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It's all quiet on the astrological front this week, with only Mercury making a move into Libra on Thursday. Monday's Gemini Moon will have us networking, researching, and sharing information, all important for the work ahead. The Cancer Moon could put us in a reflective mood Tuesday through Thursday, and we may feel like daydreaming the days away rather than making much tangible progress. Our sensitive sides could also be triggered during this time, so we'll have to watch for moodiness and refrain from taking things too personally. Mercury will enter Libra on Thursday which can stabilize emotions and help us to look at things from a more balanced perspective. Let's turn the focus to ourselves and our own needs on Friday and Saturday, as a Leo Moon promotes self-care and self-nurturing. The week ends with a Virgo Moon, so after a week of internal processing, this could be the ideal day to get some things done!

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.

There seems to be a block or wall affecting whatever I attempt to do. This seems to be both in my home as well as around me. Is there such a thing as a spiritual cleansing to remove all this negativity? Can doing something like that lead to transformation in all areas of your life?

Josephine

Dreamchaser:

I am sure that many people are struggling with the same type of situation. Every person goes through periods in life when everything is dark, empty and half dead. Some liken these periods to ashes the Phoenix will later rise from, or a bear hibernating all winter. I personally call these periods "The Abyss," because no matter where I look, all I "see" is dark emptiness. I also think we have more than one dark period in our lives. I personally have had three or four already, and I will probably have more.

I am not aware of any spiritual cleansing that will transform all areas of your life. I also do not think that this dark period was caused by any outside negativity. I think that it is just your time to evolve. Dark periods emerge when we are not learning our lessons any other way. Sometimes, the only way we can learn is to be dragged through the pits of Hell. As we burn, turn and churn, we also learn. Looking back on the Abyss periods in my life, I would not have skipped them if I could. I learned and grew and evolved, and am a much better person for it.

The rough part is actually getting through the dark times. I know it goes very quiet around you and it seems like EVERYONE - even God - has left you. That is not true. Everyone is still there. They are just standing off to the side and letting you learn. It must be much like a parent watching a doctor treating a child. The child is screaming and reaching out for the parent, who has to just stand there and allow the doctor to finish. It hurts your guides, angels and helpers as much as it hurts you to NOT reach out and help you when you are screaming out for aid.

The one thing we are promised is that we WILL rise again. You must be aware that this will end. You are not going to struggle forever. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and you are going to reach it. Please try to embrace your situation and be thankful for the lessons, as HARD as that is at this point. We can approach ANY situation in life from a positive standpoint or a negative one, even when we are in the Abyss. Hearing that WHILE flying over the darkness, however, does little more than anger many people for the most part.

Some will seem to have a harder life, while others seem to have it easier. You are not being punished while someone else is being rewarded. You have NO idea what is going on behind someone else's doors, so stop comparing! You CAN find joy even in sorrow. Think about it.

I wish you joyfulness.

*****

Astrea:

A person can feel blocked for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes it IS the environment she is living in, and a clearing of that with sage and salt would certainly not hurt anything! Do that as soon as you possibly can. Use whatever "CLEARING" ceremony you're most comfortable with, and that will "lighten" the atmosphere around your home.

Are there PEOPLE in your life that you need to get away from? Is someone from the OUTSIDE of you making you feel less confident or holding you back? GET RID OF THAT PERSON! De-clutter and dispose of anyone or anything you feel is connected to the blocking of your progress and success. Even the most HELPFUL friend might be unconsciously adding to the feeling you have of being blocked and disconnected. There are people in your life who are DRAINING your energy. Identify them and kick them to the curb. It's not always a FUN thing to do, but sometimes it's necessary.

Clean out all your closets and drawers, and give away everything you're not using, or have a big garage sale. Getting rid of useless possessions will also free you to accept new and exciting things and people into your life. Making a little money on the sales will also boost your confidence and feeling of WORTHINESS to receive all the Universe has to offer you.

Do what it takes for you to connect with yourself and the life you're living in the NOW. Take time every day to sit quietly and THINK about what you want to do with tomorrow. Planning is highly underrated, and BELIEVING that the blocks you face are lifting will actually cause them to disappear.

I feel that you are so afraid of the PAST blockages in your life and home that you are now CREATING new and stronger ones. Often, when we FEEL blocked, we do lots of negative things and take lots of negative actions. Sometimes it's more comfortable to STAY in that BLOCKED state than it is to forge a new road to travel.

Pay very close attention to what you're doing in your everyday life that is DIFFERENT from the way you used to go about things, back when things seemed much better. Change any and all actions and habits that you feel are contributing to this feeling of standing still. Take your time. Do this gradually so that you can really FEEL the things you are releasing, and the blocks will be lifted as you go. As soon as you feel a LITTLE unstuck, release another and another, until you are free to be the person you long to be and to accept all the abundance that the Universe has to offer.

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.