Monday Is Moon Day: Gentle Rituals to Start the Week

Monday comes from “Moon day”, and in many traditions each day of the week belongs to a planet. The moon rules feelings, home, sleep, dreams and intuition. That makes Monday a surprisingly good day for soft, nourishing magic, which is exactly what most of us need at the start of a working week.

Monday correspondences

• Colours: white, silver, pale blue.
• Elements: water.
• Themes: home, family, rest, emotional balance, intuition.
• Simple tools: a glass of water, a white candle, a moonstone or a shell.

Three small Monday rituals

A home blessing in a glass of water

Fill a glass with water. Hold it and think of how you want your home to feel this week. Calm? Warm? Organised? Use a little of the water to wipe your front door handle. Drink the rest, or water a plant with it.

A softer evening

Before bed, light a white candle for five minutes and write one feeling you carried through the day. Then write one thing you’re looking forward to. Put the light out and go to sleep with that second line in mind.

A dream question

Write one question on a slip of paper and put it under your pillow. In the morning, write down whatever you remember, however strange. Look at it again on Friday.

Keep it gentle

Monday magic is not about productivity. It is about steadying yourself, so the rest of the week feels less like a tide pulling you along.

If your home or your heart needs more than a glass of water, my peace and balance rituals and energy and renewal work are cast the same day, with photographs of your ritual.