Elder’s Meditation of the Day – February 9

“It can be 100 degrees in the shade one afternoon and suddenly there comes a storm with hailstones as big as golf balls, the prairie is all white and your teeth chatter. That’s good – a reminder that you are just a small particle of nature, not so powerful as you think.”

–Lame Deer, LAKOTA

No event, no relationship, no joy, no sadness, no situation ever stays the same. Every setback is only temporary. Even setbacks change. Why? Because the Great Spirit designed the world to be constantly changing. We are not the center of the universe, we are but a small part. The whole is constantly changing, and we as humans are constantly participating in the change. We have two choices, to resist change or participate in the change. Every change can be resisted, and every change can be made in cooperation. What will I choose today, resistance or cooperation?

Great Spirit, teach me to make cooperative changes.

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February 9 – Daily Feast

To some, power is domination, ruling anything defenseless. But that isn’t power, it is abuse, and abuse is cowardly. Abuse takes advantage where it can, always pretending to be the victim, but looking for the opportunity to overpower. Forget the idea that power is from the world. Whole worlds have been changed in minutes. Power that was bold and bragging can suddenly be a whimper. Empires have crashed and those that caused so much misery have deflated like balloons. Real power is not nigvnhdiha, which is understood by the Cherokee to be put on. It is from an inner source, characteristically calm, like a great river that flows smoothly but drives huge cities with energy. A single drop of water seems powerless and takes the way of least resistance, but joined to all the others, it has force. One person may seem inadequate to change anything, but united with others, can change anything.

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If I were adrift upon the ocean

with demons and dragons all around,

I would think of sweet Kuan-Yin

and the angry waters would subside.

  

If I were trapped within a furnace

as hot as hell’s own blazes,

I would think of Kuan-Yin’s power,

and the flames would turn to water.

  

If enemies pursued me, if I were thrown

from a high mountain peak, if knives

were raised against me, if I were imprisoned

or beset by beasts, I would call on her.

  

Her pity shields me from the lightning.

Her compassion is like a cloud around me,

which rains down sweetness and

puts out the fires of my sorrow.

~Chinese Prayer To Kuan-Yin

  

In China, this is the birthday of the great bodhisattva (near Buddha) Kuan-Yin, “she who hears the cries of the weeping world.” Born a human girl named Miao Shan, she earned enlightenment but refused it out of compassion for those who remained unenlightened here on earth. She will not, it is said, move into true Buddhahood so long as there is even one living being who has not seen the light of truth.

 

We can call out to her, Chinese tradition says, merely by uttering her name. The holy name of Kuan-Yin is the greatest protection we have against anything that threatens us. Or, put another way: recognition of the goddess’light, which shines throughout creation, is our greatest source of strength.

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By Patricia Monaghan

Crone’s Corner – Getting Ready For Valentine’s Day

In the early days of the American South, it was thought that if a woman wore a wasp’s nest in her clothing (hidden in her bustle), that her lover would love her more deeply. Don’t try this one at home, kids!

Feng Shui For Lovers!

A tall vase of pussy-willows placed in the southwest corner of the bedroom or the most southwestern corner of the house is thought to amplify warmth, compassion, tenderness and sweetness in a relationship. To attract a new relationship, put two roses in the same corner.

Love Potion #69
Two ounces Vanilla flavoured vodka
One ounce Orange flavoured vodka

Sprig of Mint

This is the adult version of a creamsicle. The vanilla flavour represents warmth, sweetness and smoothness of communication. The orange represents warmth, joy, tenderness and affection. The vodka is for hardiness and strength. Mix ingredients with lots of ice in a cocktail shaker. Pour into two martini glasses. Garnish with a sprig of mint – to encourage the whispering of sweet nothings in your ear.

Magick Spell
Take two large sewing needles, one representing a man and the other a woman. Name each of the needles and ask God to bless them. Insert the point of the “male” needle into the eye of the “female needle.” Bind the two needles together with orange thread (for passion), red thread (for lust) and pink thread (for joy.) Put in a place for safekeeping – like a jewelry box and don’t let the needles become unraveled until your wish is obtained.

If wish is not obtained within a year, it is probably not a union that is meant to be.

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Daily Aromatherapy Tip – Make Your Aromatic Mark

Place a few drops of your favorite essential oil blend on a tissue or handkerchief and place in your purse,
desk drawer or pocket. This will ensure your personal aromatic signature is noticed.
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Spell Of The Day – Each Day Is a Gift Spell

Each day comes as a gift, free of charge. It is ours to spend as we see fit. In this busy age, we often rush through without taking time to savor it, let alone give thanks for it. Most spells focus on asking for something. Here is an alternative verse to chant or song when appreciation is due: “I give thanks for the rising and setting of the Sun. For all good works completed or begun. For all the evil thwarted or undone, On this day whose sands are run. I give thanks for the passing of the swift silver Moon, For all hearts lifted by a happy tune. For the good food that fills the supper spoon, May more days this bright come soon.”

By Elizabeth Barrette, Llewellyn’s and GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast

The Universe welcomes and embraces me.

Seize The Day! Celebrating Ancient Holidays!

(And some not so ancient!)

Diabetes Sundays
Man Day
National “DAV” Day
World Marriage Day

Feast of Apollo
Toothache Day
St. Apollonia’s Day (patron of dentists; against toothaches)
Hobert Regatta Day (Tasmania)
National Inventor’s Day
St. Maron’s Day (patron of Maronites)
National Bagels and Lox Day
St. Teilo’s Day
National Hooky Day
Tales of Kelp-Koli begin (Fairy)
Feast of La’Ala’A (Upolu God of Wrestling; Polynesia)

A Bad Day For Priests, according to Mayan chronological estimation.

Gasparilla Day, Tampa, Florida -Spanish pirate defeated by US Navy in 1821.Beginning of week long festival.
Someone playing Gasparilla is crowned Pirate King, given keys to city, etc.

GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast – Source: The Daily Globe, School Of The Seasons and/or The Daily Bleed

Today Is: Wednesday – named after Odin, or Woden, the great Anglo Saxon god of war and wisdom. The French word for Wednesday, mercredi, more clearly shows its link to Mercury, the Roman god of science, commerce, and travel. Meditation and focus on learning, study, travel, and communication are best performed on Wednesday, the day of Mercury.~Emely Flak

 Today’s Magick ~  A day for divination, communications, knowledge, wisdom  science and magic pertaining to the mind, while wearing green and using silver or agate.

Today’s Moon Magick ~ The Waxing Moon: (from the new moon to the full) is the ideal time for
magic to draw things towards you. 

Goddess Month of Bridhe Begins~ 1/23 – 2/19

 

Color- Peach – Peach is a safe, unobtrusive, reassuring color. When you wear it, others view you as non-threatening force in their lives. Try it for magical efforts that deal with kindness, gentleness, sympathy, empathy, and well-wishing.

Heads Up For Tomorrow! Turquoise – a must for workaholics. Wearing it can help you to step back and put your workload into perspective. Use it in rituals that involve stress relief, study, knowledge retention, and finding the logic in situations where there seems to be none.

Incense: Sandalwood – Powers of Protection,wishes,healing,exorcism,spirituality

Daily Devotions of the Goddess

When the Goddess dances across the night,
My spirit rejoices with pure delight.

Lady Abigail
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The rune that came up this morning is Kenaz of Freyja’s Aett pronounced “kane-awze” (K: Beacon or torch) Vision, revelation, knowledge, creativity, inspiration, technical ability. Vital fire of life, harnessed power, fire of transformation and regeneration. Power to create your own reality, the power of light. Open to new strength, energy, and power now. Passion, sexual love.

Spring comes and the snow melts. Winter’s debris becomes visible. Purification is needed. A warm season of your life arrives when your circumstances will be more beneficial and you will have no need to spend your energy as before, defending yourself from the cold. New interesting possibilities are appearing, but some of your activities which were permissible or even necessary during the “winter” are becoming unacceptable now. The light is switched on in some important area of your life. It gives you the possibility to do much more than before, but you may now appear less perfect to yourself than you previously thought, while you were in the darkness. It becomes important now not only to know what you are doing but also how you are doing it.

Kenaz Reversed or Merkstave: Disease, breakup, instability, lack of creativity. Nakedness, exposure, loss of illusion and false hope. (Note: the reversed or merkstave definitions are included only for reference as they apply to a multi-rune cast and not to a single rune that’s drawn blind from the pouch)

As with all, take only what feels right to you and disregard the rest.

**a portion of today’s rune meaning/description was kindly provided by Ingrid Halvorsen at sunnyway.com and used here with her gracious permission**

In the Light…

Tom
 

Today’s I Ching Hexagram for Everyone:

47: Oppression

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

 General Meaning: The image of oppression conjures up a dried up lake bed with nettlesome crows stalking the shoreline. Hard times can shrivel our spirits, and give rise to a multitude of ‘crows’ in the form of troublesome worries. Times of great loss or personal failure break weaker people; but the strong of heart can bend with fate. To endure hard times — or even grow and benefit from them — it is essential to tap that deepest stratum of personal identity, that which is deeper even than fate, and which is incorruptible by even the harshest realities. It is essential, in other words, to tap the wellspring of human endurance: hope.

In a sense, there is no such thing as failure. There is only sweet and sour reality, and more is learned from the sour, oftentimes, than from the sweet. For failure, hard as it may be to swallow, opens the blinds to the real world, and reawakens the clarity of vision known only to those who have risked, and tasted, disappointment.

When in the throes of hard times, it is wise to be resolute and strong on the inside while remaining quietly cheerful on the outside. Avoid too much talking — except to your closest friends. Your words will have little effect on all others, since your influence will be at a low ebb — and the attempt to get across will only drain you of vital energy. Strong silence is the most skillful posture when facing the public during adversity; it shows that your inner core is strong enough to withstand the current troubles, and suggests that your recovery will be complete. At the same time, talking openly to those you trust is equally important, for in times of calamity, talking is an important part of healing.

Keep in mind that failure — the final taboo in modern society. But this is just one part of the inevitable cycle of life for those who dare to live fully and completely. Never to fail at all is to fail in the biggest way — avoiding risk altogether, you cannot help but fall far short of what might have been.

Today’s Tarot Card for Everyone:

The World

This Tarot Deck: Oswald Wirth

Anybody want me to mail them some snow? We are getting another light dusting, hee, hee, hee. So far the light dusting has dropped 4 inches more on top of what we already had. The weather people suck. I am going to go apply for one of their jobs just as soon as the weather breaks. Last couple of night I haven’t been sleeping well. This morning when I got up before the crack of dawn and saw the snow, I threw another log on the fire, made coffee and pull the comforter back over my head. I am not a cold weather person. I have been trying to tell my family that for years and they don’t listen. One of the reasons, I haven’t been sleeping is because I have had some horrible dreams. I have one repeating one and the repeating ones I pay attention to. It involves a home invasion. I was in the shower the other night and something came over me to tell my husband, “if anyone comes to the door, don’t answer it without me!” Can you imagine what an insult on his male ego that would be? I don’t want to do that at all, I love him to pieces. I was thinking about it last night, living without him. I couldn’t do it. I know we have our arguments what couple doesn’t? But I still love him. *Chuckle* My motherly instinct even extended to him. I just feel really, really protective over him and the kids. Or perhaps that is how you are supposed to feel over your own family. I have never talked to my husband about this. I know he is protective of me. It has always been a long-standing joke, he had my back, I had his. Truthfully, it wasn’t a joke. We both meant it. I guess my way of thinking when I was in the shower was how would my life be without my husband? Could I actually go on? If today was the last day we had together, does he know how much I love him. Have you ever stopped to think about these things? Have you told that special person in your life you love them today? Get off the computer, go tell them you love them, before another minute passes, because who knows, we might not have another one..