Daily Motivator for Oct. 3 – Go ahead right now

Go ahead right now

Go ahead and live this day with everything you have. Go ahead and experience your life in the richest, most fulfilling ways possible.

Though you do not know what the future will bring, you can choose right now what you will bring to the future. Choose to bring strength, confidence, love, and a passion for living life at its best.

Go ahead and live as though all of life depends on you. Go ahead and give your best to this and every moment.

Let go of the doubts, step boldly beyond your fears, and do what you know is right. Instead of waiting for things to get better, move confidently ahead from where you are with what you have.

Don’t waste your energy worrying about what might or might not happen. Go ahead and do everything you can to bring about the best results.

Go ahead and immerse yourself fully in the richness that is life. This is your grand opportunity to live, so go ahead right now and truly make it great.

— Ralph Marston

Daily Motivator

Daily OM for October 3 – Those Wo De

Those Who Came Before

Turning to Ancestors for Guidance

by Madisyn Taylor

Our ancestors represent another wellspring from which we may draw for they, too, can act as our spirit guides.

Many entities assume the role of spirit guide. Throughout our lives, we may call upon angels, animal and nature spirits, ascended masters, and celestial guardians for aid, protection, and support. Our ancestors represent another wellspring from which we may draw wisdom in times of need for they, too, can act as our spirit guides. Since our forbears spent at least one lifetime experiencing the tribulations that are a part of human existence, the perspective they can offer is a uniquely grounded one. Ancestral spirit guides can empathize with our fears and our frailties, worry, temptation, and feelings of insecurity. Once you have requested their guidance, they will see to it that you emerge unscathed on the far side of conflicts and are well-equipped to fulfill your potential.

If your relationship with your relatives was strained when they were earthbound or you feel disconnected from your heritage, the thought of asking your ancestors for aid can be disconcerting. But when the soul takes on its spirit form, it becomes pure light. Your ancestors, regardless of who or what they were in life, are monitoring your life’s journey because you are their progeny and they want to see you do your best. You can communicate with them directly, as well as through meditation, your dreams, or the written word. Creating an altar or shrine that displays images of your forbears or objects owned by them can help you connect with individual ancestors. The guidance they provide may take many forms as each ancestral spirit guide retains its individual identity and will thus have its own style of communication. If your ancestors do not speak to you directly or visit you in your dreams, examine your life to determine whether they are replying to your queries subconsciously.

When you make contact with your forbears, thank them for being a part of the web of intent that gave you life. Honoring their wisdom and experience can make your life seem larger and richer. Like other spirit guides, your ancestors won’t interfere with your choices or attempt to deprive you of free will. They will only do their best to answer your questions and provide you with all the love, aid, and guidance you ask for in order to help you evolve as an individual.

Daily OM

WOTC Cartoon of the Day – Getting That Million Doctor Shot’

A Little Humor – The Joy of Coffee

The Joy of Coffee

Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze.

It maketh me to wake in green pastures: it leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.

It restoreth my buzz: it leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction, I will fear no Equal ™: for thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.

Thou preparest a carafe before me in the prescence of Juan Valdez: thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.

Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the House of Maxwell forever.

Author ~ Anon

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Feng Shui Tip for October 3 – ‘Balloons Around the World Day’

I’m not just being a blowhard on today’s ‘Balloons Around the World Day.’ But I want to share a ‘secret’ Feng Shui love cure that uses balloons to make dreams come true. If you’re looking for love or to further an ongoing commitment, then fill a yellow balloon with helium on any night of the full moon. Tie the balloon with nine or 18 inches of red thread, and with a red marker write your love-related wish on the outside of the balloon. One wish and on one side of the balloon only. With the same red marker sign your name and write the date on the opposite side. At sunset release that balloon to the sky and to the ‘God of Marriage Who Lives in the Moon.’ The legend states that this god will then hear your plea and send you solutions to your prayers within a year. Whether or not this balloon travels around the world, it will really rock yours, especially if that rock is worn on the third finger of the left hand!

By Ellen Whitehurst for Astrology.com

Today’s I Ching Hexagram for October 3 is 19: Approach of Spring

19: Approach of Spring

Hexagram 19

General Meaning: It is as if spring is approaching. Good times ahead feel inevitable; there is vitality in the air. This is a most auspicious time. Like a snake emerging from hibernation, negative forces are barely stirring and can be effectively controlled. This is a time of hopeful progress, and must be used to best advantage. When approaching good fortune, paying attention to what is happening now earns great dividends. All in all, a clear road lies ahead.

Take some action now, for at some point this ripe opportunity for advancement will be reversed. No spring lasts forever. It’s wise to stay alert and note the changing seasons and the energy they call for.

Spring is the season of new relationships. In the bounty of good times, new bonds form effortlessly. Relationships born in spring can serve well to warm the following autumn and winter.

Your Rune For October 3 is Tiwaz

Your Rune For Today

Tiwaz

Tiwaz is the Warrior Rune. It represents pure, masculine power and the ability to successfully fight to meet your goals. However, you must be careful that costs of attaining your goals overshadow their values.

Your Ancient Symbols Card for October 3 is The Journey

Your Deck of Ancient Symbols Card for Today

The Journey

While physical travel may be involved, The Journey represents an individual’s spiritual trek from one point to another. The Journey is represented by a sailboat gliding across an open sea. Like those traversing the ocean The Journey requires that we move off the firm ground of our present state and strike out for a new destination. The trip itself may well be full of adventure and challenges. There may be times when we lose sight of where we came from and possibly not even know where we’re going. Storms may crop up without warning. Diversions may slow our progress to our destination down. While it’s good to have an idea of where you want to go, it’s equally important to remember that often it’s the getting there and not the destination that is the most rewarding. To take such a spiritual voyage takes courage and conviction that direction in which your are moving is right for you.

As a daily card, The Journey indicates a time in which you are likely to derive insight and spiritual growth by moving off your everyday path. Although the time span is short, this movement may have a profound and enduring effect on your life. Indeed you may be on the verge of experiencing a revelation, or enjoying a period of self actualization. Be open to new paths and you may well end up with some very positive changes in your life.

Today’s Tarot Card for October 3 is The Sun

The Sun

This Tarot Deck: Gummy Bear Tarot

General Meaning: What has traditionally been known as the Sun card is about the self — who you are and how you cultivate your personality and character. The earth revolves around the sun to make up one year of a person’s life, a fact we celebrate on our birthday.

The Sun card could also be titled “Back to Eden.” The Sun’s radiance is where one’s original nature or unconditioned Being can be encountered in health and safety. The limitations of time and space are stripped away; the soul is refreshed and temporarily protected from the chaos outside the garden walls.

Under the light of the Sun, Life reclaims its primordial goodness, truth and beauty. If one person is shown on this card, it is usually signifying a human incarnation of the Divine. When two humans are shown, the image is portraying a resolution of the tension between opposites at all levels. It’s as if this card is saying “You can do no wrong — it’s all to the good!”

Your Daily Horoscopes for Wednesday, October 3

We want to be practical today, but still may confuse reality with our desires. Although attractive Venus enters precise Virgo this morning, our perceptions aren’t necessarily accurate because she opposes imaginative Neptune, creating a heightened state of fantasy. We are drawn to experiences beyond the physical now, including music, poetry and the magic of nature. Meanwhile, the sensual Taurus Moon pulls us out of our heads and into our bodies.

Aries Horoscope (Mar 21 – Apr 19)

Often you know exactly what you want in love and you’re ready to go for it. Now, however, your desires are not as clear. You tend to idealize your attractions today, which is a lot of fun as long as you don’t try to relate them directly to reality. Too many concrete expectations could hinder your current journey. If, however, you can go with the flow, it may reward you with a very beautiful experience that has long-lasting consequences.

Taurus Horoscope (Apr 20 – May 20)

You may read an emotional situation incorrectly today if you aren’t paying extra careful attention to what’s going on. There might be some confusion with respect to your feelings about a developing relationship. However, allowing your thoughts to meander around in the realms of possibility is an enjoyable distraction that doesn’t necessarily lead to satisfaction. Instead, focus on the most immediate issues in order to get the train back on the reality track.

Gemini Horoscope (May 21 – Jun 20)

Although you may believe that you expressed your needs clearly, others won’t necessarily understand you now. Your words are easily misconstrued because you don’t think it’s necessary to explain the obvious. However, you can be much more convincing if you take the time to unfold your story methodically. Hold on to your dreams, but keep your feet firmly planted on the ground.

Cancer Horoscope (June 21 – Jul 22)

Your schedule can get messed up today because you don’t allow enough time for everything that needs to be accomplished. You may not be as prepared as you prefer now because other people aren’t sharing their expectations with you. Instead of muddling your way through the day in uncertainty, ask concrete questions. Your friends and associates might surprise you with their down-to-earth answers that can save your day.

Leo Horoscope (Jul 23 – Aug 22)

You feel extra close to your dreams today, but you may be living in a bubble of fantasies no matter how clearly you’ve been thinking. Facts are shaded by your thoughts and feelings now, and it’s tricky to separate objective perceptions from subjective opinions. Thankfully, the potential for creating meaning in your life grows stronger when your intuitive visions are integrated into reality.

Virgo Horoscope (Aug 23 – Sep 22)

Normally, you excel at managing the details of a complex project and keeping them in order. However, you may be wiser to save the critical thinking for another day. Cut yourself some slack today and give yourself permission to space out, instead of trying to limit your thoughts. Your imagination is your greatest asset now; don’t be afraid to use it.

Libra Horoscope (Sep 23 – Oct 22)

You’re feeling a bit more introspective than usual today as your key planet Venus enters your 12th House of Privacy. If you must spend the day with others, you can still withdraw into your imagination while appearing as socially astute as ever. Balancing your previous obligations with your current need to be alone might be tricky unless you’re willing to keep one foot in each world.

Scorpio Horoscope (Oct 23 – Nov 21)

You may have very particular ideas about activities you want to share with your friends now, but your work might not give you the freedom you need. You are not one to run out on your responsibilities, yet you can rearrange your schedule and finish up your work early today without negatively impacting anyone else. Following through on your word is important, but so is pursuing your dreams.

Sagittarius Horoscope (Nov 22 – Dec 21)

Conditions on the home front can be confusing, but they aren’t your biggest problem now. Things are not as they appear to be and it’s difficult for you to gauge the relative importance of a particular thought. Taking a simple idea and turning it into an overly complicated strategy doesn’t make it any more effective. Misunderstandings that come to light in the next few days will make you glad that you strive for simplicity today.

Capricorn Horoscope (Dec 22 – Jan 19)

You could be feeling a bit confused if you cannot control your desires now, and they could pull you away from your previous commitments. There are days when you can build the road as well as travel along it. However, today is meant for exploring territories that are off the beaten track. Give yourself permission to wander around, knowing that you’ll be back on the highway and heading toward your destination again in just a few days.

Aquarius Horoscope (Jan 20 – Feb 18)

You may think you know exactly what you want and how you’re going to get it, but this confidence isn’t what you’re projecting today. People can see a gentler side of you as your hidden emotional softness slips through the cracks in the walls of your defenses. Instead of fighting it, consciously let others inside your otherwise impenetrable walls. Vulnerability is your strength now, not a weakness.

Pisces Horoscope (Feb 19 – Mar 20)

Today you might fall in love with a beautiful person, a spiritual teacher or a fleeting vision. Unfortunately, it’s currently difficult to tell the difference between reality and fantasy. Nevertheless, fact and fiction can morph into a magical moment that opens your heart. Don’t try to figure out what’s happening now; just enjoy the experience. Untangle the threads in the tapestry of life on another day when things make more sense.

Daily Cosmic Calendar for October 3

Venus has been a very active solar systemic player during the first 48 hours of October, and this trend remains in effect this morning. Venus enters Virgo (12:00AM PDT) until October 28. Over the next three hours, Venus makes a contra-parallel to Neptune (12:49AM PDT) while also forming an off-kilter, 150-degree link with Pallas (2:54AM PDT). Venus entering the sixth sign of the zodiac is a boost for becoming an efficiency master and adding nutritional foods to your diet. The Venus-Neptune and Venus-Pallas configurations have a tendency to toss a monkey-wrench into normally logical and straight-forward business planning. Part of the challenge here is that Venus and Neptune move on to form their annual polarity in the zodiac (3:27PM PDT). Love and money matters enter a twilight zone for much of today due to the various Venus disturbances that are taking hold right now. Despite all the uncertainty, you may want to find a brief window of time to solidify and ground big projects since Jupiter — the largest planet in the solar system — begins a retrograde cycle in Gemini tomorrow.

Calendar of the Moon for October 3

Calendar of the Moon

Grapevine Month

Colors: Blue and Purple
Element: Water
Altar: Upon cloth of blue and purple set a great pitcher of wine with many cups, four purple candles, and many wreaths of grapevine and baskets of grapes.
Offerings:
Daily Meal: Vegetarian, with wine or grape juice to drink, and of course grapes.

Muin Invocation

Call: Hail the Month of the Grapevine!
Response: Hail the Month of the Vine-Gods!
Call: Hail the month when sour turns to sweet!
Response: Hail the month when labor comes ripe!
Call: Hail the month when our hands come together,
Response: Hail the month when the cup is passed!
Call: This is the time of bonding,
Response: When the fruits of the harvest lay within our grasp.
Call: This is the call of Joy and Merriment,
Response: This is the time of coming together.
Call: For though we may have forgotten laughter beneath our burdens,
Response: Laughter comes for us at last.
Call: And yet we begin to see the year passing to its end,
Response: And our laughter is the light passing into the dark.
Call: May we go to into the dark like the Children of Dionysos,
Response: Embracing the cycle with open arms!
Call: Like the grapevine, we are givers of ecstasy.
Response: Like the grapevine, we are givers of dream.
Call: Like vines, we yield up our fruit.
Response: Like vines, we yield up for the good of all.
Call: Like vines, we twine towards the Light.
Response: Like vines, we twine towards the Spirit.
Call: We hold the line, we keep the Mysteries true,
Response: We hold the line, we keep the Mysteries true,
Call: I am the vine; the branches, you and you.
Response: I am the vine; the branches, you and you.

Chant:
Taste Joy in the Day
Take Joy in the Night
Touch Joy in your face turned
To the fading light
Ay ay ay ay-yi-hey.

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Calendar of the Sun for October 3

Calendar of the Sun

3 Winterfyllith

Njord’s Blot

Color: Sea-blue
Element: Water
Altar: Upon cloth of sea-blue set a Scandinavian ship, a net, a basket of fish-shaped cakes, and a metal tankard of mead.
Offerings: Give aid to a sailor. The House should, together, send a package to one who sails the seas and has need of succor.
Daily Meal: Fish.

Invocation to Njord

Hail, Njord, Lord of the Surface of the Sea!
Hail, Sailor’s Watcher,
Lord of Ships upon the waters.
Blessed you are in the prow,
Where you lead us forward to our goals.
Blessed you are in the stern,
Where you guard our wake
From the monsters of the Deep.
Blessed you are on the port,
Where your keen eyes search the horizon.
Blessed you are on the starboard,
Where you guide us by the stars.
Blessed you are on the high mast,
Where you stand tall with far vision.
Blessed you are in the sails,
Which you fill with billowing winds.
Blessed you are at the rudder,
Where you skillfully outrun all storms.
Blessed you are at the nets,
Where the fish come by the thousands into our hands.
Blessed you are belowdecks,
Where you rock us gently to sleep
On the waves of certainty,
Knowing that the farthest shore
Will soon be under our feet.
Hail Njord, Lord of Ships,
Guide our souls safely across the waters.

(All pass and bless the package, and see it safely gone. The mead is poured out as libation.)

[Pagan Book of Hours]

Current Moon Phase for October 3: Full Moon

Full Moon

(waning/78% illumination)

A veil of self-absorption is lifted and suddenly you gain access to an unbiased view of others. This is a rare moment when you can see yourself objectively and become aware of whether or not what you want in your heart is actually beginning to manifest in your life. Traditionally, the Full Moon phase stirs emotion, and this is because when you “see” what is happening, you may become upset if you’re experiencing the “same ole, same ole” — rather than the things you would like. If the Full Moon phase is a disappointment, on the next New Moon it’s time to take creative action in the direction of your dreams.

The Witches Spell for October 3 – 3 x 3 Times Spell

THREE TIMES THREE SPELL

To have someone see his errors.
This is a three times three spell to use on people who were corrupt in their ways. It has no negative consequence unless you think ill of the person while casting the spell.

Wind in the north, run through the trees
Three times three, let them see, let them see
Sands of the east, rich soils beneath
Three times three, set them free, set them free
Fires in the south, awaken from sleep
Three times three, let them see, let them see
Water of the west, flow to the seas
Three times three, set them free, set them free

It works best if you have something representing that person, like a strand of their hair or a fingernail. The spell may not work instantaneously, you may have to repeat it for the person to see error in their ways.

The Witches Correspondence for Wednesday, October 3rd

Magickal Intentions: Communication, Divination, Writing, Knowledge, Business Transactions, Debt, Fear, Loss, Travel and Money Matters
Incense: Jasmine, Lavender, Sweet Pea
Planet: Mercury and Chiron (though this is a moon of Pluto)
Sign: Virgo
Angel: Raphael
Colors: Orange, Light Blue, Grey, Yellow and Violet
Herbs/Plants: Fern, Lavender, Hazel, Cherry, Periwinkle
Stones: Aventurine, Bloodstone, Hematite, Moss Agate and Sodalite
Oil: (Mercury) Benzoin, Clary Sage, Eucalyptus, Lavender

This day is governed by Mercury. Wednesday’s vibration adds power to rituals involving inspiration, communications, writers, poets, the written and spoken word, and all matters of study, learning, and teaching. This day also provides a good time to begin efforts involving self-improvement or understanding.

The Witches Almanac for Wednesday, October 3rd

The Witches Almanac for *Wednesday, October 3

*Wednesday (Mercury): The conscious mind, study, travel, divination, and wisdom.

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Moon Sign: *Taurus

*Taurus: Things begun now last the longest, tend to increase in value, and become hard to alter. Brings out appreciation for beauty and sensory experience.

*Waning Moon

*The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).

Incense: Lilac

Moon Phase: Third Quarter

Color: White

More Witch and Wizard Comments

Broom Purification

Items You Will Need:

tree branch
brightly colored long-stemmed flowers
string or thread

The Spell:

Before dawn, take a branch from any tree. Thank the tree for its gift and leave a coin or semi-precious stone at its base in payment. Next, obtain several brightly colored flowers on long stalks. Tie these flowers to the branch to fashion a sort of broom, then sweep the floor in every room of the house, visualizing the flowers of the broom absorbing negativity and “evil” as you work. Then, still before sunrise, leave the broom at the crossroads. Traditionally this ritual is repeated at the first of each month.

“THINK on THESE THINGS” for October 2

“THINK on THESE THINGS”
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

Aim high, even though it seems at the moment you’ll never reach that cherished dream. It is your duty to lift yourself above mediocrity. And if you’re afraid your dream will sound foolish, then don’t talk about it, work for it.

Some dreams have gossamer wings, too fragile to discuss. We can be so zealous about our plans that we talk away the mystery and lose interest in the things we’ve begun. Zeal can burn itself out in one, quick, bright flame, or it can be nurtured into strength that is the basis for greatness.

If dreams have substance, then they may well come true. And if they are in line with the law of good, then there will be someone who wants to help. To have the desire to do something that will benefit others, the desire to serve, is to have a dream with solid possibilities.

The aims, then, must be deserving as to become duties. It falls to certain individuals to develop a gift and to use it in helping other people. As German philosopher Immanuel Kant has written, “What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are the perfecting of ourselves and the happiness of others.”

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Month: October 2012

Daily Motivator for Oct. 3 – Go ahead right now

Go ahead right now

Daily OM for October 3 – Those Wo De

WOTC Cartoon of the Day – Getting That Million Doctor Shot’

A Little Humor – The Joy of Coffee

Feng Shui Tip for October 3 – ‘Balloons Around the World Day’

Today’s I Ching Hexagram for October 3 is 19: Approach of Spring

19: Approach of Spring

Your Rune For October 3 is Tiwaz

Your Ancient Symbols Card for October 3 is The Journey

Your Deck of Ancient Symbols Card for Today

Today’s Tarot Card for October 3 is The Sun

The Sun

Your Daily Horoscopes for Wednesday, October 3

Daily Cosmic Calendar for October 3

Calendar of the Moon for October 3

Calendar of the Moon

Calendar of the Sun for October 3

Calendar of the Sun

Current Moon Phase for October 3: Full Moon

Full Moon

(waning/78% illumination)

The Witches Spell for October 3 – 3 x 3 Times Spell

THREE TIMES THREE SPELL

The Witches Correspondence for Wednesday, October 3rd

The Witches Correspondence for Wednesday, October 3rd

The Witches Almanac for Wednesday, October 3rd

The Witches Almanac for *Wednesday, October 3

Moroccan New Year’s Day

Hello There, It Wednesday Already! Can You Believe It!

Broom Purification

Broom Purification

Items You Will Need:

“THINK on THESE THINGS” for October 2