Gypsy Magic: February 2012

Friday, February 24, 2012

Doom of Odin

"I find no comfort in the shade
Under the branch of the Great Ash.
I remember the mist
of our ancient past.
As I speak to you in the present...

I'm so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Widdershins (hosted at shirleytwofeathers.com) and can be found in it's entirety here: Doom of Odin

Monday, February 20, 2012

Sign of the Water Lily

"My roots touch unseen knowledge."

If you were born between February 20 and March 20, you were born under the sign of the Water Lily. Water lily flower signs are perceptive and deeply psychic. Water runs through all the flower signs but especially through yours and this accentuates your intuitive abilities. You are sometimes able to absorb ideas and thoughts of those around you....

... I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Sigils Symbols and Signs, and can be found in its entirety here: Sign of the Water Lily

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Sun in Pisces

The Sun is in Pisces from February 19 to March 20, depending on the year.

Ruler: Neptune
Season: Winter
Modality: Mutable
Metal: Tin
Stone: Jade. Coral
Color: Sea Green
Flowers: Jonquil; Violet; Poppy
Anatomy: Feet, Veins
Attributes: intuitive, dreamy, artistic, humane, sympathetic, sensitive, compassionate, perceptive, tender, impressionable

As the twelfth and last sign of the zodiac, Pisces contains within itself a little experience of all the signs. This gives Pisces Suns the ability to identify with people from all walks of life—from all backgrounds—in some way. These individuals are not only changeable and adaptable, they have open minds and tremendous understanding. But Pisces itself is often misunderstood. Pisces Suns may spend a good portion of their lives yearning for understanding, and the other part in a state of divine discontent. Suffering is sometimes glamorized in the Piscean world...

... I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been combined with another and moved to my new website, The Pagan Calendar, it can be found here: Pisces Begins

Sign of the Pine Tree

Birth Dates:

Feb 19 to Feb 28
Aug 24 to Sept 02

Key Word: Particular

According to some astrological traditions, it is said that if you were born under the sign of the Pine tree you might tend toward the following qualities: loves agreeable company, very robust...

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A Love Potion

To excite passion in another, this is one of the best love potions available:

To a gill of red wine in a saucepan, add a teaspoon of rosemary leaves, a teaspoon of anise seed, a teaspoon of cloves, a teaspoon of clear honey, and a teaspoon of orange rind. Also add a pinch of ground cumin and three green leaves of rose geranium....

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Love Letters

On receiving a love letter that has any particular declaration in it, lay it wide open; then fold it in nine folds, pin it next to your heart, and thus wear it till bedtime; then place it in your left hand glove, and lay it under your head....

... I am so sorry, but this post has been moved to my new website, Divination, and can be found in its entirety here: Is Your Lover True?

About Love Potions

Since the beginning of time, people have attempted to formulate potions that induce love and stir desire. Some of the best stimulants of this type are naturally occurring foods like oysters, onions, ginseng, and ginger. But if the subtle effect of these substances isn't enough for you, try one of the following potions....

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Romany Valentine's Day Divination

By tradition many species of birds begin pairing off at this time. The Romanies say that if you are unattached, a bay leaf placed under your pillow on St. Valentine's Day...

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Love and Attraction Oil

Lemon Juice Extract or Essential Oil
Rosewater or Essential Oil
Vanilla bean extract or Essential Oil
Gold glitter or two gold stars
Almond oil

Prepare a perfumed oil using...

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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Sign of the Cedar

Birth Dates:

Feb 09 to Feb 18
Aug 14 to Aug 23

Key word: Confidence

The person born under the sign of the Cedar may possess a rare beauty. Other qualities include the following: knows how to adapt, likes luxury...

... I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Sigils Symbols and Signs, and can be found in its entirety here: Sign of the Cedar

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Romany Folklore, Magicks, History, and More

If you are interested in the history of and folklore about the Romany people, if you are curious about their magick, beliefs, and etc, you are on the right page. Here we have a complete listing of posts on all of the above and more.

General Info

History

Language

Customs and Folklore

Romany Spells and Cures

Gypsy Food

Videos

Romany Holy Days, Feast Days, and etc

Gypsy Ways and Magic

The Gypsy tradition goes back to the darkest reaches of time. It uses simple spells and rituals to harness the power of nature and of the elemental spirits that are all around us...

Sorry - but this post has been moved to shirleytwofeathers.com, and can be found at Gypsy Magick - on this page: The Gypsy Way

Book of the Wisdom of the Egyptians

The Book of the Wisdom of the Egyptians - that's the title of this small story found in "Romano Lavo-Lil" by George Borrow. It's a wonderful collection of sayings, stories, anecdotes, and explanations. Enjoy!

The young people often ask: What good is there in the Romany tongue? I answers: Ye are all fools! There is plenty, plenty of good in it, and plenty, plenty of our people would have been transported or hung, but for the old, poor Roman language. A word in Romany said in time to a little girl, and carried to the camp, has caused a great purse of money and other things, which had been stolen, to be stowed underground; so that when the constables came they could find nothing, and had not only to let the Gypsy they had taken up go his way, but also to beg his pardon.
His term of transportation has now expired, and it were but right in him to come home, if it were only to take care of his poor old wife: she has been a true, true wife to him, and I don't believe that she has taken up with another man ever since he was sent across....

I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Gypsy Magick and Lore, hosted at shirleytwofeathers.com, and can be found in its entirety here: Book of the Wisdom of the Egyptians

Gypsy Spell To Have An Object Returned

These are easy remedies that will help you to regain an object that someone has failed to return.

Pick a convenient time of day when you will be able to sit undisturbed for five minutes. Use the power of your will to bring the object back to you. If your will is strong, the thief will begin to feel uncomfortable, and will finally bring the missing item to you.

Another method is to place an iron nail ...

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What is Cauring?

Cauring is an old gypsy trick - here's how it works:

The Gypsy has some queer, old-fashioned gold piece; this she takes to some goldsmith's shop, at the window of which she has observed a basin full of old gold coins, and shows it to the goldsmith, asking him if he will purchase it. He looks at it attentively, and sees that it is of very pure gold; whereupon he says that he has no particular objection to buy it; but that as it is very old it is not of much value, and that he has several like it....

I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Gypsy Magick and Lore (hosted at shirleytwofeathers.com) and can be found in its entirety here: Another Old Gypsy Trick

What is The Hukni?

The hukni is an old Gypsy trick - here's how it works:

The Gypsy makes some poor simpleton of a lady believe that if the latter puts her gold into her hands, and she makes it up into a parcel, and puts it between the lady's feather-bed and mattress, it will at the end of a month be multiplied a hundredfold, provided the lady does not look at it during all that time. On receiving the money she makes it up into a brown paper parcel, which she seals with wax, turns herself repeatedly round, squints, and spits...

I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Gypsy Magick and Lore (hosted at shirleytwofeathers.com) and can be found in its entirety here: An Old Gypsy Trick

Gypsy Fortune Telling

Gypsy women, as long as we have known anything of Gypsy history, have been arrant fortune-tellers. They plied fortune-telling about France and Germany as early as 1414, the year when the dusky bands were first observed in Europe, and they have never relinquished the practice. There are two words for fortune-telling in Gypsy, bocht and dukkering. Bocht is a Persian word, a modification of, or connected with, the Sanscrit bagya, which signifies 'fate.' Dukkering is the modification of a Wallaco-Sclavonian word signifying something spiritual or ghostly. In Eastern European Gypsy, the Holy Ghost is called Swentuno Ducos.

Gypsy fortune-telling is much the same everywhere, much the same in Russia as it is in Spain and in England. ...

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Monday, February 06, 2012

Why Magick?

The ability to think seems to set us apart from other creatures. And although we are concerned with living in the physical world, we are mental beings. The fact is we are thinking all the time. We plan, we brood, we get depressed or elated -- all of it is thought. But the universe is mental too, and if we could control our thinking we would see magnificent results in the everyday world....

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On Practical Magick

To some people, the idea that "Magick" is practical comes as a surprise.

It shouldn't. The entire basis for Magick is to exercise influence over one's environment. while Magick is also, and properly so, concerned with spiritual growth and psychological transformation, even the spiritual life must rest firmly on material foundations....

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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Sign of the Poplar

Birth Dates:

Feb 04 to Feb 08
May 01 to May 14
Aug 05 to Aug 13

Key word: Uncertainty.

Persons born under the sign of the Poplar tree tend towards the following qualities: looks very decorative, not very self-confident, only courageous if necessary, needs goodwill...

... I am so sorry to do this to you, but this post has been moved to my new website, Sigils Symbols and Signs, and can be found in its entirety here: Sign of the Poplar Tree

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Cats and Magick

If you are interested in cats, cat magicks, cat lore, spells and omens specific to cats, this is the jumping off point. This page offers a complete listing of everything posted to date about cats here at Gypsy Magick.

Omens and Other Lore

Healing and Herbs

Cat Magicks

Associated Dieties

Bastet
Freya
Shasthi