Wort (Herb) Moon   

    The word "wort" is Anglo-Saxon for "herb".  So that means when this moon rises in the sky, it signifies the time when herbs have reached their full potential.  They stand tall and strong, flowering and fruitful - the product of spring winds, rain and the summer sun.  The scent of these herbs fill the air, lingering and beckoning to us - begging us to choose - begging to be included in our magick work.

    This moon also heralds the time for us to begin our spiritual harvests.  Because of this, magickal efforts seem to come into fruitation more easily. Personal psychic abilities are more potent, and divinatory readings become more clear.  Dreams are filled with prophesy and vision.  Because of this, it's important to give the world of Spirits its due, and offer yourself as a harvest for its work.  When you do this, you'll discover wonderful things about your inner self that you never knew were there.  Things that can only make your magick more powerful.

Things to Do for the Wort Moon:

• Wear shades of orange and green to honor the herb harvest, and adorn your hair with wreaths of herbs or greenery.

• Use orange candles and burn a Full Moon incense.  You could also burn a mixture of sage, lavender, and rosemary for your incense.

• Decorate your altar with bunches of vervain or fresh herbs, tied with ribbons.

• Asperge the Circle with a bouquet of herbs or plants and your favorite tea.

• Serve herbal cookies (just add a Tbsp. of lavender or lemon balm to your favorite sugar cookie recipe) and herbal tea for libation.

• Charge herbs and plants in Circle for general magickal use.  Follow the herbal charging method that suits you.  Or use a general purpose chant like:
                  Plants of wonder - plants of power
                  Increase in potency by minute and hour
                  I conjure you now, I charge you with strength
                  I give you life of infinite length
                  And boundless magickal energy
                  As I will, plants, charged you be

• Offer yourself for spiritual harvest by scattering herbs through the yard for the faeries.  As you scatter them, chant:
                  All members of the Sprite and Fey
                  I offer myself to You this day
                  For spiritual harvest and Your work here below
                  So that I may flower and blossom and grow
                  And learn for myself and that up ahead
                  While working or playing or dreaming in bed
                  And in return, there is nothing I ask
                  But that within Your magick my Spirit can bask.