Or just one of those days, where even the best of intentions won´t work out as planned. The Planet Mercury is in retrograde 3 times a year, and this 2nd period just got started. So everything about communication, intellect and reason need to be carefully watched.
No signing of contracts. Pay attention to detail. Take good care of yourself and your inner child.
And stay positive.
Difficult tonight, since one of my cats is sick and needs to go to the vet tomorrow. Therefore I´ll read a protective blessing for my cat at my Waxing Moon Ritual.
To me Mercury Retrograde is a period of transition and change outside of my control. So I work even more careful than else, I care for myself with a rose bath and a lit candle, while I write tonight.
And I follow Nature and let Her/Mother Earth guide my path.
In other words, as a witch I take notice of my surroundings, of my knowledge and of sacred wisdom. But I do not plan my life after it.
Although witchcraft is in everything I do, I do not put a spell on mundane tasks. There are just some things that need to be done, also for witches.
Tonight is very mundane, since I´m not in a very witchy mood because of my poor cat.
But I´ll still try to write something interesting about witchcraft. A blog is also a lot of hard work offline, and today has just been a bit too much.
So I´ve decided to express some self-love by taking a bath with my wonderful rose soaps. And to relax and not write, before I felt for it.
Now, the house is all quiet, and there is only me up late, and the only sound is from the refrigerator in the kitchen. And even though I´m in a lousy mood and there only is 3 lit candles, there is still magick in the air.
To think positively is also to be realistic about life. There will be ups and downs along the path. It will feel lonely at times, but to be solitary is also the joy about being alone. To do something magick and be the only one to experience it, it´s magick itself.
However fun and life-affirming the company of others can be, it´s also necessary from time to time to seek to be alone. To restore energy, to meditate about gratitude in silence and to care for the inner child that never must be denied the ability to play and be creative.
So I use this night to think about how lucky I am to be alive and feel that I have so much. Especially those things that money can´t buy.
So, come on Mercury Retrograde. I´ll fight back every inch of the way, and I´ll get back on my feet again. Beginning tonight by asking the Universe to grant me a great wish for my cat to be well again soon.
Tomorrow, it´s ritual day. I´ll return then with an update about how that went. So dear Universe, dear Bastet, please watch over my cat, Milo, please make him well again, please let him feel inner peace and calm. So Mote It Be !
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