utilize other Correspondences relative to the Intent. Colors. Herbs. Days. Etc.

Charge the candles with an Intention Wish to manifest during this moon cycle. (This is where you can practice “blowing out” with the chosen Intent held in mind while calling on Element Air.) Simply hold the unlit candle, summon feelings of gratitude and love, and tell the Universe what it is that is needed or wanted. Light the candle, and allow it to burn out on its own or snuff it and relight it each night with the same invocation.

Begin Something New
The new moon is the most fertile day of the lunar cycle each month. If there was a perfect time for initiating anything new, it would certainly be the new moon!

Start a new class.
Apply for that job.
Ask that person on a date. 
Start anything and everything that is felt passionately. Now is the perfect moment to begin anew.

Go on a First Date (Self Love too!)
Speaking of starting something new—a first date with Self or Other is a wonderful activity for a new moon. “I’m taking myself for ice cream!” The Universe is brimming with energy and possibility—the perfect time to plant the seeds for a new relationship and what we each desire to manifest in nigh. At this syzygy, or conjunction, a lot of times we will Experience a person exhibiting more of their "Moon" or "Rising" personality traits as the power of the Sun is BEHIND the Moon. 

Did you look at your natal chart on the link posted for previous Lessons in Wahya Circle?‍ ‍What’s your Moon Sign?

Here is the link again for those that did not save a copy or have not seen it. (Email yourself a copy for reference material for the remainder of this course.)

LINK to Natal Chart (Keep a copy)

Make a List
Remember those Intentions we talked about earlier? Well, if we want to super-magnify them, make a list of 15 of the items/details we would like the Universe to bring.
Choose the “First Five” and those will be the main focus this moon cycle. Remember, be clean, clear and curious!

Say the Intention is to find a new job, because the Intent was mentioned.

Where will your office be? See it.
In a quaint office park? An old home conversion? A high rise downtown?

What will your hours be like? Feel it.
Are you waking up earlier? Going in later? Working LESS?

What will your boss be like? Hear them.
Are they telling you "job well done". What kinds of projects are you being asked to work on?

Taste the job completion luncheon with new clients.

The same steps go for Love.

You have cleared the path of your life for something or someone “new” to enter, something or someone more beneficial to you.

What type of relationship do you want?
(Think about what will and won’t be able to be lived with. If you broke up with someone over dirty socks, REMEMBER THAT.)

See it. What do you do with your partner for fun? (Are the balanced in their work and personal life?)

Smell the mountains or ocean air you visit with them.

Make it as detailed as possible. Write about it in a journal. The idea is to create an image in our mind of what this new situation will look like when we get there, so we can stay focused on what’s truly meaningful to each of us.

The saying goes,
“if ya can’t ‘see it’, ya can’t be it.” There is something that remains in the path or blocking in from manifesting.


Create Sacred Space
This is the most important. This space is with each of us throughout our time here on this plane. The new moon is the optimal time for setting a sacred space in our home to make our own Medicine and Magick. Cleanse the energy of the place where it will be utilized in meditation, manifesting and self-reflecting.

Get the junk of the world out—and keep it out.

In time, when we enter that space, our bodies and minds will know it is time to make Magick or Medicine. The space will become a trigger.

Make sure after the space is set it up, it is kept clean and tidy to avoid bad vibes or energetic stagnation. It is not wise to allow others to move in or out of it, in any way and re-clutter. #PsychicHygiene

Do offer to help them set up their own "space" if they require one too. 

Write/Make Your Own Ritual
If there is thought of salt circles and witches over a cauldron, just remember that although these rituals certainly exist, that is not necessarily what we are talking about. Making our own ritual is simply a matter of creating a set of Practices we commit to doing during every new moon -- that are CREATED BY EACH OF US. It could be as simple as meditating, taking a yoga class, or writing a list, and taking time out for Self. Or, it can be as elaborate as creating a space, making a crystal grid, taking a cleansing bath or smudging our entire home during the new moon phase. Yes, all can smudge, or sain, or smoke, or cleanse related to whatever Path we each follow.

Whatever it is, make sure it incorporates taking a moment to reflect and plant a few seeds of Intention. Taking periodic pauses can help us to avoid venturing too far down a Path that is not aligned with our hearts, minds, or Spirits. 

Utilize the new moon as a reminder to stop, access and maneuver to the dreams of our Highest Benefit.