The last couple of weeks have been rough.  If it can go wrong, it has; money to timing to small irritations, one thing after another.  What’s all this about?  Super Moon!! 

As is my norm, and with the beating of the last couple weeks on my psyche, add to that a hurricane and the energy we are working with is HIGH and POWERFUL.  The flushing out of the old and the realigning. 

My last couple bits of witchcraft have been built around shielding and reusing energy to create a positive effect.  Last night was the perfect time to boost all my shields, house and property to totems and containment jars. 

Hurricane/full moon water was moved off to its jar and labeled for future use.  Some was used to clean and refresh my white boards where I organize and do the “life” stuff, including my mood boards for my future.

No matter how you organize, arrange, or manage your mundane, remember to always include in a section for your mood board for your future.    What’s the vibe you want in 10 years?  Or what’s the vibe you want in two weeks?  Either way; this is the moment to get it out there into the universe.  Write a story of the world you want or draw a picture, find a photo on the web and cut and paste or maybe find an object to represent that world…  however, you have to represent it to your universe, we need to get on it and start making sure your universe knows the path you would like it to create.
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This full moon, no photos of the fire, to contained and by the time I was done it was out. 

​I'm in Tampa Bay area Florida on the south side of hurricane Idalia at the moment (Aug 30th 2023 9am).  We are having massive flooding that will continue through tomorrow. The rain has stopped here, really coming down to our north and the water has just started to really rise here.
 
This brings me to the power of moon phases and planet alignment.  Thanks to the Super Blue Moon, Florida’s west coast is getting the living crap flooded out of it AFTER the beating from the hurricane.  Some of the highest tide of the year matched up with wind coming into the coast is keeping the water (rain) from leaving the land mass. It's 9am and the water is coming up so fast in some area's they are retracting rescue teams.  It will be flooding through tomorrow.
 
The moon, weather you see it as spiritual or scientific has a huge effect with not only on the amount of gamma (space) radiation that is it pulling in match with the retro of 7 planets (first time in 200 years), but on our gravitational pull. It's literally keeping THE OCEAN up against the land mass like a damn.
 
The human brain is 80% water. They have instruments that show gravity tidal pull in the glass of water. Just a reminder when you feel like hammered hell or out of control or all the things the human brain feels when it's knocked just a tiny bit out of "normal" range and starts to react; this too shall pass like everything else.
 
Photo of my shielding work last night for the property.  My little bowl for the hurricane / super moon / blue moon water collection.  The wind was so strong (35-45 mph) last night it woke me up.  This morning, my plastic test chair wasn’t even knocked over.  

Most people redo their money bowl on the first, or full or new moon, some sort of schedule.  I redo mine about every 1 to 3 months or when the mood strikes me.  Thanks to the money sucking financial hell of perception shift from retrograde this August; I mentally took a good beating this last couple of days. 

My response, renewal of faith in myself, my ancestors, my magic, my life. 

The old rice and herbs go to the worms; the bay leaves, money, business spell pac, rose, and coins get set aside.  New rice in the bottom, star anis, cinnamon and this go around elderberry.  Prosperity isn’t just money, it’s health and relationships as well.  Elderberry is high in C and represents health in this use. 

Back into the bowl are my four bay leaves, each marked with it’s own ruin for prosperity, coins from my journeys, spell pack from my 6 months business success ritual, rolled bill and a rose representing my mother.
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May your retro be over soon and just remember, sit tight, don't make any discissions and next week will be better.

For the full 101 on how to make a Prosperity or money bowl just for you, scroll down or check in Ritual section under  - Prosperity spell – with steps to creation

I created this totem at New moon.  As you know this is my reset and relax day where I catch up on what was, and hope for what will be in the next 28 days.  After I lite my general candles, used my shackers to recharge and re-evoke my home shields, I decided a little totem work would be nice.  I use this totem as a ground when I’m starting to feel anxiety.  It’s earth and water based, a fossilized Ammonoidea 150 million years old.    It’s basically a filter system to absorb anything negative and create positive energy from it.  I think it will work perfectly for most people for their work place or their household. 

The trick with this was to not attract bad energy to you, but to only grab what’s already there floating around.  Like the energy from the annoying guy from sales that is lingering in your office after he leaves or the snotty stale energy from your mother-in-law during Sunday dinner. 
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The totem can be anything you wish.  I used a key chain made from a fossilized Ammonoidea.  It fits in my hand and I can attach it to my key ring when I want it close.  You can basically use anything, the cup that holds your pens, the staple remover (no one ever takes a staple remover), any small object will do.  Don’t use something you drink out of or carry around all the time.  This thing is a filter for negative energy, you don’t want your coffee going through it. 

I did my new moon ritual and then holding the totem in my hand, intent firmly in mind I recited the spell 4 times.  Once for each element, as is my habit.   I leave my totem in a selenite bowl, you could just as easily put a piece of selenite in the totem if it’s a cup to hold pens or a decorative bowl. 


This which does create this day a totem to uplift her stay
Negativity floats through the air loose and flowing and causing despair
This witch does create this totem today to hold any bad vibes floating her way
In like a vacuum nasty vibes do float to power a shield of happiness evoked
Joy and peace surrounds this place now that that vibes have been encased.
Purity and hope the witch does evoke, powered this day with negativity in her way
This totem she holds in her hand does all of this work and obeys her command
Happy vibes are all that come out of this witches totem

After reading so many people feeling "trapped" in their bad situations, and reaching out for witchcraft for help, I decided to write up my standard response.  Like all things, first you must correct the misconceptions in your own mind, then train yourself better.

You are the most trusted person you know.  You will believe what you tell yourself above everyone else. 

If you are sitting in a place of pain and hurt caused by a partner/family member etc, and not moving or not looking for a way out of the situation, you have been telling yourself for a long time something very negative.  Maybe that the situation is all your fault, maybe if you were better or nicer or different you wouldn’t be here.  Maybe you feel you have “no choice” or to try to escape the situation is useless. 
 Whatever the reason you are not moving to improve, you are saying these things to yourself.  We often do this because other people, our parents, our younger lives were spent being told some variation of this.  The other person has probably projected onto you, by either telling you repeatedly or over a long period of time that you are the blame or escape is impossible.
However, you got here – Here you are.  You’re in pain.  Step one, treat yourself like you would treat your child, because that’s exactly what you are doing, talking to the inner child that is you.  Close your eyes and give that kid a hug and have a chat.
“Hey kid, it’s ok to make mistakes, doesn’t matter the reason, you made one and now it’s time to decide what to do about it. Do I continue living in the hell I made for myself, or do I pick myself up and fix it, so my future self doesn't have to live in the hell made from my bad decisions?"
We all make mistakes, if you aren't making mistakes, you aren't trying hard enough. The trick isn't to get mired down in it. Mistakes were made yesterday, what are you going to do about it today? What are you going to do to fix it as best you can and then go live your best life?
Once a week write out what you want your life to look like in 5 years. Not what you THINK it's going to be like based on what it’s like right now, but what you WANT it to be. Burn it after or destroy it in a way you know no one else will ever see it.  You must know in your heart when you are writing that the words and dream is for you only.  Do it weekly, or more if you want, it'll change and it'll eventually incentives you to do something real about the situation.
Do it until you feel you have movement. Most humans take 14 - 35 days to create a new fold in their brains. This is basically what you are doing, teaching your subconscious that the situation you are in isn't permanent and can be changed. You are the most trustworthy voice in your own head. Whatever that voice has been saying to you is what is probably negative and probably making you feel hopeless. You are changing what that voice is saying to you.   The more you put the "better life", nicer life, in your mind as something you can have, the more you will strive for it naturally and in your own way. Make the changes you need to make to get to the good place.  Do the hard things, believe that it’s not hopeless, it’s NEVER hopeless.  It’s NEVER 100% one person’s fault.
Lastly, recognize that your god's or universe hasn't let you die yet, but you have been ignoring it for a while to get to this point. Sometimes the universe has to kick us in the head, really make us miserable, before we get to our line in the sand where we say NO more.  I will not live like this no matter what I must do.  Eventually "I can't because *excuse here*" doesn’t exist anymore.

​You are no where NEAR the end of your rope, you are no where near giving up; or you wouldn't be here reading this.   No fancy rhyming spells to say, no candles to light.  I'm long past having bad relationships so won't be doing this myself.  But training your brain, that's something that's a lifetime process and we all do.  Seeing your future self and working towards it, works for ALL aspects of life.  It focus's our intent, gives us a lantern to shine our path