The waxing moon is a promise growing toward its keeping, and its light is kind to beginnings. A cordial brewed as she swells carries that rising quality into the one who drinks it.
Gentle and forgiving, this potion is a fine first step onto the diviner’s path. It reaches toward clarity rather than vision, thinning the fog of worry so that when a sign comes, you are calm and clear enough to read it.
The Working
- Leave a bowl of clean water where the waxing moon can touch it for a single night.
- At dusk the next day, warm the water gently and steep chamomile, lavender, and a pinch of mugwort until the brew turns gold.
- Rest a clear quartz beside the bowl while it cools, that the water may borrow its clarity.
- Strain the cordial and hold the bowl in both hands, breathing its scent and naming what you wish to see plainly.
- Sip slowly, and with each mouthful feel a layer of confusion lift away.
- Sit in the quiet afterward with your question held loosely, and let the first clear thought be your omen.
The Incantation
Water that the moon has kissed,
lift from me the clouding mist.
Herb of dream and stone of light,
make my inward seeing bright.
As you rise, so let me see
clear and calm the thing to be.
The spell is sealed with the final sip and released when clarity settles over you; pour any that remains at the roots of a growing thing.