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Today is Safety Pin Day, celebrating an invention originally patented on April 10, 1849. Since then, it has provided a safer way of fastening things, but it also represents protection. Ukrainians put them on children’s clothes to repel evil spirits. Some folks wear them for good luck. A more recent use in public spaces indicates that the wearer is a “safe person” who will help if asked. Safety pins appear in many crafts, especially beadwork. This makes it fun and easy to wear ...
Today is the start of Lunar New Year. The year runs until January 28, 2025, and is the year of the Wood Dragon. Symbolized by gold and silver and associated with the direction east, the Wood Dragon welcomes abundance and new beginnings. In China, the dragon symbolizes nobility, power, and the emperor, and promises a lucky, abundant, and powerful year. Today, invoke lucky Wood Dragon energy to bless the year, and your life, with abundance, wealth, power, and noble energy. Traditionally a red ...
International Left Handers Day is observed annually on August 13 to celebrate the uniqueness of left-handed individuals. In my family, left-handedness is inherited, from my father to my sister to her son. As being left-handed was long thought to be a sign of evil or bad luck, for hundreds of years lefthanded children were often punished to drive out the devil. My father did not have to endure beatings, but he was forced to learn to write with his right hand. However, writing was the only thing ...
Fairy folk flower dolls are an old British tradition of child magick from times when toys were rare. Gaelic culture teaches us that children and fairies are closely linked. Gifting a child flowers is a way to protect and inspire them to explore their own fairy magick. Today is a fine day to craft a springtime flower dolly, tussie-mussie bouquet, or flower crown and gift it to a child. Old Irish legends give a lot of power to flower rings, believed to ward and protect us from bad fairies. ...
