Solar Witchcraft: Make Your Own Sun Water
This is an excerpt from the SPELLbook Summer Edition. Coming soon!
While most modern witches work closely with the Moon, many of our practices, rituals, and spells incorporate the Sun’s magic. For example, in kitchen witchery, you stir sunwise or sun ways (clockwise, also known as deosil) to infuse your intentions into your creation.
In astrology, the Sun represents our expression, personal power, and ego. It supports the ideals of leadership, creativity, vitality, and life force. While often dubbed masculine energy, many ancient cultures celebrated the Sun as divine feminine energy, which we see in goddesses like Sekhmet and Aine.
Similar to Moon Water, you can also create Sun Water to harness and work with its energies within your craft. Consider the Sun’s current sign when making your water. For example, if you make your Sun Water while the Sun is in Leo, your Sun Water will be imbued with the energies of Leo. On one hand, Leo Sun Water offers leadership, respect, admiration, loyalty, protection, confidence, creativity, and passion. On the other hand, you may get a little dose of stubborn and prideful energy.
Ingredients
Water (tap, purified, rain, fresh - follow your preference and what’s available to you)
Sunshine
Jar or Bottle
Paper (optional)
Pen/Pencil (optional)
Ritual
Fill your jar or bottle with your preferred type of water.
Place your jar outside or on a windowsill that gets good sunlight. South-facing windows get the brightest all-around light. East-facing windows are great for sunrise energy and west-facing for sunset energy.
For more focused intention, write your desire on a small piece of paper and fold. Place your folded paper under the jar of water to direct the sun’s energy. You can also speak your intention over the water when you place it out in the sun.
It’s best for the water to be in the sun for at least an hour if possible. I usually put mine out at sunrise and bring it in at sunset. You can also use specific times of day (see below) to further focus the energy of the water towards your desired intentions.
Sunrise: new beginnings, wealth, manifestation, abundance, and fertility
Noon/Afternoon: charging, personal power, creativity, vitality, and courage
Sunset: clearing, elimination, banishing, and binding
Sun Water Uses
Sun Water is potent, so a little goes a long way - even a drop will add a healthy amount of power to your workings.
Sunday corresponds to the Sun, so you can use your Sun Water for any workings on that day for a little extra oomph. (Brewing you Sun Water on this day will also give it a double dose of Sun energy. Sabbats like Summer Solstice, Litha, Lughnasadh, and Lammas are also excellent times for brewing your Sun Water.)
I love to use Sun Water with my candle magic. You can pour some in the dish that’s holding your candle, this is especially great with yellow and orange candles.
Pour a little into your bath for corresponding intentions.
Use it to bless and charge crystals, charms, talismans, or spell jars.
You can even drink your Sun Water to connect more with your personal power. Again, keep in mind the amount you use here. You can add a few drops to plain water for a more subtle change.
Sprinkle a little around the home to welcome in the energy of the Sun.