Your Daily Horoscopes for Friday, February 5th

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Horoscopes for Friday, February 5th

 

Aries

Aries Horoscope
Aries

You’ll be in great shape today if you manage your reactions when needs are not met, dear Aries, as the main problem area today lies in overreacting. You might feel that you need something (or someone) with great intensity, but may reconsider if this transpires. There can be love-hate feelings experienced today! Watch for pushing yourself too hard due to impatience about reaching a goal. Pace yourself as much as possible. You might have to face some truths that stimulate your fears, particularly in your career, relationships, or financial affairs. However, this is also an excellent time for digging deep and embracing your ambitions. You can be exceptionally focused, and this may also help attract the right resources to you.

Taurus

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Adjustments, working with differences, making compromises, and trying to find a balance are all important strategies today, dear Taurus, as passions run high and there is a distinct air of competitiveness around you – and within you. There can be imbalances between what you want from someone, and what they want from you, but consider that this may be temporary, and that patience will serve you best now. Overreacting can stir up trouble that you don’t need. Your magnetic powers of attraction are strong, and you may suddenly have the courage to make a move you’ve wanted to make for some time. Connecting with a partner can be intense and exciting today. Sharing a personal belief or mindset can bond you closer together.

Gemini

Gemini

Avoid taking things too personally, dear Gemini, and this can be a very rewarding day. Desires are strong, and this can leave you teetering between ecstatic feelings and a place of frustration or anger. You are likely craving something deeper from your relationships, as the drama of intimacy attracts you. If your needs are unmet, use your intensity for something productive. This is in fact a good day for reviewing your finances, but be prepared to face issues rather than hide from them, as this is a day for bravely seeking out answers and for digging for truths. Creatively speaking, you might be able to draw upon raw and deep feelings today in order to create something magical.

Cancer

Cancer

While it can be a strong day for making a deeper connection with someone special in your life, dear Cancer, you might be taken aback by the power of emotions stimulated now. You are known for your powerful emotions, but today you seem to be switching roles with someone else – you are a little more rational and others tend to be more intense today. Avoid harping on differences in a relationship and instead aim to learn from them, as this is the best route towards increased intimacy. If someone is pulling up strong feelings inside of you, consider this a chance to understand yourself better. However, try not to bring relationship issues to professional settings, as there is a chance that something comes out that you’d prefer to keep to yourself.

Leo

Leo

Feelings are strong and you can be emotionally quite sensitive today, dear Leo. A small disagreement is a possibility as a result, but try not to let this drain you. Part of this may have to do with a conflict between sticking with the familiar and going out on a limb. Interactions on the job can be quite serious at times today, and on the positive side, you can gain a better understanding of those you work with – their motivations and desires, or agendas. If you feel that you have to manipulate or push in order to get the desired response from others, think twice about it, as you’re unlikely to be happy with the results, even if they move in your favor. The potential for breaking new ground in a work or health matter, or for discovering a true passion, is very strong now.

Virgo

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Virgo

Ups and downs can be pronounced today, dear Virgo, as you’re exceptionally close to your desires, wants, and needs. Nevertheless, if you aim to manage your reactions, this has the potential to be a very strong day for creative or romantic endeavors that stand to benefit from commitment, depth, and focus. You can tap into or draw upon your deeper feelings and apply them to whatever you are doing now, with great success. Create something from the heart, and don’t be afraid to change things up a little. It’s also a good day for budgeting and financial planning efforts, again if you use some self-control. Even so, there can be some uncomfortable truth that emerges now. Face it, and you can move forward, making changes if need be. You are stronger than you know!

Libra

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Libra

Feelings of love can be magnified today, dear Libra, but the same can be true of anger or frustration. If your relationships are felt to be satisfying, you can feel on top of the world, but if they’re missing the mark, you can be deeply affected. Embrace an attitude of out with the old and in with the new on both material and emotional or spiritual levels for best results today. Avoid impulsive spending. Revealing interactions with family members or those very close to you can occur today, and while there is a small possibility of power plays involved, if you can sidestep these you can learn a lot about your loved ones. Reminiscing about the past can lead to interesting and revealing discussions.

Scorpio

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Scorpio

This can be a day of much passion and intensity, dear Scorpio, but you may not know what to do with it all, or there don’t seem to be open channels for expressing yourself. The temptation to stir the pot can be strong, but it’s unlikely to bring desired results. Constructive, physical outlets might help release pent-up emotions. Change is stressful, even if you’ve made the choice to make it, so reward yourself with self-understanding. People are drawn to you magnetically now – enjoy the attention. You are likely to exude an air of competence today. An important discussion can occur now, or you might receive news that reminds you of priorities.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius Glyph Symbol
Sagittarius

There is a somewhat volatile energy to the day, dear Sagittarius, and this can lead to stirring the pot. Taming the desire for drama can in fact help you to see the opportunities of the day. There can be wonderful financial discoveries or the ability to make full use of a resource or talent. It’s a strong day for new insights into your own personal income, and into practical matters in general. Take advice you’re given now, or ask for it. Find ways to make more from what you already have. You’re more willing to seek and face the truth, and this helps you get to a place where you’re ready to make important changes. Watch for possessiveness, and if you’re feeling it strongly, consider that you may be overattached to something, and letting go even a little can lead you to a healthier place.

Capricorn

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Capricorn

There can be a competitive, possessive, and emotional tone to the day, dear Capricorn, but it can also be a wonderful day for moving a personal plan forward, and for better self-understanding. Passions run high, and boundaries can be pushed. Friendships can improve with more attention given to them, but are also quite vulnerable to pressures to be more than they are. Frustrations with current conditions can ultimately stimulate you to make very important changes. Releasing pent-up anger should be done in ways that don’t eventually bring you or others down. It’s time to attract fresh, enlightening experiences. You can turn a difficult situation right around if you put your mind to it. This can be a time for attracting what or who you want, as the goddess of love, Venus, is aligned with intense Pluto in your own sign.

Aquarius

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It can be difficult to pinpoint what other people truly want from you today, dear Aquarius, as they may be playing games or simply demanding a lot from you without directly telling you what they want. Detach yourself only enough to come to a place of peace, but not so much that others become frustrated or feel you are mocking them. Today is very good for career moves, but only after getting over a communication hump. There is a tendency to focus on an unresolved matter from the past, but for some, there can be a renewed interest or attraction, private passionate experience, or an important review of your feelings. Unusual desires can be discovered now, and they can motivate you to seek out new ways of expressing yourself.

Pisces

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Avoid clinging to what is familiar if this keeps you in a mental rut, dear Pisces. Today’s energies favor digging deep and discovering your needs and desires. Love feelings are powerful today, although satisfying them may not be straightforward. Relationships with friends can pull up possessiveness or ownership issues that have been buried. You might learn something that is unsettling at first, but that leads to a better understanding of a relationship. This can also be a strong time for meeting someone through a friend or network who can have a big impact on your life, or for reconnecting with someone important to you. You might connect with your own deep desire to work towards a dream or cause now.

Your Weekend Love Horoscope for February 5 – 7

 

 

 

 

Weekend Love Horoscope

February 5-7: Intense, Crazy, Sexy Love

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WOW! This weekend romantic potential is off the charts so if you can’t handle the heat, you’d better get out of the kitchen! It all begins on Friday when Venus and Pluto embrace in the most love obsessed connection.

Love is anything but superficial and if you’re with someone special, expect to feel much more possessive than usual. The good news is that this link can help you and your lover reach new heights of intimacy.

Be careful though! On Saturday, Venus moves into a nasty square with Uranus and suddenly you might not know what’s happening in your love life. Go with the flow and be prepared for the unexpected. Whatever you swore you’d never do in a relationship, might be exactly what happens on Saturday.

Fortunately, Venus quickly recovers and by Sunday, she’ll be at a gorgeous sextile to Mars. When the cosmic lovers are happy together, you and your sweetie are guaranteed a good time. Enjoy!

This Weekend’s Romantic Rating*

* Heart ratings are based on the lunar cycle. They range from low to full, with low indicating a rocky weekend for romance and full indicating plenty of passionate potential.

 

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The Balance of the Signs and the Elements for Friday, February 5th

 

 

 

 

 

The Balance of the Signs and the Elements for Friday, February 5th

 

CAPRICORN STRONG
Disciplined, responsible, reliable, industrious, conscientious, practical, achieving. Can be pessimistic, overly conventional, rigid, materialistic, callous.
AQUARIUS STRONG
Humanitarian, innovative, group conscious, progressive, serving others. Can be rebellious, eccentric, aloof, emotionally superficial, overly extroverted.

BALANCE OF ELEMENTS
FIRE WEAK
We are not very goal-oriented right now, or motivation to pursue our goals may be waning/lacking. Changes feel overwhelming. Enthusiasm may be low, we argue less, and we think more than we take action.
EARTH STRONG
We are especially in touch with the physical world. We consider what we’ve learned and experienced in the past in order to make the most of the present. We can be cautious, practical, and possibly unimaginative. We are deliberate and can pace ourselves well. We need hands-on experience and are not impressed with theory as much as we are with results. Routines are tolerable and comforting.

BALANCE OF MODES
CARDINAL STRONG
We are ready to take action and to take on challenges, and can become frustrated with stagnant conditions.

Astrology of Today – February 5, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Astrology of Today – February 5, 2016

Summary:

  • The Moon is in Capricorn all day (until Sunday, February 7th, at 12:58 AM).
  • The Moon is waning and in its Waning Crescent phase.
  • A Last Quarter Moon occurred on January 31, and a New Moon will occur on February 8.
  • Mercury is direct and remains in its shadow until February 14th.

2016 Ascension Symptoms/Predictions

2016 Ascension Symptoms/Predictions

To read more of The Blue Ray and Shekina’s channeling insights, please visit her site, Shekina Speaks

Year of the Starseed Empath Revelations

For many Light Bearers, Blue Rays and Starseeds, empathic sensory awareness will be heightened this year to make decisions that are spiritual impulses of the Universe. Your empathic sensory sensitivity will be keen in its ability to decode and download these new ways of communion with the Universe, setting in motion an expanding direction of your destiny and working with the higher Divine Plan. These choices will be coming from different time lines, with alignment to your DNA blueprint being activated by your authentic multidimensional self. 333

Others in your life will also be making decisions as well based upon their direction and new time lines that can be a misalignment with your energy field. As your ultra sensitive empathic awareness is heightened, the energy can feel uncomfortable and even painful at times. The Universe is directing you by the empowerment of your intuitive sensing nature. This is to bring you into vibrational harmony with the Universe and new wave frequency of grand opportunities and success. 444

Themes and revelations of the year and years to come—your Galactic ET Star connections. 33

There will be new revelations in who you are, in your expanded galactic origins that will activate a higher mission of your DNA Star lineage. The timing of this information and revelations is being collaborated and released through the solar resonances field. Through the solar resonances field, a cosmic wave pattern is creating a cellular pulse of recalibration of your light embodiment. You will be in a new source field of light resonances that is more connected to home where you will be able to feel more of your true essence here on Gaia. 444

Galactic origins soul merging. More aspects of your ET stellar DNA will awaken ancient cellular memories of your extended galactic heritage and family.

Galactic origins soul merging integration endings and beginnings. As your true soul’s design is coming on line it may feel there is nothing left to go back to—the reference places of your past are disengaging. The structures of society’s teachings of what you thought you were are not holding you anymore. As this occurs, be open for your stellar nature that has emerged with new support of your soul destiny and Divine Plan.

Ascension symptoms/predictions for the Starseed empath and Blue Ray.

It is suggested to consult a healthcare professional for symptoms as not every symptom is from ascension. And though it may be an ascension symptom, you still may need assistance with the process.

Revealing secrets: Wake-up calls from both sides and different aspects of creation and lineages coming to a crash where secrets will be revealed and healing and forgiveness may expand.

Newly awakened Starseeds will look to find out who they are, where they come from, and where they fit in.

Peace and unity projects:  A global activation agreement in the unity field of souls will ignite Peace and unity projects. The Divine Power of Peace will awaken your soul’s vision on a new perspective of what peace is that is very real and tangible to your heart. It will bring you to gather with others and to create projects for peace and unity.

ET Galactic communications. Extraterrestrial sightings and more communications will take place in dreams, in visions and your world.

The Archangels of life. Many of the Starseeds will be more empathic sensory aware to the Archangels of life through Nature and the elements. New pathways and connections to Nature and the Archangels of life will be opening where you will feel and sense a new communion in working with them.

Pre-birth new starbeing children communication. New starbeing children coming to the Earth will be communicating to their parents, grandparents and family where the soul will communicate to them and let them know they are from the stars.

Forgetfulness. Not being able to remember certain memories and having times of forgetfulness and misplacing things. This is temporary and can fluctuate as you go through brain recalibration of the greater expansion of your DNA. As you are merging the higher aspects of your multidimensional self, you are letting go of what has defined who you are and the memories of the old self.

Time and dimensional travel. Use your empathic sensory feelings to guide your highest good to dial into certain frequencies to obtain divine wisdom, knowing and downloads. 12 12

Waves of heat coming from the body and or head chakra area: This can be spiritual light coming through the body that is an expansion of your consciousness and field of light.

Orbs, Angels and interdimensional world travelers. Increased awareness, interest  and physical sightings of interdimensional beings, angels, elementals, rays of light, orbs of  blue, gold, purple and pink, and fuchsia and violet spheres and light rays with insights to time and interdimensional travel occurring through these manifestations.

Animal medicine. Awareness and insight with the alliance to the animal kingdom as they are becoming like the angels with messages of empowerment.

Lemuria, the land of MU. Spiritual awakening of memories and connections to the times of ancient Lemuria and MU the Motherland.

3rd eye activation: Your 3rd eye feeling itchy where you need to scratch it, as it becomes more activated and open.

Higher Heart chakra activations: Physical feelings and sensations in the higher center heart chakra that are expanding your capacity for love and sacred union.

Aligning to your divine presence of your intuited empathic nature will be of the utmost importance to keep you in harmony and in rhythm of who you are, with the coming shifts, changes and increased cosmic wave. Let your beautiful, sensitive nature be your guide to lead you into the right space of your feeling destiny to a happy heart.

Message from the Blue Ray to the Starseeds

You are a unique soul expression where your intuitive empathic senses are a gift to life in restoring the resonance vibration of the unity heart matrix of Gaia and back through the cosmic source field. You are greatly cherished and beloved as you are bringing in the connecting points of light from the origins from whence you came. You are the forerunners, creating a profound awakening shift for humanity in partnership with Gaia and your Galactic star and light families.

We thank you, we love you, as we are aligning at the place of divine oneness to all soul hearts of all the Blue Rays, Starseeds, Light Bearers and humanity in divine love and light in the New Earth. Enjoy these miraculous times. We are one with thee. 888

Number sequences that appear embedded in this channel are given to Shekina Rose by Spirit to activate this transmission.

February 2016 Ascension Energies

February 2016 Ascension Energies

Woohoo! The energies this year feel like they are moving fast! While I feel February as a little smoother than January (Whoa that Mercury retrograde felt stronger than most!), I still feel a fast-paced month—even with the leap year dragging it out for one more day.

Overall in February there is a lot of movement in the throat chakra. I was shown a vortex of energy moving up from the torso and out the throat. I began noticing a lot of throat chakra clearing in January, so expect more calling toward expressing yourself and aligning with what you want to manifest.

Conscious Coherence

Expressing yourself is more than just words, though your verbal expression is important. The path of Ascension is one of personal empowerment so that unity consciousness can anchor on Earth. Your personal empowerment begins with healthy boundaries so that you are holding your power and being responsible for creating your experience. Previously humanity has mainly responded to outside circumstances as we were not taught the power of our intent and our ability to consciously synchronize with resonant experiences.

Also in February, we are beginning more focus on developing a new relationship with time. This is also a natural part of Ascension, because Ascension is a vibrational elevation into more conscious interaction with the subtle realms. One aspect of that is time. As we begin to shift our relationship with time, we are becoming more creative and less reactive. This means more patience, more allowing, and ultimately, more peace. It can be a bit challenging to learn to access peace in fast-paced flow, but it is well worth the effort.

Your Powerful Love

This Year of Clarity is going to bring areas of refinement into view that assist your co-creative experience with Life. As we learn that it isn’t about control or just “getting what we want,” it is an adjustment. We have to shift how we feel about patience (it’s not punishment! ;o), as well as how we prioritize our own feelings and focus. Areon channels over and over that it is time to get more of your Loving energy into this world—that is what improves it. Watch a little news occasionally and send some Love, compassion and a new perception of potentials that a challenge can bring. Love yourself more, forgive easily, hold healthy boundaries and say no with loving empowerment, even if it is wisely silent or loud in a moment.

Love is a varied experience that encompasses all of life.

As you embrace more life with Love (from a distance if need be), even those experiences that don’t seem to offer Love, you are anchoring more Love into the human experience.

It is a really exciting time! Since December of 2013, the balance of Loving Light tipped into critical mass. As a Lightworker, you are consciously focusing on creating in the subtle realms and shifting your life from within first (working in the invisible realm) and emanating that out into your life (form builds from the subtle). How is your patience? Are you seeing that life is responding to you in different ways as you enhance your internal foundation of Love? That pesky Law of Resonance keeps moving you toward more clarity. Isn’t it a fun ride?!

Happy February!

Current Moon Phase for February 5th – Waning Crescent

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Waning Crescent
Illumination: 12%

The Moon today is in a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this phase the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Phase Details for – Friday, February 5, 2016

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 12%
Moon Age: 26.24 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 387,630.64 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,501,278.04 km

Magickal Activity for Friday, February 5th, the Day of Fortuna & Saint Agatha – Crystal Gazing

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Crystal-Gazing

Items needed: A bowl of water; one small clear-quartz crystal; one white candle.

Place the crystal in the bottom of the glass bowl and cover it with water. Place the candle just behind the bowl and light it. With your right index finger, slowly stir the water around the crystal as you chant:

Blessed spirits of the night,
Bless me now with second sight.

Gaze into the bowl. The water will begin to cloud over, and a psychic mist will appear. When the mist begins to flow out of the howl, stop stirring the water and look directly into the bowl. Focus your attention on the crystal and repeat the following:

Fire and water, crystal clear
Let the visions now appear.

Visions of the future will begin to appear. When the visions begin to fade, make a mental note of what you saw. Snuff ou the candle and place the crystal under your pillow. The crystal will provide you with more information during your dream time. Later, write you visions down in your diary or dream journal.

The Witches Correspondences for Friday, February 5th

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FRIDAY CORRESPONDENCES

Venus/Water/East/West/South/Dawn/Female/Libra/Taurus

Magickal Intentions: Love, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers, Heart

Color: aqua, blue, light blue, brown, green, pale green, magenta, peach, pink, rose, white, all pastels

Number: 5, 6

Metal: copper

Charm: green or white garments, scepter

Stone: alexandrite, amethyst, coral, diamond, emerald, jade, jet, black moonstone, peridot, smoky quartz, tiger’s-eye, pink tourmaline

Animal: camel, dove, elephant, goat, horse, pigeon, sparrow

Plant: apple, birch, cherry, clematis, clove, coriander, heather, hemlock, hibiscus, ivy, lotus, moss, myrtle, oats, pepperwort, peppermint, pinecone, quince, raspberry, rose, pink rose, red rose, rose hips, saffron, sage, savin, stephanotis, strawberry, thyme, vanilla, verbena, violet, water lily, yarrow, and all flowers

Incense: ambergris, camphor, mace, musk, myrrh, rose, saffron, sage, sandalwood, sweetgrass, vanilla, violet, all floral scents

Goddess: Aphrodite, Asherah, Baalith, Brigid, Erzulie, Freya (Passionate Queen), Frigg, Gefion, Harbor (Beautiful One), Hestia, Inanna, Ishtar (Lady of Passion and Desire), Lakshmi, Lilith, Mokosh, Nehalennia, Nerthus, Ostara, Pombagira, Sarasvati, Shakti, Shekinah, Sirtur, Al Uzza, Venus (Queen of Pleasure), Vesta

God: Allah, Bacchus, Bes, Cupid, the Dagda, Dionysus, El, Eros (God of Love), Freyr, Frit Ailek, Shukra

Evocation: Agrat Bat Mahalat, Anael, Hagiel, Mokosba, Rasbid, Sachiel, Uriel, Velas

Courtesy of Moonlight Musings

The Magick of the Fourth Quarter

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The Magick of the Fourth Quarter

(From the waning half moon until the dark of the moon.) This is the dark time of the moon. You may find that your psychic talents take a little vacation during the dark phases of the moon, or, on the other hand, they may come roaring to life with an all-out bombardment on your senses. Personally, I have found that abilities such as empathy and psychometry are more pronounced at this time. Why, you may wonder? Well, I have found that this type of psychic ability forces you to look within and to be still as the information comes to you— what better time than in the waning moon, when your powers are focused internally? Magickally, now is the occasion to tackle serious issues, such as extreme protection magick, bindings, or banishings, and keeping away criminals, prowlers, or stalkers. Casting your spells in the final days of the moon’s cycle (when the moon is not visible at all) will increase the force behind your banishing and protective magick. This phase of the moon is often linked to the darker aspects of the Goddess, when she is a spiritual warrior; again, Hecate is a good one to work with in this phase, but you can also call on Sekhmet, the Morrigan, or even Kali, if you are really feeling brave.

 

–Ellen Dugan, Natural Witchery: Intuitive, Personal & Practical Magick

The Witches Almanac for Friday, February 5th

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The Witches Almanac for Friday, February 5th

Friday (Venus): Love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty.

Festival de la Alcaldesa (Italian)

Waning Moon
The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).

Moon phase: Fourth Quarter

Moon Sign: Capricorn
Capricorn: Develops strong structure. Focus on traditions, responsibilities, and obligations. A good time to set boundaries and rules.

Incense: Violet

Color: Purple

Deities Associated With Friday – Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love

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Deities Associated With Friday – Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love

Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and sexuality. According to legend, she was born fully formed from the white sea form that arose when the god Uranus was castrated. She came ashore on the island of Cyprus, and later was married off by Zeus to Hephaistos, the deformed craftsman of Olympus. Despite being married to Hephaistos, Aphrodite took her job as a goddess of sexuality seriously, and had a multitude of lovers, but one of her favorites was the warrior god Ares.

At one point, Helios, the sun god, caught Ares and Aphrodite romping around, and told Hephaistos what he had seen. Hephaistos caught the two of them in a net, and invited all the other gods and goddesses to laugh at their shame… but they had none whatsoever. In fact, Aphrodite and Ares had a good laugh about the whole thing, and didn’t particularly care what anyone thought. In the end, Ares ended up paying Hephaistos a fine for his inconvenience, and the whole matter was dropped.

At one point, Aphrodite had a fling with Adonis, the young hunter god. He was killed by a wild boar one day, and some tales indicate that the boar might have been a jealous Ares in disguise.

Aphrodite had several sons, including Priapus, Eros, and Hermaphroditus.

In many myths and legends, Aphrodite is portrayed as self-absorbed and cranky. It would seem that like many of the other Greek gods, she spent a lot of time meddling in the affairs of mortals, mostly for her own amusement. She was instrumental in the cause of the Trojan War; Aphrodite offered Helen of Sparta to Paris, the prince of Troy, and then when he saw Helen for the first time, Aphrodite made sure he was inflamed with lust, thus leading to Helen’s abduction and a decade of war.

A festival was held regularly to honor Aphrodite, appropriately called the Aphrodisia. At her temple in Corinth, revelers often paid tribute to Aphrodite by having rambunctious sex with her priestesses. The temple was later destroyed by the Romans, and not rebuilt, but fertility rites appear to have continued in the area.

In addition to her association with the sea and shells, Aphrodite is connected with dolphins and swans, apples and pomegranates, and roses.

 

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Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
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Friday’s Witchery

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Friday’s Witchery

Love magick is a perennial popular topic. However, there is more to this topic than meets the eye. There are many enchanting layers here for us to explore on this day of the week. What about creating a loving home, or producing a loving and nurturing family? What about keeping your intimate relationships vital and on track? How about promoting happy, healthy, and enduring friendships? See, there is more to be considered than just the “You shall be mine…” type of fictional love spell.

Don’t forget that many of the deities associated with Fridays are also parents. So, yes, while this is the day to work on romance, sex, and love spells, there is additional magick to be considered here, which makes Fridays a more well-rounded and bigger opportunity for witchery than many folks ever truly realize. The truest, strongest magick always comes from the heart.

–Ellen Dugan, Book of Witchery – Spells, Charms & Correspondences For Every Day of the Week

Friday

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Friday

Friday is dedicated to the planet Venus, personified as the Roman goddess of love. The Nordic goddess Freya, the patroness of women of power, gave her name to this day. In Norse mythology, she presides over the Valkyries, the winged goddesses who bring fallen heroes to Valhalla, the realm of the gods. Renowned for her beauty, Freya is often called “the Fair One.” Any spells or charms relating to matters of the heart are appropriate for this day, as well as divination for inspiration in the arts. The influence of Venus is strong on Fridays and makes this day suitable for issues dealing with love, comfort, and the fulfillment of desire.

–Judy Ann Olsen, A Witch’s Grimoire: Create Your Own Book of Shadows

Friday’s Conjuring

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Friday’s Conjuring

Friday – is associated with Venus

Candle colors – Green, Red, Blue, White, Purple

Focus spellwork on: Love, Marriage, Money, Attraction, Luck, Healing, Prosperity, Change, Road Opening work, Bring Peace, Relationships, Power and Success

 

—Starr Casas, Old Style Conjure Wisdoms, Workings and Remedies

TGIF! Thank The Goddess It Is Finally Friday! Wishing You A Very Blessed Day & A Very Beautiful Weekend To Come!

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The Maiden Awakes

The Earth stirs from her winter slumber
Snowdrops peep through the snow-crusted soil
Autumn’s harvest left her tired
So all winter she has slept, resting after her toil
And now it is time for her to emerge
To waken again in the growing light
To coax out the crocuses, and daffy-down-dillies
To stretch to the sun after such a long night
And though the wind in the trees is still blowing
And the rains clouds have not yet gone
We know that the Maiden is awake
And spring won’t be far along

—Arietta Bryant, Ramblings & Rhymes

The Witches Magick for Thursday, February 4th – Get Rid of Negative Energy Binding

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Get Rid of Negative Energy Binding

This spell is used to get rid of negative energy directed at you from someone else. This spell stops another’s negative energy from causing you harm.

Items you will need:
Any small cloth doll you can find. Unstitch the head until you are ready to begin the spell.
A needle and black thread
A personal item from the person you want to bind. Anything of theirs will work. It can be a strand of their hair, something they have wrote on, etc.
Some Black ribbon
A Black candle
A fireproof container
A sterilized needle
A piece of paper and pen

The Spell:
Form a circle of protection in your mind.

First light the black candle

Think hard on the person you are binding, place the personal object of theirs inside the head of the doll and sew it shut. Tie the black ribbon around the doll’s head.

Now whisper these words:

” With harm to none, my will be done
I hereby bind you (say the name of the person)
Your words and thoughts cannot harm me
Nothing you can do will harm me”

Continue speaking these words until you feel energy and power surging through you. Once this happens concentrate on that person being completely helpless to harm or abuse you while you are speaking the words above.

Now sign your name on the piece of paper to bind this spell.

Now prick one of your fingers with the sterilized needle and let a small drop of blood drop onto your signature.

Now fold the paper, light it on fire and drop it into the Fireproof Container).

Concentrate on the flames as the paper completely burns.

Now go and bury the doll as far away from your home as possible.
Douglas Hensley, A Book Of Magic Spells And Hexes

Little Known Magickal Tips that Actually Work – Cinnamon the Money Spice

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Little Known Magickal Tips that Actually Work – Cinnamon the Money Spice

– Sprinkle Cinnamon on your money to make sure it comes back to you.

– Eat Cinnamon on food or in drinks to attract money to you.

– Sprinkle Cinnamon inside your wallet to ensure money stays there.

– Shake Cinnamon around your doorways to draw money to the household.

 
Deran Gray, Gray’s Pocket Book of Hoodoo Spells for Wealth and Prosperity: (Gray’s Pocket Book Series Book 5)