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Today is dedicated to Ebisu Matsuri, one of Japan's Seven Lucky Gods and the god associated with business, luck, happiness, and prosperity. To bless your business or simply to enhance your cash flow, you might like to make a tradition-inspired altar by placing a small picture or statue of this smiling Buddhist deity on a small table or shelf- if possible, near the entrance to your workplace, office, or home. Add a red candle. Also add an offering or two, such as some shiny gold colored coins ...
This holiday season, you almost certainly received at least a few things that you don't love, don't need, or won't use. You also very likely received some new things that made your old things less desirable. Today, perform a little classic alchemy and transmute this base metal into gold. Here's how: Assemble your unwanted gifts and newly unwanted old stuff that's being replaced by the new. Inwardly express gratitude for receiving and/or using these items, then acknowledge that they don't ...
To anchor yourself in an earthy feeling of abundance, so that you begin to attract wealth and blessings as a matter of course, perform this ritual. This is also great for anytime you need help sleeping, or if you feel too airy, spacey, wishy-washy, or generally ungrounded. Obtain a brown cloth that is about the size of the top of your mattress. Remove your mattress and spread the cloth over your box spring. On top, sprinkle a tiny bit of a mixture of patchouli powder and cinnamon as you ...
Today, rise before sunup and watch that moment when the Sun rises. In your mind's eye, see the Sun ride his golden chariot across the sky to the pinnacle of his power, before he turns the cycle of time toward autumn. Surround yourself with solar power symbols to draw abundance to you. Light three candles on your altar - green for growth, orange for wealth/vitality, and yellow for mental clarity. Before them, in simple ceremony, place the Sun card from the tarot. Wear a piece of gold ...
