~Witchy Mama~ Pagan Parenting

A Witch Without a Cat

2009-11-08T17:34:00.003-05:00

My beloved kitty, Joshua, passed away early this morning.

Details of his passing can be found here: Our Kitty Passed Away

CJ and I were talking about how it feels like 2009 has really sucked! Yet so many wonderful things happened in 2009 it's such a Yin/Yang - amazing.

The Good:

We are all alive!
The lesion on my mother in law's breast shrunk!
We had a good Disney vacation in May
We became Disney Vacation Club members
I got a promotion with SEOWhat.com
I got a position as a freelance writer for Demand Studios
CJ got a promotion with T-Mobile
CJ got his 2006 Legend Lime Mustang
We remodeled our basement
We booked TWO trips to Disney for 2010

The Bad:

Sickness - CJ had kidney stones, then a complex cyst was found on his kidney, then docs are concerned about bladder cancer (WHAT?!)
More sickness - the Witchlets and I got the flu (supposedly H1N1) and this was after we all had bronchitis, strep throat and sinus infections the month before.
Did I mention sickness? - my grandmother got pneumonia. She has congestive heart failure so this was NOT good. It was very concerning there for a while.
Angus had some sort of problem with his foot/leg and that still hasn't gotten any better.
My grammy (dad's mom) was in and out of the hospital.
Olivia had an accident and injured her neck.
I missed open circles for Mabon and Samhain due to sickness!
Samhain was miserable because everyone was sick!
My kitty passed away.

All of this is just off the top of my head. *sigh*

Astrological Correspondences

2009-11-03T20:01:00.004-05:00

Here is a brief summary of astrological correspondences, I find this really handy to have:

Days of The Week

Monday - ruled by the Moon
Tuesday - ruled by Mars
Wednesday - ruled by Mercury
Thursday - ruled by Jupiter
Friday - ruled by Venus
Saturday - ruled by Saturn
Sunday - ruled by the Sun

Planetary Symbols & Influences

Sun - Friendship, new enterprises, success
Moon - Visions, dreams, magic, divination, love
Jupiter - Strength, Will, Inspiration
Mars - Conflicts, power, courage, victory
Mercury - Intellect, communication, arts and science, business
Venus - Friendship, love, marriage
Saturn - Death, restriction, inhibitions

Lunar Influences

New Moon - This phase marks the beginning or ritual works which are positive in nature. This also marks the beginning of growth.
Full Moon - This phase marks the peak of power. All things are focused and concentrated.
Waning Moon - This phase marks negative and destructive energies
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius - The moon in these signs accents rituals of love or friendship.
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn - The moon in these signs accents rituals of astral dealing and spirit workings.
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces - The moon in these signs accents rituals which involve subconscious workings and psychic attack.

Incense

Sun - cinnamon, laurel, olibanum, heliotrope
Moon - Lotus, sandalwood, jasmine, almond, camphor
Mars - dragons blood, aloes, tobacco
Mercury - cinquefoil, fennel, anise
Venus - rose, honeysuckle, ambergris, myrtle
Jupiter - pine, nutmeg, juniper
Saturn - frankincense & myrrh
Pluto - unknown as of yet.

Source: Pagan-magic.co.uk

Trick or Treat

2009-11-02T19:10:00.002-05:00

Dante was fever free all day on Samhain and Olivia was fine so CJ took them out for a quick trick or treat run. I am so glad they got to go out. Wyatt still had a low grade fever so he stayed home with me.

November Full Moon - Mourning Moon

2009-11-02T18:58:00.006-05:00

November's Full Moon is known as the Mourning Moon and sometimes as the Fog Moon or the Snow Moon.

The Celtic people view Samhain as the New Year and so the Full Moon for November is looked upon as a new beginning.

Correspondences:

Colors: Gray, blues
Gemstones: Lapis lazuli, turquoise, topaz
Trees: Cypress, alder, hazel
Gods: Bastet, Isis, Kali, Hecate, Astarte
Herbs: Thistle, betony, verbena, fennel
Element: Water

Use this time to get rid of the bad habits and toxins keeping you down. Let them go and start anew.

Blessed Samhain

2009-10-31T16:35:00.003-04:00

Have a blessed and safe Samhain. Here are my Witchlets - even thought they feel under the weather, they still have spirit!

I Must Be Cursed

2009-10-30T18:42:00.003-04:00

No Samhain for us. Seriously, I must be cursed! We missed Mabon because we were all sick and well, guess what? Yup, sick again.

It started on Monday, Olivia - headache, chills, fever, etc. Pediatrician said bronchitis and gave her antibiotics. Tuesday night Jeff (the ex) said he had the chills and a fever of 102. Olivia was with Jeff over the weekend.

By Wednesday morning I had it and I went to the doctor. Fever of 102.5, aches, chills, dry cough, runny nose, headache and I was sooo tired. Diagnosed me with the flu - no test, just based on symptoms. Gave me a script for Tamaflu and azithromycin, in case I get a secondary infection, like bronchitis. He wrote CJ a script too, just in case.

Olivia was better by Thursday and so she returned to school. I started feeling better by Thursday evening. About 4 this morning Dante woke up and complained of a headache. I got him settled and went back to sleep. By 6 am he was up again complaining and then vomited. Took his temp it was 102.7! Gave him Motrin, took Wyatt's temp, 101. UGH

The boys have had a fever all day. Wyatt had some cereal and a lollipop (hey, at least he ate!) Dante puked about 3 times. He ate a piece of toast, then vomited but almost 2 hours later. He said his headache made him throw up. The pediatrician prescribed Zofan for he nausea and Tamaflu. He said if he continues to vomit I need to get him to the ER. Since taking the Zofan, at about 5pm or so, he hasn't vomited but he hasn't eaten either. He's been drinking Ginge Ale.

Needless to say, there is o way the boys are going trick or treating :[ I may take Olivia out tomorrow night though. My poor litle Witchlets.

Samhain

2009-10-25T21:00:00.004-04:00

Samhain is coming and for us, we celebrate all week long. You might consider it procrastinating but I look at it as a really long celebration!

This week we will carve pumpkins. We will roast pumpkin seeds. We will make crafts related to Samhain. Dante has a party at school on Tuesday and he is dressing up so we'll be there to celebrate. I will set my altar up for the Sabbat. We'll have a dumb supper. We'll all go trick or treating. I will have my own little ritual.

There is so much about this time of year that I love. Samhain is hands down my favorite Sabbat because it is such a wonderful time for reflection. I always look forward to this time of year.

Healing Energy and Thoughts Please

2009-10-16T11:10:00.003-04:00

CJ has had lower back pain for about 2 weeks but he thought he just tweaked it and was hoping it'd heal on it's own. He came home from work last night with severe lower abdominal pain. It began as a pain in his lower left side and over the course of about 3-4 hours got worse and worse to the point where he couldn't stand. It went to his abdomen and down to his groin area.

I took him to the ER where he had a CAT scan and docs didn't see any kidney stones or any sign that he had one that passed. They did find a cyst, which he knew he had since 1997 but apparently now it's a 'nice size'.

He was given pain meds and advised to follow up with his family doctor for a CAT scan with contrast or MRI and he was sent home.

He slept okay - with the help of Tylenol PM. I guess well see how he is today, he has an appointment with the family doctor at 3:45 pm. Of course, he went to work today, UGH!

I never saw that man in so much pain. Scary when you don't know what it is - I was hoping for kidney stones but now I guess we're back to square one :[

Light a green candle or send some healing energy his way please.

)O(
Blessed Be

The Boys Singing a Goddess Song

2009-10-07T13:08:00.003-04:00

The Witchlets LOVE singing 'Goddess Songs' and 'We All Come From the Goddess' s a favorite.

Here are the boys singing this song - well, part of it anyway. They didn't know I was recording them, heheee

October Full Moon - Blood Moon

2009-10-03T15:20:00.003-04:00

October's Full Moon is known as the Blood Moon. Autumn has arrived and it's making itself known. Already here in Pennsylvania, the leaves are turning colors and falling to the ground. Olivia says "Faeries painted the leaves" - I haven't the heart to explain that during winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis, but I digress. Interestingly enough, some Native Americans call the October Full Moon the Falling Leaf Moon.

Everything about this month and this Full Moon is all about darkness. Dark colors; black, deep purples, and dark blue. Even the gemstones follow this theme; obsidian and amethyst are strongly connected to the Blood Moon.
Correspondences:

Colors: Dark blue, black, purples
Gemstones: Obsidian, amethyst, tourmaline
Trees: Apples and yew
Gods: Herne, Apollo, Cernunnos, Mercury
Herbs: Apple blossom, pennyroyal, mint family, catnip, Sweet Annie
Element: Air

This is the month to really connect with your inner self and your spirituality. With Samhain being this month, it's also a good time to connect with those who have passed on.

When Will Mercury Spin Right Round

2009-09-27T21:11:00.005-04:00

Ohhh this Mercury retrograde has just been brutal this time around!

Breathe a sigh of relief because on September 29 at 9:13 a.m. Eastern, Mercury stations and prepares for direct movement. Mercury has been retrograde since September 7.

The complete retrograde cycle, including the shadow period, is August 17 to October 14. Mercury will have retraced his steps beginning from 6 degrees and 13 minutes of Libra all the way back to 21 degrees and 38 minutes of Virgo. Expect to revisit unresolved issues or major events between now and back to August 17, especially with four other planets currently in retrograde.

As Mercury moves forward through the degrees he's previously visited, twice before, this third pass may give resolutions, final answers/decisions, raise awareness to something/s previously missed, or perhaps a look back to reflect upon the current status of these situations.

I for one, will be VERY glad when this is over. It has been craaazzzyyyy in my life this month. How about you? How has this Mercury retrograde affected you?

Source: astrogrrl.com

Mabon Blessings!

2009-09-22T09:01:00.002-04:00

Wishing you all a beautiful Mabon.

I was certainly hoping to have a more festive celebration for Mabon this year but unfortunately everyone here is sick - really sick. I haven't even had he energy to decorate my altar.

Although I love the Autumn season, I really dislike how colds an viruses seem to emerge this time of the year.

I hope you all are well~

No Mabon Circle for Me

2009-09-19T11:44:00.003-04:00

I am so bummed - I won't be at the Mabon Circle tonight and I was really looking forward to going - so was Olivia! Actually, I really wanted to go to the Fall Frolic today with my BFF, Cherie too. All plans just went down the drain.

Olivia is sick, she has pharyngoconjunctival fever (read about that on my Just One More Makes 4 blog) - even though she seems better today, she woke up with a temperature of 99.3 so something is still going on with her and I could never take her to a public gathering knowing she has a virus. The boys are coughing now and CJ said he's not feeling the world's greatest so it seems sickness will be visiting everyone in this house sometime soon. I could go without Livi - CJ is more than capable of being home with the kids, even if they're sick but if he's not feeling well, that's just not fair to do to him. He had to go to work today so I am sure by the time he gets home at 6:30 pm he'll be feeling really worn out.

It is such a beautiful day out today - perfect weather for a Fall gathering. Oh well, maybe next year...

Mabon - the Autumn Equinox

2009-09-18T11:10:00.004-04:00

Mabon is upon us! Finally, Autumn! This is, hands down, my favorite season!
Here's a bit of info on Mabon:

The Equinox is an in-between time; the end of something, the beginning of something else, the cusp of change. The zodiac shifts from Libra, ruled by Venus, goddess of love, sex, beauty and relationships, to Scorpio, ruled by Mars and Pluto, planetary Gods that rule death, insight and transformation.
The calendar date of the equinoxes vary, usually between the 19th and 23rd of the month (tending towards later as we approach a leap year). This year Mabon falls on the 22nd.

The Autumn Equinox is the second in the trilogy of harvest festivals. Mabon marks the completion of the grain harvest begun during Lughnasadh. Celebrations revolve around the gathering of crops and thanksgiving for the abundances of the harvest, and rituals to insure the success of next year's harvest are characteristic during this harvest time. The making of corn dollies from the last sheaf of corn that is harvested is a typical custom. She is kept until the spring - keeping the spirit of the corn, when she is ploughed back into the field to breath the life of the corn back into the soil.

Mabon is referred to as the 'Witches Thanksgiving' - in my house anyway! We usually have a big feast on Mabon night! There goes my diet! Tomorrow my best friend Cherie and I will be attending an open Circle for Mabon. I am really excited! I hope to remember to take pictures!

Fairy Book - Fairyopolis

2009-09-17T16:47:00.005-04:00

My wonderful friend Diane found this beautiful book, Fairyopolis and thought enough of me and my daughter to send it to us! Olivia was tickled when she got the book, she kept calling it a 'Goddess book':

There IS More Than One Religion

2009-09-16T10:40:00.005-04:00

I will admit it, I've become jaded when it comes to other religions. I suppose that's because it seems I have had mostly bad experiences with people of different faiths.

I was raised Catholic and forced to go to church, CCD classes and I was forced into receiving all the sacraments. Interestingly enough, I don't know anyone in my family who 'practiced what they preached' so to speak. In fact, I still don't. Pretty pathetic - to me they are all followers, going along with things because that's 'just how it is'

I seem to meet many extremists too and that is a complete turn off no matter what religion. So, I've been feeling pretty 'anti' lately. Thankfully, someone very wise and dear to me made a comment regarding the latest Celebrating Earth Spirituality Event debacle. She said:

"I will never understand why some people just cannot understand that there are many, many different faiths. Each has its beauty and is right for the person that follows that path. My faith is within me and it keeps me strong just as others' faith does for them.

Whenever I see one or two of any faith trying to force their way on another, I think of my father and how his deep faith as a Christian never wavered...he came to our Circles, he celebrated with us and he never once felt threatened or felt he needed to pull me or any one in our Circle to his faith. This is a true example, to me, of a Christian...of a beautiful person. We shared together...and we loved each other!

When you close your eyes and heart to someone based on religion, color, race, etc, you will never know the possible beauty, kinship or love that you may be missing. How sad would that be! Kudos to all those who are happy in their faith and know that others of different faiths feel exactly the way they do!"

Celebrating Earth Spirituality Event - What Happened?

2009-09-13T10:24:00.004-04:00

Well, I was unable to attend but from what I have read and what I have been told (by those who were there) it went better than expected but there was at least one incident where police had to be involved.

The news article in LancasterOnline.com is titled 'Bewitched, without incident' but it seems that reporter left before the incident! The RPW were greeted by praying/protesting Christians.

"Religious freedoms and convictions became the point of contention and some shop owners decided to close their businesses Saturday. Most, however, remained open. Gift shop owner Phyllis Cook said her shop is open every day but Tuesdays and Wednesdays. When asked if she considered closing for the event, she said, "I have had great business today."

An antique shop owner in the village left a message with the Sunday News on Friday evening saying that her business, and others, would be closed in protest.

The proprietor, who did not want to be identified, said businesses and community leaders were neither notified nor consulted about the event until they read about the festival in the paper. The business owner said many churches would have people coming out to "circle the area in prayer."
Ephraim Renno and Luke Martin, of Denver, were among those who did just that.

"People will always try to fill the vacuum of life," Martin said. "Without God, they will turn to other religions." Martin and Renno were at the festival with about 10 other people from Ephrata Christian Fellowship.

They were among several others from nearby churches who came to the festival to pray and "witness to those who have questions," Martin said.

He said they were there to show God's love, not to make the practicing witches and pagans feel attacked. He believed his group was effective because he said he was able to talk with people there. "Some of them were searching for the truth," he said.

"Satan is the father of lies," Martin said. "There is none righteous, no not one," he added, quoting Romans 3:10.

Jen Anderson-Wenger, president of Reading Pagans & Witches, said several church groups "laid hands on us and prayed." She said she was pleased at the turnout, and said her group was received "very peacefully."

Anderson-Wenger said having the church groups come, and pray over them, was an "amazing spiritual experience."

ARTICLE

Apparently these groups did corner several children and ask what religion they were. According to one of the members of RPW:

"There were protesters preaching, at first just to adults, some blocked commerce and were asked to move to an unused canopy, which everyone was fine with. The trouble really started when some of our teens were approached. Within an hour of the start, I had a young woman come to me for help, after being preached too, she was shaking with upset... another young lady was surrounded by 5 men preaching, she was frightened and told them to leave her alone and her mom saw her, called her over and they didn't persist, thankfully. Every one of our 4 kids present were approached, the final one being Cat's son who did JUST as he was told... say no thanks, walk away and if pursued, get security - only when he walked away the guy followed and then he got scared, started to run, tripped, scraped his ankle and the protester ran off the premises... police were called in by the Village's official and they took a report.

The police then suggested to the remaining protesters (who were horrified this happened and didn't want to take responsibility for the man's actions, though he was passing out pamphlets from their own church) that they leave and they did so... the rest of the day was a mix of Pagans, non-Pagans, atheists and all sorts... the air lightened and the day was quite enjoyable.
Sadly, some of our young people in our youth group ARE Christian and saw the dark side of it yesterday and were VERY upset by folks identifying as Christian, acting 'un-Christ-like'... we were VERY glad we had our two 6 yos stay with my mom, though the protesters did seem to hone in on adults first, then our teenagers and didn't seem to go much younger than 12... all in all though the day was a success and hopefully opened a few eyes."

So that's that. Thank you Saffire, for giving an account fro your first hand experience.

Blessed Be Fellow Pagans

2009-09-12T09:25:00.005-04:00

I want to thank all of my readers - who are now friends ;) Thank you for reading, commenting and sharing. Somehow I deleted my blog list -errrrgggg! Please, if you have my link on your blog/site, leave me a comment here with your link so I can re-add.

I want to wish the Reading Pagans and Witches a blessed day - today is their 'Celebrating Earth Spirituality' Event. I had fully planed on being their but a turn of events has now made it impossible for me to attend. Dante's birthday is September 19th and my grandmother wants to take him shopping and out for lunch - she asked me to take her today and well, my grandmother is 87 years old - when she feels good and wants to go somewhere, I take her if I can. I want her Crone years to be full of love and fun. Hey, we are taking her to Disney for 3 days next year!

I hope everyone has a wonderful, peaceful weekend.

~Blessed Be
)O(

Maybe I Am Just In a Bad Mood

2009-09-11T17:12:00.003-04:00

but this whole 'protesting' thing that is planned for tomorrow's Celebrating Earth Spirituality Event that will be held in Stoudtburg Village in Adamstown, PA has just struck a nerve with me.

I read this latest article: Some Pa. shops close doors to Pagan festival and at the very end of the article is this:

In Hertzog's Yard Sale Store, owner Terry Hertzog finished off a cup of ice cream and said he plans to close his store the next day.

"We just don't believe we can support witches and pagans," Hertzog said. "We believe in God, not in worshiping Satan or anything like that. We can't really support that, and as a result we're just going to stay closed."

"Being witches and pagans, right away that puts a red flag up," agreed his wife, Donna. "They might be wonderful people. It's just that we don't believe in that type of worship or whatever you want to call it."

SERIOUSLY, WHY DON'T PEOPLE EDUCATE THEMSELVES BEFORE MAKING SUCH STATEMENTS?

Update on Celebrating Earth Spirituality Event

2009-09-10T15:05:00.004-04:00

I recently blogged about the Celebrating Earth Spirituality Event that will be held in Stoudtburg Village in Adamstown, PA. There has been an uproar regarding this event, from some local shop owners. Recently I have come to find out that there are now going to actually be protesters at this event.

*sigh*

Apparently because of the grumbles of some shop owners in that area, this event became very well known and the Reading Pagans and Witches were contacted by a newspaper, local to that village and the reporter came to interview some of the group members and wrote two articles. One article was about the event and the other was about Paganism and the group in general. Soon after those articles went live, a Lancaster PA paper contacted the group's President, Jen, for an interview. Once those articles went live things seemed to spread like wildfire.

The Wicca expert on About.com posted about this, Witchvox picked up the articles as well. A few other sites also started picking it up and suddenly it wasn't just some shop owners protesting this event to a group who is actively calling on folks to hold vigils all week, this week, to fast for the week and to prepare for a day of proselytizing. Nice.

Witchvox Article 1

Witchvox Article 2

The link to the protesters being called to action:

http://www.gatewayprayer.com/religion/

The most interesting part of this whole thing? It's been rumored that a group of nuns may be making an appearance...of support!

If you're in the area and would like to support this event, come on out! Like Pagan Pride, this is NOT for Pagans only. Just come with an open mind and an open heart.

Thanks to my 'sister' Saffire for posting this information in her blog.

Having Another Baby

2009-09-07T20:56:00.005-04:00

I recently had a bit of a panic - I was a few days 'late' if ya know what I mean! At first I was excited, then freaked out - I suppose those feelings are normal? I mean, I was even looking at these really cute maternity jeans - which I found online by the way, on a site that describes their clothes as funky maternity wear, totally suits me!

Well, since I am not going to be having another Witchlet any time soon I found myself reminiscing about when Olivia was just 3 months old and we had her Wiccaning ceremony. Check out the pentacle in our backyard:

She even got a beautiful Wiccaning certificate:

I lost touch with the woman who performed Olivia's Wiccaning but recently, thanks to Facebook, we've recently been in touch!

Pagans, Witches Rattle Adamstown Village

2009-09-06T12:08:00.002-04:00

This is semi - local to me. Well, it's abut 50 miles or so from me and The Reading Pagans and Witches is a WONDERFUL group - I found them after the split with the Coven I used to be in, happened. Since there is such a distance I don't get to many of the events they hold but you can bet you buns I'll be at this one!

ARTICLE:

A festival designed to celebrate the nature-centered spirituality of pagans and witches is getting a mixed reaction from shop owners at Stoudtburg Village in Adamstown, where the event will be held Sept. 12.

While some of the village's shops will be open during the festival, others will close because of the group that is sponsoring the event — Reading Pagans & Witches.

Group president Jen Anderson-Wenger said that at the festival there will be educational workshops about the harvest celebrations of different spiritual and religious organizations, and there will be explanations of what those organizations believe.

The festival also will feature vendors, food sales to benefit children's groups, tarot readers and reiki practitioners. There will be children's games, storytelling and entertainment.

Jane Lesher, who owns The Soxy Lady but doesn't live in Stoudtburg Village, said her business, which is usually open on Saturdays, will be closed during the festival.

"I try to keep my personal feelings and being a merchant separate," she said. Personally, Lesher said, "I am a Christian, and anything that is not worshipping God is something I object to. You can't force it on another, but you don't need to support it in any way, either. I base this on what God says. I'm not just a stick-in-the-mud and can't change my mind, but I base it on what I believe is an absolute."

Lesher said that when she first learned about the festival, "I got the impression that it was to be ecology friendly, healing massages, vegetarian, aromatherapy," she said.

She said that she was "shocked" when she later learned it was sponsored by Reading Pagans & Witches.

As a merchant, Lesher said, she believes the Earth Spirituality Festival is "not the image we want to portray for Stoudtburg Village."

READ article in it's entirety

September Full Moon - Harvest Moon

2009-09-04T11:14:00.001-04:00

September's Full Moon is known as the Harvest Moon as it is the Full Moon which falls closest to the Fall equinox, Mabon.

Correspondences:

Colors: Browns and greens, earth tones
Gemstones: Citrine, chrysolite, peridot, bloodstone
Trees: Bay, larch, hawthorn
Gods: Demeter, Brighid, Freyja, Vesta
Herbs: Wheat, valerian, witch hazel, skullcap
Element: Earth

This is the time to do some 'Fall cleaning' as I call it. Spend some time cleaning house. Also, use this time to clear out clutter - both physical and emotional, before you have to spend the long winter days inside.

May the Circle Be Open

2009-08-30T21:57:00.005-04:00

My little Witchlets singing/dancing (if you can call it that, LOL) to this Pagan Song - they call it 'Goddess music'

Lyrics:

May the circle be open but unbroken
May the peace of the Goddess be ever in your heart
Merry meet, and merry part,
And merry meet again

Mercury Retrograde Sep. 7 to 29, 2009

2009-08-28T07:38:00.005-04:00

Mercury was last retrograde in May. Next month, the fastest moving planet in the zodiac will once again be retrograde for 3 weeks from September 7 to 29; the complete retrograde cycle, including the shadow period is August 17 to October 14.

Unlike his movements back in May, next month Mercury joins five other celestial bodies which are currently in retrograde (Jupiter, Chiron, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto). This makes it all the more easier, perhaps inevitable, for us to turn our focus inward. Added to that energy is Pluto's return at Aries Point in Capricorn, who will undoubtedly rehash what remains unanswered ... unsettled.

Mercury backwards in an eclipse season will reveal more depth than you thought was possible. Expect BIG secrets to come out. Real shockers!

So, just what does Mercury in retrograde mean? Well, as is the standard with any retrograde planet, this Mercury retrograde period is a time for the prefix "re" -- reflect, rethink, re-plan, review, retool, reorganize, redefine, re-examine, rewrite, reread, repair. So reassess, as necessary and as much as you want, but avoid starting new projects, signing any contracts, or entering into any major agreements or commitments. It's easy to overlook details or neglect to include information pertinent to the terms. A change of mind is also common. If you must enter into an agreement during the retrograde period, it is important to re-read all fine print, have another set of eyes go over it, and get all your questions answered before completing the transaction.

For me, I WILL be signing a contract during this period! We are going to become Disney Vacation Club members and I can't wait!! But I digress, lol. I will be sure to have CJ read over everything.