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Everyday Moon Magic: Spells & Rituals for Abundant Living
That magical, mystical, glorious Moon--invite her power into your life every day, from fixing your computer to blessing your pets. You'll learn how each Moon phase affects your spellwork, including the seldom-discussed energies of the true Blue Moon, the Black Moon, the void-of-course moon, and the lunar eclipse. Follow the Moon as she traverses each sign of the zodiac, and discover how each astrological phase affects magic, mundane events, and gardening--and how your personal Moon sign affects your magical work. This guide by popular author Dorothy Morrison includes more than 140 spells, chants, and rituals, along with Esbat celebrations for the Full Moon.
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 8, 2004
About the author
Dorothy Morrison
69 books157 followersWhile some of you may know me as the author of Lucinda's Web, Everyday Magic, The Craft, Utterly Wicked and many other books, you probably don't know much else about me. And a good number of you probably have no earthly idea who I am at all. So, why not read a little further and let me introduce myself!
A native Texan, I now live in Virginia with my husband, Mark. I'm a Third Degree Wiccan High Priestess of the Georgian Tradition, founded the Coven of the Crystal Garden in 1986, and spent many years teaching the Craft to students in eight states and in Australia. Since I'm the eternal student, though - who isn't?! - I'm currently ensconced in studies of the RavenMyst Circle Tradition, and enjoy membership in the Coven of the Raven.
But that's just the stuff pertinent to the Craft. Outside of my religious practices and spiritual beliefs, I'm a pretty well-rounded person as well. I've worked as an accounts payable clerk, a legal secretary, an administrative assistant, an office manager, a commissioned sales person, a personnel consultant, and in the City of Houston's Civil Service and Housing Code & Dangerous Buildings departments. I've also held positions as a hospital ward clerk, an animal shelter administrator and am a licensed nail tech. So, the truth of the matter is that I really am a jack of all trades - although whether I'm a master of any is still up for debate. Chuckle! [Photograph courtesy of K.A. Varner Photography, Norfolk, VA]baby
Of course, all of those experiences - some absolutely delightful and others, just downright awful - helped to shape the person I am today. But they didn't do it alone. They had help. And while I won't bore you with all the details, I thought you might enjoy a brief journey through my life. So...grab a cup of coffee, relax, and let me tell you a story...
It all begin centuries ago with my ancestors. I'm a direct descendant of William the Conqueror (King of England), Robert the Bruce of Scotland, and various doctors, lawyers, ministers, and patriots, as well as the fourth Governor of Kentucky, the first Poet Laureate of Texas, and a charter member of the Texas Rangers - all of whom were spunky, opinionated, and tenacious. So when I'm accused of being sassy - an accusation that seems to be spouted on a regular basis - I can't help but grin. I do, after all, come by it honestly.
I was born on May 6, 1955 in a small Texas town to a deputy sheriff - who later became Chief of Police - and his wife. My mother wanted to name me Penelope, but my father nixed the idea. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with the name. Not at all. It was just that his criteria for naming anything - cats, dogs, horses, or children - was that he had to be able to remember it when he was mad. And sadly, Penelope just didn't fit the bill. That being the case, he opted for something he could remember and named me after his little sister.
Much to my father's delight, I was quite the tomboy; in fact, he put me on a horse before I could walk. [This guaranteed my first real photo op with Western Horseman magazine when I was only two years old. It seems that I was the youngest rider in the Texas Trail Ride Association who could truly handle her own horse - even though that horse was sixteen hands high.] But good equestrian skills were just the beginning of his lessons. He instilled in me a love for all animals - both domestic and wild - and in doing so, taught me about the balance of Nature and animal conservation. He taught me to fish - looking back, I'm sure all those "driveway casting lessons" really tested his patience, but he stuck with it anyway - and it's something I still love to do today. He even taught me how to swing a hammer. But, perhaps, the most important thing he ever taught me was how to spin a good tale - a lesson I've been putting into practice for most of my life.
Mama, however, had her own set of lessons to teach. A master gardener, she taught me the joys of digging in the dirt an
A native Texan, I now live in Virginia with my husband, Mark. I'm a Third Degree Wiccan High Priestess of the Georgian Tradition, founded the Coven of the Crystal Garden in 1986, and spent many years teaching the Craft to students in eight states and in Australia. Since I'm the eternal student, though - who isn't?! - I'm currently ensconced in studies of the RavenMyst Circle Tradition, and enjoy membership in the Coven of the Raven.
But that's just the stuff pertinent to the Craft. Outside of my religious practices and spiritual beliefs, I'm a pretty well-rounded person as well. I've worked as an accounts payable clerk, a legal secretary, an administrative assistant, an office manager, a commissioned sales person, a personnel consultant, and in the City of Houston's Civil Service and Housing Code & Dangerous Buildings departments. I've also held positions as a hospital ward clerk, an animal shelter administrator and am a licensed nail tech. So, the truth of the matter is that I really am a jack of all trades - although whether I'm a master of any is still up for debate. Chuckle! [Photograph courtesy of K.A. Varner Photography, Norfolk, VA]baby
Of course, all of those experiences - some absolutely delightful and others, just downright awful - helped to shape the person I am today. But they didn't do it alone. They had help. And while I won't bore you with all the details, I thought you might enjoy a brief journey through my life. So...grab a cup of coffee, relax, and let me tell you a story...
It all begin centuries ago with my ancestors. I'm a direct descendant of William the Conqueror (King of England), Robert the Bruce of Scotland, and various doctors, lawyers, ministers, and patriots, as well as the fourth Governor of Kentucky, the first Poet Laureate of Texas, and a charter member of the Texas Rangers - all of whom were spunky, opinionated, and tenacious. So when I'm accused of being sassy - an accusation that seems to be spouted on a regular basis - I can't help but grin. I do, after all, come by it honestly.
I was born on May 6, 1955 in a small Texas town to a deputy sheriff - who later became Chief of Police - and his wife. My mother wanted to name me Penelope, but my father nixed the idea. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with the name. Not at all. It was just that his criteria for naming anything - cats, dogs, horses, or children - was that he had to be able to remember it when he was mad. And sadly, Penelope just didn't fit the bill. That being the case, he opted for something he could remember and named me after his little sister.
Much to my father's delight, I was quite the tomboy; in fact, he put me on a horse before I could walk. [This guaranteed my first real photo op with Western Horseman magazine when I was only two years old. It seems that I was the youngest rider in the Texas Trail Ride Association who could truly handle her own horse - even though that horse was sixteen hands high.] But good equestrian skills were just the beginning of his lessons. He instilled in me a love for all animals - both domestic and wild - and in doing so, taught me about the balance of Nature and animal conservation. He taught me to fish - looking back, I'm sure all those "driveway casting lessons" really tested his patience, but he stuck with it anyway - and it's something I still love to do today. He even taught me how to swing a hammer. But, perhaps, the most important thing he ever taught me was how to spin a good tale - a lesson I've been putting into practice for most of my life.
Mama, however, had her own set of lessons to teach. A master gardener, she taught me the joys of digging in the dirt an
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August 2, 2011
This good is one of the best and only book on Moon Magic out there. It not only goes into the Magic that can be done for each individual Moon phases but goes through each calender Moon and gives you info, ideas, and invocations. It also gives you great info on the Moon as it travels through each individual sign, and gardening tips of what to do during these signs. It is easy to read fun and dare I say kind of fluffy but not in a bad way. My only big criticism is the fact that from page 135 to page 256, nearly half the book is a republishing of different spells and rituals that can be found in her book Everyday Magic. This republishing of books is why this book did not get a higher rating from me. I would have liked more in depth info on the Moons, not a collection of spells, it gave the book hurried let's just get this thing published kind of a vibe. I would however still recommend it as a great reference book for anyone wanting to work with the Moon and still like Dorothy Morrison as an author.
August 24, 2011
This book is a complete saviour when it comes to the Esbats. For each month's full moon, it has lore, history, an invocation, ritual ideas and activities. There's, also, a section on moon lore at the front of the book and the final third is dedicated to lunar magick and spells. Definitely recommended for beginners and advanced Pagans alike.
March 14, 2011
I was iffy about ordering it because I don't know much about Dorothy Morrison, but as soon as I opened this book I fell in love with it. I personally think this is a must read and I'm so glad that I have a copy. It covers so many topics and it's really wonderful, in my opinion.
August 28, 2026
The Moon is probably one of the first celestial bodies most witches learn to incorporate into magic, but our understanding of lunar magic can remain surprisingly basic. Waxing means increase, waning means decrease, Full Moon means power, and New Moon means beginnings, and for many practitioners that's about as far as it ever goes.
Everyday Moon Magic demonstrates how much more nuanced lunar timing can become. Dorothy Morrison takes the familiar lunar cycle and expands it into an entire system for thinking about when and how we perform magic, incorporating not only the phases but the Moon's movement through the zodiac, different kinds of Full Moons, eclipses, void-of-course periods, and other lunar conditions.
I particularly enjoyed the material on the Moon moving through the signs because this is where lunar magic becomes much more precise. A waxing Moon might generally support attraction or increase, but a waxing Moon in Taurus and a waxing Moon in Aquarius don't necessarily bring the same qualities to a working. Once you begin layering phase and zodiacal position together, the question stops being simply “Is the Moon waxing?” and becomes “What exactly is the Moon doing right now, and does that support what I'm trying to accomplish?”
Dorothy also spends time with the Full Moons throughout the year, giving each its own lore, invocations, activities, and possibilities for Esbat celebration. I like that this allows lunar practice to operate on several scales simultaneously: the monthly waxing and waning cycle continues underneath the larger seasonal movement of the year, while the Moon's zodiacal position adds another constantly changing layer.
And because this is Dorothy Morrison, the whole thing remains practical. There are more than 140 spells, chants, and rituals, and lunar timing isn't confined to formal spellwork either; gardening and ordinary activities are included alongside explicitly magical applications.
That practicality is one of Dorothy's greatest strengths as a magical author. She has a talent for taking a subject that could easily become an exhausting collection of calculations and correspondences and making you want to actually experiment with it.
I also appreciate the attention given to lunar phenomena that receive considerably less discussion in introductory books. Blue Moons, Black Moons, lunar eclipses, and void-of-course Moons complicate the tidy four-phase model and encourage the practitioner to recognize that the Moon is constantly participating in several different cycles at once.
Of course, I don't think effective magic requires waiting around indefinitely for the astrologically perfect moment. If something needs to happen now, I am generally going to do the magic now. But timing can function as another ingredient, and when circumstances allow us to choose our moment, there is no reason not to understand the currents already moving around us and use them intelligently.
That's ultimately what I took from Everyday Moon Magic. The Moon isn't merely a symbol hanging above the ritual; it is a changing celestial current, and learning its rhythms gives the witch another way to refine and strengthen their work.
You can practice magic without paying much attention to the Moon, but once you begin noticing its movements, it's difficult to stop. Dorothy Morrison gives you an accessible way to begin paying much closer attention, and the night sky becomes a much more interesting magical calendar because of it.
Everyday Moon Magic demonstrates how much more nuanced lunar timing can become. Dorothy Morrison takes the familiar lunar cycle and expands it into an entire system for thinking about when and how we perform magic, incorporating not only the phases but the Moon's movement through the zodiac, different kinds of Full Moons, eclipses, void-of-course periods, and other lunar conditions.
I particularly enjoyed the material on the Moon moving through the signs because this is where lunar magic becomes much more precise. A waxing Moon might generally support attraction or increase, but a waxing Moon in Taurus and a waxing Moon in Aquarius don't necessarily bring the same qualities to a working. Once you begin layering phase and zodiacal position together, the question stops being simply “Is the Moon waxing?” and becomes “What exactly is the Moon doing right now, and does that support what I'm trying to accomplish?”
Dorothy also spends time with the Full Moons throughout the year, giving each its own lore, invocations, activities, and possibilities for Esbat celebration. I like that this allows lunar practice to operate on several scales simultaneously: the monthly waxing and waning cycle continues underneath the larger seasonal movement of the year, while the Moon's zodiacal position adds another constantly changing layer.
And because this is Dorothy Morrison, the whole thing remains practical. There are more than 140 spells, chants, and rituals, and lunar timing isn't confined to formal spellwork either; gardening and ordinary activities are included alongside explicitly magical applications.
That practicality is one of Dorothy's greatest strengths as a magical author. She has a talent for taking a subject that could easily become an exhausting collection of calculations and correspondences and making you want to actually experiment with it.
I also appreciate the attention given to lunar phenomena that receive considerably less discussion in introductory books. Blue Moons, Black Moons, lunar eclipses, and void-of-course Moons complicate the tidy four-phase model and encourage the practitioner to recognize that the Moon is constantly participating in several different cycles at once.
Of course, I don't think effective magic requires waiting around indefinitely for the astrologically perfect moment. If something needs to happen now, I am generally going to do the magic now. But timing can function as another ingredient, and when circumstances allow us to choose our moment, there is no reason not to understand the currents already moving around us and use them intelligently.
That's ultimately what I took from Everyday Moon Magic. The Moon isn't merely a symbol hanging above the ritual; it is a changing celestial current, and learning its rhythms gives the witch another way to refine and strengthen their work.
You can practice magic without paying much attention to the Moon, but once you begin noticing its movements, it's difficult to stop. Dorothy Morrison gives you an accessible way to begin paying much closer attention, and the night sky becomes a much more interesting magical calendar because of it.
January 1, 2023
this book sucks ass
November 27, 2016
This book is very good. It has lots of information. Great for beginners. The only thing that keeps me from giving it a 5 star is the fact that there are very little to no spell suggestions for the new moon. Other then that it was a great read. This is definitely a great staple to have on hand for every months moon phases.
May 3, 2009
Morrison returns to specific spells for specific hours with Moon Magic.
November 11, 2012
I have to say that I adore Dorothy Morrison's ability to write, she charms the reader from the first page. This book is wonderful and covers almost everything you want to know about the moon.
February 11, 2013
Dorothy has a way of writing that you can't wait to keep reading
May 30, 2013
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April 26, 2016
A useful and straightforward spellbook.
October 3, 2016
It is a great book to read
July 15, 2014
A bit too kooky for my tastes. And it was kind of confusing.
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