Healing Waters

Water has always been associated with healing. There are sacred springs, pools, and wells all over the world. It is traditional in many places to make a pilgrimage to these healing waters, often at the time of the summer solstice, but you can use water for healing work all year round, even if you have to create your own sacred site. (Hint: If you have a bathtub, you’re in luck.) Salt and water are often used for cleansing during magical rituals, so if you don’t have a body of water nearby, you can still take advantage of Water’s healing powers. Or you can just stand outside when it’s raining. We’re witches; we know how to improvise.

Take a healing bath—or a shower if you don’t have a tub. Put on some quiet music if you like and add sea salt to the water of the tub or use a salt scrub if you are in the shower. Be mindful of the element of Water as you bathe and visualize illness, pain, and sadness going down the drain. Let the water wash away your troubles like the rain washes dust off a car. Come out of your bath or shower feeling healed and renewed and reconnected with the power of Water.

This card is a reminder to connect with Water in its most powerful ways. If you can go to a body of water—the ocean, a lake, or even a stream—now is a good time to do so. If you don’t have one nearby, maybe buy a small tabletop fountain and spend some time listening to it. The sound of moving water is almost as healing as the waters themselves.

Make yourself some magical healing water. Fill a clear glass container with water (from a fresh source is great if you can get it, anything from ocean or well water to rainwater you collect, but tap water is fine if that is all you have). If you have a quartz or amethyst crystal (or any other stone associated with healing), put it inside the container. If you want, you can add a sprig of rosemary. Then set the container out in the moonlight for a night or three. If you can’t put it outside, place it on a window or table where the moonlight will fall. The full moon is a great time to do this, but if you needed it sooner, you don’t have to wait. You can then use the water in a bath, to anoint yourself during a healing ritual, or simply wash your face and hands in it while visualizing a glowing, healing light washing you clean.