Friday, November 30, 2012

Snow Queen Water

Gather handfuls of fresh clean snow from the first snowfall of the season, or break off the first icicle you see. Place it in a clean glass bowl and let it melt. Add holly leaves and let this water sit overnight...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Divination Tea

Drink this tea an hour before undertaking any form of divination. If you wish, you can continue sipping it throughout the divination process.
  • 3 tsp rose petals
  • 1 tsp jasmine flowers
  • 2 crushed bay leaves
  • 1 pinch of nutmeg...
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Magical Working Tea

Have a glass of this tea an hour before undertaking ritual or any magical work. It helps in the preparation of both mind and body.
  • 2 tsp rosemary leaves
  • 1 tsp lavender flowers
  • grated peel of one orange...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Peace in a Moment



This is a easy spell for peace, it helps relax and calm your soul.

Items you will need

  • White candle
  • Needle
  • Full moon

Casting Instructions

Take your needle and write peace in the side of the candle....

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Greeting Cards


The sending of cards is a fairly modern tradition, and used to be only for people that you would not be actually seeing. It was considered polite to give your greetings in person, whenever you could. However, today clever marketing from the manufacturers means that we tend to send cards to everyone, even when they live in the same house.

Whether you celebrate Yule, Christmas or another festival in December, you will probably be sending greeting cards. If you do this now then not only do you save a panic later, but also you will have the time to do a bit more than just scrawl your name...

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Feast of Ullr

The Feast of Ullr was traditionally a hunting festival. Ullr, god of hunting, and the bow was honoured and a feast was shared by the tribe of the spoils of the hunt. I remember hearing somewhere about Skathi also being honoured on this day but I can’t recall where… Anyway, in addition to being the goddess of skiing, she also governs hunting and bows.

The tribe (or family) on this day would take a portion of the meat from the hunt and have a large and joyous feast before the winter sets in hard...

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Pagan Calendar of Days - 2013

Here is a quick and extensive listing of pagan, wiccan, roman, magical, and other holidays for November 2012 through December 2013. The dates of the new and full moons are also listed. As you can see there is a reason to celebrate just about any day of the year. Some of the more obscure holidays have short explanations. As we post about the various festival days and celebrations, links will be updated, so be sure to bookmark this post.

Note: some of the holidays are different depending on which side of the equator you are on. Also the dates of some festivals and feast days vary from year to year.

November 2012
December 2012
  • 1: The festival of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Poseidon is also the god of rebirth.
  • 4: Bona Dea
  • 5: Faunalia
  • 9;: The festival of Ops, the Roman goddess of harvest.
  • 11: The Septimontium
  • 11: Agonalia
  • 13: New Moon
  • 13: The Sementivae, the second festival of Tellus, the Roman earth goddess.
  • 15: The second festival of Consus, the Roman god of good council
  • 17: Beginning of Saturnalia - festival of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture. The most popular Roman festival, for on this day the roles of master and slave were reverted.
  • 18: Eponalia
  • 20: Mother Night
  • 21: Winter Solstice or Yule
  • 21: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
  • 21: Divalia - Angeronalia, festival of Angerona, the Roman goddess of secrecy.
  • 22: Sun enters Capricorn
  • 23: The Larentalia (Larentinalia), festival of Acca Larentia the Roman goddess who gave the early Romans their land.
  • 25: Christmas Day
  • 25: The birthday of Mithra, the Persian god of light and wisdom.
  • 25: Festival of the Invincible Sun God
  • 25: Feast of Frau Holle, Germanic goddess
  • 26: Boxing Day
  • 28:  Full moon - Big Winter Moon
  • 31: New Year's Eve
  • 31: Festival of Hogmanay
January 2013
February 2013
March 2013
  • 1: Matronalia, the Festival of Women 
  • 1: New Year's Day in the old Roman calendar.
  • 1: Saint David's Day
  • 1: Mother March
  • 2: Holy Wells Day, the day of Ceadda, the Celtic goddess of healing springs and holy wells.
  • 4: The Anestheria - Greek festival of flowers
  • 4: Feast of Rhiannon (Welsh)
  • 8: Pancake Day
  • 8: Birthday of Mother Earth (Chinese)
  • 10: Mothering Sunday - 4th Sunday in Lent
  • 10: The Daedala
  • 11: New Moon
  • 11: Hercules' Day (Greek)
  • 11: Russian Butter Festival (date varies year to year)
  • 12: Marduk's Feast Day
  • 13: Purification Feast (Balinese)
  • 14: Feriae Marti - Festival of Mars
  • 14: The Diasia to ward off poverty - Greece.
  • 15  Ides of March (Roman)
  • 16: Whale Festival 
  • 16 - 17 : Bacchanalia - The festival of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine
  • 17: Liberalia, the festival of Liber and Libera, a Roman fertility god and goddess
  • 17: St Patrick's Day
  • 17: Damballah's Day
  • 19: Ides of March
  • 19: Festival of Anna Perenna, the Roman goddess of the circle of the year.
  • 19: Day of Aganyu (Santeria)
  • 19 - 23: The Mivervalia and Quinquatria, main festivals of Minerva, the Roman goddess of war, wisdom arts and trades.
  • 20: Ostara - the  Vernal Equinox
  • 20: Festival of Isis
  • 20: Mabon (Southern Hemisphere)
  • 21: Tea and Tephi Day (Irish)
  • 21: Festival of Salii
  • 21: Sun enters Aries
  • 22: Hilaria
  • 23: Summer Finding (Norse)
  • 23: The Tubilustrium (also celebrated May 23)
  • 26: Plowing Day (Slavic)
  • 27: Full moon Crow Moon
  • 27: Ascent Of The Christ Of The Gypsies - Holy Wednesday
  • 28:  Birthday of Kwan Yin
  • 29: The Delphinia, or Artemis Soteira, of Artemis in Greece
  • 29: Good Friday
  • 29: Expulsion of the Demons of Bad Luck
  • 29: Festival of Ishtar 
  • 30: The Festival of Salus, the Roman goddess of public safety and welfare.
  • 30: Day of Bau (Babylonian)
  • 31: Easter Sunday
  • 31: Festival of Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon.
April 2013
May 2013
June 2013
July 2013
August 2013
September 2013
  • 2: The Sign of the Vine begins - 10th moon of the Celtic Calendar
  • 5: New Moon
  • 5: Labor Day
  • 9: Double Ninth Day
  • 9: Chrysanthemum Day
  • 13: Friday the 13th
  • 19: Full Moon --Harvest Moon
  • 19: Chinese Moon Festival -The Festival of Chang O, on the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, the Chinese people pay homage to the moon goddess Chang O. Some Chinese celebrate this day as the moon's birthday.
  • 19: The Fast of Thoth, this day-long fast honors the Egyptian god of wisdom and magic.
  • 21: International Day of Peace
  • 21: The feast of the Divine Life, this ancient Egyptian feast honored the great goddess in her three-fold aspect as mother (creator), daughter (renewer), and dark mother (the absolute).
  • 21: Sun enters Libra
  • 23: Fall Equinox or Mabon
  • 23: Michaelmas
  • 23: Ostara (Southern Hemisphere)
October 2013
  • 1: Festival of Fides, the Roman goddess of good faith, honesty and oaths.
  • 3: The festival of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry, also known as Bacchus to the Romans.
  • 4: New Moon
  • 4: Feast of Ceres
  • 6: Day of Bad Omens
  • 9: The festival of Felicitas, the Roman goddess of good luck and joy.
  • 11: Winter Nights - Sacred to Freya
  • 11: The Meditrinalia, the festival of Meditrina, the Roman goddess of healing.
  • 12: The festival of Fortuna Redux, the Roman goddess of successful journeys and safe returns from those journeys.
  • 13: The festival of Fontus, the Roman god of springs.
  • 18: Full moon -- Blood Moon - Lunar Eclipse
  • 19: The Armilustrium, the second festival of Mars, the Roman god of war. On this day, military arms were ritually purified and put in storage for winter.
  • 21: Sun enters Scorpio
  • 31: Halloween
  • Oct 31 - Nov 1 Samhain, the Celtic festival marking the beginning of the winter and the Celtic New Year. Also the rebirth of Caileach Beara, the Celtic goddess who turned to stone on May 1 (Beltane).
November 2013
December 2013
  • 1: The festival of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Poseidon is also the god of rebirth.
  • 2: New Moon
  • 4: Bona Dea, a Roman fertility goddess
  • 5: Faunalia
  • 9;: The festival of Ops, the Roman goddess of harvest.
  • 11: Agonalia
  • 13: Friday the 13th
  • 13: The Sementivae, the second festival of Tellus, the Roman earth goddess.
  • 15: The second festival of Consus, the Roman god of good council.
  • 17: Full moon - Long Nights Moon
  • 17: Beginning of Saturnalia - festival of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture. The most popular Roman festival, for on this day the roles of master and slave were reverted.
  • 18: Eponalia
  • 20: Mother Night
  • 21: Winter Solstice.
  • 21: Divalia - Angeronalia, festival of Angerona, the Roman goddess of secrecy.
  • 22: Winter Solstice or Yule
  • 22: Litha (Southern Hemisphere)
  • 22: Sun enters Capricorn
  • 23: The Larentalia (Larentinalia), festival of Acca Larentia the Roman goddess who gave the early Romans their land.
  • 25: Christmas Day
  • 25: The birthday of Mithra, the Persian god of light and wisdom.
  • 25: Festival of the Invincible Sun God
  • 25: Feast of Frau Halle, Germanic goddess
  • 26: Boxing Day
  • 31: New Year's Eve
  • 31: Festival of Hogmanay
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Stir Up Sunday

To do Today: Getting its name from the annual Yule pudding making that takes place in many homes around this time of year, Stir Up Sunday is also a time in the Christian Church to motivate determined faith. So why not blend the best of both worlds?

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Using Color in Magick


In magick, colors represent certain energies, goals, people and non-physical beings, such as deities or spiritual forces. For this reason, you should include candles, gemstones, cords and other objects of differing colors in your magick rituals. Colors also often have personal meanings for us. Anytime a person employs the symbolism inherent in colors, they are in effect using magick. Common examples of this can be found in such phrases as "green with envy", "black with rage", "feeling blue", "in the pink" and many more.

The particular symbolism of any given color may vary widely from source to source, and depending upon whether you are burning a candle, knotting a cord, draping an altar or creating a talisman...

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Black in Magick


The color black has a bad reputation and is often associated with evil workings, but the pure color can also be used for concentration, solitude, and deep meditation. The void of all colors, black has the ability to absorb, soak up, internalize, to receive without recoil. Use the color black in rituals to induce a deep meditative state, or to banish evil or negativity as in uncrossing rituals; attracts Saturn energy and is sacred to the goddess Hekate. This is the color of the clergy, and witches use it to cloak themselves and to safeguard their mysteries.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color black...

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Gold in Magick



The color gold promotes understanding. Use it in rituals to enhance energy, power and vitality, and to bring success and luck. Gold is also effective in rituals needing solar energy or the power of the sun. Modern day alchemists ingest liquid gold, or aurum, with the belief that it will lengthen the life span and reveal secret wisdom. It is available as a tincture in homeopathic stores. Choose the color gold as an altar cloth or candle to bring prosperity. Wear gold for protection, power, and to draw positive energy.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color gold...

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Yellow in Magick


Use the color yellow for happiness, healing, success, and fame spells. Conception or fertility magick also use yellow. Offer five yellow fruits or vegetables to a river to protect children. Place yellow flowers in a room to stimulate creative thought. Yellow can also be effective in spells to enhance knowledge, communication skills and to give confidence and aid in visualization. The color yellow aids in repelling negative energy.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color yellow...

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Green in Magick


The color green promotes prosperity, fertility, success; stimulates rituals for good luck, money, harmony, and rejuvenation.The color of money (at least in the United States), green is the best color to work with to attract wealth. Green is also the color of healing. Use the color green in fertility rites and to open channels for new love or to heal emotional problems. Use dark green with caution, however, because it is the color of ambition, greed, and jealousy; counteracts these influences in a ritual.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color green...

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Blue in Magick


Sensitivity, intellect, protection, calmness, benevolence, and wisdom are all invoked through the color blue. Eat blue foods, like blueberries, or blue corn, to alleviate stress. Burn blue candles to get out of harm's way or bring a judgment in your favor. Visualize the color blue while taking a test, at it increases mental activity and relaxes and opens brain centers. Blue is a primary spiritual color; use it in rituals to obtain harmony, inner light, or peace. Blue is also a healing color and confers truth and guidance.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color blue ...

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Brown in Magick


The color brown is used in magick to gain strength and become more connected to the earth. Brown autumn leaves placed upon an altar will enable greater endurance and protection during the winter months. Burning brown candles normally separates individuals, but in Pennsylvania hex magick, the color is used to promote serious relationships between men and women. It is the color of deep abiding and commited love.

The color brown is indicated for rituals of material increase, justice and retribution. This color eliminates indecisiveness; improves powers of concentration, study, telepathy; increases financial success; and locates objects that have been lost. Brown is also a good color for animal healing.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color brown...

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Purple in Maagick


Purple is the color of power, influence, success, idealism, psychic manifestations, prophecy, and wisdom. Burn purple candles to increase business. It is  ideal for rituals to secure ambitions, independence, financial rewards, or to make contact with the spiritual other world. Purple is also a great color for those pursuing higher education. Use purple candles in love spells to make a partner stay at home and remain faithful. Purple altar cloths are the best choice for psychic work or to wrap up tarot cards. This color increases Neptune energy.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color purple

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Red in Magick


Red is the color of lust, passion, and deep abiding love. It is also the color of blood and bonding. Visualize the color red for energy and healing and also for protection. The color red is appropriate for spell work on physical desire and passion, courage, victory, and physical strength. Red stimulates energy and vitality.  Its use in magick must be cautiously guarded as it can be very wild and unpredictable, as a candle color, it should be used with caution.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color red ...

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Pink in Magick


Pink is used in magick when dealing with flirtation and sexuality. It is the best color to work with when trying to attract a new love and for rituals to draw affections because pink promotes romance and friendship. Pink is also a calming and relaxing color and is used to reduce fears. A color of femininity, honor, service, pink brings friendly, lively conversation to the dinner table.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color pink...

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Gray in Magick


Gray is a neutral color useful when pondering complex issues during meditation; in magic, this color often sparks confusion; it also negates or neutralizes a negative influence.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color gray...

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Silver in Magick


The color silver increases psychic vibrations, removes negativity and encourages stability; dispels evil or negative influences; helps develop psychic abilities. Because this color attracts the influence of the Mother Goddess, burn silver candles to honor the her.Talismans made out of silver are very protective. Keep silver coins on an altar to bring a positive change in fortune.

Here are the magickal correspondences for the color silver...

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White in Magick


White is the color for cleansing, purification, spiritual enlightenment, consecration, healing, truth seeking, protection, and uncrossing rituals. White represents purity and holiness.It is a balance of all colors. Used in Rituals involving lunar energy, white represents the Maiden. May be substituted for any color candle. It is best to wrap in a white robe or towel after a bath to clear away any negative energy.

What follows are the magickal correspondences for the color white...

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Needle Luck Magick

A needle that is accidentally dropped and then found poking upward foretells a visitor before the end of the day. The needle should be picked up and kept. As they say:

Find a pin, pick it up
And all day long you'll have good luck.


To extend your luck for longer than one day...

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Friday, November 23, 2012

Winter Tea


When the chill winds blow and you feel the need for something warming, try this- it even smells of Yule.

1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
4 whole cloves...

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Sign of the Ash Tree

Birth dates:
  • May 25 to Jun 03
  • Nov 22 to Dec 01
Key word: Ambition

Persons born under this sign tend to be uncommonly attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious...

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Ghost Good Behaviour Spell


The Eurasian spirit Hecate guards the frontier between the realms of the living and the dead, negotiating the sometimes divergent needs of both parties. Although she may not banish ghosts entirely (you can ask, though!), she can enforce their good behavior. ...

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Monday, November 12, 2012

Sign of the Chestnut Tree

Birth dates:

  • May 15 to May 24
  • Nov 12 to Nov 21
Key word: Honesty

Persons born under the sign of the Chestnut tree tend to be unusually beautiful. They do not want to impress, have a well-developed sense of justice, are...

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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Feast of the Einherjar

Today is the Feast of the Einherjar: The chosen heroes who sit in Odin’s Hall are the Einherjar. Today we honor those dead kin who gave their lives for Family and Folk. If you have friends or family who died in battle, visit their graves today, if that is not possible, drink a libation in their memory....

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Thursday, November 01, 2012

Ritual for Pomona's Day

Here is a nice little ceremony to honor Pomona on her day:

  • Colors: Red, yellow, green 
  • Element: Earth 
  • Altar: Upon cloth of any or all of these colors, lay baskets of apples (preferably the old Roman variety "Lady")and other tree fruit, a jug of cider, and a pruning knife.
  • Offerings: Water fruit trees. 
  • Daily Meal: Vegetarian, with any food made with apples. 




Invocation to Pomona 

Lady of the Apple Tree 
Whose red-cheeked visage greets the dawn...

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