The card of the day is the Sage from the Psy cards oracle.  The keywords associated with this card are detachment, prudence and knowledge.

People. situations, events and concerns can keep your mind busy 24/7, and you can think about them too much.  So much so that you can never resolve the things that are bothering you because you don’t have a gap in your busy-mind to let solutions flow to you.  There comes a time when you have to admit that things are driving you insane and you take your problems to someone else.

If you’ve been plagued by a hectic mind lately, find someone who will listen to your concerns.  You might want to confide in a friend or relative, a spiritual advisor, a spiritual being or even just write it all down on a piece of paper.  The act of sharing will bring you a sense of peace and of perspective.  Today, it’s good to share.

This post was originally published at Witch’s Forecast – 5th February 2012 on Witch Blog.

The background….

Two agents have been randomly chosen from the secret association MIFFED, Modern International Federation of (almost) Forgotten and Extinct Deities, to save the world from the 2012 end of the world.  Can Cinxia, a once worshipped Roman goddess with an obsession of dressing brides, and Topia, a Finnish forest god now relocated to Michigan, USA, save the day?

The Adventures so far….

Austria – Week 1 | Spain – Week 2 | Brazil – Week 3 | China – Week 4 |

Postcard from France

* Dames Blanches are ‘white women’ who guard passageways, usually a bridge or ravine, in France.  They require payment to pass, often in the form of a dance by the traveller, and then they’ll let you go onward with your travel if you perform well enough.  If you refuse their request or you don’t meet their standards then you could find yourself pushed in the brambles and tormented by her animal and spirit helpers.  The Dames Blanches have been associated in folklore with lutins, which are hobgoblin-like spirit creatures.

This post was originally published at Postcard from France on Witch Blog.

The card of the day is the Devil from the Housewives tarot deck.  My keywords for this card are constraint, bondage and power.

The Devil is one of the cards that can leave us feeling quite helpless.  We’re slaves to our whims, desires and vices, and we let them control us.  We can’t possibly say no to that lovely piece of chocolate fudge cake, one drink or several never really hurt anybody, and one more cigarette won’t kill us, right?

The best thing about this card is realizing that it’s just an illusion and a power-struggle that you can win. You do have control over the things that tempt you and you can say no.  A little of what you fancy does you good, but do ask yourself, with hand on heart, whether you really do fancy it or it’s become a habit.  Be strong today because temptation might be  put in your path but remember you have a choice whether you control it or it controls you.

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Moon:

Waning

Planet:

Saturn

Good day for:

Banishing, binding, hexing, defence, endings, obstacles, spirit communication.

This post was originally published at Witch’s Forecast – 4th February 2012 on Witch Blog.

The card of the day is Elemental of Wands from the Pagan Tarot. My keywords for this card are creative, confident and inspiring.

The witch’s forecast for today is to be bolder than you’d normally act and even, if you like, swagger a little (but not too much).  Whatever you do today and wherever you go, remember that you’re an amazing person and you are an inspiration to someone.  You might not know who you inspire but I guarantee there’s someone who looks up to you and would like to emulate you in some way.  So own it.

Even if you feel like you have zero confidence, fake it. Soon it will feel like second nature and you can really let your wonderful, sparkly self shine in all its glory!

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Moon:

Waxing

Planet

Venus

Good day for:

Love, romance, beauty, friendship, arts and crafts, reconciliation.

This post was originally published at Witch’s Forecast – 3rd February 2012 on Witch Blog.

The card of the day is Tara  from the Goddess Oracle.  The keyword is centering.

Centering sounds like the easiest thing to do.  You just take a deep breath, close your eyes, relax then all of a sudden you’re in an emotionally balanced place.  Well, we all know that unless you’re a meditation pro or just a little bit superhuman it’s not quite that easy.  It takes time, practice and focus to be truly centred – and most of us just don’t have the time or lifestyle to dedicate to that.

The witch’s forecast today is a reminder that we do have to try to reach a point of centre, and usually we need to find this balance because things are upsetting or annoying us.  So as you go about your daily life remember to breath deeply, close your eyes if you need to (obviously not when you’re driving) and count to ten.  Don’t forget, if you make it through the day without your emotions going from one extreme to another to light a candle to Tara as thanks for helping you stay in your centre.

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Moon:

Waxing

Planet:

Jupiter

Good day for:

Prosperity, luck, business, expansion, generosity.

This post was originally published at Witch’s Forecast – 2nd February 2012 on Witch Blog.

I have a brand new, still sealed Love Spells deck that includes 36 spells for love and romance.

And, a hand-crafted, one of a kind spirit doll.  I made the doll with love in mind, and she has dried rose petals hidden between the layers of material.

If you’d like to win the love spells and spirit doll all you have to do is leave a comment (make sure you leave me a way to contact you) and tell me:

If you could cast a love spell to spend a single night with anyone, and you were guaranteed secrecy, who would you choose?

It’s just for fun so let your imagination go wild, we’re all friends here… unless you pick Johnny Depp, in which case we might have problems

The competition is open until midnight, UK time, on Sunday 5th February.

This post was originally published at Love Spells and Spirit Doll Giveaway on Witch Blog.

The card of the day is Page of Cups from the Housewives tarot.  My keywords for this card are emotional, intuitive and considerate.

The witch’s forecast for today is all about emotions and tending to those relationships that make us happy.  It can be all too easy to forgot that relationships, especially long established ones, still need to have attention lavished on them to make them grow.  If you don’t focus on a relationship then it’s liable to stagnate and then die.

So what’s a witch to do? Of course, spending time with loved ones is the simplest way of strengthening a relationship but don’t forget to dip into your magick arsenal. Throw some basil into your cooking, add cinnamon to your partner’s coffee or sprinkle the bed sheets with rose petals to help keep your relationship loved-up!

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Moon:

Waxing

Planet:

Mercury

Good day for:

Communication, business, jobs, travelling, journeys.

This post was originally published at Witch’s Forecast – 1st February 2012 on Witch Blog.

At the beginning of the month, I had so much vigour and energy towards, well, life.  Or, more specifically, changing my life.  My intuition and inspiration were firing on all cylinders with my ‘I Can Change ONE Thing’ challenge and I was ticking off my goals in rapid-fire succession.  I even made some extra goals and ticked them off too.

The one thing I didn’t factor during January was ill health.  First, I caught a cough and cold, with the cough still lingering today, and then it was food poisoning with the return of the cold. To say that I fell down on my goals is pretty accurate, and most of the time I literally wanted to fall down.  The cold returning is zapping the energy that was only just beginning to return after being sick. It hasn’t been an easy month.

One of the goals in my journal that I didn’t fill in was about patience. I thought I could probably use a little more when my husband wants to talk at the same time I’m in the middle of something important to me or when dealing with the kids, but I think it was blank because I needed to be more patient with myself.  This healing process is requiring a lot of patience, particularly as I’m fed up with it.  I want to be doing things, not running for tissues every two minutes or sounding like I’m going to expunge my lungs.  Oh my gods, it’s not pretty.

While I’ve been attempting to be patient, I’ve had time to think.  I’ve been thinking about what I want, and have come to the realisation that most of the time I don’t really know what I want.  I’ve spent a life time focusing on what other people want me to do.  Well, I’m getting too old for that (I should have been too old for that a very, very long time ago).

One thing I wanted to do, still want to do, is to go back to Stonehenge.  I was reading Deb’s blog, Charmed I’m Sure, where she mentioned going to a sacred place and I immediately thought of Stonehenge.  It’s such an amazing part of history that it’s hard not to feel the sacredness.  But, in my pondering, I’ve realised that I don’t have one particular sacred place.  I’ve always loved Cleopatra’s Needle in London, I love the energy of ruins and I enjoy the stillness of churches (although I’m not sure sacredness should be so still).

I’ve looked up to the sky to find my sacredness over the past few months.  Each morning about 7.30 and then at 4.30 in the afternoon, hundreds of ravens fly over my home.  I’ve begun to think of them as ‘my’ ravens – I watch them fly and listen to them squawk.  I’ve never really been very fond of birds before but these ravens amaze me.

And, when I’m not watch the ravens, I’m looking at the clouds and the sunsets.  When the sun has finally set, I walk outside and look to the stars and the moon.  Sky-watching has become a daily ritual for me and the heavens my sacred place.

Where is your sacred place?  Do you have a fixed location? Does it change from time to time?

This post was originally published at Falling Down and Looking Up on Witch Blog.

The card of the day is Judgement from the Tarot of the Dead. My keywords for this card are rebirth, responsibility and reawakening.

When judgement comes up, it can signal a time to make right with the past.  Soul searching and reflection might be the order of the day but it shouldn’t be done so you can feel bad about choices or actions in the past.  It’s about accepting that the decisions you’ve made have brought you to this point in your life.  It’s happened, it’s over, there’s a lesson to be learnt, and now you should move on.

See today as an opportunity to begin again. The energy is rebirth and reawakening, so flow with it and say goodbye to the past that is holding you back from an amazing new life.

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Moon:

Waxing

Planet:

Mars

Good day for:

Power, courage, conflict, enemies,  protection.

This post was originally published at Witch’s Forecast – 31st January 2011 on Witch Blog.

The card of the day is 9 of Chivs (Knives) from the Buckland Romani tarot. My keywords for this card are worry, nightmare and anguish.

Oh dear! This isn’t the brightest card to start the week for our witch’s forecast.  If you’re familiar with tarot then you’ll know this is the ‘nightmare’ card – too much worry and fretting going on!

So tell me, what is keeping you awake at night? What worries creep into your mind, at any time, and cause you anguish?  Are they real fears or are they being blown way out of proportion? What one step you can take to ease your mind?

Of course, this card can also indicate bad sleeping patterns and nightmares. Put a few drops of lavender oil on your pillow before you sleep tonight and keep a glass of salt water by your bed to keep the nightmares at bay (I’ve tried it and it works!).

P.S. Don’t forget to download February’s ‘I Can Change ONE Thing’ journal.

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Moon:

Waxing

Planet:

Moon

Good day for:

Psychic work, healing, Goddess rituals, home & hearth, sleep, dreams, friends, fertility and compassion.

This post was originally published at Witch’s Forecast – 30th January 2012 on Witch Blog.