Cat’s Morning Bits for June 21, 2021

Cat’s Morning Bits for June 21, 2021

Good Morning Beautiful Souls and welcome to a new year! Grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.

Blessings, Cat

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June is named after the Roman goddess Juneo, patroness of marriage and the well-being of women. .”

June 8 World Oceans Day


June 10 New Moon at 3:52 am PST/ 4:52 am MST/ 6:52 am EST // Celtic Tree Month of Oak begins

June 14 Flag Day

June 15 Worldwide Day of Giving

June 20 Mid Summer/ Summer Solstice/ Father’s Day/ Sun enters Cancer

June 22 Mercury goes direct

June 24 Full Moon 11:39 am PST/ 12:39 pm MST/ 2:39 pm EST


Spirit Library: Solstice Gateway (a message from Kate Spreckley)

We are in a particularly potent time as we move towards the June Solstice on the 20th/21st of June. Each Solstice and Equinox marks the beginning and the end of a season. They represent the cycles of life and the cycles of nature. Ancient cultures understood the importance of these times and aligned with them through ceremony and celebration.

Read more….

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Evil Eye Protection Talisman & Sigil Magic – Magical Crafting – Witchcraft – Protection Magic

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Spiritual Unite: USE THESE CRYSTALS TO AWAKEN YOUR THIRD EYE


Third eye crystals have become a source of a lot of curiosity in recent times. The third eye is said to be located deep in the brain.

Read more….

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ThoughtCo: How To Celebrate a Summer Full Moon

In addition to — or instead of — holding a monthly Esbat rite, some Wiccan and Pagan groups prefer to have a season-specific full moon ceremony. During the warmer months, the summer season begins with the Strong Sun Moon in June, and continues through July’s Blessing Moon and ends with the Corn Moon of August

Read more….

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Patheos / New Visions : Maps of the Soul

I don’t trust the zodiac. The Tarot isn’t too different from a Rorschach test. Even less metaphysical personality systems like the Myers-Briggs test and Enneagram fail to impress me.

Read more….

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MBG: This Week Will Bring Glamorous New Beginnings, According To Astrologers

Mercury retrograde ends this week, but a few other notable transits are swooping in to take its place. Here’s your horoscope from the AstroTwins:

If life has felt like a modern-day episode of Gossip Girl since May 29, there’s only one culprit to blame.

Read more….

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Daily Good: The Nightingale’s Song

It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.

  • Black Elk –

The Nightingale’s Song

“Living in England with a very strange secularity within our folk repertoire has allowed me to explore what a sacred spiritual form of practice might be with these birds and how they might enable a re-enchantment. I feel like nature is my spiritual leader in this respect and the nightingale is my imam at the top of that tower calling the prayer out.” In this interview, which weaves conversation, song, and the music of nightingales, folk singer Sam Lee shares more about his collaboration with nightingales. { read more }

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Yeyeo Botanica: How to Use Rose of Jericho (Rosa de jericó) for Spiritual Work/Spells

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Elephant Journal: Magic in a Bottle: Mother Nature’s Cure for Just About Everything.

I’m always looking to Mother Nature to provide a cure for my ailments.
Tonics, pills, extracts, homeopathic, naturopathic, mind, body, soul…blah, blah, blah. I’ve tried everything under the sun in the name of good health! After a year-long battle with candida, I was in search of something that would boost my immune system, something affordable and ultimately, something that would keep bad bacteria from infiltrating my insides like a clan of stealthy ninjas.

Read more….

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Treehugger: Photographer Follows Hummingbirds From Alaska to Argentina

There’s something utterly enthralling about hummingbirds. With their obvious beauty and graceful acrobatics, these tiny birds with their iridescent feathers can be quite compelling.

Read more….

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EarthSky News: Sun Enters Gemini On June 21

Solstice sun on Taurus-Gemini border
The June solstice arrives on June 21 at 3:32 UTC. At that moment, the sun is in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. About 1/2 day later – on June 21 at around 15 hours UTC – the sun crosses a constellation bounary. It moves out of the constellation Taurus and into the constellation Gemini the Twins.

Read more….

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Patheos-Pagan: It’s All Fun and Games Until the Trees Start Hugging Back
THUMPER FORGE

“There’s a fine line between hugging and strangling” Jenny Lawson

After I originally posted about the Sense Fairy, my friend Nuke commented, “I love it when you tell this story” (he’s heard it more than once), and in response , I was like, “remind me to tell you about the time she tried to make me hug a tree,”….

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Pagan Playlist: THE SEDUCTION OF THE GODDESS INANA

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Inner Journey:

MAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF

“What is it that makes all of us end each day with the sense that we have not lived our time, but have been lived, used by what we do?”
— Jacob Needleman

How can you free up more time for yourself?

All of the great masters counsel that we need time daily for solitude. And if we want our journey in life to be meaningful, then surely we need some free time each day to explore our inner landscapes and uncover our passions. What activities can you cut out of your life to give you more growing room?

“Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time and labor, the result is that there is no time left? We are a time-poor society; we are temporally impoverished. And there is no issue, no aspect of human life, that exceeds this in importance. The destruction of time is literally the destruction of life.”
— Jacob Needleman

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

If you go first and reach for the fruit; I’ll shake the tree.

Do a little dance; I’ll add some music.

Move in the direction of your dreams, even though at first nothing seems to happen; I’ll align the stars, butter your bread, connect the dots, trim the hedge, move some mountains, float the boat, and see you at the ball.

Metaphorically (except for the ball bit).

If you go first,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Jamaican Cabbage

Great Jamaican-style cabbage. Great with jerk chicken or pork.

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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 Wisdom
June 21, 2021

Integrity
“Society has no bribe for me, neither in politics, nor church, nor college, nor city.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)


Society challenges us all the time. We’re here in this human existence to learn and to grow, and facing these challenges is one way for us to do that. What wins out, temptation or conviction? Integrity has a lot to do with it. Like Jiminy Cricket sings: “always let your conscience be your guide.

-Lissa Coffey coffeytalk.com

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Daily Tarot: The 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 post 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)
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Cat’s Morning Bits for May 15, 2018

CMB Flowers and Coffee

Cat’s Morning Bits for May 15, 2018

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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And I think if you listen closely
In the sweet, glad days of spring,
With the song of the brook, the breeze and the birds,
You can hear the flowers sing.

-Helen Isabel Moorhouse (b.1876)

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Spiritual Unite: 6 Empowering Crystals For Your Third Eye Chakra

When you are experiencing problems with your third eye chakra and want to do some powerful chakra healing to restore energy flow, there are a variety of crystals that can supercharge the third eye and help it to open fully. But there are so many healing crystals available that it can be difficult to know which ones will be most…

http://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/third-eye-chakra-crystals/

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MBG: Tuesday Could Totally Shift The Energy In The Air. Here’s Your Weekly Horoscope

This Tuesday, May 15, marks a tide-turning astrological event as electrifying Uranus makes its once-per-decade sign switch, extinguishing the flames of Aries and trudging through earth-sign Taurus until 2026. When the side-spinning planet switches zodiac signs, it’s no small thing.

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/horoscope-for-may-14-20-2018

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Elephant Journal: The Poetry of Retreat

Hello May! How are we almost halfway through the year already?
This is the speed of life. Even for those of us who are consciously choosing to live a slower and more mindful lifestyle, time sure does fly more and more quickly the older we get.
This is why I participate in retreats—they serve as a blessing and an opportunity for deep transformation. Getting away from the scenery and stresses of our everyday lives enables us to dive more deeply into spiritual practice and timeless life lessons; and it makes coming home all the more sweet.

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/05/the-poetry-of-retreat/

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Did You Know?

Butter is made from the milk of cows, sheep, goats, donkeys, horses, water buffaloes, and yaks. Camel’s milk has very small fat globules and is difficult to churn into butter.

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EarthSky News: Find the Omega Centauri star cluster

Tonight – or any night in the coming weeks – let the sparkling blue-white star Spica act as your guide to the Omega Centauri globular star cluster. You can see this cluster with the unaided eye, if your sky is dark enough. Omega Centauri looks like a fairly faint (and possibly fuzzy) star. It’s a beautiful and very special star cluster. In any year, Spica can help you find it.

http://earthsky.org/tonight/use-star-spica-to-find-omega-centauri-globular-star-cluster

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Patheos-Pagan: The Many Tales of Snow White

The tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs can be simple or quite complex. Most of us are familiar with the Disney’s version where the Evil Queen is jealous beyond all means. She will spare no cost to cause doom to poor Snow White

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefairytalewitch/2018/05/the-many-tales-of-snow-white/

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Inner Journey:

BRING SOUL INTO THE WORLD

“We live in a culture that is greatly biased against the imagination, because our culture is very materialistic, objective and literal. Our culture lacks soul, and doesn’t know it, although it experiences the consequences. When you don’t know what’s missing, then of course you don’t know what to bring in, even though you feel something is missing.

“We live in a world that needs more soul, more meaning. We, as conscious beings, have, as our primary responsibility, at this time in human history, the task of bringing soul into the world, or releasing soul into the world. We do this, first of all, in ourselves and in our own personal world; then we do it in our groups – including family; then we do it in our society through our work, relationships and presence there.”
— Andrew Schneider

higherawareness.com

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A Note from the Universe

I think you’re amazing. I think your approach to life is dead-on. And I can’t think of anything you’ve ever done that I wouldn’t have done had I been in your shoes.

Still, beloved, I think we could have a little chat about visualizing more. Seeing the end result in all its glorious detail, bypassing the cursed hows, and feeling the emotions you expect to feel.

Hey, it’s my life too.

Tallyho,

The Universe

tut.com

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Today’s Recipe: Watermelon Pops

Watermelon can easily be frozen to make an icy, sweet summer treat. Here is a watermelon pops recipe that no one will be able to resist on a hot summer day.

https://www.thriftyfun.com/Watermelon-Pops-Recipe.html

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Magical Correspondences for Tuesday

Intentions: Courage, Destination, Physical Strength, Revenge, Military Honors, Surgery and the Breaking of Negative Spells, Matrimony, War, Enemies, Prison, Vitality and Assertiveness

Incense: Dragon’s Blood, Patchouli, Lignum Aloes, Plantain

Perfumes: Hellebore, Carnation, Patchouli
Planet: Mars
Sign: Aries and Scorpio
Angel: Samuel
Colors: Red and Orange
Herbs/Plants:Red Rose, Cock’s Comb, Pine, Daisy, Thyme and Pepper
Stones: Carnelian, Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet and Pink Tourmaline
Oil: (Mars) Basil, Coriander, Ginger

Goddesses: Aset [Isis], Soorejnaree, Pingalla, Anna, Aine, Danu, Yngona, Bellona, Aida Wedo, Sun Woman

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Daily Wisdom
May 10, 2018

Dreams

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.” Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

We can look at our dreams, and learn from them. And what we learn is more about ourselves! This is just another way that God speaks to us – it is just another opportunity for us to grow. And it’s all open to interpretation, just like life. What do we see, what do we feel, what do we experience? It is different for each of us – and isn’t that great?

-Lissa Coffey

coffeytalk.com

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Beliefnet: 10 Ways to Empower Yourself and Others

Everyone goes through struggles each day but the ultimate goal is to be the best version of yourself. Self-empowerment is a strong quality to possess and will help you and those around you to attain your goals and overcome the hurdles. In order to prosper, try to focus on these ten ways to empower yourself and others.
 http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/galleries/10-ways-to-empower-yourself-and-others.aspx#7uH31J3d8fJseL2x.99

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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post 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! Visit Our Store

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