Category: Daily Posts

Good Day WOTC Family and Friends What is On Your Mind Today

Today our Dreamer has been gone physically from us for a week. Yes, today is a hard one again. I know with time it does not get easier with time it just gets different. Dreamer paid a visit to Big Dawg last Saturday and has been hanging out mostly with our three other fur kids which I know has made her crossing easier on them. We picked her ashes up this past Monday and kept it in the car with us as we worked that day. I had one very short visit in the car Monday when we stopped at a McDonald’s for burgers and fries while out delivering important paperwork to individuals, Big Dawg has been a process server for over a month now and I help keep him and all the paperwork organized. We only had the front two windows down a tiny bit, I was getting ready to put some fries in my mouth when I felt someone breathe on my neck. It could have been my familiar before Cleo and Star, but Boots never really liked McDonald’s french fries whereas Dreamer loved them. I called her by name, put a fry on my shoulder and felt her sniffing it. While humans or animals do not eat food as the living do, I thoroughly believe they can take in the smell and essence of it. When I set the fry on my shoulder Big Dawg asked me, “What in the hell are you doing?” I hadn’t told him Dreamer was in the car with us yet as I was being selfish as it was my first interaction with her since she crossed. When I told him we both had to try to hold back tears. I would be harder to bear this lose if we didn’t have each other, meaning the humans and fur kids.

This is one of the times in my life that being a strong empath is a curse rather than a blessing. I am able to pick up any kind of mammal’s feelings so with all of us trying to get use to a new normal of three live fur kids and one spirit fur kid it has been rough on me as I was picking up everyone in the house emotions. Tuesday morning, I finally had enough of feeling everyone else’s emotions and strength the wards and shield I keep around myself so I can leave my home. This is part of the reason why I took yesterday completely off. The other part was the horrible air quality where we live today and this past week, while it was definitely better here than many other parts of Illinois and the northeastern USA it was still bad for both of us as we have asthma. At least the sir is starting to clear some here!

So, this is how things are going for me today.

How are they going for you?

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence and a Spell for Tuesday

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Tuesday from learnreligions.com

Named for the Norse god Tyr, who was a deity of heroism and combat, Tuesday is a very martial sort of day—color associations include bright red and oranges, as well as warrior-like metals such as iron and steel.

The ancient Romans called this day Martis, after the warrior god Mars—other deities associated with Tuesday include Ares, the Morrighan, and other gods of battle and glory. Red gemstones like rubies and garnets come into play on Tuesdays, as do herbs and plants such as thistles, holly, coneflowers, and cacti—you’ll notice these are all sharp, prickly plants!

One of the interesting—and more than a little amusing—aspects of Tuesday magic is that in addition to war and conflict against your enemies, this is a day also associated with marriage. You can also use this day of the week for magical workings connected to protection and initiation. Use Tuesday to assert yourself, make a mark and stake your claims.

The Introverts Spell

This spell isn’t just for introverts. It’s for anyone who needs a boost of confidence before interacting with other people, such as at parties, speeches, job interviews, or family dinners.

Start by creating a sacred space around you and connecting to your power. Next, interlace your fingers behind your back. If that’s uncomfortable for you, simply relax your shoulders down away from your ears. Imagine your shoulder blades drawing together as your chest and heart opens up to the space in front of and above you. Speak (or think) an affirmation while in this position.

Example Affirmations:

“Everything I need is within.”

“The power of the Universe flows through me.”

“I’m magic.”

It doesn’t matter what you chose to say as long as it’s positive and makes you feel ready to face the world. Saying something like, “I will not mess this up.” won’t work because it puts the focus on “messing up”.

Need Today Off

We brought Dreamer’s ashes home yesterday and our other fur kids sensed it. I am feeling somewhat depressed today dealing with my own and everyone’s else’s feelings in our home, so I won’t be posting anything else today so those who are sensitive to others energy don’t have to deal with my negative energy.

Some Humor for Your Day

Some Humor for Your Day

Hi Again, WOTC Family and Friends

Well, I had to stopped halfway through Monday’s posts as my mind was running in every direction except on the post I was working on. I had a “oh that’s why” moment as I realized that it has been Dreamer who helped me stay focused on my tasks with WOTC everything. So, the tears started falling and were getting my keyboard damp which is not a good thing. I have been missing her more than I can express but not letting it show too much so I can be here for Big Dawg and help ease his pain from losing his big baby girl. I can only be strong for Big Dawg and our other fur kids for so long today will be looking at and dealing with my own extreme sadness of my Dreamcicle being gone physically from my life. She came to visit Big Dawg very early Saturday morning. I am trying to patiently wait for my own visit from her but I don’t know if it will ever come or not.

Even though my heart is not in it I will go try to finish all the regular daily posts for Monday.

Hello WOTC Family and Friends

Greetings Sisters, Brothers, and friends it is good to be back with you all. I am back this morning even though later than usual because of not falling asleep until 2 AM CDT and than getting up later than my normal 6:00 or so AM CDT. Needless to say the posting times starting at 9:00 AM CDT today have not started on time and I am working slower as every few minutes I am wiping away tears because my Dreamcicle is not here to help me stay on task.

We are still in emotional roller coaster mode in our home between the wedding and Dreamer’s crossing. So, with getting up late after crying myself to sleep and not having my Dreamcicle lying next to my desk nudging me with her nose or licking my ankles or trying to fit under my desk to cuddle while I am trying to type and post making it harder to concentrate this morning. I will be doing only 5 of the regular daily posts for today but all the regular day posts for Monday will go live this afternoon. I miss her so much but it is harder on Big Dawg because she has always been and always will be his big baby girl.

Thank you all for your warm, kind words and support during my time off! I really wanted to extend it for a few more days but as I am already coming back a day later than planned, I feel it would not be fair to you for me to extend it. Plus, I had to face coming back to my desk alone and I figure the longer I put it off the harder it would be to get back to work. So, if you feel sad energy coming from the posts for a few days it is because I am trying to get use to a new normal in my daily routine.

This morning I feel like the tortoise from the story of The Tortoise and The Hare…slow and steady wins the race. OK, onward with Sunday’s and Monday’s posts.

June 19th to June 25th Astronomy Picture of the Day

These are the Astronomy Picture of the Day for the past week. Just click on the hyperlink next to the date for the pictures you want to see.

2023 June 25: Lightning on Jupiter
2023 June 24: 3D Ingenuity
2023 June 23: Giant Galaxies in Pavo
2023 June 22: Stars and Dust across Corona Australis
2023 June 21: Three Sun Paths
2023 June 20: The Nandu in the Milky Way
2023 June 19: The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence and a Spell for Friday

From GypsyWolf.weebly.com

Friday is the sixth day of the week, but used to be the seventh, the Sabbath of the Jewish lunar calendar.   The name, Friday,  is derived from the Nordic goddess, Frigg, Frigga, Freyja, Freya, or Frija (Germanic), considered to be the mother of all.  She is the Goddess of love and war, fertility and death.   She is the leader of the Valkyries and the Disir (Divine Grandmothers), and creator of Seidr magic.  Her symbols are the cat and the Brisingamen, which is the magic necklace of the rainbow bridge.  Freya’s Roman and Greek counterparts are Venus and Aphrodite, goddesses of love and beauty.

Latin: Dies Veneris, dedicated to Venus, the Roman Goddess of love
French: vendredi
Italian: venerdi
Spanish: viernes
Old High German: frigedag
German: Freitag
Dutch: vrijdag

Rules: Love, fidelity, reconciliation, interchanges, beauty, youth, joy, happiness, pleasure, luck, friendship, compassion, music, the arts.
Colors: Light Blue, Green, Pink, Copper Hues
Planet: Venus
Metal: Copper
Stones: Azurite, Calcite (blue, green & pink), Cat’s Eye, Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Coral, Emerald, Jade, Jasper (green), Kunzite, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Olivine, Peridot, Sodalite, Tourmaline (blue, green, pink & watermelon), Turquoise Malachite
Herbs: Apple Blossom, Cardamom, Crocus, Daisy, Geranium (rose), Heather, Hyacinth, Iris, Licorice, Lilac, Magnolia, Myrtle, Orchid, Orris, Plumeria, Rose, Spearmint, Stephanosis, Sweet Pea, Tansy, Thyme, Tonka, Tuberose, Vanilla, Violet, Willow, Ylang Ylang
Zodiac: Libra & Taurus

Breaking Bad Luck

You may need:

Small piece of ginger root

Fennel seed (if you cannot get fennel try dried sage)

Few cloves

Dried basil

Small bag or pouch

Optional – yellow crystal such as citrine

Put all the ingredients into the bag. If you have a small piece of any yellow crystal it is a good idea to add this too. Say:

“Herbs of the earth fill my life with light
Bring me good luck in a day and a night.
This spell is seeped in magick and mystery
Make my bad luck a thing of history
Bad luck will go deep into the ground
From now on good luck will follow me around”
So Mote It Be.”

Keep the bag with you for a day and a night and then bury it deep in the ground – somewhere that is not on your property. This will bury your bad luck.

June 12th to June 18th Astronomy Picture of the Day

These are the Astronomy Picture of the Day for the past week. Just click on the hyperlink next to the date for the pictures you want to see.

2023 June 18: Saturns Northern Hexagon
2023 June 17: Planet Earth at Night II
2023 June 16: Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea
2023 June 15: M15: Dense Globular Star Cluster
2023 June 14: The Shark Nebula
2023 June 13: Moons Across Jupiter
2023 June 12: The Largest Satellites of Earth

Life in The Craft Magazine

LIfe in The Craft Magazine – Available on Patreon

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Island Greens Smoothie

Snowflake Cocoa

Litha History – Celebrating the Summer Solstice

History of Yule

Celebrating Litha, the Summer Solstice

All About Yule

Twisty Witchy Word Search

You can get it by signing up as a patron:

Tier 1 “Luxury Witch” subscribes you to just the Life in The Craft magazine. Which is published 12 times a year and includes information on both hemisphere’s Sabbats when applicable, a recipe or two, looking deeper into Rider-Waite tarot card deck, and more The issues will come out around the 15th of every month. For $3.00 USD per month.

OR

Tier 4 “The Reigning Supreme” (This name was used as a nod to American Horror Stories – Coven season) Combines the 3 tiers above so you will get the spell of the week, the ritual of the month and the current issue of Life in The Craft magazine. For $17.00 per month

A word of caution about the spells and rituals that will be posted on Pateron as a witch you should have a working knowledge on how to do spell work and rituals safely.

Any questions please write to Lady Carla Beltane at ladybeltane@witchesofthecraft.com.

Some of the Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence and a Spell for Tuesday

Tuesday from Spells8.com

Candle

Light a red candle to receive vigor and strength. Meditating with a red candle enables courage, power, fertility, magnetism, desire, and action.

Ruling Deities

 Ares, Ceres and Demeter are rulers of Tuesdays.

Crystals

Carnelian, Coral, Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet and Pink Tourmaline

Carrying these gemstones today can bring success and fulfillment of your goals. Wear them as a talisman or simply keep them close to you to harness their energy.

Potion

Drink a cup of Pu Erh Tea today for a boost of vital strength. This type of tea will keep you alert during the day due to its caffeine contents, but it also has many powerful effects on the body such as protecting from harmful bacteria, fighting inflammation, and eliminating body toxins¹.

Good Fortune & Luck Spell Jar

A good luck jar is a type of spell which resembles an amulet or talisman. In old times, witch bottles were made to protect one’s home from psychic attacks.

INGREDIENTS

A small jar with a lid

Bay leaf (or a small scrap of paper)

1 Salt

Mustard seed

Cinnamon

Lilac flowers

Green aventurine chips

DIRECTIONS

Cleanse your jar and altar space with incense, Florida water, or your favorite cleansing method. Optionally, cast a circle or perform a grounding activity.

Add the salt to the jar and write your intention on the bay leaf or piece of paper. For example: “I am lucky, safe and abundant”.

Add the intention to the jar, along with the rest of the ingredients. As you add each item individually, be mindful of your intention statement.

Screw the lid onto the jar. Seal the intention by saying “So mote it be!”.

Posts Until Saturday, June 24th

This is our beautiful Dreamer and in the background is Star these two have become best friends over the last couple of years

Between caring for Dreamer in her last days as our breathing companion and wedding plans I will not have time to do all the regular posts. I will only be posting the daily (for some of my days off only one horoscope will be going up for the daily one but you can click on the link to read the other one) and birthday horoscopes, current moon phase, daily correspondence and a spell which will be going up on the day of instead of the day before. I will also get something up for Litha in the northern hemisphere and Yule in the southern hemisphere.

We have made the very hard and heartbreaking decision to do what is best for Dreamer by sending her across the rainbow bridge on June 22nd hopefully she crosses it at home before then. As I wake up every morning and still see our big baby girl suffering as we will not have the full amount needed for the vet to assist her across the bridge until Big Dawg is paid on the 22nd I find it very hard to concentrate on doing posts or really anything that takes my thoughts away from her except for our wedding day. I am taking the 23rd off to grieve and celebrate Dreamer’s time of living with Big Dawg and then myself. Yesterday we individually told her we want her to cross the bridge to be out of pain and be able to run and enjoy being whatever age she wants to again. Yes, there were many tears mostly sad at watching her quality of life go downhill so quickly and happy ones as we told her about our favorite times with her. I thought you might like to know how Dreamer got her name. As a pup Big Dawg saw she dreamt a lot about running as her legs were always moving in her sleep. So, he gave her the name Dreamer. My nickname for her is Dreamsicle as I love her and creamsicles.

As far as our wedding I am doing the nosegay bouquets and bootiners for it. Along with helping Big Dawg get the last of the papers served that he needs to do by the 21st. We will be getting married at approximately 1:00 PM CDT on June 21st!

This is a very bitter sweet time in our home. I ask again with tears in my eyes for prayers for Dreamer to cross the bridge here at home so her last thoughts are of a place she is familiar with and surrounded by her canine companions as well as Big Dawg and myself.

A Little Humor for Your Day – ‘Rules For Being Human’ c. 2014

Rules For Being Human

You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called LIFE. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like these lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid. It makes no difference, you will learn lessons.

There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The “failed” experiment that ultimately “works.”

A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.

Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

“There” is no better than “Here.” When your “There” has become a “Here” you will simply obtain another “There” that will again, look better than “Here.”

Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

What you make of life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources that you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is YOURS.

The answers to life’s questions lie inside of you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust

You will get what you ask for. It may not be what you wanted, but it will be what you asked for.

UPON ENTERING THIS LEVEL OF EXISTENCE, YOU WILL FORGET ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Some Humor for Your Day

Good Day WOTC Family and Friends Here is a Thought for Today

You can always ask your Spirit Guides, ancestors, Animal Spirit Guide or Helper to help you grow flowers!

Some Humor for Your Day

The virus can wipe out time you can spend with WOTC!

Good Day WOTC Family and Friends Here is a Thought for Today

We are keeping Dreamer as comfortable as we can using manmade medicine and an herbal tea until we take her in on June 22nd to enter her eternal sleep. We are asking for prayers that she crossed here at home before then, so she is in a familiar place surrounded by those who love her both 2 legged and 4 legged. Yes, this is an extremely hard prayer to ask for, but we are doing it because we love her so deeply and want her pain to end.

UGH Very Bad Brain Fog from a Fibromyalgia Flare Today

I will try to get the rest of the northern hemisphere’s tomorrow posts done by the time they are supposed to go live which is about 4:00 PM CDT. Between the stress and worry over Dreamer, lack of a even half-way decent night’s sleep, and a cool, rainy day my brain went out to brunch without the rest of me. I don’t mean any disrespect with my wording over my brain fog but if I don’t laugh and whatever I would be sitting here crying. Brain fog is a very serious condition that can cause the person not to be able to focus on any task. Please bear with me today if I don’t get all the regular scheduled posts done as I also have a tension migraine. I am going to meditate which usually helps to center and ground me more so I can stay focused.

A Little Humor for Your Day – “People Go To Psychics for Strange Reasons, lol! c.2016