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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 ...
Cicadas, also known as tree crickets, are a bug that represents transformation. Their loud, screeching songs can be heard in the summer in the Northern Hemisphere. They sing loudly in an effort to find a mate. They make a loud sound as a group to benefit everyone. Use the wisdom of the cicadas to find more members of your magical tribe. Life is more meaningful when you find more of your own kind. If there are cicadas near where you live, go outside and say these words: The songs of the ...
Use this spell before a wedding or a handfasting, or just to strengthen any romance. It should be performed with your romantic partner. You’ll need a small grapevine wreath. To perform this spell, go to a field where tall wild grasses are growing. Cut some grasses. With your partner, twist the grass around the wreath until it’s covered with grass. As you do so, together say: Like this circle, our love isunbroken and round.These grasses we securearound and aroundAre like our love, ...
