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Planting With The Moon

2009-01-18T08:04:00.000-08:00

My Beautiful Sisters! It is getting close to the time to dig our hands into our Mother Earth and start growing and producing our useful herbs, beautiful flowers, and food for our bellies. I myself cant wait to feel mothers heartbeat as I cultivate and plant. I have decided to grow allot more this year so I can dry and give myself a chance to learn the art of canning. Also spring here in Colorado is Awesome!!! I cant wait to be able to go to my special place and beat my drum under the Full Moon and to welcome Demeter, the great Olympian Goddess of Agriculture, my she give us her Blessing this year for a fruitful harvest! Here is some information on how to plant with the phases of the Moon. From ancient times, gardening practices have been based on the moons phases. The Moon affects plant growth by its pull on water. Plants contain a huge amount of water , and they respond to the tidal pulls of the Moon.
The best time to plant is just before the New Moon and during its waxing phase. The waning Moon to the balsamic phase is clean-up time, weed out dying plants or overgrown beds, rake paths, trim, burn or compost debris.
However, some plants do better when started during certain Moon phases. During the New moon, plant flowers, shrubs, trees and garden vegetables like lettuce, chard, spinach and other above-ground veges. As the Moon grows full, it draws the plants up, enhancing their growth. Root crops, like potatoes, turnips and onions like the dark of the Moon.

When the Moon moves through certain signs, it becomes more barren or more fertile. In general, plant during fertile and semi-fertile signs, keeping in mind that below-ground plants flourish during barren signs.

Here is some helpful information

Aries March 21-April 20, is a fire sign, barren and dry. Harvest root and fruit for storage. Get rid of bugs and weeds.

Taurus April 21-May 21, a earth sign, moist and productive. Second best for planting and transplanting. Root crops, carrots and potatoes, especially when hardiness is important. Also a good for leafy vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage and spinach.

Gemini May 22- June 21, air sign dry and barren. Harvest root and fruit for storage. Cultivate the earth, kill weeds and bugs. Plant melon seeds.

Cancer June 22-July22, a water sign very moist and fruitful. The best sign for all planting,

transplanting, grafting and irrigation.

Leo July 23-Aug 22, a fire sign, very dry and barren. Cultivate, harvest root and fruit for storage. A wonderful time to kill weeds and pests in the fourth quarter.

Virgo Aug 23- Sept 21, earth sign moist and barren. Some flowers and vines like it. Cultivate and kill weeds and bugs.

Libra Sept22-Oct 22, Air sign, semi moist and fruitful. Best sign for planting gorgeous fragrant flowers, vines and your favorite herbs. Good for planting pulpy stem veges, and root crops.

Scorpio Oct 23- Nov 21, water sign, very moist and fruitful. The best planting sign for hardy plants and vines. Tomatoes love to be transplanted in Scorpio, and it is a great sign for corn and squash. Prune in the third and fourth quarter to stunt growth and grow better fruit. A great sign for deep watering and transplanting.

Sagittarius Nov 22- Dec 21, fire sign, dry and barren. Harvest roots and onions for storage, and plant onions and fruit trees. A good sign in which to compost the soil.

Capricorn Dec 22- Jan20, earth sign, dry and productive. Good sign for planting potatoes and other root crops, and for encouraging strong plants. Great for grafting, pruning, and applying organic fertilizer. Also great healing time for plants.

Aquarius Jan 21- Feb 19, air sign, dry and barren. Harvest root and fruit for storage. Cultivate, kill weeds and bugs.Great for planting onions.

Pisces Feb 20-March 20, water sign, very moist and productive.Pisces is the second best sign for planting and transplanting. Great for root growth and irrigation.

So Plant!, Plant!, Plant!, my sisters. Blessings.............Sharon

Creative Today??

2008-12-15T09:46:00.000-08:00

Well, as i sit here at my computer contemplating on which project to do today, I wonder what in the world possessed me to have 4 projects going on at the same time. Should I sew together my over shimmy thing for my belly dance skirt, which I still need to hem. Or figure out which book to read out of the really big stack. I get bored too easy, Hey! I could get on the exercise machine!, nah, I really am looking out for my Goddess figure. OK, now I`m thinking, (look out!)You know our world is pretty much in a mess right now and we really need to stick together. I think there are two classes of humans, the ones that give and nurture and the one`s that look out for them selves. Our planet is going to go through some changes, where we will see who is in what class. I for one think we need to get back to learning how to live off our Mother Earth. We have become way too comfortable with twenty first century stuff. Could you survive and take care of your family without electricity, grocery stores, money,communication,doctors,running water???????. Think about that, if you cant, start educating yourself. Make a plan, if nothing happens in YOUR lifetime, that's OK, at least you learned survival techniques that hopefully you taught your children. OK I vented, now I`ll go finish my skirt.

Many Blessings!!!!

Minerva Goddess Of Wisdom & Commerce

2008-12-13T17:38:00.000-08:00

Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter and Metis. She was considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, crafts, and the inventor of music. As 'Minerva Medica', she was the goddess of medicine and doctors.. Ovid called her the "goddess of a thousand works." Her Greek mythology counterpart was Athena, and Minerva too sprung fully grown, and fully armored, from the head of Jupiter. In the temple on the Capitoline Hill she was worshipped together with Jupiter and Juno, with whom she formed a powerful triad of gods. According to legend, the Queen of Spades playing card depicts Minerva. When I am making a piece, and my creative juices get clogged up, I call on Minerva. She`s helped me with alot of my just can`t seem to get it together creative funks. So I named this piece as a tribute to her.

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Hey, Whats with the stripes???

2008-11-16T16:11:00.000-08:00

Becoming a larger women as I become older, I would just like to know, WHO in the world thinks its ok to put horizional stripes on shirts for women with a goddess figure????? Also why would one want to wear size 18 pants with a low waist??? I dont know about you, but being a size 18 with low rise pants gives that belly a good chance of rolling out into the world!! OMG!!!! I LIKE pants above my belly button please. Just my thoughts.

Hestia Goddess Of Family Unity

2008-11-13T08:26:00.000-08:00

Hestia was one of the most ancient of Goddess, she took no human form, and was only seen in the hearth She was the fire keeper on Mt Olympus, and was the oldest child of Rhea and Cronus. She was also known for family unity. In our world today, goddess knows we need help in the family unity department, so I named this piece after Hestia, to bring her energy into the crystal so it may emanate Family Unity into our hearts.

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