A Few Brave Coins

Death. Copper. What do the two have in common? Well, in fortune telling, I use copper coins to designate messages from the dead to the living. Why copper? That's a Wiccan thing I touch upon in another penny coin related topic. The more copper coins in your reading, the more non-living input you get. Sounds creepy? It gets worse!

Some folks ask to have a "death throw" done. This will tell them how many funerals they can look forward to attending. If they've pissed off any relatives before they died, or afterwards with their actions, it will come up. Some "dead" coins don't even accept the are dead. They have such a strong energy force that they actually influence the decisions of the living from beyond the grave.

Have you been noticing or finding pennies lately? Sometimes spirits can't wait for their loved ones to make an appointment with a medium, so they try to get their point across in these ways: cold- death or illness, warmth -fond memories, static shock - arguments, rolling - finding through a journey, disappearing- pay attention, clues are about!

Wiccan Witch

I just wanted to share a little blip about Wicca.  You don't have to be out there casting spells on people, or building candlelit shrines to Celtic deities, partaking in covens or witch gatherings (although some gatherings can be quite fun).  Basically, to be Wiccan is to understand that there is life force in things that perhaps you did not consider to be of equal living value with yourself as a human being.  So in Wicca, we believe that all living creatures have an equal right to live, to have homes, communities, families.  What you wouldn't do to your friend Marybeth's four year old son, you wouldn't do to a baby seal, baby bear, baby moose, etc.

Now, I love my cat and she eats mice and birds and I have no problem with that.  I have no problem with humans that hunt for food either.  Some people are inclined to be hunters.  It's just senseless destruction of territories, murdering animals for pleasure, polluting the environment out of laziness, and teaching those bad habits to the next generation that drives me mad.

What I wanted people to know, is how positive being a Wiccan can be.  First of all, your whole philosophy of life changes. (Was raised a Christian, but never got confirmed because my mother and grandmother couldn't understand why people were worshipping a god that would throw a child in a lake of fire for not swearing allegiance to them.  They were Celts.  I am so glad they were Celts).
My place is special in this world as a human, not because I am the master of every other creature, but because I have enough intelligence to act as a positive catalyst.

I can cut fruit in half and take the seeds or pits out and plant them so that more fruit trees grow more quickly.  I can gather grass plants and spread them out where the ground has been trampled down, so livestock can graze.  I can plant flowers for my own enjoyment that benefit bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bluejays.  If my vegetables are being eaten by insects, I can introduce some ladybugs to the crop to eat them.  I can build barns to shield my sheep, horses, cows and goats from the harsh winter winds.  I can share my food with pets and wild animals alike.

I can use my intelligence to create ways to harness the wind and sun for energy.  I can choose what I have and what I save and use it to make things more productive.  I can be unbiased and kind when others have been brainwashed by their religions to make them hate one another. I can act, not out of fear of "Sin" (who was actually the son of a King way back when, the Jews and Romans didn't like) or "Hell" (who spells her name with only one l)

My god is the Allfather, Odin.  My people were created from trees, not clay. My duty is to learn as much as I can about as much as I can; to strive to be the absolute best I can be both physically and mentally; to create and share what I have created; and to write, so others can reflect on things I have done, pondered or said.

Gipsie's Tarot Deck Review - Playing Cards

Can you do impromptu card readings with regular playing cards? Yes! The following is an example of a past, present, future layout using the Molson Canadian Light players deck. Remember that the hearts equal Cups, diamonds equal Swords, spades equal Pentacles and clubs equal Wands (in some regular Tarot decks the clubs are often somewhere on the Wands cards). So this layout reveals :

Past-  a kind hearted, generous soul who loves company, merged with thieving, conniving cheat, but the truth of her deceit and treachery were revealed and a new source of comfort and hope emerged.
Present - wealth is on the horizon from intelligent planning, advice from a mentor/motivator is offered freely, the kind hearted soul has become more guarded, less trusting but still wise and prudent, and a stalemate has occurred about an important matter that's being dealt with emotionally rather than logically.
Future- one gifted with a natural ability to organize and inspire others is warned of a trap that could have brought physical harm. Someone must travel very far. A decision is made. Sides are drawn and as a result of those sides chosen no more will the generous soul help those who ask him for it.