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Color of the day: Brown Incense of the day: Coriander Winter Solstice is almost upon us, and festivities abound. Yet those celebrating birthdays around Yule and Christmas often feel neglected. Winter holidays take center stage, and birthdays may get lost in the shuffle. If someone in your family has a birthday at this time of year, be sure and make it special this year. Bake a solar birthday cake, and share the joy of the solstice season. Sunny orange or lemon cake topped with lemony yellow ...
Color of the day: Orange Incense of the day: Parsley Before the holiday crush, center yourself with this simple and powerful spell. Find a quiet space and gather a white or silver candle, a glass bowl of spring water, a smooth stone, and a spoonful of salt. Light the candle, and concentrate on the flame. Hold the stone in your palm. Feel its weight, and its solidity. This stone represents your core truth-the unchangeable, timeless, and solid aspect of your core being. Identify this aspect and ...
Color of the day: Maroon Incense of the day: Juniper Comfort a loved one with a thoughtful gift-a blessed worry stone to keep in their pocket. Take a leisurely walk by a river bank, pond, or ocean beach, and ask the land spirits to lend you a stone. Let your intuition guide you to a smooth, pleasing stone that sits well in the palm of your hand. Wash it in the water, and thank the spirits for their gift. Leave a natural gift of birdseed, nuts, or acorns nearby. If possible, set the stone out ...
Color of the day: Brown Incense of the day: Cedar With its dark watery depths, Scorpio energy stirs our intuition and intensifies hidden desires. This is familiar territory to our descending goddess, Persephone, whose annual surrender to the underworld hones her insight with hard-won wisdom. Let us enter shadow territory with grace and clarity, and call upon the goddess Persephone to guide us through Scorpio's secretive undercurrents. As Carl Jung wrote: "That which remains unconscious comes ...
