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Life As The Witch – Using The Plant Kingdom & Sacred Space

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

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Life As The Witch – Using The Plant Kingdom & Sacred Space

Many witches include plants in their sacred space, often to mark the four elemental quarters. By choosing a plant with the appropriate elemental association and putting it in the corresponding quarter, you honor the Watchtowers (the elemental guardians of the four quarters that “watch” over the sacred space) and support the energy of the sacred space. The following list contains some common plants and their elemental associations:

Earth (north): Alfalfa sprouts, beets, corn, fern, honeysuckle, magnolia, moss, peas, potatoes, turnips, vervain

Air (east): Anise, clover, dandelions, goldenrod, lavender, lily of the valley, marjoram, mint, parsley, pine

Fire (south): Basil, bay, cactus, chrysan chrysanthemum, daylilies, dill, garlic, holly, juniper, marigolds, onions, rosemary, sunflowers

Water (west): Aster, blackberries, catnip, cucumbers, daffodils, gardenias, geranium, iris, lettuce, lotus, roses, water lily, willow

Also consider the time of the year when selecting plants for your sacred space. Certain plants are linked with each zodiac sign.

Aries: Holly, snapdragon, cactus, jonquil

Taurus: Daffodil, clover, lilac, columbine, daisy

Gemini: Azalea, honeysuckle, lily of the valley, heather

Cancer: Iris, jasmine, water lily, white rose, gardenia Leo:

Red rose, poppy, marigold, sunflower, dahlia

Virgo: Lavender, myrtle, aster, fern, heather, day lily

Libra: Cosmos, gardenia, pink rose, violet, hibiscus

Scorpio: Orchid, violet, eucalyptus, foxglove, pinks, wolfsbane

Sagittarius: Paperwhite narcissus, Christmas cactus, red clover, dandelion

Capricorn: Holly, carnation, mistletoe, pansy

Aquarius: Carnation, wild rose, lady slipper

Pisces: Lotus, passion flower, violet, narcissus, wisteria

You can align yourself with cosmic energies by including plants whose energies correspond to the sign in which the sun is positioned at any given month.

Some witches choose plants to honor the gods and goddesses (as discussed earlier). If, for instance, a witch is working with Hera, a bowl of apples and a vase of irises would be suitable—and visually appealing. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with surrounding yourself with plants you particularly enjoy, for their fragrance, color, or shape. From the green witch’s viewpoint, all plants are sacred and all come from the Goddess.

Reference:

The Everything Wicca and Witchcraft Book (Everything®)
Author: Skye Alexander
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Calendar of the Sun for May 20th

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Calendar of the Sun

 

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Color: Green
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a green cloth set growing herbs and flowers in pots, a pitcher of rainwater, small dishes of late-sowed seeds such as lettuce (as many as there are people), a flower wreath, and a single green candle.
Offerings: Seeds to be planted in the garden.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian

Media Ver Invocation

Earth, you have awakened to our touch!
The winds have stirred you,
The rain has nourished you,
The sun has opened your eyes.
Your million mouths open
On the unfolded leaves of every tree.
We glory in your abundance,
In the dance of your youth,
And we dance for your brilliant life
And your new season.
Yet now is the time when the real work begins.
If we would keep what we have sown,
We must not stop here,
But we must labor for the sustenance
Of our creation, as it has always been.
For the first growth is a miracle from the Gods,
But the second growth is the miracle unseen,
From the labor of our hands,
Which is also sacred.

Chant:
Green growing
Green Man knowing
Path of striving
Way of opening

(Each takes a pot of seeds and goes to the garden, and hoes or otherwise prepares a space for planting, and then plants their seeds, chanting while doing so. The pitcher of rainwater is carried out and ritually poured onto the seeds. Weeding should also be done at this time, and the care for plants that have already broken the surface.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Just For You – A Summertime Foxglove Spell

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

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 A Summertime Foxglove Spell

Bless your foxgloves in the garden with this simple Garden Witch’s charm. Hold your hand out over the blossoms and repeat the chant. Water and care for your foxgloves and enjoy the magick they bring to your garden.

“If you listen close some eve you may hear them ring.

Protection and beauty they do naturally bring.

May the spirit of the foxglove now bestow upon me,

Protection and happiness, as I will so must it be.

By the powers of the Witch’s garden this spell is sung.

For the good of all, this gentle magick brings harm to none.

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Calendar of the Sun for May 6th

Posted on May 6, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

Calendar of the Sun

Ancestor Day

Color: Black and grey
Element: Earth
Altar: Spread a black cloth, and lay it with photographs, paintings, and other depictions of our ancestors. Add also symbols of their old tools, and statues of ancestral deities, a bowl of seeds for the future garden, pots of soil, a pitcher of water, and many candles of black and white and grey.
Offerings: Things they would have liked to eat, drink, smoke, or smell. Tend a cemetery and clean up the graves.
Daily Meal: Food from an earlier era, using authentic recipes.

Invocation to the Ancestors

Our ancestors got up at dawn,
Slaved in the dirt,
Sweated in the sun,
Chilled in the cold,
Numbed in the snow,
Scattering each seed with a prayer:
Pray that there be enough,
That no one starve this winter.
Pray that no bird nor beast
Steal the food I have struggled for.
And most of all,
Pray that each seed I save
Of this harvest
Shall next year
Bring forth a hundred more.
We live today
Because they worked
Because they sowed
Because they harvested
Because they prayed.

Chant:
Those who came before
We are your children
Those who came before
We honor your names

(Each person takes seeds from the bowl and plants them in the pots of soil, speaking the name of one of their ancestors as they do so, as in: “In honor of _______.” The pots are watered, and the candles put out one by one.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

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Lady A’s Spell for May 6th – Garden Blessing (Perfect for this time of year)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by ladyoftheabyss

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Garden Blessing

Goal: To bless a magickal or mundane garden

Optional extras:

Green or brown candle;

pot of soil (if you can’t be outside);

packet of seeds or flowering plant/herb;

picture of your ideal garden or your garden plan;

sage smudge stick;

salt;

water

Notes: This can be done inside with the above extras prior to the gardening season, or it can be done outside with just the sage and the salt and water (mixed). If you are inside, visualize the garden and go through the symbolic act of planting something. If you are outside, you can walk the perimeter of your garden space, wafting the sage and sprinkling the salt/water around the edges of the area you want to bless (be careful not to use too much salt, since it can damage plants). You can say the spell as you are doing this, before, or after.

This spell is best done on a sunny day.

“Green and growing, full of life
Bless this garden mine
A calm oasis free from strife
Touched by gifts divine.”
 
“Let this garden grow and thrive
Be free of weed or pest
Through seasons changing and alive
Like nature’s treasure chest.”
 
“Whether herb or fruit or flower
Let plants and seedlings grow
Strong and healthy, filled with power
Beneath the sun’s bright glow.”
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Tips of the Trade

Posted on April 26, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

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The aloe plant has magical properties as well. If grown in the kitchen, it guards the cook against food-preparation accidents that can be very nasty. When using aloe gel in the kitchen, dab some onto major appliances, windows, doors and tools to safeguard them, as well. If you can’t grow the plant in the kitchen, it can be placed anywhere in the home.

 

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Moon Planting

Posted on April 25, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

Moon Planting

The Moon’s magnetic force pulls all that contains water: the tides of our oceans, the blood and fluids of our bodies, and the vital essences of all plant life–such influence can be seen quite clearly in the growth of plants.

All crops that produce their yield above ground should be planted during the Waxing (New to Full) Moon: the first week is especially good for crops that have their seeds on the outside, such as asparagus, cabbage, broccoli, celery and spinach. The second week (between the 1st quarter and the Full Moon) is best for crops that produce seeds on the inside, like peppers, tomatoes, peaches, cucumbers and melons.

During the waning Moon (Full to New Moon) plant root crops such as potatoes, peanuts, carrots and onions. *Do not* plant on the day of the New Moon or Full Moon.

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Money Problems

Posted on April 24, 2013 by mistressofthemyst

If money is a problem, you could choose mint, onion, snapdragon, camellia, chamomile, clover, dill, basil and perhaps even a small section of wheat. Pine, oak, ash and apple trees planted near the house also help direct prosperity your way, as will a banana plant.

 

The Magical Household: Spells & Rituals for the Home
Scott Cunningham
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