Tarot Thursday - Sexual Magic Oracle - 6.29.23

Today's Deck: Sexual Magic Oracle Cards by Laura Tuan and Maro de Luca

Today's Question: How do I regain my sexual adventure? I need to feel sexy to act sexy and enjoy sexual things. How do I do that?

I just want to say first that this oracle deck is beautiful. The artwork is just lovely and fits each card perfectly. When drawing the spread that was suggested from the book, I didn't even really have to look at the meanings for each card. The meanings were very intuitive for my situation. 

When I looked up each card after they followed fairly close to my personal interpretation. I also found the suggested magical practices for each card to be interesting.

The romantic situataion I am currently in. (25, Attraction)

We all gather around sources of light, warmth, beauty. Feel beautiful and you will attract those around you naturally. Inner confidence equals outer confidence.

**Fill a sachet with bath salts and herbs/flowers and uses for a along soak. Violets, starflowers, broom flowers.**

What had caused it (5, Feelings)

Be honest and free with your feelings. Show your love, say your love, be your love.

**Write your feelings on tulip petals and send your intentions out into the world.**

What I desire, hope, and expect (4, Fidelity)

Physical intimacy may ebb and flow, but the underlying desire and love are strong.

**Write your initials and the initials of your partner on an egg as a promise of fidelity, then place it in a jar with flowers and pomegranate seeds.**

What I fear and want to avoid (29, Wrath)

Conflict, anger, passions turned dark and ugly.
**Carry – on the head – a jug of spring water. Walk around the building three times, and then pour the water on the threshold to wash away the anger/frustration/strife.**

Immediate opportunities to solve problems (27, Empathy)

Communicate, share feelings, listen, validate each other’s feelings.
**Cook with ingredients that have been in contact with our hands (crush herbs and spices, knead dough, massage oils and seasonings into meat. Put all your love and desire into the intention behind the cooking.**

Future development (10, Discovery)

Be open and ready for love/desire/intimacy and it will find you. Discover each other every time you see each other as if it were the first time.
**Draw a heart and write your name and your partner’s name inside it. Place the heart in a coffee jar and use that jar every day for nine days to discover yourself.**

Tarot Thursday - Witch Runes - Let's Try This Again

 

Today's Run Set: Witch Runes

Today's Question: How do I let go of anger when there can never be any outside resolution due to a death? How do I move on?

I know this isn't tarot, but I am grouping divination tools under one weekly heading for ease of sorting. In my last Thursday post, I attempted a cast with these runes, and the universe told me I wasn't in the right headspace to hear what it needed to say. Today, I tried again with a clearer, more conscious intent related to what I needed insight and guidance on.

Past Influences (Star) 

Rune Meaning- Positive. A hope, a wish, or a long-term dream that you want to make into a reality. This is a lofty goal, and it's okay to dream big and have high expectations. Even when expectations are unreasonable, there may be a hidden manifestation of at least one version of the original goal. The star can represent a gift or a windfall as well as a guiding light.

Interpretation: I did have an overall goal related to the situation that I have worked very hard to achieve throughout my life. It seemed like progress was finally being made, and there were big dreams and expectations tied to the hoped for outcome. That goal is now impossible to achieve due to a death. That lack of resolution has fostered a lot of anger and resentment that has no place to go.

Present Influences (Romance)

Rune Meaning - Negative. Passion has turned into obsession. Sex and romance are afoot. Diverse people are brought together in one union and so squabbling is natural. People who once had diverging views are now attempting reconciliation, but there may be spite or jaded attitudes all around. There is a raw, magnetic attraction that draws people together.

Interpretation: My mind dwells too much on the things I can’t change, on reconciliations I can’t make, minds I can now never change, words I will never say or hear.

Current Situation (Woman)

Rune Meaning - Negative. This represents the passive, receptive energies that are often categorized as feminine. The rune can also represent a literal woman pertaining to the situation. Other feminine characteristics include nurturing, creativity, birth of something new, and cleansing energy.

Interpretation: Yes, a woman is at the heart of the situation. Two women actually. One is beyond reach, but I can change myself and how I am handling this situation. I can be the birth of something new and clean and good for myself.

Action (Crossroads)

Rune Meaning - Negative. The path is blocked by obstacles that can only be overcome by changing direction. Be flexible, but know that sacrifices must be made or else they will be taken by the random happenstance of the universe. Things may take longer than expected. Choose your battles.

Interpretation: Pee or get off the pot. I can continue to dwell on things that are absolutely beyond my control and that break me down emotionally, mentally, physically … or I can let it go and move on. I have been at a crossroads for almost three years, and it’s time to pick a direction. Going back isn’t an option.

Outcome (Rings)

Rune Meaning - Positive. You can't do it alone, so form the right and lasting alliances. There may be a business partnership, a marriage, or other team formation. Seek out a partnership if none exists in the matter at hand.

Interpretation: Moving on and letting go will help strengthen the bond and love that I feel like I’ve lost in the haze of anger and grief. I may need to ask for help along the way, and I should remind myself that is okay too.

Try it Tuesday - DIY Tea for Improved Health - Blood Pressue

I love finding out new ways to use herbs that I grow and spices that I have in my kitchen. Even more of a bonus when it is something that has the potential to naturally improve my day to day health. I read recently that certain blends of tea can help to lower your blood pressure. Mine has never been high, but it has been in the past few years borderline on a consistent basis. Now, I know, going to the doctor's office stresses me out. Other than my annual preventatives, I do not go unless I am really sick. Not feeling well equals wonky vitals. But, if I can do something small now to make improvements that could put me on the right road to avoid issues in the future, I will happily try it. My mother and father both had high blood pressure, which caused a lot of other issues. And the medication for it caused even more problems. I don't want that if I can avoid it.

Most of the teas available commercially that claim to promote a healthy heart and healthy blood pressure contain a combination of Hawthorne and Hibiscus. Some also contain lavender, chamomile, ginger, and fennel. Of course, I don't know what ratios to use of each, so I decided to mix and match pre-made tea blends until I get the ratios right.

For my first experiment, I am using the following to brew a pot of hopefully healthful and tasty tea.

• Traditional Medicinals Hawthorne and Hibiscus Tea
• Bigelow Lavender and Chamomile plus Probiotics Tea
• Bigelow Ginger Peach and Tumeric Tea

All three are caffeine free. I've never had a tea that claims to have probiotics in it. The color is a rich reddish brown. It smells divine. The chamomile and peach aromas are definitely in the forefront. It tastes very floral as well but not as light as just a chamomile or mint tea might. It feels like drinking a nice floral black tea. I put just a touch of German rock sugar in for sweetener, less than half a cube of sugar equivalent. Delicious. Now we'll see if it actually ends up helping lower my blood pressure.

Tarot Thursday - Witch Runes - Better Luck Next Time

 

I know this isn't tarot, but I am grouping divination tools under one weekly heading for ease of sorting. I recently purchased a new set of runes. I am fairly well versed with Nordic runes, but I am not familar with Witch Runes. These are wooden with with the symbols carved in one side and highlighted with fold paint. Very light to the touch.

I looked over the pamphlet that came with the tiles, and I drew a five tile cast. I drew the blank rune as central rune at the heart of my inquiry. Someone out there was like, "Girl ... you aren't even sure what you're asking. Come back later, and we'll try again."

I was a bit scattered at the time, but I wasn't expecting a nod to it from the void. I should have. Touché, I'll try again later.

Building a Practical and Functionally Beautiful Garden

2023 Herbal Star Garden

Starting at bottom center point moving clockwise: P1- Oregano, P2 - Spearmint, P3 - Sage, P4 - Cilantro and Epazote, P5 - Winter Savory, Dill, and Sweet Marjoram, P6 - Marshmallow and Boneset, Center - Lavender, Rosemary, Thai Basil, Sweet Basil, Lemon Basil.

St. John's Wort and Calendula seeds have been planted and will go in the middle portion of the star as well.

Trellis 1 and 2 - Side Garden

I ordered Morning Glory seeds to plant in two flower boxes, one beneath each of the iron trellises in this side garden. They are on the way. I likely will not get blooms this year, but hopefully the root systems will have time to get established.

Garden Box L1

Back Row: Lady Fern, Cinnamon Fern, Black Cohosh, Lady Fern. Front Corners: Nasturtium.  I added a Zion Osteospermum between the two sets of Nasturtium (Purple Sun, Denim Blue, Red, and Morning Sun). They look like technicolor daisies, love the sun, and are drought tolerant. I haven't quite decided what I am going to plant in the rest of this box. I have English Wallflowers and Forget-Me-Nots to add either here or in my front pollinator garden.

Garden Box R1

Back Row: Spotlight Blacknight Hollyhock, Spotlight Radiant Rose Hollyhock, Spotlight Blacknight Hollyhock, and Spotlight Radiant Rose Hollyhock. I have two Black Barrow Columbine in the front of this box. I need to take a new picture of those, and I have some Rose Star Columbine seeds ordered to sprout. This whole box will be combinations of black and pink flowers that are pollinator friendly.

Vegetable Archway

Left Side: Small sugar pumpkins; Right Side: Burpless English cucumbers.

4x4 Vegetable Box

Back: 2 Zucchini. Front: 2 Yellow Crook Neck Summer Squash

**More Photos Coming Soon**

8x2 Vegetable Box A

2 Vivacious Tomatoes (Yellow), Midnight Snack Cherry Tomato, Kathy's Red Barn Tomato, Supersauce Tomato

8x2 Vegetable Box B

Celebrity, 2 Early Girl, 2 Beefsteak, Roma

8x2 Vegetable Box C

Miscellaneous extras: tomatoes, cayenne peppers

Fenced In-ground Bed

7 Eversweet Strawberries

Hydroponic Box 1

Satan's Kiss, Thai Hot, Habanero, Serrano

Hydroponic Box 2

Poblano, Jalapeño, Hungarian Paprika, Cayenne

Tarot Thursday - Green Witch Oracle - 6.8.23

 

Five Card Spread - 06.08.23

Today's Deck: Green Witch Oracle Cards by Cheralyn Darcey

Today's Question: How do I feel sexy again? Desired, beautiful, a sexual creature?

1) Deepest Issue (Pumpkin): If you put the work in, it should pay off. Current sexual health is tied to physical health and fitness. 

2) Something to Think On (Tarragon): Aligning the physical and the spiritual with help resolve the current problem. Something from the past may inspire a solution.

3) Solution to the Problem (Bay): It is okay to not know everything right now. Do your research and do not be afraid to ask for help.

4) Protect Self (Carrot): Be careful not to self-sabotage by overthinking.

5) Improve Situation (Strawberry): Be honest with yourself and others and communicate your feelings, fears, thoughts, etc. "Winning" is not the goal. Long term, sustainable improvement is. Keep that in mind.

This reading makes perfect sense to me. My physical health hasn't been the absolute best lately. I've put on some weight, and I haven't been getting as much rest as I need to in order to feel energized. Because I have no energy, I do not feel like doing a lot of physical things, hence the weight issue being exacerbated. I look at myself, and I do not feel  pretty a lot of the time. I compare myself to what I use to look like and how I use to feel, and I feel a bit of a failure. I need to quit doing that. I can't turn back a clock and instantly be like I was in the past no matter how much my mind dwells on it sometimes. I need to focus more on what I can do right now to achieve my physical and mental health goals. Small steps, consistency, and work. That should be my focus. I have to remember to celebrate the little goals rather than putting it off in hopes of a far-off, bigger goal. A congratulations along the way isn't a bad thing and would hopefully motivate me to keep going.