Spring Simmer Pot Recipes

The seasons are changing, it's getting warmer, and the days are beginning to get longer. In March it's time to welcome the season of balance, renewal and new beginnings, and celebrate Ostara, the Spring Equinox, we welcome a season of balance, renewal, and new beginnings. This is a time when day and night stand in perfect harmony, and the earth begins to awaken with the promise of fertility and growth.

When you spring clean your home to refresh and renew your space, you can invoke the cleansing, manifesting and grounding properties of herbs, fruits and berries in a beautiful simmer pot. A simmer pot is a natural, aromatic way to cleanse and charge your home with natural energy. By gently heating water infused with herbs, fruits, and spices, you release their properties into the air, creating a sensory experience that enhances your spiritual practice.

Here are several simmer pot ideas you can try. They are all wonderful! You can also make a simmer pot as part of your moon ritual, or whenever you would like to add these into your magical practice.

As you prepare your ingredients, focus on the magical properties and the desired results you would like from your ingredients. Remember, everything has a spirit, and you are asking the spirit of the herbs and fruit to help you with your intended desire. 

Before you begin, relax, clear your mind.

1. Set your intentions very clear in your mind and don’t lose sight of them for the entire process.
2. Add ingredients to the pot and bring to a boil.
3. Reduce to a simmer, stir the pot clockwise. Unless you are doing a banishing or releasing spell, in that case stir the pot counter clockwise.
4. Visualize your desired outcome or goal for the magickal work you are doing. Are you aiming to create happiness in the home, or more money in your wallet? Whatever it may be focus on what you want the outcome to look like. Continue with the visualization and stirring until it feels right to finish. You’ll know when!
5. You may recite your goal, a chant, or ritual words while you stir as well. Something pertaining to your desired outcome.
6. When you finish I would let the pot boil down until there is about an inch of water left and then turn it off. Your work is now complete.

Lavender Citrus – wisdom, balance, clarity, and love

• 4 lemon slices (fresh or dried)
• 4 orange slices (fresh or dried)
• 1 tbsp lavender buds 
• 1 tbsp juniper berries

Lemon – cleansing, prosperity, success, and joy

• 2 bay leaves
• 6 lemon slices (dried or fresh)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Blessings, Success, Love & Renewal

• 1 lemon (sliced) 
• 1 orange (sliced) 
• A handful of fresh rosemary 
• A few sprigs of lavender 
• 1-2 cinnamon sticks 
• 1 teaspoon dried chamomile flowers 
• A few rose petals 

Grapefruit Cleanse – growth, protection, self-love, and energy

• 4 grapefruit slices
• 1 fresh eucalyptus sprig
• 3 lemon slices (dried or fresh)
• 2 stalks lemongrass

Renewal - cleanse & ground

• 3 limes
• A bunch of fresh mint
• A bunch of fresh thyme
• Some ginger finely sliced