If you can imagine Bambi, you can imagine the message Deer brings to you today—a message of sweetness, innocence, and gentle spirit. Be delicate today in your communication with other and with yourself. This is definitely not a time for being critical, mean-spirited, or sarcastic. Just as Deer’s heart can be easily wounded, so can the heart of your friends, co-workers, or family members.
The Golden Egg
The Golden Egg denotes the opportunity for substantial material gains. However, the Golden Egg is also a reminder that unmanaged greed ensures what gains are made will be lost.
As a daily card, The Golden Egg suggest that the prospects for you to increase your financial wealth are very strong today. Seize whatever opportunities come your way, but don’t ride them too long or you may find yourself no better off than you were before they came along.
Traditionally, the Magus is one who can demonstrate hands-on magic — as in healing, transformative rituals, alchemical transmutations, charging of talismans and the like. A modern Magus is any person who completes the circuit between heaven and Earth, one who seeks to bring forth the divine ‘gold’ within her or himself.
At the birth of Tarot, even a gifted healer who was not an ordained clergyman was considered to be in league with the Devil! For obvious reasons, the line between fooling the eye with sleight of hand, and charging the world with magical will was not clearly differentiated in the early Tarot cards.
Waite’s image of the Magus as the solitary ritualist communing with the spirits of the elements — with its formal arrangement of symbols and postures — is a token of the freedom we have in modern times to declare our spiritual politics without fear of reprisal. The older cards were never so explicit about what the Magus was doing. It’s best to keep your imagination open with this card. Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by evolutionary forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul.
How we handle our emotions today directly influences our current circumstances and helps to shed new light on them. The social Libra Moon reflects this message, reminding us that our feelings are interconnected with those around us. Meanwhile, an inventive Mercury-Uranus alignment inspires us to imagine radical solutions to old problems. Although we’re motivated to explore the possibilities, it may take longer to reach satisfaction than we wish.
You feel so tightly wound today that it’s a smart idea to find ways to blow off some excess energy. You might believe that you can remain cool in a simple interaction with a friend but if previously defined roles break down, engaging in a heated discussion is inevitable now. Unfortunately, losing your temper won’t make anyone happy. To avoid an unnecessary battle, consciously back down without trying to justify your position. Take the high road and give peace a chance.
You know that you have a job to do now, but you might not be able to figure out exactly what it is. Even if you lose focus on the logistics, don’t worry about regaining it yet. Instead of attempting to make sense of your dreams, give them time to reveal their purpose so their meaning will become more obvious. It doesn’t matter if your newly discovered aspirations are practical or not. Just let them grow and develop a life of their own.
You might allow a philosophy or a belief override your common sense now without even knowing it. This obsession can be a major source of trouble with those around you. Most often your ideas are useful, but today they tend to alienate you, reinforcing your differences and not your similarities. Thankfully, your good intentions and quick wit can save the day and lift others out of their doldrums. Hopefully, this energy positively reflects back on you, giving you an instant boost of confidence.
You may assume you can change an old habit instantly today, especially if you spend time visualizing the desired outcome in your mind’s eye. Unfortunately, you might become overly possessive, attempting to hold onto your past if someone appears to be taking something away from you. Paradoxically, your resistance could create the opposite effect of what you want. Instead of struggling, give yourself permission to enjoy the present moment, no matter how the situation unfolds.
You can’t understand the motives of others very clearly because you are looking at the world through rose-colored glasses today. Your eagerness to defend yourself or someone you love is admirable, but your current intensity can complicate things even more. Don’t be so quick to fight for your beliefs now. Wait a few days to see if your position changes before escalating a mere difference of opinion into an open conflict. Expressing yourself creatively is a much better use of your time now, anyway.
Crossing items off your to-do-list is a piece of cake today with the Sun and Mercury both visiting your 6th House of Details. However, it’s nearly impossible to know why you are traveling along your current path, even if your intentions are clear. But this isn’t the time to question your choices or doubt your skills. Simple action is all that’s required now to make tangible progress toward your goals. A brilliant breakthrough is closer than you think.
Connecting with the sources of inspiration in your life requires your undivided attention today. Fortunately, the Moon’s current visit to your sign continues to remind you that the matrix of support flows through family and those you love. However, if you’re overly idealistic about relationships now, you might experience disappointment. Remember, maintaining your integrity is ultimately more important than anything else.
You’re living under a magical spell now that could date all the way back to your childhood days. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to tell which memories are based upon truth and which ones are fabricated in the depths of your subconscious mind. It can be helpful to be a detective when it comes to your heart because once you get to the bottom of the situation, your feelings are a lot easier to sort out. Today’s self-exploration might just lead to tomorrow’s treasure.
Slowing down and establishing a sustainable pace today enables you to accomplish a lot more than you expect. In fact, it’s imperative to have your thoughts in order prior to beginning a new project. Take time to think your strategy all the way through to completion before you initiate any action. You can save yourself from a future headache by doing your homework first. Creating a winning plan on paper is a great place to start.
You want additional clarity before making an important financial decision today, and thankfully your current window of opportunity will remain open for a few more days. It’s challenging to respond to a professional dilemma now because a temporary loss of self-confidence can muddle your thinking. There’s no need to stress; your optimism will surely return soon. In the meantime, don’t make any sudden moves until you take the time to reevaluate your priorities.
You may feel a strong rebellious streak within and wonder if you’ll be able to keep your emotions in check today. You don’t want to lose your cool or do anything you might regret but your impulsive desires continue to intensify throughout the day. Meanwhile, the even-keeled Libra Moon enables you to pull off an amazing balancing act. Nevertheless, doing a bit of physical labor or engaging in a high-intensity workout now could be enough to calm your restless spirit.
It’s easy to get in touch with the magic of your imagination now that the radiant Sun and clever Mercury are traveling through your 12th House of Spiritual Mystery. Luckily, you also receive an energetic boost from go-getter Mars, operating behind the scenes from your 8th House of Intimacy. It doesn’t matter that other people may not even know that something special is brewing within your mind. Go ahead and let your fantasies run wild; your creativity will break through the surface soon enough.
If you find yourself huffing and puffing more than usual as you go about your daily work and errands, blame it on lunar square patterns of 90-degrees to Pluto (3:54AM), Jupiter (6:21AM) and Venus (10:07AM). The square aspect can sometimes be empowering, but most of the time, it suggests that an internal obstacle to forward progress must first be faced, understood and eliminated before you can regain positive momentum in your life. Communications look promising — particularly around 4:01PM when the lunar orb trines Mercury in air signs. The Moon makes its monthly union with the red planet Mars — this month in Libra — at 7:52PM. However, this potent and somewhat volatile conjunction also launches a void lunar cycle that stays influential until tomorrow at 1:45PM when the Moon enters the intense waters of Scorpio. Avoid rash, dare-devil behavior in any form overnight. [Note to readers: All times are calculated for Pacific Standard Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]
Rowan Tree Moon
Color: Orange-red
Element: Fire
Altar: Upon a cloth of orange-red set a row of red candles, Brigid’s cross, and a bell.
Offerings: Votive candles. Quicken a newborn idea into birth.
Daily Meal: Hot drinks with every meal. Keep food warm.
Luis/Gamelion Invocation
Call: Now is the quickening of the year.
Response: Now is the time of the first movement.
Call: Now the child stirs in the womb.
Response: Now the seed stirs in the earth.
Call: Now the plains flood and our fire is threatened.
Response: Now the cold water drowns our spark.
Call: Now is the time of the hard struggle.
Response: Now is the month of desperation.
Call: Now is the time of desperation to live.
Response: Now is the time of desperation to be born.
Call: We turn in our sleep as the earth turns.
Response: We dream with the sleeping earth.
Call: Each of our dreams is a lit candle in the dark.
Response: Each of our dreams is a single point of hope.
Call: They shine faint and alone in the night of struggle.
Response: They are alone as we are alone.
Call: Yet we are not alone in our dreams.
Response: We are not alone!
Call: We will keep our fires burning.
Response: We will burn against the night!
Call: We will warm our dreams with the force of life.
Response: We will not die alone in the cold!
Call: We will ward off all evil.
Response: Only good shall pass our gates.
Call: We will care for each other.
Response: We will never cease to care!
Call: We will survive the winter.
Response: We will survive!
(Repeat last two lines twice more.)
Chant:
Protect the flame that warms your dreams
And dreams shall never die.
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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.)
This is a tremendous time of transmutation. All of the prior elements are coming together for a final burst of creative output. You have seen a clear view of your own needs and the posture of significant others. Now the accumulation of that input is leading to a deep, core change within you. In this phase, you will naturally be inclined to seek higher guidance so that you can emerge from this transformation successfully. The Gibbous Moon favors sharing what you have learned (and are learning) with others.
You will need:
A blank sheet of paper Scissors A small wooden or cardboard box ¼ cup of dried pink rose petals 2 pink quartz crystals A ring for the finger A pink candleThe Spell:
This needs to be performed after the sun has set.
First, you must “charge” the objects listed above with love.
This you do by concentrating on the objects and visualizing love entering your life.
Next, cut out a paper heart on which you will then draw two hearts intersected. Place the paper in the box.
Hold the dried rose petals close to your heart for approximately one minute before depositing them in the box.
Place the crystals in the box.
Now, by hold the ring in your hands and repeat 3 times:
“Symbol of love, send me my love”
Then, gently place the ring in the box.
Light the candle and set it to the left of the box. Allow the candle to burn exactly 13 minutes, during which time you must visualize love entering your life.
After exactly 13 minutes, extinguish the candle and close the lid on the box.
Repeat the ritual of the candle burning, leaving the box closed, every evening until the candle is completely consumed.
Once the candle has burned down to a height of less than approximately one inch, remove the ring from the box and carry it with you.
0Bury the box with the remainder of its contents.
Your love should not delay.
Air magick pertains to all things that travel through the air. This includes death, music, thoughts, spirits, dreams and invisibility. Other specialty areas include travel magick and twilight studies. The word twilight is used here to describe the state of mind when we are not quite asleep and not quite awake. It is a shift in consciousness that allows for the more surreal parts of life to come into sharper focus.
Like dirt and water, each type of wind contains its own primary properties. The magickal properties and purposes corresponding to the different types of winds are as follows:
Whirlwind: Whirlwinds run the gamut from gentle “dust devils” to full-blown tornadoes. This is a powerful aspect of wind to use; however, it is best to only use the violent form on the astral plane. This is the best wind to use to banish or destroy. Be careful with whirlwinds, even if only on the astral plane, because they tend to confuse.
South wind: The south wind is the warm wind of fire. It can work as an all-purpose magickal booster; however, it can easily cloud a situation. The South wind brings blessings of friendship. Singing into the south wind can facilitate contact with loved ones. It is the wind of celebration.
North wind: The north wind is the proverbial wind of change. It is the icy col wind of death and works well in spells of destruction or banishment. It is connected to the element of earth, and can be used as a healing wind. The north wind moves things forward in time.
East wind: The east wind relates to air. It symbolizes new beginnings and fresh starts. This is a good wind to use for matters involving intellect and self-improvement. It ushers in clarity and clears the mind.
West wind: The west wind is the wind of love and emotion. It relates to the element of water. Cleansing and divination are favored when the west wind is blowing. The voices of the dead are heard on the west wind.
St. Vincent, deacon and first Spanish martyr, was widely venerated during the Middle Ages. This day has long served to watch the weather and the legs, which are ruled by Aquarius.
Remember on St. Vincent’s day,
If that the Sun his beams display.
For ‘tis a token, bright and clear,
Of prosperous weather all the year.
In ancient Greece this day was dedicated to Apollo, the Sun God of light, poetry, and oracles. It was believed that if one carried his emblem good luck, light and truth would follow. Hesperides wrote “To Apollo: A Short Hymne” (1648) to honor Apollo on this day:
Thou mighty Lord, and master of the lyre,
Unshorn Apollo, come and re-inspire,
My fingers so, the Lyrick-strings to move
That I may play, and sing a Hymne of Love.
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.
Waning Moon
The Waning Moon is a time for study, meditation, and little magickal work (except magick designed to banish harmful energies).
Moon Sign: Libra
Libra: Favors cooperation, social activities, beautification of surroundings, balance and partnership.
Moon Phase: Third Quarter
Incense: Honeysuckle
Color: Topaz
Ok, there is one in every crowd, lol! I tried to warm everyone up yesterday and royal messed it up. So today, let’s face it, Baby, It’s Cold Outside……
Have a very blessed Wednesday. Stay in and stay warm,
Luv & Hugs,
Lady A
Witches Of The Craft® 