Witchcraft to Celebrate Your Intelligent & Skillful Self
Improve your magical practice and personal development with the power of your Virgo Sun sign. Ivo Dominguez, Jr. and Thumper Forge share what strengths and challenges your sign brings to both witchcraft and everyday life. Featuring recipes, exercises, stories, rituals, and spells from the authors and a host of Virgo contributors, this book teaches you how to best connect with your sign's energy, manage your power, cleanse and shield yourself, tailor-fit magical workings to your sign, and more.
Contributors to this volume:
Stephanie Rose Bird • Alexander Cabot • Ellen Dugan • Gina Martini • Mercedes NineMoons • Katrina Rasbold • Dawn Aurora Hunt • Sandra Kynes
Contents Spells, Recipes, and Practices ? xv Introduction ? 1 How Your Sun Powers Your Magick (Dominguez) ? 9 Virgo Correspondences (Dominguez) ? 28 Witchcraft That Comes Naturally to a Virgo (Forge) ? 31 Magical Correspondences (Forge) ? 42 Timing, Places, and Things (Dominguez) ? 45 Herbal Correspondences (Dominguez) ? 64 Cleansing and Shielding (Forge) ? 67 What Sets a Virgo Off, and How to Recover (Forge) ? 77 A Brief Bio of Raymond Buckland (Rasbold) ? 89 The Sway of Your Moon Sign (Dominguez) ? 93 Tarot Correspondences (Dominguez) ? 122 My Most Virgo Witch Moment (Forge) ? 125 Your Rising Sign's Influence (Dominguez) ? 133 A Dish Fit for a Virgo: Grounding Seed Bread with Maple Butter (Hunt) ? 157 Recharging and Self-Care (Forge) ? 161 Don't Blame It on Your Sun Sign (Forge) ? 173 Postcard from a Virgo Witch (Martini) ? 181 Spirit of Virgo Guidance Ritual (Dominguez) ? 185 Virgo Anointing Oil Recipe (Dominguez) ? 201 Better Every Day: The Way Forward (Forge) ? 203 Conclusion (Dominguez) ? 215 Appendix: Virgo Correspondences from Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences (Kynes) ? 217 Resources ? 221 Contributors ? 223
Ivo Dominguez, Jr. (Georgetown, DE) has been active in the magickal community since 1978. He is one of the founders of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first Assembly of the Sacred Wheel coven. He serves as one of the Elders in the Assembly. Ivo is the lead author of Llewellyn's Witch's Sun Sign Series and the author of several other titles, including The Four Elements of the Wise and Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans. In his mundane life, he has been a computer programmer, the executive director of an AIDS/HIV service organization, a bookstore owner, and many other things. Visit him at www.ivodominguezjr.com. Thumper Forge (Houston, TX) is a Gardnerian High Priest, an initiate of the Minoan Brotherhood, an Episkopos of the Dorothy Clutterbuck Memorial Cabal of Laverna Discordia, and a notary public. He also blogs for Patheos Pagan. Learn more at ThumperForge.com. ~Priestess Stephanie Rose Bird is a painter and the author of several bestselling books on earth spirituality, Hoodoo, and anthropology, including Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones, 365 Days of Hoodoo, Light, Bright and Damned Near White, and African American Magick. Priestess Bird, who holds a BFA cum laude and an MFA, is a devotee of the Divinely Feminine. She is an Elder, Eclectic Pagan, Magick-maker, and keeper of the spiritual wisdom of her indigenous African ancestors. Her work centers around the nexus of earth wisdom and the legacy of black cultural heritage. Visit her at www.stephanierosebird.com. ~