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Cat’s Morning Bits for Thursday, November 3, 2022

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Thursday, November 3, 2022

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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November Quotes

“In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought
and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as
from August to November.”

Rose G. Kingsley, The Autumn Garden

gardendigest.com

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November Events 2022

Nov 1 All Saints Day

Nov 6 Daylight Savings Ends 2 am (Fall back 1 hr)

Nov 8 Full Beaver Moon 3:02 am PST/ 4:02 am MST/ 6:02 am EST

Nov 11 Veterans Day

Nov 23 New Moon at 2:57 pm PST/ 3:57 pm MST/ 5:57 pm EST

Nov 24 Thanksgiving Day (USA)

Nov 25 Celtic Month of Elder begins

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Spirit Library: November 2022 Ascension Energies – Time
Jamye Price

The accompanying video to this article can be found here.

Blessed Beings, your relationship with Time changes through your relationship with self. To move beyon

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Setting Up a New Altar: Mini Vlog/Chaotic Witch Aunt

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Spirituality & Health: Practicing Mauna
A Silent Yoga for Personal and Planetary Wellness
by Sarah Bowen

In need of more quiet time? Concerned about noise pollution? Practice mauna.
It’s a noisy world. From the raucous booms of fireworks that send dogs and the noise-sensitive running for shelter to the daily buzz of traffic and cell phones, it’s becoming impossible to escape the sounds of living.

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Learn Religions: Spirits of Land and Place

By Patti Wigington
Updated on April 26, 2019

Many Pagans work with spirits – often, this is focused on ancestral spirits, or even spirit guides. Typically, these types of spirits are rooted in our belief that each human being has a soul or spirit that lives on long after their physical body has left.

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MBG: November 2022 Monthly Horoscope: What Astrologers Want You To Know

It’s November: eclipse season, midterm elections, and soon, the holidays. We’re coming to the finish line of a tumultuous year, but the stars are just warming up.

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Exemplore:What Do Dreams About Cars Mean?
MADAILEIN AISLING IRELANDOCT 28, 2022

Factors to Consider in Car Dreams
In waking life, cars are typically seen in one of two ways: status symbols or utilitarian devices.

The dreaming world, however, sees cars a bit differently. Our mind’s favorite use of cars in dreams is using them as stand-ins for ourselves

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Treehugger:

What’s the Difference Between Hawks and Falcons?
Speed and size are notable differences, but you can also tell the two apart by their beaks and wings.

When it comes to birds of prey, it can be virtually impossible to identify what’s circling overhead if all you can discern about the animal is that it’s big.

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EarthSky News: Moon illusion causes a full moon to look larger

Full moons on the horizon look huge – it’s called the moon illusion
We’ve all seen a full moon looming large shortly after it rises, when it’s still hugging the horizon. Scientists say the large moon is an illusion, a trick your brain is playing. It’s called the moon illusion. Its causes aren’t precisely known, but the video below, from AsapSCIENCE, offers some explanation.

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Patheos-Pagan: Simple Witchery: What the Meme Do We Know?
NOVEMBER 1, 2022 BY WILLOW ROSE

More people are turning to witchcraft every day as a means for manifesting their desires. As a Crone witch with more than 30 years of practice behind me, I think a lot about how new witches are learning the craft, and where the bulk of their information is coming from.

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Pagan Playlist: Black Hill & Silent Island – Tales of the night forest (Full Album)

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Inner Journey:

IT’S A MATTER OF BALANCE.

“My soul is the bridge between spirit and body and, as such, is a uniter of opposites. …Without soul at center, I would either transcend into spirit or become mired in matter.”
— Marion Woodman

Ram Dass talks of how his first spiritual goal was to be rid of his physical existence. He came to understand, though, that our spirituality lies in bringing higher consciousness to our world of form. When we can do so, we can delight in all aspects of creation.

Soul exists in the balance of spirit and matter. For a soulful life, we pay attention to both, seeing spiritual qualities in material forms. As our awareness grows, we begin to use consciousness to influence and create form. It’s through form that our spirit expresses.

“Walk in balance with one foot in your spiritual understanding and one foot in your physical world of accomplishment.”
— Lynn V. Andrews

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Homemade Mac and Cheese

This classic baked mac and cheese recipe with a buttered bread crumb topping is creamy and comforting. It’s easy to make the cheese sauce from scratch on your stovetop, starting with a roux and adding milk, Cheddar, and Parmesan, resulting in a rich, decadent sauce that coats every nook and cranny of the noodles.

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Magical Correspondences for Thursday

Magickal Intentions: Luck, Happiness, Health, Legal Matters, Male Fertility, Treasure and Wealth, Honor, Riches, Desires, Leadership, Public Activity, Power and Success

Element: Earth

Incense: Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg and Sage

Planet: Jupiter
Star Signs: Sagittarius and Pisces
Angel: Sachiel
Power Colors: Purple, Royal Blue and Indigo
Herbs & Plants: Cinnamon, Beech, Buttercup, Coltsfoot, Oak, Dill, Borage, Patchouli
Sacred Stones: Sugilite, Amethyst, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire
Oil: (Jupiter) Clove, Lemon Balm, Oakmoss, Star Anise

Deities include Juno, Jupiter,Thor, Zeus

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Daily Tarot: The High Priestess

Let intuition be your guide today and you won’t go too far wrong. If something doesn’t need to be done or delivered instantly, take your time and let events, situations, and people claim the time and attention they seem to want. Things want to sort themselves out for you, in the best ways. Don’t introduce complications. Be decisive when necessary but otherwise step up, too, and be pleasantly surprised.

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, October 31, 2022

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, October 31, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“The harvest moon hangs round and high
It dodges clouds high in the sky,
The stars wink down their love and mirth
The Autumn season is giving birth.
Oh, it must be October
The leaves of red bright gold and brown,
To Mother Earth come tumbling down,
The breezy nights the ghostly sights,
The eerie spooky far off sounds
Are signs that it’s October.
The pumpkins yellow,. big and round
Are carried by costumed clumsy clowns
It’s Halloween – let’s celebrate.”

Pearl N. Sorrels, It Must be October

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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Spiritual Unite: BLACK SPIDER SPIRITUAL MEANING – CONTROL YOUR DARK SIDE
Susan Brunton

When your spider spirit animal appears in your life, it symbolizes your creativity, feminine energy, and patience.

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Spirituality & Health: Elemental Witchcraft and the Thinning Veil
by Salicrow

An elemental witch and psychic medium offers her wisdom on how to connect with the season—can you feel the veil thinning?

Regardless of whether we live in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, October is a time in which the Veil between our reality and the unseen realm is at its thinnest. “The Veil” is a term used to describe the invisible barrier between the physical world we inhabit, and the world of spirit, which includes our beloved dead, nature spirits, and deities.

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Celebrate Samhain with me | Folk Witchcraft | Ancestor Ritual | Witch vlog

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MBG: Your Halloween Horoscope Is Here—What Astrologers Want You To Know

This Monday, October 31, the Sun sparkles in deliciously haunting Scorpio, as it always does this time of year

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Exemplore: Magic for Samhain: 5 Simple Spells and Potions
MACKENZIE SAGE WRIGHTAUG 3, 2022

Samhain Magic and Spells
As the dark days set in and autumn turns to winter, many Pagans celebrate death as a part of the life cycle. We celebrate the final harvest, and we bid farewell to the Sun God as he grows weaker and prepares for his annual journey to the underworld.

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“To all the ancient ones from their houses, the Old Ones from above and below. In this time the Gods of the Earth touch our feet, bare upon the ground. Spirits of the Air whisper in our hair and chill our bodies, and from the dark portions watch and wait the Faery Folk that they may join the circle and leave their track upon the ground. It is the time of the waning year. Winter is upon us. The corn is golden in the winnow heaps. Rains will soon wash sleep into the life-bringing Earth. We are not without fear, we are not without sorrow…Before us are all the signs of Death: the ear of corn is no more green and life is not in it. The Earth is cold and no more will grasses spring jubilant. The Sun but glances upon his sister, the earth….. It is so….Even now….But here also are the signs of life, the eternal promise given to our people. In the death of the corn there is the seed–which is both food for the season of Death and the Beacon which will signal green-growing time and life returning.In the cold of the Earth there is but sleep wherein She will awaken refreshed and renewed, her journey into the Dark Lands ended. And where the Sun journeys he gains new vigor and potency; that in the spring, his blessings shall come ever young!”

Two Samhain Rituals, Compost Coveners, 1980

gardendigest.com

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EarthSky News: Halloween is a cross-quarter day

Halloween is short for All Hallows’ Eve. And, although many don’t realize it, it’s an astronomical holiday. Sure, it’s the modern-day descendant of Samhain, a sacred festival of the ancient Celts and Druids in the British Isles. But it’s also a cross-quarter day and a testament to our ancestors’ deep understanding of the sky.

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Patheos-Pagan: Five Prayers for Ancestors Most People Don’t Think About at Samhain
OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY MELISSA HILL

So.

Heads up.
What we’re talking about isn’t easy or fun. But sometimes you have to take a moment to reflect. Slow down and actually let yourself feel.

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Pagan Playlist: All Souls Night/ Loreena McKennitt

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Patheos Pagan: A Samhain Scrying Ritual
OCTOBER 20, 2017 BY KELDEN

Samhain is a night of seemingly endless magical possibilities. It’s a time of year when it feels like anything could happen. The veil between worlds is thin and Witches, Faeries, and ghosts freely run amok.

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Magical Correspondences for Samhain

Samhain means “Summer’s End” and is the old Celtic New Year. During this time the veil between worlds is at it’s thinnest and thought to be the start of Winter.

Names: Samhain, All Hallows Eve, Halloween, Feast of the Dead, Feast of the Ancestors

Colors: Black, Brown, Yellow, Gold, Orange, Purple, Scarlet, Whit

Deities: The Goddess as Crone, Bast, Ishtar, Baba Yaga, Anubis, Cernunnos, Herne, Loki, Odin Osiris, The Morrigan, Hecate, Lilith, Kali

Herbs, Plants, Incense: Acorns, Apples, Bay, Fern, Flax, Heather, Marigold, Mullein, Myrrh, Oak Leaves, Patchouli, Pumpkins, Rosemary, Sage, Sandalwood, Straw

Sacred Stones: Amber. Bloodstone, Carnelian, Fossils, Obsidian-Black, Onyx, Smoky Quartz,Turquoise

Activities: Dumb Supper, Making recipes that have been handed down, Divination, Ancestor Altars

Symbols: Pumpkins, Indian Corn, Gourds, Bones, Black Cats, Autumn Flowers and Leaves, Pine Cones,

Food and Drink: Apple Cider, Dark Wines, Apples, Pumpkin, Squash, Turnip, Pomegranates, Root Vegetables

Spellwork: Divination, Endings, Honoring the dead, Releasing bad habits, Banishing, Past life,, Protection

Trees: Apple, Beech, Blackthorn, Locust, Witch Hazel, Yew

Animals: Bat, Boar, Cat, Cow , Dog

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Raise the Horns: Samhain Deities
OCTOBER 18, 2018 BY JASON MANKEY

There are several deities that i just feel closer to near Samhain. It’s unlikely that any of them were ever worshipped or celebrated specifically by the Irish-Celts in the Samhain rites of two millennia ago but what’s most important to me is that I hear their call today. Some of these deities are obvious, other less so, but all of them hold space upon my Samhain altar.

Cat’s Morning Bits for Friday, October 28, 2022

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Friday, October 28, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes.
Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”

Samuel Butler

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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So You Want to Start Spirit Work…/Chaotic Witch Aunt

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Spirituality & Health: Inside Everything
by Mark Nepo

“The challenge for each of us is to enter life beyond our argument with an open heart and to meet trouble and help without preference.”

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Learn Religions: Set Up an Ancestor Shrine – Ancestor Altar

By Patti Wigington
Updated on June 25, 2019

In many Pagan traditions, the ancestors are honored, especially at Samhain. This Sabbat, after all, is the night when the veil between our world and the spirit world is at its most fragile. By setting up an ancestor shrine or altar,

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Pioneer Thinking: Exquisite Sandalwood Massage Oil Recipe

Exquisite Sandalwood Massage Oil Recipe

The Ingredients

8-10 teaspoons grapeseed oil

6 drops of sandalwood essential/fragrance oil

2 drops lavender essential/fragrance oil

2 drops rosewood essential/fragrance oil

2 drops rose essential/fragrance oil

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Spooky Samhain – The History of Halloween In Ireland

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Exemplore: Seven Crystals for Samhain
CLAIREAUG 3, 2022

Samhain is one of the major festivals on the pagan wheel of the year. It is the time of the third and final harvest and the end of the cycle of birth, life, and growth.

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Moody Moons Blog: Samhain & Your Shadow Side

Communing with your ancestors, honoring the dead, seeking insight through divination—at its heart, Samhain is a time for discovering your shadow side.

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EarthSky News: Algol the Demon Star of Perseus

Why is Algol the Demon Star?
What’s the scariest star in the sky? If you were one of the early stargazers, you might have chosen Algol in the constellation Perseus. That is probably why early astronomers nicknamed Algol the Demon Star. Shivers!

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Patheos-Pagan: Magic During Samhain: What Types Of Magic Are Best To Do?
OCTOBER 25, 2018 BY RIVER ENODIAN

Samhain is the time of year when the veils are thinnest, and consequently the spirit world and our world are closer together and communication is more readily and frequently available to us.

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Pagan Playlist: Blackmore’s Night – Will O’ The Wisp (Official Video)

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Inner Journey: FEAR LIVES IN THE FUTURE

“We can’t fear the past. Fear is a future thing. And since the future’s all in our heads, fear must be a head thing.”
— Tom Payne

It helps to understand that fear is usually a projection into the future. We typically fear what MIGHT happen rather than what is happening now.

Susan Jeffers notes that 90% of what we fear usually does not materialize. So replace your images of disaster on the TV screen in your mind with awareness of what is really happening. And don’t allow your thinking to change channels.

“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.”
— Erica Jong

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Something that might add some sugar and spice to your daily comings and goings, would be to constantly remind yourself, “I created this, because I wanted to.”

Prepare to be empowered,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Instant Pot® Chicken and Dumplings

I wanted the richness of long-simmered chicken stew, but without the fuss of using a whole chicken. This compromise, using boneless skinless chicken thighs with bone-in chicken breast,

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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 Lovers
Relax, take a deep breath, and don’t let any feelings of anxiety derail your plans for the day. A certain level of nervousness may be in the air today but it doesn’t have to be contagious and you don’t have to catch it. If a touch of anxiety serves to give you a greater sense of caution, that can be a good thing.

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

Cat’s Morning Bits for Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don’t fill your thoughts, that’s your best season.”

Wu-Men

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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Spirit Library: Weekly Forecast: October 23 – 29, 2022
Kelly M. Beard

The video version of this forecast, as read by Kelly, is available here.

10/23 ~ Venus Enters SCORPIO (until Nov 16th):

As you move through the relationship work in Libra, many new layers of life (and how connected to it all you really are) are revealed when she enters Scorpio.

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The Tribal Wolf Flute

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Spiritual Unite: SPIRITUAL CHILLS WHEN THINKING OF SOMEONE – POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
Susan Brunton

You are sitting at home, perhaps reading a book or listening to music while you do a few chores, and suddenly someone crosses your mind.

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Learn Religions: Samhain Spirit Incense

By Patti Wigington
Published on March 11, 2019

Before you get started, be sure to brush up on your Incense 101.

By the time Samhain rolls around, your herb garden is probably looking pretty sad. Now’s the time to take all those goodies you harvested and dried in September, and put them to good use.

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MBG: These 3 Zodiac Signs Will Feel The October New Moon Eclipse The Most

Not only do we have a new moon in Scorpio arriving on October 25, but it also happens to be a partial solar eclipse. This is going to make for quite the astrological event,

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The Jack O’Lantern From the Mind of Christine McConnell

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Exemplore: Samhain Pagan Pumpkin Carving Printable Stencils
MACKENZIE SAGE WRIGHTAUG 3, 2022

Wiccan Pumpkin Stencils
I love jack-o’-lantern carving, and I especially love to make my own pumpkin stencils to create unique designs. Since Samhain is different from Halloween to me, I like to make more Pagan-friendly pumpkins to put out on the altar and around the home.

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Treehugger: Animals in National Parks Are Affected by Even a Few Visitors
Even in remote parks, humans have an impact on wildlife activity.

When there are crowds of tourists at Yellowstone or Yosemite, it’s easy to see why that would have an impact on wildlife. Throngs of people jockeying to see natural wonders or hiking through trails can make animals keep a low profile

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Patheos-Pagan: Wisdom-Nuggets for Samhain Trick or Treat
OCTOBER 24, 2022 BY HERON MICHELLE

From the archives of randomly cut sections from my book, Elemental Witchcraft, I offer you these two wisdom-nuggets during this Samhain tide. Trick or treat! “Shedding the self for Self,” and “Occult Tools for a Cooperator Culture.” May they prove meaningful to you.

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Pagan Playlist: Samhain Eve

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Inner Journey: MAKE FRIENDS WITH TIME

“We race to win, but at what price? Driven by the threat of time, we wonder why we feel so empty at the end of action-filled days.”
— Diana Hunt

Do you fly through each day with your eyes always on the clock? In western cultures, we’ve been taught that we need to impose our own order on life. As a result, we think we need to control every aspect of our day.

How might you enter into a new relationship with time? How might you take back the power you’ve given to the clock?

This is the time of your life. How are you spending it?

“When busyness is the measure of time, no matter how much time exists it is never enough.”
— Diana Hunt

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

You needn’t worry. There’s time. You have all the time in the world.

You preceded time and you will exist beyond it. Age is irrelevant; more meaningless than a number.

Forever, you have FOREVER. There is no dream you now have that you will not manifest. There is no challenge you now face that you will not sail beyond.

There is no point in spending one more second of your awesome, amazing life, thinking anything to the contrary.

Olé,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Traditional Filipino Lumpia

This is a traditional Filipino recipe for lumpia, or fried spring rolls. They’re made with paper-thin lumpia wrappers and filled with a savory mixture of ground pork, cabbage, and other vegetables. Serve lumpia as a side dish or appetizer with a sweet chili dipping sauce.

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Magical Correspondences for Wednesday

Magickal Intentions: Communication, Divination, Writing, Knowledge, Business Transactions, Debt, Fear, Loss, Travel and Money Matters

Element: Air

Incense: Jasmine, Lavender, Sweet Pea
Planets: Mercury and Chiron (though this is a moon of Pluto)
Star Sign: Virgo
Angel: Raphael
Power Colors: Orange, Light Blue, Grey, Yellow and Violet
Herbs & Plants: Fern, Lavender, Hazel, Cherry, Periwinkle
Sacred Stones: Aventurine, Bloodstone, Hematite, Moss Agate and Sodalite
Oil: (Mercury) Benzoin, Clary Sage, Eucalyptus, Lavender

Deities include Athena, Hermes, Lugh, Mercury, Odin

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Daily Tarot: The High Priestess
Let intuition be your guide today and you won’t go too far wrong. If something doesn’t need to be done or delivered instantly, take your time and let events, situations, and people claim the time and attention they seem to want. Things want to sort themselves out for you, in the best ways. Don’t introduce complications. Be decisive when necessary but otherwise step up, too, and be pleasantly surprised.

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, October 24, 2022

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, October 24, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“Just before the death of flowers,
And before they are buried in snow,
There comes a festival season
When nature is all aglow.”

Author Unknown

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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Spiritual Unite: DREAMING ABOUT VAMPIRES – SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM
Susan Brunton

If you have been dreaming about vampires, it is important to understand the spiritual symbolism behind these creatures.

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So You Want to Start Spirit Work…/ Chaotic Witch Aunt

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Spirituality & Health: To Admire
by Mark Nepo

“Admiration is a powerful resource because when we admire someone or something, we are, if open, introduced to where those qualities live in us.”

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Learn Religions: The Greek Goddess Hecate

By Patti Wigington
Updated on June 10, 2019

Hecate (sometimes spelled Hekate) was a pre-Olympian Greek goddess—she may have had Thracian origins—and ruled over the realms of earth and fertility rituals. As a goddess of childbirth,

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MBG: Mars Retrograde Is Just As Disruptive As Mercury Rx—And It’s Coming Up

This Tuesday, October 25, the new moon in mystical Scorpio arrives as a rare solar eclipse.
As the crossing moon dims the light of the Sun, what you don’t see may be far more telling than anything your eyes radar in on.

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Samhain Retreat | Real witches celebrating Halloween

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Exemplore:

Samhain: The Celtic Festival of the Dying Year and the New Year
JAMES SLAVENAUG 3, 2022

Samhain: A Liminal Time
Samhain—a liminal time—a time of beginnings and endings and of light and dark. It is a time when the veils between worlds are thinnest, as the light of the sun is dying in the autumn of the year and darkness reaches its ever-lengthening grasp across the lands.

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Treehugger: How to Make Potpourri: 5 Simple Steps
We detail the best methods for making homemade dry and moist potpourri.

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EarthSky News: Visible planets and night sky October-November 2022

Visible planets (evening)
Saturn is high in the sky after sunset – golden in color, shining steadily – perfect for observing all evening. Saturn sets around 2 a.m. local time.

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Patheos-Pagan: Green Man, Earth Angel, by Tom Cheetham – Book Review
OCTOBER 21, 2022 BY IAN CHAMBERS

Green Man, Earth Angel: The Prophetic Tradition and the Battle for the World Soul, by Tom Cheetham, SUNY Press Series in Western Esoteric Traditions, 2005.

Tom Cheetham is a writer whose area of special interest incorporates the imagination in philosophy, religion, psychology and the arts, taking in a broad field while pursuing the common thread to tease out a work of enchantment.

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Pagan Playlist: Dark Blues Music to Escape to… | Justin Johnson | PART 2

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Inner Journey: ON DEATH AND DYING

“Don’t strew me with roses after I’m dead. When Death claims the light of my brow No flowers of life will cheer me: instead You may give me my roses now!”
— Thomas F. Healey

“The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.”
— Hermann Hesse

“What is here is also there; what is there, is also here. Who sees multiplicity but not the one indivisible Self must wander on and on from death to death.”
— Katha Upanishad

“Is death the last step? No, it is the final awakening.”
— Sir Walter Scott

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Your name is coming up again. Whispered here, gossiped there.

It’s a good thing we don’t have tabloids, because your picture would be everywhere. The gist being that your love life is about to take off!

First, you’re going to be falling wildly in love with who you already are, and thereby becoming an irresistible magnet to others. T-s-s-s-s!

Then, as stars are rearranged and connections are made, you’re literally going to feel the fire that sparked all creation. Yeah, hot!

Finally, you’re going to bathe forevermore in rays of pure ecstasy.

So… ready for step one?

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Meringue Bones and Ghosts

While I know no one is ever actually scared by spooky Halloween treats, I do know for a fact that many people are terrified to work with meringue. Hopefully these bones and ghosts will help chase those demons away.

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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

Element: Water

Incense: African Violet, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, Wormwood
Planet: Moon
Star Sign: Cancer
Angel: Gabriel
Power Colors: Silver, White and Gray
Herbs& Plants: Night Blooming Flowers, Willow Root, Orris Root, Birch, Motherwort, Vervain, White Rose and White Iris
Sacred Stones: Carnelian, Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl, Clear Quartz, Flourite, Geodes
Oil: (Moon) Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood

Deities include Artemis, Diana, Luna, Selene, Thoth

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Daily Wisdom
October 24, 2022

Nature

“Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Interesting that Emerson calls Nature “she.” Maybe because we think of Mother Nature. The idea, though, is that nature is something we can count on. As unpredictable as nature can be, we do know that the sun will rise, the seasons will change, that rivers will flow to the sea. There are these laws in effect that go beyond our powers of human manipulation. Nature is much bigger than we are, and yet, at the same time, it is an essential part of who we are. The same laws that govern nature affect us as well.

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The Fool
Expect the unexpected, in fact don’t even expect that much. Today could be a wild ride, and you may instigate some of it in the spirit of fun, suggests the Fool card. Play it safe and stay out of trouble if you can, but it could be hard at times. Don’t fret over any little mistakes today. By tonight or at least tomorrow it may be hard to tell who made them if anyone even recalls them.

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

Cat’s Morning Bits for Friday, October 21, 2022

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Friday, October 21, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“Colors burst in wild explosions
Fiery, flaming shades of fall
All in accord with my pounding heart
Behold the autumn-weaver
In bronze and yellow dying
Colors unfold into dreams
In hordes of a thousand and one
The bleeding
Unwearing their masks to the last notes of summer
Their flutes and horns in nightly swarming
Colors burst within
Spare me those unending fires
Bestowed upon the flaming shades of fall.”

Dark Tranquility, With the Flaming Shades of Fall

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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Pioneer Thinking; Blossom Groves Massage Oil Recipe

How to make a massage oil.

Ingredients:

8 teaspoons grapeseed oil

6 drops of orange blossom essential/fragrance oil

2 drops lemongrass essential/fragrance oil

2 drops neroli essential/fragrance oil

Blend ingredients well.

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Spirit Spell Candle Recipe – Candle Magic – Color Magic – Ancestor – Witchcraft – Magical Crafting

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Spirituality & Health: The Spiritual Meaning of Clumsiness
by Julie Peters

Feeling a little too clumsy lately? Discover the spiritual meaning of clumsiness.
Do you ever have those kinds of days where every glass you touch smashes, you are constantly stubbing your toe, and you find yourself covered with mysterious bumps and bruises? Some of us are clumsier than others, but we also go through clumsy phases from time to time. There might even be a spiritual meaning to your clumsiness.

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Learn Religions: Samhain Folklore – Halloween Superstitions and Legends

By Patti Wigington
Updated on April 29, 2019
While we Pagans are celebrating Samhain on October 31 (or at the beginning of May, if you’re one of our southern hemisphere readers), for many of our friends and neighbors, this is the Halloween season. No matter what you choose to call it, or how you’re celebrating

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MBG: Why Your Rising Sign Matters In Astrology + A Breakdown All Of 12

If you’re at all privy to the world of astrology, you likely know your sun sign isn’t the only one to pay attention to. And in fact, some argue your rising sign is just as important as your sun sign—with others saying it’s actually even more important.

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I Made Adorable Baby Bats l Resin Art Doll DIY

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Exemplore:A Samhain Apple Spell: Dissolving Links to the Past
MACKENZIE SAGE WRIGHTAUG 2, 2022

Transitions can be tricky—it’s often hard to let go of the past and move on. Sometimes we can get stuck on a particular part of the past, such as a breakup, death of a loved one, or losing something important (a home, a job, a way of life, etc.)

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EarthSky News: Moon near Mercury on October 23 and 24

Moon near Mercury on October 23 and 24
Mercury is nearing the end of its best morning apparition for the Northern Hemisphere. But from the Southern Hemisphere, Mercury barely peeks above the horizon this month so may no longer be visible.

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Patheos-Pagan: A Prayer For Troubled Times
OCTOBER 19, 2022 BY JOHN BECKETT

Denton CUUPS presented the Sunday service at the Denton Unitarian Univeralist Fellowship this past Sunday, something we do a few times every year. It fills the pulpit on one of the Sundays when our minister is off,

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Pagan Playlist: Celtic Music – Dreampath

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Inner Journey:

MAKING LIFE OUR OWN

“Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.”
— Stephen Vincent Benet

What’s needed for a new relationship with time and life?

Intention — Get really clear about what you want.

Desire — How much do you want something new for yourself? Know your motivation. Desire brings the energy for change.

Belief and/or willingness to trust you can have what you want. If belief is lacking, can you believe in the possibility that you can find a new way of living?

Perseverance, discipline — It takes time and effort to change attitudes and habits. We can’t expect a new life overnight.

Acceptance, both of what’s happening now and of who we are. Until we honestly and openly accept our present situation, we cannot change it.

A willingness to try something new.

“It is so easy to waste our lives: our days, our hours, our minutes. … It is so easy to exist instead of live. Unless you know there is a clock ticking. So many of us changed our lives when we heard a biological clockand decided to have kids. But that sound is a murmur compared to the tolling of mortality.”
— Anna Quindlen

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Nothing is left to chance.

The choreography of players and circumstances is plotted with mind-numbing precision. Enormous forces of attraction are activated and engaged. The odds for your inevitable success begin skyrocketing. And every second of every day is calibrated and recalibrated… for every thought you think.

Up for some visualizing?

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Easy Cake Pops

Tasty, easy-making, and perfect for kids.

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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

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 Wisdom
October 21, 2022

Relationships

“The long-term accommodation that protects marriage and other such relationships is… forgetfulness.”

-Alice Walker, You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down (1981)

“Forgetfulness” goes beyond forgiveness. First you forgive, then you forget. This is present-moment awareness in action! The past is history – it’s gone, and it can certainly be forgotten. As we grow and change, as our relationships grow and change, forgetfulness can be a welcome accommodation!

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The Hermit
Smooth your way through the day by being as respectable as time and circumstance require. Fit in, look and sound the part that you’ve been assigned, and get a lot done with very little or no resistance. In general, being respectable can be a good thing and serve you well, especially when dealing with new people or with those who don’t know you very well

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

Cat’s Morning Bits for Thursday, October 20, 2022

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Thursday, October 20, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.”

Elizabeth Lawrence

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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Spirit Library:

Finally, Claiming Your Needs
Brenda Hoffman

Dear Ones,

Even though your recent shifts are pushing you into self-love, achieving self-love may seem arduous.

Such is so because your caretaking skills are so deeply ingrained it is almost impossible at times to realize you are negating yourself for others.

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Spirituality & Health: How to Create a Crystal Pendulum Wheel Tailored to Any Question
by Sara Monk

Pendulum wheels are “wheels of possibilities.” Discover how a home-crafted crystal pendulum wheel can help you answer spiritual questions.
Do you remember those paper fortune tellers that children would create on the playground? I loved them and found them to be such a fun way to get answers to my questions.

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Learn Religions: Ritual Honoring the Harvest’s End

By Patti Wigington
Updated on September 23, 2018

Samhain represents, among other things, the end of the harvest season. If you haven’t picked it by Samhain, you probably won’t be eating it! The gardens have died off by now, and where we once saw lush green plants,

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MBG: Curious About A Pisces-Scorpio Matchup? Here’s What To Know, From Astrologers

In astrology, certain signs are known to click better than others. A lot of factors go into astrological compatibility, but generally speaking, Pisces and Scorpio are two water signs that can get along—dare we say—swimmingly.

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Halloween DIY Witchy Decor – Samhain Collab with The Writing Witch – Moon Wreath – Magical Crafting

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Exemplore:Feng Shui: Lucky Objects and Where to Put Them to Bring Luck
CHRISTY KIRWANAUG 4, 2022

What Is Feng Shui?
The literal translation of “Feng Shui” means “Wind Water.” Feng Shui is a mystical Chinese practice that combines geomancy (a form of earth divination) and ancient Chinese astronomy.

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EarthSky News: Why no eclipse every full and new moon?

Why do we have eclipses?
A solar eclipse happens at new moon, when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. A lunar eclipse happens at full moon, when the Earth, sun and moon align in space, with Earth between the sun and moon.

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Patheos-Pagan: 9 Pagan Gods You Should Know
OCTOBER 19, 2022 BY JASON MANKEY
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There is no one goddess of the Witches and no one god of the Pagans; but there are a few deities that everyone out there in the magical community should know. Feel free to agree or disagree with my choices!

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Pagan Playlist: Medieval Halloween Music – Spooky Tavern | Dark, Haunting

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Inner Journey:

USE DOWN TIMES TO GOOD ADVANTAGE

“The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.”
— Milarepa

In our busy schedules, we can often complain that we don’t have time to meditate. But if we are sincere in our desire to go inside, we can create our own moments of stillness in the midst of our activity.

Stopped at a traffic light? Do some deep breathing. Waiting in line at the bank or grocery store? Repeat an uplifting word such as ‘love’ or ‘peace.’ Riding the bus to and from work? Value these times as an opportunity to close your eyes and go within or to say a little prayer.

“Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness within you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never overshadow your access to the reservoir of creativity, the field of pure potentiality.”
— Deepak Chopra

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A Note from the Universe

For what has been an eternity dwelling in the vastness of the unseen, I’ve been preparing for these very moments…

You waking up to the truth of your magnificence and power, knowing at last that you’re not alone and that you’ve never been judged. That life is a playground, not a laboratory; an adventure, not a test.

Knowing that you are exactly who you dreamed you’d become, and exactly who the world most needs you to be.

And, perhaps most of all, knowing that your thoughts create, your words shape, and your deeds summon energies befitting gods and goddesses.

Good thing I don’t age.

The Universe

tut.com

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Magical Correspondences for Thursday

Magickal Intentions: Luck, Happiness, Health, Legal Matters, Male Fertility, Treasure and Wealth, Honor, Riches, Desires, Leadership, Public Activity, Power and Success

Element: Earth

Incense: Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg and Sage

Planet: Jupiter
Star Signs: Sagittarius and Pisces
Angel: Sachiel
Power Colors: Purple, Royal Blue and Indigo
Herbs & Plants: Cinnamon, Beech, Buttercup, Coltsfoot, Oak, Dill, Borage, Patchouli
Sacred Stones: Sugilite, Amethyst, Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire
Oil: (Jupiter) Clove, Lemon Balm, Oakmoss, Star Anise

Deities include Juno, Jupiter,Thor, Zeus

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Daily Wisdom
October 20, 2022

Relationships

“The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation – or a relationship.”

-Deborah Tannen

A relationship is a living thing. It grows, evolves, and no two are the same. We need to care for our relationships, and that can mean different things in different circumstances. We need to pay attention to relationships that are important to us, and know that in return the relationship nurtures us.

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The World
You may not expect or even want it, but today you will be properly acknowledged and even honored for a skill, talent, or accomplishment. Your big heart will also be appreciated. Some sort of public reward is possible, if only in the form of praise, which can be transformed into something more tangible later. If not seeking validation or kudos, be on the alert because it’s coming. You’ve earned it!

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

Cat’s Morning Bits for Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“The leaves fall patiently
Nothing remembers or grieves
The river takes to the sea
The yellow drift of leaves.”

Sara Teasdale

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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A Cosy October Evening with a Forest Witch

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Spirituality & Health: A Goddess Ritual for Soothing Anxiety
by Laurie Sue Brockway

Experiencing anxiety? Find serenity and alleviate stress by performing a ritual to Lakshmi.
Lakshmi is the beloved Indian-born goddess of good fortune. She personifies purity and goodness and presides over the realms of material and spiritual wealth. She has been worshipped for three millennia by Hindus, and she is also honored by Jains, Buddhists, and those on the goddess path.

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Learn Religions: 5 Easy Samhain Decorations

By Patti Wigington
Updated on October 21, 2019

Samhain is the last of the three harvest holidays, following Lughnasadh and Mabon, so keep the harvest theme in mind when you’re decking your halls and walls. Consider decorating your home with symbols of the season. Like all holiday

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MBG: 4 Tips For Unleashing Your Creativity, Inspired By Goddess Energy

October is the month that Navaratri is celebrated in India, which is the celebration of the Goddess in all her many forms and power. Divine feminine energy runs through each and every one of us (regardless of gender) and is associated with the nonlinear, creative shakti power, our intuitive and passionate aspects within us.

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Exemplore: How to Use Mirrors to Harness Positive Feng Shui Energy
DALE HYDEOCT 13, 2022

Mirrors Are Important in Feng Shui
In feng shui, mirrors represent the water element and are popular because they can expand a space and reflect beauty. As such, these reflective objects are sometimes called the ‘aspirin’ of feng shui.

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Treehugger: 9 Gorgeous Snake Species Around the World
Check out these cool species, from an iridescent snake to an endangered garter.

In 2014, there were more than 3,000 described snake species around the world, and that number is constantly growing. With that kind of variety, it’s no surprise these slithering critters come in so many colors, patterns, and sizes

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EarthSky News: Meteor showers: Tips for watching the show

Meteor showers were linked to the orbits of comets in the late 1800’s. A comet leaves behind a trail of meteoroid particles no bigger than a tiny grain of sand as it orbits the Sun. As the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet, these meteoroids collide with our atmosphere and the resulting friction heats them to the point where we see them streak across our sky.

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Patheos-Pagan: A surprising portrait of the fortuneteller
OCTOBER 17, 2022 BY CAMELIA ELIAS

Reading cards occasions not only the delivery of a particular message, but also the thinking about what makes a fortuneteller. As far as I’m concerned, one becomes a fortuneteller because of desire. M

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Pagan Playlist: The Skye Boat Song – Ella Roberts

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Inner Journey:

STAR CONNECTIONS

“The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self. The energy of the stars becomes us. We become the energy of the stars. Stardust and spirit unite and we begin: One with the universe. Whole and holy.”
— Dennis J. Kucinich

Ponder the spectre of yourself as one human being in the over six billion people on Earth. See Earth as one tiny planet in a galaxy of billions of stars, and that galaxy as just one of billions of galaxies in our expanding universe. We are so minute as to be nonexistent. And yet, we have the power to visualize, to imagine the entirety of the cosmos.

In your journal, write about the paradox of being both microscopic and immense.

“I think we would be able to live in this world more peaceably if our spirituality were to come from looking not just into infinity but very closely at the world around us — and appreciating its depth and divinity.”
— Thomas Moore

“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.”
— Harry Emerson Fosdick

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Do you know what you have in common with the tiniest percentage of human beings who have ever, ever, ever graced the face of the earth?

You can still walk barefoot. You can still pick flowers. You can still make a difference.

Life is yummy,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: 23 Halloween Dinner and Appetizer Ideas That Are a Total Scream

Halloween isn’t always sugary sweetness. Sometimes it’s savory and occasionally creepy…but always scary good. These Halloween dinner ideas and party food ideas are a total scream.

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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 Wisdom
October 18 , 2022

Relationships

“Union is only possible to those who are units. To be fit for relations in time, souls, whether of man or woman, must be able to do without them in the spirit.”

-Margaret Fuller, Women in the Nineteenth Century (1845)

We are each whole, complete, and perfect just as we are. None of us needs another person to be fulfilled. There is no “other half” that needs to be found. Our primary relationship is with ourselves. And we can choose to share our selves, because we know what an unlimited supply of love is available to us! We learn and grow and give and receive from our relationships – and that is beautiful.

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The Sun
Find a way to inject an artistic touch to whatever you’re doing and get extra satisfaction and have greater success at what you’re doing. You may not think of yourself as artistic, but it will be hard to hide or resist your creative side today. Even the most mundane and boring tasks can be made more pleasant by adding a dash of artistic expression. Within reason and appropriateness, let it shine!

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, October 17, 2022

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, October 17, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“October is nature’s funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the month of coming – October than May. Every green thin loves to die in bright colors.”

Henry Ward Beecher

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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Spirit Library: Presence in Conversation
Eckhart Tolle

Question: How do I maintain a sense of presence when I’m in the company of another person? How do I bring presence into conversation?

Eckhart Tolle: It’s not easy. The moment you start talking, the two minds come together and so they strengthen each other. A flow starts, a stream of thought. A moment ago you were present, and then somebody starts talking.

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Halloween DIY Witchy Decor – Samhain Collab with The Writing Witch – Moon Wreath – Magical Crafting

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Spirituality & Health: Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
by Julie Peters

Because human beings are already divine, we have the capacity to learn from our worst moments, to find beauty and hope and help for other people when we recover from our struggles.

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Learn Religions: Setting Up Your Samhain Altar

By Patti Wigington
Updated on April 29, 2020

Samhain is the time of year when many members of the Pagan community celebrate the cycle of life and death. This Sabbat is about the end of the harvest, the calling of the spirits, and the changing aspects of the god and goddess.

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MBG: What To Know About October’s Birthstone + How To Care For It

Each month of the calendar year comes with its own designated birthstone (and birth month flower), and the stone for October is none other than the opal. Here’s what to know about this birthstone, from spiritual meanings to how to take care of it, according to crystal experts.

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Exemplore: What Is Eclectic Witchcraft? (And Why It May Be the Best Path for You)
BEV G AUG 3, 2022

What Does It Look Like to Practice Eclectic Witchcraft?
Ellie is waiting for the bus that takes her to work. It’s important she gets into the animal center on time—she has arranged to meet a couple looking to adopt a dog, and Ellie has the perfect boy for them.

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Treehugger: How ‘Rented’ Solitary Bees Can Help Your Garden
Leased nesting materials bring these ‘sweet little bees’ to your home.

It’s cleaning time for pollinator houses as people get ready for next year’s bees.

Based in Bothell, Washington, the company Rent Mason Bees rents two species of bees across the U.S. Farmers, teachers, and nature fans set up nesting material in their yard and then release solitary bees that don’t have a queen or a colony.

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EarthSky News: Moon near Castor and Pollux, morning of October 17

Moon near Castor and Pollux
On the morning of October 17, 2022, the last quarter moon passes by the bright stars Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini the Twins. You’ll easily notice the bright stars Castor and Pollux because they are close together in the sky.

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Patheos-Pagan: How I’m Navigating the Eclipse Season
OCTOBER 14, 2022 BY IRISANYA MOON

Oh dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all hope of day! — John Milton

The scary messages are out — ECLIPSES ARE COMING. HIDE YOURSELF.

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Pagan Playlist: Gothic Autumn Music – Graves of the Fallen | Dark, Haunting

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Inner Journey:

WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES FOR TODAY?

“Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to do what they want to do.”
— Kathleen Winsor

When we clearly set an intention, our conscious and subconscious minds mobilize to help us meet that intention. At the start of each day, thoroughly review what commitments you have made to others for the day, and decide what commitment(s) you will make for yourself.

What can you do today that will move you one step closer to your personal goals? Own your power to choose to meet your own needs. After all, we are much better able to help others when our own needs are met. And at the end of the day, when you’ve honoured your commitment to yourself, acknowledge your success.

“If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.”
— Lee Iacocca

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Dang, just because you’re a supernatural, unstoppable, manifesting machine, doesn’t mean you can’t ask for help. A lot of help. And fully expect to receive it.

That was part of “the deal,”

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe:

Slime Popcorn

Sticky, ooey gooey marshmallow popcorn is perfect for Halloween. Just add some green food dye, candy eyeballs, and you have a slime monster!

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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

Element: Water

Incense: African Violet, Honeysuckle, Myrtle, Willow, Wormwood
Planet: Moon
Star Sign: Cancer
Angel: Gabriel
Power Colors: Silver, White and Gray
Herbs& Plants: Night Blooming Flowers, Willow Root, Orris Root, Birch, Motherwort, Vervain, White Rose and White Iris
Sacred Stones: Carnelian, Moonstone, Aquamarine, Pearl, Clear Quartz, Flourite, Geodes
Oil: (Moon) Jasmine, Lemon, Sandalwood

Deities include Artemis, Diana, Luna, Selene, Thoth

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Daily Wisdom
October 17 , 2022

Relationships

“Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.”

-Harriet Lerner, Dance of Intimacy (1989)

The purpose of relationships, like just about anything in this life, is for us to learn more about ourselves and who we really are. That is why intimate relationships teach us so much. When we truly open ourselves up and express our feelings we feel closer to God. We become aware of our own vulnerability, and our own divinity.

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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astrology.com

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Cat’s Morning Bits for Thursday, October 13, 2022

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Thursday, October 13, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“The sweet calm sunshine of October, now
Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mold
The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough
drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.”

William Cullen Bryant

gardendigest.com

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October 2022 Events:

Oct 9 Full Blood Moon at 1:54 pm PST/ 2:54 pm MST/ 4:54 pm EST

Oct 25 New Moon at 3:48 am PST/ Oct 25 4:48 pm MST/ 6:48 pm EST

Oct 28 Celtic Tree Month of Reed begins

Oct 31 Samhain / Halloween

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Spirit Library: Over It!
Brenda Hoffman

Dear Ones,

What was is no longer – including what was just days or hours ago. In a sense, you are on one of those carnival rides that turn you upside down, sideways, and up and down. And just as is true when you are physically on those rides, your inner being is unsettled to the point of becoming ill.

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Spirit Spell Candle Recipe – Candle Magic – Color Magic – Ancestor – Witchcraft – Magical Crafting

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Spirituality & Health: How to Outsmart the Saboteur Archetype
by Keri Mangis

Your inner Saboteur knows your weaknesses. Here’s how to outsmart the Saboteur archetype.
An archetype (“arche”= original/origin; “type” = model/pattern) is an expression of an energy that we can embody (through actions, thoughts, and behaviors) at different times throughout our lives. Some examples of archetypes include the bully, wizard, queen, class clown, and athlete.

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Pioneer Thinking: Ten Ways to Celebrate Leaf Season

It’s Leaf Season!
Red, gold and amber against a deep blue sky, frosty air filled with the scent of burning wood and ripe apples, migrating birds and animals feasting on this year’s abundant harvest – autumn feels like a celebration.

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MBG: Keep Pulling The Devil Card In Tarot Readings? Here’s What To Know About It

Whether you want insight about the past, knowledge about the present, or guidance for the future, a tarot reading is a great place to start. And of the 78 cards in a traditional tarot deck, pulling the Devil card can feel pretty ominous—but it’s all about what you make of it. Here’s what to know about this card, plus what it might say about your love life, career, and more.

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Starting a New Book of Shadows | Season of the Witch

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Exemplore:How to Get Rid of Spirits in Your House
LAYNIE HJUN 21, 2022

I grew up in a haunted house and also resided in a haunted apartment for several years. Now that I look back at my experiences as an adult, I can make sense of them.

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Treehugger: How to Use and Preserve Fresh Apple Juice
If you’re lucky enough to have an abundance of apples, there’s a lot you can do with the juice

With six apple trees in my forest garden, and a very good year for fruit this year, much of my time these last couple of weeks has been taken up with harvesting and preserving the apple harvest.

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EarthSky News: Meet Aquarius the Water Bearer and its stars

Lying on our sky’s dome between the constellations Capricornus and Pisces, Aquarius the Water Bearer is tricky to spot. There aren’t many bright stars in this constellation, and you’ll need a dark sky to get a good look of it. It’s one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac, which means the sun, moon and planets occasionally pass within its boundaries.

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Patheos-Pagan: Allow Yourself to Wane Like the Moon
OCTOBER 10, 2022 BY IRISANYA MOON

The cycles of the moon inspire me.

I don’t always follow the energy. My body is sometimes active when things are darkening and sometimes exhausted when the light grows. (And sometimes my body is both at the same time. Which is unfortunate for the things I’ve promised to do.

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Pagan Playlist: “SON OF A WITCH” | DARK SWAMP BLUES on the Dobro Duolian Resonator Guitar

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Inner Journey:

DAILY FORGIVENESS

“As long as you don’t forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.”
— Isabelle Holland

We cannot avoid daily resentment and thoughts of guilt. They are a part of human nature. What we can do is release their grip on us. We can forgive others and ourselves daily.

Forgiveness requires nothing in return. There are no conditions. It gets rid of old baggage and clears up unfinished business. It leads us to a life of authenticity, lightness and directness. Forgiveness is the highest form of letting go of resentment and ego.

True forgiveness is more than an apology, understanding and acceptance. There is an element of recreating and re-imagining. There is a need to envision ourselves as more loving, interdependent, courageous and compassionate. Forgiveness requires honouring the sacred journey of learning about life – our life and others’.

“Whatever we have done, we can always make amends for it without ever looking back in guilt or sorrow.”
— Eknath Easwaran

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

It’s always better to give too much, pay too much, and love too much, than not enough.

But then since everything comes back to you exponentially, can there ever be too much?

I love you too much anyway,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Best Butternut Squash Soup Ever

Slightly sweet, this is one of the best soups I’ve had in a while.

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Magical Correspondences for Thursday

Magickal Intentions: Luck, Happiness, Health, Legal Matters, Male Fertility, Treasure and Wealth, Honor, Riches, Desires, Leadership, Public Activity, Power and Success

Element: Earth

Incense: Cinnamon, Musk, Nutmeg and Sage

Deities include Juno, Jupiter,Thor, Zeus

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Daily Wisdom
October 13 , 2022

Solitude

“We’re all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!”

-Tennessee Williams, Orpheus Descending

There comes a time when we realize that there’s no escaping it, we have to live with ourselves! How do we treat ourselves? Are we kind and loving, do we show appreciation and forgiveness? Too often we’re our own worst critics! We’re hard on ourselves when we really need a break once in awhile. Let’s work on being the kind of person whom we want to be with – and spend some time being ourselves, by ourselves.

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The Fool

The day may be full of confusion but you don’t have to go through it naively and unaware of what’s happening around you. It’s not a good day to flirt with taking silly risks, some of which might turn out to be semi-dangerous or costly. You may be too hyper to want to play it safe, but at least make an effort to not be naïve or irresponsible.

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.

I invite you to check out my websites!

The Desert Path: The dusty ramblings of a desert pagan. https://thedesertpath.com/

Cat’s Treasure Trove …. an eclectic collection of jewelry & gifts! https://thedesertpath.com

Sacred Spirals (the place where all paths meet)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SacredSpirals/

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