I'm Back!!

Sorry for the disappearing act, but hopefully I can get back in full swing.  At the beginning of the 2011 year I was faced with many changes in my life- including moving to Texas and dealing with my mother's stroke. This, unfortunately kept me from doing spells and blogging each day.

I hope to return and continue to share my experience as I continue my path to becoming a witch.

Today I did my first Tarot card reading on myself.  I did a quick 4 card spread to answer a question.  My question concerned my son and the outcome is very promising.  At first, I was a little taken back, not to mention a little frightened, by the cards that came up.  They were as follows:

Past - The Devil


Present - Temperance


Future - Death


Outcome - 3 of Wands


After researching their meanings,  I have interpreted these in a very positive way.

The devil in the past position very much describes my struggles with discipline and power with my son.  He is one of the most defiant kids I have ever seen!!  My heart hurts when I think about the issues my husband and I face each day trying to deal with him and keep our sanity.  I love him more than anything, yet he is very difficult to live with.

For the present position, the Temperance card describes our current situation to the tee.  My son recently decided to go live with his father.  Partially do to his discipline issues and partially because he missed his friends from Louisiana something awful.  I feel bad for him because I know how hard it is to move away from your friends.  I also know how it feels to have a hard time making and keeping friends, as he does.  My heart aches for him in so many ways.  So, this cards represents our taking a break and trying to find balance.

For the future position, Death tells me that there will be a transformation and change.  I feel he will eventually mature into a magnificent young man and will find his way back home to me and my husband.  We love him very much and truly miss having him around.

The Three of Wands signifies a promising outcome.  Supporting the death card it tells me that we will begin a better chapter in our lives.

I am very happy with my first reading and excited about the outcome.  I look forward to learning more about the powers of the tarot.

The Bull Games

Today is Turisi, the holiday of the bull, Jar-tur.  In honor of this we were suppose to play rowdy outdoor games and make bull masks.  However, I don't get home from work till after dark this time of the year (not to mention I am incredibly sick still) so we did not get to play outside or do the masks.  We played a little with my son's new indoor helicopter, which is always a blast.  Our dog loves to bark and bite at it while we are flying it, lol.  I can't tolarate sitting up any longer cuz my head feels like it is about to explose, so I am going to get heavily medicated and hit the hay.  Sorry this is so short today, maybe I will feel better tomorow.

Round Tuit Spell

For today's spell, I had to carve symbols on a round wooded disk to represent goals that I need to accomplish.  The symbols were to be placed at the North, South, East and West locations around the disk and then colored in with Dragon's Blood.  The symbols I chose are: 

• North - a paint brush to represent remodeling our house
• South - a $ to represent selling our house
• West - a book to represent finding a new school for my son
• East - a house to represent finding an apartment for us to live in Houston 

I am going to place the disk on my desk (I can't really hang it like it said) to serve as a daily reminder to do the necessary things needed to accomplish these goals.  Hopefully this will keep me on track, as I really need to get these things done asap!

As you can see (well maybe......sorry, couldn't really get a very good pic of it) my symbols didn't turn out that good, but I did my best.

Courage, My First Oil

Today was the first new moon of the year and quite fitting I made my first oil.  It doesn't smell all that great, but I can use this oil to anoint myself when I need courage to try something new or follow through with something.  This could not come at a better time, as I just accepted an offer with my company to transfer to another state.  This will be a big move for me, but it is really the best thing for me and my family.  As I gear up to sell our house, I can see myself using my new oil quite often :) 

Blessed Be!

Bardic Spell

Wow, did you know that in Wales, Jan. 3 is one of the 12 days of Christmas?  I sure didn't.  I did not get to partake in the traditional burning of the Yule log this year  :(  Unfortunatly I do not have a wood burning fire place, nor do I have a fire pit........ yet.  I hope to have one next year though and really look forward to celebrating Yule in full swing!  For more information on Yule, check out About.com, it has a lot of really useful links and information on the traditional Yule celebration, how to set up a Yule altar and so on. 

Anyway, my spell for today was really a song or poem meant to brighten dark nights.  I don't think anyone in my house would appreciate me singing this, so I just read it aloud while sitting in front of my altar.  I lit the candles and just enjoyed the quite time for a moment.  After a stressful day at work, this was just what I needed!!!

Happy Yule Everyone!!