New Moon Household Blessing

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This ritual is to be done to celebrate the Dark Moon and the New Moon, based on ancient Greek religious festivals called the Deipnon and the Noumenia. Deipnon was the night of the Dark Moon when the moon is completely invisible. It was a time to cleanse the house of any physical, energetic, or spiritual messiness. The house was cleaned, the altars cleansed, and wrongs were made right. It was a time sacred to Hecate and the souls of the dead, who were given offerings meant to placate them and help them to resolve any lingering problems keeping them from crossing over.

Noumenia was the next day, when the New Moon becomes a thin crescent. Household gods were given offerings, and special blessed jars were created to give thanks for the abundance of last month, while ensuring plenty in the coming month.

Altar & Home Cleansing

On the night of the dark Moon, cleanse your home and any shrines or altars in the house. Sweep away incense ash, throw away the burnt-out nubs of candles, and dispose of any offerings. Fumigate the house with cleansing incense or burning bundles of cleansing herbs such as sage, rosemary, or sweet grass.

Sweep your home with a besom (ritual broom) or mop the home with Moon water. Make offerings to the spirits of your ancestors using candles, incense, or by cooking them a meal. This purifies the energies of the home, bringing about a spiritual reset for the new month.

Prosperity Jar Recipe

On the next day, the first sliver of the New Moon will be visible. Bring abundance into the house by creating your own prosperity spell jar, called the Karikios in Greek. A spoonful of olive oil, a pinch of flour, sugar, and spices. A small amount of any food on hand – a piece of fruit, a single potato chip, fresh herbs from the garden, a serving of honey. Give thanks for each item as you put it in the jar.

The idea is to give thanks for all that we have by offering back a small piece of anything we have an abundance of on hand. Top off the jar with Moon water and seal it. Tie a yellow and a white cord or string around the neck of the jar and leave it in your pantry or kitchen. It is a true magickal secret that gratitude inspires abundance and expansion. What we give thanks for strengthens and grows. Placing this jar in the kitchen was done by the ancient Greeks to ensure the household would experience abundance in all its forms, be it abundant wealth, health, or joy.