Waxing Moon Magic

Building, Expanding, and Feeding the Fire

“As the Moon grows, so does the work. Feed your magic, or watch it starve.”

The Tone of the Waxing Moon

The Waxing Moon is growth in motion. Each night she pulls more light into the sky, and each night that current amplifies what you’ve already set into motion. If the New Moon is planting seeds, the Waxing Moon is watering them, feeding them, and coaxing them to sprout.

This is the phase of constructive power, expansion, and momentum. It’s where you check in with what you started at the New Moon and add fuel to the fire.

Think of it like this: if you cast for a job at the New Moon, the Waxing Moon is when you print extra resumes, enchant them with oils or powders, and get them out into the world. If you lit a spark for love, the Waxing Moon is when you fan the flame.

The energy here is active, positive, and forward-pushing. But remember: growth unchecked can burn wild. Feed your magic with care, too much fire and you’ll scorch your seedlings, too little and they wither.

Colors for the Waxing Moon: green, silver, white, soft blues.
Crystals: carnelian, citrine, garnet, jade.

Love & Relationships

The Waxing Moon is perfect for strengthening what already exists.

If your relationship is good but needs more heat, this is the phase to stoke desire.

Try this working:

• On a Friday night under the Waxing Moon, take a candle that represents lust or passion (red works beautifully).

• Etch your intent into it — words, symbols, even a little inside joke.

• Mix together cinnamon, brown sugar, and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

• Anoint the candle with oil, roll it in the mixture, and charge it with your intent.

• Light it in the bedroom, let it radiate, and then — well, you know what comes next.

⚠️ Pro-tip: Wash your hands before you get down to business. Cayenne pepper in tender places is not sexy.

If fire magic feels too much, you can brew a sensual sprinkle instead: mix cinnamon, sugar, vanilla, and water. Charge it with the Waxing Moon’s current and sprinkle lightly on sheets, in the shower, or wherever you plan to raise energy. Keep carnelian near the bed for extra spark.

This isn’t just about sex. It’s about adding to what you already have, more joy, more passion, more connection.

Wealth & Abundance

The Waxing Moon is the builder’s phase for finances. Take whatever you manifested at the New Moon and expand it.

This is the time to:

• Apply for more jobs.

• Invest in your business.

• Expand your social reach.

• Enchant your online posts for wider visibility.

One quirky (but surprisingly effective) spell is the Popcorn Jar of Abundance.

• Place unpopped kernels in a jar.

• Keep it in a tucked-away place — behind the toilet is traditional, the logic being that “shit is fertilizer.”

• Enchant the kernels under the Waxing Moon to expand your money flow just like kernels pop into fullness.

Strange? Yes. Effective? Absolutely.

Another working: if you own a business, enchant employee paychecks under the Waxing Moon. Charge them with expansion so that as your employees thrive, your business grows with them.

Or, if you’re hustling solo, enchant your wallet or bank app directly. Every time you swipe or transfer, imagine the Waxing Moon enlarging your wealth like her light in the sky.

Protection

The Waxing Moon is the perfect time to grow protective power around yourself or your home.

Ideas:

• Create a protective fetish or charm bag. Charge it to swell in strength with each passing night of the Waxing Moon.

• Draw a protective sigil, then take it outside and call down the Moon’s light into it. Let it glow and “grow” alive under your hands.

This is especially powerful for protection you want to look and feel larger than life — the kind of ward that makes aggressors back off before they even realize why.

Healing

Healing under the Waxing Moon is about building strength and amplifying vitality.

Practical ways to work with this current:

• Cook soup for someone sick. As it simmers, pull the Waxing Moon’s light into the pot. Charge it to expand the immune system, grow healthy tissue, and amplify energy. Feed it to the person with love.

• Create a wearable charm — a bracelet or necklace with crystals like amethyst, citrine, or garnet. Infuse it with the Waxing Moon’s current and program it to strengthen the body each time it’s worn.

This isn’t about emergency healing. It’s about building resilience, expanding wellness, and boosting the body’s capacity to thrive.

Malediction / Baneful Work

Here’s where the Waxing Moon gets deliciously dangerous.

If you planted a curse at the New Moon, this is the time to take it up a notch.

Think of it as moving from seed to sprout: if you worked the mind before, now drive it into the body. Make the curse something they can’t just think away, but something they feel in their bones.

Options:

• Create a poppet of your target. Put it through challenges — bind its arms, drown it in water, burn its edges. Let the Waxing Moon feed and expand the torment.

• Channel your rage into a sphere of energy. Let it grow larger with the Moon’s light. Then hurl it into your target’s field with precision.

The Waxing Moon is not about instant damage, it’s about intensification. What you rooted before, you feed now. And when the Full Moon comes, you’ll unleash it at its peak.

Witchlings

The Waxing Moon is a beautiful time to nurture your kids’ passions and confidence.

If they’re showing interest in a sport, art, or skill, lean into it now. Help them expand their abilities just like the Moon expands in the sky.

Here’s a fun project: The Confidence Jar.

• Grab a mason jar and art supplies.

• Have your kids decorate it with glitter, paint, or construction paper.

• Give the jar a name together (something bold like “Power Jar” or “Glow Jar”).

• Fill it with things that make them happy: rocks, flowers, dirt, sand, photos, awards, affirmations.

Each time your child needs a boost, have them hold the jar, tune in, and remember all the joy and strength inside.

This not only helps them with self-esteem but teaches them to anchor their magic in tangible things.

The Moon Check-In

During the Waxing Moon, pause to ask yourself:

• What’s growing well?

• What needs more energy?

• What needs pruning?

Jot it in your Moon journal. The Waxing phase isn’t just about expansion, it’s about strategic growth. Feed the right things, or you’ll just grow weeds.

The Waxing Moon doesn’t ask. She demands: What are you building?

She won’t let you hide in potential. She pulls you into action, forces you to nurture, feed, and expand. Ignore her and your magic stagnates. Work with her and your intentions swell, thrive, and prepare to peak at the Full.

So feed your seedlings. Stoke your fires. Grow what you want — or watch something else grow in its place.

Because under the Waxing Moon, what you nourish will decide what blooms.