Your Daily Number: 1
Your personal power is strong today. You may find yourself starting a new endeavor, or engaging n a new pursuit that is based in self-expression or spirituality. You’re connected with the world today, and it may be a good idea to jot it all down on paper.
About the Number 1
Theme: Masculine, Creative, Independent, Aggressive
Astro Association: Mercury
Tarot Association: MagicianBy Cait Johnson
Birds can be powerful allies for becoming our truest selves or for simply helping us to get through our busy and challenging days. Do you need the sharp-eyed eagle, merry finch, or something else? Take the quiz and find out, here:
Answer the following questions TRUE or FALSE.
1. I need the ability to wait patiently until the right time comes to act.
2. I need to get a clear overview of my life right now; I’m too bogged down in details to have perspective.
3. I feel like I’m operating in the dark and could really use some help finding my way.
4. I need to feel more cheerful and optimistic.
5. I want my brain to feel sharp and flexible, making the best possible use of what I know.
6. I want to feel more loving, gentle, and affectionate.
7. I need to feel that my territory is protected and safe.
8. I need help getting rid of outworn things in my life.
If you answered TRUE to:
1, then Crane will be helpful to you.
2, then Eagle is your guide.
3, then Owl is your ally.
4, then Finch will aid you.
5, then Crow is your helper.
6, then Dove will be your companion.
7, then Jay is your friend.
8, then Vulture is your guide.
You may want to put photos or other images of your bird where you can see it and be reminded of its basic nature, which offers itself to you for help and guidance. Be sure to put an offering of birdseed outside, if you can, as a
Birds can be powerful allies for becoming our truest selves or for simply helping us to get through our busy and challenging days. Do you need the sharp-eyed eagle, merry finch, or something else? Take the quiz and find out, here:
Answer the following questions TRUE or FALSE.
1. I need the ability to wait patiently until the right time comes to act.
2. I need to get a clear overview of my life right now; I’m too bogged down in details to have perspective.
3. I feel like I’m operating in the dark and could really use some help finding my way.
4. I need to feel more cheerful and optimistic.
5. I want my brain to feel sharp and flexible, making the best possible use of what I know.
6. I want to feel more loving, gentle, and affectionate.
7. I need to feel that my territory is protected and safe.
8. I need help getting rid of outworn things in my life.
If you answered TRUE to:
1, then Crane will be helpful to you.
2, then Eagle is your guide.
3, then Owl is your ally.
4, then Finch will aid you.
5, then Crow is your helper.
6, then Dove will be your companion.
7, then Jay is your friend.
8, then Vulture is your guide.
You may want to put photos or other images of your bird where you can see it and be reminded of its basic nature, which offers itself to you for help and guidance. Be sure to put an offering of birdseed outside, if you can, as a thank-you.
Poor Rabbit! No other animal is so associated with fear than Rabbit—that nervous little bunny who hops and leaps at every little sound. Rabbit has come to you today to ask you to have the courage to face whatever difficulties you’re having instead of running away to a safe burrow. Face your fears, examine your old “fight or flight” patterns, and determine once and for all to stop hiding away.
by Cait Johnson
Birds can be powerful allies for becoming our truest selves or for simply helping us to get through our busy and challenging days. Do you need the sharp-eyed eagle, merry finch, or something else? Take the quiz and find out, here:
Answer the following questions TRUE or FALSE.
1. I need the ability to wait patiently until the right time comes to act.
2. I need to get a clear overview of my life right now; I’m too bogged down in details to have perspective.
3. I feel like I’m operating in the dark and could really use some help finding my way.
4. I need to feel more cheerful and optimistic.
5. I want my brain to feel sharp and flexible, making the best possible use of what I know.
6. I want to feel more loving, gentle, and affectionate.
7. I need to feel that my territory is protected and safe.
8. I need help getting rid of outworn things in my life.
If you answered TRUE to:
1, then Crane will be helpful to you.
2, then Eagle is your guide.
3, then Owl is your ally.
4, then Finch will aid you.
5, then Crow is your helper.
6, then Dove will be your companion.
7, then Jay is your friend.
8, then Vulture is your guide.
You may want to put photos or other images of your bird where you can see it and be reminded of its basic nature, which offers itself to you for help and guidance. Be sure to put an offering of birdseed outside, if you can, as a thank-you.
Items You will Need:
The Book
Plain white cotton string
The Spell:
Those of us who study the Old Ways of Natural Magick are usually fond of books. Our fondness often leads us to loan them to friends. Unfortunately, loaning a book may mean that we’ll never see it again. Hence, this book binding ritual. It utilizes knot magick. Binding and knots are ruled by the element Earth. In Natural Magick, knots are physical objects that both represent intangible goals (such as the return of loaned property) and absorb personal power. The following spell utilizes the power of the knot in this way. This ritual is not intended to force or to coerce another human being to return a book; it’s a spell to ensure the book’s return. It doesn’t affect the loanee; it affects the book itself. Before you loan the book, hold it between your palms. Send personal power into it while saying:
“By hill and wind, by flame and brook,
By shining moon and sea;
I place a bind Upon this Book
That it return to me.”
Wrap one foot of plain white cotton string around the book, securing the string with a knot. Knot tightly, but leave enough slack so that you can slip off the string with out untying the knot. As you make the knot, visualize the book returning to you and say once again:
“By hill and wind, by flame and brook,
By shining moon and sea;
I place a bind Upon this Book
That it return to me.”
Slip off the knotted cord. Put it in some secret place. As you actually loan the book, say the words even again (under your breath). The book should, indeed, return to you. Once it has, untie or cut the cord. It’s done its work.
You might be a redneck if…
There are more than five McDonald’s bags currently on the floorboard of your car.
Momma taught you how to flip a cigarette.
There is a wasp nest in your living room.
The Home Shopping Channel operator recognizes your voice.
You give your dad a gallon of Pepto-Bismol for his birthday.
There has ever been crime-scene tape on your front door.
You burn your front yard rather than mow it.
You consider a six-pack and a bug-zapper high-quality entertainment.
Fewer than half of your cars run.
You’ve ever been kicked out of the zoo for heckling the monkeys.
The Howling Wolf
The Howling Wolf stands alone atop a peak calling to for his pack to gather. He is the leader, the lawmaker and enforcer, the commander of his pack. In order to prosper Howling Wolf’s pack needs him, and he needs his pack. The Howling Wolf signifies the need for effective leadership and definitive action without which decline and aimlessness may prevail.
As a daily card, The Howling Wolf suggest the need for you to take the lead in creating solutions to problems your group is facing. Whether it is your family or coworkers or some other group you belong to, you have the energies needed to lead them down a favorable path at this time.
You may find your interests expanding today, and you’re probably going to be feeling more liberated than you have in a long time. New people, social gatherings, and possibly romance may broaden your horizon. Be careful not to over-indulge or become careless in the midst of so much activity.
About the Number 5
Theme: Resourceful, Adventure, Speculation, Travel
Astro Association: TaurusTarot Association: HierophantYour Animal Spirit for Today
September 16, 2012
Has turkey gobbled his way into your life today? If so he brings a message of sacrificing for the greater good. To some indigenous tribes, Turkey represents the spirit of the giveaway–a ceremony where those who have more give to those who have less, thus “sacrificing” for others. If Turkey helps you feel the spirit of giving, who can you help?
Calendar of the Sun
13 Halegmonath
Egyptian All Souls’ Day – Day of Anubis
Colors: Black and tan
Element: Earth
Altar: Set with a cloth of tan like the desert sands, upon which is poured a mound of sand with one black candle set within it, a cup of beer, and a figure of the jackal god Anubis.
Offerings: Candles. Incense. An offer to guide someone in need out of darkness.
Daily Meal: Beer. Figs. Dates. Millet. Barley. Lentils. Duck or goose.
Invocation to Anubis
Lord of the desert sands
Who guides lost souls through endless waste
Into a better land
Who brings the Dead
To their final judgment
Into the hand of Ma’at
Great-eared one who sniffs out
All things hidden
And from whom nothing
Can be concealed forever,
Guide us surely and skillfully
Out of the darkness
Of our own blind searching.
Chant:
Dark God of the West
Take me home
I am a wandering soul
Call and response while pouring the beer libation:
Bring us forth out of darkness
Guide us through the waste lands
Find for us the track of Fate
Like all our ancestors
Like all the souls of the beloved dead
We will find a way
We will find a way
We will find a way
Forth out of the darkness
And into the blazing Sun.
25 Truths of Life
1. If you’re too open-minded, your brains will fall out.
2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.
3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it!
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.
20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shall not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.
N. Lellande
by Cait Johnson
Let your imagination take flight with this fun quiz that can tell you something significant about your true nature. After all, if you’re a sparrow you’ll need to beware of hawks, and if you’re a heron, you need periodic times of stillness in order to thrive. Birds can give us useful information about what we need and who we most deeply are.
Learn more so you can really soar, here:
Answer the following questions TRUE or FALSE (and be truthful with yourself!).
1. I do my best work alone.
2. People have told me I am a visionary, capable of seeing the big picture.
3. I am quick and incisive when it comes to making decisions.
4. I am in a leadership position at work or in my life; people tell me I have a lot of personal power.
5. I come alive after dark; early rising is not for me.
6. I sometimes need to come to a complete standstill before I make a move.
7. My nature is extremely quick: my metabolism, thoughts, and actions tend to be on the fast side.
8. I love to talk and/or sing.
9. Although I am imaginative, I prefer to stay close to home.
10. I thrive under adverse conditions and often find unusual ways of seeing things.
11. I enjoy interacting with many people at work.
12. If I had to choose one word to sum up the meaning of life for me, it would be “joy.”
13. I am drawn to watery landscapes and find great serenity beside ponds, lakes, and inlets.
14. I love a sense of spaciousness; heights don’t scare me.
15. I prefer to see all sides of something before I make a decision. People tell me I have a well-rounded sense of things.
Take note of the clusters that are mostly true for you: they can tell you which bird is your guide.
If you answered TRUE to 1, 3, 7, and 12 you are a HUMMINGBIRD.
If you answered TRUE to 1, 2, 4, and 14 you are an EAGLE.
If you answered TRUE to 1, 5, 10, and 15 you are an OWL.
If you answered TRUE to 1, 3, 6, and 13 you are a HERON.
If you answered TRUE to 7, 8, 9, and 11 you are a SONGBIRD.
I absolutely love this joke. I read it and started laughing out loud. My husband wanted to know what was so funny. I read him the joke and he sayd, “Sounds like us, that for sure, lol!”
You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape.
If it doesn’t move and it should, use WD-40.
If it moves and shouldn’t, use the duct tape.
8 Halegmonath
Mead-Day
Color: Golden
Elements: Fire and Water
Altar: Upon a golden cloth set four yellow candles, goblets, a jug of home-brewed mead, a bee skep, the figure of a honeybee, and a small jar of honey.
Offerings: Mead libations.
Daily Meal: Food sweetened with honey. Mead.
Mead-Day Invocation
Hail to the Queen Bee who gathers the workers!
Hail to the workers who gather the nectar!
Hail to the hundreds who make the honey!
Hail to the brave who gather the sweetness!
Hail to the brewers who create the liquor
That the Aesir stole from the duergar
That the gods all covet
That is the finest sacrifice of any fluid.
Nectar brewed of the meadow’s flowers,
From the orchard’s blossoms,
From the sexual fluids of a thousand plant-souls.
Hail to the Queen Bee and all her progeny,
Forgive us our theft of your hard labor,
And may you multiply in plenty
In a world that blossoms with richness every spring.
Chant:
More than even a rich man can hold,
We drink the sunrise, we drink the meadow’s gold.
(Mead is poured into the goblets, and everyone takes a sip. Then some is poured into the libation well for the Gods, and the rest is taken out to the garden or the orchard. Libations are poured for the trees of the orchard, the garden, and especially the beehives.)
The big, urgent problems get your attention, as well they should. Because they are so serious, you’ll naturally take them seriously and quickly do something about them.
The smaller, nagging, everyday problems don’t have that same sense of urgency. They don’t usually grab your attention and demand to be solved.
Yet those little problems can wear you down over time. They seem almost too trivial to do anything about, so you can be tempted to just let them continue draining your energy and resources, day after day.
For example, a slow drip from the faucet in your bathroom sink doesn’t seem like much, and yet it can end up wasting hundreds or thousands of gallons of water. Eventually, even the little problems can have a big impact.
Fortunately, the little problems don’t take much effort to solve. It’s mostly just a matter of taking them seriously and taking the time to do it.
If there’s some little problem that’s been nagging you and slowly draining you, now is a great time to do something about it. Free yourself, one by one, from the little problems, and it can make a big positive difference in your life.
— Ralph Marston
Feline Communication Spell
Items You Will Need:
The Spell:
First get your cat to sit in front of you, completely still. Next tap it three times between the ears to make extra sure the spell works. Then chant:
”Tail of Rat, Wing of Bat, Allow this Cat to Chit Chat.”
You might need to repeat this a couple of times if your cat does not remain completely still.
In case you are wondering what is taking me so long, I have rheumatoid arthritis in my hands. We were never able to get the A/C fixed in here. Thus the hot weather plays a number on my hands. It has been in the 0-‘x with heat indexes in the triple digits. My poor, old hands can only take so much. I have heard several comments from my friends around here. But if you don’t keep moving, you will be so stiff that your fingers will never move.
Well I wanted to let you know why I was moving so slow today. Hopefully, we will get the A/C fixed, the swelling in my knuckles will go down and everything will be lovely! I can always hope, lol!
Off to do some more…………..
The Redneck Oil Change Checklist
1. Go to O’Reilly auto parts and write a check for $50 dollars for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and scented tree.
2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking it back to O’Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard.
3. Open a beer and drink it.
4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5. Find jack stands under kid’s pedal car.
6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7. Place drain pan under engine.
8. Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9. Give up and use crescent wrench.
10. Unscrew drain plug.
11. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you in process.
12. Clean up.
13. Have another beer while oil is draining.
14. Look for oil filter wrench.
15. Give up; poke oil filter with screwdriver and twist it off.
16. Beer.
17. Buddy shows up; finish case with him. Finish oil change tomorrow.
18. Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.
19. Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
21. Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply thin coat of clean oil to gasket first.
23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24. Remember drain plug from step 11.
25. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26. Hurry to replace drain plug before the whole quart of fresh oil drains onto floor.
27. Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame.
28. Bang head on floor board in reaction.
29. Begin cussing fit.
30. Throw wrench.
31. Cuss and complain.
32. Clean up; apply Band-Aid to knuckle.
33. Beer.
34. Beer.
35. Dump in additional 4 quarts of oil.
36. Beer.
37. Lower car from jack stands
38. Accidentally crush one of the jack stands
39. Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 23.
40. Test drive car
41. Get pulled over; arrested for driving under the influence.
42. Car gets impounded.
43. Make bail; get car from impound yard.
Money Spent:
$50 parts
$12 beer
$75 replacement set of jack stands; hey the colors have to match!
$1000 Bail
$200 Impound and towing fee
Total: $1337
Let’s give kitty equal consideration on today’s ‘National Holistic Pet Day.’ If you have a cat who uses all the wood in your home as their personal scratching post, then put a pinch of chili sauce there. The smell of the spice will keep the cat away while your Feng Shui Fortune Mouse plays. You need only to rub a little of the sauce on the wood and then buff it off in order to keep cats away. If you have an older male cat who is experiencing urinary problems (always consult your vet in regard to any pet advice), treat this problem holistically by adding one teaspoon of white vinegar to the cat’s water. This will help to prevent the formation of stones and potentially high cost remedies and treatments. Likewise, a diet of low-ash cat food also helps this urinary agenda. Alternative advice also says that mothballs should be put between cushions to keep the cat off the couch. Lastly, if your cat comes home with a few scratches to show for his night out, then clean the wounds with warm water before breaking open a Vitamin E capsule and squeezing the oil directly onto the affected area. Just add more if the cat licks the oil off — it can’t hurt him. Go ahead and try these tips as I think they’re the cat’s meow!
By Ellen Whitehurst for Astrology.com
Your Rune For Today
Elhaz
Elhaz represents your power to protect yourself and those around you. It also connotes the thrill and joy of a successful hunt. You are in a very enviable position right now, because you are able to maintain what you have built and reach your current goals. Enjoy.
Witches Of The Craft® 
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