The Day: Wednesday
The Planet: Mercury
The Color: Purple
The Aspects: Mercury is all about Communications and Speed. Whether it's making yourself clear to your friends or communing with your Higher Power, this is the day to do it! Wednesday is a great day to bring up new ideas or put a different slant on old ideas. Try calling that particularly stubborn relative you argued with last Christmas and mend the fences, or ask that new hunky guy at the Library to go for coffeeand conversation! If you do Spellwork, try adding something purple (like a candle) to your Working - your results should come quicker and it should take less effort on your part to attain your goal. Try writing a letter with purple ink the next time you have to give someone uncomfortable news. This is a great day for Meditation or Astral Projection. And if Mercury is in Retrograde (as it is now), you will find that things ease up a bit on Thursdays. All in all, if you have something important or difficult to explain - or something that needs doing right away - pull up your purple socks and give it a go!

Well, happy 4th of July everyone! Just a few quick Magical Herbs and then I'm off to celebrate!

Goldenseal:
Healing rituals, money spells, success. Beneficial in business dealings and matters of finance. Work into any charm or spell to increase its power.
Also Called: Yellow Root, Orange Root, Yellow Puccoon, Ground Raspberry, Eye Balm, Eye Root, Indian Paint, Yellow Paint, Golden Root, Wild Turmeric, Indian Turmeric, Jaundice Root, Yellow Eye, Wamera

Gotu Kola:
Burn prior to (but not during) meditation.

Grape:
Fertility, money, mental powers, and garden magic. Trying to get pregnant or attract all types of growth and Fertility? Make a wreath out of Grape Vines, weaving in other prosperity and fertility herbs, then hang it in your home.

That's it for now, maybe more later, but for right now - go enjoy a parade or a cook-out!