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A Witches Guide to the Energy of July

🌞 The Magickal Energy of July: Fire, Fruition & Fierce Freedom

July is a month that hums with solar energy, a fresh sense of freedom, and the full ripening of the intentions we planted earlier in the year. The sun is enjoying its peak power and we bask in the heart of summer, the energy around us is often very vibrant, fiery, and expansive.

For witches, July is a time to embrace abundance, celebrate progress, and cast spells fueled by courage, confidence, and clarity.

Solar Power & Fire Element Energy

The dominant force of July is the Sun. This is Leo season’s home turf (beginning July 23), and even in the earlier part of the month under Cancer’s watery influence, the solar energy is palpable. Fire element energy is at its strongest now—perfect for spells of empowerment, visibility, passion, and transformation.

Use this time to:

  • Charge tools and crystals in the sunlight
  • Burn herbs like rosemary, cinnamon, or bay for energy and clarity
  • Call in the strength of solar deities (like Apollo, Ra, or Brigid)

🌊 Astrological Shifts: Cancer to Leo, Capricorn Full Moon

The shift from Cancer to Leo is a powerful journey from the heart’s tender introspection to the bold radiance of self-expression. Early July invites emotional healing and inner work, while mid-to-late July calls for celebration, leadership, and showing up unapologetically.

Magickal focus for this transition:

  • Cancer (Water sign): Emotional spells, protection magic, home blessings, ancestral connections
  • Leo (Fire sign): Confidence spells, glamour magick, creativity rituals, courage talismans

The Full Moon in Capricorn

This month typically features a Full Moon in Capricorn, bringing grounding energy to balance July’s fiery heat. This year, that Full Moon lands on July 10. Capricorn helps us get practical about our goals and brings manifestation into focus. Here’s a great ritual to do just that!

Try this July Full Moon Ritual:

  • Write a list of everything you’ve accomplished so far this year—big or small.
  • Light a white or gray candle for wisdom and self-mastery.
  • Burn bay leaves inscribed with intentions you’re now ready to fully step into.

🌿 Herbs, Crystals, Deities & Correspondences

Magickal Correspondences for July

As the sun blazes in the sky and nature flourishes in full bloom, the month of July offers a powerful blend of fire and earth energy, emotional depth from Cancer, and radiant self-expression from Leo. Here are some rich correspondences to deepen your practice and rituals during this vibrant month.


Elemental Energy

  • Primary Elements: Fire & Water
  • Fire (Leo): Passion, courage, transformation, visibility, vitality
  • Water (Cancer): Emotional healing, intuition, protection, nurturing

Use fire in candle spells, bonfire rituals, or sun-charged crystals. Use water in baths, moon water, and cleansing rites.


Herbs & Flowers

July’s herbs reflect the warmth of the sun and the peak of herbal growth. These plants are ideal for solar magic, protection, healing, and manifestation.

  • Sunflower: Joy, abundance, success, sun magick
  • Chamomile: Peace, prosperity, solar energy, sleep
  • Lavender: Protection, purification, calming the spirit
  • Basil: Prosperity, love, luck, protection
  • Mugwort: Psychic work, dreams, divination, lunar balance
  • Calendula (Marigold): Confidence, healing, sun magic, attraction
  • Rose: Love, beauty, emotional healing (especially under Cancer energy)

Tip: Dry these herbs in bundles for incense, burn them as offerings, or steep in oil or water for ritual use.


Crystals & Stones

July’s crystals are radiant, energizing, and empowering. They help you amplify your intentions, manifest desires, and balance the inner emotional tides.

  • Carnelian: Creativity, courage, passion, life force
  • Sunstone: Joy, optimism, personal power, leadership
  • Citrine: Wealth, manifestation, motivation, solar energy
  • Ruby (July’s birthstone): Vitality, love, protection, root chakra strength
  • Moonstone: Emotional healing, intuition, feminine energy (perfect for Cancer season)
  • Clear Quartz: Amplification, clarity, healing (pairs well with any crystal)

Colors

Incorporate these colors into candle magic, altar cloths, ritual wear, or spell ingredients to align with July’s vibrant energy.

  • Gold: Solar power, abundance, divine guidance
  • Yellow: Joy, confidence, clarity, attraction
  • Orange: Creativity, success, sensuality, strength
  • Red: Passion, willpower, courage, life force
  • Green: Growth, abundance, grounding
  • Silver/White (especially for Full Moon work): Purification, lunar energy, spiritual protection

Symbols & Totems

Symbols connect us to the season’s spiritual rhythm and animal allies.

  • Lion: Strength, nobility, leadership (Leo’s totem)
  • The Sun: Illumination, growth, divine masculine energy
  • Fire: Transformation, action, burning away blockages
  • Fruit/Grain: Fertility, harvest, gratitude for what’s grown
  • Shells & Water: Cancer’s protective nature and emotional depth

Deities & Spirit Guides

July is a potent time to work with solar deities and fierce protectors, as well as nurturing divine figures that mirror Cancer’s water element. Here’s just a few:

  • Apollo (Greek): Sun, music, prophecy, healing
  • Brigid (Celtic): Fire, poetry, healing, inspiration
  • Sekhmet (Egyptian): Power, protection, fierce feminine energy
  • Ra (Egyptian): Sun god, divine authority
  • Hestia (Greek): Hearth, home, sacred flame (perfect for Cancer season)
  • Aphrodite (Greek): Love, beauty, empowerment (especially under Venus’s rulership in Leo)
  • Aurora (Roman): Goddess of the Dawn
  • Lugh (Celtic): Master of skills, warrior, sun god (honored later at Lughnasadh)
  • Sól [Sunna] (Norse): The goddess personifying the sun, who drives a chariot pulled by two horses across the sky, constantly pursued by wolves.
  • Surya (Hindu): The chief solar deity, often depicted riding a chariot pulled by seven horses. He represents light, health, and prosperity.
  • Kinich Ahau (Maya): The Mayan sun god, often depicted with large, square eyes.

🔮 July Reminders for Witches

Whether you’re tending your garden, casting under the full moon, cavorting with your coven or dancing barefoot in the sun, let July remind you of your own radiant power. This is a month for standing tall like the sunflower, embracing your magick, and boldly stepping into your purpose.

  • Trust your inner fire.
  • Don’t be afraid to shine big.
  • Reap what’s grown—and celebrate!
  • Align your actions with your passion.

While the fiery energy of July can be bright and uplifting, it can also drive us to burnout if we’re not being mindful. Don’t let FOMO sap your strength! Have FUN, but also pace yourself. You set those healthy boundaries for a reason, so don’t go abandoning them now!

Michelle Lewis (she/her/they) is the creator & founder of The Blessings Butterfly, a holistic and witchy coaching & energy healing practice that is teaching people to live a life that they love. She is a writer, speaker, energy witch/healer, and author of the Amazon bestselling positive affirmation books, The Blessings Butterfly and The Blessings Butterfly Companion Guide.