Optimum Times For Specific Spells and Rituals

Here is a small list of the optimum times of the day, the month, and even seasons of the year for specific spell work and rituals. This short list is intended as a spell enhancer, and is not the be all end all of when to work your magic. There is no WRONG time for magical spells and rituals. The important thing is to have fun and allow the zee energy to flow through you.

Times of the day:

• Sunrise: purification, business, success, study, travel, employment, breaking habits, guilt, jealousy, healing disease, conscious mind
• Midday: magickal energy, physical energy, strength, protection, money, courage...

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Celebrate the Wind Moon

In April, the thunderstorms of March are beginning to subside, and the wind picks up. Seeds are being blown about on the breezes, spreading life all around from one place to the next. In fact, this month's full moon is the aptly named Wind Moon, although in some traditions this lunar cycle is often known as the Seed Moon....

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Correspondences for February

• Nature Spirits: house faeries, both of the home itself and of house plants
• Herbs: balm of Gilead, hyssop, myrrh, sage, spikenard
• Colors: light blue, violet
• Flowers: primrose
• Scents: wisteria, heliotrope
• Stones: amethyst,...

Power Flow: energy working toward the surface; A good time for spell work on purification, growth, healing. Loving the self....

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Correspondences for January

• Nature Spirits: gnomes, brownies
• Herbs: marjoram, holy thistle, nuts and cones
• Colors: brilliant white, blue-violet, black
• Flowers: snowdrop, crocus
• Scents: musk, mimosa
• Stones: garnet, onyx, jet, chrysoprase
• Trees: birch
• Animals: fox, coyote ...

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Correspondences for October

• Animals: stag, jackal, elephant, ram, scorpion 
• Birds: heron, crow, robin 
• Colors: dark blue-green 
• Deities: Ishtar, Astarte, Demeter, Kore, Lakshmi, Horned God, Belili, Hathor, Hephaestus
• Flowers: calendula, marigold, cosmos
• Herbs: pennyroyal, thyme, catnip, uva ursi, angelica, burdock...

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Correspondences and Symbols for Mabon

Symbolism of Mabon:
Second Harvest, the Mysteries, Equality and Balance. Day and night are equal and the God prepares to leave His physical body and begin the great adventure into the unseen.

Symbols of Mabon:
Acorns; Apples; Autumn flowers; Corn; Cornucopia; Dried seeds; Gourds; Grains; Harvested crops; Horns of plenty; Leaves; Marigolds; Nuts; Oak sprigs; Pine and cypress cones; Pomegranates; Red poppies; Wine, Wreaths....

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Correspondences for August

Nature Spirits: Dryads
Herbs: Chamomile, St. Johns wort, bay angelica, fennel, rue, orange
Colors: Yellow, gold
Flowers: Sunflower, marigold
Scents: Frankincense, heliotrope
Stones: Cat's eye, carnelian, jasper, fire agate
Trees: Hazel, alder, cedar....

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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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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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Correspondences for June

Here are the magickal correspondences for the month of June:

• Nature Spirits: sylphs, zephyrs
• Herbs: skullcap, meadowsweet, vervain, tansy, dog grass, parsley, mosses
• Colors: orange, golden-green
• Flowers: lavender, orchid, yarrow
• Scents: lily of the valley, lavender
• Stones: topaz, agate, alexandrite, flourite...

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27 Wisdom Enhancers

Got questions about life? Need answers? wisdom? guidance? Here is a basic (but by no means complete)  list of herbs, spices, fruits, gemstones, and food that promote and enhance wisdom along with a short explanation as to how to use them:

1. Azalea - flowers and plants bring knowledge of the beyond.
2. Beeswax - when burned send prayers directly to heaven.
3. Bristles - pluck the bristles from a man's beard to increase wisdom.
4. Chestnuts - eat for love and wisdom.
5. Crossroads - when looking for the right direction invoke Hekate at the crossroads.
6. Cypress - burn the leaves to receive the wisdom of the Goddess....

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Correspondences for May

• Nature Spirits: Faeries, Elves
• Herbs: Dittany of Crete, Elder, Mint, Rose, Mugwort, Thyme, Yarrow
• Colors: Green, Brown, Pink
• Flowers: Lily of the Valley, Foxglove, Rose, Broom
• Scents: Rose, Sandalwood...

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Dictionary of the Language of Flowers

This is a reverse dictionary of the language of  flowers. I decided to compile it because most of what I find about flower meanings and communicating with flowers are listed with the flower first and the meaning after, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack if you have something specific to say.

If you are curious about specific flowers, see The language of flowers (a similar dictionary that lists the flowers in alphabetical order with their meanings). If you are interested in combinations of flowers, you might want to read this post on Combining Flowers for Specific Intentions.

Note: These language correspondences can be used when creating a spell, planting a magickal garden, to set an intention, or to send a message. You may notice some of the flowers (and plants) have meanings that seem contradictory or inconsistent. This is because language tends to change over time. Also, you may find that magickal correspondences to some of these flowers are in direct conflict - that is because the meanings were not derived from magickal sources. When in doubt, go with the meaning that resonates with your personal experience, and be clear with your intention. Pictures may be substituted for the actual flower or plant.

Here's the dictionary:

• A message (for thee) - Common Garden Iris;
• A token - Laurestine; Ox-Eye Daisy;
• Absence - Wormwood;
• Absence (I mourn your absence) - Zinnias;
• Absence (love in absence) - Myrtle;
• Absent (in memory of an absent friend) - Mixed Zinnias;
• Absent (thinking of an absent friend) - Mixed Zinnias;
• Absent (thoughts of absent friends) - Zinnias;
• Abuse (do not abuse me) - Saffron (Crocus);
• Abuse not - Crocus;
• Accommodating (accommodating disposition) - Valerian;
• Ache (my heart aches for you) - Red Carnation;
• Action (energy in action) - Chamomile;
• Activity - Thyme...

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Correspondences for April

• Nature Spirits: plant faeries
• Herbs: basil, chives, dragons blood, geranium, thistle
• Colors: crimson red, gold
• Flowers: daisy, sweetpea...

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Correspondences for March

• Nature Spirits: Mer-people, Air and Water beings who are connected with spring rains and storms.
• Herbs: High John root, yellow dock, wood betony, Irish moss
• Colors: Pale green, red-violet
• Scents: Honeysuckle, apple blossom
• Stones: Aquamarine, bloodstone
• Trees: Alder, dogwood...

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Magickal Items and Their Uses

What follows is a list of items and their uses as charms, fetishes, talismans, or amulets:

• Acorn: Attracts the opposite gender, increases income, divine powers, and prosperity.
• Akhet: Ancient Egyptian amulet representing the rising sun. It is held to give the wearer the vigor of the sun god Ra.
• Alligator Teeth: Protection from sorcery and danger....

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Animal Symbols and Archetypes

Animals are often archetypal symbols of sorts, and they also bring up certain images in people's minds. Therefore, they are powerful symbols that can be used for a variety of purposes.

Animal likenesses can be used in the form of statues to guard the house; on jewelry to inspire or protect; in visions or manifested as spirit helpers for those that believe in totem animals; and even as a decoration whose meaning runs deeper than the surface. Little figurines of any animal can be included in a mojo bag or charm for symbolic value. Also, animals' behaviors can be taken as signs of things to come or events unknown....

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Astrological Bodily Correspondences

Dates given for each astrological sign are approximate, and indicate the sun's position in the sign; moon signs can be determined by referencing in an ephemeris, almanac, or Moon Sign Calculator.

Aries - Mar 21 to Apr 20 - Head

Taurus - Apr 21 to May 20 - Neck, throat, shoulders

Gemini - May 21 to June 20 - Lungs, hands, arms

Cancer - June 21 to July 20 - Breasts, stomach...

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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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