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Everything moves along fairly smoothly this week, with no major astrological events to speak of. Though Venus and Mercury continue to travel backwards, they are both slowing their orbits to return to forward motion next week. Most of their influence will feel benign, with tiny glitches designed to keep us aware and in balance. Monday’s Leo Moon brings out our creative sides, inspiring us to add a little flair to our daily movements. We’ll have to watch for blocks and impatience as the Moon journeys through Virgo on Tuesday and Wednesday. Counting to ten is always a good idea before confronting someone or something that gets in our way. Calm will be restored when the Moon dances through Libra on Thursday and Friday, calling for us to move and think in more balanced ways. The weekend unfolds under a spiritual Scorpio Moon, encouraging us to go inward and to recenter ourselves on all levels.

Infuse Your Spellwork with the Power of Color, by Ileana Abrev

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

I'm amazed at the way color can slot right into our magical workings, matching dozens of different needs to any particular color. In my new book A Rainbow of Spells, you'll understand the importance of color in not only in magic but also how color affects change and harmonizes everyday life.

Everything has a color; everywhere we look, there is an associated color. Our skin, our clothes, the interior of our homes, even the color of our bath towels. (There are obviously loads more, too many to mention!)

In magical work, color is just as important as crystals, candles, and even herbs. All crystals have a meaning, and the color of that crystal also reinforces its meaning. There is nothing as soothing as a white candle burning peacefully while you relax away the stressors of your day. Once a color is added to that soothing candle, it transforms into a magical tool.

Lighting a candle with a positive affirmation for money is a simple spell, but if you change the white candle for a green one it gives this simple spell strength—not to mention a little bit more oomph to connect with Universal forces. This is because the color green is associated with money and growth. (Think about nature: a large part of our planet is green, and where there is green there is always growth.) Your intention could be anything from financial growth to healing, stimulation, and even hope. This is but one smidgen of how to manifest with color.

The planets in our solar system play an integral part in magic, as well, and each planet has a color associated with it. When I first started working with color magic, I liked to keep a yearly calendar where I could just glance at it and know what was happening in the magical world on a particular date and how I could apply those correspondences to my magical workings each day. I started with a weekly calendar on my fridge, but now you can do it digitally, whether you print it out or use it on a computer or smartphone.

Here is one idea that you can also apply to your calendars, whether physical or digital. For each week that I wrote down the name of the Planet and the date of the week with which it corresponded, I then shaded in the color assigned to that planet. For example: on Sunday, yellow for the Sun; on Monday, white, silver, or purple for the Moon; on Tuesday, red for Mars; on Wednesday, brown for Mercury; on Thursday, blue for Jupiter; for Friday, pink for Venus; amd on Saturday, Volcanic Red for Pluto.

I also highlighted the phases of the Moon and their meanings. When I did this, I was able to match them to what I needed to achieve or for the spell I wanted to do. For example, on the full moon, I concentrated on emotional healing. On the new moon, I concentrated on my wishes and what I wanted to create. The waxing Moon is when the moon starts to grow and is a time for growth needs, and the waning moon is to rid of anything you no longer wish in life, and and excellent time to get rid of negative energy.

Once I did that, I then wrote the magical attributes of the day. Sunday, growth and financial stability; Monday, health, wisdom, and comfort. Then there is Tuesday, a day of courage and strength. Wednesday is the day for communication and study. I like Thursdays for money and stability. Friday, of course, is for love and forgiveness, and Saturday is for combating negative energies.

Here is an example of how you can put it all together. Let's say you want to do a love spell. First, look at your weekly calendar. As you can see, Friday is Venus Day. Venus is associated with love. This is a great day for a love spell. Now that you have that sorted, look at the moon phases and see what day the full moon or a waxing moon falls on. Both are good days for a love spell if one of these falls on a Friday. If not, and you need something done straight away, then do it outside of the Moon phase correspondences.

From there, you will need to gather color for your spell. A few things you can start adding include a pink crystal, a pink candle, a pink piece of paper, or even a pink ribbon (to name but a few). When you do this, you are telling the universe that you need love or self-love. These are some of the tools you will need when manifesting with color and energy.

In A Rainbow Spells, I have added bath spells. In the bath spells, I have used food colouring for manifestation using the water element. To get started with your magical bath, just refer to your calendar again. Look at what you wish to manifest and go from there (or search in A Rainbow of Spells for one that I'm sure will match your needs). Another magical way to incorporate color and water include magical water sprays you can do using crystals. You can carry these with you in a small bottle, or use a large bottle to spray your home for a particular need. For peace in the home, get a spray bottle and add water, a few drops of lavender essential oil, two drops of purple food dye, and an amethyst crystal. As you add these magical tools to your water, think of the peace you want to have in your home. Leave this bottle outside for one day and one night to settle. Then you can spray this inside the home like an air freshener for peace in your home.

You can also fill your family home with love, hope, happiness, and financial stability (not to mention protect it from unwanted energies) by using color. This can be done with things as simple as a tea towel, a vase, a rug, wallpaper, or paint, and don't forget your bed sheets, which are very important for a good night's sleep. If you are exhausted, try purple or white sheets. If you want a passionate night, red is the color to use.

If you are going to paint the home, have a look at the color meaning in A Rainbow of Spells. There, you can see which colors are good for studying, for sleep, for manifestation, and for peace in the home. Additionally, you can implement the practice of Feng Shui, which is the Chinese art of placement of items and elements in the home to maximize wealth, health, happiness, love, and more . In magic, I call it the Rainbow placement for the home. For example, you would not want to paint your child's room red, which will just excite them and in turn, make it hard for naps or sleeping at night. Instead, try painting the walls in pastel colors, like pink, green, or blue. You can always paint it yellow to stimulate learning. Even a yellow cushion on their bed will do wonders for this.

Never place anything in the home without reason or just because it looks good. I know, I've done that as well, but you can work around it. Instead of painting a wall light purple for peace, find a painting you can hang up with all those peaceful shades of purple; when you hang it up, visualize it bringing peace and happiness into the home.

Always keep in mind that color is not just color; rather, each color of the spectrum has a meaning and is a major contributor to our daily life. Use A Rainbow of Spells as a guide to color in magic when needed. Just tab a color and you'll find a variety of spells for your needs.

Enjoy, have fun, and harm none.

Blessings,
Ileana

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023. All rights reserved.

I had an unusual dream last night that I could use some help interpreting. I was told in my dream that I had a soul mate but he was in a different dimension. As I asked questions about this, I was also told he was at least a century older than me, and that we would be able to communicate but it would be quite some time before I was skilled enough to do so. I'm laughing at myself and just curious to hear your take on this. Have I lost it? I suppose I'm curious because I've had many, many dreams come true. Do you think this one could be true too? If so, I need to start studying and training, for I don't want to wait a year to talk to him!

Kim

Astrea:

I'm curious: are you looking for a soul mate in THIS dimension and having trouble finding the right person for you? If so, perhaps your subconscious created a plausible reason for not being able to find him. Fear stops many people from successfully finding a partnership they can enjoy.

The man you dreamed about is in another dimension in a way, for you haven't met him yet in this one. Dreams are symbolic, so him being in another dimension could symbolize that he's in another location or in another mindset and not yet ready to cross over to you. That doesn't mean that he never will, but you may have to help him by visualizing him here with you.

Just because it seems impossible, you certainly haven't lost it. While you've had many realistic dreams come true, this one certainly won't come true in a literal sense because you will meet this person. You may have met him already, or he may be close by and starting to move in your direction.

You're not crazy. I'm sure in the dream, everything seemed very realistic. The people, places and things we see in our dreams do exist in another dimension - the place we go in our dreams. For a dream to become reality, we must take its symbolism and manifest what we want here in real life.

This is a choice like all the other choices people make in their lives. I will share with you that you're not the first person who has dreamed that the perfect mate was far away or somewhere else, only to later manifest him coming closer through conscious meditation.

It's good to learn to communicate with other dimensions anyway. Start studying up on that even though this dream was just a dream. If nothing else, the dream clearly told you that you can find the ability within yourself to communicate inter-dimensionally.

If this person was described to you in the dream, then start looking for him in this dimension. Do remember, however, that soul mate is a state of mind. A soul mate is the person we choose for that role, and while Destiny may play a part in that, it's choice that really makes it happen.

What is wonderful about your dream is the message that this person will be found. Also, perhaps you now have a clearer picture of the living, breathing partner for whom you've been searching. Often the qualities we want in a mate are presented to us in our dreams, so now you'd be wise to look around and find the one you want on this side of the Veil.

Finally, in my view, a year is nothing to wait for the right person!

*****

Susyn:

The term soul mate means a number of things to people. In truth, we all tend to have connections with many different types of soul mates. These relationships go above and beyond the typical concept of one person who will become our life partner or represent our one true love.

As we pass through our soul experiences in this lifetime, we will have different connections to people who will play important roles in our lives. They are all vital and integral to us in one way or another. While some will return to us in physical form time after time, others will choose to travel along with us in alternative dimensions as guides, advisors or protectors.

I suspect that your dream may refer to one of these soul mates traveling in a parallel dimension who is not currently incarnate in human form. You can indeed communicate with him across dimensions, and learning how to do so will not take years and years.

In fact, there are a number of ways you can begin a regular practice to open the lines of communication right away. First and foremost, you will want to set aside time each day to sit and listen, meditate or journal to increase your ability to speak with him.

It may also be helpful to try and visualize him by sketching or drawing a picture as a means of centering yourself as you begin the practice of connection. There are many wonderful sources of information for channeling your guides as well as this soul mate who has revealed himself to you through your dreams.

For the most part, you already have the skills and awareness you need to do just that. Once someone enters your consciousness through your dreams, you are already on a path to making that relationship a part of your everyday life.

The soul mate in your dreams will serve as a wise and wonderful guide who can help you walk through this physical dimension with more clarity, spiritual awareness and inner confidence. In past lives, he may have taken the form of a father or teacher as well as a spouse or lover. In any case, he is ready to share and communicate with you. This is a wonderful opportunity you won't want to miss! If you are simply open to listening and sharing with him, your abilities to do just that will flourish.

Please don't give up on the idea of finding a heart-based soul mate here in the physical, however, for your experiences with a real-life soul mate will be just as important to you as the one you're developing with the sage soul-mate of your dreams.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.