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eliminate them. In other words, you can glide in, fix the situation, and then quietly ease back out. It also makes people see you in a different light, so be ethical and make sure you use this spell fairly.
    Candles
    Candle colors for today include white, silver, and pale blue. Keep your eyes open for celestial-themed candles with moons and stars on them. Try your hand at a little candle-magick aromatherapy. Look for the following scented votive candles to coordinate with your lunar enchantments: gardenia-scented candles promote spirituality and love; jasmine-scented candles encourage peace, sleep, and psychic dreams; sandalwood, a highly spiritual scent, may be used to support meditation and helps to set an excellent magickal mood. All of these enchanting fragrances correspond to Monday and the moon’s gentle magick.
    Metals & Crystals
    The associated metal for Monday is silver. Silver is a receptive metal and is identified with the lunar energies of the Goddess. Silver is the metal of emotions, magick, psychic abilities, and peace. Charging or empowering silver jewelry works along the same lines as the directions that were given in Sunday’s chapter for enchanting gold jewelry, the main difference being that you want to work in the moonlight as opposed to the sunlight. This time, hold the jewelry up to the light of the moon and ask either Selene to enchant it or Thoth to imbue it with wisdom and knowledge.
    The crystals and stones that are linked to Monday and to the moon are the quartz crystal, moonstone, pearl, and sapphire. Moonstones and quartz crystals can easily be purchased at nature-theme stores or at most magick or metaphysical shops. These two tumbled stones are typically inexpensive, so pick up a couple of your favorites and keep them on hand for crystal magick and spells. If you own jewelry with pearls or sapphires in them, consider working with them for other lunar spells.
    Quartz crystal: The all-purpose quartz crystal makes yet another appearance in this book. Why? Because the quartz crystal is linked to both the moon and the sun. It also has associations to the fifth element in magick, that of Spirit. This crystal has both feminine and masculine—receptive and projective—properties. Quartz crystals set in silver evoke lunar and feminine energies, thanks to the silver. This jewelry combination is very popular with magick users and Witches today. Quartz crystal points may be used to tip wands, and the stones are also excellent for clearing the chakras, the energy centers of the body. Use your quartz crystal points for extra power for any ritual, spell, or charm.
    Pearl: Pearl has the elemental association of water and is the birthstone for the month of June. Pearls are created when a piece of grit such as sand gets inside the shell of certain species of a living clam, mussel, or oyster. The animal, in an effort to minimize the irritation, coats the grit with a material called nacre. Layers of this coating are deposited on the irritant until, after a few years, a pearl is formed. There is a debate on whether or not pearls are ethical to work with. Some magickal folks do not care to work with pearls, as the oyster has to be killed to retrieve the pearl. However, if you already own any pearls, this is an excellent opportunity to perform moon magick with them.
    Natural pearls come in a range of colors, such as white, yellow, pink, and black. They are considered to be receptive and are a classic moon symbol. They are often worked into goddess magick, women’s magick, and good fortune and fertility spells.
    Sapphire: The element associated with the blue sapphire is water, and it is the birthstone for the month of September. The sapphire is from a group of gems known as corundum. While blue is the main color of the sapphire, it does come in other colors as well. Technically, different-colored sapphires are called “fancies.” Sapphires may be pink, yellow, orange, purple, and green.