Snow Moon - November

Correspondences

1. Nature Spirits: subterranean faeires

2. Herbs: grains of paradise, verbena, betony, borage, cinequefoil, blessed thistle

3. Colors: gray, sea-green

4. Flowers: blooming cacti, chrysanthemum

5. Scents: cedar, cherry blossoms, hyacinth, marcissus, peppermint, lemon

6. Stones: topaz, hyacinth, lapis lazuli

7. Trees: alder, cypress

8. Animals: unicorn, scorpion, crocodile, jackal

9. Birds: owl, goose, sparrow

10. Deities: kali, Black Isis, Nicnevin, Hacate, Bast, Osiris, Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Skadi, Mawu

11. Power Flow: take root, prepare. Transformation. Strength communication with the god or goddess who seems closest to you

Old Sayings & Lore

1. To cry for the Moon is an old saying that means you are craving or demanding something that you can't have.

2. The word moonshine has two meanings. In the U.S. it means "illegally distilled liquor" also known as "white lightening". An older meaning was "total nonsense".

3. A waning Moon was considered an unlcuky time for marriage or birth.

4. In English, French, Italian, Latin and Greek, the MOon is feminine; but in all the Teutonic Languages the Moon is masculine. In Sanskrit, the word for the Moon is mas, which is masculine.

5. To the Chinese, the Old Man in the Moon was Yue-lao. It was his duty to predestine the marriages of mortals. They said he tied the future husband and wife together with an invisible silk cord that never prated as long as they lived.

6. Altho the Koran expressly forbids worshipping the Sun or Moon, many Moslems still clasp their hands at the sight of a New Moon and offer a prayer.

Crafts

Forest Potpourri

2 ounces geranium leaves (pine scented)

1 ounce balsam fir needles

4 ounces sweet woodruff

3 tablespoons cedar chips

1 tablespoon violets

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 ounces German rue

2 tablespoons pine needles

1 ounce powdered orris root

1 drop bergamot oil

Magick Hands Poster

This is a project that is easy for a child or an inexperienced adult to make for themselves or to give as a gift. Healers and magicians can use it as a focal point at the beginning of meditation.

Trace onto paper the outline of both your hands withthe fingers outspread. Transfer these outlines to white felt and carefully cut them out. Cut out a 3" diameter circle from the white felt also. Using a golden color felt, cut out the two wings, one for each side of the globe. Arrange these pieces onto a square of blue felt and glue into place.

If you are handy with needle and thread, the same desgin can be cut from cloth instead of felt, with the pieces appliqued in place. This can then be used as either a wall hanging or a banner.

Rituals

Personal Peace and Happiness

It can be a simple task to make a demon trap for your home. This device wil trap incoming negative entities before they can disrupt the harmony of your residence.

Take a white piece of paper. When write the following words on it, write them in a spiral, leading from the outer edge to the center of the paper.

Write: "All you spirits of disruption and disharmony, into this trap you are drawn. From the center you can only return to your original domain."

Place this flat under the rug by the front door. If anyone enters with such creatures in their wake, the "demons" will be trapped at the door. This is a very ancient device used by the people of the Mesopotamia.