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Has your year matched your reading?

Posted by Mary on Tuesday, October 2nd 2012

Fire Tarot Do you do a month-by-month tarot reading for the year? Did you do one in 2012? Has your year matched up?

I don’t know about you, but mine has hit it pretty much on the mark. Now, I couldn’t have anticipated what was about to happen, but yeah, looking back, I can see where things came from, and knowing what the rest of the year holds, I am moving forward!

I think it’s important to do monthly tarot readings, not just at the start of a new month, but also at the start of a new year so you can see month by month how things go, and then go back and review how they went.

Some people wonder about seeing “bad” things and making it to be prophecy to be fulfilled. But we have to keep in mind that we do not know how things may be interpreted. When I first read “sudden change” for this month, back in January, I felt for sure that my mother would be dead. At that time, I couldn’t imagine what more sudden change could befall me. But her health is better than ever, though in the intervening year, I’ve been laid off, started a new business, and did a lot of personal growth — any one of those could be the sudden change. Forewarned is forearmed, I say, and know that our future is a mutable thing.

So I look forward to checking the readings at the start of each month. Who knows what it will bring, and that means that anything can happen… Are you prepared? I am.

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category: creating reality, tarot

tags: month, overview, reading, tarot, yearly

5 Ways To Regain Your Summer Mojo

Posted by Mary on Wednesday, June 20th 2012

I love summertime for regaining your equilibrium and your mojo. There’s something about being outside, looking into a beautiful blue sky, feeling the warm sun on your face that makes you just darn happy to be alive. I can close my eyes and tilt my face to the sky and feel the warmth radiating into my body. All of a sudden I’m connected with the larger world around me. I feel the universal energy and I know it exists.

Need to regain your mojo? Here are five tips for summer.

1. Get outside. Even if you’re sitting on your porch or on the ground, simply getting outside helps to reconnect us with the outdoors and with the sun. We can draw upon the solar energy to refuel our own batteries, and the great thing is, within our lifetimes, solar energy is limitless. (Sure, the sun will go supernova in several hundreds of thousands of years, but we don’t have to worry about that.)

2. Get moving. Go for a walk. Work in your garden. Get your body moving to help get the energy out of your head and down into your body. You can use this to connect with yourself as well as ground.

3. Enjoy other’s happiness. Go to the park with your dog or your kids and watch them run and have fun outdoors. Enjoy the kids being out of school and playing on your street. Even watching a bird or a rabbit moving through your yard can be enjoyable. Add a bird bath, watch the birds splash and play. Smiles are contagious.

4. Find your own happiness. If there’s an activity you like, even if you’re forced indoors by the summer heat (such as a runner who works out in a gym instead of the sidewalk), make sure you keep up with the activity. Soon enough the weather will turn and you can go back outside again.

5. Get wet! Running through a sprinkler, playing in the pool, visiting the ocean, or a water park are all great ways to enjoy the summer heat. Water reduces stress on your joints, so walking in the water is easier for those with disabilities, even as it provides a greater resistance.

Enjoy the summer and feel your mojo return with the summer heat!

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category: creating reality, health, inspiration, mental health, wellness

tags: emotions, exercise, feeling, mojo, stress relief, summer

Do we juggle for ourselves? Pagan Blog Project: J is for Juggling

Posted by Mary on Friday, June 1st 2012

It’s been a while since I’ve done a Pagan Blog Project post, so I guess it’s appropriate that today’s topic is juggling. Because really, as pagans, as people with families, jobs, lives, we all juggle. The question is do we juggle for them, or do we juggle for us?

That’s quite a question. Well, you juggle because you have to. I can hear the answer, because it’s something that I would have answered some time ago, too. I mean, I can’t really choose not to take mom to her doctor’s appointment, or choose not to go to work. I can’t choose that the Sabbat falls on the same night as some other event. So I do what I can and I juggle all the demands on my time because well…I have to.

But we can look deeper at this; we really do need to juggle for ourselves. How does this work?

First, let’s look at the activities that we really want to do. And if we have children, we need to look at their activities too. Do they want to be involved in a gazillion things? Simplify if you can.

Then, look at the things you have to do. How can you make those activities work for you?

You can juggle for you! The shift can, and will happen in your life, and when it does, it will be profound. Make time for the things you want to do. Juggle what you want to juggle. The rest can wait…

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category: creating reality, mental health, wellness

tags: activities, balance, juggling, life, organization, work life balance

Danica Patrick And The Law Of Attraction

Posted by Mary on Monday, May 21st 2012

I don’t normally listen to the news, but last night they were going to cover the Preakness, which I’d watched, so I left the television on while I was doing other things on the computer. After the horse racing coverage, they had NASCAR driver Danica Patrick and were talking about her low expectations. I was intrigued. I wouldn’t expect someone of that stature having low expectations. So I was curious. I listened, and what I heard was like a crash course for the law of attraction.

She started talking about how she didn’t think she had a confidence problem, but that her pit crew did. And then she mentioned that she just wanted to keep expectations low, that way she didn’t disappoint anyone. (I tried to find the video, but our local news show didn’t put it on the web. Boo!)

It was like a law of attraction “clue by four” to me. If she didn’t expect to win, in her own mind, and project that kind of feeling and images, then the outcome is probably going to be less than stellar. That’s the confidence that her pit crew was talking about. The expectation that she had just as much right, just as much ability, and deserved to get that checkered flag as much as anyone. All things being equal…the cars…the crew…the driver…there’s no reason why Danica couldn’t take the checkered flag. Just like professional athletes envision their perfect race, their perfect game, their perfect catch or their perfect throw a million times before the big moment, so too, they expect that perfect game/catch/throw/race/event.

That’s the law of attraction. I’m not a NASCAR driver. I’m good with the speed limit, thanks. But that’s okay. When I envision driving to the store, I think of green lights, open lanes and easy parking spaces. That’s usually what I receive, too. I very rarely hit a red light. There’s hardly any traffic, and even during rush hour I can get out without waiting too long, and the parking spaces aren’t bad.

When we expect the rewards we deserve and believe that we deserve them, they usually come.

Now, I think Danica Patrick is amazing for doing what she’s doing. Heck, it takes guts, skill, nerve, and courage, to push a car to its limits, and sometimes beyond, in a race. I just couldn’t help but wonder, what if she had the confidence her pit crew wanted her to have? What then?

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tags: confidence, Danica Patrick, deservedness, expectations, law of attraction, NASCAR, winning

Frustration To Gratitude: Shopping, Thankfulness, and Me

Posted by Mary on Friday, May 18th 2012

Today’s Friday, also known as “grocery shopping day” in our household. Or, “another week, another bucket of cat litter” works, too. Either way, I picked up just my billfold and my grocery list and headed to the store. I finished my shopping (I self-checkout), went to pay, and didn’t have my debit card. I think we’ve all done this a time or two. Thought we’d had our debit card but either had taken it out to make an online purchase and didn’t quite get it back in our billfold, or had it slip out of our billfold into our purse (which is what happened to me). I could have gotten mad. I was hot, sweaty, and I really didn’t want to redo the shopping.

However, I had some cash in my billfold, almost enough to cover the purchase. So I explained the situation to the self-checkout lady, and we set three purchases aside for me to come back and get. I paid with cash, took the groceries home, grabbed my purse (yep, there was the debit card. My billfold doesn’t quite close sometimes…grr!), then went back and finished my purchases, then, took the juice I’d bought for mom over to her house.

As I said, I could have gotten angry. It was hot; I was thinking I’d be home in an hour and could get back to work. But you know what, I didn’t get angry.

I told the universe these things instead:

THANK YOU for making sure I hadn’t taken that cash to the bank to deposit yet.

THANK YOU for the fact that I was looking for shoes for my partner, so I only had to leave behind a couple of things.

THANK YOU for the short drive I have back home.

THANK YOU for the nice lady in the checkout aisle to help.

THANK YOU that I really don’t punch a time clock, so can take the extra time this needs.

THANK YOU that my partner realized I was home and could help me carry in the bags of groceries.

When I got home, it was, “THANK YOU for my debit card being right on top of my purse’s contents, so I could be assured that it was where I thought it was.”

When I went back to Walmart it was, “THANK YOU for the items sitting there ready for me.” and “THANK YOU for being able to check out so quickly.”

I went to mom’s house. “THANK YOU that mom had time to get some things together so I could help her.” and THANK YOU that I could buy mom an extra jug of juice.

Then I returned home to THANK YOU for making that go so smoothly and well.

And I did it all with a smile on my face. That’s how I turned what could have been a frustrating afternoon into a very powerful lesson of gratitude and thankfulness.

THANK YOU universe for this lovely reminder.

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category: creating reality, inspiration

tags: gratitude, shopping, thankfulness

Pagan Blog Project: I for Inspiration

Posted by Mary on Saturday, May 12th 2012

A magickal life is an inspired life. It’s true, you know. I’m a writer, so I live immersed in the worlds I’ve created, the stories that run through my mind, and since I also do nonfiction, the blog posts and articles that I’d like to share with the world. There was a time (okay most of 2011) when the muses weren’t speaking to me. I suspect it was because I was so wrapped up in everything in my own life that they felt they had no room to interject themselves into my life. It also could be because of some things in the writing world, as well as my personal life. But either way, I didn’t write much last year. That changed late 2011, early 2012.

You see, about that time I found my spirituality again. With all that had happened, honestly, I had no where else to turn but the Goddess. And giving myself, and my muse, over to her, made the plot bunnies as fertile as cute, fluffy bunnies can be. Plot bunnies are the cute fluffy bunnies you know. They’re not the ones that eat the heads off your marigold flowers or mow down the green bean shots in your garden, and can you tell I’m talking about real bunnies here? LOL! (We have roaming marauding bunnies where I live and woe to anything you want to grow. But I think we’ve reached an agreement. If I can have my garden, they can have everything else. *smiles*)

But seriously, back to the topic on hand, it was when I tapped into my spirituality, when I started living a magickal life that the inspiration came back. I thank the Goddess, those with whom I’ve had the chance to meet and learn from, and mostly the Goddess for that. I cleared away a lot, like weeding the aforementioned garden, and in the space, I allowed Her to fill it, and as a writer, what bigger blessing could she provide than inspiration. Story ideas. The kind of ideas that wake you up in the middle of the night and make you sit, fumbling for a pen and paper or a laptop so you can get started writing, those were the ideas that I had. And I’m loving it!

I feel the muse, the energy, and I know that I am the Source. Of course, She has something to do with it. But She also tells us as above so below, as within so without. If I weren’t open and receiving and inspired inside, then my outside world wouldn’t inspire me, and the chain goes on and on like a snake eating its tail (or my cat chasing hers).

For those looking for inspiration, I’d offer the same advice as I’ve given here. Get magickal. Get in tune. Get spiritual. When we connect our own inner source to the divine, then we allow ourselves to be filled, even as we’re filling others with the light of inspiration. It doesn’t matter if you’re not a writer. Artists, crafters, musicians, everyone, even if you don’t think you’re creative, uses this inspiring energy in his or her life. It takes inspiration to juggle a busy schedule with three kids and after-school activities. It takes inspiration to find a way to close the business deal. That’s creativity, baby, and the Goddess blesses all who chose to seek their own inner source.

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category: creating reality, creativity, pagan blog project, spirituality

tags: connection, creativity, divine, goddess, inner source, pagan blog project

Tarot Blog Hop: The Fire Tends To All

Posted by Mary on Tuesday, May 1st 2012

The High Priestess from the Fire Tarot.

When there’s no fire, there’s no heat, no light, no warmth…there’s just darkness. Now darkness in and of itself isn’t bad. We like it dark to sleep, and without darkness there would be no light. But without fire, we wouldn’t have most things we enjoy in our modern lives. We couldn’t cook. The spark from the spark plug which powers our car engine is fire. When we look at our lives, fire really does tend to all.

But let’s look inside ourselves, because if we don’t have fire there, then we really won’t have fire in any aspect of our lives.

The fire tends to all. Don’t we tend fire? If we don’t tend fire, if we let it care for itself, then won’t it get out of control?

There may be times that it does, but the wildfires which appear so vividly on our news are also cleansing and renewing the land. No, it may not be tending to what we want it to tend to, but it is tending to something. Likewise, anyone who has tried to start a fire with wet wood knows that no matter how hard you try, you can’t get the fire to stay going.

If we look at our own inner fire, there are times when it can be like that, when we want to start a fire with wet and sodden wood, so there is no spark. We feel dark inside, cold, no light, no warmth. Our inner fire, if it’s present, truly does tend to all. With this fire we can share our light with the world, our heat and our energy will go forth and spread itself to others. Our fire does tend all, because with our actions, we can share our light and love with the world. So as we tend to all in our world, so, too, does those we touch. They share their light, their fire, and so on, until the fire is tending all in the world.

There are times, though, when we don’t have a fire. When even the tiniest spark cannot be found within us. In those times, we need to look to others or look to our spiritual sources to find their fire, not to steal it, but to let it be a spark which will once again create a blazing fire within us so that we can go forth in our lives with heat and light to share. Again, their fire tended ours, and the fire tends all.

As I light my candle from your fire, so too can you replenish your candle from mine. That’s what fire is about, and that’s how fire can tend to the all. May my fire always burn brightly and may your fire never go out.

This entry is part of the Tarot Blog Hop. If you would like to read the entry before mine, please go here. If you would like to read the entry after mine, then please go here.

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category: creating reality, Tarot Blog Hop, wellness

tags: Beltane, candle, fire, inspiration, light, tarot, warmth

I read two books yesterday and I loved every minute of it!

Posted by Mary on Sunday, April 29th 2012

So yesterday was a read-a-palooza for me. I started a book in the doctor’s office while waiting for mom to get done. Two hours and nearly the entire book later (I had ten pages left to read. I almost made mom wait while I finished the book, haha!), I was head-over-heels in love with this author and this series. When I went to finish the story later that night, I read the five pages, but then I wanted more! So, I picked up the second book in the series and finished it, too. Stayed up until 2 in the morning, even.

It was completely, totally decadent. It was not crossing anything off my to do list, and was not what I’d planned to do with that time. But you know what? It was taking time for me, doing something I enjoyed, and it was also very much a needed mental vacation.

What are you doing to spoil yourself? Did you decide to let the dishes wait until tomorrow so you could read/crochet/knit/sew/fill in the blank here? Did you decide that you were taking a Friday night for you and doing something fun?

We don’t need to work all the time. We need to take time for ourselves, and a lot of us don’t take as much time as we should.

Don’t feel guilty. Don’t fret over what you need to do. Just take that time for yourself and have FUN!

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category: coaching, creating reality, mental health, wellness

tags: book, enjoyment, hobby, reading, vacation

Pagan Blog Project: H is for Happy Magick

Posted by Mary on Thursday, April 26th 2012

What makes you happy? And how can you stay happy when you’re busy, nothing seems to be working, and you’re overwhelmed?

I think all of us contemplate those questions at one time or another. I know I do. And until recently, I didn’t feel as if I had the answers. For me, happiness boils down to one simple thing: If you know you are on your path, then you are happy.

What does that mean? And how do you know if you’re on your path? And what is your path?

Your path is this: the work you’re meant to do, the gifts you’re meant to share with the world, and the joy you derive from doing so. If you know you’re doing what you’re meant to be doing, giving what you’re meant to be giving, and coming from a heart-centered, joy-filled place, then you, most likely, are happy.

Seems like a far away from the hectic and depressed life I had even eight or ten months ago, and I bet for someone reading this blog, he or she is thinking the same thing. That’s a dream. That can’t happen now.

But it can. Now I’m not going to sit here and say that it happens with the swish of a magic wand. As pagans, though, we’re usually used to working magick. And there’s nothing to say that we can’t work magick to help us find our path and our bliss.

Here are ways in which we can do that.

1. Meditation and ritual to help us learn what we truly want to do in life.

2. Rituals to help us release old hurts, feelings, slights, or baggage we’re carrying around.

3. Rituals to help us realize self-love, so that we have a full well to offer others.

4. Rituals to help us honor diety, because coming from a place of blessing and worship is moving toward a heart-centered life.

5. Rituals to help us honor the seasons and the Sabbats, because when we see the cycles in nature, we can see them in our own lives.

What rituals are you doing to help you find your happiness?

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category: creating reality, pagan blog project, spirituality, universe lessons

tags: happiness, joy, life's purpose, pagan blog project, ritual

Tips To Keep Your Vacation Mojo

Posted by Mary on Tuesday, April 24th 2012

I just returned from a glorious weekend in the Ozarks. Good friends, good food, good company, and okay, so not good weather, but we got done what we wanted to do and had a lovely, relaxing time. Yet coming home hit me with all the stress I’d left behind, and while a good night’s sleep brought back the mojo, I wanted to share the tips that I’ve used to find my vacation mojo again with you.

1. Use your memories. The day getting hectic on you? Then take a deep breath and envision yourself at the beach again (or whereever you went). Using this visualization will signal your body to relax, destress, and you can come back, feeling much more refreshed.

2. Use touchstones. Like your memories, these are physical reminders of your trip. Maybe it’s a pretty rock or shell, or maybe it’s a t-shirt, cap, or other manmade object. Whatever it is, make sure you use it often or look at it often. Place it in a prominent place in your home to help draw those memories.

3. Keep your vacation schedule. Some vacations are hectic, busy trips where you feel like you need time off to recover from your time off. But if your trip was on the ease and relaxed end of the spectrum, then see if you can’t undo your hectic schedule once you get home. Take time to relax in the evenings. Read a book. Do something for you.

4. Don’t go too long without your next vacation. Make plans to go back or for your next adventure. Time off will keep you productive and relaxed.

It may be difficult to keep your vacation mojo, but you can do it with a bit of planning and keeping your memories fresh.

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category: creating reality, thought patterns

tags: drive, ease, energy, mojo, relax, relaxation, spirit, vacation

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Danica Patrick And The Law Of Attraction

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Frustration To Gratitude: Shopping, Thankfulness, and Me

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I read two books yesterday and I loved every minute of it!

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