I am writing this on the eighth. Tomorrow worries me a little bit because of the date, and my imagining that it is a date that would tempt terrorists to attack. But luckily the moon is void for most of the day. Take the day off. Make a list of stuff you need to do before Mercury flips on Sunday night, but don't act on it. (Things started during a moon void rarely work out as intended.)
This Mercury retrograde is going to be more difficult than usual. If you are interested, I think it is worth checking out Nolle's site (link on my sidebar). He has a lot to say about November and he is very accurate.
It turns out I read my ephemeris wrong and Samhain would have been Sunday evening. I should have known sooner, but it wasn't until Sunday night that I saw my error. I guess I've been doing this for long enough now that the spirit world is very patient with me.
Except for the part where I almost choked from smoke inhalation everything went well and all the dead folks liked the party. I got some passerbys and a few spirits that just wanted to use the "doorway" in my circle to go to and from the other side.
I not only burned the usual letters to the dead, offerings and hell money, herbs, etc. I also wrote letters to living "spirits" that I wanted to resolve situations or be free of them. And I woke up this morning really ready to let go of so many things I had been holding onto.
I also threw out all of my old spells and burned all of my remaining stock in candle spells. Time to start over. I am a whole new me now, finally.
The highest spiritual reality really is right here and now. I only hope that we can all remember that in the days to come! If you are going through a bad time right now, perservere. It will work out! Have faith.
PRAISES THANKS & BLESSINGS!
