The Day: Saturday
The Color: Black/Brown
The Planet: Saturn
The Aspects: Saturn is about Karmic Justice, Balance, Wisdom, Balancing situations out, Knowledge, Ritual Magic. Use the color black to affect Karmic Justice and Balancing issues, as well as Ritual Magic. Use this side of Saturn's vibrations with extreme caution. Keep in mind that when you call for Karmic Justice or to have a situation brought into balance, you won't necessarily get what you'd like, but rather, that which is JUST. Also, if you call for someone's Karma to be brought into balance or to 'get what they deserve', make certain that your own house is in order - because your Karma will be balanced as well! When you want to key into the knowledge and wisdom aspects of Saturn use the color brown. If you are just starting to use this system of Vibrational Magic, I suggest you stick with the brown vibrations til you are sure you have the hang of it - you don't get into trouble with wisdom and knowledge! About the color black: many people are of the opinion that burning black candles, etc. is always a negative or even an evil thing. But in fact, black is the presence of ALL Color. Therefore, it is truly the most vibrationally powerful and magical color you can use. You must use caution with it not because it is evil in nature, but because it encompasses all aspects of a situation and the effect can be more far-reaching than intended, (or realized), at the time! Today is a great day for learning and meditation. So study up for that test, ponder your higher Path, take a class in a new subject, and recognize the difference between wisdom and knowledge. (Wisdom is the right use of knowledge!) Now for the herbs - three times as many as usual today(to make up for the lack yesterday and tomorrow)!

Eucalyptus:
Attracts healing vibrations, great for protection and healing sachets. Use to purify any space. Use dried leaves to stuff healing poppets, pillows, or sachets. Arrange a ring of dried leaves around a blue candle and burn the candle for healing vibrations. Carry in a sachet or amulet to help reconcile difficulties in a relationship, for protection, and/or to maintain health.
Also Called: Blue Gum, Curly Mallee, River Red Gum, Mottlecah, Maiden's Gum, Fever Tree, Stringy Bark Tree

Evening Primrose:
Magical uses include love and attracting faeries. Use in ritual baths to increase inner beauty & desirability.
Also Called: Fever Plant, Field Primrose, King's Cureall, Night Willow-herb, Scabish, Scurvish, Tree Primrose, Primrose

Eyebright:
Carry this herb to increase psychic ability, improve memory, encourage rationality and increase positive outlook. Carry to bring a humorous and bright outlook when life seems dark and negative. I sometime use a very weak tea as a soothing bath for my physical and Third eyes before giving a reading.

Fig:
Divination, fertility, and love. Place a branch in front of the door before traveling to ensure a safe return. Write a question on a fig leaf -- if the leaf dries slowly, the answer is yes, otherwise the answer is no.
Also Called: Common Fig

Frangipani:
Promoting openness in those around you; attracting love, trust, and admiration.

Garlic:
Magical uses include healing, protection, exorcism, repulsion of vampires, and purification of spaces and objects. Used to invoke Hecate. Guards against negative magic, spirits, and the envy of others. Hang in the home to bring togetherness to the family or keep your willpower strong. Said to ward off bad weather when worn or carried during outside activities. Believed to absorb diseases -- rub fresh, peeled garlic against ailing body parts then throw the garlic into running water.
Also Called: Stinkweed

Hawthorn:
Magical uses include chastity, fertility, fairy magic, fishing magic, and rebirth. Also used for success in matters related to career, work, and employment. Place around the bedroom or carry to enforce or maintain chastity or celibacy. Sacred to the fairy. Used to decorate maypoles. Used in weddings and handfastings to increase fertility. Wear while fishing to ensure a good catch. Wear or carry to promote happiness and protect against lightning. Keep in a house to repel ghosts and evil spirits. An infusion of the herb used to wash floors will remove negative vibrations.

Hibiscus:
Attracting love and lust, divination, and dreams. Carry in a sachet or burn as incense to attract love. Makes a great cold tea in the summer, but make it only with the dried flower, NOT with the fresh to avoid allergic reactions.
Also Called: Kharkady
Also Called: Eye Bright, Euphrasia, Casse-lunette

Hollyhock:
Increase success in the material world, increase flow of money, or acquire new possessions. Grown near the home to help the success of the family flourish.

Okay, that's all for now, it's timef or me to make another pot of coffee and meditate on who I can talk into going to yard sales with me this morning :>)
With you in the Spirit!

The Day: Friday
The Color: Blue
The Planet: Venus
The Aspects: Today is all about Love - that's capital L-O-V-E, LOVE! Venus is attuned to love of Family, love of friends, love of self. It is not to be confused with lust. While lust can be a part of Love, it is not it's entirety. Familial Love, Loyalty, Romantic Love, Platonic Love - these are all areas that can be affected best on Fridays under the helpful eye of Venus. So add a little blue to your clothing today to help attract the harmonious vibrations of Love. Burn a Blue candle to honor the Love of your mate. Meditate on your self-worth today. Spend a little time with that old friend you've been too busy to see lately. Have a Family Gathering - no outsiders, just your family.
I leave you, for now, with that to ponder. I'll post the days herbs a little later this afternoon.
Have a Blessed Day.

The Day: Thursday
The Color: Green
The Planet: Jupiter
The Aspects: Among other things, Jupiter is the planet of missing people and things. It is where the other sock went. So you can use the vibrations of this day, planet and color to bring back or find that which is gone. Whether it is a person or a thing, Jupiter can help bring it back, if back is where it should be! Another aspect of this day, planet and color, is growth and fertility, whether it be physical, mental, or Spiritual. Thursday is a good day to dig out that Prosperity spell you've had tucked away in the back of your Magical closet, dust it off and fire it up! Use these vibrations for gambler's luck, found money, or finding a new job. Women who want to become pregnant should focus on Jupiter (as well as making a move or two, LOL).

And now let's look in the Magical Herb Closet and see what's up:

Gravel Root:
Used to increase the chances of getting a job. Aids one during times of distress. Useful as an altar offering, especially during love magic. Burn or strew about the house to relieve disharmony in the home or remove tensions. An infusion of the herb rubbed on an erect member is said to improve male potency. Men: be careful if you try this, as that area can be more sensitive than others when it comes to rubbing it with unfamiliar infusions!
Also Called: Meadow Sweet, Bride of the Meadow, Bridewort, Little Queen, Gravelweed, Joe-Pye Weed, Purple Boneset, Kidney Root, Trumpet Weed, Trumpet Vine, Meadowsweet

Hay: Pregnancy and fertility. Perhaps this one (but not the only), reason rolling in newly cut Hay is so popular around Beltaine! (LOL)

Heather:
Protection, luck, and immortality. Dip in water and sprinkle it around in a circle to bring rain. Carry in sachets or charms to protect against rape and other violent crimes. Hang or use in home decorations to promote peace. Burn with fern to bring rain. This is a powerful protection herb for women, whether it is physical or psychic attack, that I use in any and every spell, potion, or power bag intended for a woman or young girl.

Well, I hope all this information is useful to you. I will not be around a computer tomorrow, so later this morning I will post the Planetary Aspects and the Magical Herb Uses for tomorrow.
Then, I'm off to be the Wizard :)
With you all in the Spirit!

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!

The Day: Tuesday

Color: Red

Planet: Mars

Aspects: Mars is fiery passion, and has a strong vein of aggression running through it. This is the planet that brings fierce competitiveness, winning in battle and a big helping of lust thrown in for good measure! But it also will bring healing. It may take aggressive measures to bring about that healing, for it's power is the searing red hot knife that cauterizes the battle wound. The lusty passion of Mars has little to do with true sustaining love, but rather is the quick, intense coupling of strangers that pass in the night! Mars passion can be a part of true love, but it is not, in and of itself, a lasting thing. So take advantage of this planet's aspects, but remember the flame that heals can also burn! Make certain that the battles you engage in are worth winning. Guard against the impatience that this aggressive planet brings.

And now, for the Magical Herb Lore:

Galangal Root:
Magical uses include winning in court, doubling money, hex breaking and sex magic. Burn as incense to remove evil spells and break curses. Carry for protection, to improve psychic abilities and to bring good health. Carry to court to make the judge or jury feel favorably inclined toward you. Wrap money around the root and it will multiply threefold. Burn vigilantly for 14 days before a court case, saving the ashes and bringing them to court in a green flannel bag for luck.
Also Called: Lo John, Low John, Lo John the Conqueror, Lesser Galangal, Galanga, Colic Root, Gargaut, Catarrh Root, India Root, China Root A very useful Root, but not to be confused with HIGH John or John the Conqueror Root!

Ginger:

Draws adventure and new experiences. Promotes sensuality, sexuality, personal confidence, prosperity, and success. Adds to the strength and speed of any mixture of which it is a part. Place in amulet, mojo, or medicine bag to promote good health & protection. Use in herbal mixtures for the consecration of athames to strengthen and energize the ritual blade. A ginger root in the form of a human is a very powerful magical token. Burn a bit of ground Ginger in your next Money incense and watch how much faster the cash comes!

That's it for now - life's little necessities interrupt!

Remember that sometimes, it's how you win the battle that brings Victory!
Joy to all!

The Waning Moon

(I am going to try something for a while and see if you find it useful, so I will need some feedback through the comment link, please. I will, at the beginning of the daily (hopefully) post, give the day of the week's color, Planet and a few Aspects of that energy. Just so you can use that information to go with the flow. So here we go for today:)

The day: Monday
Color: White or Silver
Planet: Moon
Aspects: Peace and Balance, Celebrate Lunar Deities

The Full Moon is past and now we are in the waning phase of the Moon. And what that means to those of us who use the Moon's energy in our daily lives is that we should work towards diminishing things or pushing things away. Whether it be whittling away on the mental stumps in our field of dreams, or pushing away the negativity that is coming towards us from an outside source (or sometimes from within), now is the time to work with that Waning Moon energy. If you are involved with people or a situation that is negative by nature or design - push away! Diminish the affect those people or things have on your life by distancing them. Just because the Moon is not gathering power, you don't have to stop working towards your goals, it just means you have to change the energy you use. If it's money or prosperity you have in the Works when the moon wanes, instead of trying to draw it to you - start getting rid of the obstacles between you and that prosperity! Remember: just because the Moon is not full, you don't have to stop or interrupt your Workings to wait for it to wax again! On the Mundane level, you can use this phase of the moon to start that new diet, or to push away those bad habits that are getting in the way of your daily happiness and prosperity (stop gambling away your money, put down that extra piece of cake, try not to squabble with your partner, etc.)Just remember that even though the Moon isn't full, it has still a very powerful and awesome energy - use it to your advantage!Having said that, here are the herbs and their uses:

Fern:
Mental clarity, cleansing, purification, and dispelling negativity. Keep in room where studying is done to help concentration. Burn a sprig of fern before an exam. Use in sachets and amulets for powerful auric protection. I find using the live plant rather than bits of dried fern is much more productive (also helps oxidize the air in your home)

Feverfew:
Protection against accidents and cold/flu. Use in charms or sachets for love magic or spiritual healing. Keep flowers in suitcase or car when traveling.
Also Called: Featherfew, Rainfarn, Wild Quinine, Featherfoil, Prairie Dock, Missouri Snakeroot, Flirtwort, Parthenium, Febrifuge Good to add to a basic tea, sweeten with honey and drink hot when you have a cold

Flax Seed:
Used for money spells and healing rituals. Mix seeds with red pepper and keep in a box in the home to protect it. Put in a sachet to protect against hostile magic. Place some in shoe or in pocket, wallet, purse, or altar jar with a few coins to ward off poverty. Sprinkle an infusion made with flax seed around the area before divination to get a more accurate reading of someone's future. Burn for divinatory powers.

Gardenia:
Promoting peace/repelling strife, protection from outside influences. Carry or wear to attract love or friendship. Burn with other healing herbs to bring peace and comfort to one who is ailing. Use dried flowers in healing incenses and mixtures. Scatter around a room to bring peaceful vibrations.

Here' a recipe for today:
Garlic and Mint Chicken Breasts
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Rest Time: 4 h Total Time: 27 mins
Ingredients
4 chicken, breast
mint, fresh
1/2 cup(s) mint, fresh
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon oil, olive
1 tablespoon soy sauce, reduced-sodium
4 clove(s) garlic
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper, black ground
couscous
scallion(s) (green onions)

Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag set in a shallow dish.2. In a blender, combine the 1/2 cup mint leaves, the lemon juice, oil, soy sauce, garlic, chili powder, and pepper. Cover and blend until smooth; pour over chicken. Seal bag; turn to coat chicken. Marinate chicken in refrigerator for 4 to 24 hours.3. Drain chicken, discarding marinade. Place chicken on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals. Grill for 12 to 15 minutes or until tender and no longer pink (170°F), turning once. If desired, serve over hot cooked couscous. If desired, serve with grilled green onions and garnish with additional mint leaves.
Nutritional Info (per serving):Calories: 202, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 229mg, Dietary Fiber: 0g, Total Fat: 6g, Carbs: 2g, Cholesterol: 82mg, Protein: 34g Exchanges: Lean Meat: 4.5 , Fat: 1

Well, that's all I have for now,
may the Universe Bless you and yours!