Almanac 27th April to 03rd May

All information from "Llewellyn's Magical Almanac 2015" 
Colour and Incense based on information used by Llewellyn from 
Personal Almanac by Amber Wolfe

All times are Eastern Standard (US) Time (EST) 
or Eastern Daylight (US) Time (EDT)

Next Sabbats and Full/New Moons

01st May Beltane - Northern Hemisphere
01st May Samhain - Southern Hemisphere

03rd May Full Moon
18th May New Moon

The Moon and Correspondences For This Week

Monday 27th 
Waxing Moon  
Moon Phase: Second Quarter 
Colour: Lavender
Moon Sign: Leo
Moon Enters: Virgo 9:07 am
Incense: Hyssop

Tuesday 28th    
Waxing Moon 
Moon Phase: Second Quarter
Colour: Red
Moon Sign: Virgo
Incense: Bayberry

Wednesday 29th 
Waxing Moon
Moon Phase: Second Quarter
Colour: White
Moon Sign: Virgo
Incense: Honeysuckle

Thursday 30th  
Waxing Moon
Moon Phase: Second Quarter
Colour: Turquoise
Moon Sign: Virgo
Moon enters: Libra 10:03 am
Incense: Nutmeg

Friday 01st May
Beltane - May day  
Waxing Moon
Moon Phase: Second Quarter 
Colour: Coral
Moon Sign: Libra
Incense: Rose

Saturday 02nd    
Waxing Moon
Moon Phase: Second Quarter
Colour: Indigo
Moon Sign: Libra
Moon enters; Scorpio 9:47 pm
Incense: Rue

Sunday 03rd   
Waxing Moon
Moon Phase: Full Moon 11:42 pm
Colour: Gold
Moon Sign: Scorpio
Incense: Juniper

Full Moon Prayers

'May Full Moon' by David Kettley 

As we are swiftly approaching this March’s Full Moon I thought it would be nice to post some prayers and chants you may wish to incorporate into your ritual on Thursday.

Some are specifically for Full Moons and others just seem appropriate for the night in question.

If you have any you would like to share, please by all means add as a comment and I shall include them in a future post. The first one ‘Blessed Goddess’ is one I have written myself to be spoken after I have placed my magical tools in the Full Moons rays to be cleansed.

N.B: To visit the source pages simply click on each prayers title.

Blessed Goddess
By Pagan Hare

Blessed Goddess 
Of the Moon
Cleanse and purify
My magical tools

Cleanse them of negativity
With your silvery rays
Energize them with your
Purifying powers

So that they may
Instill purity and love
In all that I do

So Mote It Be


This prayer has a small ritual for the night. Click on ‘Main Prayer’ to be take to the page.

Main Prayer 

Lady,
Blessed Lady of the night
who doth the silver-orb'ed
moon convey,
guide me with Your inner light
and lead me on Your Sacred Way/

Within Your eyes reside the mysteries
that spark my longings into fire.
Passions newly freed
envelop me
and shape my soul to
Your desire.

The silvered moon, token of
unceasing change,
resides within my living heart,
while magic fills me,
wild and strange,
and weds me to Your sacred art.

This next prayer is for any spells you do on the night to help make them more potent.

Full Moon Phase 

Abundant Mother,
Moon so bright
Hear my plea upon this night.
Your fertile power lend this spell;
Make it potent, strong and well.

This next prayer comes from a gentleman who is working on illustrations created for his personal art journals of pagan prayers, blessings and spells and he’s been posting the pages on his Deviantart page. They are his own work, so please do not copy them, but do take a look, they’re beautiful.

Full Moon Prayer 
By Brightstone

With your soothing rays of light
wipe away the lines that
worries have etched on to my face.

Surround me with calm and
let me rest in the glow of peace,
encircled me with
the Moon's own light.

Let my concerns and tensions drain away
from me, pouring as water into the Earth.

Accept my troubles
and transform them into wonders.


For this next prayer, stand in her rays and say these words so that you may cleanse yourself.

Cleansing Prayer 
By Lidia Frederico

I cleanse myself of all
selfishness, resentment,
critical feelings for my fellow
beings, self-condemnation,
and misinterpretation of my
life experiences.
I bathe myself in generosity,
Appreciation, praise and
gratitude for my fellow
beings, self-acceptance, and
enlightened understanding of
my life experiences.



This Buddhist Prayer for forgiveness is a nice one to meditate on the Full Moon

A Buddhist Prayer of Forgiveness 
(Author Unknown) 

If I have harmed anyone in any way
either knowingly or knowingly
through my own confusions
I ask their forgiveness.
If anyone has harmed me in any way
either knowingly or unknowingly
through their own confusions
I forgive them.
And if there is a situation 
I am not yet ready to forgive
I forgive myself for that.
For all the ways that I harm myself,
negate, doubt, belittles myself,
judge or be unkind to myself
through my own confusions
I forgive myself.


Found this lovely blessing on Pinterest

Full Moon Blessings 
(Author Unknown) 

On this Night may the 
Full Moon shine upon your house. 
May it find you Safe and Sound, 
May she Bless Everything around, 
and May the Goddess keep Us in Her arms. 
Full Moon Blessings.

Here’s a lovely wish prayer for the Full Moon by Mary Jac

A Full Moon Wish 
By Mary Jac

"I wish, I wish, upon the moon,
That my wishes will be granted soon,
These are the things I ask of you –
A happy home, and good health too,
a wealth of friends and peace of mind,
and that special love that’s hard to find.
Dispel my worries, allay my fears,
protect my loved ones and keep them near.
Please keep me safe, with those I love
and bless my life from up above."

This final prayers original author was an American called Reinhold Niebuhr. It has been changed a little over time and I changed God to goddess as I felt it fitted this best.

Serenity Prayer

Goddess, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference

And Finally

On a final note the Full Moon is an excellent time for making wishes, prayers and spells as it is said that the Moon is at her most powerful. So if you are able to take the time to do some of these things, as well as leaving out your magical tools, such as tarot, crystals and wands, for the Moons rays to cleanse and instil her powerful energies, then do.

There are many wonderful sites about the internet that show you some wonderful Full Moon rituals for both solitary and groups. Go and have a look around. And may all that you wish for be granted by the Gods

Beannachd

~ Pagan Hare )O(

Pagans celebrate Halloween as part of the country’s newest religion

By Robert Pigott

BBC News religious affairs correspondent

In a riverside meadow in the Dorset town of Weymouth, a witch is using a broom to sweep a sacred circle in the grass. 


The rest of the coven stand, some in hooded gowns, in a circle around an iron cauldron where a fire is burning.


They've met to celebrate Samhain, pronounced "sah-wen": the turning of the year from light into dark.


Many think of Halloween as a time of ghouls and ghosts, and for some retailers it has become the third most lucrative event of the year.


It is the time of year when some churches remember the souls of the departed.


For the witches of Weymouth it is one of their most important religious festivals, a time when they believe the barriers between the physical and spiritual worlds are at their thinnest.


They invite the spirits of north, south, east and west into the circle, and cut apples to share with the spirits of people who have died.


The leader of the coven, Diane Narraway, bids farewell to the goddess of light, and kneels before the head of a horned ram, holding her hands out as if to a flame.


"I kneel before... the horned god, Lord of Witchdom, as we welcome him back to reign over the dark months," she says.


The coven meets regularly to make spells, using a variety of potions and differently coloured candles in order to achieve particular ends.


Green is for money, pink is for love


They say the spells are exclusively positive, and should be seen more as prayers.


Anouska Ireland, a 35-year-old teaching assistant, is wearing a hooded cloak in pale blue - the colour of good health.


She says: "We sometimes use the cauldron to mix spells... it could be for the purpose of healing, and in harnessing positive intentions for someone who is unwell."


Sarah Sanford, a mother-of-three, uses spells to protect them.


"When my children are going to school I'll do a protection spell for them, so they get through the day all right," she says.......


For the Complete Story Follow This Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11652512

Pagan Hare's Spiritual Affirmations

Here are some affirmations I have written myself. There are a number of ways you could use them. You could select an  appropriate affirmation as part of a ritual that could be used as a chant. You could choose one for mediation purposes. Maybe you could write each out onto a post it note and post them around your home. When you find one, read it, speak it aloud and allow it meaning to soak through you mind, body and spirit.

Affirmations:

I will remember the beauty of this world and respect all life.

I am loved by many, including myself.

In order for me to respect others I must respect myself first and formost.

I will remember to, respect and love my inner child today.

I will remember that positive thinking can work wonders.

I will touch someone with my love today.

I will remember and respect my true inner self.

I will love myself and others, love the Earth and love life.

I will learn from yesterday, live for today and look forward to tomorrow.

I will learn to share my worries and ease my mind.

I will remember the god/ess within me, s/he is my strength and my love.

I will share my smile today and make both myself and others happy.

Look up to the sky and let your mind, body and soul fly and be free.

My freedom is external, but it also comes from within.

~☆~☆-☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~☆~

 I hope you find these few affirmations helpful.  Maybe they will inspire you to write your own.

Bennachd

Pagan ♡

Chants and Prayers

We all need a little help here and there, something spiritual either for healing and just gto get back on track and upon our chosen paths. So here are a few chants and prayers to enjoy.

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PAGAN CHANTS


Air I Am
Air I am: Fire I am: Water, Earth and Spirit I am

By Andras Corban Arthen


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The Earth, the Water, the Fire, the Air
Returns, returns, returns.
The Earth, the Water, the Fire, the Air
Returns, returns, returns.

Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay,
Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo,
Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay, Ah yay,
Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo, Ah yo

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Healing Chant ~
(author unknown)

Around the Circle, Throughout and about,
Healing within, healing without.
All health come in, all illness flee,
And by our will, So Mote It Be!

http://www.starkindler.org/arion/chants.htm

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PAGAN PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS

Brigid's Healing Well Spell

(By: Elizabeth Paul)

Waters of the Sacred Well,

Make our bodies whole and hale.

Pour Brigid's blessings out to me,

By Her waters healed I'll be!

Brigid's Blessing for a home

May Brigid bless the house where you dwell,
every fireside door and every wall;
every heart that beats beneath its roof,
every hand that toils to bring it joy,
every foot that walks its portals through.

may Brigid bless the house that shelters you.

Hoof & Horn

Hoof and Horn, Hoof and Horn,
All that dies shall be re-born
Vine and Grain, Vine and Grain

We all come from the Goddess
And to her we shall return
Like a drop of water
Flowing to the ocean

We all come from the Godess
And to her we shall return
Like a drop of water
Flowing to the endless sea ( Thanks sorcelle )