April
also called: Hare moon, Seed moon, Pink moon, Grass moon
Nature: plant faeries
Herbs: basil, chives, thistle
Colors: crimson, red, gold
Flowers: daisy, sweetpea
Scents: pine, bay, patchouli
Stones: ruby, garnet, sard
Trees: pine, bay, hazel
Animals: bear, wolf
Birds: hawk, magpie
Kali, Hathor, Anahita, Ceres, Ishtar, Venus, Bast
April 1: Festival of Kali in India, the Fortuna Virilis of Venus in rome, Day of hathor in Egypt
April 4: the Megalesia of Cybele, or Magna Mater, in Phrygia and rome, commemorating the arrival of the goddess to her temple.
April 5: Festival for Good Luck in rome, the goddess Fortuna
April 8: The Hana Matsuri, the Flower Festival, in Japan, honor of the ancestors; the Mounichia of Artemis in greece, a day of Moon cakes
April 11: In Armenia the day of Anahit, goddess of love and the moon
April 12-19: the Cerealia, or return of Persephone, in Rome, honoring Ceres and her daughter
April 15: Festival of bast in Egypt
April 22: Festival of Ishtar in Babylon
April 28-May 3: The three day Festival of Flora and Venus, or the Floralia, in Rome
Stand before your alter and raise your arms.
Dark Huntress
I call upon you
You who are all that has been, that is, and that will be
Teach me the Dark and sacred Mysteries
For without understanding the dreams that lead to the inner door
I am not complete
Dreams are the night teachers of the Ancient Ones
Teach me
Cross your hands over your chest and wait for blessing.
Silver Huntress, riding the pale clouds of midnight
I greet your celestial light with gladness
Beauteous Lady of the Night, I await the dreams you send
Visions and magic lie within your realms of power
Teach me the Mysteries
Burn rose incense and have rose petals on the altar. You also need a pink candle in a holder, a metle bowl, and a pink string long enough to tie around your waist.
Write on a piece of paper what you are looking for in love. Light the pink candle.
My heart is empty
Send one who will fill it with love
My soul is longing
Lead me to spiritual harmony
My mind is dormant
Fill it with fertility
Pass the string through the incense smoke, then pass the paper through the smoke.
Let there be a bond of love
that holds us fast through time and space
And draws us onward till we stand
Heart ot heart, face to face
Bind the paper to your waist with the string. Thank Venus for her help and prepare to listen to her advice, no matter how it comes. Then lay the paper on your altar tied up with the string. Extinguish the candle and leave everything there over night.
the next night return to the altar. Light the incense and the candle again. Say outloud what characteristics you most desire. then light the paper from the candle and drop it in the bowl to burn.
Cast your circle as usual. In addition to your regular tools you will need an ankh.
Stand before the alter and say:
The Moon is dark, and the goddess is near
hail, Hathor, Lady of the Sycamore, Queen of the West
The time of magic is high, and I ask your presence here.
Reach out over the altar and move your hands away from each other, parting the veil.
Behold, the goddess comes
See her beauty in the star filled sky
Hear her whispers within this sacred place
Whispers of magic and instruction
Hear the mighty voice of hathor in the evening winds
Her words of wisdom and prophacy are whispers
Whispers within this sacred place
Bow your head in honor and hold the ankh to your chest.
Hold the ankh up in the east
From the East and the dawn skies come words of magic and power
Great Hathor, I listen for your teachings
Hold the ankh up in the south
From the South and the noonday come action and purpose
Great hathor, I listen for your teachings
Hold the ankh up in the west
From the West and the twilight comes emotional power
Great Hathor, I listen for your teachings
Hold the ankh up in the north
From the North and the night skies comes the grounding to Earth necessary in all magic
Great hathor, I listen for your teachings.
Return to the altar and lay the ankh down.
O Great hathor, I listen and take inot myself your offered words of magic and power.
Place you hands on the altar and chant:
I return through the temple Veil of Mysteries
To stand once more within my own place and time
Praise be to Hathor.
Reach your hands out and close them together, closing the veil. Close the circle as usual.
