Now is really not the time to be putting a curse on the moon — but according to one viral social-media thread, someone went ahead and did it anyway.
An online group of witches claim that a “hex” has been placed on our lunar satellite. In a thread by a witch who goes by @heyyadoraa on Twitter, she explained “what’s going on with the moon.”
She said that she’d heard about a group of witches who “decided to band together, and hex . . . the moon . . . They’re now planning to hex the sun too,” @heyyadoraa added.
The thread was an unexpected viral hit, rising to more than 110,000 likes over the weekend. Even its writer was evidently stunned by the response.
The existence of the hex was learned of through #WitchTok, a global community of witches who connect through social media. To date, the hashtag has a combined 2.1 billion views on the platform. A recent Nylon report suggested that Gen Z Wiccans dominate the TikTok-based network, many of whom are the only witch they know in real life. And their tech-friendly culture has been known to upset “elder witches.”
According to @heyyadoraa, the moon should be able to withstand the hex, or a “spellwork that is a collection of negative energy and is directed to someone, something,” as she defined it. However, she warned that such an attack would likely insult and anger the gods who rule the moon as well as sun: the twins Artemis and Apollo.
“But apollo? he’s the god of health and medicine,” she added. “They hexed his sister. in the middle of an increasingly dangerous PANDEMIC.”
She isn’t sure exactly how this hex might affect the rest of us.
“I dont know. people dont usually hex the moon, gods arent usually mad. there could be effects on you & your energy because of this, but the gods arent mad at YOU,” she assured.
As for who committed the hex, she claimed to have learned late yesterday that it was a witch with “more experience,” but who shall remain unnamed.
“i wont be adding their name because they’re already about to get their s - - t [rocked],” she said, insinuating that there will be a comeuppance.
The Post reached out to @heyyadoraa as well as to two NYC-based occult shops, none of whom responded at the time of this report. However, Cnet caught up with Alice Gorman, associate professor at Flinders University in Australia, who studies space exploration. She has found no immediate, external threat to the moon.
“In reality, you know the moon isn’t going to fall out of the sky, [and] tides aren’t going to stop happening. It won’t turn blue or green, but it does demonstrate that there are continually new ways that people find emotional connection to the moon,” Gorman said.
In response to one follower, @heyyadoraa added some helpful advice for secular and non-Wiccans to send positive energy to our moon.
“It’s not disrespectful! i’ve seen christians send prayers, atheists light candles, non-witches send good intentions however they can. intention is huge in witchcraft, and as long as your intent is to send love or healing or positivity or whatever, it’s welcomed.”
This isn’t the first time witches have made headlines for putting spells on public figures. In 2017, witches on Facebook made a “declaration of spiritual war,” vowing to put a hex on President Donald Trump in an effort to see him removed from office.
Occult author Michael Hughes said of the hex, “It’s a restraint, not harm. I see it as self-defense.”