Month: January 2013
Well I told you I would probably end up…..
working out some more bugs this week before it was over with! One of the little devils crawled out of the keyboard, well really off the computer screen.
I gave everyone here at the WOTC the week off (except the guys & gal that helps with the critters). I did that were I could fix the computer and have some quiet time. I wanted the time to myself to fix the computers right. Well I did. The two computers were so screwed up, I had to wipe them totally clean. Then come to find out, Annie had dug through the disks’ files, mixed them all up and she had no earthly idea where the backup disks to the computers were. So I said fine, I will see you next week, all of you. Then I wiped the computers clean from their hard drives. I don’t what she did but nothing would come up on either one of the computers. I was able to open the computers up through their safe mode settings and go from there.
In the process of replacing everything else, I had to go and try to find the Microsoft Works package. When I found it, it was only $164.00. I said crap. That amount of money would feed and pay the light bill here, I couldn’t afford that. So instead, I went and downloaded this half-assed piece of poop. I believe it is called Office Open or Open Office, something like that. Anyway it has a mind of its own. I put the margins in place, go to type, their gone. I can be typing one spot, then my cursor is back at the beginning and I have screwed it all up.
Today, my good mood got shot down quickly. I put the Almanac on there, the Spell, Life As The Witch. I selected paste all of it. It was plainly left on the program here on my computer. I put it over in my old group on Yuku, thank goodness. By the time I got back to get the Correspondence, everything was gone. EVERYTHING!
So now, I am using the little notepad on my computer. I know ya’ll get tired of listening to me bitch but I swear if someone doesn’t know what they are doing, why do they do it anyway. WHY!
When it came to the horoscopes, the notepad wouldn’t cooperate at all. So I just stopped. I am trying to figure out what I am going to have to do. I know what I need to do but you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.
Believe me, it does feel good to get this stuff off my chest. It is also a good thing I gave everyone in the office the week off. Or else you would have been reading about me in the paper. I don’t know it will work out somehow I hope. Just have a little more patience, please. I will get these programs back on these computers eventually.
I appreciate the patience you have already had with me. How about we say the heck with it and do some spells now.
Daily Cosmic Calendar for January 22nd
Turn the tables on sloth and inertia. The Moon uniting with Vesta in Gemini (2:18AM PST) can be the cure that ails you — especially on the investment and business fronts. Only 11 minutes later, you can receive an injection of mental exuberance since Mercury makes a supportive, 60-degree link with its higher-guardian agent Uranus (2:29AM PST). While it seems that everything is coming up roses, you can be temporarily derailed in terms of productivity as Mercury makes a frictional, 135-degree tie with Ceres (3:09AM PST). Love bonds may lose some of their luster when Venus makes a caustic, 45-degree contact with illusory Neptune (4:39AM PST). Return to the path of confidence and faith during an unusual Moon-Jupiter parallel duet (1:11PM PST and 1:14PM PST). Even a Mercury-Jupiter contra-parallel (2:13PM PST) can give your discussions and correspondence some additional exuberance. Tonight has delight written all over it as Mercury in Aquarius makes a flowing trine to Jupiter in Gemini (6:27PM PST) while the Moon crowns the evening by uniting with the largest asteroid Ceres (11:20PM PST). Literary, educational and research projects gain A+ ratings.
Calendar of the Moon for January 22nd
Calendar of the Moon
Beth/Poseideion II
Birch Tree Moon
Color: White
Element: Air
Altar: Upon cloth of white set the budded birch branches, a single white candle, the rune Berkana carved onto a piece of birch wood, and a bowl of clear water. Offerings: White cakes with the Berkana rune carved upon them.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian with dairy and eggs.
Beth Invocation
Call: Now is the beginning of the year.
Response: Now is the time of stillness and cold.
Call: Now all is still and waiting upon the earth.
Response: Now the earth sleeps beneath her many blankets.
Call: Now is the time of patience.
Response: Now is the time of our longest wait.
Call: We are at peace with the Earth and with each other.
Response: We are at peace with the Earth and ready to begin.
Call: This is the month of indrawn breath.
Response: This is the time of all beginnings.
Call: May the year grow strong before us!
Response: May we grow strong before the year!
Call: For as the birch tree steps forth into the burned fields,
Response: So do we step forth into the aftermath of our own burning.
Call: For as the soft branches of the birch beat away the old year,
Response: So do we lower our heads for the strokes of the future.
Call: For as the pheasant hunts the snow for food,
Response: So do we seek through the ruins of the past.
Call: For as Frigga spins the clouds into thread,
Response: So do we circle like the spinning whorl,
Call: So do we take up the fiber of what has been,
Response: So do we bring forth the new year from our very hands.
Call: From our open hands,
Response: From our open hearts,
Call: From our open bodies,
Response: From our open souls.
Chant:
Calendar of the Sun for January 22nd
Calendar of the Sun
22 Wolfmonath
Day of the Water Bearer – Beginning of Aquarius
Colors: Purple and electric blue
Element: Air
Altar: Set with cloth of purple and electric blue, with a tall glass vase holding carbonated water, or plain water with dry ice in it, a feather from a large bird, incense, and a Uranus symbol.
Offerings: A joke that no one has heard yet. Do something differently, or in a new way.
Daily Meal: Waterfowl such as duck or goose. Or try an entirely new and preferably foreign sort of cooking or diet for the day.
Invocation to Aquarius
Bearer of the heavenly waters Of knowledge and inspiration, The ebb and flow of the Apsu, Dipped from the Milky Way, Neither man nor woman, Looking ahead in time, Whose gift is Newness, Bless us with the ability To be ready for the future And all it may bring, And welcome rather than fear changes. By the power of all inspiration, You challenge us To be open to new things, And never to give in to stagnation. May we all go forth in wonder.Chant:
Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly I circle around I circle around The boundaries of the Earth.(Let all present hold hands and dance a simple circle dance while chanting, hands raised high between them. One who is chosen to do the work of the ritual should stand with a great fan, and fan air at the dancers as they pass, like a great wind.)
[Pagan Book of Hours]
http://www.paganbookofhours.org/
The Witches Current Moon Phase for Jan. 22nd: First Quarter
First Quarter Moon
(waxing/86% illumination)
Emotions begin to stir coupled with recognizing that the new beginnings you are making must also increase personal security to be worthwhile over the long haul. This is a time when it’s appropriate to get in touch with your gut instincts and begin to guide your life more deliberately, with an awareness of using your “sixth sense” as well as your enthusiasm. Obstacles may emerge that require you to reevaluate how to better integrate yourself into your immediate environment.
The Witches Very Magickal Spell for January 22nd – House Blessing Spell for Full Moons
House Blessing Spell for Full Moons
This is a wonderful spell to use every Full Moon to bless and protect your house. It also removes any negative energy or spirits lurking about.
Items you will need:
Sea Salt
Water
House Blessing/Protection Incense
Glass of Red Wine
Dried White Sage
Bell
The Spell:
In the room you spend most of your time in, or a “main room” of your house (like your living room)–Cast a Circle of Power. You do not perform an elaborate ritual for this, you can simply visualize a protective circle around you that slowly expands to emcompass your entire living space and house. Invite positive energy, your guides and all spirits who will be positive to come to your aid–and release all those spirits and energies that are negative. An easy way to do this, is to say, this while casting your circle:
“By Fire, Air, Earth and Water – I conjure thee that there remain within thy frame, no adverse spell or enmity, or spirit not in accord with me, this is my Will, So Mote It Be!”
Put your water and salt, in a small bowl you will take wih you on your journey through the house, place the dried sage on top of the water and salt. Have your house blessing incense burning in the room you cast your circle. Then, walking through the house, go to each door, window and entrance and anoint the doors and windows with a sprinkle of the mixture, while saying:
“By the Elements, I purify this home and all doorways. May Love and Light, prosperity and joy enter. May these passages allow friends and love ones to enter and prevent those who wish ill or harm.”
Do this to all the windows and doors. Follow your steps one more time, ringing the bell. Ringing the bell raises positive energies and spirits. Take the wine, and anoint the front doorway with touches of wine. If you own your home, you can pour the wine across the doorway outside. Place the remaining water, salt and sage outside as an offering to the Goddess. Close your circle and the blessing is complete.
Life As The Witch – Morning Tune-In Activities
Morning Tune-In Activities
The morning is when the magickal momentum of our day is set into motion. So it’s an especially powerful time for shaping the flavor or our day and the harmonics of your mood (i.e., the way we preceive and process our day). There are several tune-in exercises. Try them out, and once you find what works for you, do your best to make them as habitual as brushing your teeth.
First Thing
As soon as you open your eyes and get ready to get out of bed, remind yourself that the day belongs to you. Also remind yourself that everything you do in this day wil be a decision and a choice–that there is nothing that you do that you did not choose to do. (Even if it’s something you don’t want to do, recognize that you are still choosing to do it so that you can and occurrences you’d like to experience during the upcoming day as well as the feelings that go along with them (very important step).
During Breakfast of Coffee
Write down your intentions for the day in the present tense, as if they are already true. These feelings or actual occurrences. For example, you might write things like, “I love myself,” “My cats are safe and happy,” “I receive the such and such job offer or something better,” “I’m wonderfully comfortable in my own skin,” “The trip to the vet goes as smoothly as possible,” “I am having a great hair day,” “I am wealthy and receive generous sums of money from expected and unexpected sources,” “I am awake to the magick of life,” and/or “I embody the God/dess.” You might write an entire page worth, and then write “Thank you, thank you, thank you. Blessed be. And so it is.” And then sign and date.
Before You Leave The House
I know you’re busy, but this doesn’t need to take longer than five minutes. Sit comfortably, relax, and call on your divine helper(s) of choice to clear, fine-tune, and shield your energy field. Visualize/imagine/feel this happening. Then consciously connect with the core of the Earth and the cosmic light of the Universe. You might do this by sending roots of light down into the Earth and branches of light up into the sky. Draw golden Earth light up from the Earth and into your body/energy field, then draw sparkly rainbow light down from the Cosmos and into your body/energy field. Think or say something like “I am one with the Earth and Sky. I am one wih te God/dess, and I am in the divine flow. All information is available to me. All power is available to me. I am always in the perfect place at the perfect time doing the perfect thing. I always know just what to do. Magickal authority is mine.”
Excerpt from:
“Magical Authority: The Only Ingredient You Need” by Tess Whitehurst Llewellyn’s 2013 Magical AlmanacThe Witches Correspondence for Tuesday, January 22nd
The Witches Correspondence for January 22nd
Magickal Intentions: Courage, Physical Strength, Revenge, Military Honors, Surgery and the Breaking of Negative Spells, Matrimony, War, Enemies, Prison, Vitality and Assertiveness
Incense: Dragon’s Blood, Patchouli
Planet: Mars
Sign: Aries and Scorpio
Angel: Samuel
Colors: Red and Orange
Herbs/Plants: Red Rose, Cock’s Comb, Pine, Daisy, Thyme and Pepper
Stones: Carnelian, Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet and Pink Tourmaline
Oil: (Mars) Basil, Coriander, Ginger
Mars rules Tuesday. The energies of this day best harmonize with efforts of masculine vibration, such as conflict, physical endurance and strength, lust, hunting, sports, and all types of competition. Use them, too, for rituals involving surgical procedures or political ventures.
The Witches Almanac for *Tuesday, January 22nd
The Witches Almanac for *Tuesday, January 22nd
*Tuesday (Mars): Passion, sex, courage, aggression and protection.
Saint Vincent’s Day (French)
*Waxing Moon
*The Waxing Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.
Moon Sign: *Gemini
*Gemini: Things begun now are easily changed by outside influence. Time for shortcuts,
communication, games and fun.
Moon Phase: Second Quarter
Incense: Basil
Color: Red
Just a brief thought……
See I butter you up with a beautiful graphic, now here it comes, lol! I don’t know what they have done to WordPress but I am having to go back and do everything 5 or 6 times (in html codes). So hopefully I can get my thought through without going to that extreme again.
I just want to make this short as possible. In the comment section in the back, we constantly have people wanting love spells or a spell to get their “ex’s” back or something like that. I always tell them no. Then a few days later, I get a note telling me they have found a “real” spellcaster and they are doing the spell for them. And get this for only $75.00, yes $75.00 for a love spell. What a bargain! Perhaps if we didn’t have one ounce of moral fiber to our being we could all get rich that way, huh?
It is true, you will find Love Spells on this site. Why? People ask for them. We provide what our friends and followers want. But we are continuously expressing these words, “do not use a love spell that will interfere with another person’s freewill. NEVER!” If you are having someone casting you a love spell that will return an ex-lover to you or attract a certain person to you, YOU ARE MESSING WITH THEIR FREEWILL! It is a Law of Magick, you never interfere with another person freewill, never, ever. If you do, Karma will bite you in the ass. Oh, yes it will. What do you think is going to happen when this person finds out they were called to you because of a spell? I think if it was me, I would have a few words for you, then leave. You are not meant to find love that way. It doesn’t work that way. I am sorry if you are lonely and think the right person in your life will never come along. But casting a spell is not the way to get a lover, get a cat. Then I guarantee you a lover will show up then you will be wondering what to do with the cat, lol!
All kidding aside, our Laws forbid us to mess with another individual’s freewill. Perhaps you think paying someone to do it for you won’t have an effect on you. Wrong again! Karma will still get you. You are still breaking our Laws. Besides a spellcaster that takes your money and does you such a good job, they are breaking our Laws also. We are never to charge for our services to mankind. The main reason we are given our Power is to help and assist mankind. Not to manipulate his/her freewill or charge others for our services.
There are ways to call love into your life, if that is what you wish. But it is not by me casting a spell for you. For starters, my intent would never be as strong as yours. You are the one desiring love not me. Second, I am not having Karma bite me. I am going to give my advice whether you want it or not (and you know who you are). You can do a love spell on your own. But never manipulate a person’s freewill. Got you puzzled now, don’t I? At the end of the spell open it up to the Universe. Say, “If it be the Universe’s will, then so be it!” Not, John Doe, I love you and you will come to me. Leave it open to a higher power, accept the Fate the Universe deals you. Perhaps at this time in your life, your path is complicated and you don’t have time for love. Maybe you don’t realize it but the Universe does. Either have patience or use the words, I have given you. But never, ever interfere with a person’s freewill. And never pay another person to cast a spell for you. Both of these are against our Laws.
I know there are things in my life, I do not like at times. I have the Power to change them if I wanted to. But somewhere down the line I would be manipulating with something, I know that. So whether or not I like it, I accept the hand I have been dealt and deal with it. I know the Goddess and the Universe knows what is best for me. I know if I live my life according to our Laws, everything will be work out. Have patience, things will work out for you too. Just don’t be manipulating any freewill or paying a spellcaster to cast spells for you. It all reflects back on you and your Karma and I guarantee you one thing, Karma will get you one way or another.
Think out your actions long and hard, then act.
More Good Day Comments
GOOD MORNING TO THE WOTC! May The Goddess Bless You & Yours This Beautiful Day!
GOOD MORNING MY DEAR, BELOVED FAMILY & FRIENDS!
You ever felt so good you want to shout it to the rooftops. That is the way I feel today. I just wanted to shout to the World about the Goddess and Her Beauty. They say all things happen for a reason, I guess they do. My spirit and soul feels so renewed I could conquer the world right now. I haven’t felt like this in a very long time and it is fantastic feeling!
May the Universe recognize us all as Children of the Goddess,
Watch over us,
Bless us,
and Guide us this Day!
So Mote It Be!
More Tuesday Comments
Daily Motivator for January 21st – Be Good To Your Future
Be Good To Your Future
Be good to your future. Live with purpose, integrity and discipline in the present.
Now is the perfect time to avoid future regrets. Now is the ideal time to create massive future value.
Today, you have great leverage over how your life will be tomorrow. Use that leverage in such a way that you’ll look back on your choices with gratitude and satisfaction.
What you do right now has a significant influence far into the future. Feel that awesome power and exercise it wisely.
Never forget that all your actions have very real consequences. Today you can choose the actions that bring the best, most desirable consequences.
Be good to yourself by being good to your future. Use your choices right now to choose a future that’s just the way you’d like it to be.
— Ralph Marston
The Daily Motivator
Daily OM for January 21 – No Need to Wait
No Need to Wait
Come Together
In our world, there is always someone in need of our best efforts to rally a group of helpers and healers.
We humans have a knack for coming together and rising up to our potential in the face of a tragedy. Natural disasters and acts of violence bring us out of our small selves and into the world, ready to lend a hand to those in need. This experience is often life-changing for those who are willing to step into the position of helper. We feel as if we are finally doing something really important, and this leads us to feeling more self-actualized. We feel more connected to the people we are helping, as well as more connected to humanity in general. As we expand beyond the boundaries of our individualistic pursuit of happiness there can be a complete reality shift. We often find that it is much easier to be happy when we are motivated in an effort to make the world better in tangible ways, by coming to the rescue of those who are suffering.
Considering the many benefits of this kind of gesture, it is surprising that more of us don’t devote our lives, or at least some portion of our time, to serving people in need. We don’t have to wait for a tragedy to come together, as a community or a nation, and offer ourselves to the world in service. Sometimes it’s easier, of course, to respond to an event that has just happened rather than to ongoing problems like homelessness, poverty, and illness. But the truth of this world is that there is always someone in need of our best efforts to rally a group of helpers and healers. Maybe we feel discouraged because these smaller acts and gestures don’t generate the same kind of energy and attention from other people as heroic acts in the face of immediate disaster, and perhaps an effort to change this is one way to change the world.
The more we promote, applaud, and actively inspire humanitarian efforts in the world, the more others will be drawn to this kind of work. We might pay a little less attention to sports and celebrity gossip and a little more attention to those everyday heroes who devote their lives to alleviating suffering. The more attention we pay, the more we will inspire others and ourselves to be of service in a world that greatly needs our attention.
Just In – “We Have A Happy Birthday Person Amongst Us!”
A little birdie told me that we had a person amongst us celebrating their birthday today,How about that?
Happy Birthday Wisty One!
We don’t have to hop on our brooms
and leave the room,
To send you many good wishes &blessings on this,
your very special day!
Happy Birthday Again, Wisty!
Make It A Good One!
WOTC Cartoon of the Day – “I Have Finally Found The Solution To My Morning Problems, lmao!”
A Little Humor for Your Day – “THE” Top Thirteen Reasons To Be Pagan’
Top Thirteen Reasons To Be Pagan
13. I live for persecution!
12. I’m a night person at heart.
11. We respect our elders…and alders, and willows and oaks.
10. I just love explaining that a pentagram is NOT evil.
9. We do more after midnight than most people do all day!
8. Being burned at the stake is a great way to roast marshmallows.
7. We can talk to Elvis (and he IS dead).
6. You live, you learn, you die, you forget. Then you come back…
5. Double the deities, double the fun!
4. We get more holidays.
3. Brooms get great mileage.
2. We were here first!
1. BELTANE!!!
Daily Feng Shui Tip for Jan. 21 – ‘Dr. Martin Luther King’
Today commemorates the birth date of a modern day martyr, Dr. Martin Luther King. I am forever grateful to Dr. King as I remember the way he attempted to impact people who have long killed the messenger without trying to understand the message. This most special day remembers the birth of the man who dedicated his entire life promoting a message of equality, truth and fairness. Let each of us today promote peace in our own way. One of the ways we can do that is to invite peace into our lives, starting with what should be a most peaceful sanctuary, the bedroom. Using any shade of blue or green in that space is believed to heal both the spirit and the soul. From the paint on the walls to the accessories all around, try a splash of blue. And then go green. Heal you. Heal the planet. In honor of someone who tried to do exactly that. Happy birthday, Dr. King. I share your dream.
By Ellen Whitehurst for Astrology.com
Your Rune for January 21 is Jera
Your Rune For Today
Jera
Jera denotes positive, recurring cycles, fertility and a time to harvest rewards from your hard work.
Today’ I Ching Hexagram for January 21 is
24: Returning
Monday, Jan 21st, 2013
There is a turning point that recharges you and eventually brings success. This hexagram is associated with a turning back of long nights towards more light, the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, the seasonal change when our hours of daily light begin to increase again. This is the beginning of a turnaround; a time of letting go of the old and making way for the new; a time of new beginnings. Ironically, it all starts with rest.
Don’t move too fast. The new momentum is just beginning; the turn-around demands that your energy be recharged by adequate rest, so that your life force will not be spent prematurely. This principle of hibernation, of allowing energy to renew itself and be strengthened by rest applies to many situations — recuperation after an illness, the slow return of trust after period of estrangement, the careful development of new relationships after a splitting apart of old ones.
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