Category: Spells

Make an Offering to Venus, Goddess of Love

2/13/2020

The Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel (1863)

Venus, the Goddess of Love, is very accustomed to receiving petitions from those hoping to attract a lover. Valentine's Day seems an appropriate time to appeal to this lovely lady, and Friday just happens to be the day of the week sacred to her. How fortuitous that this Valentine's Day, 2020, falls on a Friday! So take advantage of this opportune timing and make your appeal that day.

To craft your petition or wish, look no farther than Frankie Avalon! All the components of a successful spell are here. Modify to suit your desire.

1. Address the Lovely Lady:
Hey, Venus, oh, Venus
Venus, if you will

3. The Caveat:
A girl who wants my kisses and my arms
A girl with all the charms of you
Venus, make her fair
A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair
And take the brightest stars up in the skies
And place them in her eyes for me

5. The Offering:
(He's bargaining here a little bit,
but we can take this as the offering!)
Venus, if you do
I promise that I always will be true
I'll give her all the love I have to give
As long as we both shall live

2. Make your Wish:
Please send a little girl for me to thrill

4. Show some Faith:
Venus, goddess of love that you are
Surely the things I ask
Can't be too great a task

6. Releasing the Wish:
Hey, Venus, oh, Venus
Make my wish come true

A rose would make a nice offering to Venus

Bibliography/Sources: "Venus" by Frankie Avalon, written by Ed Marshall; The Book of Spells by Nicola de Pulford, 1998

                                                                                                                                                               Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2020

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January: Time for the Apple Wassail

1/6/2018

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Apple tree in the Grove

Apple Tree Man, Illustration by Sandy Nightingale, 1996

The Apple Tree Man, the spirit of your orchard, lives in the oldest tree. Here's an old rhyme which I believe is meant for him:

Huzza, Huzza, in our good town
The bread shall be white, and the liquor be brown
So here my old fellow I drink to thee
And the very health of each other tree.
Well may ye blow, well may ye bear
Blossom and fruit both apple and pear.
So that every bough and every twig
May bend with a burden both fair and big
May ye bear us and yield us fruit such a stors
That the bags and chambers and house run o'er.

— Cornworthy, Devon, 1805

January is the time of year, whilst your apple trees are resting, to practice the Apple Wassail ritual, and thus encourage a good crop for next year!

We have incorporated this English custom into the Grove for the last couple of years for our apple trees ... hey, a little bit of magic never hurts!

Here's what you do:

On an evening in January, take your last mug of cider from last year's crop, add a bit of cinnamon and honey and then warm gently in a pot on the stove. Pour the wassail mix at the base of the oldest tree (or all of them if you are so inclined or able); so it seeps down to the roots. Wish the tree well with an apple wassail song or rhyme to encourage good growth.

~ Note: If you don't make cider with your apples, you could substitute applesauce or piece of leftover apple or apple peels - the point here is to include a physical representation of the literal "fruits" you wish to bring forth - it is a form of sympathetic magic ~

Incidentally, sympathetic magic is used the world over. Recently I learned a Native Canadian tradition of returning the bones and a little flesh from your communal salmon meal back to the stream, in order to encourage more salmon to spawn.

Apple tree in the Grove

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~ Your House Dragon ~

6/1/2017

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c 1790s, German Natural History Print, Image courtesy of The Graphics Fairy

~ Your House Dragon ~

Put him in charge this vacation!

(An exercise in protective visualization)

Whenever I go away on vacation, I look back and see my dragon curled around our little three story house. His tail winds around the whole bottom of the house at the garden level, his body encircles the second level and finally he places his head, chest and little front feet onto the peaked roof. Digging his front claws in ever so slightly, he lays his head down by the chimney (I think the smoke from the chimney reminds him of his Mama!) ... he folds his wings and snoozes gently. We're on a bit of a hill, so from the rooftop, he has an excellent view of the goings-on in the neighbourhood! I never worry when I'm away from home because I know the slightest sound or activity on our property will make him jump into action ... and while he is a gentle dragon, he's still pretty fierce to look at and very protective of his home. Next time you go on vacation, why not practice this little visualization technique yourself? It's great fun and very reassuring to know you have someone magical protecting your home while you're away!

Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017 / edited 2019

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Make an Offering to Venus, Goddess of Love

January: Time for the Apple Wassail

~ Your House Dragon ~

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