03/03/2026
Tonight’s lunar eclipse has stirred up a lot of conversation in online magickal spaces:
“Don’t charge your crystals.”
“Don’t cast spells.”
“Eclipse energy is chaotic.”
A lunar eclipse isn’t random chaos. It’s alignment.
So where does the fear come from?
🌑 In te ao Māori, Whiro is associated with darkness and is the atua of the dark/new moon phase. During an eclipse it is believed the darkness triumphs.
🐉 In ancient China, people believed a celestial dragon was devouring the moon during an eclipse. Communities would bang drums and pots to scare it away.
🐆 The Inca believed a jaguar was attacking and devouring the Moon during a lunar eclipse. The red color was seen as blood.
People would make noise and rouse dogs to howl, hoping to scare the jaguar away before it descended to Earth to attack humans.
👹 In Hindu cosmology, the shadow beings Rahu or Ketu swallow the Sun or Moon during an eclipse.
Traditional practices in parts of India included staying indoors, avoiding food during the eclipse, bathing afterward to purify and wash away any bad luck.
Im sure there will be more. Cosmic witches will no doubt offer some astrological perspective to the event. Chaos witches will offer another.
Across many cultures, eclipses were interpreted as disruption because they were unpredictable, and for our ancestors, survival mattered.
When the sky changed suddenly, it meant something. These ancient fears were a form of protection. Story was a way to make sense of the unknown.
But now, we know better. Eclipses are predictable, measurable and cyclical. And the shadow always moves on.
The Sun, Earth, and Moon are lining up with breathtaking precision. The red glow, dubbed the blood moon, is simply sunlight filtering through Earth’s atmosphere. Its the same science that makes our sunsets blush copper.
In the 1990s when I was reintroduced to witchcraft, witches were warned not to work magic on the dark moon. But now many of us embrace that phase for rest, release, and deep tending.
Energy isn’t “bad.”
It’s contextual.
Therefore, this is my perspective and offering to any lunar lover, beginner witch or magickal practitioner:
An eclipse isn’t a time to force manifestation or frantic spellwork.
But it can be a powerful time to:
Witness
Reflect
Release
Sit with your shadows
Not all magic is about doing.
Some magic is about observing.
If you’re a beginner witch feeling confused tonight: you don’t need to hide indoors. You don’t need to panic about your crystals. You don’t need to fear the moon.
➡️ Step outside. Wrap up warm. Watch the moon turn copper. Feel your place in a living cosmos.
The Earth is casting the shadow.
Nothing is attacking us.
This is alignment, not a bad omen.
So, as the sunsets tonight and the moon rises:
Offer gratitude.
Align with truth.
Align your chakras.
Charge your crystals, especially ones used for protection, release or banishment.
Journal what shadows are asking to be acknowledged. After all, most Witches call their journal a "Book of Shadows"
Or, simply stand beneath it and whisper:
“I am part of this.”
That is magic enough.
~ Dawny ✨️
