Blessing Moon

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Celebrate the Blessing Moon with divination and dream work. Image by YouraPechkin/Vetta/Getty Images

July's full moon is known as the Blessing Moon, although it's also called the Meadow Moon. July was originally called Quintilus but was later renamed in honor of Julius Caesar. Falling in the heat of the middle of summer, this moon phase takes place when we're all feeling a bit lazy and sluggish - after all, going outside can seem like a chore as the heat index climbs. Physically, we're often a bit slower than usual in July, which is why this is a good time of the year to focus on meditation and dream work.

This is indeed a season of blessings - if you've got a garden growing, July is when you're starting to see fat tomatoes form on the vine, plump peppers, watermelons, and the beginnings of squash for later harvesting. Your flowers are blooming, and corn stalks are on their way to being tall and bountiful. If you have herbs growing, now is the perfect season to start thinking about harvesting and drying them for later magical use.

Correspondences

  • Colors: Green, silver, blue-gray
  • Gemstones: Moonstone, white agate, opals or pearls
  • Trees: Ash and oak
  • Gods: Juno, Venus, Cerridwen, Athena, Nephthys, Lugh
  • Herbs: Mugwort, hyssop, lemon balm
  • Element: Water

Blessing Moon Magic

This is a great time to do divination and dreamwork. For a bit of moon magic divination, consider doing some full moon water scrying.

If you've ever thought about creating a dream journal, this month is a good time to start one. Dreams can be prophetic, in that they may tell us of things yet to come, or they can be therapeutic, a way of our subconscious acknowledging problems that have to be resolved. Write down your dreams so you can try to interpret their messages later, and see how they'll apply to your life in the coming months.

Find a way to incorporate the watery energy of the Blessing Moon into your spell crafting and ritual. Enjoy the relaxing feeling of July's full moon and use it in your personal meditation. If you garden, get outside and do some weeding. Turn it into a meditative exercise, pulling weeds as a way of getting rid of the emotional and spiritual clutter that may be stifling your happiness. 

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Wigington, Patti. "Blessing Moon." Learn Religions, Feb. 8, 2021, learnreligions.com/blessing-moon-2562386. Wigington, Patti. (2021, February 8). Blessing Moon. Retrieved from https://www.learnreligions.com/blessing-moon-2562386 Wigington, Patti. "Blessing Moon." Learn Religions. https://www.learnreligions.com/blessing-moon-2562386 (accessed March 29, 2024).