Living a magical life

As I assume most witches do, I try to live a magical life.  I make my tea with intent to calm or uplift, I shower with visualizations of washing away the day or uplifting and soaking my body with liquid joy in the morning.  One of the main things I started to do about a decade ago was write out a meditation for Yule.  I would write it over the 12 days and it serves as my compass, my overview direction for the year.  I revisit it once or twice a month just to read it over and remember my overview of the path for the year.

I write the Yule blessing by starting with a goals for the year.  I assign each goal to it’s appropriate element and then write the ritual around each element. When the times get confusing, like now when retrograde is making everything harsh and pointy sharp; BUT with intent.  Making way for the project I have been working on, building towards.  When times get harsh during the year I realign myself in with my Yule Blessing.  I remind myself of the import things.

This year, I have a very heavy push to collect, nurture and grow myself some of the things I love to consume and eat.  I am also launching a business.  As eating relates to my health, which isn’t great and should be my number one priority, I dedicated the North / earth and growth to not only my goal of eating well and enjoyably when things start to get scarce, but to remind myself that all things come in their own time, at their own pace.  Often, my time limits are not the universes, this goes for all things we sow, not just plants, but ideas, businesses, families, relationships.  All things in time and all things with their purpose. 
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Now that the moon has started to show it’s light again, it’s time to start nurturing what we have sowed.  In my specific case today, the coffee been plants are repotted, along with the Cinnamon tree. The worms are feed and re-bedded and all the plants got worm poo water today.  Roses are trimmed and flowers are repotted into the lizard garden.  Bay tree is moved and vines are redone.  The vanilla bean is orcharding like they do.  Baby bananas and papaya have grown 5 times larger in two months.  Tomorrow the Cocoa bean tree will get it’s new big boy home. 
I did it all without music, just listening to the birds and the plants.  Take time to settle and regroup, enjoy the moments between the accomplishments.  Find your groove and work it into your magic.  It’s always been one in the same, you just have to find a way to ritualize it so that your brain connects it.