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Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Part of this holiday is about wishing for a sweet new year while reflecting on the previous one. Begin by setting up a sacred space with foods of abundance and renewal. Apples and honey are traditionally used at this time. Then light a candle to represent the new year's light and fresh beginnings. In a quiet moment, meditate on your intentions for the coming year. Write these intentions on a piece of paper, focusing on personal growth and ...
June is the traditional month for weddings, with the goddess Juno overseeing love, marriage, fertility, and childbirth. Because the month name is derived from the goddess's name, it's believed that getting married in June will bring Juno's blessings to the couple, bestowing fertility, happiness, and a long, loving marriage. Okay, okay, I hear you. I, too, am solo and live with my dog. So here is what I propose (pun intended): Invoke Juno's blessings with a self-marriage ritual. Get a ring ...
Ostara occurs at the Spring Equinox and represents the time of equal night and day before day begins to overtake the dark. Since today is also a Friday, you can double-dip in the energies of abundance and fertility to create fertile ground for yourself and your future projects. Allow yourself to envision all of your possibilities and choose one that you want to focus on for this spell. Choose one that you want to find fertile ground for so that it can grow to fruition. Acquire a plastic egg to ...
If recurring painful experiences have caused you to believe that you are unlucky in love, this spell will help you banish this belief and free you from the patterns that are holding it in place. Visit a natural body of water or an expanse of wild earth. While holding a bloodstone in your left hand, relax your body and feel your connection to the earth. Invoke the Goddess in any way you choose. Speak words from your heart, telling the Goddess just what you want to release and why. Feel your ...
