Also called Sharad Purnima kheer, Kojagiri milk, moon water
Setting food or water out under the full moon so it can take in the moon's light, then sharing it the next day. Rooted in India's autumn full-moon festival; modern witches do the same with water.
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Take care: Cover food and water, keep milk dishes cool and throw them out if the night is warm or they smell off. Do not drink water left in an open or dirty container; use moon water externally if unsure.
On the full moon of the month Ashvin, households make rice kheer and leave it under the moon all night, believing the rays drip amrita, nectar, into it. It is eaten the next morning as prasad. The night is also linked to Krishna's circle dance with the gopis.
In Maharashtra families stay up late on Kojagiri Purnima with saffron-cardamom milk warmed and cooled under the moon. In Bengal the same night is Kojagari Lakshmi Puja, when the goddess is said to ask 'who is awake?' and bless those keeping vigil.
Many witches leave a jar of water under the full moon and use it for cleansing, plant watering or rituals. It has no documented ancient source, though it echoes customs such as the Indian one, and it is best described as a modern practice.
Sharad Purnima falls on the full moon of the Hindu month Ashvin, usually in October, and closes the monsoon season. Texts and custom link it with Krishna's rasa lila and with Lakshmi, and in many regions people fast, keep an all-night vigil and leave sweetened milk or kheer under the moon so it absorbs the moon's healing nectar. The kheer is usually shared with neighbors too.
The practice is open household devotion and widely shared online by Indian families. Western witches' moon water, now very common on social media, developed separately in the late 1900s. No old source documents it, and honest books present it as modern practice that shares the old intuition that moonlight blesses what it touches. Both share the same simple act of leaving something out to catch the light.
Setting a table of round foods, mooncakes and fruit under the full moon of the eighth lunar month to honor the moon and Chang'e and to pray for the family to be whole.
A Wiccan working gathering held on the full moon, separate from the eight seasonal sabbats, for magic, healing work and honoring the Goddess.
A Japanese autumn custom of setting out rice dumplings, pampas grass and harvest produce for the full moon and sitting quietly to admire it.
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