Herb of the Day

Bay

Wishes are written on bay leaves which are then burned to make them come true, and a bay leaf held in the mouth wards off bad luck. Bay is one of the traditional ritual herbs of the Candlemas and Winter Solstice Sabbats.

Daily Goddess Devotion

With wind, and cloud, and changing skies;
From snow to rain the warm wind sighs.
For stormy March is come at last,
As now the Gods of Winter shall pass.

Lady Abigail
Copyright © 03012011

Today the rune is Kenaz of Freyja’s Aett pronounced “kane-awze” (K: Beacon or torch) Vision, revelation, knowledge, creativity, inspiration, technical ability. Vital fire of life, harnessed power, fire of transformation and regeneration. Power to create your own reality, the power of light. Open to new strength, energy, and power now. Passion, sexual love.

Spring comes and the snow melts. Winter’s debris becomes visible. Purification is needed. A warm season of your life arrives when your circumstances will be more beneficial and you will have no need to spend your energy as before, defending yourself from the cold. New interesting possibilities are appearing, but some of your activities which were permissible or even necessary during the “winter” are becoming unacceptable now. The light is switched on in some important area of your life. It gives you the possibility to do much more than before, but you may now appear less perfect to yourself than you previously thought, while you were in the darkness. It becomes important now not only to know what you are doing but also how you are doing it.

Kenaz Reversed or Merkstave: Disease, breakup, instability, lack of creativity. Nakedness, exposure, loss of illusion and false hope. (Note: the reversed or merkstave definitions are included only for reference as they apply to a multi-rune cast and not to a single rune that’s drawn blind from the pouch)

As with all, take only what feels right to you and disregard the rest.

**a portion of today’s rune meaning/description was kindly provided by Ingrid Halvorsen at sunnyway.com and used here with her gracious permission**

In the Light…

Tom

Crone’s Corner –  Animal Totems

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Ladybug:

stand for fulfilled wishes, a time of luck and also protection, happiness, material gain, a renewed sense of well-being on the way.  They tell us an opportunity is approaching to pursue or capture something you have been wishing for.  Sometimes they can appear to tell us to be sure we aren’t limiting our own potential or are failing to reach for our dreams, or that we might be letting others stand in our way of reaching them.

  

Hawk:

a messenger, and also a sign we need to trust our own perceptions and grasp opportunities that are approaching or perhaps have already come our way; they herald a time of strength and vision, and remind us to examine things closely.  Sometimes they indicate a new venture; can help us find a larger over-view of a situation or picture.  Hawk can also help us bring past-life recall to the surface.

 

Skunk:

tell us to create a position of strength and honored reputation by respecting ourselves and “walking our talk”, and to assert ourselves without being overly egotistical; help us learn to avoid/repel those who wish to drain our energy and remind us to use our energy wisely and examine how much we send out to others. Advise us to be proud of accomplishments.  May sometimes appear to tell us we might be being too egotistical or leaking away energy we may need.

 

Shark:

indicates busyness and activity, help us focus on shadows and find what lies below the surface of a situation, and tell us to trust what seems right for us and take advantage of opportunities while using our sense of discernment as a guide.  May sometimes appear to tell us we are being too busy or too continuously on the move.

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Written and Submitted By SatoriMoon, Moderator, We Are Woman, We Are Goddess, We Are One 

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Spell – A- Day – Protection Ritual for Healers
Incense of the day: Maple 

  

This ritual is particularly useful for health workers, alternative health professionals, and fortunetellers. Consecrate a mirror and keep it in a drawer along with some charcoal disks, a heat-proof dish containing sand, some foil, a blue towel, a lighter, and the gum resins of frankincense, myrrh, and benzoin. Perform this ritual at least once a week. Position a small table in the middle of the consultation room and cover it with the blue towel. Put a length of foil over the towel. On top of the foil, prop the mirror against a sturdy object with the mirror facing the door. Put the sand-filled heat-proof dish in front of the mirror, light a charcoal disk, and place the disk on top of the sand. Burn grains of gum resin on the charcoal to fumigate the room. Upon completion, douse the charcoal disk with water. Pour the sand, charcoal, and resin remnants into the foil. Wrap the foil up, and dispose of the remnants outside on your premises. Be sure there is a fresh supply of sand for each new ritual.

  

By: S. Y. Zenith

 

Seasons of the Witch 

Day of the Crows – On this day,  in Scottish Celtic traditions, many women believed the crow’s odd behaviours would be a significant aspect of the year to come.Crows storing seeds would indicate that food would need to be stored early on, etc. 

  

Hime-no-Miya – On the first two Sundays in March, the Japanese celebrate the Izanami, The Mother Goddess of Japan. Her temple at the Oagata-jinja shrine near Inuyama in central Honshu features large cleft rocks, huge clamshells and other sacred items that resemble female genitalia. At her festival, worshippers carry these items through the streets in procession.
Rufus, Anneli, The World Holiday Book, Harper San Francisco 1994

 

Carnival Sunday – In Italy, the most recently married couple of the neighborhood scoops out the first trowel of earth and plant scarli, poles big as trees, twined with garlands of heather and juniper. At the end of Carnival, the banner at the top is burned.
Field, Carol, Celebrating Italy, William Morrow 1990

 

St Chad – Born in Northumbria, Chad became an abbot in Yorkshire, founded a monastery in Lincolnshire, and a bishop of the Mercians at Lichfield. His name is associated with wells and springs that heal. He is also noted for his love of walking. St Theodore of Canterbury insisted he ride a horse because walking was beneath him.

He is often associated with St David in agricultural rhymes:

Sow beans and peas on David and Chad
Be the weather good or bad.

By Valentine’s Day
Every good hen, duck or goose should lay
By David and Chad
Every hen, duck or goose should lay, good or bad

Greek: The 2nd day of each month is sacred to the Agathos Daimon, the “Good Spirit” (roughly equivalent to a combination
of the Will and the guardian angel of each person).
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From GrannyMoon’s Morning Feast Archives – Various Sources: School Of The Seasons  and Earth, Moon and Sky

Remember the ancient ways and keep them sacred!

Weather Lore

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 So many mists in March we see,
So many frosts in May will be.

A peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransom.

The March sun lets snow stand on a stone.  

Better to be bitten by a snake than to feel the sun in March.

In March much snow,
To plants and trees much woe.

~The Old Farmer’s Almanac
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Lunar Lore

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