Cat’s Morning Bits for April 27, 2020
Good Morning Beautiful Souls, grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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April Events & Holidays
April 30 Walprgis Night
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The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
And drinks, and gapes for drink again.
The plants suck in the earth and are
With constant drinking fresh and fair.
-Abraham Cowley, English poet (1618-67)
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Spirit Library: To Live Honestly & Authentically (a message from Kate Spreckley)
There is a sacred synergy occurring between the forces of nature and the creative capacities of humanity. Events in our lives are compelling us to engage with this process in a more conscious way.
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ThoughtCo: Weather Magic and Folklore
In many magical traditions, weather magic is a popular focus of workings. The term “weather magic” can be used to mean anything from divination and forecasting to actual control of the weather itself. When you consider that many of today’s folk magic customs are rooted in our agricultural past,
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MBG: Your Guide To The 7 Chakra Colors & How To Use Them
Chakras are the body’s energy centers. The main seven chakras run up the spinal cord—beginning at the base of the spine and ending at the crown of the head.
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Daily Dream Meaning: Apartment
1. Dreaming of a small and cramped apartment implies times ahead where you will have to work hard and persevere in order to have the lifestyle you want.
2. A large apartment, on the other hand, indicates prosperity and luxury ahead.
3. A clean, nicely furnished and designed apartment denotes contentment and comfort.
4. A messy, unattractive apartment signals you feel out of place, anxious, and unsettled.
astrology.com
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Daily Good: Every Act a Ceremony
“In a ceremony, one attends fully to the task at hand, performing each action just as it should be. A ceremony is therefore a practice for all of life, a practice in doing everything just as it should be done. An earnest ceremonial practice is like a magnet that aligns more and more of life to its field; it is a prayer that asks, “May everything I do be a ceremony. May I do everything with full attention, full care, and full respect for what it serves.” In this essay Charles Eisenstein explores what modern people can draw from the ceremonial approach to life, as practiced by traditional, indigenous, and place-based peoples, as well as esoteric lineages within the dominant culture. { read more }
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Today’s Pagan Corner: 15 TIPS FOR BABY WITCHES // Wicca 101
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Elephant Journal: 31 Tiny Ways to make our New World a Better Place for All
The world is in crisis and it hurts—plain and simple. But there’s also treasure in the crisis.
Leatherback turtles are laying more eggs than they have in two decades on now-empty beaches in Thailand.
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Natural Living Ideas: 20 Unusual Ways To Use Rosemary That Goes Way Beyond Cooking
A native of the Mediterranean region, rosemary (meaning ‘dew of the sea’) is one of the most aromatic and pungent herbs around.
With such an incredible fragrance and flavor, it’s easy to see why so many people cultivate rosemary in their homes and gardens.
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MNN: Flamingos’ complex social lives include friends, enemies and maybe even frenemies
When you think of flamingos, you likely picture groups of them, their long legs half-submerged in the water. If you look closer, you’ll notice two, three or more individuals clustering, so that the large mass seems to be made up of groups.
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EarthSky News: Venus at its brightest in late April
Late April 2020 presents the planet Venus at its brightest as the evening “star” for all of this year. No matter where you live worldwide, look west after sunset to marvel at this brilliant beauty lighting up the evening dusk first thing after sunset. Given clear skies, it’ll be almost impossible to miss Venus, the third-brightest celestial body in all the heavens, after the sun and moon, respectively.
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Patheos-Pagan: Working Magic: Balance
Each week I have been drawing an oracle card from my Flower Magic deck, today it was Begonia which signifies ‘balance’. So, I am sharing the card along with other herbs, plants, foods, tarot cards and crystals that correspond with the intent of balance.
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Pagan Playlist: The Mummers’ Dance
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Inner Journey:
Why are you here?
“You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart’s desires.”
— Marcia Wieder
What do you love to do? What gives you greatest meaning in your life? Let your answers trickle through and keep a record of the key words that come up.
Life becomes so much richer when we choose to live from our heart.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
— Steve Jobs
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Fear just means you’ve forgotten how deeply you’re loved, how safe you are, and that happiness will return, like you’ve never known it before.
Tallyho
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Banana Crumb Muffins
The crumb topping is what makes these banana muffins stand apart from the ordinary. They’re scrumptious!
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Magical Correspondences for Monday
Magickal Intentions: Psychic Sensitivity, Women’s Mysteries, Tides, Waters, Emotional Issues, Agriculture, Animals, Female Fertility, Messages, Theft, Reconciliations, Voyages, Dreams and Merchandise
Incense: African Violet, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, Wormwood
Planet: Moon
Sign: Cancer
Angel: Gabriel
Colors: Silver, White, and Gray
Herbs/Plants: Night Flowers, Willow Root, Orris Root, Birch, Motherwort, Vervain, White Rose and White Iris
Stones: Carnelian, Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl, Clear Quartz, Flourite, Geodes
Oil: (Moon) Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood
Monday belongs to the Moon. Monday’s energy best aligns itself with efforts that deal with women, home and hearth, the family, the garden, travel, and medicine. It also boosts rituals involving psychic development and prophetic dreaming.
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Daily Wisdom
April 27, 2020
Immortality
“The voice of Nature loudly cries,
And many a message from the skies,
That something in us never dies.” -Robert Burns (1759-1796)
Nature illustrates its message to us in so many beautiful ways. The cycles of the seasons – the sun rising every day – the rainbow after the storm. Life is beautiful and bold, precious and strong – and such a ride! Nature mirrors our Spirit. Nature nurtures our Soul.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Daily Tarot: The Star
You can make today memorable purely by the strength of your unfailing hope for all things to work out for the best. No matter how muddled the events of the day, how confused or how many mixed messages people give you, especially at work, your innate hopeful spirit will cut through most of the mist and give you good results. Look forward to many satisfying encounters, however little or much gets done.
astrology.com
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily posts are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
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