GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
29 July 2005
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Every day is a Feast Day!!!
Celebrate It!!!
GrannyMoon ~Bringing You The Feast Since 2001
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The Goddess Calendar
Goddess Month of Kerea runs from 7/11 - 8/8
Lunabar Moon Almanack for Thursday, July 28, 2005
Phase: Waning, Last Quarter Moon. Age: 22 days 12h. 56m.
Ascending Node is at 17° Aries.
In the 18th° of the Constellation ^ Aries, the Ram;
& in the 16th° of the Signe _ Taurus, the Bull.
Rises: 12:03 morn. Souths: 7:06 morn. Sets: 2:21 eve.
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Thank you all my dear readers...be blessed.~ GrannyMoon
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Current Moon Phase - Waning
Waning Moon Magick: From three-and-a-half to ten-and-a-half days after the full
moon. From the Full Moon to the New is a time for study, meditation,and magic
designed to banish harmful energies and habits, for ridding oneself of
addictions, illness or negativity.
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Star IQ - Friday, July 29
We can settle into another day with the Moon in easy-going Taurus, and as it
separates from Mars (also in Taurus), we become more entrenched with where we
are and what we are currently doing. Motivation can be a problem today, unless
something happens to make us uncomfortable. Then, like Ferdinand the Bull, we
awaken from our lazy sleep to brush away the annoying fly, meet our daily
obligations or stubbornly defend our position. The Moon enters more active
Gemini at 10:02 pm EDT, perhaps giving us a second wind late in the day just in
time for weekend fun.
Aries Cancer Libra Capricorn
Taurus Leo Scorpio Aquarius
Gemini Virgo Sagittarius Pisces
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GrannyMoon Says Today Is: Freya's Day - Energy: Female Ruler: Venus - Rules
lovers and pleasure, affairs of the heart - Use for magick involving love,
peace, beauty, gentleness, women's problems, healing, protection, lovers, ease,
pleasure, affairs. Resolve quarrels today!
a.. Today's Magickal Influences: All Love Matters, Friendships, Affection,
Partnerships, Money, Sex
b.. Today's Goddesses: Astarte, Aphrodite, Erzulie, Aida Wedo, Eve, Venus,
Freya, Diana, Aset [Isis], The Witch Of Gaeta, Chalchiuhtlique
c.. Incense: Saffron, Verbena
d.. Perfumes: Stephanotis, Apple Blossom, Musk, Ambergris
e.. Color of The Day: Light Blue, Pale Green
f.. Colors for Tomorrow: Black
g.. Lucky Sign: Friday Is The Lucky Day For Taurus And Libra
h.. Candle: Green
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Moon Moon, Mother Moon
Lunar Lore
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Holy womb of water,
Vessel of our birth.
Keep us ever mindful,
Of our Mother Earth
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The weather the day of the new moon is believed to be
the predominating weather for the next twenty-eight days.
- Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore & Occult Sciences of the World.
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Seasons of the Witch - Ancient Holidays
And some not so ancient too!
Seasons of the Witch
St Martha -Despite her reputation as a domestic saint, invoked for help cooking,
running a household and maintaining the family peace, she's also a dragon-taming
saint (or perhaps those aren't so contradictory). Along with her sister Mary and
brother Lazarus, she later went to Marseilles, where she is honored on May 24 as
one of the Three Maries. Her body was discovered at Tarascon in France where a
magnificent church was erected in her honor. Both Tarascon and the herb tarragon
are derived from the word for dragon. I especially like this charm from a novena
to St Martha:
St Martha, I resort to thy aid and protection. As proof of my affection and
faith, I offer thee this light, which I shall burn every Tuesday. Comfort me in
all my difficulties and through the great favors thou didst enjoy when the
Saviour was lodged in thy house. Intercede for my family, that we be provided
for in our necessities. I ask of thee, St Martha, to overcome all difficulties
as thou didst overcome the dragon which thou hadst at thy feet.
PARDON OF THE BIRDS. Quimperle, Brittany. Festive fair and picnic with a bird
theme.
Remember the ancient ways and keep them sacred!
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Circle of Friends
Don't let loneliness hurt your health; reconnect with a family member or old
friend this weekend. Studies show
that loneliness can have deleterious effects on your health. Surrounding
yourself with friends and family,
on the other hand, can give your heart and health a boost. Make it a point to
see three or more of your closest
friends and family members at least once each month.
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Weaving the Web! Networking With Others of Like Mind!!
Please share your art or craft...with pictures, stories, poems and articles.
You will receive all credits and a link to your website in the Feast!
Thanks!
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SILLY PROVERBS
Life has a funny habit of changing,
and security's hard to find;
Just when you think it is safe
to get in the swing of things,
somebody kicks you
in the ass...that's all fate!
You never know when a grizzly
will sneak up on your porch
and steal your bike,
and the girl across the street
has a crush on your boyfriend
and tries to come get him tonight.
© July 2005
Beth Johnson
(Mystic Amazon)
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Goddess For Today: Voluspa
Icelandic Festival
Theme: Foresight; History; Perspective; Divination; Time
Symbols: Stories or Storybooks
About Voluspa: An old festival in Iceland known as the Isledingadagurinn
preserves Voluspa's energy by
recounting local heritage and custom in public forum including theater, singing,
writing and costumes.
For our adaptation, I suggest taking out or working on a family tree, or perhaps
a personal journal. Read
over the chronicles of people from your ethnic background and honor their lives
in some appropriate manner
(perhaps by lighting a candle). Voluspa lives in these moments and at any time
that we give ourselves to
commemorating the past.
Alternatively, get out some good storybooks and read! Turn off the TV for a
while and enrich your imagination
with the words of the bards who keep Voluspa's power alive in the world.
Especially read to children, so they
can learn of this Goddess of Wonders.
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By Patricia Telesco ~ From "365 Goddess" and GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
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Take the time to notice the little things.
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Welcome to AngelVoice, where you meet the Angel that is guiding you each
day, and receive the loving Angel Message sent to you for contemplation and
motivation. And - as a special inspiration from the angelic realms - you
are given a joyful daily thought or idea to help light up your world.
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EARTH ELEMENT: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Your Guiding Angel today is: The Angel of Reality. Angelic
Advice: If you or someone in your life has been negative or
unrealistic, ask the angels for help in seeing reality
instead of floundering in unproductive behaviour patterns.
An objective point of view can turn things around right now.
Your angels wish you joy in: Choosing the right pathFIRE ELEMENT: Aries, Leo,
Sagittarius
Your Guiding Angel today is: The Angel of Softness. Angelic
Advice: Today, become as a new born lamb. Soft and
vulnerable and aware of the pure love that surrounds you.
Snuggle up in the warm angelic love that surrounds you. Your
angels wish you joy in: Quiet, Trusting Moments.AIR ELEMENT: Aquarius, Gemini,
Libra
Your Guiding Angel today is: The Angel of Imagination.
Angelic Advice: Consider how you can allow more zest and
inspiration in your day. It is easy to disregard the
creativity that bubbles inside you inspiring wonderful
dreams and images as the obligations of the day crowd in.
But it is through imagination that angels and guides
communicate with you. Your imagination carries their
messages to you. Your angels wish you joy in: Considering
the impossibleWATER ELEMENT: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Your guiding angel today is: The Angel of Memories. Angelic
advice: It is time to look back on the sweet moments of life
and to reflect on their lessons and count your blessings. By
looking back with a loving heart, all your memories will be
coloured golden. Bring the glow into the present and let it
light up your today. Your angels wish you joy in: Life's
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Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. ~Dale
Carnegie
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Release Bad Spending Habits Spell
Incense of the day: Evergreen
Azna, the mother goddess, is here to aid us no matter what our troubles may be.
Azna carries a golden sword that she uses to draw negative energy from us.
Petition Azna for relief from your bad spending habits, saying:
Mother God, I cannot control my spending habits. Take them from me. Instill
within me the knowledge of what to do. I ask you to take the pressure from me
with your sword.
Visualize Azna lowering her sword to draw all of the negative energy away from
you. Go forth knowing you no longer need to fret.
By: Tammy Sullivan, Llewellyn and GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
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"Thoughts are energy, and you can make your world or break your world by your
thinking."
~ Susan L. Taylor
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Daily Aromatherapy Tip - Effective Cleaning Blend
Create a blend of Lemon, Lime and Grapefruit.Lemon is an effective degreaser.
Lime is refreshing
and Grapefuit uplifting.Add about 20 drops of this mixture to 4 oz. distilled
water.
Use this in any spray bottle for cleaning counter tops, bathrooms, garbage
pails, toliets and more.
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Blessed is she who has learned to laugh at herself, for she shall never cease to
be entertained.
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Crone's Corner - LAMMAS: The First Harvest
Once upon a Lammas Night
When corn rigs are bonny,
Beneath the Moon's unclouded light,
I held awhile to Annie...
Although in the heat of a Mid-western summer it might be difficult to discern,
the festival of Lammas (Aug 1st) marks the end of
summer and the beginning of fall. The days now grow visibly shorter and by the
time we've reached autumn's end (Oct 31st), we will have run the gamut of
temperature from the heat of August to the cold and (sometimes) snow of
November. And in the midst of it, a perfect Mid-western autumn.
The history of Lammas is as convoluted as all the rest of the old Folk holidays.
It is of course a cross-quarter day, one of the four High Holidays or Greater
Sabbats of Witchcraft, occurring 1/4 of a year after Beltane. However, British
Witches often refer to the astrological date of Aug 6th as Old Lammas, and
folklorists call it Lammas O.S. ('Old Style'). This date has long been
considered a 'power point' of the Zodiac, and is symbolized by the Lion, one of
the 'tetramorph' figures found on the Tarot cards, the World and the Wheel of
Fortune (the other three figures being the Bull, the Eagle, and the Spirit).
Astrologers know these four figures as the symbols of the four 'fixed' signs of
the Zodiac, and these naturally align with the four Great Sabbats of Witchcraft.
Christians have adopted the same iconography to represent the four
gospel-writers. 'Lammas' was the medieval Christian name for the holiday and it
means 'loaf-mass', for this was the day on which loaves of bread were baked from
the first grain harvest and laid on the church altars as offerings. It was a day
representative of 'first fruits' and early harvest.
In Irish Gaelic, the feast was referred to as 'Lugnasadh', a feast to
commemorate the funeral games of the Irish sun-god Lugh.
However, there is some confusion on this point. Although at first glance, it may
seem that we are celebrating the death of the Lugh, the god of light does not
really die (mythically) until the autumnal equinox. And indeed, if we read the
Irish myths closer, we discover that it is not Lugh's death that is being
celebrated, but the funeral games which Lugh hosted to commemorate the death of
his foster- mother, Taillte. That is why the Lugnasadh celebrations in Ireland
are often called the 'Tailltean Games'.
The time went by with careless heed
Between the late and early,
With small persuasion she agreed
To see me through the barley...
One common feature of the Games were the 'Tailltean marriages', a rather
informal marriage that lasted for only 'a year and a day' or until next Lammas.
At that time, the couple could decide to continue the arrangement if it pleased
them, or to stand back to back and walk away from one another, thus bringing the
Tailltean marriage to a formal close. Such trial marriages (obviously related to
the Wiccan 'Handfasting') were quite common even into the 1500's, although it
was something one 'didn't bother the parish priest about'. Indeed, such
ceremonies were usually solemnized by a poet, bard, or shanachie (or, it may be
guessed, by a priest or priestess of the Old Religion).
Lammastide was also the traditional time of year for craft festivals. The
medieval guilds would create elaborate displays of
their wares, decorating their shops and themselves in bright colors and ribbons,
marching in parades, and performing strange,
ceremonial plays and dances for the entranced onlookers. The atmosphere must
have been quite similar to our modern-day
Renaissance Festivals, such as the one celebrated in near-by Bonner Springs,
Kansas, each fall.
A ceremonial highlight of such festivals was the 'Catherine wheel'. Although the
Roman Church moved St. Catherine's feast day all around the calendar with
bewildering frequency, it's most popular date was Lammas. (They also kept trying
to expel this much-loved saint from the ranks of the blessed because she was
mythical rather than historical, and because her worship gave rise to the
heretical sect known as the Cathari.) At any rate, a large wagon wheel was taken
to the top of a near-by hill, covered with tar, set aflame, and ceremoniously
rolled down the hill. Some mythologists see in this ritual the remnants of a
Pagan rite
symbolizing the end of summer, the flaming disk representing the sun-god in his
decline. And just as the sun king has now reached the autumn of his years, his
rival or dark self has just reached puberty.
Many commentators have bewailed the fact that traditional Gardnerian and
Alexandrian Books of Shadows say very little about the holiday of Lammas,
stating only that poles should be ridden and a circle dance performed. This
seems strange, for Lammas is a holiday of rich mythic and cultural associations,
providing endless resources for liturgical celebration.
Corn rigs and barley rigs,
Corn rigs are bonny!
I'll not forget that happy night
Among the rigs with Annie!
Lughnasadh Incense Recipes
2 tsp Heather
1 tsp Frankincense
1 tsp Apple Blossoms
1/4 tsp Blackberry leaves
1/4 tsp wood base
1/8 tsp salt petre
Self-burning, no charcoal need. Do place on sand to burn.
Lammas Potpourri
20 drops clove bud oil
23 drops sandalwood oil
1 cup oak moss
2 cups dried pink rosebuds
2 cups dried red peony petals
1 cupdried amaranth flowers
1 cup dried heather flowers
1/2 cup dried cornflowers.
Mix the clove bud and sandalwood oils with the oak moss and then
add the remaining ingredients,Stir the potpourri well and store in a
tightlycovered ceramic or glass container.
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Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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The summer clouds are beautiful,
yes they are. Yes, they are.
The summer clouds are like flowers,
yes they are. Yes, they are.
The clouds blossom in the sky,
yes they do. Yes, they do.
The blossoming clouds are coming here,
yes they are. Yes, they are.
~ Zuni "Song of the Blue Corn Dance"
Summer is, indeed, a beautiful season. Yet it is also a busy one. Vacations,
social engagements,
outdoor concerts, and the usual press of work and laundry and errands and....
Summer whirls by. It is July already, when May seems to have been yesterday. How
can we enjoy
our lives when they are led at such a pace? What will you remember of this
summer? If you are too
tired to watch a firefly on a sultry night, too busy to notice that a favorite
flower has bloomed, too much
in transit to enjoy conversation with a friend - what will you have to hold, to
treasure, in winters to come?
For we cannot savor what we rush through. Let some things slide this summer.
Don't worry about them.
You will never remember if you did the laundry and you will never forget the
fragrance of new roses.
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By Patricia Monaghan ~ From "The Goddess Companion" and GrannyMoon's Morning
Feast
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The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own.
No apologies or excuses.
No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing
journey - and you alone are
responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.
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About The Morning Feast and Goddessschool.com - The teachings here are based on
ordinary magick, the principle that the mundane and the Divine are not separate,
but peacefully coexist in all things. Know Mother Earth as the ultimate healer,
and learn to utilize her gifts of nature. Inside each woman is a being of
wisdom, deeply connected to the phases of the moon and the tides of the sea. All
we need to do is trust our innate wisdom.