June’s full moon is a sight – the full strawberry moon. The moon gets its name from the Native American Algonquian tribes in the northeastern U.S., as well as the Ojibwe, Dakota and Lakota peoples, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. This is because June is when strawberries ripen and are ready to be picked.

A Moon usually appears reddish when it’s close to the horizon because the light rays must pass through the densest layers of the atmosphere.

As flowers bloom and early fruit ripens, June is a time of great abundance for many.

June’s Strawberry Moon follows an unusually low path across the sky, creating one of the year’s most beautiful moonrise.

Named for the traditional strawberry harvest in parts of North America in June, this full moon is notable for three reasons: it’s the first full moon of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it will hang lower in the sky than any other full moon of 2026, and it will be the second-smallest full moon of the year.

Any of the strawberry’s energies can be empowered, awoken, and infused into a dish when working with it in kitchen witchery. However, love, sex, and fertility are the most common.

Their magick goes beyond that, however, and beyond kitchen witchery even.

In ancient Rome, wild strawberries were believed to have many medicinal properties. It was used to lift melancholy, cure inflammation and fever, treat kidney stones and throat infections, and any diseases affecting the blood, liver, or spleen. Strawberries have been used in detoxifying teas in Asia for thousands of years. Herbal tea made with strawberry leaves has laxative and diuretic properties.

Carry dried strawberry leaves in your wallet or purse to draw good luck to you.

Strawberry magick tends to be centered on beauty, friendship, good luck, harmony, relationships as well as visions.

Call on this berry for perseverance and extra energy to succeed in any situation.

The Romans used Strawberries to lift the spirits and relieve bad breath as well as to treat a variety of digestive complaints.

It’s detoxifying properties were used in China as long ago as 2600 BCE where the Emperor was making an infusion of strawberry leaves for anti-aging.

The deep red color and heart shape of strawberries makes them sacred to Venus and Aphrodite.

Strawberry quartz is a rare, naturally occurring variety of quartz distinguished by pink to deep red inclusions (such as hematite or goethite). Discovered in the 1970s, it is primarily valued for its unique color, durability (7 on the Mohs hardness scale), and soothing metaphysical properties linked to the heart chakra.

Strawberry Quartz enlightens your heart chakra and grounds your aura. The softness of the Lepidolite within can be felt during meditation.

Strawberry quartz is a spiritual pillar stone that reveals the truth about the inner self and helps to gain more positive energy to gain wisdom.

Strawberry Quartz is a radiant and joyful crystal that works wonders for boosting confidence, love, intuition, and emotional healing.

Witches used strawberries in their potions and charms to enhance love spells and to protect against evil spirits.

Allow wisdom and joy to creep in where you least expect them. That’s the magic of summer.