Magical Lifestyle: Daily Witchcraft
In order to experience magic in your daily life you need to make room for it. Every day can be magical if you make a conscious choice to embrace it. This post is full of tips and techniques that you can use to enhance and fulfill your life in enchanting ways every day!
Sunday
REST AND PLAY: Sunday is ruled by the sun, bringing vibrant, successful, and positive energy to any task. Above all, the sun symbolizes harmony in action, making Sunday a great day for enjoying the world around you and having fun.
Try This:
Spend time with your friends and family
Wear gold jewelry
Light a white or yellow candle for future success
Practice your favorite hobby or activity
Add a sundial to your garden
Wear yellow, gold, purple, scarlet, bright red, orange
Spells for employment, personal illumination, personal power, good health, energy, and/or success
SUN HERBS: angelica, ash, bay, carnation, celandine, chamomile, cinnamon, daffodil, daisy, eyebright, frankincense, ginseng, juniper, lovage, marigold, orange, palm, peony, rosemary, rue, saffron, St. John's wort, sunflower, tea, witch hazel
SUN CRYSTALS: amber, carnelian, citrine, ruby, sunstone, topaz
Monday
WATER AND FLOW: Monday is ruled by the moon, bringing the powerful element of water into play. In magic we know that water conveys the energy we put into it, helping our work to flow into the goals we wish to achieve.
Try This:
Clean with water—wash the car, do the laundry
Take a long, luxurious bath or shower
Make magical perfumes, oils, floor washes, and air fresheners
Meditate for longer than usual
Wear silver jewelry
Paint, sketch, dance, sing - any activity that lets you express your emotions
Light a white or blue candle for emotional wellbeing
Add a water fountain to your garden
Wear colors spotted or striped with white, cream, pale yellow, pale green, pale lavender, pale blue, pearl, white
Spells for change, your feelings, finding lost things, travel protection, your perception on an issue
MOON HERBS: aloe, lemon balm, cabbage, cucumber, eucalyptus, gardenia, gourd, grape, honesty, jasmine, lettuce, lily, mallow, moonflower, nutmeg, poppy, potato, purslane, turnip, willow
MOON CRYSTALS: labradorite, moonstone, opal, clear quartz, turquoise
Tuesday
FIRE AND ENERGY: Tuesday is ruled by Mars, the planet of success, action, and daring. Fire and metal are the featured energies for this day. Save Tuesday for dealing with difficult people and issues, cultivating the warrior energy within yourself and channeling that emotion in the right direction through positive action.
Try This:
Buy small tools (or repair and clean old ones)
Bake bread or other baked goods
Make candles or incense
Cook every meal (if you already make every meal at home, cook something special)
Light a white or red candle for personal success through action
Add a fire element to your garden (a grill, fire pit or chiminea)
Wear crimson, fiery red, lemon yellow, red ochre, rust, saffron, scarlet
Practice sewing or knitting (using metal tools)
Spells for energy, sex, leadership, assertiveness, personal transformation, winning
MARS HERBS: anise, basil, cactus, carrots, chili peppers, coriander, cumin, garlic, ginger, hawthorn, holly, hops, horseradish, mustard, nettle, onion, pennyroyal, pepper, peppermint, pine, radish, shallot, snapdragon, thistle, tobacco, wormwood
MARS CRYSTALS: bloodstone, diamond, garnet, red jasper, magnetite
Wednesday
TALK AND WRITE: Wednesday is ruled by Mercury, the planet of thought and communication. Take care of all personal correspondences on this day. Remind your loved ones of your love for them.
Try This:
Write—letters, e-mails, birthday and holiday cards, notifications of important life events
Compose your blog entry
Journal
Study, research, take a test
Catch up on phone calls
Work on scrapbooks, photo albums, editing pictures
Pay bills (set up auto-pay)
Shop for books, send one to someone else
Give things away, share your love and personal energy
Light a white or blue candle for mental growth and success in communicating with others
Add wind chimes, flags, bells, and ribbons to your garden
Communicate with spirits and the fae
Wear dusky silver, light blue, azure, dove, or light gray
Spells for communication, answering questions, receiving messages, transportation protection, astral travel, bargaining success, school and work success, trickery
MERCURY HERBS: beans, bergamot, caraway, celery, cinquefoil, clover, dill, fennel, fern, goat's rue, horehound, lavender, lemongrass, lemon verbena, maidenhair fern, marjoram, mint, nightshade, parsley, savory
MERCURY CRYSTALS: agate, chalcedony, sardonyx, sodalite
Thursday
SHOP AND SPEND: Thursday is ruled by Jupiter, a planet of long-term good fortune and expansion, often attributed to personal spirituality. This is a great opportunity to run errands that involve large sums of money, charity, or your spiritual pursuits. Jupiter's job is to attract positive growth and good fortune.
Try This:
Start a new hobby
Add a spiritual statue or a new footpath to your garden
Shop for large-ticket items
Expand your collection
Give gifts
Practice diviation
Make healing sachets, herbal washes, and aura-cleaning products
Light a white or purple candle and welcome healing energy into your life
Wear red and green, sea green, deep blue or purple, violet, ash, lime, green and gold, and forest green
Spells for healing, good luck, expansion, good fortune, educations, abundance, prosperity, and wealth
JUPITER HERBS: anise, borage, chestnut, cinquefoil, clove, dandelion, endive, honeysuckle, hyssop, maple, pumpking, sage, sarsaparilla, sassafras
JUPITER CRYSTALS: amethyst, green aventurine, jasper, serpentine, sapphire
Friday
BEAUTY AND LOVE: Friday is ruled by Venus, the planet of earth and growth, the arts and all forms of love. From entertainment to personal beauty, to fixing up the place, Venus energy can be used dynamically for achieving the higher vibrations of love in all you do.
Try This:
Perform personal beauty enhancements
Make your home and garden an art-inspired sanctuary
Rearrange your altar
Invite friends and family for a party
Go on a date
Wear white, purple, blue, green, brown, sky blue
Create art and do crafts
Make body powders, soaps, perfumes for love, passion sachets, and love amulets
Wear gemstone jewelry
Light a white, green or pink candle to attract love and beauty into your life
Repot indoor plants
Spells for love, money, harmony, relationships, marriage, finding lost objects, and pleasure
VENUS HERBS: African violet, apple, barley, birch, blue flag iris, cardamom, catnip, columbine, corn, crocus, geranium, hyacinth, lilac, magnolia, myrtle, orchid, plantain, rose, sandalwood, spearmint, strawberry, thyme, tomato, tulip, wheat
VENUS CRYSTALS: moss agate, emerald, jade, rose quartz
Saturn
CLEANSE AND RELEASE: Saturday is ruled by Saturn, the planet of limits and rewards for hard work. Reserve Saturday for tackling big projects that take a lot of time and energy and for banishing negative energy to make room for positive energy.
Try This:
Clean out the garage, the basement, the attic, overflowing closets (wherever you stick stuff that you don't want to deal with)
Choose appliances —stove, air conditioning units, refrigerators, etc.
Pick up clutter, vacuum, wash the windows, rearrange furniture
Cleanse stagnant air and energy.
Make furniture polish and carpet fresheners
Light a white or brown candle to draw a miracle to you
Erect a trellis, build a retaining wall, design a rock garden or other major renovations to your garden
Wear black, dark green, dark brown, wood colors, dark blue
Spells for removing obstacles or limitations, lifting restrictions, removing debts, overcoming delays
SATURN HERBS: amaranth, beets, belladonna, comfrey, elm, horsetail, ivy, lobelia, morning glory, mullein, pansy, patchouli, tansy, yew, yarrow
SATURN CRYSTALS: jet, obsidian, onyx, tigers eye
Each day of the week provides an opportunity for magic. No matter what you have scheduled in your calendar, try to do at least one magical thing each day. Having a sense of when to do those mundane tasks of your life to enhance their magical power can free your mind. Make the mundane magical, and every day will be full of magic!
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