Your Rune For Today
Thurisaz
Thurisaz embodies the polarity of life and death and the struggle to keep them in balance. Expect conflict, hardship and obstacles, but be assured that remaining focused and in touch with your inner strengths will see you through whatever comes your way. This Rune may also represent protection from your enemies, which is never a bad thing.
It seems as if people are buzzing with excitement today but we may base our judgments on our own emotions instead of anyone else’s. The enthusiastic Aries Moon encourages us to engage life fully, even if we don’t have a plan. Fortunately, we can make it up as we go along because action-hero Mars dynamically squares exuberant Jupiter, pumping up our adrenaline. However, the intensity settles down when the Moon enters calm Taurus at 9:23 pm EST.
Although the discomfort you were feeling with someone close to you begins to dissipate today, the underlying cause doesn’t automatically disappear. You might want to take the easy way out and simply move on. However, even if the pressure subsides you will just have to deal with this problem again, unless you face your denial. However, don’t blow everything out of proportion; sticking with the facts is the best antidote to whatever ails you now.
You won’t likely agree with the direction that’s being suggested today, yet you still could go along for the ride anyhow. Actually, you might do your best work if you step back now and let others take the lead. Remember, your retreat is not a permanent change, but just a temporary modification to ensure optimum results.
Your confidence may increase throughout the day because you assume that you’re off the hook from a recent melodrama. Your elevated self-esteem enables you to face your problems head on, even if you still feel a little scared. You’re not one to eagerly sink into the darker mysteries of human emotion, but now your enthusiasm helps you go there with greater ease. Fortunately, your courage to explore beyond your comfort zone pays off sooner than you expect.
Your current lack of fear in an emotional interaction might get you into complex entanglements that raise old issues. You may start out with a light and easy attitude; however, feelings could quickly escalate and draw you in over your head. Your first impulse is about self-protection, but it’s better to stand your ground instead of retreating. Fortunately, you can gain a whole new perspective by stretching beyond your limitations. You’ve waited long enough; it’s time to go after whatever you want, within reason, of course.
Your mind is brimming with new ideas and each one may sound better than the previous. Unfortunately, you might not have very clear judgment now as the Sun aligns with confusing Neptune, making everything appear enticing. Although you are eager to blast ahead with one-too-many projects, slowing down is the best strategy today. If the opportunity is as fantastic as it first seems, it will still look as good tomorrow.
Everything seems to be telling you that you can take it easy today — but your demeanor grows more serious as the day wears on. You think that part of your job is to sort out what is most significant from the increasing amount of noise in your life. You might feel as if you can’t hide from the barrage of data. Don’t sever any connections now, for a gem of truth may be waiting in the piles of information coming your way.
Your colleagues probably know what’s going on in your life now without you having to say a thing out loud. Although you may not volunteer any clues about your emotional process, you’ll still get your message across without even opening your mouth. Fortunately, your actions speak louder than anyone’s words. Don’t hold back; demonstrate who you are with your authentic behavior.
A heightened state of anxiety might be exactly what you need now in order to propel you into action. But be careful not to overextend your energy because you may be in a state of accentuated alert. Everything seems equally pressing but, of course, you cannot do it all. This is an important growth phase, even if you’re having difficulty maintaining a balanced perspective. Just remember, it’s best to err on the side of caution today, for you can always do more tomorrow.
Lofty ideals combined with big dreams motivate you to set your goals high now that red-hot Mars is square giant Jupiter. Unfortunately, you might discover that your aspirations are out of place in your external world. Rather than giving up on your desire for fun and adventure, you may just relegate it to the realm of fantasy, where you are free to go any place you want. And although this is one way to keep your dreams alive, it’s still fulfilling to share your vision with others when the time is right.
Some of the resistance you recently faced is finally beginning to subside. The stormy waves seem to be settling back down and your confidence is returning. And although your attitude may not be completely realistic, you still stand to benefit from the power of positive thought. However, it’s not wise to act until after checking out your best ideas with your friends or associates. They will likely be encouraging, but they can also be the voice of reason that you now need.
Recognition is given to you now, especially if you have been working diligently. As recently as last week you might have felt slighted, but finally others applaud your unique contribution. But don’t be cavalier; accept the appreciation with humility. On the other hand, there’s no need to just dwell on your past efforts. This is a great time to start a new project as long as you don’t spread your energy too thin.
Your balloon may not actually pop today, but it might not be able to grow any larger. The smartest way out of your dilemma is to make a plan that allows you to deflate the tension before it actually explodes. You had a role in creating the current conditions and now you must participate in the resolution. Instead of avoiding your responsibility, be the leader that you would want to follow. This is the stuff that heroes are made of
Wednesday, Jan 8th, 2014
Huge wheels and frisky steeds speed the rate at which the driver’s willpower can be realized. This kind of charge makes more of the world accessible to anyone ambitious enough to seize the Chariot’s reins. But there is danger in this feeling of freedom, because of the increased rate of change and its power to magnify mistakes in judgment. As a seasoned warrior, the Charioteer is called upon to be extra attentive to the way ahead.
Aconite
(Aconitum Napellus)
Also called wolfsbane, monkshood, blue rocket *POISON* Don’t ingest.
Gender: Feminine
Planet: Saturn
Sign: Capricorn
Element: Water
Deities: Hecate, Medea
Protection, Invisibility. Use this herb with great caution to consecrate the athame or ritual knife. Make an infusion with the leaves or root to banish prior energy from magickal blades and to infuse it with protection. The root or leaves may be burned as incense for the same purpose. Gather the fresh flowers to make a tincture to refresh the power of the knives. Use an infusion as a magickal wash for ritual tools or sacred space. Brings protection and magickal watchfulness against negative energies in ritual. Wash a new cauldron in the infusion or burn aconite in its first fire. Used to invoke Hecate. Wrap the seed in a lizard skin and carry to become invisible at will. Used to poison arrow tips in early times. Also as protection from and a cure for werewolves
Tigers Eye (also known as Tiger Eye) draws upon the best qualities of a Tiger allowing you to absorb them into your being to get the most benefit from them.
1) Patience: A tiger can wait patiently for hours or even days until the right opportunity presents itself. In business and in life, patience is a virtue. Often we run head long into a project without doing the proper research or learning and we find ourselves having to backtrack. Allow the tiger eye to bring you clear thinking and insight in to the situation. Listen to the tiger and bide your time is our first tiger eye meaning.
2) Focused: A tiger will stay focused on the object he desires for as long as it takes. In business, if we allow ourselves to lose focus, we allow our competition to gain a foothold and we miss opportunities to grow and increase our businesses. A tiger eye rock will keep you focused if you allow it to. This Tiger eye meaning warns you to stay focused on your goal. 3) Determination: A tiger is totally determined to get what he wants and needs. You must be also to be successful in your business. If you are not determined to succeed, it will not happen. Learn from the tiger and allow the tigers eye gemstone to help maintain and increase your determination is all aspect of life and business. Listen to this tiger eye meaning and stay determined to reach your goal.
A Tiger Eye can assure the correct use of power, courage, grace and the ability to see clearly and without illusion. All of which clears the way before you to allow success to enter your life.
A tiger eye makes an excellent healing stone for adults with ADD or any type of emotional disorder as it gives strength, restores balance, relieves doubt and helps you make decisions with vision and clarity. Especially helpful if you’re feeling drained, overwhelmed, or unfocused.
Does your mind flit from one thought to another, making it hard to concentrate, impossible to meditate. Use Tiger Eye to ground yourself. It stills the mind and helps you move deeper into meditation. It can also create harmony in your life and is especially suited for anyone seeking peace and calm in their life.
Too often, those that come into money after a long lack of money in their life, tend to become abusive with the power that money brings. They tend to shun those they knew most of their life and tend to be obnoxious to servants. Tigers Eye helps prevent the abuse of power, leaving you better able to get along with everyone involved, which makes relationships with those that work for us much smoother.
Since ancient times, tiger eye stones have been used to stimulate wealth by attracting money into the life of the wearer. At the same time, it helps you keep the wealth you have and it prevents you from becoming abusive with your money or greedy.
Take a Tiger Eye outside on the night of the full moon, hold it to the moon and ask that She Bless it to draw money into your life. Allow it to sit in the moonlight as long as possible, then take it in and keep it in your pocket or purse along with your money to draw more into your life.
A times it can be hard to find information on Tiger Eye Gemstones because of the various spelling of the name. Tiger Eye, Tigers Eye and Tiger’s Eye all are speaking of the same stone, which is also occasionally listed as Cat’s Eye. Cats eye however can be any one of a variety to gemstone types which when cut properly, displays a band of light across the top of the stone which looks similar to the slash of reflected light in a cats eye.
Tigers Eye stone comes in a few different colors, the most common of which are gold, blue and red tiger eye. All have the flash of color that resembles the flash you see in a tigers eye when the light hits is at night and this is where the name Tiger Eye comes from.
Tiger eye rock is a good choice to use while meditating as they help you to calm your emotions and mind so you can enter the meditative state.
Feeling out of sorts lately, stressed from your job or life in general? Tiger eye stone is a great stone for you to wear or carry. They correct the problems that leave you feeling drained, overwhelmed, confused, or unfocused.
If your home or office is a high stress area where tempers can easily get riled, try placing a large tiger eye gemstone (or several smaller ones) in the room to sooth the tensions.
Have a job in which you have to drive at night? Carry a tigers eye as it helps improve night vision.
Main Chakra: Solar Plexus Chakra
Planet: Sun
Vibrates to the number: 4
Element: Fire & Earth
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Dual-aspected Assyro-Babylonian Goddess. She is a warrior Goddess but also the Goddess of Love. She is the patroness and protector of prostitutes (sacred prostitution formed part of her worship) and when she descended to the earthly plane, she was almost always in the company of “courtesans, harlots and strumpets”. If a working girl or exotic dancer is in trouble, she can call on Ishtar for protection and Ishtar will provide it in her warrior Goddess form. As Goddess of Love and voluptuousness, Ishtar can help you if you wish to attract a lover or increase your sexual attractiveness. Beware though, she does have an irritable, violently passionate side to Her Nature.
A Tarot spell to enhance your sexual attractiveness
This spell uses some of the images from the Tarot deck to enhance your attractiveness and charm. It helps draw potential lovers to you.
Ingredients:
It is important to set the right mood for this spell. Take a ritual bath by candlelight and wear something that makes you feel really attractive and sexy
Remove the following cards from the deck:
The Lovers
The Magician
Light the incense. Aphrodisia and Jasmine are associated with love, sensuousness and attraction.
Then light the red candle—red represents passionate love.
Now set down The Star—meditate on the image of the beautiful person glowing from within. Imagine yourself as this person filled with the radiance and beauty of a star. Imagine yourself as a star, the centre of attention lit from within by a magickal light.
Then leaving a space next to the star, lay down The Lovers. As you study this card, visualize yourself giving and receiving passionate love. See yourself as a magnet for love, as simply irresistable.
Finally lay down The Magician between The Star and The Lovers. You are The Magician. All the power in the universe is within you and all around you.
Now raise both hands above you, fingertips extended. Draw energy from the Cosmos, especially from the stars. As you draw down the energy, you will feel yourself glowing, radiant like a star, exuding charm and attractiveness.
When the time seems right incant:
Source:
Ms. Shelia O’Sullivan, The Electric Witch
Directions: Answer each qestion honestly. Score 1 point for column
one, 2 points for column two, 3 ponts for column three, and 4 points
for column four. Add up the points for each Chakra before proceeding
to the next one.
Chakra One: Earth, Survival, Grounding
How often do you go for a walk in the woods, park, ect? Never /
Seldom / Often / Always
How often do you exersize? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
How is your financial situation? Poor / Fair / Good / Excellent
How would you rate your diet? Poor / Fair / Good / Excellent
Do you consider yourself well grounded? Never / Seldom / Often /
Always
Chakra Two: Emotions, Sexuality
How would you rate your ability to express your emotions? Poor /
Fair / Good / Excellent
How would you rate your sex life? Poor / Fair / Good / Excellent
How often do you show nurturing for others? Never / Seldom / Often /
Always
Do you allow yourself to relax and seek pleasure in the form of
movies, hot tubs, sensial pleasures or food in a nonaddictive way?
Never / Seldom / Often / Always
How would you rate your physical fexibility? Poor / Fair / Good /
Excellent
How would you rate your emotional flexibility? Poor / Fair / Good /
Excellent
Chakra Three: Fire, Power
How would you rate your sense of personal power? Poor / Fair / Good /
Excellent
How would you rate the effectiveness of your will? Poor / Fair /
Good / Excellent
How would you rate your daily energy level? Poor / Fair / Good /
Excellent
How would you rate your metabolism? Poor / Fair / Good / Excellent
Do you accomplish what you set out to do? Never / Seldom / Often /
Always
Do you feel confident? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Chakra Four: Air, Love
How often do you feel happy? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
How would you rate your ability to make friends? Poor / Fair / Good /
Excellent
Do you love yourself? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Do you feel connected to the world around you? Never / Seldom /
Often / Always
Do you have successful long term relationships
? Never / Seldom /
Often / Always
Do you feel in harmony with your present situation? Never / Seldom /
Often / Always
Chakra Five: Sound, Communication
How would you rate your ability to communicate your ideas? Poor /
Fair / Good / Excellent
Do you listen well to others ideas? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Are you creative? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
How would you rate the resonance of your voice? Poor / Fair / Good /
Excellent
Do you harmonize well with others? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Do you engage in an art form (painting, music,dance, writing, ect)?
Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Chakra Six: Light, Clairvoyance
Do you notice visial details in your surrondings? Never / Seldom /
Often / Always
Do you have vivid dreams? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Do you have psychic expieriences, i.e.,precognition, clairvoyance,
uncanny coincidence? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
How do you rate your abiity to visualize? Poor / Fair / Good /Excellent
Do you make use of your imagination? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Do you like bright colors? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Chakra Seven: Thought, Understanding
Do you meditate? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Do you have strong spiritual expeirences? Never / Seldom / Often /Always
Do you spend alot of time intellectualizing? Never / Seldom / Often /Always
Do you spend time gathering information, research, study, ect?
Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Are you consciously aware of your thoughts, actions, motives, ect?
Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Do you like taking tests like these? Never / Seldom / Often / Always
Scores 21-24 indicate a very strong Chakra; scores of 6-12 indicate aweaker chakra. However; it is the distribution that is important.
Compare your scores between different parts. Aside from the strongest and weakest chakras, is there a distribution pattern, e.g., higher scores in lower chakras, or higher scores in upper or middle chakras?
Does this pattern concide with your own views and how you precieve yourself?
——Chakra Analysis Quiz By Zolkalf
Archangel: Raphael
Candle colour: Yellow
Incenses: Lavender or fennel
Crystals: Citrine or yellow calcite
Use Wednesdays for spells for money-making ventures, learning new things, passing examinations and tests, house moves and travels, overcoming debt and repelling envy, malice and deceit.
Where possible, work in a windy place or when the clouds are moving fast across the sky.
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, Lavendar, Hazel, Cherry, Periwinkle
Stones: Aventurine, Bloodstone, Hematite, Moss Agate and Sodalite
Oil: (Mercury) Benzoin, Clary Sage, Eucalytus, 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.
Wednesday (Mercury): The conscious mind, study, travel, divination and wisdom.
Waxing Moon
The Waxning Moon is the ideal time for magick to draw things toward you.
Moon Sign: Aries
Aries: Good for starting things, but lacks staying power. Things occur rapidly, but quickly pass. People tend to be argumentative and assertive.
Moon Phase: Second Quarter
Moon enters Taurus 9:24 pm
Taurus: Things become now last the longest, tend to increase in value, and become hard to alter. Brings out appreciation for beauty and sensory experience.
Incense: Lavender
Color: White
A Rose for a Rose….
Yes, I am sucking up then again you deserve a Rose for putting up with me, LOL! I must apologize and thus the rose, I feel asleep yesterday during the posts. I know bad witch, bad witch. But it will not happen today, I am ready to go and they have propped my eyes open with toothpicks (just kidding)!.
Enough with the bull, let’s get this show on the road and I will prove I won’t fall asleep. Please forgive and accept my apologizes,
Luv & Hugs,
Lady A
Witches Of The Craft® 
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