Strawberry Moon Water
not a recipe - a rhythm for your spellwork
by Doris and Iris
Moon water is memory water.
It holds softness, longing, sweetness, and return.
Especially under a Strawberry Moon, when things ripen,
when love tastes like fruit and longing,
when spellwork becomes syrupy and warm.
Here’s how we’ll probably make ours tonight.
You’ll make yours differently. That’s the point.
This is your crafting.
There is no wrong way, only what’s true to your hands, your will, your path.
You’ll need:
- Clean water (filtered, rain, or collected with purpose - whatever speaks)
- A (glass) container you like looking at
- One strawberry, from your garden if you have one, your altar if you dare, or the market if that’s the vibe
Optional herbs:
- Basil (prosperity)
- Rose (for beauty + soft rage)
- Mint (clarity, speed)
- Lavender (rest, deep dreaming)
Optional stones (only ones that don’t dissolve):
- Clear quartz (amplify)
- Moonstone (channel)
- Obsidian (ground and protect)
→ These are just suggestions.
There are more properties than we could list,
and every ingredient may hold a different meaning to you.
Trust what speaks - your associations are part of the spell.
Add whatever else calls to you. Throw a cotton ribbon in it, whatever.
Everything is allowed.
You’ll also need:
- Your intention - whispered, carved, scribbled, or bled into it
- Whoever walks with you, ancestors, spirits, demons, gods
- Or just you. That’s always enough.
How it goes:
1. Fill your container with water.
2. Add your ingredients: the strawberry, herbs, stones, whatever.
(You can add things later if you forget. Magic understands time differently.)
3. Speak to it. Speak through it. Let it hear who you are.
4. Leave it under the moon, outside if you can, on a windowsill if you must.
If the moon’s visible during the day, that’s valid too.
Make two containers if you want: one for day, one for night.
5. Retrieve before sunrise if you’re following old rules.
Or don’t.
6. Store it in a closed jar.
Keep it out of direct sunlight to preserve its properties.
Label it if you like. Or just remember.
Notes from our house (let's play it safe):
- With ingredients? Use within 3 days. Don’t drink it.
Use for spellwork, offerings, anointing, or dripping dramatically on letters.
- Without ingredients? Shelf-stable for up to 28 days, or until the next moon sings louder.
If this were a store-bought item, we’d stamp it with:
“Best used within 4 weeks. Keep cool. Respect what you made.”
- Forgot something? The moon remembers.
You’re doing fine, witch.
Happy Strawberry Moon.
Let it ripen. Let it be sweet. Let it ruin you gently.
Yours,
Doris and Iris - with love, from our house to yours.
