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The first three days of the week unfold under a Sagittarius Moon, casting a light-hearted and fun-loving energy around us. We'll opt for serenity and peace over aggressive or assertive actions. We'll find ourselves most productive on Thursday and Friday under a Capricorn Moon, so if we keep getting blocked from completing our goals at the start of the week, we should be able to complete them in record time at the end of the week. An Aquarius Moon hangs overhead Saturday and Sunday, encouraging us to socialize and interact with friends and family this weekend. This is also a great time to hop on the internet and research new ideas for resolving old issues, as Aquarius is known for its innovative ways of dealing with problems. With no major planetary changes in the heavens this week, things should flow along fairly smoothly.

Dirt Magic & Spirituality: 6 Spells Using Dirt from 3 Different Locations, by Charity L. Bedell

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

Witchcraft is often referred to as a nature-based religion. One way that the connection between nature spirituality and natural magic can be seen is by working with dirt in a magical and spiritual fashion. Natural locations have magic often tied to folklore, legends, and fairytales. In urban locations, the magical properties of dirt often come from the actions done at those locations (such as working money magic with dirt from banks and malls, dating and relationship magic with dirt from restaurants and pubs, etc.).

Dirt is everywhere, which means that there is a lot of dirt in the world—which also means I was unable to include all of the locations I would have liked to in my book Divine Dirt. Below are three locations, not included in the book, and two spells using dirt from those locations.

Working with Farm & Garden Dirt
Farm or garden dirt is one of the easiest forms of magical dirt with which to work and obtain. Growth, fertility, and prosperity are all things that are associated with farm or garden dirt. Use dirt from a farm or from your garden to bring growth, fertility, and prosperity into your magic.

Prosperity to Me Spell
Use this spell to attract prosperity to your life. Materials:

• Ground Alfalfa (Prosperity)
• Farm Dirt (Prosperity, Success, Money)
• Sugar (Attraction, Money)
• Nutmeg (Prosperity, Money)
• Honey (Stick to you, Money)
• Water
• Small bowl
• Spoon or wand
• Large, flat magnet
• Paintbrush

Working:

1. Mix all of the ingredients, except the magnet, in the small bowl. As you stir the mixture together, repeat the following chant 7-9x: "Money and prosperity flow to me. I am wealthy."
2. Setting the magnet near the bowl, state: "Magnet that attracts today, bring prosperity here to stay."
3. Use the paintbrush to paint or draw a symbol of money, cash, wealth and or prosperity on the magnet of your choice. I use the $, but use what works for you.
4. Set the magnet somewhere near your front door. Every time the door is opened, the magnet is activated and attracts money and prosperity to your home. To keep the magnet charged, create a new batch of the paint mixture and repaint the symbol on the magnet every two weeks.
5. When you no longer feel the need for the prosperity boost, paint the magnet one last time and give the magnet to someone you care about to give them that boost. The spreading of the wealth will also increase your own wealth and prosperity.

Fertile Growth Spell
Use this spell to enhance the growth of your plants. This spell will work on flowers and herbs as well as fruits and vegetables.

Materials:

• Planting Pots
• Farm Dirt
• Seedling (your choice)
• Crushed Acorn tops
• Potting Soil

Working:

1. Take the planting pots and set them out so you can easily work with them.
2. Place a small layer of the farm dirt on the bottom of each pot you are using. As you place the dirt in each pot state: "Dirt from a fertile farm land, to my plants lend a hand."
3. Carefully transfer the seedlings to the pots.
4. When the seedling has been transferred, sprinkle a layer of crushed acorn tops and state: "May the oak help you grow strong and true."
5. Top off the pots with the potting soil and move the pots to where you are going to leave them to grow.
6. Feed and water your plants as normal. Sit back and enjoy the plants growing.

Working with Dirt from Municipal and City Buildings or Public City Land
Government and city offices can be great places to gather dirt to influence your community. From prosperity and success to rebuilding parks, city or municipal building dirt can be used for any work that benefits that city, town, or community.

Renew and Rebuild Parks
Public or city parks are wonderful places to spend afternoons and hang out. This spell makes sure that there is always some money to keep the parks looking good.

Materials:

• 3 shedded snake skins, 1-3" in length (Renewal)
• Pen
• 3 slips of paper
• Dirt from your local park
• 3 pins
• Scissors
• Cotton or hemp twine

Working:

1. Lay out the three snake skins so that they lay length-wise in your working area.
2. In the three slips of paper write the words "renew," "refresh," and "city park."
3. Read each slip of paper as you place each slip on one of the snake skins.
4. Sprinkle the dirt from the park over each of the slips of paper. Make sure each skin and slip of paper has some of the dirt. As you sprinkle the dirt over the slips, state: "(Name of the park) to make you new and fresh again. With new life and a playground that families can hang around."
5. Carefully roll the snakeskin and slip of paper up in to a small bundle.
6. Take the pins and pin the rolls together, so they can stay rolled up.
7. Use the scissors to cut three sections of twine to tie around the center of the rolls you have made.
8. Take the cut twine and tie it around each of the rolls, keeping the skin, slip of paper, and dirt all rolled into one little bundle.
9. Remove the pins from the bundles. Set the pins somewhere to clean them for use in other projects (both mundane and magical).
10. The next time you go out to the park, find a tree at two different entrances to the park. At the base of the trees, find a spot to place and hide the little bundle you have made. Place the third bundle at the base of a tree in the center of the park.
11. Thank the trees for holding and dispersing the magic.
12. Go about your day as normal, not thinking about the spell work any longer.

Protect the Community Spell (Town, City, Village, Etc.)
Sometimes walking in the city at night can feel creepy and dangerous. Use this spell to protect yourself or your loved ones whenever they are out and about during the evening hours.

Materials:

• Pen
• Paper
• Nettle leaf
• 28 pins
• Small bowl
• Dirt from city hall (Spirit of the city)
• Dirt from a police station (Protection of the city)
• Ground black pepper (Protection, reversal)
• Ground cayenne pepper (Protection, heat, reversal)
• Ground Galangal Root (Reversal, protection, breaking baneful magic)
• Ground Stinging Nettle (Reversal, protection, breaking baneful magic)
• Ground Juniper Berries (Protection)
• Spoon or wand
• 4 mirror pieces (you can buy bags of these at craft stores)
• Black or silver votive candle
• Candle holder
• Matches/lighter

Working:

1. On the paper, write out the name of your city.
2. Around the name of your city, create a circle with 20 of your pins. These pins create a protective barrier that destroys magical attacks and problematic energy sent to your city. As you place each pin state: "I stab away excess crime today."
3. In the bowl mix the dirt from city hall and the police station together. As you mix those two dirt forms together, state: "I call upon you to protect this city for all time, against those who would bring tons of crime."
4. Add the ground peppers, berries, and stinging nettle to the bowl. Use the spoon to mix the herbs into the dirt. As you mix the herbs into the dirt, state: "Those who would bring crime into this city, are sent away without any pity. The harm they would have done, shall be sent back for them to enjoy the fun."
5. Take the remaining 8 pins and place two together at the 4 corners of the circle. There should be a finger's width between the original circle (inside) and the cross circles out side of the circle.
6. Sprinkle the dirt across the 4 corner pins, making a cross with the powder. Repeat until all of the mixture is on the paper over the name of your city.
7. Set the pieces of mirror resting between the pins that make the cross and the outside barrier pins. As you place each mirror state: "Mirror today, protect and reflect back all magical and criminal attack."
8. Set the tealight candle holder and candle in the center of the circle you created.
9. Light the candle.
10. As the candle burns, state: "Light from this candle's fire to protect this city is my desire."
11. Let the candle burn completely. As the candle burns, let the wax drip and cover the paper. If you are unable to burn the entire candle in one sitting, burn the candle for 5 minutes a day until the candle has completely burned. Each time you light the candle, recite the previous statement ("Light from this candle's fire, to protect the city is my desire").
12. When the candle has fully burned and the wax covers the paper, the spell has been cast. The wax is symbolic of a shield or forcefield surrounding the city you live in, protecting it from unwanted forces.
13. Dispose of the materials in a trash can somewhere in the city outside of your home.

Working with Dirt from Fields, Plains, and Prairies
Large, open spaces provide a lot of opportunity for magical work. One of the many magical properties that can be associated with open fields is freedom. There are few boundaries and restraints with open fields, which translates magically to freedom.

Courage to Be Me Spell
There are times in our life when it can feel and be difficult to be our self and live the way that we really want to. You may feel stifled or otherwise trapped and caged. This spell will help you find the strength within to be true to yourself while living within your limitations.

Materials:

• 2 3"x3" pieces of white fabric
• Scissors
• White thread
• Needle
• Acorn or oak leaves (Strength)
• Plantain leaf (Strength)
• Bay leaf (Strength)
• Optional: Torn old clothes or any cotton/fiber filling
• 2 12-15" Jewelry chain
• Dirt from a field or plain (Freedom)
• Wire cutters

Working:

• Place the two pieces of white fabric on top of each other. Use the scissors to cut out a human shape.
• Thread the needle with the white thread and tie a knot at the end of the thread.
• Using a simple over and under stitch, sew the two figures together. Leave an opening at either the left arm/heart or at the top of the head.
• If not stuffing the poppet fully, skip to step 5. If you are going to have the poppet be filled with your clothes or cotton stuffing, this is where you begin to stuff the poppet with your chosen filling. You will add a little more filling after each herbal ingredient has been added.
• Begin to add in the oak leaves or acorns to the poppet. As you add the leaf or acorns, state: "Like the strength of the tree, I will bend and change, yet remain me."
• Add the plantain to the poppet. As you add the plantain, state: "Plantain, who can anywhere and survive, give me the strength so I may thrive."
• Add the bay leaf to the poppet. As you add the bay leaf, state: "Bay leaf that is strong and true, let me be me anew."
• Finish stitching the poppet closed.
• Set the poppet down on a table. Take the two chains and wrap them around the doll. These chains represent your feelings of being trapped.
• Exhale over the poppet and state: "Poppet, I name you for myself. I give you life today. What ever happens to thee, shall also happen to me."
• Pick up the dirt and rub it over the chains. As you rub the dirt over the chains, state: "Dirt of the plains where animals roam free, break these chains away from me."
• Take the wire cutters and cut the chains. As you snip the chains, state: "Free to be truly me."
• Remove the chains from the doll. The doll is now as free, as are you.
• Rub the dirt that was on the chains into the doll. State: "Free to be truly me."
• For the next week, hold the doll once a day and repeat the statement "Free to be truly me."
• At the end of the week use the scissors to cut the seams on the doll. Toss the stuffing materials into the trash. The fabric can be washed and used as a poppet for someone else in any other magical work.

Invite Free Thought Charm
Sometimes it can be hard to let our minds just be free. Often we have stress and anxieties over a situation that prevent us from thinking freely about the situation. Use this spell when you need to just relax and let your mind be able to think about your situation freely.

Materials:

• 2 bay leaves (open doors, open thoughts)
• Small skeleton key (can substitute any small key without a lock)
• 2 teaspoons dirt from a field or plain
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 teaspoon ginkgo leaf
• String

Working:

1. Place the skeleton key on top of one of the bay leaves.
2. Take the dirt and sprinkle it over the key. State: "Dirt from a plain as far as I can see, help me to clear my mind. Set my thoughts free."
3. Sprinkle the rosemary over the keychain. As you sprinkle the rosemary, state: "Rosemary, herb of the mind, release my thoughts from that which keeps it in binds."
4. Sprinkle the ginkgo leaf over the key. State: "Herb that focuses the mind, open the way that new thoughts I may find."
5. Place the second bay leaf over the key that was covered with the dirt and herbs.
6. Take the string and wrap the string around the bay leaf and key. Wrap the bundle 3-5 times with the string, and then tie a knot to secure the materials together. While you are wrapping the string around the bundle recite the following chant 3-5 times: "Thoughts flowing free, a solution to my problem will I see."
7. If the bundle is not secure, get more string and continue to wrap the bundle and recite the same chant util the bundle is completely covered with string or thread. If the bundle is secure, and you are confident that it won't fall apart, hold and play with the bundle while you try to figure out a solution to your situation.
8. When the solution is found, dispose of the materials in the trash, thanking them for helping you figure things out.

For more information on the magic of dirt, check out my book Divine Dirt: The Art of Using Dirt in Magic, Ritual, and Spellcraft.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2024. All rights reserved.

I have a question about my path with abuse. I grew up knowing about the divinity available, but I was paralyzed by fear and pain because of the sexual abuse I experienced. As this is sadly a common experience among women, I decided to volunteer for a related organization. What is it about women who experience this trauma as opposed to those who do not? I somehow feel I chose this challenge to overcome in order to redeem deep pieces of power I have lost - possibly in past lives. What do you believe about sexual abuse in connection with spiritual growth? Do you think it would be wise to do soul retrieval through regression to past lives where I may have also been abused? Thank you! I will be grateful to hear whatever you receive on this. God Bless!

- Katherine

Dreamchaser:

Katherine, I am sorry that you had to withstand the trauma you did when you were young. It did, however, turn you into who you are today, so it was a definite soul choice of yours before you came to this planet.

Before we come here, we choose our path, our lessons, our families, our names and every other detail and aspect of our human lives. Everything that happens to us is part of a divine plan for our soul so that we can learn what we need to learn to finally ascend. So yes, Katherine, you chose the sexual abuse you suffered as part of your life lesson. You are learning, evolving and moving forward. We are not meant to go BACKWARDS.

We leave a piece of us in each life I think, but on the other hand, we also bring pieces of wisdom, power and knowledge into following lives. For example, when we take a vacation, we leave a piece of ourselves there in that place, but we also come back full up with THAT place and memories that will last forever. We do not necessarily need or want to go back and retrieve pieces of our soul. Whatever parts of our soul we have with us are the parts that we need. If your soul is missing something, fill it up with meditation, prayer and LOVE (not just the romantic kind).

Trauma/abuse, be it sexual, physical, mental, emotional or any other kind, happens to each and every human being on this planet. Not ONE person can leave this life without feeling that some person or thing on this planet victimized them in some way. We have two choices. We can choose to allow things to take us down and destroy us, or we can choose to use what happens to us for good somehow. In ANY situation, we can choose love or hate, positive or negative, fear or faith, etc. I would hope that we choose to embrace our lessons and learn from them and use them to help others, like you are doing NOW with this organization.

I cannot tell you whether "Soul Retrieval" or "past life regression" should or should not be used. They are much like plastic surgery, in my opinion. If you think it will help you, then feel free to try it. Just be very careful regarding who is performing the procedure. A friend of mine went for a "Soul Retrieval" recently and she said she started to worry when the woman started humming the theme song to "Lassie" as her "sacred spiritual song for ushering in spirits." Make sure you ask the person for references and then check them. Never, EVER, let just anyone work on your soul. That is HIGHLY dangerous. A good rule of thumb would be, "when in doubt, opt out."

I wish you wholeness.

*****

Astrea:

The question you really seem to be asking is much broader than what has happened to you in your own life.

Why is there suffering in the World? EVERYONE SUFFERS, and we all measure our own happiness against our suffering. There is evil and suffering in the World because that is the NATURE of life on EARTH. I do not believe there can be any Great Universal Intent to make us suffer from sexual abuse or anything else. Evil occurs along with Good in Nature. We have to accept what is.

Your Capricorn birthday is part of the reason you have been forced to accept this abuse. I find that, for whatever reason, Earth Signs experience more of that kind of trauma than other signs, and of the three Earth Signs, Capricorn seems to be the most vulnerable to that sort of experience. I think it's wonderful that you can rationalize that you CHOSE these experiences, but I don't believe that you really did. I know that Capricorn women are stronger than lots of other people, and perhaps that's why you can SURVIVE something like this so well. Your personality, however, does NOT DRAW that to you! You never invited the sexual abuse.

The person or people who did these things to you took advantage of your generous nature and terrorized you so that you wouldn't tell. Perhaps that was a random event in your life, which is every bit as possible as a choice you might make before you came to this incarnation for that to happen to you. Perhaps that person had an EVIL SOUL, and did this for some sick kick. I do NOT think you were a willing participant before, after, or in ANY DIMENSION. I find it hard to believe that anyone, man or woman, would choose that. The BEST thing about that experience is that it is NOT HAPPENING NOW, and you have found a way to heal from it and to help others.

There is NO GOOD REASON in this or a past life for that to happen to any person. Abuse can't be explained away with "Karma." SOME THINGS JUST HAPPEN TO PEOPLE. Some people make poor choices, but no one chooses to suffer on purpose. Our Benign Universe would never dictate some of the things that we have to put up with.

ALL people experience the highest highs and the lowest lows in life. Men have abuse issues too. Women who don't experience the trauma of sexual abuse experience trauma in different ways. In everyone's life, no matter how perfect it might look from the outside, there are traumatic experiences, along with the good ones we create for ourselves. Our job as HUMAN BEINGS is to learn how to cope and deal with what we encounter in Life.

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.