Moon Calendar 2023

Witches Dates for 2023

First Full Moon 2023

Back in Retrograde

Moon in Virgo

Moon in Virgo

Dec 14th 1:46 AM - Dec 16th

Expression

Emotions

Ruler

Mercury

Element

Earth

Modality

Mutable

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The Moon in Virgo brings sudden shifts and opportunity manifestations while steering us to turn ideas into reality. It amplifies your skills and predicts favourable conditions to take your romantic partnership to the next level. You instinctively prioritize practicality over imagination.

Your desire to get things done within time and allocated resources encourages you to reorganize your schedules and restrategize your plans for good. You drive your satisfaction and sense of relief by resolving issues, helping others, and creating order out of a mess. While steadily moving towards your goals, you should also consider your health. Do not put your health at stake at any cost. To enjoy your success, you need to be physically and mentally fit.

With the Virgo Moon, logic, structure, and organization become defining words of our life. Nothing brings more joy to us than making others rise above their failures and exploring new horizons of success. Your mind never stops bothering you unless you straighten everything. You are well-practised at nagging and complaining that eventually speaks about your lack of confidence and unhappiness because you blame others for the failure of your plans.

The Virgo Moon supports mental & physical activities and services to humanity, connecting your heart and soul while restoring your relief energy.

Moon in Leo

The Moon in Leo mirrors our inner child who wants to be in the spotlight. The lunar Leo radiates an entertaining aura that aims at getting things right. It owns a creative spirit fueled by warmth, generosity, truthfulness and honesty. Sometimes, it makes us a little dramatic in our emotional displays, and we want to control others as per our wishes.

You want dominance, and it also stops you from showing others what is going on in your heart. Leo Moon motivates you to maintain your public image to gain attention and applause from every side. It is the period of enjoying romance and creative activities to undertake new risks and enhance personal recognition.

It is the time to share your gifts of fame with others. There is no space for those in your life who ignore you. The only thing you want is to be famous and stand out for your skills and talents. This is your time to capture the stage and charm others with your performance.

You value integrity and justice over everything. Your well-honed sense of fairness works well under Leo Moon.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 This year I have a multitude of things to be grateful for!  My family over the last 6 months has shown me truly who my close friends are and who I can go on. Who are the ride or die, kind of friend. I'm blessed.

Thank friends!

Mercury in Retrograde in December 2022

• Starts December 28 2022, to January 18 (2023)

What You Should Do When Mercury is Retrograde

When Mercury is retrograde, try to remain flexible, patient, and understanding, allow extra time for travel, and avoid signing onto any new contracts that you’re unsure of. Double check your email responses and check in with reservations before you take that trip.  Don't be surprised when your electronics are computer systems glitch out more frequently.

Edgar Allan Poe Quote

Blood full moon eclipse

Patricia Crowther with Gerald Gardner

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Favorite Quotes

Beltane

Beltane is the mid-point bewteen the Spring Equinox (Ostara) and the coming Summer Solstice (Litha).

Beltane is a courtship of the God, now at maturity and courting the Goddess.

Beltane is the most overtly sexual Sabbat. A ritual with strong fertility overtones, that's to be sure. Beltane rituals would often include courting. Usually celebrated with bonfires, maypoles, dancing, and fertility rituals. It's common to see weaved flowers in hair, or create a floral wreath to wear upon their head as a celebration of Spring.

Beltane is a Celtic word, meaning “the fires of Bel.” The aos si(fairies) were thought to be especially active at Beltane.

Beltane dew was thought to bring beauty and maintain youthfulness.

Beltane was a "spring time festival of optimism" during which "fertility ritual again was important, perhaps connecting with the waxing power of the sun".[ (Chadwick, Nora (1970) The Celts. London, Penguin ISBN 0-14-021211-6)

Every year on 30th April on Calton Hill in Edinburgh thousands of people come together for a huge celebration to mark the coming of summer.May Queen crowns the Green Man (ancient God and Goddess figures representing fertility and growth).A wild dance takes place and the Green Man and the May Queen are married.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/holydays/beltane_1.shtml

Beltane or Beltaine

Beltane

Colors

Red, Green, White, Dark Yellow

Other Names

Beltaine, May Day, Walpurgisnacht, Walpurgiseve, May Eve, Rudemas, Celtic Summer.

Symbols

Eggs, Flowers, Chalice, May Pole, Butterchurn, Flower Chaplet, May Baskets.

Deities

Marriage/Sexual Union of Deities, All Mother Goddesses.

Activities

Wrapping the May Pole, The Great Rite, Gathering Flowers.

Taboos

Giving away fire, and giving away food.

Animals

Goats, Rabbits, Honey Bees.

stones

Sapphire, Bloodstone.

Plants

Primrose, Cowslip, Hawthorn, Rose, Birch, Rosemary, Lilac.

Meaning

Union of God and Goddess, Sacred Marriage, All New Life, Fertility for ALL Living Things, End of Winter (Celtic).

Attunement Teas

(Individually or Blended)

Burdock, Damiana, Hibiscus, Rose Hips, Saffron.

Ritual Oils

Passion Flower, Rose, Tuber Rose, Vanilla.

Goddesses

All Virgin Mother Goddesses, All Goddesses of Song and Dance, All Flower Goddesses, All Goddesses of the Hunt, All Fertility Goddesses, Aima (Hebraic), Aphrodite (Greek), Ariel (English), Artmis (Greek), Baubo (Greek), Blodewedd (Welsh), Chuang-Mu (Chinese), Cupra (Etruscan), Cybele (Greek), Damara (English), Devana (Slavic), Diana (Greek), Erzulie (Voodun), Fand (Manx-Irish), Flidais (Irish), Flora (Roman), Freya (Norse), Hilaria (Greek), Ilamatecuhtli (Aztec), Kaikibani (Polynesian), Lofn (Norse), Meilikki (Finnish), Perchta (Slavic), Prithbi (Hindu), Rainbow Snake (Aboriginal), Rhea (Cretean), Rhiannon (Welsh), Sarbanda (Shiela-na-gig Irish), Skadi (Teutonic), Tuulikki (Finnish), Var (Norse), Venus (Roman), Xochiquetzal (Aztec) .

Gods

All Gods of the Hunt, All Fertility Gods, All Gods of Love, All Young Father Gods, Arthur, King (Welsh-Cornish), Baal (Phoenician), Bel/Belanos (Celtic), Beltene (Irish-Scottish), Cernunnons (Greco-Celtic), Chores (Slavic), Cupid/Eros (Greco-Roman), Faunus (Roman), Frey (Norse), Herne (Greek), The Great Horned God (European), Lono (Polynesian), Manawyddan (Welsh), Odin (Norse), Orion (Grec-Arabic), Pan (Greek), Puck (English), Robin Goodfellow (English), Telipinu (Hittite).

Lore

Weaving and plaiting are traditional arts at this time of year, for the joining together of two substances to form a third is in the spirit of Beltane.

Food

Foods traditionally come from the dairy, and dishes such as marigold custard and vanilla ice cream are fine. Oatmeal cakes are also appropriate.

Recipes

Beltane Cream Pie

(Makes 1 nine inch pie)

1 cup whole milk

1 cup rich cream

1/2 cup butter (NOT margarine)

3 tablespoons cornstarch

11/2 cups sugar

11/4 teaspoons vanilla

11/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg

1 prepared pie crust, baked

Melt the butter in a wide pan over medium heat. In a seperate bowl slowly add the milk to the cornstarch, making sure it is fully dissolved and absorbed before adding more milk. When the cornstarch is fully blended, add this and all of the other ingredients, except the vanilla, to the cooking pan. Stir conastanly over medium heat until the mixture becomes thick. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour the mixture into the waiting pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg. The Pie may be eaten while it is still warm, as long as it has cooled enough to set. Or the pie may be chilled and eaten later.

Farls

3 cups real mashed potatoes

2 cups dry oats

2 tablespoons margarine or butter

1/2 teaspoon corn starch

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

Pinch of pepper

Pinch of Rosemary (optional)

Soak the oats in warm water for 15 to 20 minutes until soft and slightly swollen. Mix them with all the other ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Knead until the mixture is like a thick dough. If it seems too thin or moist, add a teaspoon or two of flour. When it is thoroughly mixed, form small sections into round patties. Fry the patties in hot vegetable oil in a small skillet until lightly brown. Serve immediately.

Information was taken from

Edain McCoy's book "The Sabbats- A New Approach to Living the Old Ways"

and Scott Cunningham's book "Wicca- A Guide For The Solitary Practitioner".

If you are interested in buying these wonderful books, click here.

Ostara 2022

Called after a Germanic goddess of Spring, Ostara is celebrated at the Vernal (Spring) Equinox. Because the date varies from year to year, we generally standardize it as 21^st March. On the Wiccan calendar, Ostara is mid-Spring, and we rejoice in the now-obvious plant growth and the health of Spring-born livestock and wildlife.

 

A Way to Celebrate Ostara

Ground-nesting birds and the wacky mating behavior of hares give us the tradition of the “Easter” bunny. Coloring eggs contributes to the Sun’s growth and all kinds of fertility (including creativity). You may not be able to dye hard-boiled eggs to exchange, but you can decorate paper eggs. Once you’ve got an egg-shape torn or cut from paper, decorate one side as you might an “Easter” egg, with one bright color or with a colorful pattern. Draw a sun on the other side, and around the sun write a blessing. You can write May all your projects succeed, or simply Blessings of Spring, if you don’t want to come up with something on your own.

 

If you are doing ritual with others, put all the eggs on the altar so that everyone can take one. If you are celebrating on your own, make two or three eggs (each with different decorations and blessings), and “hide” them in your house to hunt for during your rite.

 

An Ostara Toast

Here’s to Ostara, the middle of Spring!

Here’s to the flowers, our Mother Earth’s bling!

Here’s to the God as he grows ever stronger,

and here’s the days we can see getting longer.

Here’s to Ostara, the middle of Spring

and to the blessings our turning Wheel will bring.

$ Money Spell

By Cyndi Pagan

and Dav Sumpter

MONEY SPELL

Money Spell

List of ingredients

  Green candle (7 day candle)

  Money Oil ( slices of orange peel, benzoin, neroli, cloves, and clove oil, quartz, basil and cinnamon, base of Olive oil drop of vitamin E) 

   Some change or a dollar bill

   

Cast your circle starting in the north for strong foundation. Raise your energy and focus on what you need the money for. 

Repeat three times

   Goddess, grant this daughter/son her/ his deepest   need which is to have the rent paid, and no this isn’t greed.

I seek your assistance with a new job and opening doors.

I am willing to work and not afraid of chores.

I am willing to earn all that the universe gives me in return. 

Thank you my Goddess, your loyal servant and child says “So mote it be!”

  

Undo your circle. Let the candle burn for an hour, light the candle every day for and hour. 

Repeat for seven day. 

Afterwards toss candle in river or Bury off your property.

MOON POWDER

MOON POWDER

INGREDIENTS 

2 OR 3 TSP EACH

CLOVE,CHAMOMILE ,ALSPICE, POPPY SEEDS, JUNIPER BERRIES, SEA SALT, CHAMOMILE.

    Take your mortar crush into a powder put in jar great for Moon magic, prosperity,strength for spell

Short list but highly recommended, Wicca 101 Books

 A SHORT READING LIST 

Books alone are not enough to learn Wicca from, but books are part of a complete Wiccan education. Adler, Margot, Drawing Down the Moon. Beacon Press, Boston, 1979

 Buckland, Ray, Complete Book of Witchcraft, Llewellyn, 1991 

Budapest, Zsuzsanna, The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries, Wingbow Press, 1989 

Campanelli, Pauline, Ancient Ways and The Wheel of the Year, Llewellyn, 1991 

Campbell, Joseph, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Bollington Foundation, Inc., New York, 1949

 Cunningham, Scott, Wicca: a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner and Living Wicca: a Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Llewellyn, 1993 

 Farrar, Janet & Stewart, The Witches Bible Compleat, Magickal Childe, 1991 

Fortune, Dion, Psychic Self-Defense, dist. by Samuel Weiser Garr, 

Carol and Ashleen O’Gaea, Enchantment Encumbered: The Study and Practice of Wicca in Restricted Environments. CreateSpace, 2009 

O’Gaea, Ashleen, Celebrating the Seasons of Life (two volumes). New Page Books, 2004. 

RavenWolf, Silver, To Ride a Silver Broomstick Llewellyn, 1993 Starhawk, The Spiral Dance, HarperCollins, 1987

After thoughts on Imbolc 2022

This was the first year I did a rededication to my Craft on Imbolc. I'm so glad I did it. I think it will be a new tradition for my Imbolc rituals.

It was so strong, powerful and empowering!

A bit about the holiday

Brighidmas Feb 1st Also known as Candlemas and Imbolg/Imbolc. This day is when the God consummates his love for the Lady. A ritual for the blessing of candles, for writing poetry, or learning a new craft are all perfect here. A very good day to begin tantric practices; the sealing of a spell or ritual using sex as the power generator.

This is the cross point between Yule and the Spring Equinox. It is the Celebration of Lights. The spring lies within sight and the seed is prepared for sowing.

The name in Gaelic means, “in the belly” the first stirrings in the womb of Mother Nature. Imbolc is celebrated as the point in the year when the Goddess recovers from giving birth to the Sun. The young God grows from an infant to a child. It is a time when the growing light promises the return of springtime.

Imbolc is the time to burn the Corn Dollies that we made at Lammas for protection and good fortune through the darkness of winter. The seeds of life are starting to stir underground. We now release the energy we put into our Dollies.

Imbolc Correspondences

• Other Names: Imbolg, Oimelc, Candlemas, Feast of Brigid, Festival of Lights, Feast of Flames, Candlelaria, La Feill Bhride.

• Herbs: Acorns, Angelica, Basil, Bay leaves, Blackberry, Chamomile, Frankincense, Lavender, Rosemary,  heather, rowan, dill, myrrh, willow

• Spell work: Awakening, Blessings, Cleansing, Home Blessings, Fertility, Lighting- Candle Blessing for the year. Protection, Rededication, Truth, Wand Consecrating, Wishing

• Colors: White, Pink, Red, and Blue, Green, Yellow, Brown

• Flowers: Daffodils, Lavender, Chamomile, Carnations, Baby’s Breath

• Symbols: Candles, the Bride, Burrowing Animals, Grain Dolly, Sun Wheels

Awakenings, Brigid’s Cross, Corn Dollies, Epiphanies, Fresh Start, Hope, New Life, Out with the Old, In with the New, Rebirth, Reconnecting, Renewal, Reuniting, daffodils, lanterns, acorns, fire, Besom, sun wheels

• Ritual Meaning: Honor of the Virgin Goddess, First Signs of returning life, and the Festival of Light

• Key Action: Open and Begin, Birth

• Stones: Amethyst, Bloodstone, Garnet, Ruby, Onyx, and Turquoise.

• Plants: Angelica, Basil, Bay Laurel, Blackberry, Celandine, Coltsfoot, Heather, Iris, Myrrh, Tansy, Violets, and all white or yellow flowers

• Activities: Candle lighting, Searching for Signs of Spring, Gathering Stones

• Taboos: Cutting or Picking Plants

• Crystal: Amethyst, Garnet, Onyx, Ruby, Turquoise

• Animals: Wolf, Snake, Swan, Vulture, Robin, Groundhogs, and other Burrowing Animals, Bears, Sheep, Lamb, and Deer

• Mythical Creatures: Firebird, Dragon, Berometz, Phoenix

• Deities: Aradia, Arachne, Arianrhod, Athena, Brighid, Blaize, Branwen, Februa, Gaea, Inanna, Lucina, Vesta, Cupid/Eros, Diancecht, Dumuzi, and Februus

• Foods: Pumpkin seeds, Sunflower seeds, Poppyseed Cakes, muffins, scones, and breads, All dairy products, Peppers, Onions, Garlic, and Raisins,  Cheese, Honey Cakes, Lavender Cookies, White Meats, Yogurt, Fish

• Drinks: Milk, Spiced Wines, and Chamomile + other Herbal Teas.

Deities of Imbolc:
Goddess: Brighid/Bridget/Brigit,
Anu, Arianrhod, Aphrodite, Artemis, Aradia, Bast, Cerridwen, Ceres, Dana, Danu, Demeter, Epona, Gaia, Hestia, Hera, Modron,   Persephone,   Persephone, Proserpina, Venus, Vesta
to focus their rituals on the Maiden aspect of the goddess

Gods: Cernunnos, Cupid, Eros, Herne, Osiris, Pan

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