06/10/2026
✨️Banish with a Bayleaf✨
️I must have burned around 20 this past week 😃 We have just come through the last quarter moon phase and now in waning phase. This is an excellent time for releasing and clearing what no longer serves. Toxic dynamics, emotional baggage, negative thought patterns, and bad habits....Beeee Gonne!! Also a time for deep rest 😴 reflection, and introspection.
As we're heading towards the New Moon in Libra this Saturday, this is all about arriving with as clear a slate as possible.
Bay leaves have many uses. In general great for clearing the air. They are also said to increase clarity, and Psychic awareness.. this is a good time for it on the dark side of the moon. Personally I like to write on them. In this case to release, or Banish, it can be a word or two. Or a few over a few leaves 🍃 I then burn them with words and intention over my pot, alongside either sage, sweetgrass or palo santo... and Release! Best to hold at the stalk end. Bay leaves are also said to increase prophetic dreaming if we sleep with one under our pillow.
Once you burn these elements away which thwart, you are opening up space to receive. The New Moon 🌚 is the most potent & fertile time to set intention to manifest. When the New Moon arrives you can then write your dreams and wishes on the Bay Leaves inviting new possibilities in, and burn again with intention... Bay leaves are associated with rapid manifestation ✨️🍃✨️
This New Moon in Libra features heavily around relationships, balance, justice and personal boundaries ... You will have already been feeling these elements in these days coming up, hence a strong urge to purge. They will also be coming into the dreamstate to delve into the psyche. Have you been feeling it? I know I certainly have. My boundaries are non negotiable right now and theres a strong sense to rest and honour solitude over the coming days ✨️🙌🍃
Happy Bay Banishing/Wishing ✨️💚✨️