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Sukkot ends The year wanes in earnest, and any projects for the year are wrapping up. It's easy, when you've spent a long time on a venture, to lose interest or want to give up. If that's the case, try this ritual for motivation: gather three white candles, and anoint one with rosemary oil, one with bergamot oil, and one with clary sage oil. Arrange the candles around a quartz crystal. Make a circle around the candles with yarrow, mint, sage, and a few acorns. Cast your circle and light the ...
Friday is a day to attract love, although the waning Moon does not make this Friday ideal. But you can always interpret a Moon phase to your advantage-instead of calling for love today, try banishing obstacles to love. Think about the things that stand in the way of having a good relationship. Are you shy? Does your lifestyle allow you to meet new people? Are you still fixated on a love that was never meant to be? Write these obstacles down on a piece of paper, roll it up, and tie it with black ...
It's one of the last weeks of summer, and many will be returning from vacations, heading off to college, or off seeking one last summer adventure. To protect your own favorite travelers, including yourself, call upon the power of the horse. Many cultures, not the least of which are the ancient Celts and the American Indians of the Plains, revered the horse as an animal of power, whose willingness to convey us, fight with us, plow our fields, and pull our loads changed history. Even today, we ...
While not everyone can win a beauty contest (the first one was held on this day in 1908), there is no one who isn't beautiful in some way. Today, empower an amulet that will help you bring your beauty shining to the surface. Set up your altar with jasmine incense for the beauty of the Moon, a golden candle for the Sun, lovely flowers for the earth, and water in a crystal bowl for the sea. Select a piece of jewelry you think is beautiful, and lay it on a hand mirror on your altar. Cast your ...
