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Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, December 19, 2022

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, December 19, 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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December Quotes

“I have been one acquainted with the night
I have walked out in rain – and back in rain
I have out-walked the furthest city light

I have looked down the saddest city lane
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say goodbye;
And further still at an unearthly height;
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.”
– Robert Frost, Acquainted with the Night

gardendigest.com

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December Events 2022

Dec. 7 Full Moon at 8:08 pm PST/ 9:08 pm MST/ 11:08 pm EDT

Dec. 21 Winter Solstice / Yule and Sun enters Capricorn

Dec 23 New Moon at 2:16 am PST/ 3:16 am MST/ 5:16 am EST

Dec. 24 Christmas Eve & celtic Tree Month of Birch begins

Dec. 25 Christmas Day

Dec. 31 New Years Eve

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Spirit Library: Flipped Power Pyramid
Brenda Hoffman

Dear Ones,

Perhaps you worry that you are not good enough. That even though others are transitioning, you cannot love enough to do so.

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Corn Starch Ornaments

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Spirituality & Health: How to Use Mantra Meditation for the Chakras
by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

Meditate using mantras to help balance and energize each of the seven main chakras.
In the summer of 2022, my husband and I traveled to the wilderness of Newfoundland. The place is poetically beautiful, sandwiched between the mountains and the roaring Atlantic Ocean. We hiked ten miles every day and felt cleansed by our surroundings.

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Learn Religions: Yule Goddess Ritual for Solitaries

By Patti Wigington
Updated on October 21, 2019
Yule is the time of the Winter Solstice, and for many Pagans, it’s a time to say goodbye to the old, and welcome the new. As the sun returns to the earth, life begins once more. This ritual can be performed by a solitary practitioner, either male or female, but it’s also easily adaptable for a small group of people.

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MBG: The Last New Moon Of 2022 Is Also A Supermoon: What Astrologers Want You To Know

Just as you’re kicking back by the fireplace, boom! Stalled missions are about to pick up momentum this week. Here’s your horoscope, from The AstroTwins.

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EarthSky News: Meet Pisces the Fish, 1st constellation of the zodiac

Pisces the Fish is one of the constellations of the zodiac, which means that it lies on the ecliptic, or path of the sun and planets through our sky. Currently, Jupiter lies within the constellation’s borders and will remain here until mid-May 2023.

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Patheos-Pagan: Smoke Divination: The Art of Capnomancy
AUGUST 23, 2022 BY COBY MICHAEL WARD

Smoke Divination

I didn’t know all too much about smoke divination, or capnomancy up until a year or so ago. I certainly didn’t realize how accurate and in detail it would be in regard to my life until I had a reading from Rissa Miller.

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Pagan Playlist: Music for Yule & Winter Atmospheres | Pagan Folk/Traditional/Winter Synth

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Inner Journey:

DID YOU FIND JOY?

“The future, higher evolution will belong to those who live in joy, who share joy, and who spread joy.”
— Torkom Saraydarian

Joy, as the energy of love, is the highest vibration on this planet. Everything in the universe is energy; it can be measured and reduced to vibrational frequencies. It’s a universal law that as we think and feel we vibrate, and as we vibrate we attract. When we are in the high joy vibration, we attract what is for our greater good.

The Ancient Egyptians saw Joy as a sacred responsibility. They believed that upon their death, the God Osiris would ask them two questions: “Did you bring Joy?” and “Did you find Joy?” Those who answered ‘yes’ could continue their journey into the afterlife.

For at least the next week or two, ask yourself these two questions each and every day:

Did I bring joy?

Did I find joy?

Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him.”
— Sathya Sai Baba

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Actually, it’s pretty simple.

You have one real choice: To do your best, with what you have, from where you are.

Everything else is just stalling.

See you at the ball,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Strawberry Vanilla Pancakes

These strawberry pancakes are light, fluffy, and packed with flavor. The vanilla makes this breakfast seem like dessert! Serve with butter and real maple syrup.

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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 Tarot: The Magician

It may be hard to be serious and stick to those dull but crucial tasks that keep the day running smoothly. Be systematic, cheerful, and don’t let it show if you feel undervalued or underappreciated. Save your sharp wit and cleverness for another time and place. Time spent with younger people or children can lift your spirits and keep things in perspective for you.

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, December 12, 2022

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, December 12, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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December Quotes

“Just as a dancer, turning and turning,
may fill the dusty light with the soft swirl
of her flying skirts, our weeping willow —
now old and broken , creaking in the breeze —
turns slowly, slowly in the winter sun,
sweeping the rusty roof of the barn
with the pale blue lacework of her shadow.”

Ted Kooser, Winter Morning Walks

gardendigest.com

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December Events 2022

Dec. 7 Full Moon at 8:08 pm PST/ 9:08 pm MST/ 11:08 pm EDT

Dec. 21 Winter Solstice / Yule and Sun enters Capricorn

Dec 23 New Moon at 2:16 am PST/ 3:16 am MST/ 5:16 am EST

Dec. 24 Christmas Eve & celtic Tree Month of Birch begins

Dec. 25 Christmas Day

Dec. 31 New Years Eve

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Spirit Library: Start Thinking About Tomorrow
Brenda Hoffman

Dear Ones,

It’s time to be you in all your sparkling glory. Even though you have pined for this time for eons, now that it has arrived, you hesitate.

Similar to what many of you felt the day before your wedding. You knew you made the right choice, but contemplating the life changes was frightening.

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Burning Yule log recipe & history of the pagan yule log | #21daystilyule | Day 12

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Spirituality & Health: 3 Druid Winter Practices to Celebrate the Solstice
by Dana O’Driscoll

Try these three druid practices to help you connect with the spiritual significance of the winter solstice.
For those in the druid tradition, the winter solstice has layered meanings. The trees have lost their leaves and the land has been swept bare with frost and cold, resting fallow for a season before spring returns. Though we celebrate the shortest day of the year, we also celebrate the return of the sun—from here, the days grow longer.

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MBG: Conflict Is Brewing This Week—Stay In The Clear With Astrologers’ Top Tips

Reflect before you project! The AstroTwins recommend taking things slow in the week ahead. Here’s your horoscope:

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Exemplore: Seven Crystals for Yule
CLAIREAUG 3, 2022

What Is the Energetic Significance of Yule?
Yule is regarded as a time of reflection, transformation and hope, as well as a time to recognise and acknowledge our blessings. It is a good time for rituals and other workings connected to rebirth, renewal and new beginnings. Other correspondences for Yule include:

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Treehugger: Winking, Waving, Tumbling Animals Win Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
No animals (or photographers) were injured in the process.

A tumbling lion cub earned top honors in this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. The agile cat got a little ahead of himself and not-so-gracefully fell out of a tree.

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EarthSky News:

Meteor shower guide: Next up, the Geminids

November 12, 2022
In 2022, the popular Geminid meteor shower will be washed out by bright moonlight on the shower’s peak morning, December 14. Try watching from late night until the moon rises. You might also catch meteors in moonlight. And next up after the Geminids are the December Ursids.

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Patheos-Pagan: Why Do People Break New Year’s Resolutions?
DECEMBER 11, 2022 BY JOHN BECKETT

It’s getting to be that time of year.

I’m not talking about Winter Solstice, or Christmas, or Hanukkah, or even Festivus.

I’m talking about New Year’s Day and the fine old tradition of making New Year’s resolutions.

Which is usually followed by the equally old tradition of breaking New Year’s resolutions.

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Pagan Playlist: Sunrise Forest – Enchanted Playlist

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Inner Journey:

THE POWER OF SILENCE

“Growth takes place in a person by working at a deep inner level in a sustained atmosphere of silence.”
— Dr. Ira Progoff

How can we hear our wise voice of intuition if we are always thinking, talking and distracted by outer events?

If we take time daily to experience physical stillness and to direct our attention inside, we can begin to find the peace, love, will and wisdom that exist as our essence.

“Only when one is connected to one’s own core is one connected to others… And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be refound through solitude.”
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It’s the place of reflection and contemplation, and it’s the place where we can connect with the deep knowing, to the deep wisdom way.”
— Angeles Arrien

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Ask, Ask for whatever you want.

Ask for help. Ask for clarity. Ask for insight.

We’re always here. You’re always answered. 10,000 strong to do your will.

OK?

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip

This spinach artichoke dip is delicious. It’s so cheesy and fragrant. If you don’t like artichokes, don’t worry — you’ll never know they’re in there! My only question is: Is it okay to eat it with a spoon right out of the dish?

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Magical Correspondences for Monday

Deities include Artemis, Diana, Luna, Selene, Thoth

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Daily Tarot: The Lovers
If you’re hesitant to do something or to make a decision, that’s OK. What urgently needs to be done will be done, so don’t worry about it. There may simply be too many options and too many conflicting requests coming up all at the same time. Sometimes hesitation can be a sign of prudence and a refreshing change from impulsiveness.

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, November 28, 2022

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, November 28, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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November Quotes

“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods.”

William Allingham

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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Pioneer Thinking: Citrus Blooms Body Splash Recipe

You will love this refreshing fruity citrus scented body splash. This easy to make recipe is sure to be your summertime favorite.

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Revisiting the Basics of Sigil Magic/ Chaotic Witch Aunt

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Learn Religions: Make Your Own Besom

By Patti Wigington
Updated on September 26, 2018

The besom is the traditional witch’s broom. It’s associated with all kinds of legend and folklore, including the popular notion that witches fly around in the night on a broomstick.

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MBG: A 5-Month Retrograde Finally Ends This Week: What It Means For You

There will be some combative transits this week, but the end of Neptune retrograde should put us more at ease. Here’s your horoscope from the AstroTwins.

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Moody Moons Blog: Love Spell Powder Recipe

Love spell powder is an easy DIY recipe and a perfect addition to spells for drawing a little romance into your life.

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Treehugger: 10 of the Best Plants to Give as Gifts

Choosing a gift that will stand the test of time is always a challenge, but giving plants is one way to try. Knowing your recipient is perhaps the most important part of choosing a houseplant as a gift.

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EarthSky News: Moon near Saturn November 28 and 29

Moon near Saturn on November 28 and 29
A bright waxing crescent moon passes by Saturn on the evenings of November 28 and 29, 2022. The waxing crescent moon is up as darkness falls. It appears almost half-lighted, since the first quarter moon is on November 30, 2022.

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Patheos-Pagan: Elemental Tools
NOVEMBER 25, 2022 BY TONY MIERZWICKI

Elemental Tools: Should the attributions for air and fire be reversed?

The four Elemental Tools are used by magicians, wiccans and witches to work with the Four Alchemical Elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire. The attribution of tools to the first two elements appears to be agreed upon universally:

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Pagan Playlist: Ulvesang — The Hunt [Full Album]

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Inner Journey:

CREATE SPACE

“All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.”
— Bayazid al-Bistami

We need to create space if we desire to change and grow. Only in emptiness can meaning, intuitive guidance and truth arise.

Give yourself space by spending time in nature, taking an hour or day off, enjoying quiet moments for reflection. Take time to smell the roses. Breathe in the wonder of life and its bounty. Open so your deeper awareness and imagination can percolate through mundane thoughts and activities. Let go of both resistance and force to allow yourself to connect more deeply to life.

“I do only want to advise you to keep growing quietly and seriously throughout your whole development; you cannot disturb it more rudely than by looking outward and expecting from outside replies to questions that only your inmost feeling in your most hushed hour can perhaps answer.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke

“I am glad that so much movement happens in this stillness.”
— Richard Land

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Every life is heroic.

And yours has certainly been no exception.

With deep gratitude from the bleachers,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Cranberry Sauce Muffins

Leftover cranberry sauce is obviously great on turkey sandwiches, and it’s even delicious warmed up and spooned over ice cream or pancakes, but have you tried it in muffins? This easy recipe for cranberry muffins uses a cup of your smooth or chunky leftover cranberry sauce. The batter comes together in minutes and the moist, sweet muffins are perfect for a post-Thanksgiving breakfast or snack

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Magical Correspondences for Monday

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 Tarot: Justice

You may be dealing with people who feel inferior or weaker than you, so take care to not run over anyone. Equally, they do not have to serve as an excuse for you to go slower or do less than you know is necessary. Be firm but not too firm, determined but not too determined. Get a lot of good work done.

astrology.com

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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily posts are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.

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, November 21, 2022

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, November 21, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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November Quotes

“The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year,
Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sear.”

William Cullen Bryant

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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Spiritual Unite: LIME IN WATER FOR NEGATIVE ENERGY – EASY TO DO PROTECTIVE AURA
Susan Brunton

There are many ways of clearing negative energy from your aura and your home. One of the most popular methods is using lime in water.

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The Magick of Elder/ The Green Witch

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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.”
The humbling mystery inherent in all attempts at writing is that the words are like the dirt you dig out of a hole.

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Learn Religions: Being Grateful
What the Buddha Taught About Gratitude

By Barbara O’Brien
Updated on February 18, 2019

Often we’re told to remember to be grateful for blessings or good fortune. But Buddhism teaches us to be grateful, period. Gratitude is to be cultivated as a habit or attitude of mind not dependent on conditions.In the quote below,

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MBG: Life-Changing Lessons Are In The Air This Week, Astrologers Predict

Is there unity in your community? That’s a big question to ask this week, according to the AstroTwins’ horoscope.

This Tuesday, December 22, the Sun bursts into horizon- broadening Sagittarius for a month, celebrating the differences that make us all dynamic.

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Exemplore: Cast Spells the Easy Way: Written Spells
BEV GAUG 2, 2022

As witches, one problem we may encounter is getting some privacy in order to work a spell and/or ritual. It’s difficult when you are living with other people to burn candles and incense, not to mention chanting and moving around. What’s a witch to do?

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Treehugger: Quirky, Hoarding Woodpeckers Star in Documentary
They drill thousands of acorns into trees to save them for winter.

Acorn woodpeckers are hoarders. These quirky red-capped birds collect loads of nutritious acorns and then wedge them into trees, tattooing them with their beaks into holes they create. They guard their stash and rely on the nuts to keep them fed throughout the winter.

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EarthSky News: Moon and Spica on November 20 and 21

Moon and Spica
The old waning crescent moon can guide you to the bright star Spica on the mornings of November 20 and 21, 2022. A good time to look is roughly an hour before sunrise.

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Patheos-Pagan: Finnish Winter Festivals
NOVEMBER 17, 2022 BY NIINA NISKANEN

In pre-Christian Finland, celebrations were connected to the land and the wheel of the year was filled with celebrational days to honour the spirits of the earth and the land. In the Middle Ages, these spirits were renamed after Catholic saints but in many cases

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Pagan Playlist: Forest Elf Music – Ancient Elf Village (Day & Night)

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Inner Journey:

FOLLOW YOUR OWN PATH

“Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another … The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness.”
— M. Scott Peck

We each have our own pathways to develop both personally and spiritually. They are based on our character and past experiences. No one else can identify our paths for us. Tune in to your inner guidance system and follow its direction.

“What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation.”
— Joseph M. Dodge

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

Quantum Physics 101:

101.1 The present is defined by a confluence of your thoughts, inspired or regulated by your beliefs.

101.2 Your beliefs can be changed, upgraded, or banished by choosing new thoughts.

101.3 The future becomes the present when your expectations evolve.

101.4 Time measures how much effort you require to change your thoughts.

101.5 Space shows exactly what you’re now thinking.

101.6 And therein we find the unifying equation of every reality: Thoughts Become Things (TBT). Which is all you really need to know.

TBT,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Fresh Cranberry Sauce

Fresh cranberry sauce is a must for your Thanksgiving dinner. Made with just 3 ingredients, this easy cranberry sauce is perfect alongside turkey but it can also be used as filling for cranberry and cream cheese tarts or a tasty topping on bagels, cornbread, or cheesecake.

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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

Monday is ruled the Moon. Today’s energy best align with spell work that deals with women, home and hearth, the family, the garden, travel, and medicine. It also boosts rituals involving psychic development and prophetic dreaming.

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Daily Tarot: Judgement

You can secure an important victory and achieve a long-held aspiration today. This obviously is not an overnight achievement but probably something you’ve been intermittently pursuing for a long time. Some dreams refuse to die, and this may be the day for one of those dreams to begin to see the light of day in the real world. Be heartened and don’t let up now.

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, November 14, 2022

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, November 14, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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November Quotes

“Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth,
and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning
of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?”

Hal Borland

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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Moody Moons: Witchcraft’s Obsession with Labels

Is the witchcraft community’s obsession with labels creating division where it should create unity?

Maybe you identify yourself as a green witch or a kitchen witch. Maybe cottage witchery best describes your home-based practice.

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The Magic of Sewing

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Spirituality & Health: How to Practice Conscious Dance for Emotional Healing
by Julie Peters

Promote healing in your life by using these conscious dance practices, whether in a group or alone in the comfort of your home.
If you can walk, you can dance, as the saying goes. Dance is a fundamentally healing and life-affirming practice. It is a wonderful way to move the body, feel the beat, and move emotions and even trauma through the body, especially when we dance in an intuitive way.

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Learn Religions: Cailleach, the Ruler of Winter

By Patti Wigington
Updated on February 21, 2018

The goddess known as Cailleach in Scotland and parts of Ireland is the embodiment of the dark mother, the harvest goddess, the hag or crone entity.

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MBG: This Is The Perfect Week For Romantic Risk-Taking, Astrologers Say

Let the cat out of the bag! Authenticity is back on trend as Venus and Mercury fire arrows into Sagittarius’ realm.

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Exemplore: Everything You Need to Know to Start Interpreting Dreams
MADAILEIN AISLING IRELANDMAY 26, 2022

Ancient cultures considered dreams to be communications from the divine, messages whose meaning could only be revealed by people endowed with special spiritual powers.

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Treehugger: Creating Waystations for Monarch Butterflies
Planting milkweed amid lavender and other crops helps the endangered species

Planted among dense rows of blooming lavender are thick, stout plants of equally fragrant milkweed.

The milkweed is there to provide waystations for monarch butterflies at some farms and facilities operated by Young Living, an essential oils manufacturer.

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EarthSky News: See Orion’s Belt as a celestial bridge

Look for Mintaka in Orion’s Belt
See the three stars at Orion the Hunter’s midsection? These stars are Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. In fact, they’re very noticeable and famous in many cultures as Orion’s Belt. For instance, to the Aymara people of Bolivia, Peru and Chile, they represent a celestial bridge. And there’s good reason for that. These stars link the sky’s northern and southern hemispheres.

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Patheos-Pagan: Estonian Mythical Creatures
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 BY NIINA NISKANEN

Stories from Estonia encourage people to examine their connection to nature and respect the invisible spirits that live around us. Here are some fascinating creatures from Estonian myths and legends.

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Pagan Playlist: Silent Island – Stormvalley (2018) (New Full Album)

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Inner Journey:

DARE TO RISK

“To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love.”
— Leo Buscaglia

Daring to risk is an essential step to self empowerment. This is the key to breaking out of stuck thinking and behaviour. It is about breaking through the comfort zones and barriers. It is about experiencing new levels of mind and feelings. It is about experiencing more life.

“A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
— George Bernard Shaw

“Only those who risk going too far can know how far they can go.”
— Unknown source

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

You know that feeling of accomplishment, triumph, and sublime joy that immediately follows a job well done, a victory, or a fresh, hot pizza delivery to your door?

I say feel it now.

Go on. Give it to yourself without all the rules.

Your boss,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Air Fryer Mustard-Crusted Brussels Sprouts

Air-fried smoky Brussels sprouts with a mustard crust. I like to serve these with grilled pork chops but they also pair nicely with chicken, pheasant, duck, or goose.

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Magical Correspondences for Monday

Element: Water

Deities include Artemis, Diana, Luna, Selene, Thoth

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Daily Tarot: The Devil

There may be very little that you can change or have much effect on today. It may not exactly feel like the day has been fated to be a certain way, but you may have that suspicion at times. You can fit in with whatever happens and get some satisfaction and success anyway. Someone who usually argues against you may turn around and agree with you about something important.

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, November 7, 2022

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, November 7, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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November Quotes

“So dull and dark are the November days.
The lazy mist high up the evening curled,
And now the morn quite hides in smoke and haze;
The place we occupy seems all the world.”

– John Clare, November

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: Monthly Astro-Forecasts November 2022
Sarah-Jane Grace

As the turbulent, chaotic uncertainty of everyday life continues to swirl on a kaleidoscope of different levels, it would be easy to succumb to the furore, feeling lost, alone, and overwhelmed. Yet, at the same time, despite the maelstrom of chaos, there is a more subtle energy starting to rise up from deep within our hearts and souls

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How a Kitchen Witch prepares for winter | Healing potions | cozy kitchen witch tips/ The witches’ cookery

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New Age Hipster: Full Moon In Taurus Lunar Eclipse Tarot Spread

THE FULL MOON IN TAURUS BRINGS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELEASE ALL THE STUCK AND STAGNANT ENERGY, THOUGHTS, OLD BELIEFS AND STORIES THAT HOLDS YOU BACK.

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Learn Religions: Taliesin, Chief of the Welsh Bards

Taliesin was known as the greatest of Welsh bards. By Patti Wigington
Updated on March 06, 2017

In Welsh mythology, Taliesin is the son of Cerridwen, and god of the bards. The tale of his birth is an interesting one – Cerridwen brews up a potion in her magical cauldron to give to her son Afagddu (Morfran), and puts the young servant Gwion in charge of guarding the cauldron.

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MBG: This Week Brings A Rare Total Lunar Eclipse In Taurus—Here’s What To Know

Between Monday’s rare total lunar eclipse and Venus’ dynamic aspects with Saturn and Neptune, this week is going to bring relationships and security to the forefront. Here’s your horoscope from the AstroTwins

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Exemplore: Understanding Witchcraft and Working With the Elements
BEV GAUG 2, 2022

Elemental Power
When we speak of the ‘elements’ in witchcraft, we are not talking about the chemical elements on the periodic table that you studied at school. The elements we refer to are those that the ancients perceived to make up our world.

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Treehugger: Bumblebees Like Playing With Toys, Study Finds
New study shows the insects rolling wooden balls just because it feels good.

It’s a little like bumblebee gymnastics with maybe a bit of logrolling thrown in.A new study finds that bumblebees like to play.

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EarthSky News: Total lunar eclipse on November 8, 2022

Total lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse will sweep across Asia, Australia, the Americas and the Pacific on November 8, 2022.

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Patheos-Pagan: Mutinous Medusa: The Gorgon’s Guide to Magical Resistance
NOVEMBER 2, 2022 BY THUMPER FORGE

I’m back, y’all! Bring on the dancing boys.

And also, I sincerely apologize for the extended absence. I had several writing opportunities fall into my lap, which was great, but they came with deadlines, which was stressy and demanded pretty much all of my attention.

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Pagan Playlist: Starling Arrow – Wild Sweet (Music Video) – Ayla Nereo, Rising Appalachia, Tina Malia, Marya Stark

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Inner Journey:

REALLY BE THERE FOR ANOTHER

“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. You can see that when you think how the friends that really listen to us are the ones we move toward, and we want to sit in their radius as though it did us good, like ultraviolet rays.”
— Brenda Ueland

How well do we communicate with others? Often, when we are interacting with others, our attention in both speaking and listening is focused on meeting our own needs.

Our communication skills improve when we can open to be aware of the needs of the other person. When we listen, we can release the filters that serve our own needs for security and receive the message with our compassionate heart. And when we speak, we can choose words that the listener is able to receive. True communication happens when we harmonize with the other individual.

“So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.”
— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The first duty of love is to listen.”
— Paul Tillich

higherawareness.com

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Today’s Recipe: 12 of Grandma’s Best Thanksgiving Desserts

No one dishes up nostalgic Thanksgiving desserts like grandmas can. And generous Allrecipes home cooks love to share their family heirloom recipes passed down through generations

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Magical Correspondences for Monday

Deities include Artemis, Diana, Luna, Selene, Thoth

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Daily Tarot: Strength

Although it may be a peaceful day, that calm may all be on the surface. If dissatisfaction or anger is brewing at depth, there could be thoughts or fantasies of revenge or anger to fuel the bad feelings. Face everyone and everything with great care and respect. You have more than enough strength to deal with whatever comes up. Obviously, don’t bait or antagonize anyone. Kindness wins out.

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

Element: Water

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 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

Element: Water

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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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 Monday, October 10, 2022

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for Monday, October 10, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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October Quotes

“The clump of maples on the hill,
And this one near the door,
Seem redder, quite a lot, this year
Than last, or year before;
I wonder if it’s jest because
I Love the Old State more!”

David L. Cady, October in Vermont

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: The Goddess: The Feminine Aspect of the Creator
Ronna Herman Vezane

Beloved masters, the Feminine qualities of the Creator or the Goddess Energy is the most predominant Force on Earth during this time of the Great Shift of the Ages.

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Welcoming Autumn // cozy fall decorating, cottagecore art + autumn style lookbook

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Spirituality & Health: Four Flower Remedies for Highly Sensitive People
by Korynn Elliott

What are flower remedies, and how can they be utilized to help highly sensitive people navigate the world? A Mind-Body Medicine practitioner shares her thoughts.

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Learn Religions: Samhain Rituals and Ceremonies

By Patti Wigington
Updated on June 25, 2019

Samhain is the time of year when the nights grow darker, there’s a chill in the air, and there’s a thinning of the veil between our world and the realm of the spirits.

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MBG: 3 Things Astrologers Really Want You To Keep In Mind This Week

How balanced is your perspective? That’s the question to ask this week as Mercury enters Libra. Here’s your horoscope, from The AstroTwins.

This Monday, October 10, Mercury returns to Libra, restoring harmony to fractured bonds.

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The Mighty Oak, Wee Acorns and Joy

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Exemplore; 50 Good Luck Symbols and Signs From Around the World
LAYNIE HAUG 4, 2022

Do you have a good luck charm? Symbols and signs of good luck come in many shapes and forms and exist all over the world and across many different cultures

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Treehugger: Endangered Penguin Chick Hatches at National Aviary
The baby is being raised by foster penguin parents.

A tiny endangered African penguin chick was recently born at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.

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EarthSky News: Hunter’s Moon falls on October 9 in 2022

Hunter’s Moon follows the Harvest Moon.

When and where to look in 2022: For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the bright, round full moon rises in the east around sunset for several nights in a row: October 8, 9, 10 and even 11.

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Patheos-Pagan: The Four Great Draculas
OCTOBER 9, 2022 BY JOHN BECKETT

According to various internet sources, there have been over 200 portrayals of Dracula in movies and TV. Some of them were adaptations of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, while others were sequels, prequels, or stories that could best be described as fan fiction with a Hollywood budget.

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Pagan Playlist: Eolya – Hávamál Album

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Inner Journey:

SELF TALK IS REVEALING

“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.”
— Chinese Proverb

What passes over your lips each day?

Are your words typically negative, critical, gossiping, deceptive, illusory, justifying, blaming, manipulative and argumentative? Are they more uplifting, inspirational, positive, questioning, beautiful, loving, universal, truthful, accepting and supportive?

The throat is our center of expression. Who we are sneaks out in our attitudes and in what we say.

“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.”
— Pearl Strachan Hurd

“The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.”
— Bible

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

If you can see it in your mind it’s real.

All that remains is merging the present you know with the world you’ve imagined, which is my part. And you can best help me align circumstances, coincidences, and chance encounters by getting busy, going out into the world, and moving in the general direction of your dreams, even if only to do what your peers might do, who know not of life’s magic.

But you know better. You know how life works. Do not waver in your march. No matter how humble your steps, this is how I will reach you. And as you witness one dream come true after another—first the small ones, then the big ones, then the huge ones—you’ll remember why you were first drawn to the jungles of time and space, if you haven’t already figured it out.

Crazy kid,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Too Busy for Breakfast? Try One of Our Best Make-Ahead Breakfast Cookies

Cookies, for breakfast? You bet. Wholesome breakfast cookie recipes that contain filling ingredients like peanut butter, chia seeds, and flax make for a deliciously satisfying bite.

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Magical Correspondences for Monday

Deities include Artemis, Diana, Luna, Selene, Thoth

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Daily Wisdom
October 10 , 2022

Solitude

“Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.”

-James Russell Lowell, Among My Books

Solitude, time spent alone, nourishes our soul. And yet, some of us associate time by ourselves with loneliness. Maybe it’s that we’re afraid of being bored, or that we’re so used to having company that the silence seems awkward. Yet solitude is necessary for our spiritual growth. This is where we learn, this is where we receive those valuable insights. Make a date with yourself today – and spend some time in glorious solitude!

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The Wheel pf Fortune

Whatever you have planned or prepared for today, it probably won’t happen according to the script. Be flexible and expect the unexpected. It may not be anything big, so don’t completely abandon your agenda unless you must. It could just be a day of endless interruptions. Keep that sense of humor handy, and maybe find an inspiring idea or two in it all.

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 August 29, 2022

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Cat

Cat’s Morning Bits for August 29, 2022

Blessings, Cat

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August Quotes

“Give me the joys of summer,
Of Summer Queen so fair,
With wealth of lovely flowers
And fruits and sun-kissed air!

Talk not to me of winter
With ice and frost and snow,
Nor changing spring and autumn
When howling winds will blow.

No, I will take the joys
Of Summer every time,
So to this Queen of Seasons
I dedicate my rhyme.”

Winifred Sackville Stoner, Midsummer Joys

gardendigest.com

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August 2022 Events

Aug 1 Lammas / Lughnasadh

Aug 5 Celtic Tree Month of Hazel begins

Aug 11 Full “Sturgeon” Moon at 6:35 pm PST/ 7:35 pm MST/ 9:35 pm MST

Aug 27 New Moon at 1:17 am PST/ 2:17 am MST/ 4:17 am EST

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Spirit Library: I Got Lost in My Unused Life
Sarah-Jane Grace

I have been spending a great deal of time thinking about the life I’ve lived, the life I’m living and the life I would like to live as there are so many incongruencies between them.

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How to Dry and Store Herbs/ The Green Witch

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Spirituality & Health: How To Embody the Triple Goddess Archetype
by Keri Mangis

Understanding the gifts and lessons of each aspect of the Triple Goddess can create wholeness and unity within us, no matter our chronological age.

Archetypes are representations of attributes that exist within all of us. They show us parts of ourselves that may lie dormant and need to awaken,

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Learn Religions: Thoth, Egyptian Scribe God of Wisdom

By Patti Wigington
Updated on September 25, 2019

Thoth (pronounced “Toth,” rhyming with “both,” rather than with “goth”) was one of the most important deities of ancient Egyptian religion and worship. Thoth was known as the tongue of Ra, who had cursed him, and he often spoke on Ra’s behalf.

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MBG: We’re In For A Topsy-Turvy Week, And Astrologers Want You To Stay Alert

Quick, grab your helmet and set up the nets! There’s a fierce determination in the air this week, according to the AstroTwins’ horoscope.

On Thursday, two daredevil planets, Mars and Jupiter, form a friendly sextile (60-degree angle) and pump us full of courage.

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The most dangerous woman | A kitchen witch vlog

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Exemplore: Mabon Autumn Equinox: Through the Eyes of an Anthropologist
MOLLY LYONSJUL 28, 2022

What Does Mabon Celebrate?
The Autumn Equinox typically falls in the middle of the month of September. To some, it is just another day that marks the transition from summer to fall. To many Pagans, however, it is a religious holiday that marks the end of the second harvest and soon the end of the Wheel of the Year.

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Treehugger: What’s the Difference Between Ravens and Crows?
One is larger, smarter, and perhaps more vocally complex than the other.

If you see an all-black bird soaring overhead, it’s likely a crow or a raven. Which of the two classes of corvid it belongs to, however, can feel like anyone’s guess to a beginner birder.

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EarthSky News: See Mercury and the moon on August 29

See Mercury and the moon
Can you spot Mercury in the evening sky just after sunset on August 29, 2022? Use the moon to guide you to Mercury. Northern Hemisphere observers will face much more of a challenge to see it than those south of the equator.

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Patheos-Pagan: Following the Moon
AUGUST 26, 2022 BY IRISANYA MOON

I recently learned how to take a picture of the moon with my phone.

It’s a small thing, a small ritual.

A moment of focus on the shape of waning and waxing, and the brief stops in arrival and loss.

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Pagan Playlist: songs to channel your inner siren 🌊【deep sea playlist】

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Inner Journey:

SPACE TO EXPLORE

“No one can find his work, what he really wants to put all of himself into, when everything he does he is made to do by others. This kind of searching must be done freely or not at all.”
— John Holt

We all need space — free from demands, deadlines, expectations and judgments — to explore who we are and what life is all about. Free time, with absolutely no agenda, is rich with potential. How can we grow if we have no space and freedom to dream?

“Deny children — or anyone else — the chance to do ‘nothing,’ and we may be denying them the chance to do ‘something’ — to find and do any work that is truly important to themselves or to someone else.”
— John Holt

higherawareness.com

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Today’s Recipe: Blueberry Dessert Recipes
Browse recipes for blueberry pie, blueberry crisps and crumbles, and blueberry ice cream, and find a new favorite blueberry dessert recipe for the basket of berries you found at the market.

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Magical Correspondences for Monday

Element: Water

Deities include Artemis, Diana, Luna, Selene, Thoth

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Daily Wisdom
August 29, 2022

Soul
“The growth of the soul may be compared to the growth of a plant. In both cases, no new properties are imparted by the operation of external causes, but only the inward tendencies are called into action and clothed with strength.”

-George Ripley (1802-1880)

Oftentimes when we talk about spiritual growth we compare it with the growth of a plant – planting the seed, allowing it space and time to grow with its own innate intelligence. We use this example because we understand how the growth of a plant “works.” We’ve seen seedlings sprout, we’ve had potatoes take root in glasses of water in our fifth grade science classes. And we need this kind of illustration because spiritual growth is not something we necessarily “see.” It is an internal phenomenon, something we feel, something we experience, something that goes beyond words or pictures.

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The Sun

Little or nothing will slow you down or be daunting to you today. You have so much inner strength, and physical strength, too, that people will have trouble keeping up with you. Do something special today, or perhaps excel at something significant and challenging that will be easily within your grasp. You may find out later that you were dazzling and that you inspired several people to more energetically pursue their passions.

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/

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