:moon_water: WITCH CHALLENGE - Moon, Sun, and Other Magickal Waters

Merry meet,

Thank you once again to all those who joined in for the previous Witch Challenge - Your Inner Child :family_adult_child:

The fun continues this week, so invite your playful nature along for some magickal crafting with natural forces :milky_way:

The theme for this challenge is…

:droplet::jar: Magickal Waters :crescent_moon: :moon_water:

Moon, Sun, Celestial, and More-
Making & Using Magickal Waters

Many witches have heard of Moon Water - a potent magickal ingredient commonly added to spells and rituals - but are you familiar with the other magickal waters? From Sun Water to Storm Water, Celestia Water, Florida Water, and many more - there are a lot of magickal waters one can use!

Each type of magickal water has its own correspondences and properties that can enhance spellwork. Magickal waters may also be used for cleansing, offerings, or even as perfume when fragrant.

Whether you’re a magickal water crafting master or you’re new to the world of spell waters, you’re invited to explore the theme alongside your coven :mage:

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This challenge is about magickal waters - how you choose to take on this theme is up to you. So are you ready? Because it’s…

CHALLENGE TIME!

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From Spells8: 7 Ways to Use Moon Water



Making & Using Magickal Water :jar:

This challenge is all about magickal waters - as always, feel free to explore the theme in a way that aligns with you and your unique practice.

Still not sure where to begin? To help you get started, here are a few suggested spells and other ways in which a witch might approach this challenge.

Please make sure you are logged into your Spells8 Account so you can view all of the resources shared!

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Moon Water :crescent_moon:

How-to-Make-Moon-Water-Magick-750x500
How to Make Moon Water (During Any Moon Phase)

Moon-Water-Storage-1-750x500
Storing Moon Water: Make it Last Longer

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Moon Water Uses: Tips and Ideas

moon water ideas
10 Ways to Use Moon Water

Additional resources and related discussions:

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Sun, Eclipse, & Celestial Waters :milky_way:

Sun-Magick-750x500
Sun Water: Making & Using Solar Water

How-to-Make-Eclipse-Water-750x500
How to Make & Use Eclipse Water

Additional recourses and related discussions:

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Other Magickal Waters :potion:

Florida Water Recipe (1)
How to Make Florida Water: Traditional Recipe

War-Water-Witch-Brew-Spells8
War Water: Protective Magick

Water-of-Notre-Dame-DIY-Recipe
Water of Notre Dame: Making Peace Water

Rose-Water-Toner-Recipe-Spells8
Rose Water: Beauty Magick

Water-and-Sprays-Banner
Magickal Waters & Sprays

Additional resources and related discussions:

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…And More! :raised_hands:

The suggestions above are just a few ideas to help kickstart your creativity. If you feel called to explore the challenge theme in another way, you are welcome to do so.



How to Join the Challenge :trophy:

In order for your entry to be counted, all you have to do is write/share about your experience and label it as your challenge entry. There is a lot of chatting here (which is awesome- chatting and discussion are very welcome!) so please clearly write that it is your entry so I know to count it! :pray:

Where Do I Share My Entry? :thinking:

Click here to learn where to share your challenge entry

You are welcome to post it right here- just click “reply” :repeat: to this post and write your experience in the text box that pops up!

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Note: If you do choose to create a new thread, please add the “challenge-entry” tag and/or add a hyperlink back to this post so that it can be easily found- thank you! :bowing_woman:

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Everyone is welcome to join the challenge. For those who would like the challenge prizes, please know that you will need to share your experience if you want to receive a prize and a public shout-out.

Don’t feel comfortable sharing? No fear! For lurkers and those who are shy, it is absolutely okay to follow along with the challenge on the sidelines. At the end of the day, these challenges are here to help you help yourself by expanding and enhancing your personal magickal practice. I hope they can be helpful for you!


Deadline :spiral_calendar:

:exclamation: This challenge will close in 13 DAYS :exclamation:

To join in, please share your experience by:

Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 AM EDT (Eastern US Time)
2025-09-23T11:00:00Z

(Note that the time zone is ET- if you don’t see your time displayed above, you can use this time zone calculator to check for your time zone!)


Prizes :gift:

For their efforts, all participants will receive a special shout-out and a small prize! :gift:

Acknowledgments will be given in a Props and Presents Post that will appear in the forums the day the challenge closes.

After the challenge closes, you are still very welcome to post but please be aware that no additional prizes will be given. This discussion will remain open for about a week after the challenge finishes.


From Spells8: How to Make Water of Notre Dame

A warm reminder that the challenges are designed to be very open- everyone is encouraged to participate in a way that honors and reflects their unique practice :open_book:

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And for those new to challenges- welcome! :heart: Know that the goal of these activities is to help you further diversify and strengthen your abilities and to bring together the Spells8 forum family to inspire and support one another in creative ways :hugs:


From Spells8: Waterfall Ward Home Protection

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The heavens rage and planets blaze
Moon and sun, mighty storm and haze
But with just water and a humble cup
You’re a witch - you can bottle it up!

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Blessed Be :moon_water: :sparkles:

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Pick the Challenge Badge

The tradition continues! Let us know - which title do you like the most?

  • Crafter of Magickal Waters
  • Craft Water Specialist
  • Magickal Brewer
  • All Bottled Up
  • Has the Heavens in a Jar
0 voters

The title with the most votes will be awarded to all challenge entrants.

Thanks for sharing your vote - blessed be! :sparkles:

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Already picked out my challenge but I’ve been baking a blender berries and cream cake, green beans with garlic and sesame, found a great deal on petite sirloin to grill and am making sauteed mushrooms to top the steak for the SO’s birthday dinner tonight.

Been a wee bit busy today :grin: , but have a perfect :sun: :droplet: spell I’ll do tomorrow!

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Sounds like an amazing meal @Artemisia !

I have several ideas for this one! I need to decide on which way to go with it

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@Artemisia That sounds deeeelicious - what a feast! Hope you enjoyed your cooking and that your SO had a nice bday :blush: Looking forward to hearing about your sun water spellwork when it’s ready! :sun: :sparkles:

@Mystique Lots of choices, but no wrong answers! I’m excited to see what you choose to do. Happy crafting, Mystique! :jar: :heart:

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Challenge Entry - Moon, Sun, and Other Magickal Waters

Sowilo & Flow

I chose to combine runes, wood, sun and a lake for my challenge.

I picked an uncarved stave (and happened to pick White Ash), carved off some bark, and drew :sowilo:. I also gathered some of the black-eyed susans that were still blooming by my mailbox.

I went down to the lake and returned to my spell spot.

I plucked the petals from the flowers and set them in the water and watched them float away then I dipped the Sowilo rune stave in the water and said

Sowilo, sun’s light, move with the current. May your guidance flow into my life.

Then I held it to the sun and, leaving the lakeside, charged it in the sun.

It’s now sitting on my altar.

:sun: :sowilo: :droplet:

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WITCH CHALLENGE - Moon, Sun, and Other Magickal Waters

Challenge entry Garnet

Whose idea was this one?

After putting together 4 pages and some plagiarism, I decided I wasn’t gonna live

long enough to do this justice.

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OK that’s what I found in a book series “Healing your Body, Mind and Spirit” It was published in the 70’s and I picked through what I had to find this much.

Making magic water is one thing, but you need to decide what kind of water you need.

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That was fun, wasn’t it?I couldn’t find spell and I regret that.

I had problems staying on task with this challenge

Blessed be

And keep living free

GArnet

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Challenge entry

We had a bad storm come through so I grabbed a jar and put it outside to collect rain. It was raining so hard it didn’t take long to fill the jar. So for my challenge I made storm water.

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@Mystique that is such a pretty jar! I love using canning jars in my practice. It feels so hearth-witchy :witch_cauldron: :jar:

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My challenge entry

The story of my first magickal water jar

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I have always wanted to make moon / sun / enchanted water, but never have. I’ve sat out crystals and special jewelry during bright sunlight or full moons occasionally but I really do want to make more of a conscious effort to do things like that. :full_moon: :sun: :gem_stone:

So I’m using this challenge as my motivator!

This was my original cup on my altar. It was used initially as a ‘well’ or water offering for Brighid, who helped guide me more deeply into my witchcraft practice. After I moved on from specifically working with her (the energy shifted to Freyja / Frigga) I kept using this little jar for daily house spirit / fairy offerings :fairy: using a small lid for little food offerings nearby.

You can see all of the hard water stains from using it over hot summers in the past couple years! :fire:

After officially practicing Wicca :pentagram: for more than a year with my daughter, we collected a small copper chalice. It was too small for our rituals so I used it as our new spirit offering cup.:cup_tarot:

I sat the original, well-used jar to the side, not sure what it would be used for… but I listened to my intuition, telling me it would have another good use in time. :jar:

Sure enough this challenge popped up. I initially wished I had a jar just for this purpose. But wait! What about this little jar I’d used for so long? Oh if only it had a lid… I must have thrown the original one away by now.

Something told me to check our silverware drawer, where I store jar lids for several purposes. I had a pull to reach for a very specific one.

I turned it over…

It just so happened to be the exact lid from this jar.

I took that as a sign that this was meant for our enchanted water. I plan on using water from our sink and leaving it out on our windowsill. Which moon phase? I’d always wanted to use the full moon, but I love the idea of exploring other phases. :waxing_crescent_moon: :full_moon: :waning_crescent_moon:

Intentions for this jar

I plan on starting by filling it with water and charging it the night before our rituals. The next one is Mabon :maple_leaf: which also happens to fall near a new moon :new_moon: how exciting! I think those energies will work well together.

Thank you for inspiring me to finally start working with water in this way!

I’m the future I think it would be neat to have even tinier jars with tight lids that I could charge and label for different zodiac signs and moon phases. But for now I am going to keep it simple. That always ends up being the most powerful option in my practice, anyway. :witch_cauldron: :pentagram: :sparkles:

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I’ve never made Moon Water before! I’ve always had an interest in it though!

I have this Moon Dust… I’ve never been sure what to do with it? Can this be used in Moon Water?

Actually, can someone tell me what Moon Dust is….

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To the best of my knowledge, moon dust is an ingredient one can use in spells. There are a few recipes around to craft it. Let me see if I can find some!

Here they are:

Blessed be! :moon_water:

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One week to go!

Well done to the coven members who have been getting crafty in the Craft - it’s been awesome seeing the entries shared so far! Thank you to those who have bottled up celestial or natural forces to make magickal waters :droplet: :sparkles:

For those still pondering about the theme, rest assured that plenty of time remains on the challenge clock. There is one more week until this challenge closes.

Looking forward to seeing your entries!

Blessed be :moon_water:

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Thank you for this

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You’re welcome :heart:

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Challenge Entry

Rune Water

Adding runes to pretty much anything is standard practice for rune workers, put them on our tea, our jewelry, draw them on ourselves, they’re are so versatile but I thought I’d share a little extra magic into creating rune water.

Rune water is seasonal so the lovely @Artemisia has covered :sowilo: I thought as we’re entering the cozy season I would add a bit of hailstorm and thunder :high_voltage::cyclone::cloud_with_lightning_and_rain:

The Ritual to Thor

When that storm is swirling fiercely around you, the sky is black, the wind is strong, you may be lucky enough to get hail too. Grab your mack, a container that can withstand stormy conditions and an offering. Go outside. :grin:

No candles, Thor will blow them out anyway.

Draw with your finger onto the ground :haglaz: and :thurisaz: as a bind rune.

Put your container on the ground on top of your bindrune. Pour your offering out to Thor (he loves beer, flowers, a portion of your dinner) :face_blowing_a_kiss:

Now stretch out your hands to the storm, deep into your gut shout out!

Hail ver thoo noo Tor

Hail ver thoo noo Hagalaz

Hail ver thoo noo Turisaz

(Hail to you Thor, Hail to you Hagalaz etc)

Not only does it feel great to yell at a storm, it pulls in that magnificent energy into your water. Let the storm drench you, enjoy that wild free energy.

Leave your container with the storm. When the storm is done, you’ll have some beautiful storm energised water for those fired up spells. I separate mine out into freezer bags, to freeze in portions and draw the rune :isaz: onto each bag.

Enjoy and don’t be afraid to get wet. :laughing:

Skal :clinking_beer_mugs:

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lol I’m sorry this made me chuckle. :cloud_with_lightning_and_rain:

Very creative ritual! Thank you for sharing! And I love the gif :wink: one of my favorite movie series.

@Artemisia I meant to comment on your beautiful work with the rune stave, I’ll need to try something like that myself someday!

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It’s good to laugh. I’ve had sooo many candles destroyed by Thor, I give up. :person_shrugging::rofl:. Thank you. :green_heart:

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Challenge Entry

I wasn’t sure what I was going to do for this challenge. I don’t typically use any kind of water in my spells and I’ve only made moon water a couple of times.

The first time, I used water from the rain barrel and realized afterward that I couldn’t drink that water if I had wanted to. So it was used to water plants on my Witch’s Garden.

The second time I used filtered water from our whole house filtration system. At first it was just in a mason jar, but then I decanted it into a special moon water bottle I got on Etsy. I used that in my bath today when I had a cleansing bath.

As the tub was filling, I poured in the moon water and chanted:

Powers of Moon Water, I call on thee

Bless this bathwater and set my spirit free

With each drop, I invite the light

Purity and Peace in this sacred rite

As I bathe, let my worries cease

In this moment I find my peace.

(I found the original online and changed some of the wording as I was having my bath in the daylight hours, not under a moon.)

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That’s beautiful Greenbriar! The next time I come to your house, can I borrow you tub?:rofl: Just kidding!

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