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Most people do spring cleaning, but you might consider adding some magical fall cleaning to your routine as well. After all, in many parts of the country, cold weather means you’re stuck in your home a lot more, with few or no chances to open the windows and refresh the energy. So it’s a good idea to go into the season with as clear and clean a space as possible. This means practical cleaning too, of course, but you may want to add a magical element as well. You can create some ...
Sukkot, the Jewish harvest festival, ends today. The sukkah, an outdoor reed hut, is where families eat, recalling the time when the Israelites wandered the desert for forty years, sleeping and eating under the stars. Today, take time to get outside for a meal, and pause and give thanks for your harvest. Can you leave work at lunchtime to eat outdoors? Can you enjoy your evening meal on the deck or in the yard? As you eat, slowly savor the food, being thankful for all that you eat. Take time ...
The moon enters Virgo today, giving us time to take inventory of the people and projects we have been investing in. Are those investments worthwhile and making you feel fulfilled? If not, it might be time to let them go! Cast this simple cut and clear spell when it is time to cut the ties to that which does not serve you. Write your name on the center of a white piece of paper. Around your name, write about the people and situations that need to go in as much detail as possible. Fill the whole ...
In the United States, the Fourth of July is a holiday celebrated with parties and loud fireworks. For many, the fifth of July comes as something of a relief after all that noise and commotion. For most of us, holidays are fun, but it is in the silence after the upheaval that we find our footing again. Life is all about that balance— the ups and downs, the celebrations and the daily rituals that sustain us. Like the darkness and the light, it is the contrast that makes us appreciate what ...
