The Red Planet – named after the Roman God of War. It’s colour is due to the rusty iron oxide dust layer on it’s surface. Mars can be seen in the night sky (when it’s close enough) with the nakes eye glowing faintly red!
You can tap into the Mars energy when casting spells for protection, strength (mind and body), confidence and sexual encounters….
Themes: Nature; Meditation; Rebirth; Movement
Symbols: Water; Whale
About the Whale Goddess: In Arabic tradition, the Whale Goddess swallowed Jonah, neatly giving him time to consider his life and actions seriously before his figurative reibrth. Let’s hope she doesn’t have to go that far to get our attention this month (or anytime, for that matter).
In some stories, the earth rests on this goddess’s back and earthquakes result when she gets upset and shakes her tail. Symbolically, when your life seems on shaky ground, consider what this goddess is trying to tell you!
To Do Today: Around this time of year in Northern California, people examine the coastline with renewed interest and anticipation. They’re watching the annual whale migration—a breathtaking sight. Since many of us cannot experience this firsthand, consider the whale as a magickal symbol instead. The gods ride whales to carry messages to the mortal world. Witches ride them to bear their magick on the water. In both instances the whale carries something–either to your heart or toward a goal. Use this image in meditations for movement, and consider the symbolism if whales shows up in your dreams tonight
If possible, visit an aquarium and watch whales there. Or send a donation to an accredited facility to give something back to the Whale Goddess and her children.
365 Goddess, A Daily Guide to the magic and Inspiration of the Goddess
Patricia Telesco
The Eve of Juno, the Junonalia in Rome, a celebration of matrons and girls. Ceremony of peace dedicated to Juno (Venus, Aphrodite, Hera, Concordia, Pax). The sixth day of the Moon/month belongs to Artemis (Diana, Selene, Anahit, Luna, Hathor, Isis, Erzulie, Hina, and Ata Bey).
On this day, the Roman household gods were honored.
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
Tuesday is dedicated to the powers of the planet Mars, personified in Ares, Tiwaz, Tiw, Tuisco and Tyr. Tuesday rules controlled power, energy and endurance.
Deity: Tiwaz
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Planet: Mars
Tree: Holly
Herb: Plantain
Stone: Agate
Animal: Crab
Element: Fire
Color: White
Number: 2
Rune: Tyr (T)
Celtic Tree Month of Nuin (Ash) (February 18 – March 17)
Runic Half-Month of Tyr (February 27 – March 13)
Goddess of the Month of Moura (February 20 – March 19)
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
As March blows into our lives bringing spring and new begginings, we look to the source of all life as our Goddess of the Month.
Over 6000 years ago, the known world had a different feel. There were no city fortresses, or war. Progress was centred around the development of art, crafts, and agriculture. Then, unlike today, the societies of the world were matriarchal. The sexes were equal but the role of mother and giver of life was unequalled by any task that men could do and so women were honoured and their societies flourished.
Later, around 3,500 BCE, marauding bands of men began destabilizing these societies and subjugating women. Few were able to withstand the superior strength of the invaders. The Amazons, for example, were among the few surviving cultures. In subsequent years the temples, statues, art work, and beauty of those civilizations were lost and buried but not gone from our deepest unconscious. Modern archeologists have found in certain places like Turkey, evidence of highly developed cultures. Unfortunately, an unbiased interpretation did not always find its way into history.
We are in essence a replication of each human that ever was born. Within ourselves we carry patterns and thoughts that connect us with the past. This term was called the collective unconscious by Carl Jung. While the mysteries of the Goddess have been buried, they have not died. The constant change of seasons and the rebirth of the land each spring tell us that our origin from a Great Mother is part of us all. Many myths tell of Her rise from Chaos to give birth to humanity.
There are many creation stories from cultures all around the world. The Goddesses will have different names that are familiar to each of us and so we celebrate not one but all of the women in history who represent the life force of the culture in which you belong. To honour Her, plant a seed and watch it grow. Tend it with loving care and watch its many faces throughout the year and remember the source of your life.
Some names of creation Goddesses; Mere Ama, Ishtar, Astarte, Demeter, Hera, Cybele, Gaia, Oya, Lillith, Sheila Na Gig, Cerridwen
Come and wake the sleepers
Rouse them with a song
Tell them winter’s over
Though it has been long
Sing awake the flowers
Bushes, grass, and trees
Tell them spring is here now
Sun and birds and breeze
Set the world to dancing
Soon will summer come
Pan is playing pipes and
Gaia beats her drum
Now the seeds of autumn
Set so long ago
Must awake and ready
For it’s time to grow
by Elizabeth Barrette
Published on Greenhaven: A Pagan Tradition
Monday is named after the moon. The Latin term for Monday is Dies Lunae (“moon’s day”); in the Old English language, this day was Monandaeg; in Greek, it was Hermera Selenes. All of these different names and languages translate to the same thing: the “day of the moon.”
Working with the different phases of the moon is an important skill that takes a bit of time for Witches to learn. So why not cut to the chase and experiment with the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon in all of its magickal energies and aspects?
Magickally, Monday encourages the lunar energies of inspiration, illusion, prophetic dreams, emotions, psychic abilities, travel, women’s mysteries, and fertility.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
Think for a moment on all of the witchery, magick and enchantments that you have discovered. Don’t be afraid to adjust spells to suit your own specific needs. Any gentle, illusory, and dreamy charms and spells can be enhanced when you work on the day of the week that is dedicated to the moon. Mondays are a fantastic day to boost your psychic abilities and to tune in to your intuition and empathy. It also gives you the opportunity to work with a different lunar phase each and every Monday, which means in one month you could work four different types of moon magicks on Mondays. How’s that for adding to your repertoire? You are going to have mad skills in no time at all.
So light up those lunar scented candles and add a little mystique to your outfit by wearing an enchanting lunar color. Wear your sparkling silver jewelry and maybe add a pair of dangling silver earrings or a pendant shaped like a crescent moon. Create lunar potions and philters; make a dream catcher and give it as a gift to someone you love. Burn some sandalwood or jasmine-scented incense today to inspire the glamour and magick of the moon. Slice up a favorite variety of fruit that is in season for a snack or share it with your love and enjoy his or her lunar and romantic qualities. Brew up a cup of chamomile tea, enchant it with a little moon magick, and relax and get a good night’s sleep.
Most importantly, get outside tonight and watch the moon for a while. What phase is she in? What color was the moon as she rose? Why not start a journal and write down at what location the moon rises and sets for a few seasons? This is a great way to teach you to tune in and to become more aware of the moon and the influence that she pulls into our lives. Try calling on Selene for her magickal assistance, and call Thoth for wisdom and strength. Get to know the Norse Mani and the Latvian Meness. These gods of the moon have plenty to teach, and if you allow their influence to cycle through your life, you’ll receive many blessings. Be imaginative, and create your own personal lunar magick and witchery. Go on….the moonlight becomes you.
Book of Witchery: Spells, Charms & Correspondences for Every Day of the Week
Ellen Dugan
Monday is the day of the moon itself, and it’s a day that’s connected to lunar colors like silver, white, or even a pale blue. Metals and gemstones like silver, pearl, opal and moonstone all come into play today.
There are plenty of deities associated with the moon – Thoth and Diana for instance – and herbal correspondences include many members of the mint family. Utilize wintergreen or peppermint, as well as catnip, comfrey, sage and chamomile in your workings.
When it comes to Monday magic, because of that lunar connection, it’s a good time to focus on workings related to childbearing and family life, purity and virginity, healing, wisdom, and intuition. Do a little bit of self exploration and work on developing your intuition – learn to trust your gut. Celebrate birth and life, and make some magic to fix what is broken.
Patti Wigington, Paganism/Wicca Expert
Article published on & owned by ThoughtCo.com
Spirituality
Astral work
Dreams
Psychic talents
Lunar energy
Family
Emotions
Children
Pets
Fertility
Female Energy
Purification
A Spell Crafter’s Compendium
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When one has been involved (either Emotionally, Physically or Spiritually) with another person it can create an ‘Etheric Link’ that resembles a red cord binding between you. When the friendship or relationship ends it is often difficult to move on, as you are still linked to this person. The Cutting of the Cord Spell is ideal in dissolving the bonds between people allowing them to move on.
You Will Need:
–2 Red Candles, Length of Red Cord
–A photograph of you and your friend or ex (or a picture to represent you both drawn)
–A pair of scissors.
Preparation: Bathe & Cleanse yourself before starting, set out materials, and Cast a Basic Magickal Circle.
The Spell
Mark the first Candle with your name and the second Candle with the other person’s name. Charge the Candles with Anointing Oil, starting from the center moving outwards (sending energy out), seeing the person named on the Candle as you anoint it. Take the first Candle in your hand hold it over your Altar Candle visualizing it being Charged with energy to do your bidding, then present the Candle to the Altar saying:
As the Goddess gave form and substance to our spirits,
I give form and substance to this candle,
As She named us Her children,
I name this Candle as (insert name).
As this Candle is wax and wick,
So it is also flesh and blood, So Mote it be!
Repeat with second Candle.
Sit in meditation and think of the joy this person brought you, picture your favorite memory. Visualize the link between your hearts as a thick red cord joining you from heart Chakra to heart Chakra. Tie an end of the cord to each candle, joining you together, as you are joined in spirit. Place the photo or picture over the center of the cord saying:
As the Goddess links us in Spirit, I link these forms together, As above, so below, As within, so without!
Again sit in meditation, and think of the reasons you want to cut all ties to this person, think about the events that have lead up to this decision. Face any doubts that you may have and see them for what they are, fear. Know in your heart that the Goddess wants only the best for you and She wants you to want the best for yourself. When you are ready visualize yourself telling the other that it is over and that you are moving on, then see yourself turn and walk away – not looking back!
Cut through the Cord that binds you to each other (as well as through the picture symbolizing your togetherness) and say:
By my free will, with harm to none,
I sever the cord that binds me to (insert name),
As we once chose to share the road we walked,
Now we choose to walk a different path,
Although we still journey to the same destination,
No longer do our steps move in time you are no longer my friend (or
lover), I release the (insert name) from all ties to me
As I am released from thee, As I do will, so mote it be!
Take the candle, 1/2 the cord and 1/2 the picture (the part representing your ex) in a heatproof bowl, tip a little ‘goodwill incense’ over it all, with a little mentholated spirits, then as you light it say:
As this smoke rises and drifts away,
So do all my bonds to you… So mote it be!
Place ‘your’ candle on your Altar to burn when you find yourself wishing ‘what if’. Clean up and Close Circle, then bury everything else except your candle.
Some binding spells can cause physical manifestations. You feel as if invisible strands of hair or thin strings are wrapped around you. You can’t see them but you can feel them and nothing you do can make that sensation stop. Here is a way to dispel a binding.
Cut a bit of your own hair and set it in a small bowl. Light 3 candles, 1 red, 1 white and 1 green. In a fire safe bowl or incense brazier, light a piece of charcoal and add some myrrh, patchouli and sandalwood incense (powdered kind not cone or stick). Take a sterile needle or pin and prick your right index finger.
Squeeze three drops of blood into the smoldering incense. As you drop the hair onto the lit incense repeat these words:
With blood, candle and scent times three
No longer shall this binding be
Free to live and free to soar
Let me leave the house once more.
As I burn this hair, a part of me
Let my heart and soul be free!
And for those who doth cast despair
Binding me with sightless hair
I send to them this well-earned curse
Let their evil spell reverse!
Teach them mercy and love’s sweet gift
Once learned, this simple spell shall lift.
As is my will, so mote it be!
Let the incense burn out and scatter the ashes outside. Lifting the binding spell should take care of the problem. Keep an eye on those around you.
Someone who wished you ill will start to experience the torment they put you through. Once they understand that what they did was wrong, then the sensation will fade and they will be back to normal.
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