Cat’s Morning Bits Friday April 21, 2023
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 Quotes
“In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.”
Mark Twain
gardendigest.com
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April Events
April 1 April Fools Day
April 5/6 Full Wind Moon 9:34 pm PST/ 10:34 pm MST/ 12:34 am EST
April 9 Easter
April 15 Celtic Tree Month of Willow begins
April 19/20 New Moon at 9:12 pm PST/ 10:12 pm MST/ 12:12 am EST
April 20 Sun enters Taurus
April 21 Mercury Retrograde
April 22 Earth Day
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Pioneer Thinking: Sustainable Living: How to Make Beeswax Bowl Covers
Single-use plastic products are a global problem that harms our environment and wildlife. Switching to more eco-friendly alternatives can help reduce waste and protect our planet.
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Runes: Also Magic Symbols
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Spirituality & Health: A Beltane Ritual for Hope, Possibility, and Creativity
by Julie Peters
Celebrate this springtime holiday with a ritual for inviting in creative energy and blessings.
Beltane is May Day, the cross-quarter festival that celebrates the midway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. It is high spring, the peak moment of springtime when the flowers are blooming, the sun is warm (but not yet too hot), and the summer berries are poised to ripen.
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Learn Religions: Beltane Prayers
By Patti Wigington
Updated on June 25, 2019
Beltane falls on May 1 in the Northern Hemisphers (it’s six months later for our readers below the equator) and is a time to celebrate the fertility and greening of the earth in spring.
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MBG: Pulled The Star Card In A Tarot Reading? Here’s What You Need To Know
If you’ve been feeling inspired on your healing journey lately, don’t be surprised if you pull the Star card in your next tarot reading. Of the 78 cards in a traditional tarot deck, the Star is widely considered a sign of spirituality and transcendence. Here’s what the card means, plus what it might say about your love life, career, and more.
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Exemplore: A Faery Took My Baby: 6 Medieval Superstitions
MATTHEW FLAXMAR 21, 2023
The Middle Ages are regarded as an age of ignorance and superstition. Although many historians rightfully argue that Medieval folk weren’t as backward as we’ve been led to believe (they didn’t actually think the world was flat, for example),
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Treehugger: 10 Invasive Species That Changed the World Forever
Invasive animal species have a bad reputation—from tree-killing insects to rampaging wild pigs, they often crowd out native fauna and alter the environment they invade. Though through no fault of their own—they are almost always introduced to new areas by humans.
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EarthSky News: What are white dwarf stars? How do they form?
White dwarfs are the hot, dense remnants of long-dead stars. They are stellar cores, left behind when stars exhaust their fuel supplies and blow their gasses into space. These objects mark the final stage of evolution for most stars, including our sun. Plus, they play a crucial role in helping us understand the evolution of the universe.
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Patheos-Pagan: Taurus Season: A Modern Witch’s Guide to the Stars
APRIL 19, 2023 BY CHARLOTTE WILDE
Are you ready to solidify your path? The sun transitioning to the sign of Taurus on April 20th might begin to ground you and provide you with some additional stability in the upcoming weeks.
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Pagan Playlist: Her & the River
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Inner Journey:
WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
— Sir John Lubbock
Throughout the day, continually ask yourself about your underlying motivation. Why are you doing what you are doing?
Is it for selfish, manipulative or fearful reasons? Is it for honest service with integrity? Maybe you’ll discover you don’t know. Perhaps you will see that much of your activity lacks purpose.
This is a great way to become more conscious. Your intention and motives are fundamental to the results you will receive. Set high intentions and your life will blossom.
“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
I have it on good account that you will soon be called a number of inflammatory names…
Lucky, blessed, chosen, gifted, destined, favored, special, and perhaps, most outrageously, “not like the rest of us.”
Let’s give them something to talk about.
Like me,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Unstuffed Pepper Skillet
This unstuffed pepper skillet is much easier to make than actual stuffed peppers but packs just as much flavor. A super satisfying and delicious dish.
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Magical Correspondences for Friday
Magickal Intentions: Love, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers and Matters of the Heart
Element: Earth
Incense: Strawberry, Sandalwood, Rose, Saffron and Vanilla
Planet: Venus
Star Signs: Libra and Taurus
Angel: Ariel
Power Colors: Green, Pink, Aqua
Herbs & Plants: Pink Rose, Ivy, Birch, Heather, Clematis, Sage, Violet and Water Lilly
Sacred Stones: Rose Quartz, Moonstone, Pink Tourmaline, Peridot, Emerald and Jade
Oil: (Venus) Cardamom, Palmarosa, Rose, Yarrow
Deities include Aphrodite, Eros, Freya, Venus
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Daily Tarot: The Fool
You may have the best of intentions today but it won’t be easy to stick to any of them. There’s a lot of randomness in the air and you won’t have very much control over anything. Don’t let this lull you into becoming thoughtless or not caring about what you’re doing. Do what you can and save some energy for tomorrow when things might be smoother.
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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