Moon oil

How to Use It

Witchcraft & Folk Magick

• Dress a white or silver candle with the oil on the night of the full moon.
• Anoint the brow before sleep for vivid and prophetic dreams.
• Add a few drops to a bowl of water set out under the full moon for scrying.

Ceremonial & Occult Magick

• Dress candles on a Monday in the hour of the Moon for lunar talismans.
• Anoint a silver talisman bearing the planetary square of the Moon.

A Simple Working

• On the night of the full moon, fill a silver or glass bowl with water.
• Add three drops of Moon oil.
• Set the bowl where moonlight falls on it.
• Dress a silver chime candle with the oil and light it beside the bowl.
• Gaze into the water and ask one question.
• Note what you see, then use the water to anoint your doorstep.

Pairs Well With

• A silver chime candle: for the Moon and her metal.
• A white household candle: for longer full-moon rites.
• Mugwort: for dreams and scrying.
• Moonstone: for her altar and jewellery.

What You Receive

Moon oil, available in 2 dram and 1 oz.

Origin & Lore

The Moon is one of the seven classical planets of astrology, ruling Cancer, Monday, the metal silver and all things that ebb and flow. Its goddesses include the Greek Selene and Artemis and the Roman Diana. This oil is a modern planetary blend used to honour the Moon and to work in her days and phases.

Ancient Greek writers claimed the witches of Thessaly could draw the Moon down from the sky, and in Aristophanes’ “Clouds” a character plans to hire one to do it.

“Drawing down the Moon” became a central rite in modern Wicca, in which the priestess invokes the Goddess into herself. In Agrippa’s “Three Books of Occult Philosophy”, the Moon is given a planetary square of nine by nine, and the Arbatel names Phul as the Olympic spirit of the Moon.