Cat’s Morning Bits for January 18, 2022
Good Morning Beautiful Souls and Welcome to the New Year! 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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January Quotes
“To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.”
- Jean-Paul Sartre
gardendigest.com
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January Events
Jan 1, 2022, Happy New Year!
Jan 2 New Moon at 10:33 am PST/ 11:33 am MST /1:33 pm EST
Jan 6 12th Night- Epiphany
Jan 14 Mercury goes Retrograde until February 3
Jan 17 Full Wolf Moon at 3:48 pm PST /4:48 pm MST/6:48 pm EST
Jan 21 Celtic Tree Month of Rowan begins
Feb 1 Lunar New Year: Tiger
Feb 2 Imbolc
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Pioneer Thinking: Vitamins and Herbs: Don’t Let The Winter Blues Make You SAD!
After the heat of the summer and the rainy fall we all look forward to winter – it’s cool weather, warm clothes and holiday cheer…but as the holiday season winds down and we have months to go in the winter season, we become sluggish and dread the dark days and cold weather.
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The Witches of Modern Ireland – A short Documentary
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Spirituality & Health: Visits From a Mystical Messenger
BY BETSY FRANZ
While symbolic meanings of animals vary from culture to culture, animals and their symbolism can serve as a great comfort and reminder that you’re not alone, even in grief.
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Learn Religions: Gods and Goddesses of Healing
In many magical traditions, healing rituals are performed in tandem with a petition to the god or goddess of the pantheon who is representative of healing and wellness.
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MBG: This Week Kicks Off A Spicy Astrological Cycle Years In The Making
With a full moon and some rare transits brewing, this week will bring us the opportunity to explore our passions and start a new cycl
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Modern Ways to Celebrate Imbolc + Acrylic Painting for Imbolc – Wheel of the Year – Magical Crafting
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Elephant Journal: The Wounded Warrior Will Rise. {Poem}
She sat with her depression and anxiety long enough for it to tell her that her real label was wounded warrior.
She was born a warrior for peace and love.
She was 8 years old, talking about the rescue sanctuary she would create.
She was 11 years old, screaming at that man to get off of her.
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EarthSky News: Orion the Hunter is easy to spot
Tonight look for the constellation Orion the Hunter. It’s a constant companion on winter evenings in the Northern Hemisphere, and on summer nights in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s probably the easiest constellation to spot thanks to its distinctive Belt.
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Patheos-Pagan: Worshipping Gods From Different Pantheons
JOHN BECKETT
Here’s a question I hear on a fairly regular basis: “how can I worship and/or work with deities from different pantheons?” Is that even possible? Is it disrespectful? Is it dangerous?
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Pagan Playlist: Skellig/ Loreena McKennitt
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Inner Journey:
ORDINARY CAN BE AWESOME
“Everything in life can be nourishing. Everything can bless us, but we’ve got to be there for the blessing to occur. Being present with quality is a decision we are invited to make each day.”
— MacRina Wiederkehr
Spirit is not only found in holy places, prayer and meditation, yoga and retreats. It is everywhere — in your relationships, your work, your daily chores, in nature … if you are willing to connect deeply with your environment.
Open to connect with something and you open to its essence, its purpose and meaning. There are other dimensions of reality below what we normally see and hear. Open to the mystery.
“We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you are willing to unwrap the ordinary by staying with it long enough to harvest its treasure.”
— Macrina Wiederkehr
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Every once in a while, with gaps in time that stretch for eons, someone like you comes along who instinctively trusts their inner senses more than their physical senses, the unseen more than the seen, and whose life-insights are so piercing that they unwittingly blow the entire model of spiritual evolution to smithereens.
How do you do that?
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Creamy Slow Cooker Steel-Cut Oats
Wake up to a delicious and filling breakfast of creamy steel-cut oats, cooked in the slow cooker with cinnamon, brown sugar, and raisins.
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Magical Correspondences for Tuesday
Magickal Intentions: Courage, Physical Strength, Revenge, Military Honors, Surgery and the Breaking of Negative Spells, Matrimony, War, Enemies, Prison, Vitality, and Assertiveness
Element: Fire
Incense: Dragon’s Blood, Patchouli
Planet: Mars
Star Signs: Aries and Scorpio
Angel: Samuel
Power Colors: Red and Orange
Herbs & Plants: Red Rose, Cock’s Comb, Pine, Daisy, Thyme, and Pepper
Sacred Stones: Carnelian, Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet, and Pink Tourmaline
Oil: (Mars) Basil, Coriander, Ginger
Deities include Ares, Lilith, The Morrigan, Tiwaz, Tyr
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Daily OM: Name It and Claim It
Our feelings can sometimes present a very challenging aspect of our lives. We experience intense emotions without understanding precisely why and consequently find it difficult to identify the solutions that will soothe our distressed minds and hearts. Yet it is only when we are capable of naming our feelings that we can tame them by finding an appropriate resolution.
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Daily Tarot: The Emperor
You command a lot of attention today and you may be surprised by some of the people who want to be with you. If not normally popular, today could be a bit over the top. You could be surprised by some of the requests and favors that come your way. People perceive you as powerful, so you may as well play the part, within reason.
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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