Gemini Full Moon, coming November 25, 2015.

Hello everyone and Bright Blessings! I hope everyone had a great New Moon?  If you will recall, I made a new black and green charm bag, and at that time I had not decided what to do with it.  I ended up making a Money Uncrossing bag out of it, and it now is nestled in my purse with my other Money Drawing and Financial spell related bags that I have previously done. I carry my charm bags everywhere I go, and they pretty much live inside a pocket of my purse. Did my new charm bag have any effect on my life yet? Well sort of.. I got accepted into various online freelance writing sites, however, my writings, articles, and work that I have so far submitted and pitched to various clients, has been flat out rejected. Only thing I know to say about that is that it is their loss, and I'm sorry they can't bother to take the time to see what good is really right in front of them, I refuse to feel bad for myself or to accept that I am not good enough for someone else's approval or acceptance. There will be someone that approves of me and my work eventually, I just have to find the right person and organization that I can work with.    
There is a Full Moon coming on November 25,2015, and the sign it falls in is Gemini. Gemini is a difficult sign and energy to work around and deal with at times, the Twins can be two faced, have  very dual personality, and maddeningly Jekyl and Hyde in their actions and behaviors that go from emotional and mental extreme to another at warp speed. The energy is all about push and pull, give and receive, one minute a Gemini can hate you and the next they will decide to forgive you, they will love you for everything you are one day, and the next you are scum of the earth and they will never speak to you again, and sometimes you don't even know what set them off, or if it was anything you even done or said to start with. Their extreme sense of pride is also their downfall, and getting the Gemini to swallow that pride for the sake of common sense, maturity, responsibility, and taking the consequences of their bad behavior and words, admitting to themselves and others that what they might have said or done was wrong or out of line, and persuading them into being a better person for the greater good of themselves and others is a very hard task. Many times, a seething anger and extreme defensiveness is their first reaction to being confronted or called out on the bad behavior.  

The energy of this Gemini Full Moon coming up, is going to bring on a lot of conversations this next couple of weeks that are going to be ugly, raw, intense, and brutal, with fault finding, nit picking, brow beating, and woe is me, guilt trips and pity parties. Be looking for Needy Nancy and Debbie Downer,and perhaps Atrocious Anna, the energy this week is gearing up for it, so batten down the hatches, haul in the draw bridges, and fortify the emotional barriers. I all but guarantee some of us are in for a not too pleasant couple of weeks when it comes to some extreme and hard situations and conversations, long over due emotional examinations, and people that threaten to suck you down into their private little holes of  dead despair and masochistic/sadistic misery. This might already be happening for some of us right now. Also be looking for the situation of being deliberately left out, blown off, and cut off of gatherings, conversations, and other people's plans and not being told about it until the last minute, or finding out about it later that they never intended to include or involve you at all. Some people are going to be rather selfish and self involved of their own wants and needs and be all about "Me, Myself, and I", and the furthering of their own motives and agendas, and never mind how it might negatively impact or even destroy their other good relationships with others in the long run. Some people think it is better to hurt others and basically cut their own nose off to spite their face, and they callously and ruthlessly do so, as long as it gets them what they think is better for them. Sadly later on, they will realize this was a huge mistake, and they they have done so much damage that it is not repairable.
Don't be surprised if you suddenly decide that you are the one walking away from a person or situation surrounding them, because they just finally acted in such a way as to totally turn you off, and they show a side of themselves in such a shocking, painful, and unexpected way that you just cannot accept or acclimate with it, and you have to just end your associations with them, until if and when they decide to act better or change for the better. Some people might take their attitudes and behavior to the point of no return, and you have to just end your relationship and associations with them permanently. Remember this is a positive thing in it's own way, however painful or regretful it might be, as Goddess and God are showing you what and whom you no longer need in your life and why. this can sometimes be a harsh lesson in how to grow and become a better person for ourselves, it serves a higher purpose, by creating a protective distance and barrier between you and what and whom is no longer good for you, or of any positive role to your life. I personally am going to start the holidays with a huge cleansing and smudging ritual of myself, my home, and especially my sacred space, and add in the protection and grounding elements, because I know exactly what kind of mayhem and madness I am about to have to deal with, and I totally expect to see in my own life some of the things I have mentioned above, as I am already seeing some signs of it coming in my own little world. I a going to try my best to be prepared, and hopefully I will come out of this next two weeks without too many burned bridges and broken walls.  hope you all have a good Full Moon Time, and I will return this coming Friday, to tell you all of how my time went.

November 2015 New Moon Work *Update*.

The New Moon of November falls on Wednesday 11-11-2015, and I have completed one of my Seal Up Your Problems, jar spells, and tomorrow I am working on another one for a different result. Saint Holy Death was my choice of spirits to ask for a favor yet again. She does fantastic work about and for removing problems and banishing and reversal work for me! I was going to do both jars tonight but I didn't have enough time before midnight, so the next one will be for later tonight. I suppose I have now become a official devotee of Her Deathly Holiness, or She has decided to stay with me for whatever Her reasons may be. We have a Friday 13th coming right after the New Moon and I'm excited about that too!  That will be a great day to ask for new things like money, love, luck, and special favors to come into our lives, as 13 is the number of transformation and transitions from old to new, and the #13 Tarot card is also the Death card. Hmm..endless possibilities for this Friday the 13th indeed!
While working on my spell jar, I opened up a bottle of very potent home made Black Protection Oil, that I have had for literally over a year now, it has sat steeping that long, the color is a deep black and now the scent is very similar to tomcat or skunk spray! Why and how exactly it turned out that strongly, I don't know, it is not spoiled or gone bad that I can tell, but if that stuff don't protect me from negative and harmful influences I don't know what will! Who and what would want to be near you or in your house if they smelled that?! LOL!! Also the Banishing Oil I have has a potent smell, very much like strong garlic, sulfur and some very stout spicy hot vinegar. I have also had that jar for a very long time and it is definitely not safe to inhale directly or possibly get in your eyes or nose on accident because it will make you tear up , sneeze, and go on like crazy. I have watched critters and bugs go around and avoid where the oil and the powder formula has been applied to the house boundaries and doorways, and the scent lingers a good while.
On the actual day and night of the New Moon, I'm going to place my entire focus on obtaining the new job I have my eyes on, and passing that transcription exam that I have been instructed to study about a bit more, if I can ace this test then there will be some good money coming my way very soon! I am also going to work on writing my next book some more..it is slowly getting finished!  I am also going to be asking for a boost in my book sales at Smashwords , as I very desperately need to see that happen too! I also had some inspiration strike me and tonight  ended up sitting in the kitchen, steadily and patiently sewing and creating a new green and black spell charm bag. I haven't decided yet what purpose I am going to use it for. It might be a smart idea to use it for money drawing and money uncrossing and protection, specifically for this new job I am about to take the exam for, Black and green candles, bags, charms, etc..have a wide range of uses, the black side is used to uncross, protect, reverse, and remove unwanted financial problems, and ward off hex, jinx, curse, and bad luck, and the green side is to bring in more positive monetary intentions such as money flow, success, financial stability, luck, and wealthy pursuits. When I decide what exactly I am using my new bag for , I will post a update and tell y'all what I done with it. for now though, this witch is going to hop off of here, and go finish working on that spell bag! Have a great New Moon and Friday the 13th, I will see you all soon!
Below is a pic of my newest creation...it is not yet entirely finished, but the bag itself is sewn up. I just have to add the leather drawstring, and then add the spell ingredients and etc into it. The fabric is cotton quilt squares,and there is tiny knot work sewn all through the seams. It is black on one side and green on the other. I would learn to use a sewing machine to make these, but I feel the hand stitched method is more magically productive, as you are sewing and knotting your intent with your own hand into the bag, and the whole mechanical process of a electric machine just doesn't provide that.      

  

Doing Things Mamaw's Way.. 11-6-2015

As modern science and healthcare is constantly being revolutionized and "improved upon"..your modern day Dr is going to suggest some standard, book learned ideas and treatments to cure your sicknesses and ailments, treat your elderly and children, and even possibly save your life. They will scoff at and tell you that these Old Wive's tales and Folk Medicines are false and what we have learned for generations from our Old Women holds no value, and how it is that Mamaw's Ways are outdated, a lie, and unconventional.  Yes, some of these ideas and remedies have proven to really have no positive effect or hold a serious meaning to better our lives. But let me explain, for a week or longer now, me and my son have had a nasty cold. I ended up buying OTC manufactured chemical medicine for this because well my kid's doctor suggested it..and he has to go to school despite being pretty miserable. Needless to say, despite this artificial quick fix and "good advice" from what is supposed to be a certified professional, we are not yet feeling better. Adam is still coughing and hacking like a half dead seal, and has a sore throat and stuffed up sinuses that show no signs yet of going away. Had I done this Mamaw's Way and NOT followed this "professional's well meaning advice, we would probably be feeling a lot better by now. But alas, I am low on some supplies and some herbs needed to make some good old timey sick cures. Old Mamaw is probably not too thrilled with my slacking on that either..if she were still physically here with us, she might actually smack me upside my head with a wood spoon and scold me about "Girl did you hear, why you not minding me?"  Old Mamaw was said to not be too gentle with her version of tough love...she meant what she said and done what she intended without hesitation, and Goddess and "Lawd" forbid she had to find a switch and come looking for you when or if you weren't to be found anywhere or caught slacking and not minding your tasks she said to be doing..there was no "child abuse" back then..it was called "told to mind"..
Our Mamaws and Great Mamaws and the Old Wives long before them, came from the mountains, the "hollers" and hills and way back in the sticks and swamps, and they were curing the sick, and all but raising the dead, (and sometimes they even did that!).. back in the days when schooled and trained doctors didn't really exist and medical science was a fledgling idea. These women could throw a seemingly unmeasured handful of herbs roots,and a assortment of other items, picked and gathered fresh that day from a wild patch, into a well seasoned iron pot of natural spring water,also brought in fresh from the stream or well pump, boil the brew down to a syrup, mix that syrup with a stout shot or two of home distilled 150 proof sour mash liquor, (moonshine) add "a dab" or "a pinch" of whatever else her personal secret ingredients were, give you a unmeasured "spoonful" of her well made cure once a day and night, and whatever sickness you had was sure to be drove out of you within three to seven days.Why? How does this work?: Because the Old Wife or Mamaw made it for you, and she knew exactly what she was doing.  Life threatening fevers broke, "ill vapors" and "bad spirits" were sweated out, the blood was purified of taint, rattling, fluid filled, lungs were opened and cleared out, you slept like the dead until you were better. Goddess forbid you had a "bilious fever" because you were given strong emetics and bowel stimulants mixed with castor oil to flush the illness out of both ends until it was seen that you were cured. Yes that is a bit harsh, but it works..where do you think the idea of  modern day "Colon Cleansing" and "Detox" remedies comes from?
If actual "haints" or negative spiritual presence was thought to be the cause of the illness, then specialty cures and diagnostics existed for that too and were done in conjunction with the sick cure. the hex, curse, or "evil eye", or the "haint"was cast out and removed via several methods, and was followed by strong bouts of herbal smoke fumigation and other types of cleansing and blessing of the house and people affected. If you showed a knack to learn what Old Mamaw and the Old Wives knew, then you were very lucky and being taught what she knew was a rare privilege. Old Wives didn't read or write well back then, if at all, as getting a advanced education was not as important back then, and everything was shown by hand and passed down by oral sermon, so best that you were paying close attention.
 Old Wives were sought out for cures and advice, and the occasional miracle back in the days when no one could help. If you were laid up with the "croup" and your kids and even the livestock and animals were deathly sick, as fevers and communicable illness were life threatening back then, the Old Wife or maybe even Mamaw could make you feel better. If you had bad Moon Times and had problems with certain Fertility Issues and couldn't conceive or carry a child,or even your Husband was afflicted somehow, Old Wife or Mamaw knew where to find the roots and herbs,and other needed items, and what to do with them, to help ease those issues and ensure a healthy pregnancy, and often she was also was there to deliver the baby. If her sour mash liquor looked like crystal clear spring water, had absolutely no taste, and burned bright blue flames when lit with a flame, it was well made and highly prized for it's aide in making medicines and offerings to benevolent and healing spirits, and not just for the Old Man's midnight runs down the road. Especially Blessed were your family and the surrounding households if by chance one of these Old Wives and Mamaws were Native American or Irish either pure blood or by descent, for their special  brand of wisdom and knowledge of medicines and spiritual cures was unparalleled back in the day, and in certain places it still is even now. I speak of only a few Southern traditions and that does not mean these Old Wives and Mamaws are only found in the South and are only just Native American or Irish though..I will say that the Old Wives and Mamaws that still thrive in the Appalachian Mountains, are well known for their abilities! There's a kind of magic and medicine that exists there that is found nowhere else on the earth! It is rivaled only by Southern Conjure, New Orleans Voodoo and Hoodoo, and similar practices, with its ability to heal, cure, and work in miraculous ways.  
It took me a good while to learn the things that the Old Wives and Mamaws knew that once lived and practiced in my own family..because both passed away long before I was born, and I never got to hear their stories or learn their crafts from them personally. No one in my current immediate family bothered to remember or actively use the skills that were passed along, and now a lot of it has been forgotten or cast aside as "Old Wives Tales" and considered "unreliable, uneducated and backwards thinking" or worse..they were converted to being Baptist or some type of Christian and totally shunned and deliberately cast out and tried to stamp out the "shame" and "sins" of their family's past, and purposely forgotten what they should have kept alive and thriving. Some of the older people from  our grandparents generation, still remember bits and bobs about how to garden by the signs, can food, and a few other things.think about "The Farmer's Almanac"..that is literally a book of magical practices that has been very cleverly disguised and how many people use one that would never once think about that idea? I am sure that our ancestors are probably shaking their heads at the younger generations in shame and regret!
I discovered quite early in life that I have the same talent for herbal and spiritual cures and other practices as they once did, and I have endeavored to try and learn and practice and add to them One of my Great Great Grandmothers in mom's family,was Cherokee, her family line comes from the deep coves of Alabama originally. More Old Wives and Mamaws in my family come from the mountains in South Carolina, and they were mostly Irish and German descent. I also got passed the gift of being a Empath and Sensitive, and this particular gift apparently just totally skipped my mom and the rest of the earlier generations before me, this is said to also be a passed down trait from the Old Wives and Mamaws, as a couple of them were known to have the same gift..which is also how it is that I have picked up a few lessons that I know now.
There is learning to be a Witch and then there's some of us that are born a Witch, and despite what others will sometimes try to tell you, being naturally born a Witch is definitely advantageous and comes with a distinct edge over having to learn from everything from bare bones scratch.Yes anyone can learn to harness and use their latent gifts and develop their skills, but those of us that were born with our talents have a far easier time with learning and developing them. I will not tone down the obvious facts.
The Old Wives and Old Mamaw's spirits are far from dead and forgotten, and many times I have found my mind and hands busily working of their own accord in the kitchen to mix a herb with a certain root, or mix this ingredient with that "pinch of" something else, along with plenty of spells, charms, crafts, and other things that I make and create. My own mother often tells me I am "just like her momma" and who is to say that Mamaw isn't still alive in her own way? Mamaw was the one that told my mother that "You won't get to have any babies to live until after I am gone" and her words held true,what she heard, saw, or knew about in regards to that event specifically, well she never would tell anyone. I was born almost a year later right after she passed away, after my mom had went through two miscarriages and was told she couldn't have kids at all.. I know better than to question the way that particular power of the Old Wives and Old Mamaws works. It was always said that some things were best left alone and let be what it was going to be, and never mind the why and how of it, and questioning or expressing any doubts of Mamaw's and the Old Wives words would get you whacked with a spoon or that "old stick" of a inconspicuous looking wand or staff she was using to stir that well used iron pot with! Yeah..there was a very strong chance that mine and your Old Mamaw and the Old Wife was a Witch of some kind, and their descendants live on to this day, way off in the sticks,  back in the boonies, deep in the hollers, and high on the mountains.  

November's New Moon Intentions.

Hey everyone and Bright Blessings! How was you Samhain? Mine was pretty decent, I took my son on a 5 mile trip to trick or treat, and spent the rest of the night watching ghost hunting shows. I did not have any more spiritual visits or have anymore experiences the rest of the holiday, but I suppose that one dream about my deceased father was enough. Today I have resumed the task of getting rid of people, situations and relationships that no longer are good for me or serve a healthy or fulfilling purpose to my life..and I started that with changing my cell number today. It is now a totally private number and is going to be only given to a select few. There is one particular person in my life that just needs to disappear for good, this person is regrettably a immediate family member, and this person has absolutely no respect for my personal boundaries, does not have any  respect for my privacy, and could care less about my emotional or spiritual well being or that of my family or our lives as a whole. Their extreme, out of control, narcissism, and other potential personality disorders, have finally gotten to the point where I have absolutely no desire to even see, speak to, or associate with them, and we have a very long 25 year history of going back and forward..with them trying to constantly force and steamroll themselves in our lives and me trying to just push them out and keep them away. I have moved out of state three different times and tried everything in my human power to attempt to get this person to let go of their choke hold of my life and just leave me alone for good. I'm done tolerating it, done with "having to" deal with it for whatever supposed necessary reasoning and just put up with and accept it because they are my "family", no more..today was the last day.

I could care less really if I don't talk to them anymore, they can never ever call me again or come to see me at all and I will be totally fine with that. I do not give a rats behind if we don't receive any of their "financial assistance" to help pay bills or do things for my kids, we never asked for it or insinuated that we needed or wanted any of their financial aide or anything that was theirs to begin with!! I do not want them coming to my home and just walking into my space like they live here and have every God and Goddess given right to just waltz in like they own the place and not even knock or bother to announce their arrival. Even the most lax of social standards considers that flat farking rude! I do not need to listen to 5 voicemail messages a day, and see 10 missed calls, even after I blocked their number from calling, detailing what they are threatening to do and what will happen if I do not return their calls right now, and what horrid consequences I will face if I do not do exactly what I am told to do and when and as they say to do. I am not moving back over to their county of residence,and they are not going to be allowed to claim me or my kid on their taxes this year, I have heard that scheme for 4 years in a row now, and I am fed up with hearing about it..That is not and ever will happen! This attitude and behavior from them has seriously gotten to the point where the law and a judge or attorney would consider it several forms of harassment or even possibly stalking. I do not and have never been crippled in my mind or body to the point where I need to be told when to pay bills, how to raise my kids, when to do this, how to do that, and what for and why according to their specifications!! And then there is the idea, according to them, of how that we would never have anything or have a life worth living at all if it was not for them "helping" us and being there for us, never mind the overstated fact that the only reason they are even part of our lives at all is because I tried to have enough decency and respect for that word "family" to even allow it to begin with.

Well today that load of shit got tossed out like waste in a old fashioned bed chamber pot. I am tired of hearing about how selfish and self centered I supposedly am, and how cold it is that I act and how I do not care about no one or nothing and how it is that I think about no one but myself, and a whole list of other negative and derogatory accusations and opinions..last time I checked it's called taking care of me and mine and minding my own business and making a point to not get involved in situations that are not good for us. So this coming New Moon, there is going to be a drastic change I will be initiating and a very new beginning for us will start very soon. I think it's time I got out the instructions and items needed for the "Seal Up Your Problems" jar spell again..it looks like I am about to be needing it.  I'm sorry everyone this is not a cheerful post, I will write again with more positive and uplifting news  very shortly. Have a good week and Blessed Be!