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Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a traditional celebration of excess before entering the austerity of Lent. The moon's aspects make today perfect for magically riding this wave of indulgence with a high-spirited prosperity ritual that involves going all out with the luxuries. For example, you might plan a decadent meal, get all the ingredients for your favorite mixed drink, take a bubble bath, put on the satin pajamas, and burn the expensive incense. Once you've planned and assembled the items ...
Today is Peach Blossom Day. The peach tree represents love, affection, harmony, and peace. Furthermore, peaches are the fruit of immortality. They promote health and longevity. There is also the legend of Peach Blossom Spring Village, a place in which enlightened people gather to live a peaceful life away from the complications of the ordinary world. This spell strengthens the heart and enhances love for all beings. To cast it, you will need a vase with several twigs of peach blossoms. ...
If you are fortunate enough to have a well or a natural spring on your property and would like to bless and consecrate it as a place of magic and charge the waters with healing energy, the following spell can be used. Go to the well or spring and hold your hands over it and try to feel the natural power of the place, that delicate hum of Mother Earth. When you feel like it, ask the Goddess to help strengthen and empower the spirit of place so that the well will continue to grow in power. When ...
Your project should be clearly stated on paper and outlined in detail before you start this ritual. Pay attention to specifics, as Mars turns retrograde today. You should have a jar candle for seven days. Place your project outline on your altar. Sprinkle it with some success oil you made (see February 23), and ask for blessing on the project from your Gods and light the candle. Follow your outline for the project, getting it started during the next seven days. Your outline provides the ...
