*Tuesday (Mars): Passion, sex, courage, aggression, and protection.
Festival at Sassari
Moon Sign: *Cancer
*Cancer: Stimulates emotional rapport between people. Pinpoints need, supports growth and nurturance. Tends to domestic concerns.
*Waning Moon
*The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation, a little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).
Incense: Cinnamon
Moon Phase: *Fourth Quarter
Color: Scarlet
Wraps — sandwiches that forgo bread and are instead rolled in tortillas — are a fast, fresh and fun way to make a magickal meal in no time. Choose vegetable such as yellow squash, zucchini, mushrooms, tomatoes, lettuce, onion or cucumber. Charm the vegetables to enhance their natural power: simply connect with the energies in the food and calll out the attribute most suited to the magick, magnifying the ingredient’s inherent qualities or color associations. Prepare the begetable using a magickal slicing technique, then either put them fresh into the tortilla or quickly saute them in a little butter, letting the heat magnify the magick of your empowered ingredients. Add protein with a bit of cold tofu salad, a nice begetarian assimilation of chicken salad — just drain a package of firm tofu and mash it up with a little mayonnaise and curry powder. If you’re a meat eater, simply add sliced turkey or forkfuls of tuna. Serve rolled in wheat or spinach tortillas, adding cheese or honey mustard if you wish.
Excerpt from: Ten-Minute Magickal Meals By Melanie Marquis Llewellyn’s 2012 Witches’ Companion, An Almanac for Everyday Living by Llewellyn
By Tess Whitehurst
The year 2012 is finally here, and it’s lived up to its promise of marking an uncommonly interesting moment in history of our species. To many of us, it appears that we’re at a critical juncture, which may very soon culminate in one of two main outcomes: we humans might destroy or decimate ourselves by blowing ourselves up or making our environment unlivable, or we might find a way to harmoniously evolve into a peaceful and mutually beneficial relationship with our planet and each other.
You Must be the Change you want to See in the world. — Mahatma GandhiWhile it remains to be seen whether or not this big change is true, it is nonetheless significant that so many people, regardless of their spiritual and/or scientific persuasion, have a strong feeling that it is. Furthermore, no matter what the future may or may not hold, moving toward greater harmony is never a bad thing, and there has never been a better time for it than now.
As shapers of reality, our role during this time is extremely vital: our thoughts, words, rituals and visualizations, when directed toward universal healing and harmonization, have the potential to be a precious contribution to the future of the human race, wildlife and the environment as we know it. In addition to our work in the ethereal or spiritual realm, working in the physical realm — as activists, disseminators of information, artists, healers, teachers, volunteers, etc. —- can fortify our efforts, empower our intentions and generally help heal the world in a concrete, tangible way. And as we know from the Law of Returns, each of our positive intentions and generous actions will return to us multiplied, so our global healing efforts will also allow us to steep ourselves in positivity, harmony and good fortune.
Excerpt from:
“Being The Change”
By Tess Whitehurst
Llewellyn’s 2012 Witches’ Companion,
An Almanac for Everyday Living by Llewellyn
One of August 14’s zodiacal sign of Leo’s most important correspondences, astrologically and magically speaking is with the element of Fire, which like each of the other three elements, is in turn associated with a particular season of the year, cardinal direction, and color. Given the heat that it generates, it is not surprising that fire’s season should be Summer or that its direction should be South. Similarly, fire’s color is typically specified as being flame red, although yellow, golden, and orange hues are also regarded as being fiery.
The sun’s rule will soon be ending, so if you feel that your self-confidence could do with boosting, or you wish to cultivate any other solar or fiery qualities, now’s the time to light a golden candle and gaze into the energizing flame as you visualize the desired characteristic taking root and growing within you.
“Lack of self-respect warps the mirror: I will walk away from this distorted image of myself before the illusion becomes part of my landscape. I am whole and unique.”
“Pearls do not lie on the seashore. If you desire one you must dive for it.”
Eastern Saying
Close your eyes and imagine that you are attending a party. A friend comes over and introduces you to yourself. What are your first impressions of this person? Engage yourself in conversation. How does the relationship develop between you? From this neutral perspective consider the strengths and weaknesses that you see in yourself. Use this awareness as a basis for change.
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Good Morning, dearest of friends! I must apologize for running late. My mouse died this morning on me. I had to drive 50 miles to get another one. That’s what I get for living in the boonies, lol! It’s not funny I know. I have done buried my mouse, I threw it in the garbage on the way out the door. Needless to say, I uttered some words that wasn’t very nice to give it a proper send off. If I had had time I would have blew it up with a firecracker. I’m not violent, I just hate to be inconvenienced, lol!
So now on with the show…..
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