The New Moon is a potent time for the magic of new beginnings, renewal, cleansing, and manifestation. To fully align with the New Moon's energy, it’s helpful to use spell correspondences. These are symbolic elements derived from the natural world, like colours, herbs, crystals, and even deities, that help you create meaning with spellwork and enhance your rituals.
Here is a comprehensive yet simple guide to New Moon spell correspondences that you can use to deepen your practice. Feel free to use these ideas to spark inspiration for creating spells and rituals. Remember, spell correspondences are poetic associations intended to help you conjure meaning, and connect with nature in an emotional and imaginative context. As correspondences aren't scientific truths which confirm objective reality, a colour or a herb in this guide may resonant differently with you, depending your own subjective experience of that colour or herb, for example. When selecting spell materia, have fun, be creative, experiment, and go with what resonates with you.
Colours
Colour magic can significantly amplify the energy of your spells and ritual. During the New Moon, you’ll want to focus on colours that represent renewal, manifestation, creativity, growth, drive and potential.
Black and midnight blue for the Dark Moon: Represents the void, the unknown, and the power of transformation. Use black for protection, banishing negativity, and shadow work.
White: Symbolises purity, clarity, and new beginnings. White candles, crystals or textiles can help you invoke the energy of a fresh start, or spiritual cleansing.
Silver: Connected to the moon itself, silver enhances intuition, psychic awareness, and lunar energy. It’s often used in spells to connect with the divine feminine, the Crone, or to enhance intuitive abilities.
Mint green and light blue: Represents freshness, new growth, fertility and clarity. Use light green and blue candles and crystals to evoke fresh energy in rites of purification and cleansing, prosperity and intuition.
Lilac-purple: Tones that resonate with mysticism and spirituality, psychic power, wisdom and transformation. Use purply tones from lilac to deep, regal purple to enhance your sense of spiritual adventure and tap into your seat of wisdom.
Red: Represents the energy of fire, drive and passion. Use red to inspire energy, action, drive and courage to set new projects and goals in motion.
Orange: Connected to the sacral second chakra. Use orange for inspiration, to spark generative drive, creativity, and to bring uplifting energy to your spellwork.
Herbs and Plants
Aromatic herbs and plants with energy that resonate with New Moon vibes, and align your intentions.
Bay Leaf: Known for wishes and manifestation. Write your intentions on a bay leaf, then burn it to release your desires into the universe.
Lavender: Used for calming and purification. Lavender can cleanse negative energy and prepare your space or spirit for new beginnings.
Mugwort: Enhances psychic abilities and is often used for divination. Mugwort tea or incense can help open your third eye and connect with lunar energies.
Mint: A Mercurial herb that aids clarity and clear communication. Use Mint to cleanse and refresh your energy, and state your intentions clearly.
Jasmine: Associated with spiritual insight and love. Use jasmine in rituals that enhance your connection with the divine or manifest new relationships.
Rosemary: Associated with protection and clarity. Use rosemary in rituals to banish negativity and create a protective shield for new your endeavours.
Basil: Known for prosperity and abundance. Incorporate invigorating basil into your spells to attract success or new opportunities.
Pine: Used for cleansing and purification. Burn or infuse pine needle to cleanse your energy and sacred space and in rites of purification and renewal.
Hyssop: Associated with cleansing and clarity. Use hyssop in herbal tea, essential oil or incense blends to clear the mind and open a channel of communication.
Crystals
Some believe that crystals have vibrations that resonate with specific phases of the moon. Whatever your belief, I'm sure we can all agree that crystals provide a way to connect with mood and emotion through colour, texture and tone, and bring a touch of mystical earth magic into the practice. Try using these particular stones in your New Moon rituals:
Moonstone: As the ultimate moon crystal, moonstone is ideal for connecting with lunar energy for intuition and inner wisdom. Use it in any New Moon ritual, especially those related to emotional wisdom, clarity and healing.
Black Obsidian: Excellent for protection and grounding, especially during shadow work or banishing rituals.
Smokey Quartz: A mesmerising stone of protection and inner power. Use smokey quartz on your journey into the dark aspects of the psyche.
Clear Quartz: Known as the master healer and amplifier, clear quartz can be programmed with your New Moon intentions and used to magnify the energy of your spells.
Citrine: An energising stone of abundance and manifestation, citrine is perfect for attracting wealth and success during the new moon.
Red Aventurine: Another energising stone for sparking creativity and generative drive.
Labradorite: A powerful stone for transformation, psychic abilities, wisdom and protection, it is lucky for starting a new project or seeking personal breakthroughs.
Amethyst: Linked to spiritual growth and protection, amethyst brings a touch of the mystical your New Moon rituals, focused on insight, wisdom and intuitive development.
Essential Oils
Look to aromatherapy to increase the potency and energy of your rituals, and create divine and sensual scents with essential oils which resonate with your intentions. You can blend oils to create a beautiful, resonant scent for the New Moon, which can be used in various ritual ways, such as perfume, bath fragrance, incense and anointing.
Frankincense: Associated with spiritual awareness, cleansing and purification. Frankincense oil is warming and stimulating, like the Sun, making it ideal for creating a sacred space and evoking spiritual energy.
Lavender: As with the herb, fragrant lavender oil promotes calm and clarity, helping clear out negativity, create a peaceful environment, and make space for new beginnings.
Peppermint: To enhance clarity of mind, and stimulate thought and communication. Sweet and cooling mint brings a calm and fresh energy to your spells and rituals.
Jasmine: A sensual and delicate fragrance for evoking peace and love. Jasmine can be used to connect with divine feminine energy, and encourage vibes of self love and positive emotion.
Cinnamon: Used for prosperity and success, cinnamon oil is warming and stimulating. Some find cinnamon to be grounding and comforting. It can be used in manifestation spells, especially those focused on wealth and opportunities.
Sandalwood: Deep, musky and sensual. Mystical sandalwood encourages spiritual connection and protection, making it ideal for meditation, grounding or rituals seeking divine assistance.
Clary Sage: A robust floral scent with a mystical note for enhancing your spiritual and psychic awareness. Use clary sage for mystical baths, self love, wisdom and divination rites during the New Moon.
Deities
Many deities are associated with the moon and are powerful to invoke during New Moon rituals, especially those tied to beginnings, wisdom, and transformation.
Selene (Greek): The goddess of the moon herself, Selene is ideal to call upon for any moon magic, especially for personal growth and intuition.
Hecate (Greek): The goddess of witchcraft and the moon, Hecate is associated with protection, transformation, and crossroads. She is often invoked during New Moon rituals involving shadow work or banishing negativity.
Isis (Egyptian): As a powerful goddess of magic and rebirth, Isis is often invoked for transformation, healing, and fertility during the new moon.
Artemis (Greek): Goddess of the hunt and the moon, Artemis represents independence, strength, and new paths. Call on her for setting intentions related to personal freedom and achieving goals.
Diana (Roman): The Roman counterpart to Artemis, Diana is also connected to the moon and is a powerful figure for protection and new beginnings.
Arianrhod (Celtic): The Welsh moon goddess of the silver wheel, Arianrhod governs fate and cycles. She is a good deity to invoke for rituals of rebirth and setting life-changing intentions.
Áine (Celtic): The Irish moon goddess is often associated with love, fertility, and sovereignty. Áine is linked to both the moon and the sun, symbolising the duality of light and dark, and is connected to midsummer and the harvest. She is also a protector of crops and animals, as well as a figure of feminine power and magical wisdom. Her domain includes lunar cycles, representing change, transformation, and the balance of nature.
Elemental Correspondences
Water: Since the moon governs water and moves the tides, the element of water is naturally associated with lunar magic. Incorporating water (through moon water, sacred baths, or working with rivers and lakes) can be especially rewarding during the New Moon for cleansing and emotional healing.
Moon Water: One of the simplest yet powerful ways to harness New Moon energy is to create moon water. Set out a jar of water under the dark moon to charge it with the energy of new beginnings. You can use this water for cleansing, anointing, or watering plants to give them an extra boost of lunar magic.
Earth: The New Moon is a great time to plant seeds (literally or figuratively) and work with earth energy to manifest growth, new opportunities and abundance.
Air: Air is linked to communication and intellect. Use incense or breathwork in your New Moon rituals to clear the mind and reset your thoughts and ideals.
Fire: The spark of creation and transformation is symbolised by fire. Use candles and fire rituals to energise your intentions and bring fast, dynamic results during the New Moon.
Magical Tools and Symbols
Specific tools and symbols can be used to channel the energies of the New Moon more effectively:
Candles: Use black, white, or silver candles to represent the New Moon. Lighting a candle during your ritual can symbolise the birth of new energy and the illumination of new paths.
Sigils: Create or draw your own sigils representing your intentions or manifestations. These symbols can be placed on your altar, burned in a spell, or carried with you to keep the energy flowing.
Mirrors: Mirrors are often used for self-reflection or scrying during the New Moon. A black mirror can be useful for divination and seeking deeper insight into new beginnings or hidden aspects of yourself.
Cauldrons: Cauldrons represent transformation and can be used to burn intentions, herbs, or other materia to be released or manifested.
Food & Offerings
Food and offerings can be integrated into your New Moon rituals to honour deities or enhance the energy of the spell. Here are some examples:
Pomegranates: Associated with fertility, abundance, and new beginnings. Offer pomegranates to deities like Persephone or use them in spells for rebirth.
Honey: A symbol of sweetness and abundance. Use honey in spells for attraction and prosperity.
Milk: Often associated with nurturing and the divine feminine, milk can be used as an offering to moon goddesses or in rituals seeking emotional healing and spiritual nourishment.
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Using these spell correspondences during the new moon will help you tap into the power of the lunar cycle and align your magic with the potent energy of new beginnings, growth, and manifestation. Whether you are focusing on setting personal goals, banishing negativity, or starting fresh, the New Moon offers an ideal opportunity to harness cosmic energy for meaningful transformation.