Rainwater Magick

Ruler: Moon, Jupiter
Type: Water
Magickal Form: Rain falling during a storm, or collected and saved.

Collect the first spring rainwater and add it to love baths to attract a new partner. It is a great way to cleanse and renew yourself before opening your heart to love again. Use summer rainwater for ...

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Rain Spell To Break A Bad Habit

With water colors or chalk, draw or write the bad habit on a piece of paper.

Immediately take it out into the rain....

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Dance Naked In The Rain Spell

In the secret language of fertility magick, both human and agricultural, rain is synonymous with semen, hence the traditional machismo and promiscuity of storm gods....

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Honoring The Thunder God

Today, July 29, is the festival of the Anglo-Saxon god Thunor and the Norse god Thor, a time of ascendant power and order. The great thunder-God Thor was honoured on this date with prayers for protection of the crops against destructive storms in the older times in Europe.

Prayer to Thor for Strength

by Seawalker

Thunder rolls, lightning strikes,

And the hammer flies across the sky...

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The Goddess Salacia

In ancient Roman mythology, Salacia was the female divinity of the sea, worshipped as the goddess of salt water who presided over the depths of the ocean. She was the wife and queen of Neptune, god of the sea and water.

You can petition Salacia for safety on the sea, prosperity, abundance, and true love. She has powers of healing and fertility and access to all the treasures of the sea.

Her story is as follows:

The god Neptune wanted to marry Salacia, but...

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Brainstorming Spell

Goal: To come up with new ideas.
Optional extras: A yellow candle (to represent intellect); a cauldron or empty bowl (to represent the open possibilities)

Note: The best time to cast is early morning, just as the sun is rising. Stand in front of the empty bowl, light the candle, and hold out your empty hands in front of you. Try to visualize yourself as being as open and empty as the bowl...

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Purification Bath

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In the privacy of your bathroom, or if possible, in a large "kiddie pool" in your backyard under a full moon, draw a purification bath...

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Full Moon Power Spell

The Moon's energy is most intense when she reaches abundant fullness. Any magical effort, especially difficult ones, can benefit greatly from the potency of this phase. Use the full Moon to amplify magical intent and to give spellworkings additional power. To seal spells performed during the full Moon, use this chant or one of your own choosing....

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Spell Binding By The Moon

"Hear me, O Goddess of the moon,

 Hear me, and grant me success

 In the ways of Magick.

 Send to my spell

 Thy powers of enchantment.

 Assist me in all my endeavors....

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Moon Bathing and Purification Rites

You will need a cup, bowl, or chalice of silver. Glass is the best substitute. On the night of a full moon, set the chalice outside or in a window to absorb the moon's lunar rays and energy. Leave it there for a few hours before the ritual.

Place the chalice with water in it, in your non-dominant hand and place your other hand over the top of it. To empower the water, say:

"By the silver light of Lady Moon,

By my hand and will so sure...

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Leo Begins

Themes: Devotion; Strength; Sun; Magic; Passion

Symbols: Lion; Strawberries

Presiding Goddess: Freyja

To Do Today: 

In astrology, people born under the sign of Leo are energetic and filled with Freyja's solar aspect. And, like Freyja, they are ardent, dynamic lovers...

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Leo Oil

Add the following essential oils to 1/8 cup of a base oil. Visualize as you mix and smell.  For best results, don't use synthetics.

• 3 drops Petitgrain ...

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For A Magickal Bastille Day

Theme: It's time for a revolution!
Colors: Blue, white, and red
Symbols: The Eiffel Tower and the French national flag
Presiding Goddess: Lady Liberty

About Lady Liberty: Although, Lady Liberty is not a goddess in the true sense of the word, she is a potent symbol of freedom. The statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom ....

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Sock Spells for Love, Luck, and More

These spells work on the concept that the feet are an entry point for the body and soul. White socks should be used unless stated! Wear the socks all day and sleep in them if possible discarding the contents/herbs/salt in the morning, in any way you please.

Protection, Breaking Bad luck, Removing Hexes
Wear white socks with...

Good Luck 
Wear either brown or green socks with a pinch of ...

Love ...

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Easy Seaweed Bottle Spell For Luck

Many good fortune spells feature seaweeds like bladderwrack and agar-agar, both popularly known as Sea Spirit. Seaweeds, in general, are perceived as auspicious; other species such as kelp and dulse may be easier to obtain, along with other seaweeds associated with Japanese cuisine or nutritional supliments....

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Getting Help From the Dragon King

The Dragon King of the Sea can be called upon for help and assistance. Here's how:

Whisper your message, needs, or desires over a loaf of bread.
Feed this bread to river or ocean fish....

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Gemstones For Luck

This is a list of gemstones believed to bring luck:

• Agate - protection from bad luck
• Amazonite - luck in hopes and dreams
• Amber - promotes luck and success
• Amethyst - brings luck in making your dreams come true
• Aventurine - brings good luck in chance or gambling
• Black Tourmaline - increases luck, brings success in business and relationships...

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Herbs for Luck

Here is a list of herbs associated with luck:

• Alfalfa
• Angel's turnip
• Ash tree leaves
• Basil
• Blessed thistle
• Chamomile...

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Day of Unn the Wise Person

July 9th is  the Day of Unn the Wise person. Also known as Aud the Deep-Minded, Unn was a great matriarch who established dynasties in the islands Orcadas, Feroe and Iceland.

Example to follow: Make our own families grow strong, maintain the memory and traditions of our alive ancestors. Remember the great women of your own clan on this Day of Remembrance for Unn the Deep Minded. 

About Unn:

Unn was a powerful figure from the Laxdaela Saga who emigrated to Scotland to avoid the hostility of King Harald Finehair...

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Lunar Love Spell

At the first sight of the New Moon, spin sunwise on one foot, murmuring:

"Moon! 

Twist a man 

(give his name if you have a strong preference) ...

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New Moon Lore

Almost every culture believed that if the New Moon came on Monday (Moon-day) it was a sign of good weather and good luck.

Two new moons in one month were said to predict a month's bad weather.

Any new moon on a Saturday or Sunday was said to predict rain and general bad luck....

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Enochian Invisibility Spell

To be spoken aloud by a single operant whilst all operators slowly spin widdershins, with eyes wide open and arms outstretched. Operators visualize a sphere of dense black, smoky darkness enveloping the area surrounding them as the Enochian invocation is delivered:

URANUN CARIPE BAGLEN OL

GEMEGANZA DE-NOAN CHIIS GOSAA

ZAMICMAGE OLEOL AG-SAPAH ARPHE...

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Dragon Fog Invisibility Spell

This "invisibility" spell takes practice and falls into the realms of meditation and mental magick. The Spell:

"Dragon fog and chameleon sight, 

I command the shrouded sea.

I blend the mist, I mix the light, 

Refract, around, behind me... 

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Light Bending Spell for Invisibility

Relax and become conscious of every part of your body. Feel your skin. relax and feel the photons of light hitting your skin, a rain of warmth over your entire body. Now start repeating to yourself. "Light pass through and around me, nobody will see me. Light pass through and around me ..." and as you chant (out loud or in your head) feel the rain of photons passing around and through you until you don't feel them any more...

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Invisibility Technique

While this spell may not make you actually invisible, it is designed to at least make you go unnoticed.

Begin by creating a mental picture of a black ball suspended in the air around you. As you hold this image in your mind's eye, picture the ball increasing in size so that it totally envelopes your entire body. Imagine that the outside edges of the black ball are...

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A Simple Invisibility Spell

Perform the spell below when you are around other people and you would rather them not notice you. This won't make you really invisible, like David Copperfield, but it will draw attention away from you and make others seem to not notice you are there at all....

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Invisibility Powder

At Dark Moon, in a mortar and pestle, grind together:

• 1 part Fern leaf, dried
• 1 part Poppy seeds

Add ....

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Freeze Them Out Spell

This spell is for freezing out a witness or legal opponent, but it can be used for any situation where you wish to exclude someone from meddling in your affairs.For this spell to work, you must know the person's name.

How to do it:

Write the name on a piece of paper (parchment is good) in pencil or India ink (preferably). Fold the paper in half, then in half again until you can't fold it any more. As you do this....

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Dragon and Candle Justice Spell

You will need a tarot deck and the following cards:

• Justice, 
• The World,
• Nine of Cups

And six candles of the following colors:

• Gray
• Orange
• Indigo
• Purple
• Black
• Gold

First, you must recite the opening chant:

"I move outside the limits of time to work my spell

The dragons help me weave the universal energy

The things that now exist become what I desire

The tides of Magick answer unto me"

Arrange the cards...

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Hekate Chant for Justice

The chant below brings swift justice to those who treat you unfairly. Take caution in using it, though, especially if you have also behaved inappropriately. Hecate’s justice knows no bounds. She sees to it that all involved get precisely what they deserve.

 Hecate, Dark One, hear my plea....

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Mescalero Apache Song of the Gotal Ceremony

The black turkey gobbler, under the east, the middle of his trail; toward us 

it is about to dawn.

The black gurkey gobbler, the tips of his beautiful tail; 

above us the dawn whitens.

The black turkey gobbler, the tips of his beautiful tail; 

above us the dawn becomes yellow....

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Cerridwen Bath Salts

• 1 cup salt
• 8 drops lotus oil
• 8 drops jasmine oil

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Honoring The Dog Days

Themes: Fertility; Destiny; Time
Symbols: Stars; Dogs
Presiding Goddess: Sopdet

About Sopdet: The reigning Egyptian Queen of the Constellations, Sopdet lies in Sirius, guiding the heavens and thereby human destiny. Sopdet is the foundation around which the Egyptian calendar system revolved, her star's appearance heralding the beginning of the fertile season. Some scholars believe that the Star card of the tarot is fashioned after this goddess and her attributes.

To Do Today:

The long, hot days of summer are known as "dog days" because they coincide with...

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The Dog Days of Summer

"These are strange and breathless days, 

the dog days, when people are led to do things they are sure to be sorry for after."

The Dog Days originally were the days when Sirius rose just before or at the same time as sunrise (heliacal rising), which is no longer true, owing to procession of the equinoxes.

The Old Farmer's Almanac lists the traditional period of the Dog Days as the 40 days beginning July 3rd and ending August 11th, coinciding with the ancient heliacal (at sunrise) rising of the Dog Star, Sirius. These are the days of the year with the least rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere.

In Ancient Rome, the Dog Days ran from July 24th through August 24th, or, alternatively, from July 23 through August 23rd...

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Summer Tea

This tea is refreshing on any warm day or after exertion in the garden. It is equally pleasant hot or cold.

• 2 tsp hibiscus flowers
• grated peel of ½ a lemon (optional)
• grated peel of ½ a lime...

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Spells and Rituals for July

July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter). The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.

Previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the ancient Roman calendar, which traditionally set March as the beginning of the year before it was changed to January at the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC. The name was then changed by Augustus to honor Julius Caesar, who was born in July. In the ancient Roman calendar the ides of July fell on the 15th day of the month.

This page serves as a jumping off point for July holy days, spells, magicks, lore, rituals, superstitions and  more.

General information on the month of July:

• July Magicks
• Magickal History of July
• Correspondences for July
• July Moon Names
• The Full Buck Moon

Astrology and birth signs for July:

(note: some of the dates will overlap with June and August)

• Sun in Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
• Sun in Leo (July 22 - August 21)
• Sign of the Acanthus (June 21 - July 22)
• Sign of the Sunflower (July 22 - August 21)

Celtic and Nordic Tree astrology and signs for July:

(note: some of the dates will overlap each other, and some overlap with June and August)

• Oak (June 10 - July 7)
• Apple (June 25 - July 4)
• Fir (July 5 - July 14)
• Holly  (July 8 - August 4)
• Elm (July 15 - July 25)
• Cypress (July 26 - August 4)

Lucky and unlucky Days in July: 

• Lucky days are - July 9, 15, and 28.
• Unlucky days are - July 3, 10, 17, and 18.
• Fatal days are - July 10 and 13.

Holidays, Feast Days and Holy Days in July:

• 2: Feast of Expectant Mothers
• 3 thru Aug 11: Dog Days of Summer
• 3: Green Corn Dance
• 3: Festival of Cerridwen
• 4: Independence Day
• 5: Poplifugia
• 7: Festival of the Handmaidens - Nonae Caprotinae ("the nones of the wild fig")
• 7: Tanabata
• 7: Rumilia Festival
• 8: New Moon
• 8: Holly Moon begins - 8th month of the Celtic Calendar
• 9: Day of Unn the Wise Person
• 10: Day of Hel
• 10: Festival of Knut the Reaper
• 10: Lady Godiva Day
• 11: Naadam Festival
• 13: O-Bon Festival - welcoming the spirits of the dead
• 14: Uruz - The second rune cycle begins
• 15: St. Swithin's Day
• 15: Day of Rauni
• 16: Feast of Our Lady of Carmel
• 17: Festival of Amaterasu - Shinto Sun Goddess
• 17: The Maidens Fair on Hen Mountain
• 18: Day of Bad Omens
• 19: Feast of Kuan Yin
• 19: Lucaria
• 20: Moon Day
• 21: Sun enters Leo
• 22: Full moon - Buck Moon
• 22: Feast of Mary Magdalene
• 23: Neptunalia - the festival of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea.
• 23: Sign of the Sunflower Begins
• 23: Saint Anne's Eve
• 25: Furinalia
• 27 - 31: The Five Epagomenal Days
• 27: Birthday of Osiris
• 28: Birthday of Horus
• 29: Birthday of Set
• 30: Birthday of Isis
• 31: Birthday of Nephthys

Additional Spells, Magicks, Rituals, and Lore for the July:

• Day of Horus
• Hela's Day
• Invocation of Osiris
• Is It Raining?
• Liberty Ritual
• Mary Magdalene Rosemary Dream Spell
• Mary Magdalene Sleepover Party
• Meditrina Healing Charms
• St Anne's Eve Marriage Divination
• Tanabata Love Spell
• The God Osiris

Recipes for food, incense, potpourri, and more:

• Red, White, and Blue Salad

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Magickal History Of July

At first the Romans called this month Quintilis, but later renamed it Julius after Julius Caesar. The Greek Olympian was held for about a week in July. This festival in honor of Zeus consisted of competitions in athletics, drama, music, and other activities. During the time of the Olympian, all participants were given safe-conduct to and from the games. The constant petty Greek squabbles were put aside. A victory in the Olympian was a great achievement, both for the individual and for their city....

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Correspondences for July

• Nature Spirits: hobgoblins (small grotesque but friendly brownie-type creatures), faeries of harvested crops.
• Herbs: honeysuckle, agrimony, lemon balm, hyssop
• Colors: silver, blue-gray
• Flowers: lotus, water lily, jasmine
• Scents: orris, frankincense...

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