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Take some time today to think about your communication style. Are there ways you could improve it? How well do you speak your truth? More importantly, how well do you listen? Allow the power of the waning moon, so close to the new, help you go deep into your own Mysteries. Take a bright blue candle (blue for the throat chakra), and carve it with symbols of communcation, such as the rune Ansuz, a smiling mouth, a spiral, or whatever works for you personally. Dress the candle with mugwort ...
Use the waning moon to heal a rift that keeps two people apart (one of those people may be you). You'll need a square of blue or pink fabric, fabric paints or markers in colors representing each person, scissors, and a needle and thread. Draw the two people on the square of fabric. Draw each in his or her color. They can be simple stick figures with name labels. Cut the fabric so that the two people are separated. Put them on opposite sides of your altar. Say: "The rift wanes." Then ...
In ancient Rome, on this day, the goddess Cybele's likeness was washed in a brook after a dark and heavy series of rituals. Flowers were strewn about, and laughter chased away the gravity of the previous days. Lift your spirits today, and trasmute heaviness into joy, by performing this ritual. Draw a bath. In it, dissolve a half cup sea salt and a quarter cup baking soda. Then strew fresh blossoms and/or petals across the water. (Be sure they are nontoxic and non-irritating.) Stand ...
Prayer sticks are frequently used by shamans to heal the sick, to drive away evil, and as offerings to the Gods. At this time of year, plum trees come into blossom. Plum tree branches are highly favored for use as prayer sticks. Healing and protection are powers associated with plum tree wood. To make your prayer stick, first obtain a branch from a plum tree, and bless it. Carve, decorate, or paint it as you wish. Use symbols and designs special to you, and concentrate on your magical ...
