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Quickening Moon in Virgo

February 27th, 2010

Blessed Saturday to All!!

I’m having a very slow weekend. As I sit here typing this, I still don my bed hair, jammie pants, and a big, over-sized sweatshirt. Ah, the joy of a lazy weekend!

Today my only interest is relaxation and enjoyment, so in the spirit of my goals for today, I give you some things to smile about!

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~ Today, Saturday (2-27-10) @ 3:15pm EST, the Moon v/c until 7:52pm this evening ~

As I’ve already stated and HAVE been saying for days now, my only interest at this time is rest and relaxation! Coming out of illness and my personal moon cycle AND a lot of stress, being at peace and relaxed and calm are my only concerns right now. The moon going void of course is always supportive of rest and recuperation mainly because it’s NOT supportive of beginnings or manifesting, which today, is fine by me!

~ When She rights her course @ 7:52pm EST, she’ll move into Virgo where she’ll remain, from Saturday evening, through our Quickening (Full) Moon @ 11:38am on Sunday, and until 12:36pm EST on Monday (3-01-10) ~

My almanac says: Virgo favors the accomplishment of details and commands from higher up. Focus on health, hygiene, and daily schedules.

Virgo is an Earth sign and places emphasis on things that you might describe as grounding. Things that are practical, functional, nurturing, stabilizing, etc..

** The Quickening Moon falls Sunday and it’s an AMAZING time for ritual and creation! We know the Earth below us is stirring to life and we are but a few short weeks away from seeing the first visible signs of life emerging from our Mother. Preform rituals for self growth and purpose. What do you want to achieve personally? **

~ Moon Manifestation Tarot Card ~

*I find it ironic that I spilled a potted plant and covered my tarot deck with Earth as I reached for them to draw a card for my Earthy weekend :) *

** Queen of Cups **

The Queen of Cups is telling me to focus upon my intuition and psychic development during this Quickening Moon. To say I’ve been feeling the quickening of psychic development a lot lately would be an incredibly accurate statement. As I typed about personal goals and achievements above, I wondered in the back of my mind just what I should personally focus upon. Looks as though I’ve gotten my answer.

~ My Plan: Saturday evening through Monday afternoon ~

The Full Moon is recognized over 3 days time. The day before, day of, and day after. I am very excited about this grounding and centering, Quickening Moon in Virgo. Especially so now that I’ve drawn the Queen of Cups and am intending to focus upon that little psychic voice inside of me. That little voice excites me quite thoroughly.

I’ve got no plans, nowhere to be, and nothing happening this weekend. Not only that, but we’re in the middle of a 3 day snow storm and are quite literally snowbound right now. How wonderfully perfect!

Today I’m simply going to spend time watching this beautiful storm and communing with my Spirit. Tomorrow I will take advantage of the Full Moon and do a ritual for the expansion of my psychic vision. Then Monday is my “Day Spa Monday” so i see no reason why I shouldn’t spend the day honoring my inner and outer Goddess & being at one with the Universe. Sounds like pure bliss to me!

Plenty of grounding and centering going on. Oodles of personal focus. And my personal favorite, lots of rest and relaxation. As a side note, I need to pay some attention to my household cleaning schedule. Time to re-evaluate and rearrange some things. I know I’m not the only person who has some clutter and chaos at home. This weekend is a wonderful time for setting chore lists and schedules. Virgo’s energies are quite conductive to lists and schedules for the household.

What sort of personal goals will you focus on? What do you want for you?!

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The Book of Light

January 6th, 2010

This is what I’ve decided to construct. Not a Book of Shadows. I know that the name of that book is part of the witches tradition, but that is the beauty of being a Solitary and making your own traditions in my humble opinion.

I thought about constructing a Book of Shadows and was giving thought to what I’d want to include and the more I thought about it, the more I thought of things I would include. Then the more things I listed to include, the more the similarity of the nature of those things seemed.

The nature of all of the things I would include in my Book of Shadows are things related to energy and healing and life and creation and joy and love. Those are not things of shadow. Those are things of light.

I also believe that working around some of the seemingly darker aspects of “witchcraft” will help me to reach a broader audience and be more readily accepted if not understood. And it’s not that I’m seeking anyone’s acceptance, but more that I believe that if I can bridge the gap between myself and someone else simply by altering my language, why shouldn’t I?

Besides, I find the idea of a Book of Light so much more appealing.
I know witches are said to/to have kept information regarding their magic in their Book of Shadows, but I see it like this.

My LIFE is my magic! Everything in my life, I have created… manifested. Everything I am interested in and am pursuing is under my spell and part of my magic. And my LIFE and my interests and pursuits center specifically around my home and family and health and Spiritual growth.

Maybe it’s… non-traditional, but I went and got myself a 3 ring binder. If I read something online I want to include in my personal book, I print it, punch it and include it. I’m free to use my trusty highlighter and make notes in every margin to my heart’s content! I even have section separators and folders. It organized so many things for me. I had information floating all over about all kinds of things and now I have a single location for all of it!

This translates over to everyone! You don’t have to be a witch to have your own book. Especially for the homemaker or mother. There’s so much we do and are responsible for. It really is wonderful to have a place to put it and a place to find it later! I even include a journal, calendar and my own personal “Tame the House” cleaning schedule/routine that helps me to conquer the chaos of life with boys!

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Happy Back to School Day!!!!

January 5th, 2010

At least it is here!! It’s still snowing like mad outside, but the plows seem to have caught up enough that school was open. I walked to the end of the driveway with the boys this morning to wait for the bus, but after 10 minutes we decided to drive. I drove my kids to school this morning with bed hair smashed down under a hood, in my purple fuzzy jammie pants with white stars all over them and sporting big rubber, knee high mud boots.

When we headed down the driveway, Kevin (10 now!) says, “God Mom, you’re as embarrassing as Dad…”
Dad normally goes with them in the morning, but he was called out to tow at 7 this morning and didn’t make it back in time.

Just for the record, I’d intended to step into the bus hut down there when the bus arrived so no one would see me! Had the van broke down on our ride…. I imagine people would understand. I know that if a frazzled looking mother in her jammies with 2 kids showed up at MY door at 9 am on the first day back to school after SEVENTEEN DAYS… I would not only understand, but probably make her blessed soul some coffee!!

I have a silly household tip for you today. Someone recently commented on it at my house and asked me why and was delighted with the answer, so I thought I might share it even further.

** I keep my bath towels, hand towels, and washcloths all together in a cabinet in my bathroom. I stack all the bar soap in between the stacks of linens. The soap keeps the whole cabinet smelling nice, and it of course smells delightful on the towels. **

I hope you’re all having a wonderful morning so far.
Be Blessed on this beautifully snowy Tuesday :)

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