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Herb's Properties

Basil:  money, luck, prosperity, happiness

Bay Leaf: energy, cleansing, can be charged with almost any intention

Camomile: Caring, kindness, luck, growth, self-love growth, confidence, avoiding negativity, happiness

Cinnamon: passion, quick success, fire magick

Chia seeds: Growth, health, kindness, Property

Chilli flakes:  Pride, confidence, power, strength, Passion

Cumin: Courage, bravery, protection, loyalty

Dandelion: wishes, charisma, success, good luck

Dill: sexual love, luck, protection

Eucalyptus: cleansing, healing, purifying, relaxing, comfort

Fennel:  hate, anger

Flax seeds: Prosperity, growth, new beginnings

Ginger: fiery passion, success, and personal power

Jasmine: love, dreams, sensuality, luxury and kindness

Lavender: love and attraction, purification, relaxation, restful sleep

Nutmeg: luck, Health, Fidelity, Love, Prosperity, comfort, loyalty

Oregano:  comfort, love, warmth

Paprika:  Pride, confidence, power, strength

Parsley: Cleansing. purification

Peppermint: healing, purification, love and energy, cleansing, prosperity

Poppy seeds: protection, intuition, self-assurance, hexing and cursing

Rose: love, beauty, harmony, romance, attraction

Rosemary: cleansing, purification, wisdom, protection

Sesame seeds: Prosperity, growth, health, nurturing

Spearmint: love, cleansing, renewal, blessing

Sunflower seeds: happiness, growth, joy

Thyme: beauty, strength, courage

Turmeric: confidence, creativity, energy

Vanilla: love and sexuality

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Welcome to the secret garden 🌲

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Moons, Holidays, and Retrogrades 2022

Figured I'd get a head start on this since I'm taking tonight's full moon as an opportunity to clean/cleanse my apartment, have a little wine, and update my calendar with witchy events through the end of next year. :>

As always when I make these kinds of posts, if the peak of the full or new moon is in the wee hours of the morning on one day, I enter it into my calendar as the day before, since that is the night I will be celebrating even though it technically falls on the next day.

Sources this year are my trusty Simple Moon Phase Calendar app for Android, www.pagangrimoire.com, and horoscopes.astro-seek.com

~January~ 2nd - 🌑 New Moon in Capricorn 14th - Mercury retrograde begins 17th - 🌕 Full Moon in Cancer->Leo 18th - Uranus retrograde ends 29th - Venus retrograde ends 31st - 🌑 New Moon in Capricorn->Aquarius

~February~ 1st - 🕯Imbolc🕯 4th - Mercury retrograde ends 15th - 🌕 Full Moon in Leo->Virgo

~March~ 1st - 🌑 New Moon in Pisces 17th - 🌕 Full Moon in Virgo->Libra 20th - 🌸Ostara🌸 31st - 🌑 New Moon in Pisces->Aries

~April~ 16th - 🌕 Full Moon in Libra->Scorpio 29th - Pluto retrograde begins 30th - 🌑 New Moon in Taurus

~May~ 1st - 🔥Beltane🔥 10th - Mercury retrograde begins 15th - 🌕 Full Moon in Scorpio 29th - 🌑 New Moon in Gemini

~June~ 3rd - Mercury retrograde ends 4th - Saturn retrograde begins 13th - 🌕 Full Moon in Sagittarius->Capricorn 21st - ☀️Litha☀️ 28th - 🌑 New Moon in Gemini->Cancer, Neptune retrograde begins

~July~ 13th - 🌕 Full Moon in Capricorn 27th - 🌑 New Moon in Leo 28th - Jupiter retrograde begins

~August~ 1st - 🌾Lughnasadh🌾 11th - 🌕 Full Moon in Aquarius 24th - Uranus retrograde begins 26th - 🌑 New Moon in Virgo

~September~ 9th - 🌕 Full Moon in Pisces->Aries 10th - Mercury retrograde begins 22nd - 🍂Mabon🍂 25th - 🌑 New Moon in Virgo->Libra

~October~ 2nd - Mercury retrograde ends 8th - Pluto retrograde ends 9th - 🌕 Full Moon in Aries 23rd - Saturn retrograde ends 24th - 🌑 New Moon in Libra->Scorpio 30th - Mars retrograde begins 31st - 🖤Samhain🖤 (Witch's New Year)

~November~ 7th - 🌕 Full Moon in Taurus 23rd - 🌑 New Moon in Scorpio->Sagittarius, Jupiter retrograde ends

~December~ 4th - Neptune retrograde ends 7th - 🌕 Full Moon in Gemini 21st - ❄Yule❄ 22nd - 🌑 New Moon in Capricorn 29th - Mercury retrograde begins

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Yule 🎄

Credit: @paperwitchco

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🎄Yule ❄️

The winter solstice is nearly here! Here are some ways to celebrate the longest night of the year ⭐️ ☀️

Food

Oranges 🍊 lemons 🍋 meat 🥩 cranberries ❣️ potatoes 🥔 nuts 🌰 chocolates 🍫 mushroom 🍄 bread 🍞 stews and soups 🥘 hot chocolate ☕️ Yule log cake 🎂 cinnamon 🪵 rosemary 🍃

Colors

Red ❤️ green 🎄 gold ⚜️ silver 🪙white ☁️ blue 💎

Altar Decorations

Mini Yule tree 🌲 mini Yule log 🪵 solar representations ☀️ dried orange slices 🍊 whole star anise ⭐️ candles 🕯snow globes ❄️ greenery from nature 🍃 cinnamon sticks

Crystals

Ametrine🔮 citrine 💛 amber 🧡carnelian ❤️ snowflake obsidian 🖤amethyst💜 diamond 💎 emerald 💚sapphire 💙

Activities

Bake a Yule log cake 🎂

Make dried orange and cinnamon garlands 🍊

Make paper snowflakes ❄️

Decorate a Yule tree 🌲

Have a bonfire and roast hotdogs and marshmallows 🔥

Write wishes on bay leafs and burn them 🍃

Do a house cleansing 🏡

Take a Yule bath 🛀

Do sabbat divination 🔮

Bury the corn husk dolls you made at lughnasad, mabon, or/and Samhain if you made them 🌽

Decorate your house with greenery and holly 🌲

Have a season feast with friends and family 🍲

Drink hot chocolate with spices that correspond with your intention stirred in ☕️

Let me know if you plan on trying any of these ideas and have an amazing Yule! 🌲 ⛄️

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The Eight Sabbats and The Wheel of the Year: My Digital Grimoire Series

*these are my notes, please do not repost as your own!*

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More Yule stuff ❄️

Credit: @zennedout

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Update (10/10/2021)

Planners/Calendars

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook 2021

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar 2021

Books on Sabbats

Llewellyn’s Sabbat Essentials

Imbolc

Ostara

Beltane

Midsummer

Lughnasadh

Mabon

Samhain

Yule

Tarot Decks

The Original Tarot (Siren Imports) (no packaging, no booklet)

Oracle/Non-Tarot Decks

The Spells Deck, Cat Cabral, illustrations by Kim Knoll (Chronicle Books, 2019, second printing)

Zines

Fiddler’s Green: Peculiar Parish Magazine (Clint Marsh, editor/publisher)

Volume 2 - Number 3 (February 2020)

Tales From Fiddler’s Green (Susan Remington Bobby, editor; Clint Marsh, publisher)

Premiere Issue (March 2021)

Cunning Folk Magazine

The Re-Enchantment Issue (Third Printing February 2021)

The Water Issue (First Printing April 2021)

The Fire Issue (First Printing September 2021)

A Purple Thread: The Supernatural Doom of Oscar Wilde; Nina Antonia (Peculiar Parish)

Flitting; Nina Antonia (Peculiar Parish Christmas Number)

The Weeping Cufflinks, or, A cautionary tale of otherfolk haunting your desires and including many instructive and useful notes on City Lore; Tom Sharp (Faery Fellers, March 2020)

Non-occult Zines

The Lark Ascending; George Meredith with illustrations by J.G. Folivéli (Peculiar Parish, December 2020)

My Witch Library (Oct 2019)

Planners/Calendars

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Date Book 2019

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar 2019

Introductory Books (General Witchcraft):

Enchantments: A Modern Witch’s Guide to Self-Possession; Mya Spalter (First Edition, First Printing)

Introductory/Reference Books (Wicca, Scott Cunningham)

Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practicioner (First Edition, 12th Printing)

Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practicioner (First Edition, Second Printing)

The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews (First Edition, 38th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic (Second Edition, 17th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Expanded & Revised Edition; Second Edition, 29th Printing)

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen (Third Edition, 12th Printing)

The Magical Household: Spells & Rituals for the Home; Cunningham & David Harrington (First Edition, 24th Printing)

Introductory Books (Wicca, other authors)

Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy & Practice; Thea Sabin (First Edition, 14th Printing)

Exploring Wicca: The Beliefs, Rites, and Rituals of the Wiccan Religion; Lady Sabrina

Moon Magic

Moon Magick: Myths & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals & Spells; D.J. Conway (First Edition, 15th Printing)

Tarot Decks

The One World Tarot; Crystal Love & Michael Hobbs (Second Printing)

Books on Tarot

Guide to the Pythagorean Tarot: An Interpretation based on Pythagorean and Alchemical Principles; John Opsopaus, illustrations by RHO (First Edition, First Printing)

Fairy/Faerie Magic

The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends; Katharine Briggs, illustrations by Mary I. French (First American Edition)

Folk Stories/Fairy Tales

Irish Folk & Fairy Tales: Omnibus Edition; Michael Scott (First Edition, First Printing)

Zines

Fiddler’s Green: Peculiar Parish Magazine (Clint Marsh, editor/publisher)

Volume 1 - Number 4

Volume 2 - Number 1 (May 2018)

Volume 2 - Number 2 (February 2019)

Fiddler’s Green Leaflets (Clint Marsh, author)

Nine Defenses Against The Basilisk: Black & White Magic for Surviving Anxiety; illustrations by Alexis Berger (FG1102)

The Place of the Song-Dream: The Animal Spirituality of Kenneth Grahame; illustrations by Timothy Renner (FG1103)

Armchair Demonology: The Magical Benefits of Cultivating Bad Habits; illustrations by Gerhard (FG1104)

Exploding the Tangerine: A Shy Person’s Guide to Battle Magic; illustrations by Oliver Bly (FG1201)

Enchantment Dismantled: Superstition and the Thinking Irrationalist; illustrations by Kelly Patton (FG1202)

Our Bogeys, Our Shelves: The Magician’s Library as Mentor, Companion & Oracle; illustrations by Jeff Hoke (FG1301)

The Riddle of the Sphinx: The Artist’s Path and the Secrets of Immortality; illustrations by Adrienne Rozzi (FG1302)

Non-occult Zines

Herbal First Aid: Assembling a Natural First Aid Kit; Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm Publishing)

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Spell jars 🏺

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New Moon 🌑 in Virgo

The New Moon in Virgo is associated with Common sense; it governs how you practically deal with everyday affairs. If your life is not in order, sit down and put it in order. But, if your life is running smoothly, a mundane task like pouring coffee will seem even sweeter.

💬You are chatty, and communicating feelings come a little easier. Your emotions are rationalized. This is an ideal time to start journaling.

🥗The body should be your focus right now. Anxieties and disturbances are amplified and expressed through the body. Exercise and pay close attention to what you are eating. This is the time to get your eating in order.

☾ △ ⛢ • ☉△ ⛢ The Moon and Sun trine Uranus.

🙅‍♀️You have the feeling to rebel and release yourself from parental programming. Issues surrounding your parents from childhood may arise. Analyze your emotions and release the past with the New Moon energy.

✨This is not the time to worry about the past. You have prospects coming your way.

🛸 You are seeking independence and may need some space. You desire to be free and your own person. Who are you without your parents’ and society’s influence? You want to be recognized for your individuality. You have a desire to be unique.

🥱Just like the Moon, your moods are changing, but with Uranus’s help, your feelings may be somewhat erratic and change more abruptly. Boredom can easily creep up on us during this time, and inconsistency can occur.

🧘Your desire for change is strong. This is the time to release unwanted energy and focus on the new possibilities ahead—Aquarius, which Uranus rules, governs hopes and wishes. The Moon and Sun trine Uranus make this an adequate time to manifest your long-term goals and release any negative patterns that may be withholding you.

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Plant Divination - My Digital Grimoire Series

*these are my pages, please do not repost as your own!*

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Lammas or Lughnasadh 2021 is almost here. Sunday, August 1st is the start of the harvest festivals. We celebrate the grain harvest! In Hawaii we don’t have harvests like the continent so I’ll be celebrating the the fire festivals. I don’t have any way of making bread in my house so a candle will be lit in my home this year. Maybe next year I can get my friends and family to join in a festival of sorts with picnic, bbqing, and games. They won’t have to know it’s because I’m doing it to fulfill my witchy needs.

Bonfires are a symbolic part of the harvest season, but be safe out there, it’s been a weird summer. We don’t want to burn our homes and communities down.

Bake cakes and breads, decorate your altars, have a bonfire, and gather safely this harvest season. Mabon is right around the corner!

Here are some rituals you can do for Lammas:

- Finish a project you’ve been putting off

- Bake bread with seasonal herbs

- Hold a potluck dinner

- Decorate your home with things you’ve made

- Harvest from your garden

- Focus on protection magick

- Take a walk through nature

- Make a list of things you’re grateful for

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A guide to Lughnasadh/Lammas

1st of August/Fire Festival or the First Harvest

Colors: red, orange, golden yellow, green, light brown, gold, bronze, gray

Crystals: aventurine, citrine, peridot, sardonyx, yellow diamonds, citrine

Gods and goddesses:  The Mother, Demeter, Dionysus, Ceres, Corn Mother, Isis, Hermes, Luna, Lugh, basically any agriculture deity. 

Energy: prosperity, reverence, purification, transformation, change, abundance. 

Incense: wood aloes, rose, rose hips, rosemary, chamomile, eucalyptus, safflower, corn, passionflower, frankincense, sandalwood

Herbs & plants: grain, acacia, heather, ginseng, sloe, cornstalks, cyclamen, fenugreek, aloes, frankincense, sunflower, hollyhock, oak leaf, wheat, myrtle

Animals: Griffins, Basilisks, Roosters, Calves, Centaurs, Phoenix

Food: loaves of homemade wheat, oat, & corn bread, barley cakes, corn, potatoes, summer squash, nuts, acorns, wild berries (any type), apples, rice, pears, berry pies, elderberry wine, crab apples, mead, crab, blackberries, meadowsweet tea, grapes, cider, beer

Spell work: astrology, prosperity, generosity, continued success, good fortune, abundance.

Symbols: corn, cornucopias, yellow flowers,  corn dollies, baskets of bread, spear, cauldron, sickle, scythe, threshing tools.

Things to do

x by @witchy-kitchen-craft 

x by @firewithinthewitch 

x by @theforestmoon​

resources:

https://paganpages.org/emagazine/2009/07/01/lughnasadh-correspondences/

https://enchantedcircleofwitches.org/2016/07/28/lughnasadh-correspondences/

https://www.thepeculiarbrunette.com/how-to-celebrate-lammas-or-lughnasadh/

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And the wheel keeps turning.

Happy Lammas everyone, and no matter how you choose to celebrate (or not), enjoy your weekend.

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Summer Crossquarter {Lughnasadh} Fantasy Feast

I have come out of hiding to post this on time!! Have been on the ride of my life outside of tumblr, but still dedicated to fulfilling my self imposed duty this year to upgrade all of my 2016 fantasy feasts. It brings me joy each year seeing people reblog my old feasts especially as those posts did help me to visualize and manifest incredible magical celebrations with friends. However as time goes on my standards unfortunately get higher and my tastes more elaborate so I felt it was time to redo my Summer Crossquarter vision. I hope this post with included recipes below help you get grounded in the summer harvest mood!

Here are the previous feasts this year: Winter Crossquarter, Spring Equinox, Spring Crossquarter, Summer Solstice (And here was Lughnasadh 2016)

In the read more there are the recipe links and additional explanations on personal symbolism and of course the image credits! I also always plan my feasts to be vegan inclusive for those with dietary restrictions but also aim for all the food to be somewhat local which matters in these seasonal feasts since it’s celebrating local nature. Anyway there is something for everyone here.

Keep reading

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Have A Magical Weekend … Happy Lammas.