Cat’s Morning Bits for April 10, 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 12 Easter
April 15 Celtic tree Month of Willow begins
April 22 Earth Day
April 22 New Moon at 7:25 pm PST/ 8:25 pm MST/ 10:25 pm EST
April 23 Ramadan
April 24 Arbor Day
April 30 Walprgis Night
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A violet by a mossy stone,
Half-hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
-William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
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Spirit Library: Dawning of a New Age (a message from Kate Spreckley)
We are at the dawning of a new age. An age that is exposing the energetic soul blueprints we need to manifest our new reality. Our soul blueprints are an energetic framework which contains our pure potential.
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from Wise Woman Herbal Ezine: Make your own Bottled Sunshine..
by Corinna Wood and Lee Warren
There is no other medicinal herb that bespeaks more of sunshine than St. Johnswort, or St. J’s, as we fondly call it. It loves sunny open places, blooms at the height of summer solstice, soothes the skin after sunburn, and even brings sunshine into our lives through its mood elevating properties.
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ThoughtCo: Beltane Prayers
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. By the time Beltane rolls around, sprouts and seedlings are appearing, grass is growing.
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MBG: 3 Calming Breathing Techniques That Will Help You Stay Positive
I, like so many people, am finding it challenging to remain positive these days. Though I’m fortunate enough to be able to stay inside, cabin fever is setting in, my family is getting on each other’s nerves, and there’s a steady stream of adrenaline-producing news in the background.
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Daily Dream Meaning: Doctors
1. If the dreamer is having difficulties, help is on the way.
2. If in the dream the doctors are making a diagnosis or suggesting treatment, the dreamer should pay attention. What they’re saying may relate to a hidden health issue, or a psychological or emotional issue that needs attention.
Astrological parallel: Virgo, Pisces.
Tarot parallel: King of Cups.
astrology.com
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Daily Good: Healing Our Relationship to Reality
“As human beings we are hardwired to search for stability, security, certainty and a sense of control in our lives. And yet, life by definition is perpetually in flux, it is famously unpredictable, riddled with uncertainty and fundamentally uncontrollable. These realities are the ground on which we practice. And practicing on this ground invites us into the heart of paradox. The paradox of finding joy in the midst of relentless change, the paradox of discovering balance in the midst of uncertainty and of finding our true agency in the midst of a surrender.” This piece explores what somatic practices like yoga can offer as we navigate the realities of existence.{ read more }
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Today’s DIY: A Simple Way to Add Witchcraft to Your Everyday
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Patheos Pagan: The Corner Crone: Reclaiming a Solitary Practice
The full moon rose, large and luminous and glowing, flaming in the twilight, as creamy as buttery-fresh milk. Up, up she rose through the latticework of the oak trees, framed in a tangle of criss-crossed branches and cotton boll clouds. And there stood I, physically alone in my sacred grove of oaks and palms yet profoundly connected to All That Is with a vibrance I hadn’t experienced in a very long time.
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MNN: How to share Earth with other animals
A renowned biologist wants us to set aside half the planet for wildlife, part of a growing effort to avert the first man-made mass extinction.
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EarthSky News: Use the Big Dipper to find the Little Dipper
So you say you can find the Big Dipper, but not the Little Dipper? This post is for you. Here’s the view northward on April evenings. At present the Big Dipper is high in the north during the evening hours. Notice the two outer stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper. These two stars – called Duhbe and Merak – always point to Polaris, the North Star. Find Polaris, and you can find the Little Dipper.
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Patheos-Pagan: Plant Spirit Familiars
For millennia mankind has turned to the natural world for answers to the mysteries of life. The laws governing all things both seen and unseen can be understood through observation and interaction with nature. Our lives are inextricably linked to the natural world no matter how sterile and far removed our lives have become.
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Pagan Playlist: Damh The Bard – Ceridwen and Taliesin
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Inner Journey:
PERFECTIONISM
“We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less we will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring up to that ideal. Our image of perfection is the reason we reject ourselves the way we are, and why we don’t accept others the way they are.”
— Don Miguel Ruiz
“The maxim ‘Nothing but perfection’ may be spelled ‘Paralysis.'”
— Winston Churchill
“After enough mirror gazing, we all develop our ‘cosmic sense of humor.’ We no longer try to be perfect, or try to get all our work done in time. We become content with whatever life brings. Just to deal with what comes up without crucifying ourselves or others is enough of a challenge.”
— Paul Ferrini
“Good enough never is.”
— Debbi Fields
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
A coincidence?
Do you think it’s just a coincidence that you look exactly as you do?
Do you think your height, the color of your eyes, or the sound of your voice were accidents?
Do you think your insights into life, your gifts of perception, or your sense of humor were the result of random genetics?
No. You are exactly as you now are, with every freckle, trait, and charm, because they all added up to how you could make the biggest difference with your life in time and space, while having the most fun.
In appreciation,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Dave’s Big Raisin Cookies
Here is Dave’s Big Raisin cookies, the best you can find.
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Magical Correspondences for Friday
Magickal Intentions: Love, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers and Heart
Incense: Strawberry, Sandalwood, Rose, Saffron and, Vanilla
Planet: Venus
Sign: Libra and Taurus
Angel: Ariel
Colors: Green, Pink, Aqua
Herbs/Plants: Pink Rose, Ivy, Birch, Heather, Clematis, Sage, Violet and Water Lilly Stones: Rose Quartz, Moonstone, Pink Tourmaline, Peridot, Emerald and Jade
Oil: (Venus) Cardamom, Palmarosa, Rose, Yarrow
Friday belongs to Venus, and its energies are warm, sensuous, and fulfilling. Efforts that involve any type of pleasure, comfort, and luxury, as well as the arts, music, or aroma (incense and perfume) works well on this day. As Venus lends its sensuous influences to the energies of this day, use it for any magical work that deals with matters of the heart.
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Daily Wisdom
April 10, 2020
Meaning
“One needs something to believe in, something which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one’s life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.”
-Hannah Senesh (1938)
It’s that passion, that purpose, that spurs us forward in life. We know that there is more to life than just paying the bills and hanging out. But that “more” is different for each one of us. Understanding that Life has meaning is one thing, but we must also understand that our own lives have meaning. We’re here for a reason. And it’s up to each one of us to discover just what that reason is and to embrace it whole-heartedly!
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Daily Tarot: Justice
Be an impartial observer in your own love life today. Instead of complaining that things aren’t fair, try to be honest and loyal even if you don’t get the same in return. Serve as a peacemaker. Justice says that there’s no use in trying to keep track of all of the ways you’ve been wronged, because everything evens out in the end.
astrology.com
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