Lunar calendar for recharging crystals

Recharging crystals by moonlight: what tradition says

Of all crystal-healing practices, recharging stones under the full moon is the most universally widespread. Tradition has you place your crystals in the moonlight — on a windowsill, a balcony, a terrace, or simply behind glass — through the night of the full moon, so that they may be “recharged”. Our lunar calendar works out today's exact phase for you, draws the moon as it appears in the sky right now, and gives you the precise dates of the next full moon and the next new moon, with the number of days remaining.

Full moon, new moon: two moments, two gestures

The full moon is, in tradition, the moment of recharging. It is also the moment practitioners prefer for delicate stones because — and here mineralogy joins tradition — moonlight, unlike full sun, fades neither amethyst nor rose quartz nor citrine, whose colours are altered by ultraviolet light. Here is one superstition science does not contradict.

The new moon traditionally opens the cycle of new intentions. It is the moment practitioners reserve for cleansing stones — by smoke, by burying them in earth, by resting them on a quartz cluster or in an amethyst geode — and for setting out the projects of the month to come.

The precautions crystal healing often forgets

Beware: not every stone survives every cleansing method. Selenite literally dissolves in water, pyrite oxidises and destroys itself, malachite can release copper compounds, and porous lapis lazuli and turquoise dull when soaked. Moonlight recharging has precisely the advantage of being safe for every stone, which no doubt explains its universal popularity.

Our calendar is based on the Moon's real synodic cycle — 29.53 days on average — and a dated reference new moon. It requires no login, no input, and updates itself every day.